From Mortal Body to Immortality

As the Golden Core cultivator's roar resounded, an extremely powerful pressure instantly erupted from his body, enveloping the entire plaza in a mere instant.

A Golden Core cultivator had already reached the level of a Fourth-Order Transcendent. A powerhouse of this level had undergone an evolution of life, and ordinary people naturally couldn't withstand such pressure.

Under the pressure, the surrounding ordinary people trembled violently, their faces pale and devoid of color.

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly. This level of pressure posed no threat to Lu Sheng. His expression remained unchanged as he calmly gazed at the Golden Core cultivator.

"The Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect, with only Nascent Soul powerhouses, is already among the top five. It can be said that the strength of this world is not very strong among the Void Zerg's three thousand worlds. If I were willing... I could easily subvert this world!"

"However, doing so would easily attract the attention of the Mother Nest's consciousness. At that time, even with the jade slip, I wouldn't be able to hide my aura. This competition would be completely over."

Lu Sheng said secretly in his heart, his face showing some helplessness. With Lu Sheng's strength, he could sweep through this world, but he had a mission and couldn't afford to alert the enemy.

Most importantly...

These Zerg Immortals were easy to deal with, but what about the ordinary people?

Lu Sheng looked at the way these ordinary people worshiped the Zerg Immortals. It was even more fanatical than those who had been brainwashed by pyramid schemes in the old era. If he attacked the Zerg Immortals, he would inevitably stand against these ordinary people.

He couldn't possibly slaughter all these ordinary people, could he?

"In this world, besides these Zerg Immortals, the number of ordinary people has reached billions. That's not a small number!"

Lu Sheng felt a headache at this moment.

"I understand why the Human Federation and other flesh-and-blood life races are unwilling to reclaim the three thousand worlds even if they have the ability."

Lu Sheng felt helpless and developed a great aversion to the three thousand worlds.

Because these flesh-and-blood life compatriots of the three thousand worlds had already lost themselves under the Void Zerg's manipulation. In their minds, only these Zerg Immortals were legitimate.

And existences like the Human Federation and the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect had become like extraterrestrial demons.

"Forget it. If this guy is going to attack me, in order to prevent my identity from being exposed, it's better to destroy this Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect. As for those ordinary people—"

Lu Sheng pondered for a moment, a trace of determination appearing in his eyes.

"Those who stand in my way must die!"

The Zerg Immortal's pressure enveloped the entire plaza. Although it was only directed at Lu Sheng and Ling'er, the ordinary people still trembled and prostrated on the ground.

At this moment, Ling'er couldn't withstand this pressure either. Her small face turned pale, and even blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

Lu Sheng's brow furrowed slightly. He gently shifted his foot, standing in front of Ling'er and directly blocking the pressure.

"Hmm?"

That Zerg Immortal naturally noticed Lu Sheng's movements. A hint of violence appeared in his eyes, and his aura became even more berserk, stirring up gusts of wind as he tried to suppress Lu Sheng.

At this moment, a young man who had traveled with Lu Sheng earlier tremblingly raised his head, tugged on Lu Sheng's sleeve, and then knelt down to the Zerg Immortal.

"Immortal, spare us! Immortal, spare us! These two are just country bumpkins. On the way here, they were saying that they had never seen an immortal before and had no knowledge at all."

"They're just scared by your aura, Immortal!"

As he spoke, the young man kept winking at Lu Sheng.

However, the young man's words didn't reduce the anger on the Zerg Immortal's face at all. Instead, he became even more enraged. However, for some reason, a strange look flashed across the Zerg Immortal's face. Then, the anger on the Zerg Immortal's face gradually dissipated.

Along with it, the pressure emanating from the Zerg Immortal's body was also gradually drawn back into his body.

"Hmm?"

The Zerg Immortal's actions naturally didn't escape Lu Sheng's eyes. Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but scrutinize the Zerg Immortal in front of him.

"What's going on?"

Doubt appeared in Lu Sheng's heart. At this time, the young man was overjoyed and quickly stood up.

He tugged on Lu Sheng's sleeve and said, "The Immortal has forgiven you two. Why don't you hurry up and thank the Immortal?!"

Lu Sheng was filled with doubt, but in order to gather more information and figure out what had just happened, Lu Sheng followed the young man's words and bowed to the Zerg Immortal.

"Immortal, I have never seen an immortal before. I was frightened by the Immortal's aura. Please forgive me."

After speaking, Lu Sheng slowly raised his head, his gaze falling on the Golden Core Zerg Immortal.

Chirp chirp chirp!!!

Within the Golden Core Zerg Immortal's body, a series of insect chirps rang out, which only Lu Sheng could hear. They sounded extremely grating, like fingernails scratching on a blackboard.

A flash of inspiration flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes, instantly piercing through the Zerg Immortal's body and landing inside.

The insect chirps were actually coming from the insect egg-like Golden Core.

