Lin Xixue stared at the zombie insect at her feet with a rather solemn expression, waiting for its answer.
The insect pulled its head out of its carapace, poked out two yellow and black tentacles, nodded and hissed, seeming a little confused.
"The smell...young master...is the same?"
Do these bugs sense smells through their tentacles to identify people?
These insects were raised by Hong Yanzi, so the young master they mentioned was obviously Tong Yingzi. This bug smelled the same scent on me as Tong Yingzi, so it mistook me for her?
But why is the smell the same? Is it related to Hong Yanzi's weird ritual?
But since the smell on my body is the same as Tong Yingzi, why did the corpse puppet attack me just now?
She thought about it for a moment and understood the problem. Probably the two bugs were newly born by the mother bug, so they didn't recognize Tong Yingzi's scent, so they launched an attack.
After thinking about this problem, she whistled again and asked: "Where is the mother insect at this moment?"
"Jieshi Cave...the bottom of Hualong Pond..."
Lin Xixue probably guessed that this Jieshi Cave should be the previous cave, and Hualong Pond was the stinking pool where these insects were raised.
However, the name of this smelly water pond made her very concerned. Why was it called Hualong Pond?
Forget it, we’ll talk about these issues later, there are other things to solve right now.
Lin Xixue looked at the corpse puppet that could only talk, thinking that it was a good thing she didn't kill it hastily, otherwise she would have missed the information.
She took out the horizontal knife and carved the word "A" on the back of the insect as a mark. Then she threw the pile of insects into the urn and put in a few dead fish.
Although judging from the behavior of these bugs, they don't seem to like eating fish very much, but they can't find anything more suitable to feed them at the moment.
The matter of the Insect Mother needs to be resolved, but the evil atmosphere in the Jieshi Cave is too strong. It is better not to go there easily without the God-Reinforcing Pill.
Let's go to Wuzeng Temple first. The villagers in Linghu Village seemed to have fled in advance, maybe they were inspired by the Embroidery Lady.
She continued to move along the mountain road, and soon came to the outside of Wuzeng Temple. Seeing the situation in the temple at this moment, she was stunned for a moment.
The situation in the temple at this time was really far from her imagination.
She originally thought that with the Corpse Puppet infestation, the construction site of the Wuzeng Temple must be in a mess, and at least the work should be stopped completely.
Unexpectedly, in just two months, the Wuzeng Temple was almost completely repaired, and its scale had increased several times compared to before.
The workmanship and materials used are all very exquisite. If the Yunzhou royal family had not set requirements for the shape of the temple in its territory and must not exceed the rules, I am afraid that the scale could be even larger.
The villagers in Linghu Village were all gathered in the courtyard of Wuzeng Temple. A corner of the courtyard was piled with unshelled bamboo shoots, and a charcoal fire was lit beside it.
In the meantime, a child with yellow hair and crotchless hair nestled in his mother's arms and complained: "Mom, I don't want to eat grilled bamboo shoots anymore, I want to eat fish!"
"Yue'er, be good. It's dangerous outside now. Only in this temple can the Embroidery Lady protect us. Be good!"
Gu Yu, the former dandy, was now tying up his waistband and inserting a fan behind his neck. He was orderly directing the workers to continue the finishing work of the temple repairs, and from time to time he would step forward to help the workers.
At this moment, "rumbling" footsteps like drums suddenly came from the distance, and dozens of corpse puppets were running straight towards Wuzeng Temple, using their hands and feet.
But these dozens of corpse puppets were not the same as the one Lin Xixue transformed before. Their bodies were densely covered with small black dots.
Lin Xixue took a closer look and discovered that the small dots on these corpses were actually newly hatched bugs.
This scene was like a spider and a scorpion having their babies. Lin Xixue couldn't bear it anymore and started to retching. This scene really challenged her physical limits.
These dozens of corpse puppets invariably grabbed a handful of newly hatched larvae from their bodies, and threw the insects into the Wuzeng Temple with their whole arms like catapults, turning into black raindrops and falling down all over the sky.
Seeing this, the villagers quickly put down their work and knelt down before the statue of the embroidered lady in the hall. A curtain of light immediately rose up on the wall of Wuzeng Temple, and the larvae hit the light curtain, making a creepy "chirping" sound.
Lin Xixue quickly blew the insect control whistle, and a high-pitched whistle swept the area. A dozen zombies screamed "Woo-Woo" several times, then fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Immediately afterwards, these black larvae exploded in an instant, and the intensity of the explosions was comparable to New Year firecrackers.
The mucus left by the exploding larvae on the ground was not only extremely smelly, but also highly corrosive. The surrounding bamboo forest and land emitted a burst of white smoke.
Lin Xixue tightly covered her mouth and nose, fearing that she would spit it out again. This corpse puppet may not be very powerful in combat, but it definitely has its own spiritual attack, and it is a disgusting type that kills people without paying for their lives.
But now that the crisis in Wuzeng Temple has been resolved, she has no plans to enter the temple again.
After all, the last time she entered it and caused the Heavenly Lord to descend, left a huge psychological shadow on her.
She planned to explore again to see if there were any remaining corpse bugs around. After clearing these bugs, she was ready to return to Xinliang City.
However, just as she was about to leave, the door of Wuzeng Temple suddenly opened on its own.
The bamboo forests on the left and right gathered together, completely blocking the passageways around her, leaving only a small path leading to the temple.
She frowned, quite puzzled by this. Could it be that the embroidery lady was inviting her in?
She really didn't want to go in. She had many misunderstandings with the villagers, and she really didn't want to see that playboy Gu Yu, and she was even more afraid that the Heavenly Lord would come again after entering.
But when she hesitated, the center of the bamboo forest seemed to get tighter, as if urging her to hurry in.
Wait...could this be a hallucination?
Last time Tianzun used auditory hallucinations to mislead him into entering Wuzeng Temple. It is not surprising that he used hallucinations to mislead him again this time.
When she thought of this possibility, she retreated instead of advancing. She drew her horizontal knife and cut open the surrounding bamboo forest before leaving.
However, the embroidery lady in the temple seemed a little impatient. The embroidery thread in her hand turned into a spirit snake and wandered through the space. She held her wrist and pulled her into the hall like flying. Then the door of the hall was closed tightly. stand up.
Lin Xixue looked at the closed palace door behind her, and for a moment she didn't know what the embroiderer lady meant.
She saw that the statue of the Embroidery Lady still had no facial features, and thought that this might be an apology to herself.
They looked at each other like this for a long time without saying anything, and Lin Xixue felt a little uneasy.
But a moment later, a woman's cold snort was heard in the air, and the needle and thread in the statue's hand fell down. Lin Xixue saw this and quickly stepped forward to hold the needle and thread in her hands.
She was a little confused. What was the embroidery lady doing giving her needle and thread?
Just when she was doubting, the chaotic void evolved again, and before the cyan jade bottle was fully manifested, it eagerly took the needle and thread in her hand into it...
