Junior sister, I really need to control you

But what kind of celestial being would be so bored as to meddle in such a trivial matter?

Moreover, once he escapes further away and returns to the territory of his own Thousand Insect Valley, even the immortals of that lineage will be helpless.

Although Thousand Insect Valley cannot be compared with the entire Taihao Immortal Sect, it is not afraid of a mere Zhengyang lineage.

Their Thousand Insect Valley also has a lineage of immortals!

Once he has fully developed the mother insect, he will be able to raise his cultivation level to at least 240 years. After another 20 or 30 years, he will be able to eliminate the side effects.

Considering his remaining lifespan, there's at least an 80% chance he'll break through to the Divine Realm in the future.

If we can raise the mother insect a few more times in the future, then there may be hope of reaching the higher level of Dharma Aspect Realm, the title of True Person.

Thinking of this, Master Chongyun was in a great mood.

"Hey, young man," he reached out and patted Chen Rui's shoulder, "I'm in a good mood today and I find you pleasing to the eye, so I'll teach you a couple of moves, how about it?"

Chen Rui was overjoyed.

Although the person in front of me is a cultist practicing Gu magic, he is still a real person.

There's no harm in learning a few tricks from a real person, right?

Thinking of this, Chen Rui quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"Of course, if you learn my methods and work for me, you must always remember my kindness."

Chongyun patted Chen Rui on the head and handed him a Qiankun bag: "Before tomorrow's patrol, distribute these to the disciples guarding the temple and tell them to carry them with them."

"Yes, ancestor!" Chen Rui nodded.

Although he did not know all of Chongyun's secrets and plans, the things he should do had been explained very clearly to him by Guanzhong Zhenren and Chongyun.

Once all those damned broken bamboos at Huangzhu Temple are destroyed, they won't be able to pay their training fees, and the rent for Bamboo Forest Peak will become a huge debt.

Even if Huangzhu Temple wants to sell everything to renew the lease, the lineage will still doubt whether they can guarantee a return on their investment.

At that time, our own temple will have the opportunity to find the lineage and take over this Bamboo Forest Peak.

It would be a waste to use those tens of thousands of spiritual eyes to grow bamboo.

……

At the same time, Li Yinsheng had already set up a trapping formation consisting of 1,700 black and white chess pieces around the hole where the mother insect and the command flag magic weapon were located.

Countless black and white pieces were scattered around that small empty space, then disappeared and transformed into an array.

Tightening the air.

This is a trapping formation recorded in the Dongxuan Formation Manual. Although it is called a trapping formation, it can also have some suppressing and sealing effects when activated.

Li Yinsheng was unsure how closely the magical artifact inside was connected to its owner's mind, so he dared not make any moves lest he alert the enemy.

But he would never let go of that large, fleshy worm with its pure aura.

Aside from its difficulty in refining, this insect itself is enough to help a person increase their cultivation by twenty years.

If he were to give it to his junior sister... although he hadn't yet figured out how to get her to eat it.

However, if my junior sister takes it and fully refines it, her cultivation will be enough to reach about thirty years. At least in terms of cultivation, it will be enough to reach the level of Grade B in the Shaoyang Dao Examination!

This is no strange insect, it's clearly a rare treasure!

Moreover, there was a magical weapon next to this extraordinary treasure!

However, the situation was still unclear, and he didn't understand what was going on with those insects outside, so he couldn't just grab the big fleshy worm and the command flag and leave.

Putting everything else aside, he really wants to know whether the insects outside that his junior sister killed will be counted as a reward for his cultivation tribulation.

If we take that into account, how much cultivation time does that insect get?

If he were to take down the giant worm directly, would the alien insects remain unresponsive, go berserk, or die on the spot?

And the person who arranged these designs, in the cave's judgment, was he also part of this tribulation of cultivation?

These all require further consideration.

However, he was unsure when the person who had set up such an arrangement would arrive.

Therefore, in addition to setting up a tight formation to lock down the giant worm and the magic weapon, he also set up two other formations around it.

A technique called the Suppressing God Head is a method specifically designed to suppress powerful enemies. Once one enters it, their physical body, magical power, and divine consciousness will all be restricted.

Those with slightly lower cultivation levels will have their divine sense directly locked, and their physical body and magical power will naturally be unable to function.

Li Yinsheng didn't expect the formation to directly suppress the soul of a True Person, but he figured it would at least severely restrict him.

The other formation is called the Rising Ox Formation, which is purely a killing formation.

It would be best to capture him alive; if that's not possible, then just send him away.

Regardless of who that person is, there's no need to be polite to them for resorting to such underhanded and unethical methods.

In addition, there are those alien insects that are still huddled in their cocoons.

Although they are behaving themselves for now, Li Yinsheng doesn't believe they will stay behaving themselves forever.

Flying to the nearest cocoon, Li Yinsheng smiled slightly.

"Little worm, little worm, your cocoon is too thin, you don't feel safe. Let me help you make it thicker."

He raised his hand and pointed, and three chess pieces—two white and one black—surrounded the cocoon. Then the pieces disappeared, and the formation was complete.

Two swallows flying together.

