The Reversal System: Only for the Elite at the Mahayana Stage

Seeing that Yuan Ling was unaware of her own death, it was even less likely that she could clarify who had killed her.

Jiang Li sorted out the general sequence of events.

First, Yuan Ling had killed all the people in two small towns, controlled them with corpse bugs, and let them continue their normal production. However, with her level of skill, she could probably only use the Dantian corpse bug to control the bodies' actions, but not their thought processes.

Then, someone killed Yuan Ling, controlled her with a corpse bug, and used the Sea of Consciousness bug on everyone else. This way, the people of the two small towns were no different from living people, and even an Elemental Infant stage cultivator wouldn't be able to detect any problems.

What Jiang Li couldn't understand was the purpose.

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What was the purpose of this behind-the-scenes manipulator?

Goddess Jing Xin, with a smile on her face, asked Jiang Li to leave the room. She wanted to be alone with Yuan Ling. Jiang Li, whose scalp was tingling from her smile, walked far away.

However, Jiang Li's intuition was extraordinary, and he could still faintly hear the cries coming from the room.

The cries became quieter and quieter until they disappeared. Goddess Jing Xin used a spell to clean the blood off her body and walked out of the room with a smile. She then heard Jiang Li's message.

"There seems to be a problem with Du Xiner. I'll go check it out."

Goddess Jing Xin quickly arrived at Xiahe Town and found Jiang Li and Du Xiner in a kitchen, with something still steaming on the stove.

"What happened?"

Jiang Li was holding a handful of rice, lost in thought. Du Xiner was standing in place, her eyes vacant.

"Just now, I was keeping an eye on this place with my divine sense and noticed that Du Xiner was pouring these things into the already hulled spirit rice."

This was a violation of common sense. The eight small towns wouldn't directly give the spirit grain to the World of Mortals Pure Land. Instead, they would hull the spirit grain into spirit rice, give the spirit rice to the World of Mortals Pure Land, and keep the rice bran to bury in the soil to increase the spiritual energy content of the soil.

This process didn't require Du Xiner to do anything. She just needed to supervise. However, not only did Du Xiner not supervise, but she also moved a rice jar from the cellar and was about to pour the rice from the jar into the pile of freshly hulled spirit rice.

Jiang Li pointed to the side, and Goddess Jing Xin followed his gaze to see a jar of spirit rice, which seemed normal.

"I advise you not to use your divine sense to inspect this jar of spirit rice. You won't be able to bear what you find."

If Jiang Li hadn't said this, Goddess Jing Xin wouldn't have done so. But since Jiang Li had warned her, she was determined to use her divine sense to scan it.

Hmm, it can resist divine sense?

Goddess Jing Xin increased the intensity of her divine sense and saw through the skin of the spirit rice to the hidden contents.

"Ugh——"

Goddess Jing Xin turned pale and started to retch.

She had already practiced Inedia and had no impurities in her body, so she couldn't vomit anything.

This wasn't a jar of spirit rice at all. It was a jar of bugs disguised as spirit rice!

"Sister Xiner, what are you trying to do?"

Du Xiner came back to her senses and said in confusion, "Isn't it a rule of the sect to pour this jar of spirit rice into the pile of spirit rice?"

"Who said that? When did the World of Mortals Pure Land have such a rule?"

Du Xiner tried hard to remember, but she could only remember the rule, not who had told her.

Jiang Li used his fingernail to crack open a grain of spirit rice, revealing a tiny white bug inside, and showed it to Du Xiner.

"Do you recognize what this is?"

Jiang Li's action also confused Du Xiner, "Isn't it just spirit rice? Is there something else?"

Jiang Li didn't say anything more and let Du Xiner leave.

"Someone has tampered with her cognition, making her believe that this is just a jar of ordinary spirit rice. It's the work of the corpse bug."

Jiang Li lifted the lid of the steamer on the stove, revealing a bowl of fragrant spirit rice.

