Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Who are you?" Blood overflowed from the corner of the man's mouth. As he spoke, his face suddenly showed pain, and his body changed.

Countless tiny red insects were seen pouring out from his white bones, densely covering his body. The broken sternum quickly returned to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye, his eyes gradually turned red, and a suppressed roar came from his mouth.

The three of them looked at each other with a look of surprise and suspicion. The corpse worms in this man's body were obviously different from those of other lodgers. The corpse worms in other people's bodies were all in the shape of long strips, only one or two, hidden among the flesh and blood.

However, the corpse worms parasitizing this person are densely packed and tiny, like maggots, hiding in the white bones.

The three of them did not rush to take action. With their early stage of foundation building, they would never be able to escape their control. They could just observe the changes after being controlled by the corpse worm, find more clues, and further grasp the information about the corpse worm.

Densely packed crimson bugs covered the man's figure. The injuries on his body gradually healed. He screamed like bugs from his mouth, his eyes were completely red, and he twisted his body and attacked Jiang Yunsheng.

Several people were on guard for a long time. Jiang Yunsheng retreated slightly, flipped his left hand, and the golden light staff turned into a size of more than ten feet and struck the man.

With a "bang", the man was knocked away again and fell to the ground. His injured body healed at an extremely fast speed and he attacked Jiang Yuhuan again.

The man had obviously lost his mind and had no rules. He just relied on instinct to act. Every time his body was traumatized, densely packed tiny bugs would fuse into his injured parts, and then he would recover from his injuries.

It was obvious that those little red bugs were the key to his body's powerful self-healing power.

Under the attacks of Tang Ning and the others, all the insects attached to his body burrowed back into his bones and disappeared. The man tilted his head and passed out.

Jiang Yunsheng stepped forward and placed a spiritual restriction in his body, frowning and saying: "This is the first time we have encountered an undead source host in this form. It is a bit like the incomplete bodies of the two mummies in the Luanshigang cave."

Tangning nodded and said, "This person's body's self-healing ability is much stronger than the corpse insect host we captured before. It seems that he is not an ordinary corpse insect host."

Jiang Yunsheng turned to Su Ziyuan and said, "Please help Taoist Su to cooperate with us in arresting him. We will take this person back for interrogation. Thank you to Taoist Su Mingyue for me."

Just now, Su Ziyuan had been watching from a distance and did not interfere with the arrests of several people. She did not approach until the man was unconscious. Now after listening to Jiang Yunsheng's words, she did not say much and just nodded: "I take my leave."

After saying that, he turned into light and disappeared.

Tang Ning and the others escorted the man to the Taoist temple. Before the man woke up from his coma, Jiang Yunsheng said, "Fellow Taoist Tang, Fellow Daoist Jiang, I want to bring this man back to the sect for interrogation, and then join you again."

Tang Ning and Jiang Yuhuan looked at each other without expressing their opinions.

Their mission was to use the Shuiyun Sect's intelligence system to capture the mastermind and bring him back to the sect. This person was obviously different from the ordinary corpse insect hosts and might be a breakthrough, but Jiang Yunsheng proposed to bring him back to the Shuiyun Sect for interrogation.

In this way, if they cannot grasp the first-hand information, how can they catch the mastermind before Shuiyun Sect.

Jiang Yuhuan said: "In my opinion, there is no need to go to that trouble. Taoist friend Jiang can only spend a few days talking when he comes and goes. We might as well interrogate him here first. If he tells the truth, we can immediately designate the next step of action." , if he is not honest, it will not be too late to bring him back to your clan."

Tang Ning also echoed, "Yes! We have been in Qi for more than a month, and the mastermind behind the scenes may get information at any time and escape. If we get the key information earlier, we can catch him earlier."

Jiang Yunsheng thought silently for a while: "Okay then!"

In the evening, the man slowly woke up, opened his eyes, and saw Tang Ning and three people sitting high on the steps. His expressions changed drastically. He subconsciously wanted to run away, only to find that he was restrained and the spiritual power in the Linghai Point was blocked. Suddenly he His face was ashen, knowing that he was already a prisoner.

Jiang Yunsheng shouted: "Who are you? Tell me your name."

The man looked at the three of them with a pale face and asked, "Who are you?"

Jiang Yunsheng said: "I am a disciple of Shuiyun Sect, and these two are fellow Taoists of Qianyi Sect."

Tang Ning continued: "We found many monks in the Chu Kingdom who suffered the same fate as you, and followed the clues to the Qi Kingdom. Now that things have happened, I think you should be aware of your situation and don't take chances."

"We can tell you clearly that our real target is the black man behind you, and we are not targeting you. If you confess honestly, we will not make it difficult for you, but if you refuse to cooperate, there are many ways to make you speak."

The man raised his head, his eyes wandering, and said nothing. There was a brief silence in the palace for a while.

