Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

120. Chapter 120 Meet An Intelligent Evolutionary Again!

Chapter 120: Encounter with an Intelligent Evolutionary Being Again!

Xiao Feihong and Lou Xiaoxiao have both refined the First Order Spirit Crystals, which can isolate and control the invasion of the Spirit-Eating Larvae. It is most appropriate to send them to "invite" people.

After the two girls left, Liu Zimo didn't idle either. With Wu Songyang's permission, he flashed and, in the blink of an eye, brought Hong Yuxun, who was meditating more than ten kilometers away, to the General Staff Office.

This move not only stunned Wu Songyang, but also left Hong Yuxun, who was awakened, confused. He couldn't understand why he suddenly appeared in the General Staff Office.

Who brought him here?

His gaze swept around until he saw Liu Zimo standing beside Wu Songyang. Only then did he come to his senses.

"So it's Brother Liu who has returned!"

"From the looks of it, Brother Liu's trip back home this time must have been quite fortuitous. His martial arts cultivation has actually advanced to the Grandmaster realm!"

With just a glance, Hong Yuxun sensed that Liu Zimo's cultivation strength was no longer inferior to his own.

Although he couldn't see the specific level of Liu Zimo's cultivation, he could sense a faint pressure and threat from him.

Therefore, he instinctively thought that Liu Zimo had also successfully advanced to the Grandmaster realm, and it was even possible that he had reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm.

Without a doubt, the person who brought him here directly from his meditation must be Liu Zimo.

Only someone at the peak of the Grandmaster realm, like him, could move him from the Yuxun Martial Arts Hall to the Military Department in an instant.

Hong Yuxun didn't dare to think too highly of himself.

In his opinion, for Liu Zimo to break through and reach the peak of the Grandmaster realm in just over three months was already unprecedented and extremely heaven-defying.

As for advancing to the higher level of the Manifest Saint realm, it was probably impossible for anyone in the world today!

Liu Zimo smiled and shook his head without explaining.

At this moment, Hong Yuxun's consciousness had been severely disturbed by the Spirit-Eating Larvae, and it was useless to say anything to him.

Instead of babbling with a puppet whose consciousness was unclear, it was better to take the initiative and take action!

So, when Hong Yuxun continued to speak to him, Liu Zimo's spiritual will suddenly erupted like a sharp blade, directly piercing into Hong Yuxun's spiritual sea!

Although Hong Yuxun was a Grandmaster, and had even successfully advanced to the peak of the Grandmaster realm, his spiritual aptitude was very ordinary. Up until now, his spiritual cultivation had only reached the initial stage of the Spirit Yuan realm.

Facing Liu Zimo's spiritual pressure, which was hundreds of times greater than his own, Hong Yuxun's spiritual sea and spiritual origin, which were only at the Spirit Yuan realm, had no resistance at all. He was instantly completely suppressed and controlled.

In the center of his spiritual sea, Liu Zimo's spiritual avatar saw the Spirit-Eating Larva that was lurking on the spiritual web!

It had a large body, with wings on its back, and faint spiritual light flickering all over it!

"It's actually a second-stage evolved Spirit-Eating Larva!"

Liu Zimo's eyes brightened with joy.

He didn't expect to be so lucky today. After capturing ten Spirit-Eating Larvae, he actually encountered a second-stage one!

No wonder these little creatures didn't leave their hosts and rush into the spiritual sea trap set up by Liu Zimo.

It turned out that they had successfully evolved to the second stage and found the most suitable host for themselves!

"A Spirit Yuan realm spiritual cultivator?"

"It's you!"

As soon as it saw Liu Zimo's spiritual avatar, the Spirit-Eating Larva on the spider web suddenly spoke:

"Kid, it must have been you who deliberately released the aura of a Spirit Yuan realm spiritual cultivator just now, attracting those little creatures lurking in the city, right?"

"It's quite impressive to be able to escape unscathed from the attacks of my Spirit-Eating Larva clan!"

"Without a doubt, those foolish little guys should be trapped in your spiritual sea space, right?"

The second-stage Spirit-Eating Larva calmly asked Liu Zimo.

Obviously, it didn't believe that Liu Zimo had the ability to completely kill those Spirit-Eating Larvae.

It only thought that all the Spirit-Eating Larvae were trapped in Liu Zimo's spiritual sea space.

Glancing at Liu Zimo, before Liu Zimo could answer its question, the second-stage Spirit-Eating Larva continued to speak on its own:

"In fact, it's no wonder they were so excited. As soon as they saw a high-level spiritual cultivator, they couldn't wait to rush in and try their luck."

