Chapter 167 Six-winged Frost Centipede
Not long ago, after he knocked Han Yunzhi unconscious, he immediately changed direction and chased after another female cultivator from the Yuling Sect.

As a result, when the other party saw Yin Mo chasing him, his face changed drastically and he released several flying centipedes that were about a foot long.

These centipedes are different from ordinary ones. Their bodies are shiny black, with a pair of snow-white wings on their backs. As soon as they come out, they spray out large mouthfuls of snow-white frost, which is extremely ferocious.

When Yin Mo saw this, he was surprised at first, but then he was overjoyed.

If I'm not mistaken, these ferocious centipedes should be the "Six-Winged Frost Centipede" ranked 18th on the list of strange insects.

This centipede, like Yin Mo's gold-eating insect, is one of the ancient spiritual insects.

It is said that they possess some of the blood of true ice dragons. When they mature, their bodies turn snow-white, with six wings on their backs. The cold air they spew out can cover a hundred miles and freeze everything.

However, these centipedes, like the original gold-eating beetles, are obviously still larvae.

The cold air they spew out may be very powerful for ordinary cultivators, but for Yin Mo, who has refined some Qianlan Ice Flame, it is not a threat.

Yin Mo used his skills to easily absorb the cold air into his sleeves, then subdued the woman and made her faint.

Having lost control of the spiritual consciousness, the flying centipedes automatically flew back into the spirit beast bag.

Yin Mo looked at the beautiful woman in his arms, his expression hesitant.

It is naturally easy to kill this woman, but those "Six-Winged Frost Centipedes" cannot be obtained.

This is because the owner of a spirit beast or spirit insect will often set up a self-destruct restriction in addition to the master recognition restriction to prevent the spirit object from falling into the hands of others after an accidental death.

Of course, if the monks realize that their time is up, or want to pass these spiritual objects on to future generations of disciples, they will naturally cancel this restriction.

Yin Mo’s gold-eating bugs also set up similar restrictions.

He needed to obtain the eggs of these centipedes, so he couldn't be too rough.

In addition, he also became interested in the Yuling Sect's secret art of controlling insects.

The Yuling Sect is famous for controlling spiritual insects and beasts, so they must have unique ways of controlling insects.

His gold-eating bugs need better secret techniques and prohibitions to strengthen their control.

So, Yin Mo put several talismans on the woman's body that would restrict her spiritual power and make her lose consciousness for a short period of time. Then he held her in his arms and turned into a green rainbow and flew away.

As for Han Yunzhi, he couldn't do anything to her.

He couldn't bear to treat this woman who reminded him of his little sister.

He is not a heartless person.

So he left her where she was and ignored her.

Even if Han Yunzhi went back, she would not be able to tell what he had done.

He just needs to get back to Xiguo as soon as possible.

The Tiandao League and the Demonic Path are inherently hostile to each other.

As long as he is not actually trapped or captured alive by the other side, the two major forces can only be wary of each other.

Yin Mo knew this very well.

So he kept rushing back.

He couldn't allow himself to be blocked by the old monster in the Nascent Soul stage of the evil path within the opponent's sphere of influence.

Thinking of this, his escape speed increased a bit.

Just when several Jindan cultivators of Guiling Sect were wiped out, the door of the retreat room in the former site of Yanyue Sect opened and closed again, and a cultivator in a black robe and with a solemn face slowly walked out.

He saw several of his capable disciples die one after another and could no longer pretend to be unaware of his seclusion.

Without hesitation, he released several message talismans to the Guiling Sect branches across the Kingdom of Yue, urgently demanding an investigation into the circumstances of the disciples' deaths.

He decided to take action himself and find out who dared to attack the Guiling Sect.

However, his actions seemed a little slow.

Just as the evil monks of the Ghost Spirit Sect were preparing for a full-scale search, Yin Mo had already left the Kingdom of Yue and began to cross the land of Yuanwu.

The Soul-Breaking Master ultimately gained nothing. He only vaguely learned that several of his disciples were defeated by an unknown Nascent Soul cultivator.

The other party had already gone away, so even though he was extremely angry, he could do nothing.

More than ten days later, Han Yunzhi returned to Qiling Mountain in Tianluo Kingdom with trepidation. She knelt in front of a dark stone chamber, told the old man in the chamber what had happened, and personally apologized.

"You were discovered by the other party when you were hundreds of miles away. The others and the monks of the Ghost Spirit Sect were all killed, but you are the only one who escaped safely?" The old man asked with a hint of surprise.

"Yes, Uncle Master. Yunzhi, Junior Sister Liu and the others fled for their lives, but I was the only one who escaped from danger."

"The whereabouts of the others are unknown. Maybe they haven't been attacked yet. We can't say for sure."

