Chapter 96: Learning to Release the Evil Within

"That Deng Yuzhou successfully infiltrated the Intelligence Bureau; even among the Swallows, he must have been a very important pawn."

"Why would he suddenly attack Su Hanlin? Why didn't he find other helpers to ambush or intercept Su Hanlin outside the Intelligence Bureau?" Su Jian wondered.

"Wouldn't finding helpers to kill someone be faster, less effort, and less likely to expose oneself?"

"First, Su Hanlin is highly vigilant; it is difficult to arrange an interception or ambush against him."

"Deng Yuzhou is actually a failure. To cultivate a qualified 'Swallow,' one must teach them from childhood how to release the evil within their hearts. Simply put, it means making them kill and burn from a young age, forcing them to betray friendships and kill companions."

"Some children can endure this. Some cannot."

"Over time, they will lose control, exposing their true nature, or they will collapse and commit suicide."

"Deng Yuzhou lost control and killed his neighbor."

"His superiors directly abandoned him."

"They ordered him to assassinate Su Hanlin."

"Regardless of success or failure, he is a 'Swallow' that must be destroyed."

"That madman knew his situation; he was happily awaiting death."

Su Jian gasped in shock.

"Huchen, are there many of these 'Swallows'?"

"It is said there are quite a few," Su Huchen said. "So if you ever leave Xiancheng in the future, you must be careful. When out in the world, trust no one."

"Can the Sect identify these 'Swallows'?" Su Jian asked again.

"Most 'Swallows' are identified through the screening conducted by the Sect's Inspection Bureaus stationed in various places. Do not underestimate the people of our Inspection Bureau. That Deng Yuzhou was interrogated for less than half a day and confessed everything. He even exposed his identity as a 'Swallow'."

"So the power of the Sect's Inspection Bureau is still very strong."

"As for Xiancheng here... I think they are just causing trouble amidst the chaos," Su Huchen said disdainfully.

"Alright, I won't say much more. I have another matter to attend to next. I'm leaving."

"Hey, hey, hey, I said you come when you want and leave when you want; isn't that a bit excessive?" Su Jian hurriedly said.

"I really have no time. I had to squeeze out some time just to come find you. Now I have other things to do, so naturally, I'm leaving." After Su Huchen finished speaking, he vanished.

Su Jian wanted to call out, but he couldn't even see a shadow.

Sighing helplessly, Su Jian began to communicate with his great-uncle.

Should the Blood Xue Chiluo be lent or not?

That evening, after Su Jin returned home and had dinner, Su Jian called him over to speak.

"What's up, big brother?"

"Here's the situation: recently, Xiancheng suffered an insect plague. The swarms of insects were completely cleared by Xiancheng. The queen insect was also captured. However, the nest has not yet been found. So the people of the Inspection Bureau want to borrow our Blood Xue Chiluo to help them search for the nest within the city," Su Jian said.

"What exactly is a nest?" Su Jin asked, confused.

"For insects to reproduce and grow, they must have a queen insect," Su Jian explained, looking at Su Jin.

Su Jin nodded. "I know that."

"But to quickly reproduce a swarm of insects, a single queen is not enough; a nest is also required. This nest can serve as an energy pool, a larval incubator, an adult food storehouse, and other special functions."

"One nest is equivalent to a Xiancheng on our side; it is a large-scale insect incubation base."

"Then this nest must be very large?" Su Jin exclaimed, gasping for breath.

"Exactly, it must be very large. However, it has the ability to block various energy searches. Even if you use your spiritual sense to look for it, you won't find it," Su Jian explained to his younger sister.

"That powerful?" Su Jin gasped again.

"That powerful. If it couldn't block various energy searches, how could we, with such a large Xiancheng and so many cultivators, fail to find it?" Su Jian said.

"Big brother, are you sure you said that nest is inside Xiancheng?" Su Jin asked in shock.

"Sure, because wherever the queen insect is, the nest will be built there." A queen insect cannot stray too far from its nest.

"The queen insects of the five mutated black locusts, except for the one eaten by your Blood Xue Chiluo, were all captured within the city. Therefore, the nest must have been built inside the city. It's just that Xiancheng is too large, so we temporarily cannot locate the nest," Su Jian said.

Su Jin frowned and thought for a moment.

"How big is that nest?" Su Jin asked again.

"This is unclear, but nests are generally very large. Some nests even establish branch nests. Anyway, the smallest nest I've heard of is as big as a small hill, covering an area of over ten mu."

"Of course, that is a fully developed nest."

"Judging by the size of the black locusts described by the Inspection Bureau, and the size of their queen, the nest hidden inside Xiancheng is likely a developing nest."

"A developing nest will not be too large in volume."

"Exactly how big it can be depends on how long it has been developing."

Su Jian continued, "You just need to let the Blood Xue Chiluo know about the nest. The Inspection Bureau can handle the rest."

"If our Blood Xue Chiluo helps search for the nest, can it eat a bit of the nest in the end?" Su Jin asked, blinking her eyes.

"Can the Blood Xue Chiluo eat a nest?"

"Whether this nest is edible or not is really hard to say. But I think since our Blood Xue Chiluo is doing the work, it should receive some payment, right?" Su Jin said.

Su Jian laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"Nests usually store a type of energy crystal called Insect Crystal. It is both energy and a special form of life essence. For this assistance, I plan to negotiate and ask for ten crystals. Do you think that's okay?"

"A developing nest has at most a hundred or so Insect Crystals. Asking for one-tenth of that is already a lot."

Seeing Su Jin hesitate, Su Jian hurriedly persuaded her. He thought to himself, maybe when negotiating with Su Huchen later, I should ask for one or two more crystals for the child?

Hearing her big brother say this, Su Jin no longer hesitated.

"Alright, big brother, you negotiate well with them. I'll go talk to the Blood Xue Chiluo." Su Jin thought for a moment and decided to go to the backyard to talk to the Blood Xue Chiluo personally.

"Good." Su Jian was also satisfied. Earlier, when he contacted his great-uncle, the great-uncle, after listening, told him to discuss it with Su Jin himself.

Whether to go or not was up to the two of them to decide on their own.

Su Jian didn't expect his great-uncle to be so open-minded, even saying to let them do whatever they wanted as he would cover for them, so he directly and boldly discussed it with Su Jin.

After confirming that Su Jin was willing, Su Jian contacted Su Huchen.

Upon hearing that Su Jin had agreed, Su Huchen was also very pleased. They made an arrangement to work the day after tomorrow.

It is better to excavate something like an insect nest as early as possible.

Su Jin went to the backyard and carefully searched with her divine sense; Blood Xue Chiluo was still in slumber.