Jiang Yuhuan said: "Now there is still a chance to explain. We once captured a corpse insect host in the middle stage of foundation establishment in Chu State. His name is Jiang Taihua. He is a casual cultivator from Qi State. Do you know him?"

"Like you, he refused to cooperate and explain. Finally, we took him back to the sect, had his body dissected by the Forbidden Secret Department, and forcibly read his memory using secret techniques. Only then did we know that the mastermind behind all this had come. We passed through Qi State, so we followed the clues and came here.”

"The condition of his death was ugly. He suffered great torture and pain before his death. Of course, this was not intentional on our part because he refused to explain. We could only dissect his body and find the cause of his mutation. Finally, in his body Remove the corpse worms that are parasitic on his body."

"After extracting the corpse bug, he woke up from a coma, his whole body twisted with pain, and finally he begged us to kill him."

"Your situation is more complicated than his. I think you should know this. Over the years, you may have met many monks who have experienced the same situation as you. You are different from them. You are special."

"If you don't cooperate, we will have to dissect you. Because of your uniqueness, we will keep you awake to see your reaction and look for the characteristics of the corpse bug. Whether you are willing or not, we can learn from you , get some information we want to know.”

The man was obviously touched. As Jiang Yuhuan finished speaking, imperceptible sweat stains started to flow down his forehead, and his eyes kept flickering.

Tangning took advantage of this and continued: "You understand that we are not trying to scare you. If you are stubborn, what we just said will soon come true for you. We have been studying the characteristics of corpse bugs over the years, and we have begun to achieve results. Understand Its state is also helping many hosts like you to eliminate corpse worms from their bodies and return to normal monk life. Think carefully about your choice."

The hall fell into silence again, and no one spoke again. There were more and more sweat stains on the man's forehead. It was obvious that he was having a difficult struggle in his heart. After a long time, he said in a voice like a mosquito: "Can you guarantee my safety?"

Jiang Yunsheng said: "We will try our best to help you get rid of the corpse worms in your body. As long as you cooperate and truthfully state everything you know, we will not do anything to you. There is no enmity or resentment between us, and Shuiyun Sect does not care about a building. Now that we know everything we need to know about Brother Ji’s life and death, why should we kill you for no reason? We are not vicious demon sects.”

The man said: What do you want to know? "

"Let's talk about your situation first! What's your last name? Where is your family name?"

"Wang Xuan, a loose cultivator in the Kingdom of Wu."

The three of them looked at each other, but they didn't expect that this person was actually a monk from Wu Guolai.

"When did you discover that your body had changed?"

The man said: "Two years ago, on my way back to the cave from Fangshi, I was attacked by a masked monk and captured by him. After that, I fell into a coma for a long time, until I woke up in a secret basement, faintly Yoyo heard the sound of fighting."

"I hurriedly escaped from the basement and saw three men fighting together. I didn't dare to stay for a long time and ran away quickly. At that time, I was already like this. Later I realized that I had been sleeping for a long time. "For half a month."

"After escaping from the basement, I was very scared of myself and didn't know what that person had done to me, so I hid in a deep mountain."

"Two days later, the moon was full, and I fell into unconsciousness again. When I woke up, I came to a barren mountain without knowing when, and found blood and minced meat all around. I recalled some memory fragments, and knew that this person had been killed. I devoured it."

"I fled that place, and the next day I inquired and learned that a local Xun family member was missing and was attacked. There were two survivors watching at the time. The Xun family was looking for the murderer with great fanfare. I knew that person was me, no matter what. If you dare to stay for a long time, you can flee to Qi."

"After that, I would fall into unconsciousness every full moon day. After several times of unconsciously preying on monks, I discovered the pattern, so I would arrest some monks in advance to avoid being caught while running around in unconsciousness. "

After listening to his story, the three people's eyes couldn't help but shine, because this person actually remembered the process of becoming the host of the corpse insect. This had never happened to the monks who had been captured before, and all those people had lost this memory.

Jiang Yunsheng hurriedly asked: "Where is that basement? Who attacked you?"

The man said: "The basement is under a remote canyon in the south of Wu State. The monk who attacked me was wearing a black robe and a mask. I couldn't see his appearance clearly. I only knew that he was a late-stage foundation-building monk."

The late-stage foundation-building monk, this is the same information they got from Jiang Taihua's memory before, and he should be the same person.

Tangning asked, "There were three monks fighting when you escaped. Do you know who they are? Did you see their faces clearly?"

"I didn't see clearly. I was just running for my life at that time, so I glanced at them from a distance and couldn't detect their cultivation level, but I'm sure they are all foundation-building monks."

Jiang Yunsheng said: "Tell me more about the situation in the basement. What state were you in at that time? Are there anyone else around besides you? What's special about the basement?"