Ruling Martial World by Infinite Insect Swarms

Chapter 134: Chapter 129: Bloodline Verification and the Upcoming Auction

At the Qin Residence.

Fourth Elder Qin Zhengyuan and Sixth Elder Qin Mohe of the Qin Family both looked at Qin Yu, a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

”This is the Qin Yu I mentioned in my letter! At merely eighteen years old, he has reached the Qi and Blood like a Dragon realm, and he defeated Zhang Pojun, who had already stepped into the Qi Sea Realm, with a single punch.

”With just a little guidance from me, he caught a glimpse of the gateway to the Unity of Heaven and Man, touched upon the Wind Realm, and stepping into the Qi Sea Realm is just around the corner!

”Furthermore, his talent in the Array Dao is equally extraordinary.”

The usually composed Qin Wenyuan could hardly conceal the excitement in his voice. He couldn’t help but be thrilled.

Qin Yu had sought his guidance a few times over the past two days. At first, his questions were relatively simple, and some were even just basic common sense. Born in a remote little town, this was unavoidable.

Soon after, however, his questions began targeting the cruxes of Cultivation. With every question asked, he could extrapolate from the answers and rapidly grasp their True Intent, astounding Qin Wenyuan. There were even some questions that he himself couldn’t answer. He was the Second Elder of the Qin Family, after all! The Qin Wenyuan renowned for his profound knowledge! Even he was somewhat frightened by this monstrous talent.

Little did Wenyuan know, he wasn’t facing just one person, but an entire Insect Swarm.

The questions Qin Yu asked did not come from him alone. They were the problems encountered by the Insect Swarm during their deduction processes—problems that arose from the day-and-night deductions of dozens of Insect Nests and over a thousand human trials!

When Qin Yu left the Snake Valley with the Hive Guards, he rapidly expanded the number of experimental subjects modeled after himself. By now, the humanoid experimental subjects within the Nurturing Pools had surpassed a thousand.

Through such frantic deductions, the fusion of different Cultivation Techniques and his understanding of them naturally continued to improve at a staggering pace. As for the guidance received from Qin Wenyuan, it appeared as though Qin Yu was pondering it alone, but in reality, there were at least dozens of experimental subjects testing it out on the spot in the Nurturing Pools. Their main motto was to put every thought into immediate action! It didn’t matter if the experimental subjects died. Coupled with the deductions of the Insect Nests, how could the efficiency not be high?

The dozens of node units of the Insect Swarm throughout the Wilderness Mountain Range were all Insect Nests! With these Insect Nests as the cores, the Fungal Mat Organization, Worker Insects, and more expanded rapidly.

Whether it was excavating ore veins or devouring flesh and blood, the total scale of the entire Insect Swarm had frantically expanded from its original sixty thousand to a staggering two hundred thousand! Once the snowball started rolling, it would only get faster and faster!

The improvement of the Insect Swarm continuously provided feedback that strengthened Qin Yu’s physical constitution, Qi Blood, and even his Soul. Originally, he thought his body had already been Enhanced to its absolute limit. Yet, under the explosive growth of the Insect Swarm, his strength surprisingly continued to climb.

When such improvements fell into Qin Wenyuan’s eyes, didn’t that make him an unparalleled monster of talent? In just two days, he had used the Ten Thousand Miles Sound Transmission Talisman three times!

”I naturally trust the Second Elder’s judgment,” Qin Mohe said, stroking his long beard, a sharp glint in his eyes. ”But this matter is of great importance. I still need to verify it.”

He looked at Qin Yu, his tone gentle yet undeniable. ”May I borrow a drop of your essence blood to take a look?”

Qin Yu realized it was a bloodline verification. He was actually well aware that Elder Wenyuan had been secretly investigating the situation of the Cyan Peak County branch over the past two days. It would be strange if they didn’t investigate. An originally ordinary family branch suddenly possessed such astonishing strength, and even produced a youth with heaven-defying Talent. While Qin Wenyuan was joyful and excited, he also maintained a sense of vigilance! If they lacked even this bit of vigilance, how could the Qin Family have survived and passed down its legacy?

