Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

Five days later!

In the early morning, near Insect Valley, amidst the swirling white fog.

Su Jie appeared here, with several nets placed on the ground, each containing fresh human-faced moths that the thousand-hand centipede had just captured from Insect Valley, all lively and squirming.

Whoosh whoosh!

The sky was filled with the sound of whooshing as the thousand-hand centipede rapidly descended from mid-air, its belly's pale corpse hands clutching the special trait nets, each full of newly captured human-faced moths, furiously gnashing their teeth and spitting acid.

"Eat up."

Su Jie patted the shell of the thousand-hand centipede, which had been gnawed pitifully by the human-faced moths, and reluctantly took out a low-grade poisonous insect from the Insect Control Bag to feed the centipede.

The thousand-hand centipede immediately opened its mouth and bit into the poisonous insect, chewing it thoroughly without waiting for it to struggle, savoring its meal.

After polishing off its meal, the thousand-hand centipede, following Su Jie's command, soared into the sky once more and entered the human-faced moth's territory to continue collecting and capturing them.

Su Jie then started to practice the Body Worm Focusing Method, transforming these wild human-faced moths into his own caged insects.

This operation was something Su Jie did smoothly, and soon the human-faced moths recognized him as the Insect King.

He removed the nets, and one by one, the human-faced moths took flight, intimately circling around Su Jie.

This work had been ongoing for several days. After returning to the mountain gate to recuperate from the forest, Su Jie came to Insect Valley to collect insects.

By now, the number of human-faced moths in Su Jie's Insect Control Bag had just exceeded two hundred thousand.

The Spiritual Power of the Purple Cloud Thunder Body was incredibly abundant, thus the number of human-faced moths under Su Jie's control also greatly increased.

However, the current human-faced moths were only numerous in quantity, as the low-grade and mid-grade human-faced moths had almost all perished.

In the battle with Du Shaochang, these leaders charged to the front, so their losses were the greatest.

Therefore, although the number of Insect Cloud increased, the actual combat power had decreased significantly.

Su Jie needed to return to the insect breeding base to properly cultivate them and evolve some low-grade and mid-grade human-faced moths to recover their strong combat strength.

Moreover, the losses Su Jie suffered from that great battle were not limited to this. Now, his Sword Nourishing Gourd, including the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, contained only a handful of flying swords left, and the number of Yin Souls in the Soul Summoning Banner had sharply decreased from over ten thousand to just four thousand.

One could say that although Su Jie won the battle with Du Shaochang, the price he paid was extremely heavy, significantly depleting his assets.

Even though he retrieved twenty thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones from Du Shaochang, after converting the real value, Su Jie might still be at a loss, as after all, these poisonous insects and Yin Souls are not easily replenished in Tianyuan World.

Even something like flying swords was hard to resupply because Ghost Ridge Palace was caught in a sect war and the Black Market was at a standstill, with all sorts of supplies already sold out. Even if there were still goods, the prices had skyrocketed, making it difficult for Su Jie to replenish his flying swords.

While Su Jie was busy refining insects, some movement occurred nearby, a graceful figure leaping between ancient trees, and then Ning Xinyue appeared beside Su Jie.

"Hey, Su Jie, how long are you planning to catch these? Surely a few human-faced moths is enough."

Ning Xinyue passed through the Insect Cloud made up of human-faced moths. Having dealt with Su Jie for a long time, she had become quite immune to these insects.

Su Jie, with a flat expression, said, "You don't realize how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household. I lost so many human-faced moths in the last battle. If I don't replenish them, will you compensate for my decrease in strength?"

"Your strength decreasing has nothing to do with me. Find Du Shaochang if you need to find someone."

"So what brings you to me?"

Su Jie asked, getting to the heart of the matter. This Maid Ning hardly ever appeared without a reason, and he was curious about what she was busying herself with.

"I want to talk to you... there's something I need to discuss."

Ning Xinyue suddenly began to speak hesitantly.

"What's the matter? This isn't like you. Just spit it out."

Su Jie glanced at Ning Xinyue and stopped the insect refining he was doing.

"How is that Holy Lotus of yours doing?"

Ning Xinyue hesitated for a moment, her voice carrying a hint of nervousness.

Su Jie was taken aback and looked at Ning Xinyue with suspicion, saying solemnly, "What now, you're thinking of targeting my Holy Lotus again?"

"I want to borrow it for a few hours for my practice. I'm cultivating a secret technique called Hundred Treasures Divine Light, which allows me to use the special Spiritual Charm of various treasures to confirm my own way and thereby improve my cultivation and combat abilities. The stronger the treasure, the better the effect."

Ning Xinyue was a bit embarrassed. With her pride, it was the first time she had asked someone to borrow something.

"Okay!"

Su Jie agreed without a second thought.

"Eh."

Ning Xinyue had been expecting some kind of entanglement, or even an outright refusal from Su Jie, but she didn't expect him to agree so readily.

"I said you could borrow it, but you have to use it in front of me."

Su Jie turned his head to look at Ning Xinyue, who looked puzzled, and laughed, "What are you thinking? We're friends, aren't we? I can definitely help with such a small request!"

Ning Xinyue stared at Su Jie, as if seeing him for the first time.

"Friends, huh!"

Ning Xinyue looked somewhat delighted, but then she seemed to recall something, blurting out subconsciously, "You're suddenly being so nice to me, you don't have some kind of sinister plot, do you?"

"Me, have a sinister plot? As a favor to a friend, how about giving you a 20% discount and just charging you a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones?"

Su Jie smiled and finished his sentence.

In an instant, Ning Xinyue's facial expression fell.

"Is this how you treat your friends?"

Ning Xinyue's bright eyes were wide with disbelief.

"You've got to understand, Maid Ning, this is an Exotic Treasure. Me being willing to let you borrow it is already incredibly generous. For an ordinary person, whether it be a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, I wouldn't even bat an eyelid."
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Su Jie asserted confidently, not even having asked Ning Xinyue for extra money.

"You're just dying for money."

Ning Xinyue felt an itching hatred. That bastard, and to think she had actually been moved for a second just now. She had clearly overestimated him.

"If you don't want to make the exchange, then give me the secret technique, this Hundred Treasures Divine Light you're talking about, and I can consider charging you less."

"Hmph, even if I taught you, you wouldn't be able to learn it. This Cultivation Technique can only be initiated under specific conditions."

"Then pay up honestly."

Su Jie flicked the young girl's forehead, laughing, "You're getting a bargain at this price. It's your own fault for not seizing the opportunity earlier or for not taking the chance to kill me while we were together outside participating in the Sect conflicts and then taking this Holy Lotus Exotic Treasure for yourself."

"I wouldn't be that wicked."

Ning Xinyue was first taken aback, her pretty face flushed red, as she glared at Su Jie, huffing angrily.