Lu Sheng could even feel the emotional fluctuations emanating from the insect egg.

It was a thirst to devour Lu Sheng and Ling'er!

"Did this insect egg discover something?"

Lu Sheng's brow twitched slightly. He wasn't surprised. These insect eggs only had the instinct to devour. Even with the jade slip, he had only erased his Human Federation aura.

But his realm was still there, and his life essence was different from ordinary people. It was normal for the insect egg to have this feeling towards him.

After all, the Void Zerg had a nearly morbid desire to devour all life, even high-level life.

"I can understand why it has such emotions towards me, but why does it have such emotions towards Ling'er? Ling'er is just an ordinary person like everyone else!"

"Could it be—"

Lu Sheng imperceptibly glanced at Ling'er behind him. Although her face was pale, it couldn't hide her well-behaved and clever appearance.

"Is it because Ling'er's physique is special and suitable for the Void Zerg?"

Lu Sheng pondered for a moment.

After thinking for a while, Lu Sheng shook his head and took another deep look at the Golden Core Zerg Immortal in front of him.

"Although these guys still have human rationality, from the moment they took the insect egg as their Golden Core and swallowed it, they have been controlled by the insect egg, and their personalities have gradually become violent."

"As time goes on, the insect egg will gradually replace their will, eventually completely replacing them and becoming an independent individual."

"At that time—it will be the so-called breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm!"

Lu Sheng sighed in his heart.

"Those cultivators who haven't taken the insect egg can still be saved, but these Golden Core Zerg Immortals, and even Zerg Immortals of higher realms, are beyond salvation."

Lu Sheng couldn't help but shake his head, a trace of pity in his eyes.

As the aura on the Zerg Immortal's body dissipated, the Golden Core Zerg Immortal only glanced at Lu Sheng's apology, then waved his hand, and a loud voice rang out from his mouth.

"The Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect's recruitment ceremony officially begins!!"

"Those who want to join my Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect must undergo the testing stone's examination. Those who pass the examination can join my Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect."

"Now—line up and drip blood on the testing stone one by one to test your immortal aptitude!"

The Zerg Immortal's voice echoed in the plaza.

Immediately afterward, disciples from the Clear Turbid Non-Phenomenal Sect carried a strangely shaped stone and placed it in the center of the plaza.

Lu Sheng looked at the stone, a look of surprise on his face.

"This is the so-called testing stone?"

In Lu Sheng's vision, the testing stone, which should be called a stone, was actually shaped like a strange insect beast.

Even, at the mouth of that bizarre insect-beast, there was still subtle wriggling.

Clearly, this so-called test stone was a living, strange insect!

"This isn't testing talent at all; it's clearly testing who is suitable to be a Void Insectoid incubator!"

"After all, only suitable incubators can be parasitized by the insectoids, and only then can more powerful individual insectoids be created!"

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

At this time, the testing process had already begun. One by one, ordinary people's faces showed pious expressions, and they respectfully came to the testing stone, pricked their fingers, and dripped blood towards the mouth of the testing stone.

Whenever there was a suitable host to parasitize, the strange insect-beast would tremble and then flash a different kind of light.

The more suitable for parasitism, the greater the amplitude of the insect-beast's trembling, and even the brighter the flashing light.

As more and more people began to test, in the end, less than one-tenth of the people were left behind and were able to successfully join the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

However, although less than one-tenth of the people could formally join the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, some strong and sturdy people were also kept by those Insect Immortals.

"Your physiques are not bad, and you can still be registered disciples of my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect. If you perform well, you can formally join the outer sect!"

An Insect Immortal who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage said indifferently to those ordinary people who had been selected to become registered disciples.

"Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal!!"

Even though they were only becoming registered disciples, those people were still like crazy people, constantly bowing and kowtowing to the Insect Immortal.

Lu Sheng frowned even deeper when he saw this scene.

"Registered disciples? That sounds nice, but in the end, they are just the Void Insectoid's reserve breeding grounds."

As one ordinary person after another stepped forward for testing, it soon came to Ling'er's turn.

Lu Sheng couldn't help but look over at this moment. Previously, Lu Sheng was a little puzzled and surprised. The reason why he didn't worship the Insect Immortal was naturally because he knew the true face of these Insect Immortals, plus his sixth-order cultivation.

He had enough confidence, but Ling'er not worshiping was beyond Lu Sheng's expectations.

Therefore, Lu Sheng had also kept a close watch on Ling'er.

After it was Ling'er's turn, Ling'er seemed a little at a loss, and even looked towards Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng nodded slightly to Ling'er.

Only then did Ling'er seem a little more comfortable. After taking a deep breath, she came to the strange insect-beast, pricked her finger, and dripped a drop of blood into the insect-beast's mouth.

As the blood entered the insect-beast's mouth, the insect-beast actually stuck out its tongue and licked its lips, as if it were savoring something delicious.

