Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 320 White Tea Insect
The insect, with its plump body, briefly blocked Ye Baicha's nose, wriggling its body and frantically flapping its pointed little tail as if in a hurry.

Fortunately, its body was slippery enough that it finally managed to slip into the nasal cavity and disappear into the corpse's skull.

Not long after, the body, which had been dead, suddenly trembled.

Ye Baicha's two unseeing eyes began to move independently, while her mouth opened as if she were breathing.

It was clumsy; its eyes rolled around for a long time but it couldn't make a clear sound, and its mouth opened for a long time, only focusing on inhaling and not exhaling.

Pei Xia recalled what the Brain Man had told him: that these brain worms were quite intelligent, but their intelligence was only that of a child and they needed to be raised.

But judging from the current situation, could it be that the one that was given to Pei Xia is actually mentally challenged?

Thankfully, it wasn't.

After rolling around for a while, "Ye Baicha" began to blink, and its expression slowly came to life.

"Ah...ah...Aba..."

Its lips parted; it was trying to speak.

Pei Xia breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it had basic intelligence, it would be easy for him to control and use it. Whether it could speak fluently was not important—in the current environment, he didn't have the opportunity to train it carefully.

But to his surprise, after a while, the brain worm actually uttered two words clearly: "neck".

As it spoke, it glanced sideways at Pei Xia, indicating the back of its head.

Pei Xia was taken aback. Did it mean that because its neck was broken, it couldn't control its body?
"Do you want me to help you connect it?" Pei Xia tried asking it.

The brain worm nodded: "Thank you, good person."

It will even say thank you!
Pei Xia was surprised for a moment, but the brain worm was not in a hurry. It just lay on the ground, waiting for Pei Xia to make a move.

Pei Xia was certainly willing to help it, but the problem was that, usually no one would research how to treat an injury like a broken neck.

The insect very sensibly offered a solution: "Just nail it on."

Oh, right. Ye Baicha died a long time ago. To maintain the body's functions, it can't rely on simple biology.

The brain worm said to nail it, so it seems that all it takes is to nail it.

Coincidentally, most of Pei Xia's original flying needle magic weapon was embedded in the Blazing Sun Profound Gold for control, leaving a few extra needles with nowhere to go.

He turned Ye Baicha's body over, brushed aside her long hair, revealing the back of her neck covered in bruises and bloodstains.

With her fingers pinching and pinpointing the location of the neck bone, Pei Xia grasped the magical long needle and inserted three needles into the neck flesh in an interlaced manner, loosely nailing the originally broken neck bone back together.

The work was done rather sloppily. Pei Xia stood up and looked at the body with some trepidation.

Then he saw that Ye Baicha's hands and feet began to tremble.

Pei Xia couldn't explain exactly how the brain worm controlled the body, but it could move when the neck bones were joined.

After convulsing on the ground for a while, as if it had an epileptic seizure, the brain worm must have gradually mastered the method of controlling this "strange limb." Holding onto a nearby stone, it slowly began to stand up.

"Thank you, thanks to you," it said.

Pei Xia looked at it and hesitated for a moment: "You've got your hands and feet reversed."

It's not that the top and bottom are reversed.

The order is reversed.

Pei Xia watched as its paws turned 180 degrees behind it and couldn't help but say, "Why don't you practice a little more?" "Ah...indeed, I need a little time. Don't worry, it won't take too long."

As it spoke, it pointed to its head: "I found some common sense stuff in her head; it just requires a few simple exercises."

Her face was still Ye Baicha's face, and her voice was as clear and melodious as a young girl's. Although she was the one who had brought about this strange situation, she still felt a little uneasy, whether she said it or not.

The Sea God hadn't lied to him; the brain worm was indeed intelligent, and it didn't take long for it to basically take control of the human body.

Moreover, it seems to have a particularly vague understanding of some concepts. It has no awareness of being an "insect" nor does it consider itself a "human". It has acquired some of Ye Baicha's memories, but is completely unaffected by them. What is even more precious is that it does indeed obey Pei Xia's every word.

Perhaps, when the Brain People gave them to Pei Xia, they had already made ample preparations to ensure their loyalty, reliability, and immediate availability.

When the physical training had been going on for a while, Pei Xia watched as it activated the protective aura of the Opening Mansion Realm and spewed out a faint poisonous mist from its mouth. It could even use the fist and foot techniques of Yunhu Mountain in a rudimentary way.

In a very short time, the brain worm completely replaced the white tea.

It… no, given the current situation, “she” is more accurate.

She looked at Pei Xia, her eyes sparkling: "How should I address you, Master? Or..."

"Whatever you want." Pei Xia waved her hand.

First, they fired the pedals, then waited for the brain worm, which had already taken a lot of time. Pei Xia's original intention was to get to the vicinity of the fire vein core as soon as possible to avoid encountering other cultivators along the way and causing trouble.

But now it seems it's too late.

Pei Xia decided not to rush on her way. Instead, she turned her head and glanced at the direction where Zong Heng had stood, where the broken corpses of the toad monsters were still scattered.

He asked, "Insect... Oh, let's assume you're Ye Baicha. Since you've obtained a portion of her memories, can you recall where this demon beast came from?"

Pei Xia clearly remembered that the toad had been dead for a long time, and judging from Zong Heng's actions, it didn't seem to be a simple illusion.

If we can figure out the reasons behind this, it might be helpful for further searching for Ru Tao.

However, Ye Baicha simply shook her head: "It only says that we were born together, but there is no record of how we came to this place together."

Create something out of nothing.

Pei Xia squinted and nimbly climbed the slope, rummaging through the scattered monster corpses. Before long, he actually found a monster's inner core.

The inner core was slightly cloudy, almost identical to the one he had sold to Song Huan at a low price.

He tried to connect with it. Although it was mixed with some poisonous gas and was somewhat impure, spiritual energy was still spiritual energy.

Pei Xia looked up at the distant sky, which seemed to be scorched red... Even under the lockdown, Ru Tao was still able to do this.

If I confront Him directly, do I really have a chance?

His hands were clenched tightly, and the meridians in his arms flowed with a crimson light. He unconsciously exerted force, and actually crushed the inner core in his hand to pieces.

Turning to Ye Baicha, who was quietly waiting, Pei Xia instructed, "Based on my current mental state, if I show any obvious abnormalities later, shout at me."

Ye Baicha nodded first, then asked, "What are you shouting for?"

"Call my name."

"What is the master's name?"

“…Pei Xia.”

(End of this chapter)