Chapter 672 - 288: Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly
"Why would Foundation Establishment cultivators come to a place like this?"
Sensing with his Divine Sense the approach of three Foundation Establishment cultivators — two women and one man — not far away, Chu Ning couldn’t help but be a bit surprised.
Chu Ning wasn’t particularly interested in interacting with others and planned to quickly dig up the Earth Gold Grass and leave immediately.
However, in the next moment, as he observed the actions of the few people.
He couldn’t help but grow even more curious.
At first, he thought the group was wandering aimlessly, but after watching for a while, he realized.
Leading the three was a middle-aged cultivator, and fluttering before him was a butterfly with golden wings.
The group followed this butterfly, first picking a Spirit Fruit from a certain place, then heading straight in his direction.
Chu Ning vaguely guessed something.
Immediately, he collected the two satiated Golden Thunder Eagles into the Beast Bag.
In a flash, he concealed himself.
With his cultivation methods, after concealing, not to mention these Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Even a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator wouldn’t be able to sense him.
Soon, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators came within his sight.
Among the trio, the couple who appeared to be in their forties were both at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.
The other, a slightly younger female cultivator, was at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, seemingly just having reached Foundation Establishment.
However, Chu Ning observed that she looked around twenty-five or twenty-six, indicating decent cultivation talent.
At this moment, the leading middle-aged cultivator saw the Earth Gold Grass and immediately exclaimed with joy.
"Earth Gold Grass, there are more than ten Earth Gold Grass plants here!
This is great, with these, we can gather enough Spirit Stones."
The middle-aged female cultivator beside him spoke delightfully.
"In this way, we can also procure a good Magical Artifact for Xia’Er."
The three were clearly a family, and the young female cultivator referred to as Xia’Er showed a slight joy on her face upon hearing this.
"Dad, it’s fortunate you managed to get a Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly that can sense the aura of Gold Attribute Spirit Medicines.
Otherwise, even if Snow Mist Valley opened and most Spirit Beasts were concealed, we might not have this harvest."
After the young female cultivator called Xia’Er finished speaking, the middle-aged cultivator nodded and said:
"Yes, there’s always some subtle change around a year before Snow Mist Valley opens, which high-tier Spirit Beasts nearby can sense.
They know that soon enough, a large number of cultivators will enter, so most choose to leave.
This isn’t a secret in the Ice Island Immortal City. In another month or so, there will be a large influx of cultivators searching for Spirit Medicines nearby.
We took a risk coming here early, and with the help of the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly, we’re naturally getting more out of it.
Let’s quickly pick these Earth Gold Grass and head back to avoid any unforeseen events."
As they spoke, the three approached the Earth Gold Grass and began to pick it.
At that moment, the middle-aged male cultivator with the highest cultivation suddenly sensed something.
But before he could react, the three saw there’s now a figure in a blue robe before them.
Then they saw a young man, almost too youthful, reaching out to grab the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly in the air.
Though the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly usually moved swiftly, the blue-robed young man’s hand seemed to have a suction force.
The Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly couldn’t move at all and fell right into his hand.
"You..."
The young female cultivator called Xia’Er was about to speak at this scene, but swallowed her words in the next moment.
At this moment, the young cultivator before her, seemingly a few years younger, suddenly emitted an aura that made her heart race.
A Golden Core Cultivator!
As Chu Ning unleashed his aura, the three immediately realized Chu Ning’s cultivation level.
The middle-aged male cultivator quickly signaled to his wife and daughter, then took the lead, bowing and saluting:
"Greetings, senior. We didn’t know you were here collecting Spirit Medicines, and we inadvertently intruded.
Please forgive us; we’ll leave right away."
As he spoke, the middle-aged cultivator began to back away.
"Hold on!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator’s expression changed slightly, but he didn’t dare to move a muscle.
Chu Ning looked curiously at the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly in his hand, then let his gaze shift to the three of them.
"From what you were saying earlier, it seems you relied on this little thing to harvest quite a few Gold Attribute Spirit Medicines on this mountain.
Hand them over."
Hearing Chu Ning’s words, the three’s faces changed drastically.
The middle-aged male cultivator inwardly lamented.
This time, the family risked venturing into the Snow Peak Mountain Range, barely achieving any gains, and now it seemed they were going to lose it all.
Despite his inner groan, the middle-aged cultivator didn’t dare to hesitate and immediately started taking things out from his Storage Bag.
Despite being a family of Foundation Establishment cultivators, the highest cultivation among them was only at the peak of the Middle Stage, still a step away from the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
As for the young cultivator before them, he couldn’t even fathom.
But that aura, much stronger than a regular Early Stage of Golden Core cultivator, made it clear.
This person was definitely not an ordinary Early Stage of Golden Core cultivator.
Seeing the middle-aged cultivator’s actions, Xia’Er, standing behind, showed a trace of anxiety on her face.
However, under the continuous eye signals from the middle-aged female cultivator, she only bit her lips, not uttering a sound.
Chu Ning took in all their expressions but said nothing more.
He merely directed his gaze onto the array of Spirit Medicines the middle-aged cultivator took out of the Storage Bag.