Chapter 212 The Nature of the Gu

Inside the Jade Bamboo Forest.

Lu Chen looked at several monks who had returned and immediately asked: "How is it, are there any towns around here?"

Hong Hua from the Giant Spirit Sect stepped forward and said seriously: "Yes, there is a town called Jade Bamboo Town not far from this bamboo forest."

"But because we remember you said not to easily contact people from this world, so we came back after seeing that town from afar."

Lu Chen nodded, and then looked at another group of people.

Seeing Lu Chen looking at him, a genie from the Bailian Sect said: "You are right, Daoyou Lu, not far from the residence of the Ancient Moon Immortal, some monsters slowly began to move."

After hearing these two pieces of information, Lu Chen nodded, as if he already knew what he wanted.

Ordinary monks may not understand what Lu Chen is doing.

But the seven genies from the Giant Spirit Sect, Wuxiang Valley, and Jiuxuan Sect who were present knew very well the purpose of Lu Chen's doing so.

After all, for the people in this world, those who participated in the True Immortal Trial were, in a sense, a group of demons from outside the domain.

Even if their appearance was similar to that of the people in the Daluo Cave Heaven.

But neither side would regard themselves as their own people.

After all, they just came to participate in a trial and left directly after the trial.

Whether this world was good or bad, and whether their actions would have a huge impact on this world.

Most of the trial participants actually didn't care.

In this regard, the evil people who came from the ancient world to the world of cultivation were actually in the same situation as Lu Chen and his friends who came to this world.

No one could say what attitude the people in this world would have towards them.

For Lu Chen, who was used to making the worst plan for everything, he would never rashly contact a group of beings he didn't understand.

Now that he understood that there were indeed human beings living in the Daluo Cave Heaven here, Lu Chen immediately thought of a countermeasure.

He looked at everyone and said, "The situation is unclear at the moment. You should first set up some formations around the courtyard of Gu Yue Immortal, and then see if anyone enters the bamboo forest."

"Once someone enters the bamboo forest, we should temporarily control them."

"Without knowing the specific situation of this cave, we'd better not act rashly to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the seven evildoers of Juling Sect, Wuxiang Valley, Jiuxuan Sect, and the people of Yuxu Mountain and Qingyun Sect did not object.

But some disciples of other sects did not think so.

After all, although they already knew that there was more than one wine worm.

But only the first person who brought the wine worm to Gu Yue Zhenxian could get the reward.

So now for them, time is the most important thing.

A true disciple of Bailian Valley couldn't help but say: "Daoyou Lu, aren't you being too cautious?"

"While we're wasting time here, what if someone else finds the wine bug first and gets there first?"

In response, before Lu Chen could speak, Hong Hua of Juling Sect mocked: "Idiot, do you think this is your own sect and you can come and go as you please?"

When the disciple of Bailian Valley heard this, his face instantly darkened.

If this was said by Lu Chen or a true disciple of the other ten major sects, he wouldn't say much even if he was dissatisfied.

But when this was said by Hong Hua, a disciple of Juling Sect, he couldn't stand it.

When did a barbarian from Dongshenzhou speak so arrogantly to the disciples of the Zhongzhou big sect?

So the disciple of Bailian Valley said directly in a cold tone: "Daoyou Hong, be careful of what you say."

Faced with the threat of the Bailian Valley disciples, Hong Hua didn't care at all.

The scoundrel looked like a piece of meat that was not afraid of being scalded.

Such an attitude naturally made the disciple of Bailian Valley even more angry.

Fortunately, someone came out to smooth things over at this time.

"Stop arguing, kid from Bailian Valley, didn't your elders tell you that whenever you go to an unknown cave, you must be as vigilant as possible?"

"Even this cat knows this, how can you, a true disciple of Bailian Valley, not know it? Don't be confused by the inheritance of the true immortal, otherwise you will have the heart to inherit but not the life to inherit."

"If you are dissatisfied with my junior brother's arrangement, it's very simple, just go out by yourself, no one here will stop you."

After being scolded by King Wu Miao, Ye Guangze of Bailian Valley finally calmed down.

Because everything is just as King Wu Miao said, they should be careful at the moment.

Just when several people wanted to say something, another group of cultivators who went out to explore came back.

