Wood Spiritual Energy lingered for a long time, the mother poison hidden at the crown of the heart remained still without any movement, Lan Tian furrowed his brows, this mother poison was more troublesome than the child poison, not easy to extract at all - indeed worthy of being ranked within the top hundred on the Spiritual Beast Records.
He knew it wouldn’t be easy, failing didn’t discourage Lan Tian, he had made multiple preparations ahead of time. When the allure of Spiritual Energy failed, he immediately cut off the Spiritual Energy at both sides of the crown of the heart and waited silently for the mother poison to fall into the trap. His Divine Sense swept over the crown of the heart to see if he could detect the mother poison’s whereabouts.
The concealment Divine Skills of the Bloodthirsty Worm were so profound that even high-tier Cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Stage couldn’t find it, and Lan Tian, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, couldn’t catch even a trace. Thinking for a moment, he then took out the child poison from the Sleeve Universe. The moment the child poison was extracted, there was a quick response from the crown of the heart, a flicker that passed so swiftly Lan Tian was unable to capture it, and then it returned back to calm.
The corners of Lan Tian’s mouth curled into a cold smirk, he moved the child poison inside Grandpa’s body, setting it within the trap, and his Divine Sense locked onto the crown of the heart.
As expected, once the child poison entered Grandpa’s body, there was a reaction within the crown of the heart, which violently convulsed. The benevolent-looking Grandpa suddenly contorted his face, revealing agony as his body started to tremble uncontrollably, fortunately, he had been administered a pill beforehand and was in deep unconsciousness, making his struggling last only a mere moment.
He hadn’t expected the mother poison to be so formidable.
Lan Tian cast an immobilization spell on Grandpa, and the struggling Grandpa could no longer move, his expression fierce - with no further worries, Lan Tian shifted his focus back to the crown of the heart.
Mother and child connected by the heart, the mother poison truly had the patience.
After waiting for a while without seeing the mother poison emerge, he glanced at the child poison within the trap, enveloped by the Chaos Fire with a layer of ice, in a frozen state. With a thought, the ring of Chaos Fire vibrated, visibly melting the ice, revealing the child poison within, the intensity of the fire continued to push forward.
Sensing danger, the child poison desperately tried to escape, surrounded by a circular Barrier of Chaos Fire, no matter which direction the child poison fled, it could not escape. The Barrier then shrank even tighter, the trapped child poison letting out piercing screams, each more miserable than the last.
The child poison had not cried out many times before there finally was a reaction from the mother poison in the crown of the heart - a translucent, pink sesame-sized insect, crawled out from the crown. Once out completely, its entire body turned crimson like blood, calling out to the child poison trapped in the middle.
This was the true, fear-inducing Bloodthirsty Worm.
Upon seeing the mother poison arrive, the child poison screamed even more miserably. Lan Tian’s expression remained cold and detached as he quietly awaited the mother poison’s move.
The mother poison also knew the danger ahead, called out a few times but seeing the child poison couldn’t get to it, became agitatedly restless, the calling sound becoming more piercing.
Since the mother poison emerged, Grandpa’s body thrashed uncontrollably in pain, his facial expression savage, veins on his forehead bulging, emitting sounds of pain and muffled ’huffs’.
Ji Feng, on the other side of the sofa, also heard Grandpa’s pained sounds, stood up to look over, worry flickering in his eyes but involuntarily walked over.
Lan Tian left a trace of his Divine Sense on the outside, seeing Ji Feng approach, was not surprised - it was expected.
"Don’t worry, Grandpa isn’t in serious trouble. The poisonous insect has been in his body for many years, that’s why there’s such a big reaction when it is being removed. It’s about to be taken out now, you go over there and wait."
"Okay." Ji Feng knew that being anxious was useless, he couldn’t help with this matter, and staying here might interfere with the two people, so he went back to the sofa to wait, kneeling and hugging his head, curled up on the sofa. Waiting was always the most torturous, time felt as long as years.
Lan Tian remained calm and quietly waited, fully demonstrating her great patience. Success or failure hinged on this single action. At this moment, between her and the mother poison, it was a test of endurance, and what Lan Tian had in abundance from living two lives was her patience.
The mother poison repeatedly called for its child poison, and when it couldn’t call it back, it suddenly stopped calling. The blood-hungry mother poison gradually turned transparent, and in a few breaths, it disappeared above the crown of the heart. Under the scrutiny of Divine Sense, there was no trace of it to be found. Lan Tian knew that cunning mother poison was right there, while the child poison still cried out miserably.
After an unknown length of time, the invisible mother poison showed its original form again—blood red. Its two tentacles shook left and right a little, tentatively advancing a couple of steps, then stopped, waited a moment, and seeing no movement around it, it crawled forward again.
Certainly cautious, not for nothing was it listed in the top hundred of the Spirit Worm List, Lan Tian thought internally, relieved that she knew the habits of the Bloodthirsty Worm, otherwise, if it were someone else, this mother poison really couldn’t be removed. All thanks to the Jade Scroll left by her cheap Master.
The mother poison tested several times, reluctantly moving forward, its instinct as a spiritual insect told it, danger was ahead. Seeing how cautious the mother poison was, Lan Tian intensified the flint, the child poison’s cries weren’t as miserable and sharp as before but intermittently faint.
The mother poison became anxious and let out a sharp call. Knowing that there was danger ahead, but for the sake of the child poison, it still crawled forward. Once it entered the trap, Lan Tian immediately closed the mouth of the Chaos Fire, extracting both poisonous insects from Grandpa’s body, and cast a freezing spell, freezing both Bloodthirsty Spirit Worms.
Lan Tian activated the Chaotic Fire, preparing to incinerate the two Bloodthirsty Spirit Worms, when her movement suddenly paused.
"What’s wrong?" Ji Feng, who had been paying attention to this side, saw Lan Tian’s unusual behavior and walked over, glancing at the ice block in her hand, "My grandpa he..."
Could it be that Grandpa’s body had problems? Having been mentally prepared beforehand, the fear in his heart still uncontrollably spread. Ji Feng tried his best to suppress his fear and panic, not letting Lan Tian see it.
"Grandpa is fine, he will wake up tomorrow." Lan Tian tilted her head, a frown creasing her brow, "It’s Mei Lan, I left a mark on her, she has moved."
Hearing that Grandpa was alright, Ji Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and then reacted to what she had said.
"Mei Lan has moved?" Ji Feng felt very conflicted inside, unable to believe the facts in front of him, he couldn’t help but believe, previously still making excuses for her, perhaps Xiao Lan was wrong.
The poisonous insects in him and Grandpa were actually related to her, a couple for over a dozen years in the previous life, without even a hint whispered to him, truly knowing people by their faces but not their hearts.
"That’s not right, Xiao Lan, I remember you said last time, that the poisonous insects on me and Grandpa had been there for over a dozen years, but she hasn’t been in Beijing for that many years." The information about Mei Lan he saw that afternoon flashed before his eyes, aside from some unpleasant experiences when she was a girl, she was still a clever and scheming lady.
"I also don’t know," Lan Tian was equally puzzled, "She is a Cultivator, and the methods of Cultivators are always bizarre and unpredictable, perhaps there are other methods I don’t know about. I’m curious too, only by asking her myself."
Out of the corner of his eye, Ji Feng looked out the window, thinking that the feeling last time was an illusion, but it was not. When mentioning Mei Lan, Ji Feng’s heart rate sped up a bit, as if he really was very concerned about Mei Lan’s matters, could it be that they know each other?