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Chapter 2532: Let the Insect Race Take the Blame!
The deadly battle ended, with ten Heavenly Venerates arriving aggressively, only to leave behind a scene of blood and flesh. Apart from the four mid-level Heavenly Venerates, the remaining six were so mangled that it was impossible to distinguish who was who.
Xiao Yue looked at the bloody scene, her face pale, clearly very unaccustomed to it.
Knowing about death and seeing death are vastly different, with the sensory impact being completely different.
Xiao Wu, with a carefree attitude, said, "Look more, and you'll get used to it. After all, you'll see it often in the future."
The little ox added, "Every strong person grows up stepping over mountains of corpses and seas of blood. This little scene is nothing."
Xiao Yue knew they were right and weakly nodded, forcing herself to look at the bloody scene despite her discomfort.
Lin Moyu neither agreed nor disagreed. Xiao Wu was right; seeing more of such things would make one accustomed to it.
After a moment, Lin Moyu waved out a piece of Undying Flame.
The Undying Flame devoured all the remaining corpses and blood.
Xiao Yue felt strange, "Is Master helping them with cremation?"
In her small memory, many people were cremated after death.
Xiao Wu, munching on snacks, said, "Of course not. Master is turning them into obedient dead people."
Obedient dead people...
Under Xiao Yue's puzzled gaze, the dead Heavenly Venerates' flesh reassembled, and their souls were reborn.
They were reborn as resurrected beings, returning to the world with the memories of their past lives.
The ten resurrected beings knelt uniformly before Lin Moyu, devout and respectful.
Seeing this, Xiao Yue's eyes widened. She finally understood what it meant when they said the dead are more obedient than the living.
Lin Moyu looked at Peng Yun and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
From beginning to end, Lin Moyu never believed Peng Yun and the others' words; there might be more to the story.
Lin Moyu hadn't bothered to ask before because answers from the living might not be truthful. Answers from the dead, however, are more reliable.
Peng Yun recounted the entire story, and after listening, Lin Moyu murmured, "So, they weren't lying."
Elder Caiyan of the Seven-Colored Sect had been searching for a disciple and successor. As a Dao Venerate, her standards were extremely high, and she couldn't find a suitable candidate.
Elder Caiyan even offered a reward within the sect: anyone who could find a suitable disciple for her would be greatly rewarded.
The sect master of the Qingyun Sect, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate, had been stuck at the peak Heavenly Venerate level for many years.
He believed the best way to advance was to train in the Seven-Colored Sect, receiving the blessings of their origin spirit vein.
According to the Seven-Colored Sect's rules, training in their origin spirit vein required meeting many conditions.
Peng Yun happened to encounter Xiao Yue, whose innate Jade Soul was an excellent talent for cultivation.
If they could present Xiao Yue to Elder Caiyan, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate might be able to train in the Seven-Colored Sect and break through to the Dao Venerate realm.
Although some details were slightly different, the overall story was accurate.
In Lin Moyu's view, what Qingyun Heavenly Venerate truly lacked was fortune.
The Seven-Colored Sect's origin spirit vein suppressed the fortune of the entire vein, including the Qingyun Sect's fortune.
With enough fortune, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate had a good chance of breaking through to Dao Venerate.
At that point, the Qingyun Sect could become a four-star force, leading the seven branches of the Seven-Colored Sect.
If lucky, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate might even enter the main sect, becoming an elder with greater authority.
"People die for wealth, birds die for food. It seems your fortune has run out."
Qingyun Heavenly Venerate's long-standing inability to break through suggested that the Qingyun Sect's fortune was weak.
However, it shouldn't be the case, as the Seven-Colored Sect's spirit vein was strong, and its fortune should be sufficient for its branches.
Why this situation occurred might only be understood by seeing it firsthand.
Lin Moyu couldn't see fortune, but Xiao Wu could. A look from her would clarify everything.
Lin Moyu opened his rule world and threw the ten Heavenly Venerates to the Human Emperor.
From them, he could also obtain a lot of information about the Origin Continent.
The Human Emperor was currently organizing information about the Origin Continent, and the more complete the information, the better.
After dealing with everything, Lin Moyu used the Time Law to erase all traces of his presence before setting off again.
He slightly changed his direction, erasing all traces of his aura, making it impossible to track him.
The origin alternated, the moon set, and the sun rose.
A day after Lin Moyu left, at the interchange of the sun and moon origins, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate arrived with his group.
They found the place where Peng Yun had died.
Someone held a compass-like treasure and said solemnly, "This is where Elder Peng Yun and the others were last seen."
Another Heavenly Venerate elder closed his eyes to sense, his face changing slightly, "Sect Master, the aura here is strange, not human."
"Not human?" An elder took out a treasure, which flew around the place where Peng Yun and the others had died, seemingly collecting something.
Finally, the treasure returned, projecting a phantom image of an insect mother!
"Insect mother!"
"It's the insect race!"
The group was shocked. Encountering the insect race in the southern continent was extremely rare.
The insect race usually operated in the western continent, occasionally clashing with the dragon race in the northern continent.
Even if they appeared in the eastern continent, it wouldn't be surprising, as the eastern continent is chaotic, with all sorts of occurrences.
But encountering the insect race in the southern continent was a rare event in the long history of the Origin Continent.
The insect race rarely came to the southern continent, and their appearances here could be counted on one hand.
Qingyun Heavenly Venerate's face darkened. After some investigation, he confirmed that the aura left here was indeed from the insect race.
In other words, Peng Yun and the others were killed by the insect race.
Apart from the aura here, all other traces had been erased, making tracking impossible.
Even if tracking were possible, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate wouldn't pursue it. Who knew what level those insect race members were? If they were at his level, he would be walking into a trap.
Qingyun Heavenly Venerate said, "It seems we can only report this to the main sect and ask the elders to investigate."
Involving the insect race, Qingyun Heavenly Venerate didn't dare make decisions on his own and decided to shift the responsibility to the main sect.
Another elder suggested, "Sect Master, we can also inform Elder Caiyan about the innate Jade Soul. Although we couldn't present the person, providing the lead is still a small merit."
Qingyun Heavenly Venerate nodded, "I will. Let's go back."
Everyone knew that Elder Peng Yun and the others had likely died in vain. The insect race wouldn't reason with them, and revenge was out of their hands.
Half a day later, three Dao Venerates from the main sect of the Seven-Colored Sect, carrying powerful auras, flew out, cutting through the sky at incredible speed to the place where Peng Yun and the others had died.
Among the three Dao Venerates, two were men and one was a woman. One of the Dao Venerates was Lin Moyu's old acquaintance, Dao Venerate Wei Xin.
Dao Venerate Wei Xin had a treasure that could perform time reversal.
The female Dao Venerate among them, shrouded in mist, was Elder Caiyan.
Elder Caiyan's voice was soft and clear, "It is indeed the aura of the insect race. I didn't expect the insect race to appear in the southern continent; this is rare. Should we report this to the Holy Land?"
Dao Venerate Wei Xin took out the time treasure, "No rush, let's take a look first!"