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183: Chapter 176 Wood Essence Worm_1 183: Chapter 176 Wood Essence Worm_1 After sending Yan Yan home, Lv Zhong leisurely returned to Sangtang Town. When he opened the door, Lv Zhong found that Lv Tianlin, Liu Shuxian, Lv Lei, and even Lv Xiaojin were all sitting on the sofa in the living room. The television was on, but they all seemed distracted. “Huh, that’s strange, it’s only four in the afternoon, why are you all back?” Lv Zhong asked curiously, despite knowing the answer. People like Lv Tianlin and Lv Lei, who are doctors, don’t have fixed holidays and generally have to take turns on duty. Some are so busy that they don’t even have time off on Saturdays or Sundays, and they usually only finish work at five or six in the afternoon. As for Liu Shuxian, she works in a supermarket in town, so there’s no such thing as a fixed holiday. And Lv Xiaojin, the young girl who just started working in her granduncle’s Sales Office, would typically not be home at this hour. Actually, Lv Zhong knew the reason behind all this. Even more so, it was all related to him. However, he didn’t want to scare his closest family members at this time, so he played along and asked. Hearing Lv Zhong’s question, people like Lv Tianlin and Liu Shuxian woke up from their distracted, dazed states. “Brother, we all encountered strange things today!” Lv Xiaojin was the first to speak, saying in a frightened tone: “Today, some of the customers who came to buy houses in our sales department turned out to be violent criminals. They all had guns on them, and what’s weirder, they suddenly started foaming at the mouth and lost consciousness before they could do anything. This has happened several times already…..” Hearing this, Lv Zhong couldn’t help but chuckle. This was all his own doing. Liu Shuxian also spoke up: “Our supermarket had a similar incident. Searᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. But the police closed everything off within half an hour. Even the Central Hospital where your father is and the New Affiliated Second Hospital where your sister works have had the exact same thing happen. That’s why we all took leave to come home early. We were even about to call and ask if anything happened to you, but you were at school filling out your college applications, so we figured you wouldn’t encounter such a situation and didn’t call you…” “This… this… it seems that everyone in our family has encountered such a thing?” Lv Zhong exclaimed dramatically, “This morning, our school also had an incident of violent attacks. Oh, and six people died… that’s it!” Initially, Lv Zhong didn’t want to bring up the events that transpired at the City No.1 High School, but after a brief pause, he decided to tell the truth. After all, the incident was quite significant and the Yan City news might report it in the evening. Moreover, the New Affiliated Second Hospital, where Lv Lei worked, was just 500 meters away from the City No.1 High School, so she must have heard about the violent attack incident at the school. Therefore, Lv Zhong also mentioned this. Of course, Lv Zhong wouldn’t be so foolish as to admit that he was the protagonist of all these incidents. It took him no more than twenty seconds to kill the six assassins, a short amount of time within which many people were too shocked to process the events, let alone think of capturing the scene. Afterward, Lv Zhong used his Innate True Qi to alter his appearance and quickly left in a taxi. Only after thinking long and hard about it, did he dare to say it — his intention was to put his family on alert. “Ah, did you also encounter such a thing?” Liu Shuxian exclaimed excitedly, and although Lv Tianlin didn’t speak, he too appeared shocked. As for Lv Lei, she seemed deep in thought. “Initially, I thought some new lethal virus had emerged, but considering the circumstances, it’s all a bit strange.” After thinking for a while, Lv Lei voiced an alarming thought, “Could it be that someone is trying to harm our family behind the scenes?” Lv Lei’s suspicions almost startled Lv Zhong. His older sister was far too clever. “But we’re a family with neither wealth nor influence, why would anyone want to target us? Moreover, these people suddenly vomiting white foam and even going into brain death—it’s too fantastical. If they were all in one place, it would make some sense. However, these people were found in various locations: in town, in the city, even near Nanyue, and of course the timing of the incidences is barely different. My god, this is so weird…” Lv Lei’s beautiful eyebrows knitted together. Following her explanation, a chilling sensation crept into the Lv family’s hearts, spawning vague feelings of fear. “Sis, I think you could start writing horror fiction on ‘Starting Point’ with your imagination.” Lv Zhong rolled his eyes and interrupted Lv Lei’s thought process. Seeing Lv Zhong interrupt her, Lv Lei waved her tiny fist at him in frustration, complaining, “You stinker! Where am I making stuff up? As a top scorer in the entire province, you should know to look at the essence from the phenomenon. So many things are happening around our family—if it’s a coincidence, it’s too much of one!” “But if these people meant harm to our family, why didn’t anything happen to any of us and instead those people died or lost their minds?” Lv Xiaojin joined the discussion, her small face filled with excitement, saying, “Are we being protected by the Jade Emperor and Jesus Christ?” It’s not the bloody Jade Emperor or Jesus, you fool! It’s your brother me protecting our family, okay! Lv Zhong grumbled inwardly, but said nothing more. “Anyway, since we’re all fine, let’s just be careful. Try to steer clear of strangers as much