The Ye siblings had already realized the severity of the situation. After putting away the Imprint Jade, they swiftly followed Venerable Ran Xi out of the private room.
True Venerable Canglou had already conducted an initial screening of the captured cultivators, sending those without issues back to their tents. The remaining 749 cultivators stayed where they were. Feng Yan stood beside True Venerable Canglou, doing her best to make herself unnoticed.
Cang Lou was still frowning in thought when he saw Yunxi approaching briskly with several people. He immediately asked,
"Ranxi, did you gain anything?"
Yunxi nodded solemnly.
"Yes."
Then she nodded to the Ye siblings.
Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen exchanged a glance. Each activated the Imprint Jade in their hand, replaying the interrogation of Feng Xichao and Uncle Chestnut from two different angles.
Cang Lou was still able to keep his composure, since he already knew of the Evil Insects' existence. Feng Yan, however, could no longer maintain her calm expression. When she saw how Feng Xichao had died, the muscles in her face twitched uncontrollably twice. When she looked again at Uncle Chestnut in the recording, her gaze was filled with fury and hatred.
Yet even that was nothing compared to Feng Yan's terror upon seeing the threadworm. Everyone present heard her sharp intake of breath with perfect clarity.
Only after both Imprint Jades had finished playing did Yunxi speak.
"True Venerable Canglou, I believe that, to prevent such threadworms from lurking inside cultivators' bodies without the hosts noticing, every cultivator in the entire encampment must be inspected.
"However, we will need Master Ruohuai to act. These black threadworms were clearly cultivated by evil cultivators. They are nourished and activated by Evil Qi. Before the Evil Insects completely convert the power within their bodies into the host's