[{"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-96":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},2313990,4525,"Chapter 96","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>Deng Yuzhou successfully infiltrated the Intelligence Office; even among the Swallows, he must have been an important piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he suddenly attack Hanlin? Why didn’t he recruit other helpers to ambush or assassinate Hanlin outside the Intelligence Office? Su Jian didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiring help to kill someone would be faster, less effortful, and less likely to expose oneself, wouldn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Hanlin is highly vigilant; sending someone to ambush or assassinate him is difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Yuzhou is, in fact, a failed product. To cultivate a qualified Swallow, they must be trained from childhood to unleash the evil within them; in plain terms, force them to kill and burn from an early age, and compel them to betray friendships and murder companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some children can endure this. Others cannot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, they lose control of themselves, reveal their true nature, or collapse and commit suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Yuzhou lost control and murdered his own neighbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His superior immediately abandoned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordered him to assassinate Hanlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he succeeds or fails, he is a Swallow that must be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That madman knows his situation—he’s happily awaiting death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian drew in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huchen, how many such Swallows are there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Supposedly quite a few,” Su Huchen said. “So if you ever leave Xiancheng, be careful. Out there, trust no one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can the sect identify these Swallows?” Su Jian asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Most Swallows are uncovered by the Police Inspectors stationed across the realm. Don’t underestimate our Police Inspectors. Deng Yuzhou was interrogated for less than half a day and confessed everything—revealing his Swallow identity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the sect’s Police Inspector force remains powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiancheng… I think they’re just taking advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble,” Su Huchen said dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. I won’t talk more. I’ve another matter to attend to. I’m leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey hey hey, you just show up and vanish—aren’t you being a bit excessive?” Su Jian hurriedly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really have no time. Even coming to see you took me squeezing out precious moments. Now I must go attend to other business—of course I’m leaving.” Su Huchen vanished before finishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian tried to call out, but there was no trace of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing, Su Jian resigned himself to communicating with his cousin-grandfather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they lend the Blood Crimson Spider or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, Su Jin returned home, ate dinner, and Su Jian called her over to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s up, big brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s like this: recently, Xiancheng suffered a bug infestation. The swarms have been cleared, and the queen bugs captured. But the nest hasn’t been found yet. So the Police Inspectors want to borrow our Blood Crimson Spider to help locate the nest within the city,” Su Jian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s a nest?” Su Jin asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To reproduce and grow, bugs need a queen,” Su Jian explained, looking at Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin nodded. “I know that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But to rapidly breed a swarm, a queen alone isn’t enough—you need a nest. The nest serves as an energy reservoir, a larval hatchery, a adult food store, and other specialized functions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One nest is like a city on our side—a massive bug breeding base.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the nest must be huge?” Su Jin gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly, it’s definitely large. But it can block all forms of energy detection—even your spiritual sense won’t find it,” Su Jian explained to his younger sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That powerful?” Su Jin gasped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That powerful. If it couldn’t block energy detection, how could such a large city with so many cultivators possibly miss it?” Su Jian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big brother, you’re sure the nest is inside Xiancheng?” Su Jin asked, astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely. Wherever the queen is, the nest forms. The queen can’t stray far from it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the five mutated black locust queens, the one your Blood Crimson Spider ate aside, the others were all captured within the city. So the nest must be built inside Xiancheng. It’s just that Xiancheng is too vast—we haven’t found its location yet,” Su Jian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin frowned, thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How big is this nest?” Su Jin asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unclear, but nests are generally enormous. Some even develop branch nests. The smallest nest I’ve heard of was the size of a small mountain—covering over ten mu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that’s a fully mature nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the size of the black locusts and their queens described by the Police Inspectors, the hidden nest inside Xiancheng is likely still developing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A developing nest won’t be too large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its exact size depends on how long it’s been developing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian continued: “You just need to let the Blood Crimson Spider recognize the nest. The rest, the Police Inspectors can handle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if our Blood Crimson Spider helps find the nest, can it eat part of it?” Su Jin blinked, asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can the Blood Crimson Spider eat the nest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether the nest is edible or not—I’m not sure. But since our Blood Crimson Spider is doing the work, shouldn’t it get paid?” Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nests usually store energy crystals called Bug Crystals—both energy and a special life essence. For this job, I plan to negotiate for ten crystals. What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A developing nest holds at most a hundred or so Bug Crystals. Taking one-tenth is already a lot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Jin hesitate, Su Jian hurried to persuade her. He thought: Maybe I’ll ask the cousin-grandfather for one or two extra crystals later?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Su Jin no longer hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, big brother, negotiate well with them. I’ll go speak to the Blood Crimson Spider,” Su Jin decided to go to the back courtyard to talk to it personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good,” Su Jian was satisfied. Earlier, when he contacted his cousin-grandfather, the old man had simply told him to discuss it with Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether to lend it or not was up to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian hadn’t expected his cousin-grandfather to be so laid-back, saying he’d cover for them no matter what—so he’d boldly discussed it with Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming Su Jin’s agreement, Su Jian contacted Su Huchen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huchen was pleased to hear Su Jin agreed and set the task for the day after tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nests should be unearthed as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin went to the back courtyard and carefully scanned with her spiritual sense—the Blood Crimson Spider was still asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>",1057,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","37dd0a1e1f5f7cfae72888cda3856b40684bbe003a8c0e75ec9b94a40283b25a","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-97","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-95",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]