And the next moment...

Chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!

A piercing scream instantly rang out from the insect-beast's mouth, as if it were about to pierce through the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the insect-beast's body began to flash with scarlet light, like a flame burning, and the rich light reflected on the faces of every ordinary person and Insect Immortal.

In an instant, everyone, including the Insect Immortals, was directly attracted by this scene.

"This is—"

The Golden Core Insect Immortal looked at this scene, and his whole person's expression instantly became frenzied, even excited.

Even his body began to tremble wildly because of this excitement.

"Heavenly Talent! Absolutely Heavenly Talent!!"

"Heaven bless my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect!! Heaven bless my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect! To think that such a pride of heaven would be sent here!!"

The Golden Core Insect Immortal gesticulated, and even the abrupt arm behind him couldn't help but sway. His eyes were filled with fiery light as he looked at Ling'er.

Ling'er was startled by the Golden Core Insect Immortal's actions, and she stood there blankly, just like a little white rabbit entering a pack of wolves, shivering.

At this time, the Golden Core Insect Immortal quickly walked over, forced a gentle smile with those extremely strange tentacles.

"Little girl, your talent is very good. Once you step into the Immortal Dao, you will definitely become a Golden Core within three years! Within five years, you will definitely break through the core and transform into an infant, becoming a top powerhouse in my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect!!"

The Golden Core Insect Immortal congratulated Ling'er, but his eyes were constantly sizing up Ling'er, as if he were looking at delicious food.

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly: "As expected, it's because of her special physique? Ling'er's physique is more suitable for insectoid parasitism, so the strange insect-beast is behaving like this."

"So this test stone is a means of selecting parasitic targets."

As an anomaly appeared on Ling'er's side, the Golden Core Insect Immortal's attitude towards Ling'er became much better. Even the ordinary Insect Immortals who had already joined the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect showed a lot more respect in their eyes when they looked at Ling'er.

They respectfully sent Ling'er to the side to rest, and then prepared to continue presiding over the recruitment ceremony.

And at this moment—

There were fewer and fewer people who had not been tested, and Lu Sheng was naturally among them.

Soon it was Lu Sheng's turn.

"No matter what, it would be best if I could find out more information through the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect,"

"And if I want to pass through the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, I need to enter the core circle of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect."

Lu Sheng thought in his heart, glanced at Ling'er, and already had an idea.

Lu Sheng stepped forward, squeezed out a drop of blood. The blood exuded a faint fluctuation. If there was a powerful transcendent nearby, they would discover that the drop of blood Lu Sheng squeezed out was extremely similar to the blood Ling'er had squeezed out before.

As a sixth-order Immortal Realm powerhouse, Lu Sheng's control over his physical body was already very terrifying. Whether it was flesh, bones, or even blood, Lu Sheng could control it very well.

After drawing out all the spiritual energy and vitality in this drop of blood and transforming it into a form infinitely close to ordinary human blood, he used the power of his divine soul to simulate a part of the fluctuations of Ling'er's blood just now.

Only then did he drip the blood into the strange insect-beast.

Sure enough, just after the blood dripped into the mouth of the strange insect-beast, the test stone transformed by the strange insect-beast began to tremble wildly, showing the exact same scene as Ling'er's before.

The scarlet light reflected on everyone's cheeks.

"Another Heavenly Talent!"

Before the Golden Core Insect Immortal could react, the ordinary people around him spoke first, their eyes filled with envy and longing as they looked at Lu Sheng.

"Hahaha!! As expected, heaven blesses my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect!!"

The Insect Immortal laughed heartily after a brief shock, his smile incomparably bright.

"Two Heavenly Talents! It seems that it won't be long before my Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect will have two more Nascent Soul powerhouses!!"

The Golden Core Insect Immortal laughed and took Lu Sheng's hand, completely without the anger he had before because Lu Sheng didn't kneel, only endless joy.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng moved to Ling'er's side and rested in the respectful gazes of those ordinary Insect Immortals of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

However, not long after, suddenly, a powerful aura instantly came from the depths of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

Under this aura, the wind and clouds above the sky were instantly shattered, accompanied by a powerful pressure that enveloped the entire mountain gate of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect.

It was as if a terrifying existence was about to emerge... "This aura has a fifth-order level fluctuation. Is it the Nascent Soul powerhouse of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect?"

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked in the direction from which the aura came.

At this time, as the aura bloomed, the Golden Core Insect Immortal, and even all the Insect Immortals of the Qingzhuo Wuxiang Sect, all knelt down in the direction from which the aura came at this moment.

"Welcome the ancestor to appear!"

The Golden Core Insect Immortal roared, his eyes incomparably fanatical.

Along with those ordinary people, they also knelt on the ground at this time, banging their heads on the ground.

Afterwards, a figure appeared in everyone's sight.

Lu Sheng also looked over, but after seeing the person clearly, his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.