"The spiritual energy density in this world is too low, and the quantity and quality of spiritual cultivators are surprisingly poor, which has frustrated them!"

Otherwise, how could they not have thought of it? The spatial range of a Lingyuan realm cultivator's sea of consciousness must be at least ten thousand meters or more. With their current strength, how could they possibly reach it?

Liu Zimo remained silent, listening quietly to the self-talk of this devouring spirit insect.

It must be said that this devouring spirit insect, just like the imprisoned Yao Lingling in his sea of consciousness, was a chatterbox and loved to talk.

The difference was that Yao Lingling only wanted not to speak. Until now, she had never spoken a word to Liu Zimo and had always pretended to be mute.

But this devouring spirit insect was different. Its thoughts hardly fluctuated, and all its ideas were fully expressed through its mouth.

"But in my eyes, you are just like those foolish little insects, arrogant and reckless! You insist on provoking an existence that you cannot afford to provoke, simply seeking a path to your own death!"

The second-stage devouring spirit insect raised its head slightly, squinting down at Liu Zimo's soul shadow, mocking him.

"You should never have treated this insect as your prey, and you shouldn't have rushed into Hong Yuxun's sea of consciousness so defenselessly!"

"Don't you know that the sea of consciousness of a spiritual cultivator has always been the home field of our devouring spirit insect clan?"

"I am different from those stupid insects. The maximum strength of their spiritual threads can only explore about fifteen thousand meters, while I can directly explore up to thirty thousand meters!"

"Now, let me tell you what it means to be clever and be outsmarted, to fail in stealing the chicken and lose the rice!"

As it spoke, this second-stage devouring spirit insect turned into a streak of lightning, ignoring Liu Zimo's soul barrier and directly rushing into Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness.

Got it!

Liu Zimo laughed heartily and instantly withdrew his divine sense from Hong Yuxun's sea of consciousness, returning to his own sea of consciousness.

He knew that this devouring spirit insect would eventually be unable to resist entering his sea of consciousness.

Sure enough!

Seeing the second-stage devouring spirit insect, which had been so confident and arrogant just now, boasting about telling him what it means to be clever and be outsmarted, fail to steal the chicken and lose the rice, it was now in a panic in his sea of consciousness. It couldn't establish a network no matter how hard it tried, and its emotions were gradually collapsing, becoming desperate and roaring in anger, no longer the calm and indifferent state it had before.

A smile spread across Liu Zimo's face.

He liked the arrogant appearance of this devouring spirit insect when it was showing off just now.

In essence, these devouring spirit insects were all the same kind of bird!

They were so confident in their own spiritual talent that they almost believed in it blindly!

Otherwise, if they were a little more cautious, they wouldn't have easily entered Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness.

Swish!

The will to fight was like a knife, flashing by.

Liu Zimo didn't give this little insect a chance to speak again. He mercilessly cut open its abdomen and took out the deep blue spirit crystal located below its tail.

The insect's body dissolved, turning into strands of pure spiritual essence that merged into his sea of consciousness, providing Liu Zimo with a thousandth increase in his soul cultivation in an instant.

Problem solved!

Liu Zimo's divine sense returned, slowly opening his eyes, just in time to see Hong Yuxun fully awaken from confusion, his consciousness restored.

"Brother Liu, what was that insect just now...?"

Hong Yuxun asked with lingering fear, his voice probing.

After his consciousness was restored, he could still vividly remember the small insect that had been shouting in his sea of consciousness, as well as his own actions over the past two months.

When Hong Yuxun realized how unfamiliar and sinister he had become, how he regarded human life as insignificant, and how he didn't care about the lives of others or even the disciples of the martial arts hall, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

It was terrifying!

That little insect had completely influenced and manipulated his consciousness and awareness without him realizing it.

And from beginning to end, until Liu Zimo awakened him, he hadn't noticed anything abnormal and hadn't felt that his actions were inappropriate in the slightest!

He was a martial arts grandmaster!

And he was a peak-level martial arts grandmaster!

As a result, he was completely manipulated by a small insect that appeared out of nowhere, becoming a puppet without autonomous consciousness, completely at the mercy of the monster!

If even he, with such power as a martial arts grandmaster, had no resistance to being enslaved by the insect, then those martial artists with cultivation levels far below the grandmaster realm would be even more powerless.

