Among the insect-possessed monks at Xianfeng Temple, most of the monks have insects that have not grown to the point where they can confer immortality to their owners, and they are all small insects with relatively ordinary sizes.
And individuals like the abbot of Senboji Temple who look like mummies have giant insects in their bodies that are far larger than ordinary people imagine.
Even after understanding the true purpose of the monks at Senfou Temple in researching immortality from the Eternal Journey Sutra, Bianruo Yuzi still finds it difficult to forgive them for the crimes they committed.
Before bidding farewell to Lu Xiao, who was about to leave, Changruo Yuzi presented him with a handful of milky white rice.
Lu Xiao saw with his own eyes that Yuruozi gathered rice out of thin air from her hands. This girl with a delicate appearance and gentle personality called it a symbol of harvest.
The rice produced by Bianruo Miko is not ordinary rice in the usual sense.
Although he is just an artificially created son of Long Yin, as the only successful individual who has gone through cruel experiments, Bianruo Yuzi does possess some special abilities that normal people do not have.
Lu Xiao could feel the vitality pulsing from this handful of rice. If he ate it, it should speed up the healing of the eater's injuries in a short period of time.
Lu Xiao knew very well what these so-called "rices" were. They were special props made by Bianruo's son by extracting his own life force. They might be useful in emergencies at critical times.
Using a cloth bag to accept the favor given by Bianruo's son, Lu Xiao solemnly expressed her gratitude to him.
"Crunch~"
After sending Lu Xiao away, the door connecting the inner hall to the main hall was closed tightly again, and Lu Xiao returned to the back door of the main hall, which was full of decay.
Although true possessors have immortal bodies, their daily lives are not as comfortable as the immortals imagined by people.
After returning to the main hall, Lu Xiao immediately saw a "mummy" wearing a white monk's robe. He was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the main hall, with his head lowered as if he had died long ago. He was surrounded by countless large cockroaches.
"Squeak!"
When Lu Xiao stepped closer to the monk, those cockroaches the size of a washbasin reacted first, flapping their wings and making a warning sound.
Through eagle eye vision, Lu Xiao could intuitively see that an object with huge vitality in the monk's body was about to move.
It seemed to be afraid of something, its tense body clearly showing vigilance, as if it was ready to break out of the parasite and attack Lu Xiao at any time.
Although the cockroaches surrounding the monk looked disgusting, they actually had no fighting power. As Lu Xiao continued to approach, he easily dealt with these cockroaches by waving his double hidden swords at high speed.
"hiss!"
When he approached about three meters in front of the monk, a huge centipede-like insect suddenly emerged from the monk's withered back, screamed and attacked Lu Xiao.
Turning sideways to avoid the insect's bite, Lu Xiao reflexively used his hidden sword to slash across the insect's body.
The hidden sword indeed made a wound on the insect's body, but no blood flowed from its body, and its movement was not hindered or restricted in any way. It continued to attack Lu Xiao with all its fangs and claws.
'Is he really immortal?'
The hidden swords on both arms scratched the insect one after another, causing multiple wounds, but no matter whether it was the poisoned hidden sword on the left arm or the defense-breaking hidden sword on the right arm, it could not cause fatal damage to the insect.
Even if it was stabbed through the head, this giant insect could heal the wound at an extremely fast speed and continue to pursue Lu Xiao with great vigor.
Fortunately, Lu Xiao's body was very flexible and his movement speed was agile enough, so he dodged all the insect attacks one by one.
After testing the various weapons he carried, Lu Xiao came to the conclusion that neither magic nor physical attacks could completely kill this adult undead insect.
'no solution anymore.'
Once again dodging the attack of the giant insect, Lu Xiao held the scabbard of the Immortal Slash with his left hand and pulled it down. With the help of the sinking scabbard, Lu Xiao pulled out the Odachi sword from behind with his right hand.
"Qiang~"
With the crisp sound of being unsheathed, the sword with red spiritual energy flowing through the blade quickly cut through the space. Before the giant insect had time to react, the sword cut off its head with ferocious mouthparts.
