âDivine Soul Type Treasuresâ¦â
True Man Cang Wu pondered.
âThese kinds of treasures are extremely rare and unusual, and may not necessarily be effective against the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug.â
âWhatâs more important is that they might pose serious harm to the Divine Soul of the Spirit Beasts.â
âUnless no other options are left, we shouldnât resort to this method.â
True Man Cang Wu made the decision.
âUncle Master, we can look for the Fifth Rank or Sixth Grade Sect Guardian Spirit Beasts in the Blessed Land. They are relatively simple-minded and possess strong Spiritual Sense. If they converge their thoughts and camouflage a bit, they should be highly attractive to those Mind-Confusing Viper Bugs and may be likely to lure them out.â
Upon seeing this, Lu Xuan said.
âAll right, letâs proceed as Disciple Lu mentioned.â
True Man Cang Wu gave a long howl, and his voice echoed through the clouds. A few moments later, a huge Spirit Beast with a dragon head and turtle body, riding on the clouds, swiftly arrived.
The Spirit Beast had blue-black mottled turtle shell on which many semi-transparent lines moved, forming various odd symbols on it.
âLittle Cang Wu, whatâs going on that you had to call me here?â
The Old Dragon Turtle, who had not been seen in a long time, was still as lazy as ever, and casually asked.
In its eyes, True Man Cang Wu at the Nascent Soul Stage was just like a child.
Lu Xuan and the others kept silent and lowered their heads as if they hadnât heard a thing.
âDragon Turtle elder, there are several Inner Sect Disciples here. Please respect me a bit.â
âWhat, you want me to call you True Man Cang Wu?â
The Old Dragon Turtle scoffed and glanced at Lu Xuan who was standing aside.
âKid Lu, youâve come to the Ten Thousand Beast Cave and didnât even stop by to see an old friend?â
âElder, I just arrived not long ago and had to deal with some matters first. I will come to catch up with you later.â
With outsiders present, Lu Xuan didnât reveal his true nature in front of the Dragon Turtle and politely replied.
Zhong Hao and the others respectfully greeted the Old Dragon Turtle one by one.
They were all amazed inwardly, not expecting that Lu Xuan was so familiar with the Sixth-grade Sect Guardian Spirit Beast in the Sect.
âRelying on me to lure the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug out, right?â
After True Man Cang Wu explained the reason for the abnormal madness among the Spirit Beasts, the Old Dragon Turtle asked.
âYes. According to Disciple Luâs suggestion, we must lure those Mind-Confusing Viper Bugs out and then find a way to deal with them.â
âAll right, but I need to divine first.â
The Old Dragon Turtle, having lived for thousands of years, was quite cautious. Symbols emerged on its blue-black turtle shell. These symbols continuously combined and changed, making Lu Xuan and everyone else dazzled.
After confirming that the action was safe, the Old Dragon Turtle quietly lay beside the abnormal Spirit Beast.
It restrained its thoughts, and its Spirit Sense was in a calm state, as if it was completely defenseless.
Lu Xuan and the others held their breath and stood at a distance.
True Man Cang Wu held up an ancient bronze mirror, reflecting the direction of the Old Dragon Turtle.
The abnormal Spirit Beast was continually roaring at the Old Dragon Turtle and tried to attack it in every possible way. However, under the restraint of the Rope Magical Tool, it could only bluff.
A moment later, just when everyone thought that this method was ineffective, the Four-winged Thunder Tiger, which had been invaded, suddenly calmed down. A greyish-white, finger-thick, snake-like creature slowly wriggled out from between its eyebrows.
The nearby Old Dragon Turtle, who was restraining its thoughts and maintaining a calm mind, seemed irresistibly delicious to this creature. After it strained to free itself, it wriggled continuously and crawled towards the head of the Old Dragon Turtle.
Old Dragon Turtleâs Spirit Sense seemed to be mesmerized, completely unaware of the grey-white strange wormâs presence.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Once the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug exposed its traces, it wouldnât be difficult to deal with.