"This is a devouring spirit insect," Liu Zimo calmly spoke, briefly restating what he had previously told Sage Zhiyuan:

"A special monster that is born with the ability to manipulate spiritual power and is immune to all attacks on spiritual consciousness. It is the nemesis of most spiritual cultivators!"

"Their mission on Earth is to control and assist a portion of the talented human race, acting as proxies for the demon race on Earth."

"They are to confine and raise all surviving human beings, continuously providing fresh blood for more demonic beasts!"

"In simpler terms, these bugs are the caretakers sent by the demon race to control the human race. We are all livestock in their breeding grounds, subject to their whims and slaughter!"

Upon hearing this, Hong Yuxun's expression changed dramatically, and he unconsciously clenched his fists, with the veins on the back of his hands bulging.

Because he knew Liu Zimo's "background" and knew that Liu Zimo had a master with prophetic abilities.

Therefore, Hong Yuxun did not delve into the source of Liu Zimo's information, nor did he inquire in detail. Instead, he chose to believe directly.

Of course, more importantly, he had just had a profound personal experience and knew that Liu Zimo was not exaggerating!

When the devouring spirit bug manipulated his mind, there were indeed signs that pushed him towards the position of the administrator of the capital city.

In just over two months, he frequently saved people and killed demons in the capital city, and his influence was already not weaker than Wu Songyang, the chief of the military department!

If this situation continued to develop, he might really become a qualified caretaker!

"Such audacity!"

"They actually want to confine and raise the human race as livestock. They have a good plan!"

Hong Yuxun gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with a fierce light, and a murderous aura emanated from his body uncontrollably, overflowing with the aura of a grandmaster.

Wu Songyang staggered and took three steps back before stabilizing his figure with Liu Zimo's support.

"Hong Lao, calm down. The demon race and our human race are naturally opposed to each other. When the two sides fight, they naturally use all means necessary. There's no need to get angry over this."

Wu Songyang calmly persuaded Hong Yuxun, then turned his head to look at Liu Zimo, asking in a probing tone,

"Liu Advisor, you seem to be familiar with these devouring spirit bugs. Do you know the specific methods of prevention and control?"

For this kind of elusive and unpredictable little bugs, Wu Songyang was naturally extremely wary.

To be somewhat selfish, he was also worried that he would be targeted by the devouring spirit bugs again and become a puppet and accomplice of the demon race for the second time.

"Yes!"

"Wu General's words are correct. The key is how to catch these damn little bugs!"

Hong Yuxun took a deep breath and added, eagerly looking at Liu Zimo, expecting his answer.

"Devouring spirit bugs are naturally gifted with hidden spiritual talents. They can perfectly conceal their own aura and presence. Ordinary people can't detect their existence, let alone resist them!"

"And the reason why I can discover and capture them is because my spiritual sea is naturally different from ordinary people, it is extremely vast, and my soul cultivation has also reached the Spirit Abyss Realm!"

Upon hearing Liu Zimo's words, the expressions of Wu Songyang and Hong Yuxun changed at the same time.

So, even Liu Zimo doesn't have a good solution?

Could it be that besides Advisor Liu, there really is no one else who can deal with these little bugs?

Wu Songyang didn't know much about spiritual cultivation and was not very clear about how formidable the Spirit Abyss Realm mentioned by Liu Zimo was.

But he could roughly judge from the astonished expression on Hong Yuxun's face after hearing the words "Spirit Abyss Realm" that this realm was extremely difficult to reach.

In any case, this was definitely not a realm that ordinary martial artists could achieve.

At least, the current Hong Lao probably didn't possess such strength.

"However, if you only want to prevent the devouring spirit bugs from invading your spiritual sea, it's actually not that difficult."

Liu Zimo's tone changed, and he took out two First Order Spirit Crystals from his pocket and handed them to Wu Songyang and Hong Yuxun, saying,

"Just refine these spirit crystals and merge them into your spiritual sea. It will shield the spiritual power perception of the external devouring spirit bugs and isolate their invasion of your spiritual sea space!"

"Wu General, Hong Lao, you are the guardians of the capital city. You can't let the devouring spirit bugs take advantage of your vulnerabilities. Just refine them!"

Seeing this, Wu Songyang and Hong Yuxun felt relieved.

There's a solution!

Even if they can't see, kill, or capture them, at least they can defend against them!

"Liu Advisor, where did these crystals come from? Can they be collected and used on a large scale?"

Taking the blue spirit crystal handed over by Liu Zimo, Wu Songyang asked in a low voice.

