Chapter 63: Art of Shaking People
"Xiao Chen, if your description is correct, then the thing that appeared in your home... should be the soul-eating insect."
"Soul-eating insect?"
Yu Tianqi, on the other end of the phone, rushed to Xingfu Community and explained to Su Chen.
"The so-called soul-eating insect is a special insect that lives in the southern restricted area, Mahakala."
"The biggest characteristic of this poisonous insect is that it can not only inherit the memories of the person it devours but also reproduce in large numbers after consuming the flesh and blood of its prey, thus simulating the appearance of the devoured prey to the point of being indistinguishable from the real thing."
"Many cultivators who entered the southern restricted area of Mahakala have encountered numerous soul-eating monsters transformed from soul-eating poisonous insects. They are very difficult to deal with."
"The Gu cultivators who have lived in the southern part of Kyushu for many years have learned to cultivate this kind of Gu worm over a long period and use them for their benefit. Consequently, there are quite a few Gu cultivators in the Immortal Alliance who know this Gu technique."
"But most of these Gu cultivators are active in the southern part of Kyushu and do not easily move around outside."
"If I'm correct, then the soul-eating insect that appeared in your room should come from an old guy I'm familiar with."
Su Chen asked curiously, "Who?"
"The guardian of the Black Lotus Sect... Taoist Qiandu."
Taoist Qiandu?
Su Chen was naturally familiar with this figure, who had been on the Immortal Alliance's wanted list for many years.
As a Taoist Qiandu in the Golden Elixir stage, his strength was not outstanding among Golden Elixir stage cultivators and could even be considered weak.
However, the most powerful thing about Taoist Qiandu was not his fighting skills but his numerous outrageous ways of saving his life and his character of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
He's the old bastard who ranks high on the Immortal Alliance's wanted list.
The reason he is described this way is that since Taoist Qiandu made his debut, whenever he encountered a cultivator who was also in the Golden Elixir stage, he would turn around and run away.
But if he met a cultivator weaker than himself, he would be extremely cruel.
This perfectly portrays his character of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Thinking of this, Su Chen put down his phone and asked solemnly toward the corridor below, "Are you sure you can deal with him?"
"Be sure? You don't think the person who appeared in your house is Taoist Qiandu himself, do you?"
Yu Tianqi walked out of the corridor and glanced at Su Chen's room calmly.
"No doubt about it; it was a method used by Taoist Qiandu, but it is just a sub-worm."
"It seems like another idiot who has been bewitched by Taoist Qiandu, thinking that he can change his fate by relying on evil magic like the Blood Pill Technique."
"Little did he know that from the moment he chose to use the Blood Pill Technique, he was just a flesh worm kept in someone else's Gu, and his life and death depended on someone else's whims."
"After all, the essence of the Blood Pill Technique is to allow special Gu worms to parasitize in one's body and to nourish the Gu worms in one's body through special pills obtained from refining other people's spiritual roots, thereby achieving an alternative improvement in aptitude."
"But he doesn't consider whether the Gu worm in his body can be completely controlled by him."
"There are too many people like him in the Immortal Alliance who can't see the way forward, so the Black Lotus Cult takes advantage of them."
Yu Tianqi's disdain for this so-called Blood Pill Technique was evident, and the disgust in his eyes was undisguised after discussing it.
"Uncle Tian, what shall we do next?"
"Just wait; leave this to me."
"Good."
Su Chen looked at Yu Tianqi, who walked out alone, and he was not worried at all that anything might happen to him.
Just kidding. Ever since the incident with Bai Ling, Su Chen had learned about Uncle Tian, the big boss hiding in the east district of the city.
Although he had vaguely sensed Uncle Tian's extraordinaryness before, at that time, he had no idea that this would be a powerful Golden Elixir stage cultivator hiding in a noodle restaurant in the city.
After all, he had only seen such people on TV in the past and had never met them in real life.
Not to mention that they had developed a good friendship by chance.
This was also the fundamental reason why Su Chen immediately sought out Yu Tianqi when he first discovered something wrong in his room.
Are you kidding? Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't call for help from a powerful Golden Elixir stage cultivator as backup?
Su Chen didn't care what would happen to the guy in the room later.
He only cared about who this guy was and why he had come for him.
Through Yu Tianqi's few words just now, Su Chen had roughly guessed the reason the other party had come to his house.
As expected, this guy should regard him as nourishment for the "Blood Pill Technique."
He had performed slightly better in the mock exam, but now he was being targeted.
Su Chen didn't know what to say for a moment.
After all, there were so many geniuses in the mock exam; why had they chosen to target him?
Did they think he was a grassroots person with no background and easy to bully just because he was a student in the human dao class?
Then let's see if he can hold on against me, backed by a Golden Elixir stage cultivator.
This... is the art of shaking people!
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Jiannan No. 3 High School, training room.
Zhao Lu, who was originally practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. A lump of flesh appeared between his eyebrows, and something began to wriggle inside the lump.
"Are you finally back?"
Feeling the waves of excitement coming from the soul-eating worm in his brain, Zhao Lu knew that the soul-eating worm had sensed the presence of its prey and was becoming agitated.
And he had left his soul-eating insects at Su Chen's house. The prey that could excite the soul-eating insects must be Su Chen.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lu licked his cracked lips and said excitedly, "I hope you, the genius who can defeat Shouyi, will not let me down."
Having said that, Zhao Lu immediately closed his eyes.
A mysterious wave emanated from Zhao Lu and flew far away to the Xingfu Community in the eastern part of the city.
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Su Chen's home, bedroom.
Zhao Lu opened his eyes, and what came into view was the dark space under the bed.
He listened to the footsteps coming from outside the bedroom, and after confirming that only one person had entered the room, his inner hunting desire was immediately aroused.
Then the soul-eating insects scattered under the bed began to gather and eventually turned into a strange face.
This face was exactly that of the student from Jiangnan No. 3 High School who had died at the hands of Zhao Lu before.
Zhao Lu hid under the bed, ready to attack.
When Su Chen opened the door and came in, he could launch a sneak attack immediately, and it had always worked.
Snap...
Zhao Lu looked at the twisting handle on the bedroom door, his expression becoming more and more excited.
It's almost time; he'll be able to have a full meal soon!
Squeak...
The moment the wooden door opened, Zhao Lu rushed out without thinking.
The body formed by the soul-eating insects burst out at an astonishing speed.
The mouth split into disgusting, petal-shaped mouthparts the moment it rushed out, covered with densely packed fangs, which was very repulsive.
But when he saw the figure entering the bedroom, the expression on his face changed from excitement to horror.
No, didn't the protector tell him that Su Chen was an orphan?
But who is this tall and strong old man with gray hair in front of him?
Even if Su Chen was anxious, he couldn't be so anxious as to have an 80-year-old face at the age of 18!
Although he noticed something was wrong, Zhao Lu had already made up his mind and had to strike.
Facing the stunned Zhao Lu, Yu Tianqi didn't do anything fancy; he just waved his hand.
Bang!
With a crisp slap, Zhao Lu was immediately thrown against the wall next to him.
An invisible pressure enveloped him, pinning him against the wall and making him unable to move.
At this point, Zhao Lu had no idea that he had been exposed.
The old man who appeared in front of him at this moment could not possibly be that high school student, Su Chen!
When had he revealed his flaws?
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