Chapter 178: Essence Sucking Bug

Pan Yun leaned out to take a look, carefully noted the characteristics of the corpse, and then said, "Why not burn it? What if there are still bugs hidden inside?"

"Junior sister, this evil-killing thunder is so powerful and accurate, it mainly strikes insects, so there shouldn't be any misses, right?"

Pan Yun said faintly: "I'm not sure myself~"

After she said this, several senior brothers also became a little uncertain.

So a few people endured the nausea and turned over the rotten corpse, mainly looking at his facial features, hands, feet, clothes, and wounds on his body.

Looking at it this way, it almost looks like the person has been stripped of his skin.

Zhang Zixiang raised his sword and cut off a piece of his clothes. He wrapped the corner of the clothes while suppressing his nausea, and then threw a ball of fire at him.

The best way to prevent any bugs from remaining in his body is to burn the entire body into ashes.

The power of the talisman fire is not that great. It only burns slowly on the wound. It is unknown how long it will take to burn a person to ashes.

Chen Ziwu stepped forward and suggested quietly, "How about finding some firewood to help with the burning?"

A senior brother frowned and said, "Did it really burn like this? I think we should take it back to show it to Master Lin and Dean Zhang."

"Yes, if they don't see the rotting corpse, I'm afraid they won't know how evil this is."

Pan Yun took a step back and said, "I have no objection."

Several brothers looked at each other and competed with each other. So who would carry the rotten corpse up the mountain?

While they were arguing, other brothers who had come rushing over after seeing the thunder also arrived.

As soon as they saw them, the five brothers present instantly became alert and waved, "Come on, come on."

After a while, the fireball on the wound of the rotten corpse was extinguished. The brothers cut off the corners of their outer robes to wrap their hands and lifted the rotten corpse and the unconscious young Taoist priest onto a simple stretcher, then walked out one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Pan Yun and Chen Ziwu followed behind with torches in hand, occasionally looking down at the ground.

The same was true for the other brothers. They wanted to make sure that no bugs escaped.

They collected everything in the cave one by one, including the jar that was charred black and had a hole in it and the worm-shaped meat charcoal inside.

These are all evidence.

The Criminal Law Hall of the Imperial Academy has a strict case trial mechanism, similar to that of a government office, and all cases are based on evidence.

Especially Lin Jingle, who is very old-fashioned and serious, and can't be lacking in any way.

When they collected the things, they found many traces of insects crawling on the ground.

What's more, they actually found a few insects that had escaped the disaster in the grass and under the rocks.

A group of grown men were afraid of a few fat bugs. They screamed and poked them fiercely with swords. Finally, they took out bottles and carefully put away the bug corpses as evidence.

Pan Yun stood on a big rock and shivered, muttering from time to time: "It's terrible, it's really terrible."

The old Taoist priest with white beard stood aside expressionlessly. He thought Pan Jun was pretending, but looking at the expression on her face, it didn't seem like she was pretending.

She wasn't like this just now.

Zhang Zixiang and the other four also thought she was pretending, but the four brothers who came later thought she was not, because they were also scared.

They had never seen Pan Jun kicking a rotten corpse away and striking the evil thunder.

Because of her age, the four brothers who came after her were very considerate of her. They even said to Zhang Zixiang, who was dissatisfied with her standing on the stone without working, "Brother Zhang, when did you become so stingy? There are so many of us, why do you have to embarrass me?"

"Yeah, yeah, isn't it just looking for bugs? We can do it ourselves."

Zhang Zixiang: "...You didn't tremble when you said this."

"I'm not scared, I'm just a little sick."

Seeing that they were happy with it, Zhang Zixiang did not mention Pan Yun's recent killing spree and tacitly agreed that Pan Yun was standing on the stone.

After they collected all the evidence, they searched the nearby rocks and grass and found more than a dozen insects, which they killed. The other brothers also tied two simple stretchers with branches.

Throw the corpses and people on it, lift them up and walk away.

Before they got out of the mountain, they heard a sound in the wind and the shadows of the trees swayed. Everyone looked up warily and saw Zhang Ziwang and others standing on tree branches.

Zhang Zixiang breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists, saying, "Brother, we have found the person, and we have also captured an evildoer."

Zhang Ziwang's eyes slid from Pan Yun to the white-bearded Taoist priest, and then looked at the man and the corpse on the stretcher. He frowned slightly and nodded, saying, "Take them all back to the academy."

Zhang Ziming glanced at Zhang Zixiang and asked, "Are you not injured?"

Zhang Zixiang said: "They are all minor injuries, not worth mentioning."

Since he said so, Zhang Ziming ignored him.

The group carried the corpse and the man back to the Da Shang Qing Palace. The Da Shang Qing Palace was divided into two parts, one for handling the affairs of the academy, and the other for the common people and pilgrims, which was equivalent to the external department of the academy, and was a connection.

Dangerous things like insect corpses naturally cannot be placed in the Da Shangqing Palace, as there are too many ordinary people coming and going here.

Therefore, the people and corpses were sent directly to the Criminal Law Hall of the Academy.

As one of the victims, the old Taoist priest with white beard was naturally taken to the academy and was temporarily detained in the Criminal Law Hall.