Han Yunzhi unexpectedly concealed the unknown Nascent Soul cultivator, as if the other party had exempted her from this, and only vaguely said that she had escaped danger.

"Since that person can control the Wood Spirit Infant, he must be a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage."

"But he was able to find you from a hundred miles away, which is really worrying. As far as I know, there are almost no cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage in the entire Tiannan."

"Could he be one of those old monsters?"

The old man's voice was low, revealing deep fear.

"My nephew doesn't know. His consciousness is so strong that I dare not get any closer. I only sensed that he left Yue State and headed north."

"Further ahead is the territory of the Righteous Path and the Heavenly Path Alliance. I dare not follow them any further. In the end, I was unable to find out their identities and had to return to our sect. I hope that Uncle Master will forgive me."

"You are not at fault, so don't blame yourself. Even if I personally take action, if the opponent is a late Nascent Soul cultivator, it will be difficult to change the outcome."

"It's rare that you can return safely."

"This is also my inconsiderateness. I originally thought that you and Liu Yu's sensing secret technique were enough to find out the other party's background, but I didn't expect that the other party might be a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage."

"Now the other party has fled far away. No matter how magical your secret technique is, you can't sense the location of the spirit baby."

"Let's leave it at that. Go and have some rest. Also, I heard that Junior Brother Han seems to have finished his retreat, so go meet him."

The old man sighed inside the house and spoke slowly.

"Thank you for your understanding, Master. I'll take my leave now." Han Yunzhi bowed, feeling relieved, and left respectfully.

When Han Yunzhi's figure gradually walked away, the old man in the stone chamber was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke to the empty space.

"Do you think what Junior Sister said is true or false? Is there really a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage who captured the Spirit Infant? A cultivator of that level would not have allowed Yun Zhi to escape unscathed."

The old man's voice became cold, as if he had become a different person.

"Uncle Master, I just used mystical techniques to sense Junior Sister Han's state of mind."

"Although not stable enough, she was calm most of the time. She only became a little confused when she mentioned the experience of escaping."

"I think the part she's hiding might have something to do with that."

Following the old man's question, a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes suddenly walked out from the back of the stone chamber and spoke respectfully to the old man.

"Humph! I think so too. If she wasn't the descendant of Junior Brother Han, why would I let her go so easily?"

"Perhaps I should have used the soul-searching technique to find out what she was hiding." "But out of concern for Junior Brother Han, I was unwilling to use means that would harm her consciousness."

"After all, she is Junior Brother Han's only descendant, and we all cherish her very much."

"In order to help her form the elixir successfully, we even expended a great deal of our energy and performed a heaven-defying method to cleanse her marrow and change her jing."

"Since what she concealed is not crucial, I will not delve into it any further. As for the Zhimu Lingying falling into the hands of those old guys, that is the real trouble."

"However, fortunately, the one lost this time was the Zhimu Spirit Infant, and the other two Spirit Infants are still there."

"As for the Wood Spirit Infant, we still have a spare one. Although its quality is slightly inferior, let's cultivate it for now."

“I don’t know if I can wait until the day when the five elements’ spirit infants gather together.” The old man sighed and said somewhat depressedly.

"This Five Elements Spirit Infant Secret Technique is a great magical skill that has been lost for many years in our sect."

"If Uncle Master hadn't accidentally refined the Ultimate Earth Spirit Infant a few years ago, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to gather all the Five Elements Spirit Infants until now."

“Once the spirit infant is ready, we will use the secret method to fuse it with our disciples. The Yuling Sect will then have five more Yuanying-stage cultivators out of thin air, which will be enough to compete with the Hehuan Sect.”

“However, although these cultivators possess the magical powers of the Nascent Soul, they lack the lifespan of a true Nascent Soul cultivator, which is a pity.”

“As for the lost Supreme Wood Spirit Infant, it was the first and most ferocious among the Spirit Infants to be refined.”

"It is rumored that it once devoured the Nascent Soul of our sect's Nascent Soul cultivator. It is extremely difficult to tame."

"If you want to integrate it, it is almost impossible to succeed. Its loss is actually a blessing." The middle-aged man said steadily.

"Hey, I understand what you mean."

"That Zhimu Lingying suddenly gained consciousness more than a thousand years ago, and secretly sneaked into our sect's Sutra Library to spy on the secret techniques, which greatly increased his magical powers and freed himself from confinement."

"At that time, our sect happened to have an elder in the late Nascent Soul stage who was there. He used his great magical power to suppress it and thus avoided a disaster."

“But if we can fuse this spirit infant, perhaps the combined disciple will have the magical powers of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. It is not impossible.”

"However, before the fusion, the spiritual infant's cultivation must be weakened to prevent the disciples' souls from being devoured by it."

