47: South Vietnam Gu worm (please collect and read)

Chapter 47: South Yue Gu Insects (Please Bookmark and Keep Reading)

Hall of Neutral Harmony.

Shen Xing, covered in the dust of travel, hurried in, knelt down, and said, "Your humble servant Shen Xing greets Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor, long live, long live!"

"You may rise, my dear minister!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Compared to their last meeting, his appearance looked much older and more exhausted.

However, his eyes were still bright and spirited, though he seemed to bear some injuries on his body.

Half a year ago.

Having learned from Prime Minister Yang via Consort Shu that there might be cultivators in Nanyue County, and combined with the requirement for officials and aristocratic families of Nanyue County to offer Gu insects, he had specially dispatched Shen Xing and his men to Nanyue County on official business.

Apart from Shen Xing, Ma Jinwu had also ventured deep into the Martial Forest to search for traces of Fuyou House.

Unfortunately, even now, there was still no news of Fuyou House.

However, Shen Xing had already returned from Nanyue County.

He wondered what good news Shen Xing would bring.

Zheng Yi directly asked, "My dear minister, did you find any traces of immortal cultivators on your trip to Nanyue County?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, your humble servant did not fail the mission!"

"What do you mean? You found traces of an immortal cultivator?"

Zheng Yi's expression shifted, and he subconsciously sat up straight.

Shen Xing said, "Your Majesty, when your humble servant went to South Yue, I first collected precious Gu insects for Your Majesty, through which I met the Great High Priest of the Nanyue Tribe, Old Man Shenyue."

"Old Man Shenyue not only gifted your humble servant a precious Gu insect, but also presented the secret method of the Nanyue Tribe for raising Gu insects."

Zheng Yi asked in surprise, "Only one?"

"According to Old Man Shenyue, this Gu insect is named the mother Gu of 'Moonlight Gu'. It can grow by absorbing moonlight and can reproduce on its own to form an entire clan."

"Once successfully refined, the Moonlight Gu can form a special Internal Energy inside the human body, absorbing the essence of the moon to form Internal Energy with unique attributes that can be released outward to attack enemies."

"Furthermore, the Moonlight Gu can also fly out to attack on its own under the command of the practitioner."

"Moonlight Gu? Absorbing the essence of the moon? So miraculous? Where is this Gu?"

"Your humble servant has already handed it over to the Father-in-law outside the hall."

"Bring it up!"

Soon, Little Gui Zi quickly walked in carrying a wooden tray.

On the wooden tray rested an exquisite wooden box.

Zheng Yi opened it and saw that inside indeed lay a peculiar insect.

This insect was shaped like a crescent moon, its exterior crystal clear like a piece of blue crystal.

Overall, it also looked like a coiled blue caterpillar.

Beside it lay a booklet; opening and casually glancing through it, he saw it contained instructions for raising this Moonlight Gu.

"Hmm?"

He quickly noticed something amiss.

Several passages in the secret recipe for raising and cultivating this Moonlight Gu were remarkably similar to the "East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method" in his mind.

Or rather, it was content directly derived from the "East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method"!

Could it be that Nanyue County really had a connection with Fu You Sect?

Refining spirit insects, raising Gu insects?

Zheng Yi suppressed his doubts and asked, "What else? What about the cultivators?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, according to High Priest Shenyue, more than thirty years ago, the High Priest of the Heiyue Clan spent vast resources and many clan members' lives to breed an immortal Gu insect called the 'Mingya Insect'."

"Who would have thought that on the day it was fully raised, a figure shrouded in black fog suddenly appeared, snatched the Gu insect, and brutally slaughtered over a hundred powerful warriors of the Heiyue Clan. Even the High Priest of the Heiyue Clan was slain, which caused the Heiyue Clan to fall into decline."

"Later, they occasionally spotted this person's figure within Nanyue County's territory, but he quickly vanished. Now nearly ten years have passed without any sight of him."

"Since this happened only thirty-some years ago, many people who experienced it firsthand are still alive. From them, we learned..."

"...that the High Priest of the Heiyue Clan also seemed to possess immortal arts and could drive Gu insects, but unfortunately was no match for that black-robed person."

"The Heiyue Clan? The High Priest of the Heiyue Clan?"

Zheng Yi asked in surprise, "The clan that ruled Nanyue County thirty years ago?"

"Yes!"

Most of those living in Nanyue County belonged to the Nanyue Tribe, which was divided into dozens of clans, both large and small.

The strongest clan over thirty years ago was none other than the Heiyue Clan.

