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Chapter 526: The Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm
Chapter 526: The Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm
"In the spirit beast's sea of consciousness?"
Master Cangwu's face turned grim.
The sea of consciousness is the most complex part of a spirit beast. The slightest mishap could drive the beast insane or even kill it instantly.
"But what about demonic influences? Can we use talismans or exorcism artifacts to extract the foreign object from the spirit beast's sea of consciousness?"
He turned to the cold and aloof Chen Luo and asked.
"We can give it a try."
Chen Luo replied succinctly. He took out a jade talisman with rippling clear light from his storage bag and approached one of the affected spirit beasts.
With his spiritual energy control, the clear light on the jade talisman flowed like water and poured into the abnormal spirit beast's body.
Half a moment later, the clear light on the jade talisman dimmed significantly, but the spirit beast showed no signs of change. It still looked ferocious and ready to devour anyone in its path.
"Let me try."
Master Cangwu stepped forward, and a square jade seal appeared in front of him.
A resounding dragon's roar echoed from within the jade seal, and a dragon shadow shot out, enveloping one of the abnormal spirit beasts in a cloud of mist.
A tremendous suction force emanated from the dragon shadow, imbued with a pure and natural aura that calmed even those watching from a distance, including Lu Chen.
After a long while, the dragon shadow relaxed its grip and retreated back into the square jade seal.
"It doesn't seem to be caused by demonic influences," Master Cangwu said calmly.
"This jade seal of mine is a fifth-grade treasure with strong exorcism properties. If it can't detect any demonic presence, I suspect something else is lurking in the spirit beasts' sea of consciousness."
"Do you have any solutions, Lu Shenzi?"
He turned to Lu Chen, who had been silent all this time.
"My understanding of spirit beasts pales in comparison to my senior brothers. I can only claim to have a slight grasp of the subject. However, each person has their own unique strengths when it comes to spirit beasts. I, for one, enjoy seeking out rare and ancient spirit beast tomes. Perhaps I can give it a try."
Lu Chen smiled as he said this, standing before a Four-Winged Thunderous Tiger spirit beast under the watchful eyes of the others.
This Four-Winged Thunderous Tiger was massive in size and possessed the strength of a fourth-grade beast. It was, of course, not the one he had tamed before.
Ignoring the threats posed by the restrained tiger, Lu Chen took out a Beast Spirit Pill from his storage bag and forced it into the tiger's mouth.
"These abnormal spirit beasts have probably not eaten for some time. I'm feeding them a Beast Spirit Pill to soothe them a little," Lu Chen explained his actions.
As the pill was forced into the Four-Winged Thunderous Tiger's body, Lu Chen focused his spiritual sense on its body. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
Four-Winged Thunderous Tiger: A fourth-grade spirit beast renowned for its speed among its peers. As it matures, it naturally comprehends lightning magic. It has a ferocious temperament and is extremely difficult to tame.
Abnormal Condition: Infested by the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm in its sea of consciousness, resulting in a loss of sanity and a state of frenzy. Highly aggressive.
Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm: An exotic worm from beyond the skies. In its complete form, its strength ranges from a third-grade to a fifth-grade demonic beast. Its movements are mysterious and elusive, making it extremely difficult to detect.
Prefers to lurk within the sea of consciousness of its target, feeding on their spiritual sense in an intangible form. Gradually devours the spiritual sense of demonic beasts or cultivators, causing a loss of sanity and inducing a frenzied state. Eventually, it completely merges with and takes over the host's sea of consciousness, becoming indistinguishable from its victim.
The simpler the mind and the lower the spiritual sense, the easier it is for the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm to invade and corrupt. Spiritual sense-enhancing artifacts can be used to lure it out.
You who muddle my mind!
"So it was this creature causing the trouble," Lu Chen said, his eyes closed as he pretended to carefully examine the abnormal spirit beast.
"The Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm, an exotic creature from beyond this realm, possesses peculiar abilities and elusive movements. No wonder Master Cangwu, with his Golden Core realm strength, couldn't detect it."
Various thoughts flashed through Lu Xuan's mind.
He hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to disclose partial information to Master Cangwu.
Having spent over two decades in Tianjian Sect, he had received all sorts of protection and cultivation resources, as well as spirit herbs, from the sect. This had enabled him to acquire the glowing orbs faster and faster, and the rewards had become increasingly generous. Being able to give back to the sect without compromising his own safety brought Lu Xuan immense joy.
Furthermore, if they couldn't resolve the issue of the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worms infesting the spirit beasts' seas of consciousness in time, the number of abnormal spirit beasts was likely to increase, possibly affecting his farming life within the sect.
A little sacrifice for a better farming environment was well worth it.
After all, he had already established himself as a genius Spirit Herbologist, and knowing a little more about spirit beasts was only natural and reasonable.
With these thoughts in mind, Lu Xuan stepped forward to face the crowd.
"Land nephew, have you found anything?"
As usual, Master Cangwu asked, but he didn't hold much hope.
Even Chen Luo, on whom he had pinned high hopes, could only make a vague guess. The chances of Lu Xuan, who was relatively weaker and had less experience with spirit beasts, discovering something new were even lower.
"I was lucky and stumbled upon something."
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
"Oh? Really? Land nephew, please tell us."
Master Cangwu exclaimed softly, a little surprised by Lu Xuan's response.
Beside him, Zhong Hao and Chen Luo also looked astonished.
"I once came across a similar situation in an ancient book I acquired by chance. It spoke of an exotic worm from beyond the realm, called the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm, which loves to lurk in the minds of demons and feeds on their spiritual sense in an intangible form."
"After being invaded by the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm, a demon beast's intellect gradually becomes confused, and it easily falls into a frenzy. However, the beast itself cannot detect any abnormalities, nor will it suspect that something is amiss within its sea of consciousness, even as its mind completely sinks into madness."
Lu Xuan explained in a low voice.
"Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm? I've never heard of it. The world is indeed full of wonders."
A puzzled expression appeared on Master Cangwu's face.
"I just happen to have a collection of such odd knowledge. When I heard Brother Chen Luo mention that something had invaded the spirit beasts' seas of consciousness, I immediately thought of the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm after examining and confirming it."
"My knowledge is far inferior to that of my master."
Lu Xuan humbly said.
"Land nephew, do you have a solution?"
Master Cangwu asked eagerly.
"I consider myself extremely fortunate to have gained this understanding. As for how to deal with the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm specifically, I'll need to discuss and explore it together with Master Cangwu and the other senior brothers."
"However, I think we can approach it from two angles."
"First, we can use treasures related to spiritual sense to lure out the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm. As long as we present ourselves as harmless and more potent than the spirit beast's spiritual sense, it will be irresistibly attracted."
"Second, we can consider finding some divine soul treasures, which may be able to restrain the Mind-Boggling Serpent Worm and produce remarkable results."
Lu Xuan offered his suggestions.
(End of Chapter)
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