Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

Six months ago, Deng Hui's killing of his fellow disciples at Xuanqing Academy and his defection caused a great uproar in Tianhai County.

Xuanqing Temple issued a kill order that same day, and Deng Hui was hunted down throughout Tianhai County. Wufeng Temple also participated in the investigation and pursuit.

however.

Three months of investigation yielded no results.

Therefore, both Wufeng Temple and Xuanqing Temple believed that Deng Hui had escaped from Tianhai County.

Unexpectedly, it has suddenly appeared in Changping County.

Xue Chen spoke again, but only said eight words: "There's something fishy about this; it's definitely not simple."

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Officer Xue."

Li Fu didn't ask any more questions.

Upon learning that it concerned Deng Hui, he immediately suppressed his curiosity.

Deng Hui was no ordinary mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, and no matter what Chen Ye was planning, he dared not get involved.

"Should we ask other disciples?" Li Fu changed the subject.

Xue Chen nodded.

The group immediately moved on to another location.

……

The group left.

Gu Qing also composed herself.

He had heard everything the people said clearly using the corpse-eating worm's senses.

"Xue Chen disregarded his own life and exposed himself, and the first thing he did was to attack Li Shoutian, the Taoist priest of the Yizhuang, and the Taoist boy who buried the corpse."

The problem clearly lies with the corpse.

It now appears that the emergence of the eight-legged cod-eating worm is by no means simple.

Perhaps it's the corpse from that tomb!

Gu Qing made a bold guess.

However, he didn't dare to verify it.

He could think of it, the Taoist priest of Wufeng Temple could think of it, and even the constable Xue, who was invited by the temple to help, could think of it.

They will definitely investigate the Fufenglin cemetery thoroughly, and perhaps the matter of the corpse-eating worms stealing corpses will also be exposed.

"Fortunately, I have the Blood Refining Insect Control Jar, otherwise I would definitely have left the Corpse-Eating Insects in the graveyard. Even though the Corpse-Eating Insects have evolved black armor and can hide, they are still only at the lower first level. Nine times out of ten, they will not be able to hide from a powerful cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining."

After much deliberation, Gu Qing decided to hide the Blood Refining Insect Control Jar to avoid being discovered by a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Over the next two days, Gu Qing rested while carefully studying the Subduing Insect Techniques, trying to add something worthwhile to his daily evaluation. Even if the gains were small, it was better than nothing.

pity.

His cultivation efficiency was so low that he didn't even bother to give a daily evaluation.

Fortunately, with the eight-legged heart-eating worm, we can still maintain a daily benefit of 50 points of corpse energy and 25 points of yin energy replenishment.

The profits over the two days were not low.

[Remaining Corpse Energy: 285]

[Replenishment of Yin Energy: 210]

For safety's sake, Gu Qing immediately consumed 200 points of corpse energy to cultivate the Black Armor Corpse Devouring Insect again, raising it to the middle stage of the first tier.

[Black-armored Corpse-eating Insect]

[Status: Adult (0/400) - Breeding Direction: First-Tier Upper Realm]

"The eight-legged heart-eating worm has been refined to a full 60%, with only 40% remaining unrefined. It seems unlikely that it can be cultivated to the upper level of the first tier in the short term."

After sighing, Gu Qing focused his senses on the Black Armor Corpse-Eating Insect.

Upon entering the middle stage of the first tier, his concealment ability is enhanced once again.

Nowadays, when the Black Armor Corpse-Eating Insects are left still in the jar, they seem to be nothing at all.

This made him feel more at ease.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Qing's gaze fell on the Subduing Insect Control Technique, but after careful consideration, he did not choose to improve it at this moment.

But to Gu Qing's surprise, only two days later, Li Fu summoned him to the Fufeng Forest Cemetery early the next morning.

Liu Zaiyan and others were also present.

Urged on by Li Fu, they hurriedly dug up the Earth Corpse Mushrooms.

Besides Li Fu, Gu Qing also saw several Taoist priests appearing in the mist, guarding various parts of the cemetery, ready for battle.

"Kid, you go about your business. Don't worry, we're here, nothing will happen." Li Fu subconsciously felt that Gu Qing was worried, so he reassured him.