But for unknown reasons, over a hundred powerful experts of the Heiyue Clan's high ranks died suddenly in a single night, which gave the Baiyue Clan an opportunity.

Together with the court of the Great Yu Dynasty, they captured the Heiyue Clan's stronghold in one fell swoop and occupied the entire Nanyue County.

Unfortunately, even now, remnants of the Heiyue Clan still hide in the deep mountains and forests of Nanyue County, resisting the Great Yu court and the Baiyue Clan.

The so-called Baiyue Clan refers to those of the Nanyue Tribe who submitted to Great Yu.

The current High Priest Shenyue is the High Priest of the Baiyue Clan and the priest with the highest prestige and greatest power in Nanyue County.

"According to High Priest Shenyue's guess, that mysterious person who snatched the Mingya Insect is very likely a cultivator hiding in Nanyue County!"

Shen Xing said, "His overall strength is roughly equivalent to an Innate Realm Martial Artist, but he has many tricks up his sleeve and excels at controlling all kinds of poisonous insects—even more than the Gu insects of their Baiyue Clan."

"For this reason, High Priest Shenyue requests that our Great Yu mobilize the Longxiang Army to join forces with the experts of their Baiyue Clan to search for that mysterious cultivator together."

"Once found, the Baiyue Clan only wants the mysterious cultivator's method of refining Gu insects. Everything else will belong to Your Majesty!"

"Innate Realm, huh..."

Zheng Yi muttered to himself.

Among figures of the martial path, the strongest are Innate Realm Martial Artists.

Xu Mujun, that Old Ancestor of the Taiyi Sect, and the Yin Mountain Old Ancestor of Wu Country are all Innate Realm experts.

A single one of them is enough to withstand ten thousand soldiers.

But even so, they can still be killed.

As long as one is willing to sacrifice human lives and throw tens of thousands of soldiers against them, they can eventually be worn down to exhaustion and slain!

"This matter..." After considering for a few breaths, Zheng Yi said, "Shall be discussed further!"

"Your Majesty?"

"South Yue is mountainous, making it impossible to mobilize a large army. An Innate Realm Martial Artist can use the mountainous terrain to wage guerrilla warfare."

Zheng Yi said, "Let alone mobilizing a large army, even if an army of a hundred thousand enters South Yue, an Innate Realm Martial Artist could still depart at leisure."

"To say nothing of a cultivator with a multitude of tricks!"

"Tell High Priest Shenyue to first ascertain the mysterious person's whereabouts. It would be best if we can communicate with him."

"So long as this person is willing to emerge and join my Great Yu Dynasty, I am willing to treat him with the honors of a princely title!"

Shen Xing could only say, "Understood!"

"Shen Xing, you have done very well this time. Go down and rest for a few days first."

Zheng Yi said, "Regarding contact with High Priest Shenyue in the future, it will still depend on you."

"Understood, your humble servant obeys!"

Shen Xing said respectfully and quickly departed.

Meanwhile, Zheng Yi stared at the Moonlight Gu in his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Moonlight Gu, Nanyue County, Fu You Sect... Is there some connection between them?"

"I can use the 'East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method' to blood-sacrifice the Moonlight Gu, but I must first see the differences between the two..."

Returning to Qiankun Hall, Zheng Yi began studying the "East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method" and the secret Gu cultivation method handed in by High Priest Shenyue.

The two were very similar, but there were immense differences in the finer details.

To be precise, the East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method used one's own essence blood to refine a spirit insect, allowing the spirit insect and the refiner to connect spiritually and grow rapidly.

On the other hand, the secret Gu cultivation method submitted by High Priest Shenyue used special Materials to breed Gu insects, forcing them to slaughter one another to select the superior specimen, which was then controlled via secret techniques.

Compared to the "East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method", his secret Gu cultivation method took longer, and the strength of the Gu insects bred was inferior to spirit insects.

"In that case, I will use the 'East Cloud Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method' to cultivate the Moonlight Gu. I wonder what effect it will produce?"

He bathed, burned incense, and meditated to calm his mind.

Three days later, having adjusted his condition to its peak, he brought out the mother Gu of the Moonlight Gu.

"Essence blood... is the essence of the human body, the Innate essence, and the Origin power of the body."

"The stronger the essence blood, the stronger the person's physical state, strength, and energy."

"By the same token, the longer their lifespan."

"In other words, essence blood is lifespan!"

Concentrating his spirit and calming his breath, he extended his right hand, forced a drop of dark red blood from the tip of his index finger, and let it fall onto the Moonlight Gu.