On the other side, the little blue flame absorbed a lot of spiritual energy and regained its vitality.

Lin Jingge looked at the huge hornet's nest, then at the little blue flame swaying in the wind.

Thinking that the little blue flame would have many more uses in the future, he did not use it again.

Moreover, he himself controlled the longsword to destroy the hornet's nest.

The longsword left Lin Jingge's hand and was controlled by her spiritual power, flying towards the nest and smashing the hornet's nest in a few moves.

As the surface layer fell away, Lin Jingge could see the scene behind the hornet's nest.

I almost threw up.

The wasp nest was built following a cave, and it grew larger and larger until it encompassed the entire cave. It also used the trees next to the cave to make the nest even wider.

This cave became a place for wasps to store food and raise their young.

Inside the cave, long, white, plump worms wriggled on the corpses.

After the hornet's nest was destroyed, the stench was overwhelming.

Lin Jingge could also vaguely sense a strong sense of resentment emanating from her.

Lin Jingge quickly circulated her spiritual power to resist.

These people, who died such tragic deaths, even had their souls used as nourishment for wasp larvae.

"Ugh, this is disgusting!" Xiao Shi exclaimed, looking at the scene. "This reminds me of a type of bee from the Demon Realm mentioned in the Heavenly Book—the Soul-Eating Bee! This scene looks like they're breeding Soul-Eating Bees! Once these larvae grow up, the breeding is mostly successful. If they keep breeding like this generation after generation, maybe someone will actually manage to breed Soul-Eating Bees!"

As Xiaoshi continued to speculate, the more it spoke, the more alarmed it became, and the more it felt that what it was saying was very close to the truth!

Not receiving a response from Lin Jingge, Xiao Shi turned to look at her: [Jingge?]

"Ugh..." Lin Jingge vomited.

I didn't vomit anything, but I still felt nauseous and churning in my stomach.

She thought she was capable enough to kill people, monsters, and dispose of their corpses.

But seeing those white worms crawling around on the already rotten corpse, where there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left, she still couldn't bear it.

He immediately summoned Little Blue Flame.

Flames burst into the cave.

The little blue flame seemed to sense Lin Jingge's emotions, and the flames instantly surged.

The larvae crackled and popped as they burned.

"Xiao Shi, can you hear a baby crying?" Lin Jingge asked suddenly, staring at the small blue fire burning red in the cave.

"Not babies, but larvae," Xiao Shi explained. "The Soul-Eating Bees possess deceptive properties, making any animal mistake them for its own offspring. These larvae are merely semi-finished products, only capable of making similar sounds."

A fire burned in the cave for most of the day before the baby's constant whimpering finally stopped.

If even the larvae are this difficult to kill, it shows just how hard these Soul-Eating Bees are to kill.

It devours people's souls without them even realizing it; this was something that once caused chaos throughout the entire spiritual cultivation world.

There are actually people secretly cultivating it; I wonder which heartless person is behind it.

When Little Blue Flame returned, it had already wilted, and the flame had shrunk by more than half.

Lin Jingge tenderly stroked the little blue flame, then gave it most of her wealth.

These were all spirit stones she received from Tang Cheng by selling spirit fruits.

If Tang Cheng hadn't dragged her to the night market, she would probably still be penniless.

"Just a few more hornet nests destroyed and the mission will be complete," Lin Jingge murmured, glancing around before preparing to leave.

Behind her, a larva that hadn't been burned and was clinging to the edge of the cave sprang up from the wall and flew directly toward the back of Lin Jingge's head.

Lin Jingge had only taken a few steps when she realized that the cave looked familiar. As she turned around, she saw the disgusting white worm coming straight at her face.

Her movements were a step faster than her brain; she dodged to the side in an instant, and the longsword appeared in her hand immediately, piercing into the larva's body.

The longsword pierced through the middle of the larva, pinning it to the ground.

If it were any other larva, it would have died long ago after being pierced, but this larva was different. Not only did it not die, but it struggled very hard.

Lin Jingge felt a wave of nausea and vomiting.

With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a burst of spiritual energy, which emanated a chilling aura and struck the larvae heavily.

However, the blow was like hitting cotton; the larvae did not die, but instead began to wriggle even more.

"How can this thing not be killed?!" Lin Jingge stared at the larva that was stuck in the ground by the longsword and kept wriggling and trying to run away, and almost collapsed.

Xiao Shi: [Other attacks are useless against this type; only fire can be used.]

As soon as Xiaoshi finished speaking, Little Blue Flame appeared in Lin Jin's singer's mind and threw it directly at the white larvae.

Then came another series of crackling sounds.

The larvae were burned to ashes.

[Xiao Shi, go check inside the cave to see if there are any remaining larvae.] Lin Jingge suppressed the urge to vomit and directed Xiao Shi above her head.

Xiao Shi also found this thing disgusting, but he also understood that it was the best option for entering the cave.

Without hesitation, he jumped down and ran into the cave in a few steps.

After scanning carefully, Xiao Shi was startled and quickly ran out of the cave.

[GeGe, all the larvae have been burned away, but this cave seems to be the same magical transfer array we encountered before. Do you want to go in and take a look?]

Lin Jingge glanced down at Xiao Shi, then looked back at the cave.

There were still some remnants of hornet's nests around the cave, and just one glance was enough for Lin Jingge to recall the scene from the first time she saw it.

His expression changed slightly, and he felt a strong sense of resistance.

However, for some reason, she had a premonition that she had to destroy this vicious formation, or she would regret it!

After a long standoff at the cave entrance, Lin Jingge finally came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

That is, to split the cave open!

Thinking of this, she immediately picked up her longsword and leaped into the air.

A series of sword energies, imbued with spiritual power, slashed upwards towards the cave.

Although it didn't cause a disturbance to the entire mountain, it still made quite a few noises.

At this moment, at the very top of the mountain, under those huge ancient trees, Qingjian and his group, who were setting up an array, noticed the commotion.

"What's going on?" Qingjian straightened up and immediately scanned the source of the commotion with his divine sense.

However, nothing of note could be discerned.

"Dean, may I go and check it out later?" Zhao Ya couldn't figure anything out either. Seeing Qing Jian's expression, she immediately guessed that he, like her, hadn't seen what had happened there.

"No need, let's repair the formation first." Qingjian was only affected by the commotion for a moment before lowering his head to start repairing the formation.

Zhao Ya also understood the priorities of the matter, so she stopped talking and started working with the others.

If anyone from the Southern Academy saw the group on the mountaintop, they would recognize them as elders or teachers from the Southern Academy who were skilled in formations.

Dean Qing brought them all to the mountaintop to repair the formation.