Chapter 92: Top-Grade Silkworm Spirit Insects

Under his eyes, no concealment could escape his gaze. Soon, he discovered something strange about a youth in the Lei clan's camp.

This youth clearly wasn't old, with a spirited appearance. As a genius Gu cultivator of a Great Clan, he had only just reached the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage; how could his age be old?

However, the progress displayed above his head at this moment was actually 【91.7381%】.

Long Xuan was shocked.

How was this youth about to die? He clearly looked very young, yet his lifespan was running out.

Thinking of this situation, he quickly thought of a possibility. One had to know that every Gu King had one chance to possess a body, but lifespan would not be added because of this.

If that Lei clan Gu cultivator had been possessed by an old monster, then the displayed progress would naturally be the lifespan of this old monster. Then this situation could be completely explained.

In other words, that youth was a Gu King; a wolf was about to mix into the sheep flock.

*Damn it*, this Lei clan was playing dirty.

Long Xuan's pupils shrank immediately.

He looked toward the Gu cultivators of the other clans again, and his pupils shrank once more.

One person each in the Feng clan and the Gu clan had progress displayed above their heads with four decimal places; that was progress that could only appear if the lifespan was over a thousand years.

A mere Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivator actually had a lifespan of over a thousand years? Who were they trying to fool?

The lifespan of a Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivator was no different from a mortal's; the lifespan of a Marrow Cleansing stage Gu cultivator doubled to two hundred years; the lifespan of a Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator was four to five hundred years; only the lifespan of a Gu King would break a thousand years.

*Good grief*, there were clearly only a few people, yet three Gu Kings had run in.

Long Xuan hurriedly tugged at Long Lie's sleeve.

"Don't mess around!"

Long Lie shook his sleeve, shaking off Long Xuan's hand.

It was also at this moment that Feng Yu's loud laughter came: "Hahaha... what is there not to dare? Whoever doesn't dare to bet is a grandson! I, Feng Yu, have never lost a bet; how could I fear you?"

"I'll bet with you! Just like last time! Let's bet on a top-grade Gu worm!"

"But this top-grade Gu worm will have to be different this time. Last time we bet on a spirit Gu that had only undergone one transformation."

"Now that we have both entered the Spirit Sea stage, if we want to bet, we naturally have to bet on a strange Gu that has undergone two transformations!"

"Do you dare to accept my bet!"

Long Lie's loud laughter came at this time: "Hahaha... what is there not to dare? A mere strange Gu; if it weren't for fear that you would renege on the debt, I would even want to double it!"

"I'll bet with you. Long Xuan! Why are you pulling me? Don't delay me from making a fortune!"

Long Xuan couldn't help but slap his own forehead. *It's over, the Qing dynasty has fallen! *

Long Xuan felt mentally exhausted. This "smart guy" actually wanted to double it. If he knew at this moment that the Lei clan had a Gu King reincarnator, and the Gu clan and Feng clan also each had a Gu King clone, he didn't know what he would think.

His guess had come true. There were indeed many people who had thought of the same thing as the Long clan, planning to use various methods to cheat to obtain the greatest benefits. As expected, one could not underestimate the smart people of the world.

However, this matter wasn't over yet. The greedy Long Lie looked at the team-leading Gu cultivators of the other families again and laughed loudly: "You have all seen the bet I made. Do you dare to join the table and bet a round?"

"Whichever family brings out the greatest total value of treasures from the tomb will obtain all the top-grade strange Gu on the table."

"This is a great opportunity to get rich overnight! Opportunity knocks but once; don't miss it," Long Lie said with a seductive voice, enticing them step by step.

Long Lie's greed knew no bounds. Wanting one top-grade strange Gu wasn't enough; he actually wanted to sweep the board and set his sights on everyone.

The Spirit Sea stage team-leading Gu cultivators of the other clans were all stunned. Originally, the conflict between these two had nothing to do with them, but Long Lie had specifically used the word "dare," asking them if they dared or not.

If they said they didn't dare, wouldn't they be ridiculed? They were Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators; as experts on one side, they cherished their reputations very much. Moreover, there were so many people present; how could they weaken their name?

The key was that the winner could obtain a table full of top-grade strange Gu; this temptation was truly a bit too big.

The winner wouldn't just be rich overnight; they would directly take off. With a pile of top-grade Gu worms in hand, who could be their opponent? Whoever swept the board today would basically have few enemies of the same rank in this region.

Such huge temptation made many Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators breathe rapidly, their eyes revealing greedy gazes.

