Mo Bai said casually, "Over the years, I've also consulted some ancient texts on Gu insects."
"According to those records, true masters of Gu can refine Gu insect eggs until they're exceedingly tiny."
"Using certain special methods, they can even make Gu insect eggs evade Divine Sense scans."
"If Sir scattered those tiny Gu insect eggs onto the Immortal Emperor's clothes, do you think the Immortal Emperor would notice?"
Baleful Shadow: "..."
The more I listen to this, the more it makes my skin crawl.
"No, even the strongest Gu insects need time to hatch."
"When the Immortal Emperor fought the Jade Emperor, he would naturally have been fully focused. Surely he couldn't have failed to notice something like that."
"The Immortal Emperor and the Jade Emperor fought with spells and divine abilities. In that kind of battle, they would naturally be able to detect it."
"But have you forgotten? Before fighting the Jade Emperor, the Immortal Emperor had already fought the Phoenix Empress."
"The Phoenix Empress specialized in fist techniques, so naturally their battle had been a clash of flesh against flesh."
"During that process, if Gold Devouring Insect eggs were pounded into the shallow flesh beneath the Immortal Emperor's skin by brute force, do you think he would have noticed?"
At those words, Baleful Shadow fell silent once more.
"But once the Immaculate Body is unleashed, the entire body becomes crystal-clear."
"If the Gold Devouring Insects gnawed away within the Immortal Emperor's shallow flesh, wouldn't they be visible even to the naked eye?"
"Just so happens!"
Mo Bai clapped his hands. "There is a lost secret art recorded in the ancient texts on Gu insects, called the Assimilation Gu."
"It means that after undergoing special refinement methods, Gu insects can transform into a particular substance."
"Golden Gu insects