as possible…” The Lv family had speculated and debated without finding the truth behind the incidents. Eventually, Liu Shuxian ended this family meeting. Due to the shocks of the day, aside from Lv Zhong, everyone was feeling rather listless. As far as everyone knew, Lv Zhong’s score of 740 could gain him entry to any university. Plus, his improved medical skills had earned him quite a sum of money too. With such powerful medical skills, the Lv family believed that even if Lv Zhong did not attend university, he would not be lacking in life necessities. So, no one even asked which university he had chosen to apply to, and everyone went to take a nap to replenish their rest. ************** In the evening, Lv Zhong cultivated for quite a while and refined a mysterious worm — [Wood Essence Worm], before finally exiting the space within the Plague God Pearl. Originally, he wanted to go back to bed and sleep, but at this time, he’s totally wide awake due to all the events of today. His heart felt a wave of agitation and unease. Therefore, Lv Zhong simply opened the window, stepped forward, and jumped out of the window, directly leaving the room. Next, he activated his internal energy, and with the technique of “Clever Swallow Lingbo” from ancient times, he glided swiftly and dreamily out of the neighborhood, heading towards a mountain forest tens of kilometers away. Though it was already past three in the morning, there was still a mugginess between heaven and earth. His body was as light and agile as a swallow. Lv Zhong was cultivating his fists while moving swiftly. Upon reaching the forest, Lv Zhong halted his steps. At midnight, it was quieter than ever, but the wilderness was bustling. Frogs croaking echoed everywhere. The faint scent of rice lingered from the fields. In the sky, a crescent moon hung like a hook, capturing countless smiling faces of children in dreams. Beneath the forest was a large reservoir, glistening with scales of light. Unsettled fishes were kissing the surface of the water. The reservoir wasn’t too big, covering thirty or so acres. On the other side of the reservoir, stood a series of not-so-tall mountains. Even though most were not a hundred meters above sea level, the mountains were covered with lush green grass and trees. Many camphor trees, ginkgo trees, and various shrubs and trees filled it, making it vibrant and green. The air all around was incredibly fresh. Taking a deep breath, a ‘green’ flavor infiltrated the nose, moisturizing the lungs. Lv Zhong’s sudden appearance here wasn’t for a night breeze, but for the large number of green plants in the nearby forests. Here was Jade Mother Mountain, a picturesque place, at least in comparison to Yan City. There are countless different trees in this forest, as well as ancient trees that are over a hundred years old. These trees may not seem valuable to others, but Lv Zhong valued them highly. This time, the Wood Essence Worm that Lv Zhong refined was a magical insect that could seize the energy of wood-attribute organisms. The Wood Essence Worm isn’t strong in attack, even its defensive capabilities are not high, but it has a very special ability – absorbing and seizing large amounts of wood-attribute energy. And it can convert it into a green life force. This energy is very gentle and has miraculous effects on healing injuries and curing illnesses. This wood-inspired spirit is not the same as the Life Source Power transformed and absorbed by Pathogenic Worms. The Life Source Power released by the Pathogenic Worm can not only heal injuries but also prolong a person’s life span and replenish their potential for life. As for the green life force absorbed and transformed by the Wood Essence Worm, it can heal injuries and to some extent slow down cell aging. However, its effect on delaying aging is far from being as good as the Life Source Power. However, the green wood attribute energy absorbed and transformed by the Wood Essence Worm is gentle in nature, can be converted into a huge energy supply for the owner of the Wood Essence Worm, without having to worry about excessive depletion of the wood attribute energy. More importantly, if it is purely for healing injuries, Lv Zhong is reluctant to use the Life Source Power transformed by Pathogenic Worm. The wood attribute power also has the effect of healing injuries and can replace Life Source Power. The Wood Essence Worm is very magical. It looks very much like a termite but is larger in size. It is also a social insect that lives in groups. Now, Lv Zhong is in the Innate Realm. He can transform the wood energy that the Wood Essence Worm feeds back to him into Attributeless Innate True Qi for his own use. Therefore, having the Wood Essence Worm and ubiquitous plants, Lv Zhong doesn’t need any spiritual stones, and he can still cultivate and become stronger! This time, since the Dongfang Clan seems to have invited a powerful cultivator, Lv Zhong also has to prepare some life-saving insects. Anyway, there are many miscellaneous trees around Jade Mother Mountain, and they are not very valuable. Even if Lv Zhong lets the Wood Essence Worm suck up more than half of these miscellaneous trees, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Now it’s summer and this ancient forest is lush and vibrant, the time when life is most vigorous. After Lv Zhong arrived at this place, he quickly released all the Wood Essence Worms in the Plague God Pearl space. The Mother Insect of the Wood Essence Worm is at Level 1 and it can control only 100 Level 0 larvae. However, the Wood Essence Worm grows very fast before it reaches Level 5. As long as there are sufficient plants, it should not take them much time to reach Level 5. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)