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Chapters 281-290

Chapter 281: Pay the price for fooling around

When Han Yunxi saw Lil Thing acting so serious, she quickly knelt down and had it sniff the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion again. Lil Thing was very cooperative, smelling at the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion before testing the air with its nose. Thus, both master and servant spent a while just sniffly earnestly at their surroundings. Suddenly, Lil Thing stopped as if it discovered something, standing on its hind legs to stare at Han Yunxi with wide eyes.

Han Yunxi was delighted. "What did you smell?"

"Chee chee!" Lil Thing chittered happily, before scurrying up her body to rest on her shoulder. "Cheecheechee..."

Han Yunxi quickly picked it up and put it in the palm of her hand, her face filled with joy. "Did you find it? There's the scent of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion in this secret passage, is that right?"

When Lil Thing saw its owner looking so happy, it grew happier as well. It started hopping up and down in Han Yunxi's palm.

"There really is?" Han Yunxi truly wished for such an answer! Lil Thing suddenly jumped out of her hand and started running deeper into the tunnel.

"So it's this way?" Rejoicing, Han Yunxi quickly gave chase. When Lil Thing saw her following, it even stopped to look at her, as if waiting for her to catch up. Seeing this, Han Yunxi was 80 percent certain of her guesses. She quickened her pace to follow. But as they ran, Han Yunxi suddenly heard a succession of rustling sounds coming from before her. It sounded like a large swarm of something moving restlessly towards them.

What was going on?

Han Yunxi stopped, on guard. At the same time, Lil Thing halted in front of her as well. In the blink of an eye, they saw a giant swarm of black, palm-sized butterflies heading their way like a flood, covering the entire area from ground to ceiling. Han Yunxi felt goosebumps breaking out on her skin at the sight. She was scared witless! Though she wasn't afraid of butterflies, a dense, dark mob of them was too disgusting and scary. She even felt her legs grow weak.

The detox system hadn't alerted her to anything, which meant these butterflies shouldn't be poisonous. Of course, there was the possibility that she couldn't detect their poison at all. In the forbidden area of the Poison Sect, there were too many things that went beyond her expectations, so Han Yunxi was in a mess. In any case, a dense swarm like this would scare her to death even if they didn't bite her to death. Without another thought, Han Yunxi turned and fled at the first sight of the butterflies. Lil Thing started running at the same time, but in the opposite direction. It was heading straight for the butterfly swarm! The insect mobs here were all afraid of him, regardless of whether they held poison or not. None of them would get near him, so it used its master's human scent to lure out these butterflies. Naturally, it wouldn't miss this hard-won chance. Unfortunately, its master had ran away too fast. Lil Thing had barely ran over when the butterflies instantly scattered as if fleeing for their lives. They fluttered away to the four winds before completely disappearing.

Boohoohoo...

Lil Thing stared at the empty tunnel before plopping on its butt on the ground. How it wanted to cry! It'd been eating nothing but vegetables for the past few days, but it hadn't even gotten a single taste of meat!

Han Yunxi ran and ran before she quickly noticed that Lil Thing hadn't followed her. She stilled her steps and realized that there was no need for her to escape at all. If Lil Thing couldn't even take care of a butterfly swarm, how could it have passed its days in the Poison Sect? She quickly backtracked, only to discover the giant swarm of butterflies had completely disappeared as if it'd never existed. Not a single sign of them remained. Lil Thing was sitting right in the middle of the passageway, its head drooping in disappointment. Han Yunxi stared at the unnatural sight. There was no way that this little animal didn't sense those butterflies coming nearer. In other words, just then it had been sniffing for...