It Really Does Smell Good

Seeing this, Bai Qiuran, though unable to understand the insects' unique language, roughly grasped their meaning.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to eat?"

He patted his disciple on the shoulder and laughed gloatingly, "Your Subjects mean well, how can you, as the new Empress, not accept it?"

Tang Ruowei's face turned ashen.

Seeing that the Empress remained motionless, the Imperial Guard Bug surrounded her and stayed beside Tang Ruowei, the Empress Clone. One of the more considerate Imperial Guard Bug even dragged the former Empress's corpse over to Tang Ruowei and placed it in front of her.

"..."

Looking at the insect corpse that she had completely blasted into a charred mess, Tang Ruowei had absolutely no desire to touch it.

Seeing that she didn't move, the surrounding insects seemed to become restless.

"Speaking of Ruowei, I remember that during this process, the Empress who didn't complete the ritual would be considered a bad individual and killed by the other bugs. Then, an Empress bug would evolve from the Imperial Guard Bug to take her place."

Bai Qiuran, suppressing a laugh, reminded him, "You'd better eat quickly, lest our plan fail because of this."

"Master, how could you let your disciple eat such a thing?"

Tang Ruowei frowned.

"Is it my fault?"

Bai Qiuran pointed to the pile of charred, bloody remains.

"Didn't you create this pile of garbage yourself? Come on, sweetie, time to eat, okay?"

Get out of here!

Tang Ruowei raised her hand and slapped away Bai Qiuran was playing tricks on her head, angrily saying, "Listen up, even if I, Tang Ruowei, die today, I will never—"

"Hiss--!!"

Seemingly impatient, seeing that Tang Ruowei was hesitant to eat, the Imperial Guard Bug that had brought the clump of remnants to Tang Ruowei straightened its body. Its shell shimmered with light, and something beneath its body seemed about to break out of the shell; it was preparing to mutate.

Tang Ruowei's Empress Clone was startled. Seeing this, she Consciousness manipulated the Empress Clone to bite into the lump of flesh and blood.

"... What are your thoughts?"

Bai Qiuran glanced at the retreating Imperial Guard Bug and the Insect Race Empress who was swallowing the remains of flesh and blood, and asked Tang Ruowei.

"I feel like I've lost my dignity as a human being."

Two lines of tears streamed down Tang Ruowei's face as she choked out.

"How pretentious."

Bai Qiuran watched as the Empress devoured most of the remaining flesh and blood in just a few bites, then asked, "By the way, given the Insect Race's sense of taste, does this stuff smell good?"

Tang Ruowei's tears flowed even more. She hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly replied, "It smells quite nice."

After Tang Ruowei controlled the Empress Clone to finish eating the former Empress's corpse, the Insect Race Empress's clone suddenly lay down on the spot.

Beneath its body, something was writhing wildly, absorbing the special genes of the corpse inside its belly, and then growing many new limbs and organs on its own body.

During this process, Tang Ruowei, who was standing next to Bai Qiuran and the book, blushed and trembled as if she had been electrocuted. She even clutched her lower abdomen as if she needed to urinate and twisted her body.

Bai Qiuran took two steps to the side, looking at her apprentice with disdain.

Why are you looking at me like that? I can't help it!

Tang Ruowei said in embarrassment and anger, "How was I supposed to know that Body Seizure this guy would bring such side effects? This insect's body is just too strange... Ah!"

She let out a shout that made everyone blush.

"Ruowei, please don't do this."

Bai Qiuran waved her hand and said, "I don't want the image of a renowned teacher that I've spent so many years building to end up as a sadistic teacher."

"I didn't want this to happen either!"

Tang Ruowei bit her pink lips.

"If we can just get through the period when the insect's body evolves, everything should be fine..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but walk over to Bai Qiuran and rub her back and head against him.

What are you doing?

Bai Qiuran somewhat surprised.

"Suddenly feeling a lack of fatherly love?"

"You're missing my head!"

Tang Ruowei's muffled voice came over as she buried her head behind Bai Qiuran, desperately inhaling something, and then nuzzling against him with her head.

Fortunately, while doing this inappropriate and somewhat improper thing, she tried her best to explain, "I'm currently experiencing empathy with that insect, so I'm extremely sensitive to the smell of hormones, hiss--"

"How can I help you?"

Bai Qiuran, then shook his fist.

"How about I just knock you out?"

"Don't want!"

Tang Ruowei resolutely refused, saying, "Master, you just stand still and let me get through this period."

After a long while, the Insect Race Empress over there finally completed her evolution.

Tang Ruowei also lifted her head from Bai Qiuran's chest. Her face was flushed, her hair was messy, and there was something glistening at the corner of her mouth.

Bai Qiuran looked down, touched her chest, and said, "How come you have so much water? My clothes are soaked through."

Don't say things that could be misunderstood! It's just spittle.

Tang Ruowei stamped her foot and said, "At worst, I'll wash this dress for you when we get back!"

That's more like it.

Bai Qiuran nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. He used his inner True Essence to dry his clothes, then straightened his collar, and looked at the swarm of insects with his hands behind his back.

"So all the bugs here are under the control of your clone?"

Tang Ruowei tidied her hair and clothes, then said, "Yes, I have sent the [All-Clan Assembly] signal. Now, those insects that stayed in the m. hetushu•com. com. com Nest World should have all gathered here."

Bai Qiuran looked into the distance and, sure enough, in the dense, nebula-like world of the Void River, a group of black sand-like creatures kept emerging from the world, flying in the Void, and then gathering in this direction.

Soon, the place where Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei were hiding was surrounded by insects. Looking around, all they could see were countless tiny, pitch-black insects. This sight would probably make someone with trypophobia faint on the spot.

"These bugs reproduce really fast."

Bai Qiuran frowned and said, "In just a few years, these insects have almost made up for the losses from last time."

Tang Ruowei wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Can we really control such a race?"

"Don't you already control their rulers?"

Bai Qiuran glanced at her sideways.

"But you're right. Besides the Empress, who is the supreme ruler, these insects also have to obey some commands etched into their bodies by generations of evolution. If the Empress violates these commands, they will also riot and devour Empress... Therefore, for the long-term peace and stability of the Immortal Realm, it's time to implement our next plan, Ruowei."

"Yes, I understand."

Tang Ruowei checked the instructions, then had her clone press the launcher button, sending a command to all the Insect Race.

Upon receiving the command, all the Insect Swarm spread their Wings, changed direction, and began to fly along the Void River in the Void, slowly heading downwards.