Just when it was about to invade Old Dragon Turtleâs head, the turtle shell on Old Dragon Turtleâs back suddenly flew up, and a cage formed by symbols appeared out of nowhere, trapping the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug inside it.
The countless semi-transparent lines on the cage constantly closed in, directly slicing the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug into numerous pieces.
âIs this the strange bug?â
âIf it wasnât for your prior warning, even if it had invaded my sea of consciousness, I might not have known.â
The Old Dragon Turtle slowly said.
âPerhaps this Mind-Confusing Viper Bug has some ability to confuse the mind, allowing it to silently infiltrate the bodies of these Spirit Beasts.â
Lu Xuan speculated.
Following this, the Old Dragon Turtle and True Man Cang Wu repeated the process and one by one enticed out the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug from more than ten abnormal Spirit Beasts and killed them with lightning speed.
Since the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug were fully matured and nurturing them wouldnât result in a Light Cluster reward, Lu Xuan didnât request for a live one to keep.
âDisciple Lu, I have to trouble you to check these Spirit Beasts thoroughly to see if anything is lurking within them.â
After all the Mind-Confusing Viper Bugs inside the abnormal Spirit Beasts were killed, the beasts lay on the ground and deep into sleep, completely unlike their previous unrest.
Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan nodded and walked up to examine the more than ten sleeping Spirit Beasts one by one.
âThere are no problems. Itâs just that their mental energy has been overexerted, and they need to recuperate for some time. They can be fed some common elixirs to recover.â
After checking, Lu Xuan came to True Man Cang Wu and said in a deep voice.
âThatâs good to hear.â
True Man Cang Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and his gaze towards Lu Xuan was filled with admiration.
âI have heard of Disciple Luâs expertise in dealing with Spirit Plants. I didnât expect that heâs also extremely gifted in handling Spirit Beasts.â
âIndeed, Junior Brother Lu is really impressive when he makes a move.â
Zhong Hao remembered the method Lu Xuan had used to help him deal with the issues of the Scold the Yin Beastâs gestation and chimed in agreement.
The rest of them, who were also in awe of Lu Xuanâs ability, joined in praising him.
âItâs just good luck, good luck. I happened to have seen it before.â
Lu Xuan modestly said and then suggested to True Man Cang Wu.
âUncle Master, I think this method can be used to check the other Spirit Beasts in the Blessed Land, especially those that have recently returned from various Secret Lands.â
âAt present, it seems that the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug has no contagiousness, but we cannot guarantee that other Spirit Beasts are not invaded.â
âOkay, Iâll arrange it right away.â
True Man Cang Wu readily agreed.
Even though it would be a large undertaking, ensuring the safety of all Spirit Beasts in the Blessed Land was worth the hard work.
As for the Sect monks, since the Spiritual Sense of Cultivators is much stronger than that of Spirit Beasts, and they have various protective measures and complex minds, itâs unlikely that the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug could unknowingly infiltrate their sea of consciousness. No need to worry too much about that.
After diagnosing the Mind-Confusing Viper Bug, there wasnât much for Lu Xuan to do thereafter.
He then bid farewell to True Man Cang Wu. Before leaving, he made an appointment with the Old Dragon Turtle to visit it later.
Before he left, True Man Cang Wu gave him a thousand Sword Marks as a reward for solving the Spirit Beast chaos.
Unable to refuse, Lu Xuan accepted the gift. A thousand Sword Marks was equivalent to two Fourth Grade Spirit Seeds. He easily earned it in less than a day, which made him fully understand that knowledge is wealth.
âJunior Brother Lu, wait.â
Just shortly after he flew out of the thick clouds and was about to use the Teleportation Array to return to the Sect, a cold voice came from behind him.
Lu Xuan turned to look and saw Chen Luo flying towards him at high speed.
âSenior Brother Chen, what can I do for you?â
With a calm expression, Lu Xuan waited for Chen Luo to land in front of him and asked in a deep voice.