Lin Jing had conducted a detailed investigation into the ten insect treasures while at the academy.

These ten insect treasures are divided into ten different attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, yang, and ice.

Each attribute's insect treasure was originally managed and used by ten different positions within the Gu God Sect.

However, as time passed and these powerful Gu cultivators died, these insect treasures inevitably scattered across different places.

Insect treasures with a reincarnation mechanism do not perish along with the death of the Gu masters.

Though the Gu God Sect should have the means to reclaim these reincarnated insect treasures immediately, considering they are creations of the sect, their powerful effects attract the covetousness of many strong figures.

Snatching the Gu God Sect's insect treasures became a trend.

The Demon Sect might also be a victim of this.

This led to, through the calculations of various powers, only four of the ten insect treasures remaining continually in the hands of the Gu God Sect.

The Yang Gu, Thunder Gu, Wind Gu, and Ice Gu.

These four insect treasures each have a line of inheritance. The Ice Gu was controlled by successive generations of Ice and Fire Saintess within the Gu God Sect, but the previous generation fell during the sect's internal conflict, causing the loss of the Ice Soul Gu.

Ultimately, the Ice Soul Gu ended up in Lin Jing's hands.

"The gold-type Golden Light Gu was sealed inside a senior monk from the Western Desert. It's almost impossible to get the insect treasure from the hands of the Buddhist sect."

"The wood-type Myriad Poison Gu, among the ten insect treasures, contains the most types of toxins. It's now stored in the Heaven-Reaching Tower for poison pill research, making it even less obtainable."

"The water-type Death Gu was seized by the Sea God Palace, a beast power that split from the Ancient Dragon Palace. Almost all oceanic demon beasts have gathered in the Sea God Palace..."

"The fire-type Celestial Flame Gu is in the hands of a strong figure from the Demon Extermination Bureau, who is of the same generation as the Child Immortal..."

"The earth-type Stone Man Gu is in the City Lord's Mansion of the Martial Emperor City, where it's used to build a petrified terracotta army."

"The Wind Gu and Thunder Gu are in the hands of the Wind and Thunder Elders of the Gu God Sect, while the Yang Gu is with the Sect Leader of the Gu God Sect..."

"And the Yin Gu is in the hands of a Void Profound Wanderer, Granny Yin Mountain..."

"No wonder the Gu God Sect only has eyes for the Ice Soul Gu I have. Indeed, mine is the easiest to retrieve; the other holders of insect treasures almost all have Void Profound-level strength, and the powers backing them are stronger than the Gu God Sect."

Lin Jing recalled around and figured out that, in terms of force, the Yin Spirit Gu in Granny Yin Mountain's hands might be the easiest to obtain.

The Buddhists have the Buddha Lord at the Seeking Dao level backing them.

The Heaven-Reaching Tower also has Seeking Dao-level experts.

So does the Sea God Palace.

The Demon Extermination Bureau and Martial Emperor City are out of the question.

Within the Gu God Sect, although the Sect Leader is not at the Seeking Dao level, the previous generation Sect Leader had Seeking Dao-level strength. However, due to nurturing the Gu God with his body, he remains in seclusion for long periods to provide sustenance to the Gu God and rarely emerges.

In conclusion, only Granny Yin Mountain lacks the protection of a Seeking Dao level, but she herself is no push-over, reaching the peak of the Void Profound level. In her youth, she was the senior sister at Water Moon Immortal Island and the most talented there in ten thousand years. It's unknown what led her to leave Water Moon Immortal Island.

"Water Moon Immortal Island is located in the East Sea and only accepts female disciples specializing in water magic. All generations of Island Masters possess Seeking Dao cultivation, so the fact that Granny Yin Mountain could sever ties with the island and remain unharmed suggests her power is formidable."

"This Ice Soul Gu has certainly given me a difficult problem—thinking of emulating Elder Shen Song by devouring the same kind? Absurd."

"However, if the transformation research succeeds and catches the Demon Emperor's eye, there might be a chance to obtain other insect treasures..."

Lin Jing shook his head. Unless he could get the Demon Emperor to intervene, the Ice Soul Gu matter was hopeless.

"It's more reliable to find an ice-type demon beast with a Demon Emperor lineage to make it a puppet instead."

......

Next, to prepare for the senior sister's Thunder Protection Pill, Lin Jing once again sent Pine Leaf Mouse to synthesize Transformation Grass.

Although Pine Leaf Mouse mainly wanted to move all resources to the Five Elements Demon Pill World to hoard and strengthen demon pills, a certain amount of synthesized Transformation Grass still needed to be prepared first.

As for the Dragon Carp, Lin Jing dispatched it to attempt the refining of fifth-grade pills and strive toward the Fifth-grade Pill Venerable realm.

Meanwhile, he waited for Pine Leaf Mouse's synthesized Transformation Grass and delved into countless alchemy books in the Crane Cauldron, studying the alchemists' research findings, and deducing the process of refining Transformation Grass into a pill that would also work on higher-level demon beasts.

It wasn't enough to let only Qi and Foundation Establishment minor demons transform into humans; the Demon Court could not be satisfied with that.

Only by enabling higher-realm demon beasts to transform into human form could the Demon Race Revival Plan be considered successful.

......

Two months later, the senior sister returned.

"I didn't fail; I persuaded the Ginseng Race to provide three Thunder Protection Pills. Though it's a bit few, the materials for these pills are precious to the Ginseng Race as well."

"Three should suffice," Lin Jing said. "What was the price?"

Xu Qingyao sighed, "Part of the alchemy notes on Transformation Pills."

"In ancient times, not only demon beasts could transform into humans; the Grass and Wood Race could too. However, they were a small part of the Demon Race. This Ginseng Race seems interested in transformation methods, knowing my role in the Demon Court is to research transformation through the Alchemy Dao, thus proposing the exchange for experimental notes on Transformation Pills."

"It's fine because, up until now, the only two Transformation Pills researched by the Crane Cauldron were one that causes bloodline collapse and another that induces insanity; they are not highly valuable, except for excluding dead ends for us. From here on, it's all up to you; make sure not to let me down."

"I definitely won't disappoint you, senior sister. However, the most crucial part now is the demon beast facing the tribulation!" Lin Jing pondered, "Transformation Grass potent enough to summon a transformation tribulation, with the Thunder Protection Pill to reduce lightning damage, now also requires a Foundation Establishment demon beast with inherent lightning resistance and a robust physical constitution."

"Senior sister, is there such a demon beast within the Demon Court..."

Xu Qingyao fell into deep thought, saying, "There indeed are, but even with the Thunder Protection Pill, expecting a Foundation Establishment demon beast to endure the tribulation isn't easy, being life-threatening."

"Within the Demon Court, only the young talents from major clans roughly meet this standard. However, they may not be willing to sacrifice themselves; although the revival of the Demon Race is a primary goal for the Demon Court, only a few are fanatical about it. Most demon races may not risk their lives for this goal and face fatal threats."

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