"Bet! Who fears whom? Whoever doesn't bet is a dog!"

Finally, the Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator of the Lei clan couldn't resist the temptation. He took out a top-grade strange Gu from his insect breeding bag, dissolved the blood contract on the spot, and joined the bet.

Everyone's face turned dark on the spot. If anyone didn't participate in this bet today, wouldn't they be a dog?

It was intentional! He said this sentence absolutely intentionally, the purpose being to force more people to join this bet so he could make a big profit.

"Hmph! You talk as if you're guaranteed to win! Do you really think you can hold the winning ticket? Be careful of biting off more than you can chew!"

The Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator of the Gu clan gave him a dissatisfied look and then also added: "Isn't it just a strange Gu? I'll bet too! Whoever doesn't bet will have no descendants!"

Everyone's face turned dark again. Who had they offended, these people who didn't want to join the bet?

"Truly bullying people too much! If you say it like that, then I must bet today. Count me in on the bet; whoever doesn't bet will be cuckolded when they go out!"

Shi Jian finally joined the battlefield with a livid face at this time.

Long Xuan was completely dumbfounded at this moment. Were you guys crazily stacking buffs here?

The key was that you were all speaking nonsense. Could you limit the scope to the Spirit Sea stage and not accidentally injure this group of small Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivators? These buffs were truly too ruthless.

Being cuckolded when going out—he was very afraid, okay! This Shi Jian was truly too vicious.

Finally, under the inducement of this "smart guy" Long Lie, one Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator after another joined the bet. Long Lie was so happy his mouth couldn't close.

Even those Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators who weren't confident in their own geniuses had to bite the bullet and join the bet under the ridicule of others.

Up to this point, seven top-grade strange Gu were placed on the table, making everyone's eyes red and their breathing rapid.

Finally, the group of Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators dissolved the blood contracts of their precious Gu worms, cast spells to make them sleep, and finally placed them uniformly into a huge insect breeding bag, throwing it onto a table.

Whoever was the final winner could directly take the insect breeding bag placed on the table. Simple and direct.

Many people were full of confidence. After kissing their precious Gu worms, they claimed they would take them home in a while and then sent them into the insect breeding bag. They just didn't know if this meeting would become a final farewell.

There could only be one winner; no matter how confident those people were, it was useless.

Long Xuan felt helpless. This top-tier relative was truly not reassuring, creating such a huge bet.

If you lost, you would lose a main force, which would definitely hurt your vitality; if you won, you would take off, and your combat power would definitely double several times, enough to become an expert who could be ranked in this region, and your reputation would shake.

However, he bet if he wanted to bet, but he had to cleverly trick everyone in. A full seven top-grade strange Gu—this wealth was truly too huge. It was a hot potato, enough to make anyone's eyes red.

What if Senior Sister unleashed her power and really helped him win the bet under the pressure of several Gu Kings? Could he really safely take away such huge wealth?

It was possible that everyone would abide by the bet and let him take it away safely, but it was also possible that some accident would occur, such as being intercepted and killed halfway by someone with red eyes, or even a conflict occurring on the spot. Who could say for sure?

One had to know that Long Lie was just a small "chicken" who had broken through to the Spirit Sea stage not long ago and only had the cultivation level of the early Spirit Sea stage, while others were basically at the mid Spirit Sea stage, their strength far surpassing his.

Since their strength could crush him, allowing them to seize the treasure without any risk, then it would be normal for others to intercept and kill him, right?

Although this bet had nothing to do with him, it was enough to affect him. What if someone really grew greedy and prepared to deal with Long Lie? Then he would definitely be implicated and silenced, and the hundred people on the ship would definitely not live.

Thinking of this, Long Xuan broke out in a cold sweat. This kind of thing was absolutely possible to happen, and he had to think of a way to break the situation in advance.

He knew it, he knew it; getting involved with such a top-tier relative would definitely lead to bad luck. Long Lie was absolutely a restless person. It seemed he would have plenty to be busy with in the future.

It seemed there was a reason why his lineage had few people; they had inherited the "death-seeking" gene. Long Xuan looked at Long Lie, who was still there looking triumphant, and thought helplessly.

"Long Xuan, I saw you were very interested in that top-grade silkworm spirit insect just now. After I take down the insect breeding bag tomorrow morning, I'll give that top-grade silkworm spirit insect to you, consider it a deposit for the spirit wine!"

Long Lie hadn't noticed the wrong expression on Long Xuan's face and leaned over, saying excitedly.

