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#722 - Medicine Fairy Club

The mastermind behind this operation is located in the south, and they are somewhat unique compared to ordinary child traffickers.

The individuals orchestrating these mutes are actually members of a specific world of superpowered individuals.

The purpose of abducting these young children, even infants, isn't solely for monetary gain, but to select disciples and successors for their group.

As for which superhuman organization is behind this scheme, the previous trafficker wouldn't have known, as someone at the bottom of the chain wouldn't benefit from knowing too much.

This much can be inferred from the treatment of the mutes themselves.

After examining it, Liang Yue easily determined that it was a type of Gu technique; the white powder was actually microscopic insect eggs.

These eggs could parasitize on the surface of the human body, extracting a certain amount of blood from the capillaries beneath the skin to sustain themselves.

They posed no significant harm to ordinary people because their appetite was small, and they would detach from the host after feeding, with most of them dying soon after.

Unless a knowledgeable professional could identify and nurture them, it would be difficult.

Even among Gu insects, they were a rare and difficult-to-raise species.

However, these Gu insects had a special function: indirectly discerning a person's potential, although the exact principle was unknown.

It was known that these Gu insects seemed to have an innate ability to distinguish certain aspects of human blood; the blood of those with greater talent was more attractive to them.

Liang Yue speculated that this was related to the Gu insects' survival.

The blood of exceptionally talented individuals and ordinary people tasted different, and the Gu insect eggs could absorb a special substance from it.

The more they absorbed, the higher the chance of the Gu insects hatching.

After detaching from the human body, most of the insect eggs would perish because the people they parasitized were mostly ordinary.

They were unlucky and destined not to mature or hatch.

Furthermore, during the parasitization process, if they didn't sense the blood substance they preferred, they would rather die than compromise.

Only the blood of those with exceptional talent could provide them with enough nutrients.

At that point, the Gu insect eggs would desperately gorge themselves, turning blood red after some time, to ensure the continuation of their species.

Liang Yue knew this because some of the ancient texts of the Old Celestial Sect contained relevant records.

They were brief, only a few lines, but clear.

It seemed that this was a method that had once been used in the world of superpowered individuals during the long river of history.

At the time, Liang Yue had only viewed it as an interesting anecdote, never expecting to see the real thing now.

"I originally thought these kinds of insects had gone extinct long ago, but I never imagined I would see traces of them in this world."

During his flight, Liang Yue leisurely glided through the sky while using his divine sense to scan the land below.

However, he didn't value these insect eggs; even if they could indirectly distinguish a person's potential, he wouldn't care.

Firstly, at Liang Yue's current level, he could directly discern someone's potential and spiritual roots with a few glances, without needing such a thing.

Secondly, to use these insect eggs, someone would need to be responsible for raising them, which was a complicated process, and they would need to be tracked and observed after being used on someone.

The time ranged from three to four days to half a month.

The process would inevitably involve some sneaky and peeping methods, which was ultimately a low-class approach, beneath his status as a Daoist priest.

Moreover, more importantly, in their cultivation world, there were many methods to test a person's talent, the most orthodox of which was to combine formations and minerals to refine a special artifact.

Like the cultivation sects in the mortal world, holding a light sphere could reveal the spiritual roots of a disciple in a few seconds.

Of course, such methods, seemingly commonplace in the cultivation world, didn't exist on the DC Earth he was currently in.

Liang Yue found a similar artifact refining method in the refining secret manual he had previously obtained from the system lottery.

......

After about a dozen minutes, Liang Yue had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, arriving in the Miao region of Yunnan and Guizhou from the Central Plains.

The Gu Poison lineage had been living in seclusion in the Miao region for thousands of years, which was no secret in the world of superpowered individuals.

In addition, the reason why Liang Yue chose to fly this time, instead of opening the void and crossing over in one step like before, was actually to gather more information along the way.

The superpowered organization driving a group of mutes to commit abductions was clearly not simple; their network had even spread across the country.

Although they hadn't extended their reach to all the large and small cities in the country, with Liang Yue's current abilities, it was easy to find those unique mutes while flying along the way.

As a result, after flying along the route, he didn't even need to land; he had already figured out the origins of those people from the minds of certain individuals without anyone noticing.

"Southern Border, Medicine Immortal Society~"

"Two thousand and two..."

"Calculating the time, it matches up."

"No wonder I felt something before; it turns out that these human traffickers' affairs have involved certain storylines."

"So, the people of the Medicine Immortal Society are now busy with their Gu Body Holy Child Plan?"

"I wonder how far along it is."

"It probably hasn't started yet? Otherwise, those human traffickers wouldn't be acting so blatantly."

"So, I don't need to rush to take action now, otherwise those children abducted by their subordinates~"

"Hmm, in the original story, it seems there were forty-nine infants with exceptional aptitude who were brought to the Miao region from all over the country, but judging from the scale this time, there should be more than just these people."

"Could it be that, in addition to finding successors with sufficient aptitude, they have always been doing abduction business?"

......

Just like that, Liang Yue was thinking wildly in his heart while arriving in the Miao region.

With the large-scale coverage search of his divine sense, and the assistance of Xiaowu's panoramic sandbox, he found the traces of those people in a remote and densely forested area without much effort.

However, he didn't act rashly at this time.

Instead, he temporarily settled down in a famous tourist city nearby, and even had the leisure to buy a piece of land by a famous local lake.

Then, he generously spent money, hiring a bunch of experts and college students to help him design a garden.

Then, in order to get through the relevant departments, this guy also made a special trip to the local competent authorities for friendly consultation, donating a sum of money for the improvement of transportation conditions in the area.

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