"Can you tell me more about them?" The seven butterflies were just too beautiful to ignore. Their wings were translucent with innumerable patterns. At a single glance, they might look messy, but the more one observed them, the more beautiful they seemed. The butterflies were less than the size of Yang Ze's pinky finger, and each one gave off a hazy blue light.

They would flap their wings every ten or so seconds, and every time they did that, a burst of blue luminous powder would scatter around.

This was the first time Yang Ze saw something as magical as this.

"Absolutely." With a smile, the busty woman enthusiastically began to introduce him to the butterflies.

"This is a demonic beast, Spiritwing."

Her very first words caught Yang Ze by surprise. He wasn't expecting to see a demonic beast here. His understanding of the Demonic beasts all came from he books and rumours. According to what he had heard so far, those things crave violence and enjoy eating humans. There were even rumours of demonic beasts raising humans like cattle in their vicinity.

He had expected his first encounter with a demonic beast to be in the midst of a battle. He certainly didn't expect to find one inside the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Looking at his expression, it didn't take too long for the woman to realise that the small man in front of her knew nothing about Demonic beasts. But this didn't make her look down on him. In the Heavenly Sword Sect, the only men who can enter are either prisoners or guests. Since this man was freely walking around, he was definitely a guest. And any guest of the Heavenly Sword Sect was a loaded person.

She immediately took a step forward before standing beside Yang Ze. From such a close distance, Yang Ze could smell the intense fragrance of perfume on her. But at the moment, he couldn't care less about her. His eyes were still stuck on the Spiritwing inside the jar.

"You see, in this world, there are two types of beasts. The first type is common beasts that you can find anywhere. From cats, dogs, horses and other wild animals, all fall under this category."

"And then, there is the second category of beasts. These are the types of beasts that manage to tap into their bloodline and, by refining it, they have gained wisdom, and now they, too, can cultivate like human cultivators. These are what we call Demonic Beasts."

"Throughout the years, we have managed to classify them according to their strength."

"Beasts whose power is equal to Body refining cultivators are called Grade 1 Demonic beasts."

"Those with strength equivalent to Pulse opening are Grade 2, Foundation Forging are Grade 3 and so on."

"I see." Yang Ze finally had a rough understanding of the Demonic beasts. He then pointed towards the Spiritwing in the container.

"Then what about these Demonic beasts? What is their strength?"

Judging by the looks of it, it felt like even a child could crush it to death. But since this was a demonic beast, its strength was definitely not low. Even if it was at the lowest Grade 1 Demonic Beast, it shouldn't be trapped in the glass jar.

Or was there something special about this jar? He squinted his eyes while observing the jar, but he couldn't see anything special about it.

"About that." The shopkeeper let out an embarrassed smile as she tried to find words to explain to him in simple terms, but before she could, Xiao Ruolan, who was standing still, finally broke the silence.

"It is because that thing is a half-demonic beast." Ignoring the shopkeeper's complicated gaze, Xiao Ruolan continued in a flat tone.

"There are innumerable animals who get lucky and manage to refine their bloodline, but their bodies are just too weak and fragile to cultivate. Thus resulting in this state..."

"I see." Yang Ze finally nodded in understanding. No wonder these butterflies could be trapped inside the jar.

"Also." Xiao Ruoaln wasn't finished speaking. "It is a single demonic beast, not seven beasts."

"Huh!?" Yang Ze first looked at her, then at the butterflies inside the glass panel.

Without any hesitation, he immediately looked at its panel, and the moment he did, his eyes went wide with shock.

[Name: Spiritwing]

[Age: 3 weeks]

[Realm: Half Demonic Beast]

[Talent: Sevenfold illusion(purple), illumination(white), soul resonance(white), nourishment(white)]

Looking at the luxurious panel in front of him, Yang Ze's breathing hastened. Even if he couldn't manage to buy it, he would definitely come to this shop a few more times till he got every single talent. Especially the Sevenfold illusion.

"Ten gold coins and it's yours." The shopkeeper spoke in an alluring voice. "As a bonus, I will even perform the Blood Ritual, binding it to you."

Yang Ze immediately patted his pockets, hoping to bring out the money, but it was only then that he realised that he had none. After coming to this world, he never needed money. Even when he went to Stonegate city, it was Lin Wan who handed him a purse of coins to spend.

But now... He had lost the purse of coins. It wouldn't be a lie to say that he was even poorer than the beggars.

Seeing his forced smile as well as embarrassed expression, the shopkeeper was about to suggest to him some alternate method of payment, but before she could even speak, Xiao Ruolan threw a small pouch of money to her.