Note what he said: in his language, the insect breeding bag was already considered his. He didn't know where his confidence came from.

However, Long Lie mentioning the top-grade silkworm spirit insect did make Long Xuan's eyes light up.

One had to know that Gu worms were of different types, and their values were all different.

Although those Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators had all taken out top-grade strange Gu, their values were definitely different. Some were worth more, some were worth less; a gap of several times was a very common thing.

In this way, wouldn't the Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator who took out a good Gu species suffer a loss?

Therefore, the Gu cultivator who took out a trash Gu species would definitely have to make up the difference. The top-grade silkworm spirit insect was one of the differences. Long Xuan took a fancy to it at a glance and was very tempted.

However, if he wanted to obtain this top-grade silkworm spirit insect, he would have to help Long Lie win this bet. But pulling teeth from the mouths of several Gu Kings—he didn't have that confidence either.

Relying solely on Senior Sister for this kind of thing, the odds of winning probably weren't high. No matter how many trump cards Senior Sister had, could she be stronger than a Gu King?

The most important thing was the aftermath. Even if he really won the bet, whether he could safely take away this insect breeding bag was also a problem.

It was another time to test his IQ.

His smart brain operated at high speed, frantically looking for a way to break the situation.

"Do you have a Shadow Recording Gu?" Long Xuan suddenly asked Long Lie such a question.

Long Lie was stunned, looking at him uncomprehendingly, and asked, "What do you want that kind of Gu worm for? This thing has absolutely no combat power. Considering our blood relationship, I can lend you a top-grade Gu worm for self-protection!"

"No need to ask, if you have it, lend it to me. No time to explain, time is running out," Long Xuan said with a very serious tone.

Long Lie subconsciously looked toward the direction of the sun and found that the sun was about to sink into the mountainside; at this time, only one-fifth of its area remained emitting light.

After the group's tossing and turning just now, time had been worn away unknowingly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time to enter the tomb.

"Time is indeed not early!"

Long Lie showed an excited expression, took out a green Gu worm with large eyes from the insect breeding bag, and stealthily stuffed it into Long Xuan's hand.

"Remember! You must stick behind your Senior Sister. She is the only one who can help you," Long Lie leaned close to his ear again and exhorted him repeatedly.

It was also just when the two were whispering that Feng Yu shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, enter the tomb!"

As soon as his voice fell, a group of Feng clan Gu cultivators frantically poured into a huge tomb-robbing tunnel in the center of the grounds. In not much time, the hundred-plus Feng clan members were gone completely. The Feng clan Gu cultivators were considered the first batch to enter the tomb.

Although the sun was still a bit away from setting at this time, this ancient tomb was buried very deep, and the tomb-robbing tunnel was long. By the time the group of Feng clan Gu cultivators walked to the place, it was estimated that the time would be about right.

Seeing that the Feng clan had already entered first, the other clans didn't dare to delay time either. At the order of the team-leading Gu cultivator of each clan, all the Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivators in the field filed in, surging toward the tomb-robbing tunnel like a tide.

Tomb robbing wasn't about who entered first having the greatest advantage, so no clan fought over it. Only the Feng clan Gu cultivators were anxious and ran in first; he didn't know what they were in such a hurry to enter for.

Long Xuan also mixed into the crowd, stuck in the middle position, and walked into the tomb-robbing tunnel.

He didn't obediently stick behind his Senior Sister. What was the point of a big man relying on a woman for protection?

Of course, Long Xuan's truest thought was that Long Ziyan and he were not on the same path. Long Ziyan had already broken through the Marrow Cleansing stage; collecting Spirit-Charging Grass could never be her goal.

Since they were not on the same path, he naturally didn't need to be thick-skinned and follow her.

The tomb-robbing tunnel was dug obliquely downward, the slope was a bit gentler than a forty-five-degree angle, and it was dug very large, enough for three people to enter side by side.

There were people holding torches everywhere in the crowd, so the tunnel didn't appear dim.

The tomb-robbing tunnel was very long. Long Xuan didn't know how long he walked before finally arriving at a huge underground karst cave.

There were many forks here, each leading to unknown depths.

Through the map, he already had some understanding of the terrain here. The Empress's tomb was built in a huge karst cave underground.

There were caves everywhere here, many forks, the cave entrances were dense, and the passages were very complex. This was a natural huge labyrinth. Once a person entered here by mistake, it was very easy to get lost and then be trapped to death here.

This was the natural protective layer of the Empress's tomb and the first line of defense of the ancient tomb. Many people were probably lost here before they even found the Empress's tomb.