The red aura lingering on the Immortal Slasher's body seemed to absorb, or in other words destroy, some special power within the insect's body when the blade passed through it.
The giant insect whose head was cut off stopped moving. The long insect body fell down softly. As a parasite, the monk's changes were even more obvious. His body locked by the power of immortality was in a very short time.
It turned into ashes and disappeared without a trace.
"Buzz~"
Lu Xiao shook his head with satisfaction as he shook off the green insect bodily fluids stained on the blade with the Immortal Slash.
"Sure enough, we still need to use corresponding professional weapons to get rid of these twisted undead creatures."
After a little trial and error, when Lu Xiao returned to the Buddha statue where he had met the abbot of Xianfeng Temple before, the green-robed abbot who had left in a strange way returned here again.
"Ah~ Donor, it seems that you have successfully gained the recognition of the imperial son, very good, very good."
The parasites inside the host's body made a violent hissing sound, but under the control of the host himself, the insects were never able to escape from his body.
"Donor, please grant me true liberation according to our agreement."
Lu Xiao remained silent and pulled out the Immortal Slash again from the scabbard. He put the knife away amidst the hoarse insect chirping coming from the abbot's body, and split the giant insect into two halves along with the abbot's body.
The abbot's cut body did not bleed any blood. Instead, the giant insect spewed out a large amount of green body fluids when it was chopped off.
"The long mission has finally come to an end. I hope that child can finally fulfill the long-cherished wish of Xianfeng Temple."
"Amitabha……"
Lu Xiao witnessed the abbot's body turn into ashes and dispersed with his own eyes, and bid farewell to him with his hands clasped together in a Buddhist salute.
According to the content of the Everlasting Journey Record recorded by Master Xianfeng, it can be seen that the reason why a large number of insect-possessed people appear in Xianfeng Temple is not just a coincidence.
A certain great being deliberately selected them, trying to make these monks immortal, and over the long years figured out a way to bring it back to their hometown.
Master Xianfeng who died in the cave knew many secrets behind the power of immortality, but he died mysteriously before he could tell all the inside information to Xianfeng Temple's successor, which directly led to Xianfeng Temple's path becoming increasingly complicated.
The more crooked it is.
The Immortal Slash has been obtained, and the dark sky has begun to have some hazy light.
In the process of returning to Ashina Castle via the original route, Lu Xiaoshun "crossed over" all the monks who had strayed from the original intention of Xianfeng Temple.
When they left Mount Kongo and returned to their temporary residence in Ashina Castle Town, the person responsible for monitoring Lu Xiao's actions was leaning against the wall outside the house and dozing off. Lu Xiao took the opportunity to sneak into his room.
A night of intense action made Lu Xiao feel a little tired. After hiding the Immortal Sword in the room, he sat cross-legged on the tatami and entered a meditative state to regain his energy.
About half an hour later, the person outside the door suddenly let out a small exclamation, and hurriedly lowered his voice to apologize to someone.
"I'm sorry, Genichiro-sama! I was despicable and derelict in my duty!"
Genichiro's magnetic voice interrupted the other party's endless apology: "We will leave this matter for later. Has that Ming country traveler ever left the room?"
"No, since he entered the house yesterday evening, he has been staying quietly in the room and has not left even an inch."
"very good."
"Dong dong~"
While knocking on the door of Lu Xiao's room, Genichiro amplified his voice to a normal tone: "Your Excellency Lu Xiao, Genichiro Ashina is here to visit."
Lu Xiao had already captured the conversation between the two outside the door through his keen hearing, but it was not until Genichiro knocked on the door that he stood up and opened the door to welcome him in.
"Your Excellency Genichiro Ashina, you are here very early in the morning. What do you do for me?"
Genichiro was still dressed in a helmet and armor. After entering the house, he first scanned the simple room and found nothing unusual.
"Your Excellency Lu Xiao, I am here to remind you that some abnormal conditions have occurred at Mount Konggang Xianfeng Temple in the north of Ashina City. Please do not go to the north of the city when you go out to avoid unnecessary danger."