But this time when they came back, they still had a seriously injured and dying cultivator in their hands.

This person is none other than Sui Shaobao from Donghai Gate.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen frowned immediately, not knowing what he had discovered.

"Where did you find him?"

"It was near the bamboo forest near the town. He was unconscious when we found him."

"Put him down first."

The five monks who found Sui Shaobao subconsciously put the unconscious Sui Shaobao on the ground.

Then Lu Chen walked up to the five people, and suddenly a blood-red long sword appeared in his hand.

Looking at the strange vertical eye on the blood-red long sword, the five monks suddenly felt like they were being stared at by some ancient evil creature.

Almost instinctively, a cultivator couldn't help but say: "Daoyou Lu, what are you doing..."

Before he finished speaking, a large amount of red mist was released from the blood-red long sword.

After the red mist covered the five cultivators and Sui Shaobao on the ground, it immediately made a 'sizzling' sound.

It was as if something was swallowed.

Not only that, the red mist also entered the bodies of the five cultivators.

Under the influence of the red mist, the five cultivators noticed the situation in their bodies.

They were actually invaded by some tiny poisonous insects without knowing it.

And these poisonous insects seemed to be able to block the perception of the cultivators' spiritual power.

So much so that they didn't notice it along the way.

After Lu Chen's Taotie soldiers devoured the poisonous insects in the bodies of the five cultivators.

He turned his head and looked at Sui Shaobao on the ground.

[Name: Sui Shaobao (True Disciple of Donghai Sect)]

[Cultivation: Completed Foundation Establishment]

[Foundation Establishment Quality: Fifth-grade Genuine Immortal Foundation]

[Status: Severely Injured/Parasitic]

"Junior Brother, this guy is hopeless. More than half of his spiritual roots have been eaten by those insects. Even if he is saved, he will be a useless person."

Wumiao Wang came to Sui Shaobao and said with an ugly face after sensing him.

In response, Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Wumiao, please step back first."

Hearing this, Wumiao Wang immediately stepped back a distance.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Lu Chen put away his original Taotie fierce weapon.

Replaced with a white spiritual sword.

Lu Chen held the Juetian Sword and stabbed Sui Shaobao's Dantian fiercely.

Strangely, after this sword passed through Sui Shaobao's body, it did not cause any damage to his body.

But in everyone's perception, the poisonous insects that originally entrenched around Sui Shaobao's spiritual roots were also dying in large numbers at this time.

Even if these were solved, Sui Shaobao's danger was still not eliminated.

Because those poisonous insects could devour Sui Shaobao's spiritual roots, they could naturally devour his other body organs.

Although the blood mist that Lu Chen just released devoured most of the poisonous insects in Sui Shaobao's body.

But those organs eaten by the poisonous insects could not be completely restored.

Not to mention that Sui Shaobao's spiritual roots were basically in a semi-disabled state at the moment.

However, what ordinary people can't do doesn't mean that Lu Chen can't do it.

Unless his soul is scattered, Lu Chen can pull Sui Shaobao back from the gates of hell now.

And he must pull Sui Shaobao back.

Because he needs the information from Sui Shaobao.

There is no doubt that the reason why Sui Shaobao fell into such a situation must be inseparable from the people in that small town.

And being able to make a true disciple of a large sect almost half dead.

That town is definitely not as simple as it looks on the outside.

"Di Ting..."

"Woof!"

Accompanied by a scroll, Di Ting appeared behind Lu Chen.

Di Ting immediately jumped out of the scroll.

"Brother, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Lu Chen pointed at Sui Shaobao on the ground and said, "Can he be saved?"

After looking at Sui Shaobao's condition, Di Ting frowned and said, "Brother, this matter is a bit difficult..."

"As long as he is still breathing."

"That's easy!"

At first, Di Ting thought that Lu Chen wanted him to save Sui Shaobao to his prime. This was not impossible for Di Ting, but it would consume a certain amount of original power.

But if he was just breathing, it would be too simple.

Di Ting came to his side and immediately let a large amount of innate nine qi enter Sui Shaobao's body.

Under the nourishment of these innate nine qi, Sui Shaobao's originally shattered organs gradually recovered.

In the process, his spiritual roots also recovered a little.

A moment later, Sui Shaobao opened his eyes.