"Thank you, Master Li."

Gu Qing raised his hand in a gesture of respect.

He then bowed to the others through the thin mist.

Li Fu's unusually gentle attitude towards Gu Qing also drew the attention of the others.

However, when they saw Gu Qing use unorthodox techniques to control insects to examine the corpse in the grave, they completely lost interest.

……

In the time that followed, Gu Qing meticulously manipulated insects to examine the corpse.

After Li Fu and the others had kept watch for most of the day without any movement, they all went about their own business. Clearly, they didn't believe that Deng Hui would suddenly barge into Fufeng Forest in broad daylight.

Gu Qing also took this opportunity to secretly send the corpse-eating worms into the tomb.

At first, Gu Qing was cautious, but after confirming that the others couldn't sense the corpse-eating worms, he focused on guiding it towards the tomb where the eight-legged heart-eating worms were located. Just to be safe, Gu Qing dug the hole an extra ten feet deeper into the ground.

As evening approached, Gu Qing finally managed to ride the insect into the tomb.

After crawling into the wooden coffin through the previous hole, Gu Qing began to carefully examine the corpse, but no matter how he examined it, he found nothing unusual.

It was just an ordinary corpse.

A very ordinary mortal corpse.

There is no residual spiritual energy or yin energy in the body.

Although the flesh and blood had been completely stiffened by the yin energy of the earth's veins, there was no sign of the corpse rising from the dead.

"Could it be that I'm wrong?"

"Was killing Li Shoutian, or searching for the soul and burying the Taoist boy, all just to conceal the true purpose?"

Gu Qing frowned.

But he didn't hesitate and directly used the insects to devour the corpse.

Whether there are any abnormalities or not can be determined by the daily evaluation panel.

Just when Gu Qing had no expectations, the result of his daily evaluation the next morning surprised him greatly.

[Evaluation Panel Lv1 (12/100)]

[Today's Review!]

[By using insects to examine the corpses at the Fufeng Forest tomb, four corpses that were about to commit fraud were discovered ahead of time. This earned praise from Daoist Duofu, who rated it as Grade D - Corpse Aura +5]

[The Corpse-Eating Insect has been refined into a Tier 2 Eight-Legged Heart-Eating Insect, rated C—Corpse Qi +50, Yin Qi Replenishment +25]

[The Corpse-Eating Insects devour the Hidden Corpse, easily refining it. Rating: A-grade - Corpse Qi +10, Wormless Foundation Establishment True Technique +1]

"A Tibetan corpse... there's actually something like that!"

Gu Qing was startled, and his gaze immediately fell on the True Method of Foundation Building of the Worm Without Return.

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【The True Method of Foundation Building for Insects That Never Return】

Three hundred years ago, the Thousand Insect Sect, the most powerful unorthodox sect in the Li Yuan Kingdom, possessed one of its most treasured foundation-building techniques. Cultivating this technique allowed one to build a foundation in the insect path, transcending physical limitations, and ultimately attain the ultimate Dao fruit, living as long as an insect.

"It's actually the Foundation Establishment method!"

A storm raged in Gu Qing's heart.

The method of subduing evil spirits and controlling insects given by Wufeng Temple is only an introductory method, and can only be practiced up to the second level of Qi Refining at most.

Even so, it took the entire Gu family fortune to acquire it.

In the future, if one wishes to cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining, or even higher.

They will likely have no choice but to serve as slaves to the Wufeng Temple.

However, this "True Method of Foundation Building Without Rejuvenation" is aimed directly at the foundation building stage, solving the problems he needs for subsequent cultivation.

"That Deng Hui, I'm afraid, came here specifically for this method."

After the initial joy, Gu Qing felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

This invaluable method of foundation building without the insect's demise is also an extremely hot potato.

"Then Deng will definitely come again."

Moreover, his whereabouts have been exposed.

As time goes by, one will inevitably become extremely anxious.

Who knows what he'll do then?

However, as long as I can get through this period, this method will be completely mine!

Gu Qing felt both worried and happy.

The two alternate.

My heart started pounding.