Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the wooden house. A disciple pushed open the door and handed him the file in his hand and said, "Uncle Master, this is an urgent report from Jiangdong."

Tang Ning took it and opened it, and saw that it read: Cheng Tianmiao, the chief disciple of Jiangdongnan Intelligence Station, reported that he suspected that Suzaku had been found and was investigating.

"Jiangdong has discovered traces of the Immortal Cult. I have to go investigate. You can handle matters here on your own." Tang Ning left the wooden house and turned into a light. After walking for two days, she arrived at the border of Jiangdong and arrived at a Taoist temple. .

A man heard a strange noise in the courtyard and hurried out of the palace to greet him. When he saw him, he saluted: "Junior Qin Xiao has met senior Tang."

"Where is Cheng Tianmiao? Call him to see me."

"Yes." The man responded, picked up the magical weapon and drove away.

Tang Ning entered the hall and sat cross-legged to practice.

About half a day later, at dawn, a fair-skinned man came in a hurry, entered the hall and saluted, "Disciple Cheng Tianmiao pays homage to Uncle Tang."

Tangning opened her eyes: "Have you found the whereabouts of Suzaku?"

"Not yet. Disciples are still organizing personnel to investigate."

"How did you discover Suzaku?"

Cheng Tianmiao said: "Eight days ago, I received news that Wu Bin, a member of the Wu family, was killed. The Wu family sent a large number of people to chase the murderer. There was also an eyewitness at the time. According to him, the perpetrator's martial arts were very weird. The chest was pierced by a magic weapon, but it healed quickly. I guess this may be the corpse insect host."

"So I found him and asked about what happened that day. According to his description, although the perpetrator was wearing a mask, he was tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist. His figure was similar to that of the Suzaku in the portrait, and his cultivation was at the tenth level of Qi Refining."

"I hurriedly sent a message to the Central Plains Intelligence Station using Xuan Ying, and asked them to turn to Uncle Master, and at the same time sent more manpower to investigate."

Tang Ning nodded. Eight days ago, on the day of the full moon, it must have been the corpse insect host that came out to look for food.

"Then what kind of cultivation level is Wu Bin?"

"Only refining the sixth level of Qi."

"Did the Wu family find the perpetrator?"

"No."

"Take me to Wu's house for a visit!"

"yes."

The two of them left the Taoist temple. Tangning's spiritual power enveloped him and he rose into the air. After walking for several hours, they arrived at a place shrouded in clouds and mist.

Cheng Tianmiao pointed downward and said, "Uncle, that's where the Wu family is."

The two passed through the clouds and mist and arrived in front of the majestic mansion. As soon as the light disappeared, a woman came to meet them: "I wonder why senior came to my mansion?"

"I, Tang Ning, a disciple of Qian Yizong, have something to discuss with the head of your family. Please let me know."

"Senior, please wait a moment." The woman entered the mansion and turned back after a while and said, "Master, please come in, Senior Tang."

The two of them followed her into the main hall. Above him sat a middle-aged man with a full beard and big ears. When he saw the two coming, he stood up to greet them: "Fellow Taoist Tang came to my humble residence. I don't know what you are doing."

"I came especially because of the murder of a son of your family."

"Please take a seat."

The two of them took their seats respectively, with Cheng Tianmiao standing behind him.

Wu Tianyu said: "My nephew was unfortunately killed. How come fellow Taoist Tang was alerted to come here? Is there something hidden in it?"

Tang Ning said: "To be honest, the person who killed your nephew is the wanted criminal that we have been hunting for a long time. He is a monk from an illegal cult. I came here today to understand some situations. I know that your government has sent a large number of manpower to investigate. Do you have any clues about this person?”

Wu Tianyu said: "After my nephew was killed that day, the disciple guarding the Life Soul Stone reported the matter to me at that time. I immediately sent people to search and investigate. The next day, a casual cultivator named Yu came to visit my house. told what happened.”

"I then learned that the location where my nephew was killed was near Huangyuan County. When I went to track him, he had already disappeared. In the following days, I sent people to search privately, but no trace of him was found."

"Speaking of which, I'm afraid I don't have as much information as you. I don't know the identity, origin, or appearance of the perpetrator."

Tang Ning asked, "So your mansion doesn't have any clues about the perpetrator?"

"Ashamed, indeed."

"I have a piece of information and a portrait of the perpetrator. If your government knows the information about the perpetrator, please let me know. I would be very grateful." Tang Ning flipped her left hand, took out a roll of paper and handed it to him.

"Okay, if I have any information about the thief, I will inform my friends to arrest him." Wu Tianyu took the portrait.

"Tang takes his leave."

"I won't send you far."

Tang Ning left the Wu family's residence and returned to the Taoist temple, asking Cheng Tianmiao to continue tracing the whereabouts of Suzaku.

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In the deep mountains to the east of Tianfu County, two rays of light fell, and three men appeared.

One person has smooth eyebrows and bright eyes, with regular facial features. One man has the body of a tiger and the waist of a bear, with slender eyes and a long beard.

It was Jiang Yuhuan and Guan Sheng who were heading to Xichuan.

The two men's spiritual power enveloped Xu Ru and they flew away for three days to the Qinchuan boundary.

It was a bright moon in the sky, and the moon was hanging high.

Xu Ru's breathing was slightly rapid and his breath was disordered.