"Thank you." Looking at the ten gold coins inside the purse, the smile on the shopkeeper's face brightened before she hurriedly pulled Yang Ze towards the Spiritwing. She then took out a small vial of black liquid, used a needle to draw out a drop of blood from Yang Ze's fingers before mixing them together and then threw them inside the jar.

The seven butterflies that were floating leisurely just a moment ago seemed to have smelled a delicacy. In the next instant, six butterflies vanished, leaving behind the figure of one, which then soon plunged into the mixture before drinking it leisurely.

Even though it was smaller than a finger, it was able to finish the entire mixture in a single go and in the next instant, Yang ze felt an invisible connection between him and the butterfly, which seemed rather affectionate towards him.

"Interesting." Yang Ze didn't know how it worked, but he noted it down. In the future, he would definitely need it to catch even more Demonic Beasts.

Without any hesitation, he lifted the glass jar, freeing it from its captivity. The butterfly didn't run away; instead, it began to float around Yang Ze. Sometimes it would land at the top of his head, sometimes it would land on his shoulder, and sometimes it even fluttered in front of him, shedding the luminous powder all around.

Yang Ze even poked it for a while, playing with it. It wasn't until a few more minutes had passed that he felt a chill on his neck.

"Damn it." It was only now that he remembered Xiao Ruolan.

"I..." With a smile that was uglier than crying, he turned around before nodding towards her in apology.

"Thank you." In the end, he could only thank her. Not only did she bring him here, but she also paid for the butterfly. For a moment, Yang Ze couldn't help but feel grateful to her. Even though she looked cold and emotionless, she truly had a warm heart.

"If you are done, we should head back." Ignoring his gratification, Xiao Ruolan just turned around and headed towards their staying place.

"Umm... Aren't you going to buy anything?"

The moment Yang Ze asked this question, Xiao Ruolan's body trembled for a moment before turning normal. If not for Yang Ze's heightened senses due to his realm, he wouldn't have caught it.

"I bought it." She didn't give him an explanation but just kept on walking.

Yang Ze could only helplessly follow behind her.

The rest of the journey was rather lacklustre, with the two walking in silence. Though compared to before, Yang Ze was busy playing with the butterfly that kept circling around him.

Xiao Ruolan just glanced at him from the corner of her eyes before shaking her head. Looking at a grown man in his thirties playing with a butterfly looked so odd to her.

She wanted to say a few words, but in the end held back.

"Bye." After reaching the house, Yang Ze bid her farewell only to be greeted by her cold back.

"Forget it." With a smile, he hurriedly rushed into his room.

After making sure that the door was properly locked, Yang Ze suppressed his excitement before using his daily sign-in opportunity on the talent that he wanted the most.

[Congratulations on getting Sevenfold illusion(Gold)]

[Sevenfold Illusion(Gold): Manifest seven clones, each with thirty percent of your strength that will last until they are killed or cancelled. (Cooldown: 1 Day)]

"Holy shit." Yang Ze almost jumped in fright. This was the first time he saw such a ridiculous talent.

"Finally, a talent befitting of GOLD rarity."

With the addition of this new talent, he had a total of three gold talents. All Seeing Eyes, Inverted Wail and Sevenfold Illusion.

Out of these three, Inverted Wail was an attack-type talent. Whereas Sevenfold Illusion was a support type.

If he had to rank his talents, then excluding Enlightenment, this Sevenfold Illusion was perhaps the most powerful talent he had.

And if he had to pick up the most useless talent, then it would be the All Seeing Eyes.

"Heh, both the best and the worst talents are of golden rarity."

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but let out a hollow laugh. All Seeing Eyes could let him see the characteristics of other things, but it only gave a basic introduction. His own system could do it countless times better than this stupid talent.

He couldn't even remember the last time he used this talent.

Thinking about it, he just looked at the butterfly floating in front of him before using this useless talent on it. Not because he wanted to see its property panel, but he just felt pity not to use it.

It would have been fine if he hadn't used it, but the moment he used his talent on the butterfly in front of him, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Looking at the ridiculous panel that popped in front of him, Yang Ze almost shouted at the top of his lungs.

He even pinched his face, wondering if he was dreaming, but the pain answered his question.

"This..." Swallowing down a mouthful of saliva, Yang Ze stammered, "This is the Gold Talent?"

He couldn't help but mutter to himself as he looked at the screen in front of him, which was completely different from the personal panel displayed by his system.

[Spiritwing]

[Possible Evolution Route: Verdant Spiritwing, Solar Spiritwing, Lunar Spiritwing, Zephyr Spiritwing, Ember Spiritwing]

Yang Ze looked in shock as five evolution routes popped in front of him, each with its own speciality and requirements.

And while Yang Ze was busy looking at the new panel in front of him, the Duality Sect finally opened its gate to the visitors, officially marking the start of their banquet that was going to turn the world upside down.

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