The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 830

Chapter 830: Chapter 827: Contract Chapter 830: Chapter 827: Contract Shen Luo exhaled softly and let his Divine Sense flow back into the space of the Heavenly Book.

The Gu insects, once inside the space of the Heavenly Book, also remained motionless, bound by the power of the Book.

The golden light within the space converged, quickly forming a doppelganger illusion of Shen Luo.

“Are you this old man's lifebound Gu?” Shen Luo looked at the black insect and asked in a deep voice.

The black insect's tiny eyes whirled, glancing at the withered corpse not far away, before immediately lowering its eyelids, pretending to be an ordinary insect and not responding.

“Stop playing tricks, I already heard your muttering to yourself just now.” Shen Luo sneered.

The black insect trembled imperceptibly but continued its act, remaining unresponsive.

“If you refuse to answer, then I will have to offend you.” Shen Luo's expression cooled as he brought the Pure Yang Sword Embryo into the space of the Heavenly Book.

A swirl of Red Lotus Karmic Fire appeared on the Sword Embryo, clawing towards the black insect.

“Stop, stop! I'll talk, I am indeed the lifebound Gu refined by Yuan Qiu.” The black insect no longer dared to pretend and showed a frightened look, hastily responded.

After the previous event, it was extremely terrified of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

As it spoke, the black insect desperately tried to crawl to the side to distance itself from the Red Lotus Karmic Fire. However, the binding power of the Heavenly Book space was so strong that it was not something a small insect could resist, and after struggling for a long time, it still hadn't moved an inch.

Shen Luo raised his hand and the Red Lotus Karmic Fire came to a halt, which made the black insect sigh in relief.

With another gesture, a yellow ring, a green token, and a small black bag flew out from the withered old man's corpse.

These were the only three items on the old man's body besides the Gu insects and clothes.

“If you were this cooperative earlier, you wouldn't have had any trouble.” Shen Luo said, playing with the yellow ring.

“What do you plan to do with me, Your Excellency?” the black insect looked at Shen Luo.

“You are in my hands now, I will dispose of you as I wish,” Shen Luo said leisurely.

“As you said, victory goes to the king and defeat to the bandit. Since Yuan Qiu lost to you, and my surprise attack just now failed, it naturally falls upon your discretion to kill or to maim me. However, Your Excellency has not made a move until now, which probably means you want to get some information out of me, right?” the black insect said.

“Smart. I indeed have quite a few questions for Your Excellency, why would a member of the human cultivators cause trouble at Mount Putuo with those Demons?” Shen Luo raised his eyebrows, inquiring.

The black insect just looked at Shen Luo, offering no reply.

“Since Your Excellency does not wish to answer that question, let me change it then. You want to take over this corpse of Yuan Qiu, correct?” Shen Luo said with a sardonic smile, continuing.

“You, you…” The black insect stiffened, looking at Shen Luo in shock, temporarily at a loss for words.

A lifebound Gu and its host's body have a rather intricate relationship. A lifebound Gu can be regarded as a branch of the host's life or as a completely new entity. After a Gu Master falls, as long as the body isn't too severely damaged, the lifebound Gu can take over the corpse and continue to live.

In a sense, this is also a kind of life-saving method for a Gu Master.

However, this matter is extremely secretive among Gu Masters and outsiders have never known about it. How did Shen Luo come to know this?

“I happened to obtain a volume of the Medicine Immortal Collection, and I saw the record of the Life-bound Gu in it,” Shen Luo said, as he still had important matters to discuss with the Life-bound Gu, he did not conceal this fact.

“The Medicine Immortal Collection! You have a volume of the Medicine Immortal Collection!” The black insect suddenly became excited.

“Oh, you know about the Medicine Immortal Collection?” Shen Luo was somewhat surprised.

“Of course I know, the Medicine Immortal Collection is considered a holy scripture for us Gu Masters! Ever since the Medicine Immortal Sect disappeared over a thousand years ago, the Medicine Immortal Collection has also vanished. I joined the Divine Wood Forest and allied with those from the Demon Race just to find this book!” The black insect spoke with a hint of excitement in its tone.

Shen Luo's eyebrows raised slightly; he hadn't expected the Medicine Immortal Collection he had stumbled upon to be of such significance. He spoke slowly, “I have this book in my possession, but it is only one volume and incomplete. It records numerous Gu refining methods, the highest level of which is Eight-grade insects.”

“Eight-grade! That is already a top three grades Gu insect, useful even for True Immortals, and even those in the Taiyi Realm!” The black insect, hearing this, became even more excited.

“I can let you possess Yuan Qiu's corpse, and in the future, I might even let you take a look at that volume of the Medicine Immortal Collection,” Shen Luo said, his eyes flashing as he continued.

The black insect was overjoyed, but it quickly calmed down and said, “Aside from what I know about those demons, what do you want?”

“I want to implant a Contract Imprint within you. After you possess Yuan Qiu's corpse, you will work for me for a hundred years. After one hundred years, I will set you free,” Shen Luo said.

“A hundred years? That's too long. Occupying Yuan Qiu's corpse, my cultivation level can no longer advance an inch, and Yuan Qiu's lifespan is not much. After undergoing this great calamity, it's uncertain whether he can live for a hundred years,” the black beetle spoke slowly.

“Fifty years will do,” Shen Luo raised an eyebrow and said.

With a continuous flow of experiences from Dreamland bolstering him, his cultivation level was advancing rapidly. In fifty years, he likely wouldn't need the other party anymore.

“Agreed, it's a deal!” The black insect's eyes flickered, and it quickly regained its decisiveness, spitting out an agreement.

Shen Luo felt joy in his heart, and with a finger, he touched the black insect, black light continuously merging into the insect's body.

The black insect showed a trace of pain in its eyes and its body trembled, but it clenched its teeth and endured.

A moment later, Shen Luo finished casting the spell and withdrew his finger, at the same time lifting the binding spell of the Heavenly Book Space.

The Contract Imprint he had just implanted in the insect was a secret technique from the Body Refining Altar. While it was not as powerful as the Spiritual Communication Seal, the Soul Power within the black insect was not strong, and this Contract Imprint was enough to restrain it.

The black insect also regained its composure. After giving Shen Luo a look, its body twisted, and with a “swoosh” sound, it flew onto Yuan Qiu's corpse and burrowed through his forehead.

A layer of black light appeared on Yuan Qiu's corpse, starting out faint but quickly becoming bright.

Seeing this, Shen Luo raised his hand and summoned another stream of pure Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi from the outside, which he poured into Yuan Qiu's corpse.

The black light on Yuan Qiu's body surface suddenly intensified, and with a light “pff” sound, two green lights surfaced in his hollow eyes. Flesh and Blood grew even more rapidly, and within a few breaths, a pair of eyes tinged with green were regrown.

Yuan Qiu moved his hands and feet, his body gradually emitting the Breath of a living creature once again.

The Gu insects that had scattered around him returned like rivers to the sea, once again entering his body.

Seeing this, Shen Luo could not help but admire the mysterious nature of the Life-bound Gu. He once again guided a stream of pure Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi into Yuan Qiu's body.

“Thank you, Brother Shen. Regarding those from the Demon Race, I actually don't know much. I am a Freelance Cultivator who was recruited by those demons to participate in today's attack on Mount Putuo. I'm not clear on the objectives of those demons. The reason I came to the Purple Bamboo Forest with Wind Breath and the others is that I have cultivated a Gu insect known as the Yuan-Devouring Gu, which is very effective in breaking prohibitions,” Yuan Qiu offered his thanks, and then without waiting for Shen Luo to ask, he spilled everything he knew.