The clans didn't know how many people they had thrown into this huge labyrinth before finally figuring out a few correct passages leading to the ancient tomb and drawing them into a map.

However, the selfishness of each clan was very heavy, and they didn't share the information they possessed.

Therefore, each family's map was different, and the passages chosen to lead to the ancient tomb were also different.

Some families found passages that were long detours, while some families found passages that were closer.

Although there were caves everywhere here and countless passages were intricate, there was more than one road leading to the ancient tomb.

But the degree of danger was different, and the distance was different. In the case of non-shared information, no one knew which family's map route was the optimal solution; they could only blindly follow the map drawn by their own family.

It was also here that the seven hundred-plus Gu cultivators began to split up, following the guidance of their respective maps and walking into different passages.

The people around Long Xuan began to become fewer and fewer. Not long after, there were only about a hundred people left around him.

Long Xuan looked at the map while observing the people traveling with him.

Long Xuan used the Heavenly Mechanism Eye to roughly scan the maps of each clan and found that the map drawn by the Long clan was relatively detailed, marking many passages leading to the ancient tomb, even including waterways, and explaining what kind of dangers would be encountered in some sections.

And the road he chose was the closest road to the medicine garden. Most Long clan Gu cultivators' goals were simply not the dangerous medicine garden.

Some were preparing to go to the burial pit, some were preparing to go to the alchemy room, and some were preparing to go to the sleeping hall to seek death, so they chose other passages.

And the Gu cultivators who were still traveling with him at this time, if there were no accidents, their goals were the same as his; eight or nine out of ten were that medicine garden.

This group of people not only included Long clan Gu cultivators but also Gu cultivators from other families, and it actually included that Gu King clone of the Gu clan, which made Long Xuan's pupils shrink.

According to the intelligence he had collected, besides the sleeping hall where the coffin was placed, the medicine garden was the most dangerous place in the ancient tomb.

He hadn't expected that so many people would choose to go to the medicine garden. They were truly iron-headed; there were really many who weren't afraid of death.

However, when Long Xuan saw that most of the Gu cultivators traveling the same way already had gray hair and were in their twilight years, he understood.

This group of elderly peak Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivators already didn't have much lifespan left. Rather than dying of old age not long after, it was better to come here and fight for it.

As long as they were lucky enough to collect Spirit-Charging Grass, they would have a chance to break through to the Marrow Cleansing stage, and their lifespan would skyrocket by double. Even if the bet failed, it would only be dying a few years earlier. Under this psychology, many Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivators who didn't have much lifespan left would be willing to come here to take risks.

However, there were also young ones. This type of person was young and vigorous and often bold.

Just like Long Bao and Long Yan, these two actually happened to be on the same path as him. He didn't know who gave them the courage to dare to come to the medicine garden; they were really not afraid of death.

"Why are you following me? Wherever I go, you follow!"

"Who's following you? I still want to ask why you're always blocking in front of me, blocking my line of sight, don't you know?"

Those two "living treasures" didn't have any accidents and started bickering again. Long Xuan shook his head as he watched.

He stopped paying attention to these two and focused his attention on the surrounding environment, guarding against dangers that might occur at any time.

Actually, Long Xuan was also curious whether he would encounter ghosts and zombies while tomb robbing in another world. This world had those who controlled insects, those who controlled beasts, those who controlled puppets, those who controlled ghosts, those who controlled zombies...

Since this world had professions like controlling ghosts and controlling zombies, then ghosts and zombies must definitely exist in this world.

However, since the owner of this ancient tomb was a Gu cultivator who practiced the insect-controlling path, presumably the dangers in the tomb would come from insects and Gu. The possibility of ghosts and zombies was not high.

Just as Long Xuan was thinking this, perhaps it was a case of "speak of the devil," suddenly a blood-red earthworm with serrated teeth drilled out of the soil, swallowed a Gu cultivator into its mouth, and then quickly submerged into the soil and disappeared.

Only the chilling screams remained, echoing in the tunnel for a long time.

The sudden change made everyone's face turn pale. Everyone looked at the ground with vigilant eyes, their expressions tense to the extreme.

"Damn it! It's actually a Blood Silkworm! Isn't this thing not on this road? How did it run over!"

"Idiot! This is a living thing, it can move. Blood Silkworms can appear in any position; don't trust the map completely!"

"Big trouble, Blood Silkworms drill into the soil silently and soundlessly; running to whose feet is impossible to detect. This thing is truly too hard to guard against."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 93 =====