Xu Changqing recalled the Spirit-Devouring Mother Worm and Thunder-Gold Kui, then casually flicked out a spirit talisman that burned every corpse to ash, leaving behind only a faint scorched stench.
Sun Shangxiang was deeply shaken. She softly said, "Master..."
She had never imagined that her master, who usually only knew how to farm, could fight with such clean, decisive efficiency—carrying even a touch of the composure of lifting a heavy weight as though it were light.
Xu Changqing stored everything he had picked up in his Square-Inch Ring and said calmly, "They were nothing more than clowns leaping about on a stage."
Sun Shangxiang froze for a moment, then frowned. "Why did these people attack us?"
Xu Changqing looked at the Spirit-Eating Insect on her shoulder before explaining, "They were all sent by the Lifeless Insect Mother. They wanted to abduct you.
After returning to the sect, you must stay in Red Maple Valley and must not leave without permission."
Sun Shangxiang nodded heavily. By now, she had long lost any desire to gain experience outside. Then she suddenly thought of something, and her expression instantly changed. "Master, what about my parents?"
Xu Changqing said seriously, "Leave everything to me!"
Amid the rolling sea of clouds, countless thoughts surged through Xu Changqing's mind.
The Lifeless Insect Mother's forces were far more vast than he had imagined. Beneath it, there was likely a group of Insect Cultivators whose strength was not weak.
The thorny part of this matter was that one side was in the open, while the other was in the shadows.
Those in the open were Xu Changqing and the others; the Lifeless Insect Mother was hidden in the dark.
It could strike at any time, without a single concern.
By contrast, Xu Changqing lacked the strength