It's an extremely simple trap, but its strength lies in its practicality.

Next, Li Yinsheng spent some more time adding a layer of double swallows to all the cocoons in the entire mountain.

Now the thin cocoon shell no longer needs to be worried about breaking easily.

Chapter 70 Three days, ninety years!

Late at night, on Bamboo Forest Peak, in the sleeping quarters of the patrolling disciples.

Mu Xiaoyu lay on her bed.

The female nun from Huangzhu Temple who had previously arranged a bedroom for her seemed to be taking good care of her, as she was specially assigned to this bedroom where only four people lived.

Tonight, after her senior brought her back, Mu Xiaoyu pushed open the door and was immediately surrounded by her three roommates, including Wu Mingke.

Although not much time had passed between the time the direct disciple of Shouyi Temple caused trouble and the time her senior brother brought her back from the Shouyi Temple's residence.

However, the commotion was quite significant, and with many onlookers, the news spread widely within a short period of time.

At least half of the patrolling disciples in the rest area knew about it.

By tomorrow, it will probably have spread completely.

Of course, all they knew was the public incident of "a disciple of Shouyi Temple bullying a female cultivator from a small Taoist temple, and being punished by the senior brother from the other temple."

As for the fact that almost everyone in Shouyiguan was wiped out and all of them were sent to the disciples of Huichuntang in Huangzhuguan for treatment, it is now only circulating among the disciples of Huangzhuguan in a small circle.

Furthermore, the disciples of Huangzhu Temple were also ordered by Vice Abbot Liang not to spread the news outside, so as not to escalate the matter further and affect his subsequent negotiations with Shouyi Temple.

Therefore, the rumors that the three roommates heard only went as far as Li Yinsheng publicly captured the Shouyi Temple disciple and left with Mu Xiaoyu.

So when the three of them saw Mu Xiaoyu return, they immediately surrounded her and bombarded her with questions.

Aside from Wu Mingke, who was clearly worried about whether Mu Xiaoyu was injured, the other two, while also expressing concern, were more obviously curious.

After all, they had only known each other for a day and didn't have any real relationship, so there was no question of them caring about each other.

Compared to whether Mu Xiaoyu was really bullied or wronged, they were more concerned about the rumor that "a handsome and highly skilled senior brother saved his junior sister who was being bullied by outsiders."

This "hero saves the beauty" trope, reminiscent of a folktale, is what attracts them.

Even when one of them pressed Mu Xiaoyu for answers, a hint of jealousy inadvertently flashed across his face—

This female cultivator isn't particularly pretty, and her cultivation level is just average. So why does she have a handsome and powerful senior brother protecting her? Is it just because she's lucky?

Mu Xiaoyu was born into a royal family. Although she was pampered from a young age, she was also influenced by her surroundings and learned to read people's expressions.

She could tell whether the two female cultivators who had been practicing in the temple since childhood were sincere or not.

Therefore, she didn't boast about things like "My senior brother dotes on me so much, he took me to take revenge" or anything that might attract more jealousy.

It's just that the person guarding the temple looked down on her and her senior brother's temple because it was small and ranked low, so he deliberately bullied them.

Her senior brother naturally couldn't stand by and watch the Taoist temple be looked down upon, so he took her to Shouyi Temple to reason with them. With the help of the deputy abbot and deacons of Huangzhu Temple, they managed to reconcile the situation and finally regain their dignity.

She glossed over the more detailed aspects as much as possible.

Even when Wu Mingke pressed her for details, she didn't give a proper answer.

Since they'll be patrolling together tomorrow anyway, it's better for her to discuss some things privately with this Sister Wu.

She didn't know her other two roommates very well, so she didn't want to have any deep conversations with them.

Although they were somewhat dissatisfied with Mu Xiaoyu's vague answers, the two of them didn't want to keep pressing her for answers and appear aggressive.

Moreover, none of the four of them had deep cultivation, and they had all been patrolling all day. As night deepened, they all became tired and went to sleep.

In her half-awake state, Mu Xiaoyu heard Wu Mingke's voice.

"Little Fish? Are you asleep?"

"I almost fell asleep..." Mu Xiaoyu muttered.

“Your senior brother treats you so well,” Wu Mingke exclaimed. “He was willing to clash with the people of Shouyi Temple to stand up for you. None of my senior brothers in the temple would ever treat me like that.”

"Hehe," Mu Xiaoyu said happily when she heard Wu Mingke praise her senior brother, "Senior brother is indeed a very good person, he's just too strict..."

“He’s not just a good person, is he?” Wu Mingke said softly, her tone complicated. “He must also really like you.”

"Hehe, of course!" Mu Xiaoyu was even happier and couldn't help but roll over in bed. "Senior brother must really like me!"

"Sigh, little girl." Wu Mingke sighed softly.

"Sister Wu, why are you suddenly calling me 'little girl'?" Mu Xiaoyu asked, somewhat displeased.

"It's nothing, go to sleep." Wu Mingke sighed again.

Mu Xiaoyu wanted to ask more, but drowsiness overcame her. Thinking that she had to get up early to patrol the next day, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

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