Initially, Lu Ye planned to make a detour to the sect headquarters after meeting with Mount Tai, since it was nearby. He missed his Second Senior Sister and Master, having not seen them for a long time.
However, after acquiring the jar of insect blood and the jade slip containing the special extraction method, he reluctantly abandoned the idea. He bid farewell to Mount Tai and hurried towards Haotian City.
The sooner he submitted these items, the sooner the Nine Provinces could organize a team to assault the Great Secret Realm of the Insect Race and resolve the insect plague.
The situation in the Nine Provinces was already dire, affecting not only cultivators but also ordinary people. Years of rampant insect plagues had prevented people from farming. Even with surplus grain stored in previous years, it was nearly depleted. Every human settlement was tightening its belt to get by.
