[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho":3,"chapter-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-120":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Immortal Cultivation from the Clan School",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2314014,4525,"Chapter 120: Exposed","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>Preparing the Wood Soul Liquid not only consumes time but also drains physical strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for her elder brother’s help, Su Jin could never have done it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her tiny arms and legs, she’d collapse halfway through—her strength would give out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she boasts of having reached Qi Refining Level Two, she’s still just a child; her small body, even after breaking through to Qi Refining Level Two, is vastly inferior to that of an adult at the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adults have far greater endurance and physical strength than she does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the Wood Soul Liquid, Su Jin rested for two hours before struggling to rise from bed, planning to continue preparing the Ice-Sunken Dew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian wouldn’t let her lift a finger again, so this time Su Jin only gave orders—the rest was all done by Su Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left Su Jian drenched in sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was already at Qi Refining Level Six, his Body Refining level was only Level Five, because he devoted most of his time to improving his Spirit Cultivation technique—his Spirit Cultivation level was Level Seven, the highest among his three arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the one he had invested the most heart and effort into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian secretly planned to raise all three arts to Level Nine before attempting Foundation Establishment, to avoid becoming a crippled Foundation Establishment cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His combat power would be severely limited!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though a crippled Foundation Establishment is still Foundation Establishment, he still had a chance to push harder, didn’t he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They placed the spirit liquid and spirit dew into the cellar to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian carried Su Jin back to her room; she skipped dinner and fell asleep immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, the first thing Su Jin did upon waking was to feed a small piece of black gold to Busatan. Busatan emitted a golden light that enveloped the black gold, and under Su Jin’s gaze, the black gold slowly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the black gold disappeared completely, the golden light surrounding it seemed slightly more brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light shot back into Busatan’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Busatan just eat too much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, she had only fed Busatan Red-Stained Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red-Stained Iron ore was abundant near Xiancheng, cheap, and plentiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Busatan enjoyed eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had never complained about the taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Busatan had saved her life. After hesitating, Su Jin decided to increase its rations and let it eat another delicacy—black gold. Black gold was worth far more than Red-Stained Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it cost three times as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Su Jin had no reluctance—she let it eat more of the better ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it grew stronger later, it could protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, Su Jin suddenly took a day off. All the students in the Wood Class were alarmed and speculated about why she hadn’t come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment Su Jin sat down at her desk today, Su Wuji, Su Cheng, and several others surrounded her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Jin, why did you take leave yesterday?” Su Wuji asked in shock. “Did something happen at home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t my family—it was me,” Su Jin quickly explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What happened to you? Did you suffer qi deviation from rushing your cultivation?” Su Wuji’s face changed instantly, his concern clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no. On my way to school, I encountered something strange and dangerous. I found a little boy lying motionless and silent in the grass by the roadside. I thought he needed help, so I went over to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as I approached him, his forehead suddenly split open into a fleshy hole, and a white light leapt out, shooting straight toward my third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, I had the protective treasure my grandfather gave me—it instantly slashed through the white light. After the light vanished, it turned out to be a white caterpillar that fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And ever since that white light emerged from the boy’s forehead, he was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I nearly had that strange thing burrow into my brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so close. I was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve never felt so close to death before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wuji and the others sat there stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is our clan territory really this dangerous now?” Su Cheng nearly screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, I’ve even put on the protective headband,” Su Jin said, pointing to her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A white caterpillar that can disguise itself as a living person to lure you in?” Su Wuji mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know if the boy was alive or dead when I found him. Did the worm eat his brain outright, or did it parasitize it? Either way, the Police Inspector’s office took away both the boy’s corpse and the white caterpillar,” Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re in for another massive search,” he said—just as Liu Shi walked in, accompanied by two male instructors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A terrifying worm has appeared in our clan territory. It can strike silently, devour human brains, and take control of living hosts to seek out the next victim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To eliminate this threat, the clan has ordered all students and instructors in the clan school to be inspected for signs of infestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors have already been screened. Now it’s your turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, return to your seats and remain still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will use a magical artifact to scan each of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students wearing forehead protective artifacts, remove them first—your artifacts will interfere with the detection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, only Su Jin was wearing a forehead protective artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin sheepishly took it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi glanced at her with a smile, then began scanning each of them from their row, using a palm-sized brass mirror to shine light on their third eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If no worm shadow appeared, he moved to the next person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after all had been cleared did the two male instructors leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi continued his lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Su Jin and the others sat quietly in class, the entire Su Clan territory underwent a sudden upheaval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless Police Inspector patrol members, along with elite personnel drafted from the clan, began a rigorous new search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d just finished one search a few days ago—and now another?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet another new worm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t this just terrifying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even home isn’t safe anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clan members waited in anxious uncertainty for the search to conclude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because so many hands were mobilized, the search took only half a day—and uncovered four people infected by the worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were outsiders—workers or visitors from the outer districts or the streets beyond the city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Su Clan patriarch finally breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No large-scale infestation had occurred—it was a stroke of divine fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This worm’s parasitism was too stealthy, nearly impossible to detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If given time to breed and hide, it could have produced countless parasitized hosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That little girl, Su Jin, was pathetically weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was young—perhaps the worm thought she’d be easier to consume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it targeted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the worm misjudged the protection her grandfather had given her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful protective artifact instantly obliterated the worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And thus, the incident was exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","89330b6cdade22248d6b21c6b898306c8200f1d68cb6f72150e42a5a280b028b","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-121","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-119",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]