Chapter 453: Chapter 451: Youluo: Making Rice Into a Meal! The Storage Ring in the White Mist, Swallowing Sky Spirit Bug?! The Valley’s Fearsome Reputation...

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye had a notion to go investigate the white mist.

The reason for this thought was to see if there were any insect eggs left behind by the Nine-headed Insect in the white mist.

If there were, surely it would be best to take care of them before they hatch...

Strike when they’re weak, take their life.

Secondly, he wanted to check whether the one-armed old man who left the white mist ended up falling inside.

"I want to go in and have a look." Lu Ye said aloud as he gazed at the white mist ahead.

"Then let’s go, Youluo will go too." Hearing this, Youluo didn’t hesitate at all.

She had been to dangerous places before.

Together with Youluo, they approached the vicinity of the white mist at the mouth of the valley, wandering through this dense white mist, the visibility was not what it used to be.

"Logically, there shouldn’t be any major dangers in this white mist, but better to be cautious." Lu Ye turned to Youluo and said.

Youluo nodded: "Youluo understands, let’s go, my lord husband."

As she spoke, Youluo was also pondering other things in her mind.

Coming along with her lord husband this time, she promised to be helpful.

But actually, apart from dealing with those insignificant Devouring Elemental Insects in the passage, she hadn’t been much help. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Maybe... she could lend a hand elsewhere?

For example, helping my lord first... cook the rice!

The aim was to assist the couple in solving their troubles!

Her eyes slightly shifted, watching Lu Ye cautiously probing the way ahead, an idea gradually formed in Youluo’s mind.

At this time, Lu Ye was completely unaware that not far behind him, Youluo, instead of properly covering the rear, was actually thinking about other things.

Not far after entering the white mist, Lu Ye discovered a skeleton within the mist.

Judging by the look, it was the skeletal remains of a fierce beast, but certain features were already indistinguishable.

Continuing forward for a bit, Lu Ye unexpectedly found a Storage Ring, and not far from it, another sinister skeleton.

"Is this the one-armed old man’s Storage Ring?"

Seeing this, Lu Ye’s heart was filled with curiosity.

He rushed to the front of the skeleton, picked up the Storage Ring, explored it with Spiritual Sense, finding that it was devoid of any restrictions, easily identifying the items inside.

However, most of the contents were silver notes, and he only found a few Source Crystals.

In addition, there were two Innate Pills that had lost quite a bit of potency even within the Storage Ring.

"Is this really an Innate Realm Cultivator’s Storage Ring?"

Staring at the skeleton below, Lu Ye fell into deep thought.

This meant that among the cultivators who fell within this valley passage, there might be more than just one or two.

Those who fell here, were essentially all devoured by the Nine-headed Void Insect previously residing here.

Sure enough, as Lu Ye continued searching, he discovered several more Storage Rings one after another.

Based on the items within, they appeared to be around the Innate Realm to Grandmaster Realm.

Among them were also some skeletons, without any accompanying Storage Rings, possibly Innate Realm, or Martial Arts Cultivators Below Innate Realm who were also not very wealthy, who also fell at this location.

This indicated that that one-armed old man, a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, likely survived.

Relying on his own strength, he actually managed to escape.

The valley passage stretched for about two to three miles in length.

If not for the presence of Air Restriction and the dense white mist obscuring Spiritual Sense and sight, it wouldn’t have been so perilous.

As Lu Ye neared the end, he suddenly found a small insect cocoon beside a rock.

It seemed as though larva were about to be nurtured within.

"There’s actually an unhatched insect cocoon?"

Taking one glance, Lu Ye’s brows furrowed instantly.

Fortunately, he came in to explore briefly, otherwise, once this cocoon hatched, it would become another Nine-headed Void Insect larval body.

Together with Youluo, he sped to the rock, picked up the cocoon from the ground; Lu Ye glanced at it, it was about the size of a thumb.

However, the color appeared a bit strange, interwoven with gray and dark yellow hues.

Is this what a Nine-headed Insect cocoon looks like?

With this doubt crossing his mind, Lu Ye was about to exert force to deal with this unhatched larva when...

Following closely behind, Youluo looked over and was instantly shocked: "Swallowing Heaven Spirit Insect?!"

Lu Ye: "?"

Halting his intent to crush the insect egg directly, Lu Ye inquired, "What insect?"

Youluo’s eyes remained wide open, continuously fixing her gaze on the insect egg in Lu Ye’s hand.

"This egg isn’t from the Nine-headed Void Insect, rather... it’s a Swallowing Heaven Spirit Insect!"

"According to legends, when fully matured, it can even consume the Celestial Realm, a method even more domineering than the void-devouring of the Void Insect!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye couldn’t help but produce a slightly peculiar expression.

This place was previously the territory of that Nine-headed Void Insect; how could another insect egg appear here?

Moreover, based on Youluo’s statement, the Swallowing Heaven Spirit Insect is even more formidable than the Nine-headed Void Insect.

Looking at the insect egg in his hand, indeed the impression given by the Nine-headed Insect differed significantly.

The presence of the Nine-headed Void Insect signaled utmost evil, whereas this unhatched insect egg had no evil aura.

After contemplating briefly, Lu Ye decided against killing it for now.

He planned to wait until it hatched, then assess its characteristics, if it were a Nine-headed Insect, he could identify it instantly.

A newly hatched larva would have no power to resist against him.

"Alright, let’s keep this for observation," Lu Ye opted not to place the insect egg in his Storage Ring, instead storing it directly in the Myriad Dao Pavilion.

After all, if its origins were as terrifying as Youluo claimed, it definitely deserved a bit more attention.

Youluo seriously contemplated, then said: "I’ve heard a rumor that the Swallowing Heaven Spirit Insect loves using various other spirit insects as its food; this cocoon appearing here, could it be that it crawled here on its own?!"

This speculation was utterly bizarre, and after saying it, even Youluo laughed.

Even spirit insects, different from ordinary ones.

But, seeking food before even being born seemed rather outlandish.

Lu Ye also laughed, looking ahead in the valley passageway, the white mist there had thinned considerably, indicating the exit was very near.

"Let’s go, let’s get out; being in this white mist for too long is indeed unpleasant."

A few minutes later.

Upon exiting the passage, Lu Ye found himself in a completely foreign land.

Around him, towering trees with lush leaves, grasses reaching about half a person’s height, suggesting minimal human presence nearby.

With the disappearance of the Air Restriction, Lu Ye felt a lot more relaxed throughout his body.

Together with Youluo, they walked about three to four miles before encountering a man with late-stage Condensing Origin strength.

Judging by his attire, he seemed like a hunter.

Upon seeing someone emerge from deep within the mountains, from that direction, his eyes widened as if he’d seen a ghost.

"You... came from over there?!"

After saying this, the hunter swiftly retreated two steps, then looked up at the blazing sun hanging overhead, feeling slightly reassured.

With such a large sun, and these two people casting shadows... they shouldn’t be anything evil!

Observing the hunter’s actions, a thought occurred in Lu Ye’s mind.

He seemed to be quite afraid of the two of them; could it be he knew the location of that valley?