From Mortal Body to Immortality

The moment Lu Sheng saw that faint red light, his expression instantly turned extremely solemn.

“Once the jade slip flashes completely red, do not hesitate at all, crush it directly!”

Lu Sheng recalled Meng Haoran's instructions.

Just as Lu Sheng was about to crush the jade slip, the red light directly disappeared again.

The duration was very short, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

“What's the situation?”

Lu Sheng couldn't help but be stunned, staring intently at the jade slip, lost in thought.

“According to Senior Meng, the jade slip must be crushed without hesitation when it turns completely red, but what's with this situation… a sudden flash?”

Lu Sheng looked at the jade slip, lost in thought.

The jade slip suddenly flashing was completely different from what Meng Haoran had said before.

It also made Lu Sheng unsure whether he should directly crush the jade slip now, or what he should do.

“If that's the case…”

Lu Sheng softly spoke, but his brain began to operate rapidly.

“If the jade slip flashes completely red, I will naturally crush the jade slip without hesitation, but now…”

Perhaps I can wait a bit.

A glint of light flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes.

This competition, for the higher-ups of the Human Federation, may be about finding something, but for Lu Sheng, it's about getting as many points as possible, to get better results for the Life Science School in this competition.

“Gamble it! Don't rush to crush the jade slip!”

Lu Sheng let out a long breath and made a decision.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng once again took out the jade slip given to him by the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal, and borrowed the modified cultivation method. Although Lu Sheng himself would not cultivate this modified method, he could borrow it to pretend.

After all—

Lu Sheng's martial arts proficiency level has now been raised to a profound realm. Lu Sheng can easily learn this crude modification method.

It only took the time it takes to burn an incense stick for Lu Sheng to completely understand the mysteries of this modification method.

“Although I won't cultivate it, if I want to lurk in this world and explore more intelligence information, I still have to disguise myself!”

As he spoke, Lu Sheng smiled slightly, and the flesh on his body squirmed.

Suddenly, arms grew out of Lu Sheng's back, which were extremely similar to the strange appearance of the Golden Core Insect Immortal he had seen before.

Even Lu Sheng's head was transformed into the appearance of the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal's head during the squirming.

A sixth-order Immortal Realm martial artist has extremely high control over their physical body and can easily do this.

After trying it out, Lu Sheng's figure flickered slightly, but he returned to normal again.

“In this way, the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal won't be able to detect anything.”

Lu Sheng smiled slightly.

“I wouldn't dare say that I can pretend all the way to the Nascent Soul stage. After all, after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the insect eggs will break open, and the consciousness will be swallowed by the Void Insect Clan. It's difficult to pretend, but pretending to the Golden Core stage… is still easy.”

After settling everything, Lu Sheng estimated that he would not have any worries until he reached the Golden Core stage, and then he prepared to inquire about news from the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

Although Lu Sheng couldn't leave the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, it was still very easy to walk around in the sect.

Even because he was the personal disciple of the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal, Lu Sheng's status in the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect was very high. Even those Foundation Establishment Insect Immortals had to be respectful when they saw Lu Sheng.

Therefore, Lu Sheng could easily inquire about some news from these sect disciples.

Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, a place for leisure.

Lu Sheng looked at a Foundation Establishment disciple of the sect with excitement and said, "Junior brother, can you tell me about the world of cultivation?"

Lu Sheng behaved like a fledgling who was in contact with the world of cultivation for the first time, and was very curious about everything.

And the Foundation Establishment disciple didn't find it strange either. After all, everyone who had just stepped into the path of cultivation would be like this. In addition, Lu Sheng's status was there, and he was willing to have a good relationship with Lu Sheng.

“Where did we talk about last time?”

The Foundation Establishment disciple cleared his throat and said with a smile.

“Speaking of… right, speaking of the traitor who betrayed the sect more than thirty years ago.”

Lu Sheng pretended to think, and then said with a smile.

“Oh, that demon cultivator!”

The Foundation Establishment disciple understood, and a look of resentment flashed in his eyes.

“Speaking of this demon cultivator, I get angry. The sect clearly gave him so many resources and cleared the obstacles on his path of cultivation, but he betrayed the sect!”

“Demon cultivator?”

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, noticing the Foundation Establishment disciple's choice of words.

“Junior brother, who is this demon cultivator?”

Lu Sheng became interested.

The Foundation Establishment disciple explained, “Demon cultivators are some different kinds in the world of cultivation. They always do things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, but their combat power is extremely strong. They are the moths of our cultivation world!”

