Lin Ke was no fool. After hearing the old man's tone, so excited he could barely speak,
he immediately put on an air of innocent ignorance.
"I still can't be certain how this kind of Gu Insect is bred."
"I need to breed a few more from memory. Perhaps then I'll remember something."
"If you like this Gu Insect, Senior, you can keep it. All I ask is that you let me join the Sacred Sect."
The Black-Robed Elder seemed to realize he had lost his composure and drew back his outstretched hands.
The cultivators nearby who had already joined the Illusionless Gu Sect began discussing his actions.
They wore the expressions of men afraid their brother might suffer, yet just as afraid he might drive a Land Rover.
"Elder? Could this fellow cultivator's Gu Insect be even more powerful than this Gu General?"
The Black-Robed Elder pointed at the second Gu Insect Lin Ke had transformed.
"This is a Gu General. The Illusionless Gu Sect has plenty of them. Even fed to its peak, it only has the strength of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
"But this Purple Mansion insect is the only one I've ever seen."
The cultivators still did not understand.
"So it's not worth much?"
The Black-Robed Elder tucked both the Gu General and the Purple Mansion insect into his sleeve, then gave Lin Ke a complicated look.
"Boy, since you can breed a Gu General in such a short time, the Sacred Sect will naturally accept you."
"But you must be infested with Gu."
"How else could you become an Inner Sect disciple?"
Lin Ke thought for a moment, then said, "What if I don't want to be infested with Gu?"
"Gu Insects will affect my ability to breed Spirit Insects."
The cultivators present were all