C40 (1/2)

If everything was really as Lu Yang had thought, then it was very possible that the first owner of the courtyard did not go missing and was instead dead.

Furthermore, it was very possible that he had died in this courtyard, or at the hands of the Spiritual Worm that he himself cultivated.

Spiritual Worm, after all, was different from War Pet. Without the Beast-controlling Master's contracted control, once the Spiritual Worm's strength exceeded its master's, a backlash situation would occur.

It was very likely that the unlucky Beast-controlling Master was like this, where she spent her entire life cultivating his Spiritual Worm, and in the end, raised his own Worm King. However, her own strength could not control his own Spiritual Worm, so she died in the end without knowing why, and was killed by the Worm King that she himself cultivated.

As for the people who lived in the small courtyard, they were also affected by the Worm King, which was why various kinds of situations occurred. In the end, they couldn't figure out the situation, so they could only think that it was because of the small courtyard that they moved away from the small courtyard, in search of peace.

If Lu Yang had not lived in this small courtyard and his strength was not this strong, who knew how long it would take for the mystery of the small courtyard to be unraveled. But since they had met, Lu Yang liked this courtyard. After all, this was the first house that Lu Yang owned. Lu Yang still wanted to live here together with his family in the future, so he didn't want to be like his predecessors and give up this small courtyard to look for somewhere else.

”Looks like if I want to find the Worm King, I have to first understand this kind of creature called the Spiritual Worm.”

Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Lu Yang bought a large amount of information about the Spiritual Worm s on the streets. He wanted to find something useful in the shortest amount of time, if not he would be unable to find the Worm King that was hidden in the small courtyard.

”The so-called Spiritual Worm s are just powerful insects. However, all of the species had one characteristic, and that was that they all possessed powerful life force. The term 'worm of a hundred feet' is used to describe the life force of an undead, and the level at which it can be used to describe it is terrifying. ” Under the dim yellow light, Lu Yang flipped through the yellowed books in his hands, slowly understanding things about Spiritual Worm s.

A strong spirit pet would usually have some special abilities, and some powerful Beast-controlling Master would choose these special abilities of the Spiritual Worm, so they started to focus on the Spiritual Worm. At the same time as she possessed the War Pet, he would also need to tame some powerful Spiritual Worm. As a result, her strength would definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

To make the Spiritual Worm strong enough, the most effective way would be to use magic. That was a secret method from a mysterious clan, which placed a group of Spiritual Worm in a sealed space. Using their innate ability to kill each other, they would devour each other. When the last Spiritual Worm remains in this sealed space, this Spiritual Worm could be called Worm King.

After absorbing all of the Spiritual Worm's power, they condensed it onto the body of a Worm King. This kind of Worm King that was cultivated using spells was also the most powerful one.

Lu Yang guessed that it was very possible that the unlucky Beast-controlling Master used this method to successfully cultivate her own Worm King, but her Worm King's strength was too strong, even stronger than his own strength, so in the end, the Worm King left his control and swallowed her own master.

And that Worm King was currently in this courtyard. Lu Yang even restricted the area of effect to be near the main gate. Because every time he felt the cold, Lu Yang would pass by the main gate and the main gate would already be inspected. There were no problems, and Lu Yang could no longer think of the specific location of the Worm King.

Carrying the Spiritual Worm Record in his arms, Lu Yang closed the door, while reading books, he was also searching for clues about the Worm King.

A cold feeling unconsciously crawled all over Lu Yang's body along Lu Yang's pants. Lu Yang's body shivered, and his head instantly sobered up: ”As expected, it's coming again!”

Every time someone walked past the gate, Worm King would feel the scent of a human, and would release a trace of an aura, which was the coldness that Lu Yang felt.

Following the method of looking for Spiritual Worm on the record, Lu Yang started to observe his surroundings.

With the aid of the crafty moonlight, Lu Yang discovered that the surrounding ground seemed to be covered with a layer of hazy white frost. According to the book, the Spiritual Worm was taking advantage of the moonlight to absorb the spirit energy. Furthermore, according to the book, the thicker the white frost, the more powerful the Spiritual Worm was. In this layer of frost, there was bound to be one place that was even more intense than the others.

This place with the strongest power was the location of the Spiritual Worm.

However, his eyes had always been covered by a layer of haziness. Without experience, Lu Yang was simply unable to discern which part was thicker and which part was lighter.

”Where are we going to find the Spiritual Worm? The things in the books are not very reliable!” Lu Yang said depressingly, his feet also starting to become dishonest, he fiercely stomped on the ground and slowly walked forward.

Suddenly, Lu Yang froze. There seemed to be an ice-cold feeling at the place he had walked past just a moment ago, which was stimulating the center of his feet. He quickly returned to his original position and walked again, searching for that feeling.

”That's right!” It must be here! ” Lu Yang thought excitedly, a burst of cold Qi spread throughout his entire body from the bottom of his feet, it was much stronger than the previous chill, causing Lu Yang's legs to almost freeze solid as his entire body shivered.

Taking out the shovel that he prepared earlier on, Lu Yang started to dig at the ground beneath his feet. Very quickly, he dug a huge pit in the courtyard, but at the bottom of the hole, Lu Yang did not see anything. It was still a patch of yellow soil, but there seemed to be nothing else.

But Lu Yang felt that although the soil here looked no different from other places, it was a lot more loose and he did not even use much strength to dig the hole.

The only explanation was that it had been dug up by someone before him, but it had been filled up later on and it was a good disguise. It couldn't be seen from the outside.

”I'll try digging a few more times. I don't believe that I won't be able to find a single bug!” Lu Yangxin became even more determined, and continued to wave the shovel in his hand even more vigorously, causing the area of the pit to expand continuously.