As Jiang Xu gave chase, he also concealed his figure.

He didn’t want to be hunted by other Demon Beasts while he was chasing the Mother Insect.

Jiang Xu moved quickly, and before long, he followed the trail of aura to find his target.

But if it weren’t for the aura link from his Seeking Technique connecting him to the target, and the enhanced vision from his Spiritual Eye Technique, he really wouldn’t have been able to see the Mother Insect clearly.

The Mother Insect was only the size of a grain of rice. Normally, even if it flew right past his face, Jiang Xu figured he might not even notice.

Tracking such a tiny thing was incredibly difficult!

’Hmph, unfortunately for you, you’ve fallen into my hands!’

Jiang Xu leaped forward swiftly. In its current weakened state, the Mother Insect had no way of detecting him with his Concealing Breath Spell active!

He whipped out a stack of Talismans in a flash, preparing to cast a spell from a distance and unleash it upon the insect before him!

But the Mother Insect ahead sensed the mortal danger it was in. A stream of Divine Sense carrying a massive amount of information poured into Jiang Xu’s mind.

After receiving the information, Jiang Xu paused his spell, his brows furrowing as he began to read through it.

While Jiang Xu was reading, the Mother Insect didn’t dare to move an inch, fearing that the slightest motion would cause Jiang Xu to kill it instantly.

After processing all the information, Jiang Xu stared at the Mother Insect for a long moment with a strange look in his eyes.

"The *Insect Control Scripture*? Seriously? You’ll willingly let me control you in exchange for your life, just to survive?"

The Mother Insect bobbed up and down, as if nodding in confirmation.

Jiang Xu sank into thought.

The information he had received was this very *Insect Control Scripture*.

This Insect Control Scripture was a powerful insect-taming method passed down from Ancient Times.

Whether it was an Exotic Insect, a Spirit Insect, another Exotic Insect, or a Demon Insect... basically, as long as it was an insect, it could be controlled.

It was divided into four main parts: Insect Identification, Insect Nurturing, Insect Control, and Insect Command.

There was no need to mention the other parts for now.

To control the Mother Insect, the *Insect Control Scripture* contained a method for controlling insects, called the Insect Control Technique.

One had to use their Spiritual Power to form a mark and brand it onto the Spirit Insect, which would naturally bring it under control.

The fact that the Mother Insect had given this *Insect Control Scripture* to Jiang Xu meant it was truly at its wit’s end, resorting to such a desperate measure to save its own life.

However, that wasn’t what shocked Jiang Xu the most.

He opened his panel.

Since Jiang Xu had essentially read the *Insect Control Scripture* once, the corresponding Skill had appeared on his panel.

It’s just...

Looking at the panel, Jiang Xu couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

[Insect Control Scripture:

Insect Identification (Beginner): 0/100

Insect Nurturing (Beginner): 0/100

Insect Control (Fake) (Beginner): 0/100

Insect Command (Fake) (Beginner): 0/100]

"Wow."

Jiang Xu was speechless.

An insect actually knew how to create a fake! 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

’Isn’t its intelligence a little too high?!’

’If it weren’t for the panel, I might have fallen for it!’

’Insect Identification and Insect Nurturing were fine, so does that mean it wants me to be its unpaid servant?!’

’After I exhaust all my energy nurturing this thing, it would just turn on me and betray its master!’

’Wouldn’t I just be doing all the hard work, only for it to reap the rewards?’

The thought sent a shiver down Jiang Xu’s spine.

’How is this insect any different from Nie Mengyun?’

’Damn. It shouldn’t be called a Spirit-Devouring Insect, it should be called a Green Tea Insect!’

Just as Jiang Xu was about to ignore all this and kill the Mother-Child Spirit-Devouring Insect, he suddenly noticed something.

’The word "Fake" on the panel seems to be glowing. It looks like I can click it.’

Jiang Xu tried to "click" on Insect Control with his mind.

The panel changed instantly!

[Insect Control (Beginner): 0/100]

At the same time, two Limit-Breaking Points disappeared!

In the information that had been transmitted into Jiang Xu’s mind, a small part of the section on Insect Control was deleted, changed, and replaced!

"Ah!"

Jiang Xu was overjoyed.

"This panel can even change fake Magic into the real thing???"

But after the initial joy, Jiang Xu thought of a possibility.

’This Insect Control Technique was probably only slightly modified, with the bulk of it still being correct. That must be the condition to trigger this ability. And the number of Limit-Breaking Points consumed is likely determined by how much of the original is missing.’

As he thought about it, Jiang Xu was suddenly struck by another idea.

’If I just make up some magic, does that mean I can create any spell I want as long as I have enough Limit-Breaking Points?!’

But he quickly abandoned that line of thought.

’It would be better to use those Limit-Breaking Points to upgrade existing Skills.’

’This Insect Control section was only missing a tiny bit and it still cost two Limit-Breaking Points. If a lot was missing, it would probably cost dozens.’

The Mother Insect stared at Jiang Xu, watching him go from excited to depressed in an instant, and felt its own future looked bleak.

It seemed it would have to spend its period of weakness under the command of a fool.

’I thought the person who managed to catch me would be someone of supreme intelligence and immense power. Turns out he’s an idiot.’

’I just want to quietly recover my past life’s strength. Why is it so difficult?’

’One problem after another! Sigh, it’s not easy being me.’

Jiang Xu finally realized he had been ignoring the Mother Insect for quite some time. He turned to it and said solemnly:

"Since you’re willing to turn over a new leaf, I won’t be unreasonable. Fine. Seeing as you haven’t caused too much death and destruction, I’ll give you a chance to repent!"

With that said, Jiang Xu followed the Insect Control method from the *Insect Control Scripture*, condensed his Spiritual Power into a mark, and sent it straight toward the Mother Insect.

This was what the Mother Insect had been waiting for, so it didn’t resist. The mark entered its Sea of Consciousness with ease.

Jiang Xu also knew the Mother Insect wouldn’t resist.

The problem with the previous Insect Control Technique was that after the Mother Insect advanced, the mark that had been placed on it would be completely erased.

In other words, with the fake Insect Control Technique, you could control a Tier One Mother Insect, but not a Tier Two one.

Every other aspect of the technique was the same, so the Mother Insect had no way of knowing that Jiang Xu had already learned the real Insect Control Technique.

It was still gloating about having deceived another person!

Little did it know that when it advanced to Tier Two and tried to rebel, it would be shocked to find—hey, why is the mark that was supposed to disappear still there?

...

Jiang Xu reunited with Qin Muxian and Zong Ziqi.

Although Jiang Xu didn’t have a Spirit Pet Bag specifically for Spirit Insects, it wasn’t necessary for now since the Mother Insect was so tiny.

Jiang Xu just placed the Mother Insect in a random pocket and used the Concealing Ability of his Concealing Breath Spell to hide it.

There was no way Qin Muxian and Zong Ziqi could discover it.

"Brother Zong, I’m heading back to the Marketplace first!" Jiang Xu said his goodbyes.

His original purpose for coming was to check on the progress of the Secret Realm and to deal with the Mother-Child Spirit-Devouring Insect.

Now that both tasks were complete, it was naturally time to leave.

"Take care, Brother Jiang!" Zong Ziqi, having avenged himself, was now in high spirits.

"Wait, young friend!"

Jiang Xu’s heart tightened!

’Could it be?’

’I’ve been discovered?!’