If possible, he naturally hoped that every human could have one, to maximize the prevention of being invaded and controlled by the devouring spirit bugs.

Hong Yuxun also had the same idea. When he heard Wu Songyang raise this question, he couldn't help but look at Liu Zimo.

"These are not natural ores and cannot be developed and collected at all!"

Liu Zimo's words completely extinguished the hope in their hearts.

"To be precise, these spirit crystals are all spoils of war that I extracted from the belly of the devouring spirit insects!"

Swish!

The hopeful glimmer in Wu Songyang and Hong Yuxun's eyes suddenly dimmed.

They never expected that these blue stones were actually collected from the bodies of the devouring spirit insects!

Doesn't that mean that besides Liu Zimo, no one else in this world has a chance to obtain them?

In that case, it's natural to assume that they are extremely scarce in quantity!

"Advisor Liu, didn't you just kill nine devouring spirit insects?" Wu Songyang asked Liu Zimo somewhat embarrassedly, "Can we distribute a few of these spirit crystals to the military department?"

"Don't worry, we won't take them for free. We can exchange them for military merits, or resources and techniques from the military treasury and martial arts library!" Liu Zimo nodded slightly in response, not refusing.

He knew that Wu Songyang wanted to use these spirit crystals for someone else.

In fact, even if Wu Songyang didn't ask, Liu Zimo would have set aside corresponding spirit crystals for the Pillars of the Nation to prevent them from being controlled by the devouring spirit insects again.

"I will keep the remaining nine spirit crystals and let General Wu distribute them as he sees fit," Liu Zimo said softly, "But there's no need for military merits and techniques, exchange them all for martial resources like precious medicines and elixirs!"

With that, Liu Zimo flipped his right hand and took out nine blue First Grade Spirit Crystals from his pocket, placing them on the table in front of him.

The military treasury in the capital city was definitely the richest and most complete source of martial resources in the entire Great Xia Kingdom. Liu Zimo had been eyeing it for a long time.

Although he didn't need any cultivation resources himself, his disciples, his "good brothers" and "good sisters" were in great need.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he could exchange for more!

"Advisor Liu is righteous!"

Seeing the nine spirit crystals placed on the table, Wu Songyang's eyes suddenly lit up.

He didn't expect Liu Zimo to be so determined that he didn't even bargain and brought out all the spirit crystals he obtained this time!

What a good comrade!

However, the military department never had the habit of taking advantage of their own people, and they couldn't give any less of what was due!

Wu Songyang thanked Liu Zimo repeatedly and made a promise that Liu Zimo could exchange for any resources and treasures within a hundred thousand military merits in the military treasury.

After a while, after storing the spirit crystals, Wu Songyang and Hong Yuxun, under Liu Zimo's protection, began to refine the First Grade Spirit Crystals in their hands.

To say refining, it was actually incorporating the spirit crystals into their sea of consciousness, continuously nourishing them with spiritual power until they completely merged with the sea of consciousness space.

So, in just a few minutes, both of them successfully refined the spirit crystals, and Liu Zimo also received the corresponding prompt in his ear:

"Your good brother Hong Yuxun has refined a 'First Grade Spirit Crystal', his divine soul is stable, his origin soars! Triggering the 'Heaven's Thief' innate talent attribute, sharing half of the divine soul cultivation increase, spiritual power +15, divine soul strength +20."

Fifteen years of spiritual power cultivation and twenty points of divine soul strength!

Not bad!

Liu Zimo nodded in satisfaction.

It's a pity that Wu Songyang wasn't his "good brother", otherwise it would have been a double benefit.

While he was thinking, a figure flashed at the window.

Ye Feihong and Lou Xiaoxiao, the two girls, returned one after another, each holding a target person in their hands, and appeared directly in front of Liu Zimo to report.

Liu Zimo's gaze swept lightly and fell slowly on the two people.

The small one was a three or four-year-old boy, with a purple light shining on his head, comparable to the lock shadow light on Ye Feihong and Lou Xiaoxiao's heads.

The old one was a white-haired old man in his sixties or seventies, wearing glasses, thin and pale, seemingly malnourished.

The light from the lock shadow on his head was much dimmer compared to the little guy's, just an ordinary green lock shadow.

However, it was this seemingly weak and pale old man that made Liu Zimo and the demon Lingling in his sea of consciousness tremble in their hearts, almost exclaiming at the same time:

"An intellectual-type evolver?!"

"This old man is actually an intellectual-type evolver!"

(End of this chapter)