Natal Gu Egg

Chapter 95: Natal Gu Egg

Inside the mine tunnel.

Fang Shu watched the Gold-Seeking Insect leave completely. Only then did his fingers move as he released the Tagalong Insect, having it bite tightly onto the other insect first and not lose its trail.

Only then did he move his body, slowly circulating his blood and qi as he rose to his feet in the corner.

Next, Fang Shu released several more Tagalong Insects from his robes, letting them familiarize themselves with the Gold-Seeking Insect's scent in the tunnels before sending them off in pursuit as well.

Compared with the one from earlier, these Tagalong Insects were of rather poor quality, merely second-tribulation gu insects, but they were convenient for scouting the way.

After making another round of preparations, Fang Shu transformed into the form of an ash-gray fox and began wandering through the depths beneath the ore vein.

Although the Gold-Seeking Insect had slipped away through a crack in the rocks, Lead Mountain Mine was not a mine riddled with fissures.

Especially this deep underground, deep within the mountain, where dense rock was everywhere. Thus, even if the Gold-Seeking Insect had hidden somewhere no human could reach, the nearest tunnel should not have been too far away.

Fang Shu had no need to dig after the place where it had slipped away. He merely needed to wander around beneath the tunnels a few more times, and he would naturally find a route to track it down.

If there truly came a point where there were no tunnels left to follow, he could start digging then.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

With several Tagalong Insects guiding the way, Fang Shu kept close on the Gold-Seeking Insect's exposed trail. After wandering for half a day, he ventured ever deeper into the ore vein and