Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 150 Spider Eggs

Lin Fan smiled and looked at Chen Ergou, "Yeah, I know. I was just saying it casually, Ergou, don't take it to heart."

Lin Fan didn't believe him at all, but before he knew the other party's purpose, he didn't plan to act rashly. He didn't know whether the other party was friend or foe.

Especially knowing that Chen Ergou used to be a disciple of the Xuanmen sect, and that Lin Fan had never had a good impression of the Xuanmen sect.

Lin Fan and his clone had discussed whether to get rid of Chen Ergou, but the conclusion was no. Even if he drove him away, Chen Ergou could still secretly follow him. Rather than worrying about him appearing at any time, Lin Fan felt it was safer to keep him in a place where he could see him.

Most importantly, this person has never shown any murderous intent towards me, and doesn't even display many negative emotions. I really don't understand it.

Lin Fan's hand remained firmly gripping the sword hilt, and red blood continued to seep from the fleshy hole below.

This time, everything went so smoothly thanks to my first clone.

In fact, Lin Fan hadn't thought that far ahead. His plan was simply to have a clone take the scythe and test the man in black. If the man could be dealt with, great; if not, he would handle it himself.

However, the clone felt this wasn't safe enough and suggested that Lin Fan create another clone wielding the black blade for the main attack, while Lin Fan's main body would observe from the rooftop with a concealment cloth and a wooden sword. If they were confident, they would make their move; otherwise, they would simply escape. This plan even took into account testing Chen Ergou's purpose.

Lin Fan, the clone, also considered the possibility of facing an overly powerful opponent. With the Soul-Suppressing Pearl, the Mighty Pill, and the Concealing Cloth hiding in the shadows, the main body would have a very high chance of escaping if things went wrong.

Although Chen Ergou didn't use any methods, Lin Fan, on the rooftop, saw a completely different perspective.

Judging from his second clone below, he seemed to have a chance to defeat the spider. However, Lin Fan could clearly see that cutting off the spider's legs didn't significantly affect its speed or strength. Moreover, he had a feeling that the spider, which had so casually had its legs removed, might possess the ability to instantly regenerate severed limbs.

Fortunately, when the spider first ate Lin Fan's clone, it revealed a subtle detail: a small pink mouth would split open on the back of its head while it was eating. However, by the time Lin Fan noticed it, the mouth was already closing.

The flesh-colored hole exposed on the carapace, it's hard not to think that's a weakness, isn't it?

It didn't reveal the hole when it was eating Master Shen. Just when Lin Fan was about to give up, it reappeared when it ate the second clone. That's why Lin Fan jumped down and decisively killed it.

"I didn't expect my clone to be so thoughtful, even though we are the same person."

Lin Fan resisted the urge to scratch his head. He couldn't understand why he and his clone seemed like two separate individuals. Just a moment ago, their thoughts were completely identical, but after separating, their thoughts immediately became completely different.

As for why he didn't create more clones, the first clone had also considered it. First, Lin Fan's clones came at a cost, so they should be used as sparingly as possible. Second, he only had three weapons at the moment, and creating more clones would mean he would be fighting bare-handed, as his physical condition would only be at the level of an ordinary person, making it pointless.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Fan was thinking a bit too far ahead. As his "clones" became stronger and stronger, would there be clones that would disobey orders or even become hostile to him in the future?

As I pondered, the giant spider beneath my feet finally began to change. Its body shrank like a deflated balloon, and countless spiders, each the size of a potato, crawled out of its body and scattered.

Lin Fan hurriedly drew his sword to cut down the small spiders, but there were too many of them, and in the end he only managed to kill a few, while the rest ran away.

Lin Fan looked back and saw that the spider he had killed had turned back into Shen Meng, or more precisely, Shen Meng's skin, an empty human skin with only a strange fleshy hole at the back of her neck.

There were also two fingers inside the human skin that showed signs of being corroded by stomach acid.

And a lump of yellowish-white eggs?

After retracting his fingers, Lin Fan picked up the pile of eggs with disdain; some spider larvae were even wriggling inside.

Lin Fan originally intended to burn them to get rid of the problem, but then he suddenly remembered that Doctor Lei was a Gu doctor from the Southern Frontier, and might be able to use spider eggs as medicine.

As for raising man-eating spiders as pets, he had absolutely no such intention.

Lin Fan deduced that the fleshy hole on the back of her neck was probably where the spider had invaded her, so even after she turned into a spider, this area was still not completely covered by a carapace and would open when she actually fed.

Of course, Lin Fan didn't care about the truth, nor did he intend to investigate it.

He reached out, and the red sickle flew back into his hand automatically.

He went to retrieve the black knife. Lin Fan had tried to ask Ma Liangcai for help before, but that guy probably already saw that he had a complete chance of winning this time and had no intention of helping at all.

Lin Fan picked up his belongings here and there, and even took a silver ingot and a jade pendant from Master Shen before he was satisfied.

"Sigh, all that work for nothing now," Chen Ergou sighed.

Why not? The evil spirits either died or escaped; there's no evidence, only a pile of human corpses left behind. Next, who knows if it'll be the government or someone else arriving.

If they were truly registered Taoist priests, they might receive rewards or merit contributions from the Xuanmen (Taoist sect). But since they were imposters, no one would believe them; they would only be arrested and treated as criminals.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan had no choice but to call Chen Ergou and leave.

"Brother Fan, why don't we go and get some silver ourselves?" Chen Ergou suggested.

"Never mind, although it's only right to take it, it still feels like I'm a thief," Lin Fan replied.

"Sigh, it was all for nothing."

Chen Ergou looked around reluctantly, and finally, taking advantage of Lin Fan's inattention, rolled up Shen Meng's skin, stuffed it into his arms, and quickly followed after him.

Under the cover of night, the two secretly slipped out of the village.

Ouch! Lin Fan felt a pain in his little finger. He touched it and realized that his little finger had been cut off.

It's not the incision that hurts, but the whole little finger feels like it's hurting.

This is the clone that used the death furnace to test Shen Meng. What exactly happened? Could this be phantom limb pain? The other fingers don't have this problem.

Lin Fan looked at his fingers. One of them was clamped with a wooden board and had turned a bit purple. The other two, cut at the root, had been corroded quite a bit by the spider's digestive fluids.

Sigh, if this continues, I won't have many usable fingers left.

Just as he was feeling frustrated, Lin Fan's little finger, which was held between the wooden board and the other end, suddenly snapped.

Huh? Focusing his attention, Lin Fan could feel that he could control it to some extent. Although it was as stiff as a prosthetic limb, didn't that prove that it had come back to life?

With excitement, Lin Fan pulled out his black knife and pinned Chen Ergou against a tree.

Chen Ergou: "Brother Fan, you, you haven't gotten into some kind of trouble, have you? One minute you're all smiles and you're all crying, and the next you're holding a knife to my head."

Lin Fan smiled, but his eyes were icy. "Er Gou, don't think you can get away with just a few words you gave us."

Lin Fan held up his hand, which was missing two fingers. "Explain your purpose clearly, or I'll make a matching hand for you."