Chapter 311: Blood Coagulated into a Sinister Insect
Chapter 311: Blood Coagulated into a Sinister Insect
"Misfortune always strikes those already suffering," Lu Chen murmured to himself as he watched the gentle female cultivator who had completely lost herself, mechanically repeating the same actions over and over.
The scene before them stirred emotions in the hearts of the nearby unaffiliated cultivators.
"Senior Zhang has worked diligently and endured hardships in her cultivation, all for the hope of one day breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining and improving her family's life. Who would have thought she would end up like this?"
"It's tragic to think of the widowed mother and her orphaned children left behind. How will they survive in these turbulent times?"
"Let's not worry about that for now. Let's see how this sect elder handles the situation. Whether it's an evil curse or a scheme by the Song family, only we unaffiliated cultivators will suffer in the end."
The group whispered among themselves.
Lu Chen's mind wandered, and he seemed to see himself back in Linyang City.
With his cultivation at the second layer of Qi Refining, he had already mastered simple techniques like the Fireball Art and Spirit Rain Art, scraping by on the outskirts of the city.
For unaffiliated cultivators like him, the ability to withstand risks was almost non-existent.
They were never the ones to discover new secret realms or stumble upon great opportunities. However, whenever a demon beast or an evil curse invaded the city, these unaffiliated cultivators, like weeds, were always the first to bear the brunt of it.
Sadly...
Lu Chen's eyes held a hint of pity as he looked at the gentle woman still kneeling on the ground, ceaselessly kowtowing and pleading for help.
"Don't you feel any pain acting like this?"
His soft inquiry hung in the air.
"It doesn't hurt..."
The woman lifted her head, answering reflexively.
A crack sounded, and a lump of grayish-black flesh fell from the split on her forehead, rolling on the ground like a piece of dried meat.
The moment she saw the dried flesh, her pupils dilated, and her eyes filled with disbelief.
She slowly reached out, intending to touch her own skin, when suddenly, several strands of bloody light flashed and pierced through her cheeks and neck, striking at Lu Chen in a lightning-fast attack.
Lu Chen coldly huffed. His right hand shot out, veins popping as a faint dragon's roar sounded. His bones transformed into translucent jade, capturing the bloody light!
As soon as the two made contact, Lu Chen felt a strong itching sensation on his wrist, as if something was biting his flesh, trying to penetrate it.
However, having cultivated the Jade Tempering Bone Scripture and the Great Void Dragon Transformation, and having consumed treasures like the Jade-scaled Fruit and Golden Marrow Jade Essence, Lu Chen's physical body had reached an incredibly formidable state. Even with the strange biting sensation, nothing could penetrate his skin.
He tightly grasped what felt like a handful of veins, pulling them out forcefully.
The woman's cheeks and neck suddenly split open, revealing the strange, ancient things that had been hidden within her.
The moment Lu Chen had arrived at the scene, the spotless jade pendant around his neck had been warning him. As he approached the corpse, a surge of cool energy washed over him, as if trying to freeze his body.
Since the gentle woman had been lying on the corpse, Lu Chen had been paying close attention to her every move. When the bloody light had struck, he was already prepared.
As the sinister things within her were yanked out by Lu Chen, the woman felt as if something vital had been ripped from her body. A strong sense of dryness spread throughout her being.
Looking at her husband's corpse on the ground, her eyes reflected a hint of relief, and she slowly lay down, snuggling close to him.
In Lu Chen's hand, a bizarre blood insect squirmed, attempting various methods to attack him.
The blood insect appeared to be formed from countless tiny veins twisted together. Lu Chen could sense the sinister yin energy radiating from it, and its entire body was a vivid scarlet.
The tentacles stretched endlessly, seeking to envelop Lu Chen within their grasp.
From Lu Chen's sleeve, a pristine white talisman silently slipped out, emitting a faint white light. A dense and pure aura of holiness permeated the air.
It was a third-grade Purity Spirit Talisman, possessing a powerful purifying ability against evil spirits and naturally suppressing sinister beings.
As the white light swept over the tentacle-like veins, their speed abruptly slowed, and the blood-colored radiance they emitted dimmed significantly.
A drop of demon beast blood flew out from a storage bag, piercing the cavity at the front of the blood insect.
Lu Chen focused his attention on the sinister blood insect, suddenly becoming aware of detailed information about it.
Blood Coagulation Yin Insect: A sinister insect formed from the nourishment of hundreds of types of demon beast blood. It has an extremely strong perception of blood and will fall into a frenzied state if it goes a long time without consuming any.
It lurks within the target's blood, remaining dormant until stimulated, at which point it becomes active. After completely absorbing the target's blood, it will automatically detach and seek a new host if it has not stored enough blood.
The Blood Coagulation Yin Insect is a common method used by evil cultivators who practice blood path techniques to obtain essence blood.
"So, that's what this is," Lu Chen murmured, his jadelike hands firmly grasping the Blood Coagulation Yin Insect as he looked at the unfortunate unaffiliated cultivator couple on the ground, a nameless fire burning in his heart.
With his other hand, he grabbed the rest of the blood insect and pulled forcefully.
The blood insect, subjected to Lu Chen's violent action, was torn into segments, falling to the ground and releasing a gush of blood that flowed back into the corpse of the unaffiliated cultivator.
Lu Chen's spiritual power surged, and the Purity Spirit Talisman shone brightly, its holy white light covering a large area. The fragmented blood insect withered under the radiance of the holy white light, shrinking into black and red, desiccated veins.
From the sudden emergence of the sinister blood insect from the woman's body to Lu Chen's swift resolution, everything had happened too quickly for Song Yu and the others to react.
"Land Master Lu!"
Song Yu rushed forward, holding a flying sword in one hand and an Exorcism Talisman in the other.
"It's fine now. It's been completely dealt with," Lu Chen assured him.
"This female cultivator also had the same blood insect lurking within her, but it was hidden more deeply, so you couldn't detect it," Lu Chen explained to Song Yu and the others.
"I never expected that sinister being to be so secretive in its movements, making it difficult to sense even at such close proximity," Song Yu said, still shaken by the experience. If not for Lu Chen's arrival, the Song family group would have struggled to notice the abnormality within the woman.
"What about these unaffiliated cultivators?"
The Song family patrol squad immediately surrounded the few unaffiliated cultivators, who were looking flustered.
"Growl..."
A soft, low growl sounded, and the Cloud-Stepping Lynx appeared silently on the ground. At Lu Chen's direction, its emerald green eyes stared coldly at the unaffiliated cultivators.
"I didn't detect any abnormalities. Let them go," Lu Chen ordered the Song family cultivators. With the Cloud-Stepping Lynx's enhanced abilities and the spotless jade pendant around his neck, they had been unable to sense any sinister presence.
"Thank you, Senior! Thank you, Senior!"
The unaffiliated cultivators breathed a sigh of relief, their knees buckling as they knelt and repeatedly knocked their heads on the ground in gratitude.
"..."
Seeing this all-too-familiar action, Lu Chen felt a sudden urge to retract his offer of help.
(End of Chapter)
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