He picked up a grain of rice, cracked it open to reveal a white bug, which was still alive and seemed even more vigorous than before!

"Someone has added bugs to the spirit rice, intending for the people of the World of Mortals Pure Land to eat them. I just don't know what the purpose of these bugs is."

Goddess Jing Xin turned pale.

The distant communication talisman flickered, and Jiang Li answered it.

"Brother Jiang, I found the Gu people!" A man who looked like a black bear, Zhang Konghu, appeared in front of Jiang Li. He said in a deep voice, "They said that to cultivate a corpse bug that can make a corpse act normally, one must at least be at the Unity stage."

"But they're not sure, they're just guessing based on records. After all, there are no experts in the Gu tribe now, the most powerful one is only at the Elemental Infant stage."

As he said this, Zhang Konghu sighed. He knew that the Gu tribe was hidden from the world, but he didn't expect them to be so down and out. After all, the Gu tribe had produced great figures who had ascended to the Immortal Realm.

"I also asked who could practice Gu techniques, and they said that one must read the ancient books enshrined in the ancestral hall. The ancient books of Gu techniques are strictly guarded, and outsiders cannot practice them."

"But I tried, and I could easily steal the ancient books without anyone noticing. Of course, I've already returned them."

"Oh, right, they also said that the Mind Control Bug, which is forbidden to be cultivated in the Gu tribe, is missing. They can't leave the mountain because they're hidden from the world, so they hope that our Peoples Emperor Palace can issue a notice for everyone to be careful."

"Mind Control Bug?"

"Yes, the Gu tribe says this bug is extremely terrifying. As long as someone ingests it, even if they later become a Unity or Divine Transformation cultivator, the owner of the bug can control their mind, and they themselves will be completely unaware! Therefore, the Gu tribe has ancestral teachings that forbid the cultivation of Mind Control Bugs!"

"See if this is the Mind Control Bug!" Jiang Li opened his palm to show the white bug.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's this one. It cocoons like spirit rice, is as small as a hair tip, is silent when it meets water, and is active when it meets fire. Brother Jiang, where did you find it?"

With a clatter, Goddess Jing Xin's legs gave out, knocking over pots and bowls, and she collapsed to the ground.How many years had the Gu worms been added to the spiritual rice? How many junior sisters had eaten it? Had any Inedia practicing senior uncles tasted it occasionally? How many people in the world of mortals Pure Land had Heart Control Gu in their bodies?@@novelbin@@

Goddess Jing Xin didn't dare to think about these questions in detail!

"Did the Gu clan mention how to break the Heart Control Gu?"

"Just like other Gu worms, either the Gu worm's master actively unlocks it, or the Gu worm inside the body is killed. Therefore, the Heart Control Gu is ineffective during the Tribulation Crossing period. The thunder tribulation during the Tribulation Crossing will destroy the Gu worm."

"I'll explain it to you later, I'm hanging up now!"

Jiang Li ended the communication talisman, his expression extremely serious: "The Heart Control Gu has not been activated, things have not reached the final step! Your junior sisters are still waiting for you to save them! With me here, there's always room for a turnaround!"

Jiang Li's deep and serious tone carried an undeniable confidence, which gradually brought Goddess Jing Xin back to her normal state.

Yes, things hadn't reached the final step. The puppet master had been manipulating things in secret for decades, and the Heart Control Gu had not been activated until now, indicating that the timing was not yet ripe for the puppet master.

Mistakes can be made up for, there's still a chance for everything!

"Jiang Li, thank you!" Goddess Jing Xin's eyes were firm, she slowly got up and flew towards the world of mortals Pure Land.

Jiang Li followed closely behind.

Just as the two were about to return to the world of mortals Pure Land, they were stopped by a light curtain formed by the Sect Protection Great Array. Behind the light curtain, a person was sneering at the two latecomers.

The instigator, the elder who was expelled from the world of mortals Pure Land, Daoist Xuan Ai!