Out of caution, Lin Ke said as much.
Everyone present burst into laughter.
"This fellow Daoist is quite amusing. Are you cracking a joke to liven things up?"
To their surprise, Feng Jinyan said, "I'm willing to vouch for my junior brother."
"Uh..."
Everyone present froze, only then realizing that Lin Ke was serious.
The black-robed elder glanced at Feng Jinyan's body. "Young friend, this Golden Core late-stage cultivator's life is only worth twenty Gu Insects."
"Gu Insects of this quality must have been transformed from living, healthy Spirit Beasts by this young friend. They're very difficult to cultivate under ordinary circumstances."
Hearing this, Lin Ke looked at Feng Jinyan. "Twenty it is, then. That should be enough."
After all, the current Feng Jinyan was merely a puppet capable of moving.
Even if the elder killed him again, it would not matter.
Resentment began stirring among the cultivators.
A Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivator asked, "Wasn't this cultivator I killed also at the Golden Core late stage?"
"Why can't I exchange him for twenty Gu Insects?"
The black-robed elder was deep in thought and did not answer.
One of the Sacred Sect's main objectives in entering the Cloud Frontier this time was to explore better methods of raising Gu Insects.
As for swallowing up the forces of the Cloud Frontier's cultivators, they were not actually interested...
If they really could find one or two cultivators skilled at breeding Gu Insects, having the sect reward them with some cultivation pills and beautiful concubines upon their return was certainly an option.
That Nascent Soul Cultivator clearly held a high position in his own sect.
Receiving no response to his question made him somewhat angry.
"Senior? Might I ask whether this Golden Core Cultivator of mine can be exchanged for a few more Gu