“These demon cultivators don’t know if their brains are not right. They ignore those ordinary people, but they specifically target our orthodox cultivators. I heard that these demon cultivators like to extract the golden cores and nascent souls of other cultivators for cultivation the most!”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Sheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

“Extracting golden cores and nascent souls for cultivation? Isn't that cultivating by devouring insect eggs and the consciousness of the Void Insect Clan?”

“Interesting!”

Lu Sheng suddenly became very interested in the demon cultivator in the Foundation Establishment disciple's mouth.

“Let me tell you, the person who betrayed our sect last time has now become a demon cultivator!”

The Foundation Establishment disciple said with a solemn expression.

“When that person betrayed the sect, he killed two Golden Core elders of our Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, extracted their golden cores, and escaped from our Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect while the ancestor was in seclusion.”

“He is still the number one on our Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect's must-kill list!”

“You must be careful of these demon cultivators when you go out to practice in the future. You must not fight them. Once you find their traces, report them to the sect immediately!”

The Foundation Establishment disciple exhorted Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng nodded pretentiously, but his heart had become extremely active.

“Interesting, I didn't expect that there are such a group of people in this world.”

“Demon cultivator? It's better to say that they are geniuses who have seen through this illusory world!”

Lu Sheng smiled slightly in his heart.

In the eyes of these brainwashed cultivators, they may be different kinds in this world, but in Lu Sheng's eyes, these demon cultivators are clearly relying on their own will to defeat those Void Insect Clan who want to replace them.

They have completely controlled the insect eggs, and even use the power of the Zerg to cultivate the real talents!

As for why the combat power of the demon cultivators is extremely strong, nonsense, they are able to defeat the insect eggs with their own consciousness and completely control the insect eggs. Could it be that they can't beat these fake cultivators controlled by the insect eggs?

“However… according to the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect disciples, the situation of these demon cultivators in this world is almost that everyone is shouting to kill them.”

“Even if they see through this illusory world, they can only linger on like rats in the gutter.”

“As for wanting to break free from this world…”

Lu Sheng felt a little regretful in his heart.

It is not so easy to break free from this world. After all, this world is only one of the Three Thousand Worlds, and the Three Thousand Worlds are the domain of the Void Insect Clan.

Lu Sheng thought about it from his own perspective. If he were this group of demon cultivators, even if he saw through this illusory world, I am afraid that only endless despair would remain in his heart!

“Perhaps I can try to contact the demon cultivators in this world. Through them, I may be able to understand more things.”

“Even… accomplish more things!”

A faint glow flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes.

An idea has already emerged.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng learned more about the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect and the situation of this world from this Foundation Establishment disciple.

After understanding almost everything, Lu Sheng used the excuse of the late hour to return to his residence.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Lu Sheng began to sort through the information he had learned today.

“I didn’t expect that in this world, there would actually be some geniuses who could break through all illusions and discover the clues of the world.”

“It’s just—under the control of the Void Zerg, these geniuses have been branded as demonic cultivators.”

“If I want to thoroughly understand the situation of this world, perhaps I can start with these demonic cultivators.”

“I still have to leave the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect!”

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Sheng took out a drop of blood, which contained a trace of vitality.

Under Lu Sheng's control, this drop of blood instantly transformed into Lu Sheng's appearance, but it looked a little dull.

However, after Lu Sheng introduced a wisp of his divine soul into the blood puppet, a human-like expression appeared on the puppet's face.

“Anyway, my identity in the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect is just a newly recruited disciple under the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal, and it's normal to have no cultivation. I just need to use my divine soul to control this blood puppet to cultivate, and I can hide it from that Nascent Soul Insect Immortal.”

Lu Sheng smiled slightly. The Nascent Soul Insect Immortal was only a fifth-order cultivator, while Lu Sheng was a sixth-order transcendent. It was too easy to hide it from this guy.

“Now it’s time to go find these so-called demonic cultivators.”

“Let’s start with the one who betrayed the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect thirty years ago!”

Lu Sheng smiled, left the blood puppet behind, and his figure gradually disappeared from the residence.

In a valley thousands of miles away from the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

A black figure suddenly flickered and appeared inside the valley. He first carefully looked around. After discovering that no living beings were approaching, he breathed a sigh of relief and came to a stone wall.

He casually tapped a few times on the stone wall, and then the stone wall suddenly vibrated, cracking open a passage just enough for one person to pass through.

In the next moment, his figure went deep into the passage, and then the stone wall slowly closed, looking seamless, with no difference from the real stone wall.

At the deepest part of the stone wall passage, the space became larger and larger, about the size of a courtyard. There were also traces of many living beings living inside.

However, in this space, there was a foul smell permeating.

Around, some discarded broken insect eggs could be seen, and the foul smell emanated from these insect eggs.

The black figure slowly emerged, revealing his true face in this dim space.