Chen Ziwu: "...Is this what you said, that I can live in the academy and be protected?"

Pan Yun: "Just tell me whether you have lived in the academy and whether you are well protected?"

Chen Ziwu: "Thank you, I am clearly the victim, why do you still want to lock me up in the Criminal Court?"

"How can it be closed?" Pan Yun asked, "Look, it's a separate room with the door wide open. You can come in and out at any time. Is it closed?"

Chen Ziwu shook the railing door, which made a creaking sound. "You call this a door?"

Then he pointed to the wooden bed and the straw inside the wooden fence and asked, "You call this a room?"

Pan Yun: "After all, you are a victim who was almost parasitized by the insect. Who knows if he has any accomplices? I don't know what's so special about you that made him risk running to Longhu Mountain to catch you. So it's safest for you to live here. There are people patrolling at night, and there are guards everywhere you go in and out. How safe is it?"

Chen Ziwu frowned, "You mean he came for me? But didn't he also capture one of your students?"

Pan Yun said, "Although there is no evidence yet, the corpses were very aggressive towards the students of the academy, and they didn't care whether they lived or died. But it was different towards you. Apart from the kick I gave you, were you injured?"

Chen Ziwu thought about it for a moment, his face changed slightly, "No."

Pan Yun patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. If he wasn't coming for you, he could have just captured anyone or a student. Why did he go to the trouble of capturing you? Your cultivation is far superior to those students. It must have taken a lot of effort for him to capture you, right?"

Chen Ziwu shook off Pan Yun's hand and took a step back. "How do you know that my cultivation is good?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and did not answer. Instead, he said, "It's getting late. You should rest first."

Chen Ziwu followed her closely, "Since you said he came here specifically to see me, I want to participate in the whole process. I'll go with you."

Pan Yun: "How do you know I went to see their investigation?"

Chen Ziwu smiled at her but did not answer.

The two men walked into a stone chamber. Zhang Ziwang and others were surrounding a rotten corpse. Zhang Ziming's hand was suspended above the corpse, and a layer of Yuanli spread out and was moving around the corpse.

He moved up slowly from his toes and finally stopped at his heart. Pan Jun saw the energy in his palm entering his body bit by bit.

Pan Jun couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. This control is pretty good~
Pan Jun glanced at Zhang Zixiang and found that he was much better than Zhang Zixiang.

As soon as the thought flashed through his mind, Zhang Ziming raised his hand. The energy in his hand materialized and was pulled out of the rotten corpse like a thread. A bug head popped out from his heart...

Pan Yun was startled and took a half step back in shock.

Zhang Zixiang's eyes widened, "There are actually still people alive."

The bug ignored them and chased after the Yuanli silk. Its entire body emerged from the heart of the corpse, half-standing up and chasing after the Yuanli silk.

Zhang Ziwang handed over a bottle with an unpleasant expression. After seeing Zhang Ziming put it away, he said, "Tomorrow, all the fifth-year students will go down the mountain to sweep away the demons. They must kill all the corpse worms. Such filthy things must not appear in Longhu Mountain."

Everyone responded in unison.

Pan Yun asked: "Master Zhang, is this really a corpse worm? How can it control a corpse?"

She turned her head and glanced at Chen Ziwu, "Did he capture Daoyou Chen and Wenjie to create corpses?"

Zhang Ziming said: "This is not a corpse worm. Or rather, it is not just a corpse worm. I saw the worm corpses and the jar you brought back..."

Zhang Ziming paused, his face full of confusion, "You shouldn't have killed all the bugs in the jar. At least leave one for me to identify. They are all corpses. Fortunately, their energy has not completely dissipated, otherwise I would have thought that the two bugs were the same."

Zhang Ziming shook the bottle in his hand and said, "This kind of poisonous insect is far inferior to the ones in the jar. It has degenerated and is old. The insects in the jar are called Yuan-sucking insects. They can absorb all the Yuan-force from a person and transfer it to the mother insect. If I'm not mistaken, the mother insect should be in that evil person's body."

Pan Yun was stunned. "Star Absorbing Technique?"

Everyone looked at her.

Pan Yun: "Oh, I saw it written like this in a storybook. This is called the Energy Absorption Method."

Zhang Ziwang frowned, "Wang Feiyin usually teaches his disciples like this. How old are you and you're already reading a storybook?"

Pan Yun didn't care and urged Zhang Ziming to continue, "Then what? The queen insect will provide him with energy, and then his energy will increase greatly?"

Zhang Ziming paused and said, "The energy is also transferred slowly. The young worms transfer it to the mother worm, and the mother worm transfers it to him. When the young worms pass the last bit of energy to the mother worm, they will degenerate and grow old. They can no longer absorb energy and can only feed on flesh and blood. If I guess correctly, these corpse worms are the degenerated energy-sucking worms."

"He captured this fellow Taoist for his Yuanli, and captured our academy's disciples to create the next thug. After these Yuan-sucking insects release their Yuanli, they must feed on blood and flesh in order to breed the next batch of Yuan-sucking insects. However..."

He looked up and down at the old Taoist with white beard.

(End of this chapter)