Naturally, Qin Yu did not fear this kind of verification. Although he was a Transmigrator who had been reincarnated, he was still a genuine disciple of the Qin Family. Without hesitation, he drew his Evil-breaking Saber and sliced a cut across his palm. With his current achievements in Body Refining, his skin and membrane were incredibly tough. Ordinary Blades couldn’t break through at all; even he didn’t find it easy to cut himself.

A drop of dark red blood, faintly shimmering with a cyan-purple luster, accurately dripped onto the center of the quaint and arcane Compass in Qin Mohe’s palm.

BUZZ!

The moment the Compass touched the blood, it instantly let out a low hum. Quaint Runes lit up one by one, the needle began to spin at high speeds, and an invisible fluctuation swept over Qin Yu’s body like ripples in water. Qin Yu even felt a trace of his Divine Thought being pulled in along with his blood.

A dazzling cyan-purple light shone brightly.

”Hahaha, he is indeed the promising son of our Qin Family! There are no issues with his Soul either, nor are there any signs of possession. He was genuinely born with a powerful Soul, and his Talent in the Wind and Thunder Attributes is absolutely superb!” Qin Mohe scrutinized the Compass in his palm and laughed heartily, the last trace of his doubts entirely dispelled.

A rare, amiable smile appeared on Qin Zhengyuan’s normally stern face. ”Since that’s the case, Qin Yu, from this day forward, you are a core disciple of my Qin Family!”

”Possession?” Qin Yu asked out loud, quite curious. Could this disk actually detect possession?

”Yes, this disk is a treasure of our Qin Family. It can test both bloodlines and Souls.

”Your emergence was simply too sudden.

”Although we do believe in you, the matter is of grave importance, and the necessary procedures must still be followed.

”Any branch disciple returning to the core of the Zong Family must undergo this test.

”Even Zong Family disciples must do the same before coming into contact with our core inheritances!” Qin Mohe explained while looking at Qin Yu.

”At the very beginning of Cultivation in Martial Arts, one only tempers their bones and refines their internal organs. But once they reach the Qi Sea Realm, they can manipulate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

”Furthermore, a Primordial Mansion Realm Martial Artist’s Soul is strengthened. Even if their physical body is destroyed, their Soul can survive for a short time.

”Some Old Demons have even researched Secret Techniques for possession, allowing them to seize someone else’s body after death and live another lifetime.”

Qin Yu instantly understood. So that was it—possession!

His situation was far too monstrous; it was nothing unusual to be suspected. Qin Wenyuan had also briefly asked about his situation before. He certainly wouldn’t expose the Insect Race inheritance, so he simply pushed the explanation onto the Five Poison Sect. The Five Poison Sect was not a benevolent group. It wouldn’t be anything strange for them to have left behind some method of possession in their inheritance.

The Insect Swarm was too strong. The Cyan Peak County Qin Family had exposed so many Thunder Rocs, Black Thorn Eagles, and Escape Armor Scorpions—there had to be an excuse for it all. And his initial idea was to use the Five Poison Sect to disguise the Insect Swarm.

After passing this hurdle, he would thoroughly become a part of the Qin Family’s Zong Family core.

Tsk!

Being a Transmigrator wasn’t so easy to coast through. If he had actually possessed this body, wouldn’t he be completely done for?

”Did the Array outside this residence come from your hands?” Qin Mohe asked.

When he first entered the residence, he immediately noticed the Array there. Although it seemed slightly rough, it was already very impressive for Qin Yu, who hadn’t even stepped into the Qi Sea Realm yet.

”It was indeed set up by this junior. I ask the Sixth Elder for guidance,” Qin Yu replied humbly.

He then led Qin Mohe to observe the Array, eloquently explaining his thought process which he had integrated with the Insect Swarm’s deductions. Arrays were Magic Skills that allowed the weak to defeat the strong and the many to overcome the few, making them exceptionally suitable for the Insect Swarm. The Array he had set up here was precisely meant to show off a bit of his Talent.