This was a thin middle-aged man, dressed in a black robe, with strange, underdeveloped antennae on his head, looking very different from a real human.

The middle-aged man didn't care about the foul smell permeating around him. Instead, he took out an insect egg from his arms, which contained a powerful energy.

Even, he could see through the insect egg that there seemed to be an extremely small, strange insect beast inside, making a sharp鸣叫 sound.

“Golden Core?”

“Hehe!”

The middle-aged man let out a cold laugh, then took out the insect from the insect egg and discarded the broken insect egg aside.

He swallowed the insect in one gulp.

In an instant, the middle-aged man's face became extremely contorted, as if he was enduring some great pain. Something seemed to be wriggling in his body, causing the flesh on his body to appear in a wave-like state.

“Ah!!!”

The middle-aged man screamed. He clutched his stomach and quickly circulated his cultivation method to refine the insect in his body.

However, this process was extremely slow. This pain lasted for several days before it gradually weakened.

The middle-aged man's expression gradually returned to normal.

After a long time, the middle-aged man lay on the ground, his contorted face gradually becoming gentle, and a powerful aura emerged from his body.

“Huff!”

The middle-aged man exhaled a long breath of turbid air, sat cross-legged on the ground, preparing to consolidate his newly improved cultivation, but he never expected that a young figure would slowly emerge behind him.

“Kong Xiaotian!”

A faint voice echoed in this hidden space.

In an instant, Kong Xiaotian instantly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura directly erupted. Without any hesitation, he thrust out a punch horizontally towards his back.

Bang!

However, the scene Kong Xiaotian expected did not happen. The young figure easily caught Kong Xiaotian's fist, and even had a smile on his lips.

Kong Xiaotian's pupils shrank at this moment.

“As expected of a guy who has overcome the control of insect eggs, your combat power is indeed much stronger than those Golden Core experts!”

The young man said with a smile.

“Who are you!!”

Kong Xiaotian looked at the young man, a dangerous light flashing in his pupils, and said in a cold voice.

The young man in front of him was none other than Lu Sheng.

After leaving the blood puppet in the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, Lu Sheng released his perception and began to search for the demonic cultivator who betrayed the Wuxiang Sect thirty years ago.

Under the perception of Lu Sheng's blessing through the Seal of All Living Beings, he quickly found Kong Xiaotian's figure.

Following him, he came to this space and even witnessed how the other party used the power of the insect eggs to cultivate.

This process made even Lu Sheng couldn't help but admire him.

“Overcoming the will of insect eggs and even being able to use insect eggs to cultivate, such a method—very good!”

Lu Sheng did not answer Kong Xiaotian's words, but said with a smile.

A look of shock appeared in Kong Xiaotian's eyes. He didn't expect that his cultivation process would be seen clearly by the guy in front of him, but he didn't even notice it.

Thinking that his weakest state was exposed to this guy in front of him, Kong Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

“You—who exactly are you!”

Kong Xiaotian's voice seemed a little difficult. Since being branded as a demonic cultivator, he had become extremely cautious, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to survive until now under the pursuit of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect and other forces.

However, his caution seemed a little naive in the eyes of the person in front of him.

“Me?”

Lu Sheng smiled slightly and slowly opened his mouth.

“You might as well call me—Extraterritorial Demon!”

Lu Sheng's voice fell into Kong Xiaotian's ears, but it made Kong Xiaotian's entire body tremble.

Extraterritorial Demon!

This was the title given by the Void Zerg to the former Daoran Sect and even those other flesh and blood life races in order to brainwash the ordinary people of this world.

If others heard these four words, they would probably fall into fear.

However, Kong Xiaotian, as a person who overcame the will of the insect eggs and regained his sanity, showed a different situation in dealing with these four words.

“Extraterritorial—Demon?”

Kong Xiaotian's voice trembled slightly.

He suddenly seemed to have lost all his strength, sat on the ground, looked at Lu Sheng, but showed an expression that he didn't know whether it was joy or sadness.

His emotions...

Lost control at this moment.

Lu Sheng calmly looked at Kong Xiaotian. He understood the other party's thoughts at this moment. As awakened people in this illusory world, they lived in a dark world all the time.

Trying to have someone help them break this illusory world one day.

And the Extraterritorial Demon naturally became the only comfort in their hearts.

Now, he appeared in front of Kong Xiaotian as an Extraterritorial Demon. When that trace of comfort really appeared...

An unspeakable emotion instantly surged into his heart.

Lu Sheng waited quietly, waiting for Kong Xiaotian's emotions to calm down before slowly opening his mouth.

“Now can you tell me how you got rid of the control of the Void Zerg?”