I can understand what the furry creatures are saying, and I've become the number one beast tame

Chapter 399 The Insect King is certainly not a breeding machine
The group gathered together, discussed it at length, and finally unanimously decided to go check out the vine worm's lair.

Meng Duanyue whispered to Nan Ran, "Junior Sister Nan Ran, do you think this is reliable? Is the Insect King really just a breeding machine without any fighting ability, as they say?"

of course not.

Nan Ran thought to herself, but didn't say it aloud, only saying, "I don't know either."

Meng Duanyue didn't ask any more questions.

Anyway, those people were right about one thing: even if they didn't go deep into the insect hive to their deaths, they would only be left here waiting to die anyway.

Nobody knows what the future holds if we stay here, so we might as well take a gamble.

The group moved slowly towards the vine worm's lair, following the safe zone centered on Nan Ran.

They are still clear-headed enough to know who the important resources are and who needs protection right now.

They then tacitly protected Nan Ran in the middle.

As they got closer to the lair, the group gradually discovered that "the vine worms around here are of a much higher level than before."

"Could the vine worms inside be of a higher level? If the worm king in the worm nest is at the Mahayana stage, could the ones guarding it also be at the Mahayana stage?"

"It's not impossible—"

A sense of dejection immediately filled the crowd.

"Alright, stop with the depressing talk! Now that we've come this far, there's no turning back. Besides, staying out here means certain death, and going in to fight is also a gamble. The worst outcome is still death, but if we succeed, at least we'll survive!"

What's there to be discouraged about?
The worst-case scenario is already out there.

And so, after a period of discouragement, everyone was once again energized and embarked on their journey again.

The lair of these vine insects wasn't an unfamiliar place; it was the very meeting point the Beast Taming Sect team had agreed upon.

It was here that they discovered that there was a traitor in the Beast Taming Sect!
This traitor, incredibly, secretly and somehow managed to form a contract with a Mahayana-stage demonic beast. He even planned to kill them all and then stage it as an ambush by the demonic beast.

Is it a coincidence?

"...Could it be that Liu Yi, that traitor who was plagued, is in cahoots with these people from Changming County?"

"I didn't know that the Mahayana stage had become so common?"

"I used to think that the Mahayana stage was very far away from me, but I never expected that I would see it more than once in just two days."

Everyone was talking about their own opinions, making all sorts of guesses.

Nan Ran remained silent and did not speak.

She wasn't too worried about the issue of life and death.

Not just because she is immune to harm.

Others may not know, but she is different... Nan Shu is in her hands.

As a result, this guy hasn't made a move yet.

What does that mean exactly?

Are we really just going to watch these Beast Taming Sect disciples die in the swarm of insects?

The elders of the Beast Taming Sect may not have received the news yet. Once they have, they will probably gather together to discuss it back and forth.

But the Southern Treaty is different!

He could have used her or some other method to pass on the message to these Beast Taming Sect disciples, right?

Even if we assume that he, as a sect leader, couldn't directly send a message to them, what about Nan Lubai? What about the people in the special training team?
Wasn't it said that the special training team all came from the genius academy personally managed by the sect leader?
Then Nan Lubai and the others should have a unique way of contacting Nan Shu, right?