He looked at Lu Chen and others who appeared around him, and his original despair was quickly replaced by a sense of survival.

Thinking of the Gu cultivators of the Luo family in the town, Sui Shaobao said hoarsely: "Don't get close to that town, otherwise you will end up like me..."

Hearing Sui Shaobao's words, the expressions of the people around him became serious.

Lu Chen looked at him and said calmly: "Tell me what you encountered."

After Sui Shaobao's explanation, Lu Chen and others finally understood their experience.

They also understood their current situation.

After all, when Sui Shaobao first arrived at the Luo family, the other party answered all questions at the beginning in order to let them relax their vigilance.

Through this process, Sui Shaobao also learned a lot of basic information about the Daying Dynasty.

And some information about Gu cultivators.

As the name suggests, Gu cultivators are a group of special cultivators who use "Gu worms" to practice.

All their strength comes from the Gu worms in their bodies.

Whether a Gu cultivator is powerful or not depends on the realm of the Gu worms in his body and the quality of the Gu worms.

In Gu cultivation, the realm of Gu insects is divided into four realms, corresponding to the cultivators' Qi training stage, foundation building, golden elixir, and Nascent Soul stage.

The quality of Gu insects is divided into four types, namely 'Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang'.

Among them, 'Heaven-level Gu insects' are not only unique, but their strength is often very terrifying.

They have the strength comparable to that of Gu cultivators of the second realm at birth.

After adulthood, they must have the strength of the perfect four realms and can break through the air and ascend.

That's right, in this Daluo Cave Heaven, the cultivation level can only reach the Nascent Soul stage at most.

However, Lu Chen speculated that the Nascent Soul stage of this world would not take action easily.

After all, the purpose of Gu Yue True Immortal is to refine Gu, and now they are the so-called Gu insects.

If they encounter a Gu cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, then this will not be refining Gu, but a massacre.

Therefore, Lu Chen speculated that the Yuanying stage Gu cultivators in this world might exist independently from the Daying Dynasty.

It should play a role similar to that of a ‘referee’.

As long as both parties in the game do not violate the rules, the referee will not intervene.

At this point, Lu Chen had almost figured out the current situation of the True Immortal Trial.

Now only the minutiae remain.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen said to Sui Shaobao, "Did you just say that you felt like you were being watched when you entered Yuzhu Town?"

Sui Shaobao nodded.

"Do you know who is spying on you?"

Sui Shaobao shook his head and said he didn't know.

At first Sui Shaobao thought that the person peeping at him might be someone from the Luo family.

But looking back now, Sui Shaobao realized that he didn't feel that feeling after arriving at Luo's house.

And he didn't think the Luo family and others had this ability.

The reason why their three brothers ended up dead, one seriously injured, and one escaped.

The core reason is that they didn't know the methods of Gu cultivators before, so they were beaten by calculations without intention.

If they had known this in advance, Sui Shaobao would have been confident that he could defeat them all with just two Level 2 Gu cultivators in the Luo family.

However, he was poisoned in advance, and his strength was completely reduced, which is why he ended up in this situation.

After Lu Chen thought for a moment, he speculated: "Insects in nature have certain methods to distinguish between similar species. If you are right, then Gu cultivators may be able to sense that there are no Gu insects in their bodies. Otherwise, how can they Did you assume from the beginning that you are not monks from the Daying Immortal Dynasty?"

"So if we want to deceive those Gu cultivators, we must either find a Gu worm and plant it into our bodies like the Gu cultivators."

"Another way is to keep a Gu worm close by."

"But the second method should only be able to deceive ordinary Gu cultivators, and it should not be effective for Gu cultivators above the third level."

"So if we want to leave the bamboo forest and sneak into the Daying Dynasty, the best way is to first find some Gu insects to disguise ourselves."

"But before that, let's entertain those distinguished guests who have come from afar."

As he spoke, Lu Chen raised his head and looked in a certain direction outside the bamboo forest.

Seeing Lu Chen's actions, King Meow Meow and others beside him also stood up.

Because they sensed that a lot of people seemed to have gathered outside the bamboo forest.

And these are following the 'message' left by Sui Shaobao, heading all the way to the depths of the bamboo forest...

PS: Happy New Year’s Eve! I've been quite busy these days, so I can only add one more chapter today.