"Therefore, I had to take the risk and have someone take the Wood Spirit Infant to Qianjin Valley to receive the Golden Wind Body Cleansing."

The old man said calmly, but the regret in his tone was still very obvious.

The middle-aged man wanted to persuade her again, but changed his mind and just smiled bitterly without saying anything.

……

More than a month later, Yin Mo finally arrived at Xiguo and returned to his cave.

He breathed a sigh of relief, brought the woman surnamed Liu into the quiet room, and then went to Zifeng to check on Mu Peiling.

Seeing that Mu Peiling was still practicing in seclusion, he was satisfied.

Then, he visited the two elders of Luoyun Sect and informed them that he had returned.

The silver-haired old man was delighted at Yin Mo's return and asked about his time away.

Yin Mo only mentioned it casually, and killed several Jindan disciples from the Ghost Spirit Sect and the Demon Flame Sect on the way.

As a result, the two elders did not show any concern, but instead praised loudly.

Obviously, they were still upset about being tricked last time.

Especially the silver-haired old man, who had to use a secret life-saving technique to save his life, which resulted in damage to his vitality and has not yet fully recovered.

Yin Mo's actions gave them some relief.

Seeing this, Yin Mo felt more relieved. After some chatting, he returned to the cave.

On the way, he began to think about how to deal with the woman named Liu.

……

The woman surnamed Liu slowly woke up from her trance.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she found a face almost right in front of her. She was so scared that she quickly sat up, took a few steps back and leaned against the stone wall.

She saw clearly that the owner of the face was a charming young woman in her twenties, who smiled sweetly at her.

Only then did she realize that she was in a seemingly completely enclosed secret room, with the only furniture being a round futon.

"The girl is awake. If everything is fine, please follow me to see our master." The young woman said to her with a smile.

"Master? Who is he? Where is this place?" The woman surnamed Liu asked hesitantly as her mind was in a mess and she hadn't figured out the situation yet.

"Girl, come with me to meet the master, and you will know."

"As for here, we are in Yunmeng Mountain in Xiguo. I believe the girl should know where she is!" The young woman looked at her tall figure and said slowly.

"Yunmeng Mountain, Xi Country? You are from the Tiandao League!" The woman surnamed Liu thought for a moment and immediately realized the other party's identity. Her expression changed and she said in a lost voice.

"Fellow Daoist, you are truly extremely wise. This place is the Luoyun Sect of the Heavenly Dao Alliance."

"Young lady, please go quickly. My master is waiting anxiously!" Yin Yue's eyes flickered as she urged without showing off.

"Okay! I would also like to see the senior's style. Please lead the way." The woman in white was not an ordinary cultivator and quickly regained her normal state of mind.

Yin Yue smiled and walked out of the secluded room lightly. The woman in white followed silently.

After a while, they arrived at the hall.

Yin Mo sat upright on a stone chair, staring at the huge light shield in the center of the hall with clear eyes.

There was a spirit beast inside, violently banging its head against the wall of the shield, but the earth-attributed restriction remained unshakable, and the dark yellow wall of the shield was as solid as a rock.

Liu Yu looked at the spirit beast carefully and found that it looked like a green ox, with scales on its back and four pale silver hooves. It was actually a rare iron rhinoceros.

Although this kind of spiritual beast is not considered an ancient species, it is also rare in the world of immortal cultivation.

Liu Yu was in awe of Yin Mo's determination. If she fell into the hands of this Nascent Soul cultivator, she would be in great danger!

However, she couldn't help feeling suspicious about how young Yin Mo looked.

Because male cultivators rarely practice techniques that can maintain their youthful appearance, most of them show the aura of middle age after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Of course, in the world of cultivation, middle-aged refers to the appearance of being three or four hundred years old. As the realm of cultivation rises, the aging speed of cultivators becomes slower and slower.

Therefore, in the world of cultivation, it is not surprising that some elders would call some middle-aged cultivators "uncle master" or "granduncle".

At this time, Yin Yue stood in front of Yin Mo and said solemnly:
"Master, the friends from the Yuling Sect have been brought here."

"Well, you can leave now." Yin Mo nodded and answered casually.

"Yes, master!" Yin Yue knew that her transformation could not last long. Yin Mo specifically gave her this order, so she left quietly with a smile.

Liu Yu felt uneasy. She walked up to Yin Mo and bowed gently. Her delicate expression made her look even more fragile and pitiful.

However, Yin Mo glanced at her coldly, turned around and looked at the iron rhinoceros in the light shield, and waved his hand gently.

A thin arc of electricity shot out from his fingertips, directly penetrating the light shield and hitting the body of the spirit beast.

(End of this chapter)