Listening to Qin Yu’s explanation.

At first, Qin Mohe had maintained a testing mindset. But as he continued to listen, his expression turned into one of pure shock.

”You... is this how you set up the Array? Without using an Array Compass to position and calculate?

”You just calculated it in your head?

”In just two short days, you completed the superimposed setup of these two layers of Arrays?!” Qin Mohe’s voice trembled with disbelief, as if he had seen something completely unimaginable. ”Who... who is your master?”

How could this be possible?

Aside from those Array Plates and Array Banners that were already refined and easily portable for activation, for any Array involving fixed areas of protection or Gathering Spirit, which one didn’t require the use of a Compass and other tools? Which one didn’t demand a massive amount of time to carefully deduce the directions, survey the ley lines and Primordial Qi nodes, and determine the critical positions like the gates of life and death, and the Array’s core?

This was an extremely tedious and complex calculation process, much like how colossal engineering projects in his previous life required precision instruments to assist in their design. The larger and more complex the Array, the more it relied on the assistance of an Array Compass.

But what about Qin Yu? He actually hadn’t used a single tool; he relied entirely on mental calculations! Furthermore, he had set up two layers of Arrays, exponentially increasing the difficulty of the deduction.

This was simply absurd!

”This junior has no master,” Qin Yu answered truthfully. ”I just saw some Array records within the Five Poison Sect inheritance I obtained. Later, I bought a copy of the Hundred Array Formulas from the Treasure Pavilion and explored it on my own.”

”Self-taught? You taught yourself using only a bit of an inheritance and a copy of the Hundred Array Formulas?”

Qin Mohe was so excited that his beard trembled. The gaze he leveled at Qin Yu was like looking at an unpolished, peerless Exotic Treasure.

The Array Dao was profound and obscure. It tested one’s comprehension and deduction abilities far more than Martial Arts did. Even with a famous master’s meticulous guidance, the vast majority of people could only catch a glimpse of the gateway. It was like studying advanced mathematics in his previous life—every step was arduous.

Yet Qin Yu had relied entirely on self-study. Using just a few Basic Scriptures, he was able to set up an Array all by himself!

Qin Wenyuan and Qin Zhengyuan exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in each other’s eyes. Though they did not understand Arrays, seeing Qin Mohe lose his composure made them realize that Qin Yu’s Talent in Arrays was likely just as astounding.

Qin Yu looked at Qin Mohe with some confusion. He also noticed that something was amiss, but he didn’t know exactly what was out of the ordinary.

This was the flaw in his lacking fundamental foundation.

For a normal person studying Arrays, building a foundation would take three to five years before they could even attempt to set one up. Qin Yu, however, had the Insect Swarm acquire a Beta-level Low Grade Array like the Poison Shadow Mysterious Array first. Only after finding it too difficult did he purchase a Gamma-level Low Grade Technique like the Hundred Array Formulas to build his foundation.

This was Gamma-level Low Grade! This type of Scripture already skipped the basics and went straight into setting up Arrays. Moreover, with the assistance of an ultra-biological computer like the Insect Nest, the deduction calculations that looked like absolute gibberish to an ordinary person came completely naturally to him. Thus, he naturally couldn’t comprehend the difficulty involved.

”You truly are the promising son of my Qin Family! In the Array Dao, you have already entered the door, though your Basic foundation is a bit too weak. But my Qin Family has enough inheritances to cover that!

”I will guide you, and you may read through these inheritances at your leisure,” Qin Mohe stated.

”Sixth Elder, it’s a good thing that Qin Yu has Talent in Arrays, but the most important thing right now is for him to break through to the Qi Sea Realm first! As for Arrays, it won’t be too late to learn them slowly in the future,” Qin Wenyuan spoke up.

”No! You don’t understand how shocking Qin Yu’s Talent in Arrays is. I will notify the Patriarch immediately; leaving this child here would be too much of a waste.”

”We can discuss this later. The auction starts tomorrow.”