After briefly explaining the matter of the insect nest in Qu Family Village, the weariness on Lu Huai's face deepened.
"The twelfth lunar month is bitterly cold. Most masterless Gu insects will be dormant then. Take Yao'er with you, and you will need to contend with other Gu Masters of your generation for Insect Crystals and spirit nectar."
"The Insect Crystals are yours. This old man has use for the spirit nectar."
"We will certainly retrieve the insect nest's spirit nectar for Master."
"Go. Over the next three months, cultivate both body and mind, and purge the evil influence."
Shen Yushu, Zhu Li, and Liu Feng accepted the order and withdrew.
Yet they had not gone far down the passage when an enraged roar came from the cave behind them. Pang Gang had awakened.
"You three fine junior brothers are nothing but three vicious dogs."
Zhu Li and Shen Yushu stiffened, but their feet did not stop.
Following close behind them, Liu Feng quietly opened his compound eyes and looked back through the vertical eye hidden amid the hair at the back of his head.
Within the dim cave, a Buddhist artifact shaped like a bronze bell had descended upon Pang Gang. It was that Buddhist treasure that had awakened him.
"So that old ghost Lu Huai had a method prepared long ago. The Buddhist treasure cannot reverse the drastic change in Pang Gang's temperament, but it is enough to clear away part of the evil contamination."
Liu Feng understood clearly that Lu Huai had no interest in what Pang Gang's disposition had become. What he truly cared about was how much "material" remained on Pang Gang's body for use in medicine.
On the mountainside, the three stood outside the stone cave, letting the cold wind batter their faces.
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