"How's it going? Have you sensed the aura of the corpse insect host along the way?" Guan Sheng asked

Xu Ru shook his head and said, "No."

Jiang Yuhuan looked at him: "How do you feel now? How long can you last?"

"My head is heavy and my blood is surging. It has been like this every month for the past few years. I will completely lose my sense of autonomy by tomorrow."

Guan Sheng frowned and said: "It seems that we have to find him some food quickly, otherwise he will be unconscious and difficult to control tomorrow. I will go catch a Demon Sect disciple."

Jiang Yuhuan nodded, and Guan Sheng turned into light and walked away. After walking for a while, he came to the attic of a gambling house and hid himself.

People were coming and going in front of the attic door. After about an hour or two, a man wearing the costume of the Corpse Puppet Sect walked out and flew away with a flying sword.

Guan Sheng followed closely behind him. After walking for several miles, he saw no one around. Dun Guang caught up with the figure. He flipped his hand and fired the three-foot red sword at him.

The Corpse Puppet Sect man heard a strange noise and was about to turn around when the red sword pierced his chest. The man fell down and fell from mid-air.

Guan Sheng Dunguang caught up with him, wrapped him in spiritual power, returned to the forest, and threw the body down.

The next day, Xu Ru's breathing became more and more rapid, his eyes gradually became red, and his whole body shape changed drastically. He lay on the ground, his whole body became stronger, his whole body was round, and he gradually lost consciousness, and hissed and screamed from his mouth.

The other person was lying on the ground, moving slowly like a bug.

His expression was very painful, and he occasionally uttered two unclear words.

Jiang Yuhuan and Guan Sheng put on the invisibility talisman and watched him quietly. The moon rose high, and Xu Ru completely lost his self-awareness. His eyes were as red as fire. He twisted his body like an insect and crawled there. Next to a dead body.

He opened his bloody mouth and bit it.

There was bright red blood and a mouth full of flesh and blood. There were constant sounds of chewing and swallowing in the mouth. Xu Ru's body kept twisting, like an insect, eating the man bite by bite.

The pale moonlight shines in the deep forest, and the surroundings are silent. You can hear the drop of a needle, and only the sound of chewing flesh and blood echoes. The scene is extremely strange.

Guan Sheng looked at his weird behavior and ate the man one bite at a time. He couldn't help but feel the hairs on his hair standing on end and goosebumps all over his body. He felt frightened in his heart.

Although his cultivation level is much higher than that, he has never seen such cruel and terrifying methods before.

Even though I had been mentally prepared before, seeing this with my own eyes, I still couldn't help but feel the urge to escape.

As the saying goes, killing people can only be done with a nod of the head. He has killed many people in his life, all with swords and swords. He has never seen such a strange situation.

This is just a corpse, and many of the people these Undead Cults usually eat are living monks. What a terrifying and desperate scene it must be, just thinking about it makes me break out in cold sweat. Before I knew it, my back was soaked.

If it were a ferocious beast eating people, it wouldn't be a big deal, but wearing a human body makes people shudder.

Guan Sheng couldn't bear to look anymore and turned around quietly.

About an hour or two later, the man was eaten clean from head to toe, leaving only a few strands of hair, some broken clothes, and vague pieces of flesh and white bones on the ground.

Xu Ru seemed to have eaten and drank enough. He rolled over a few times like a bug, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When the sky turned white, Xu Ru opened his eyes, his eyes clear again. He looked at the debris on the ground with an expressionless face.

Jiang Yuhuan asked: "How do you feel now?"

"I feel relaxed, and my spiritual power has increased a little."

"When did you completely lose your sense of autonomy?"

"I don't know, my head feels heavy all day long and I can't tell the difference between day and night."

Jiang Yuhuan was silent.

"I saw that you were still struggling until dusk yesterday. Could it be that you didn't notice it at all?" Guan Sheng asked.

"I don't feel it."

"It seems that this second generation of corpse insects has not only improved their abilities, but also has stronger control." Jiang Yuhuan said

Guan Sheng said: "How is the performance of the first-generation corpse insect host?"

"The first generation of hosts will only completely lose their self-awareness on the night of the full moon, and they have maintained a certain level of consciousness before. And they do not have such obvious symptoms of insect transformation."

"Insect transformation?" Xu Ru asked in confusion.

Jiang Yuhuan said: "When you lost consciousness, not only did your body shape change drastically, but you also acted like an insect. This is something that was not found in the first generation of hosts."

"Even when they were eating, they still behaved like humans, but you squirmed like a bug. After eating the flesh and blood, you fell into a comatose state. This is also a behavior that has never been seen in a generation of hosts."

"I think this is the spiritual power contained in the corpse worms in your body digesting and converting flesh and blood."

"Is this how you were when you first got this disease three years ago?"

Xu Ru said: "I wonder which aspect Senior Jiang is referring to? I don't know what happened yesterday, let alone the behavior of squirming like a bug."

Jiang Yuhuan said: "Have you been like this from the beginning? Have you started to lose consciousness as soon as the full moon comes?"

Xu Ru said: "No, at the beginning, my condition was not that serious. I still remember that when I first got sick, the bright moon was rising. But later on, my consciousness sank for longer and longer. Until now, I feel the full moon the day before. He becomes dizzy and loses consciousness on the full moon.”