Song Li withdrew his Divine Sense and nodded imperceptibly.

Pang Po and the others understood this immediately.

Although Song Li hadn't noticed Xu Ping's disguise, at the moment his hidden Divine Sense quietly touched Xu Ping, Xu Ping's pupils contracted slightly.

"This person is somewhat suspicious, the intensity of this Divine Sense is definitely not what an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator should have, clearly a Fake Pill cultivator."

Xu Ping was secretly alert in his heart, but his expression remained calm and unremarkable.

"Fellow Daoist Song." He politely returned the gesture.

If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, or even a Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator, they would have difficulty noticing this person's disguise.

But Xu Ping was different, his Divine Sense was powerful, akin to a Fake Pill cultivator, and thus could easily detect the probe.

"So, the Hundred Beasts Sect deliberately sent a Fake Pill cultivator with hidden cultivation here because they're afraid I'll seize by force?"

"Or do they have another agenda, planning to... manipulate me and take all the benefits?"

Thinking to this point, Xu Ping tended to lean towards the latter suspicion internally.

"Seems like this Hundred Beasts Sect is seeking death!" Xu Ping couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, hidden with an air of chill in his heart.

A Fake Pill cultivator plus four Foundation Establishment cultivators, to him, even capturing all of them in one go wouldn't be a hard task.

However, he didn't intend to act now; everything should wait until he obtained the Second-stage Spirit Worm before making any further moves.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with empty sincerity, Xu Ping spoke, "Fellow Daoist Pang, although I'm confident I can drive the Second-stage Spirit Worm out from the Spirit Vein, I must first confirm its location."

"But now this Second-stage Spirit Worm is hidden within the Spirit Vein somewhere, and even if I use my Earth Master's Gaze, it would be difficult to find it."

"Does Fellow Daoist Pang have any good strategies?" Xu Ping's gaze steadily fell on Pang Po as he inquired.

"No need to worry, Fellow Daoist Li, we already have a countermeasure for this situation." Pang Po seemed full of confidence.

"Take a look!"

As he spoke, he gently overturned his palm, revealing a special Spirit Grass about one foot high emanating a faint red glow.

"What is this?"

Xu Ping stared intently at the special Spirit Grass in Pang Po's hand and asked full of doubt.

Even though he was an Alchemist and had seen numerous Spirit Medicines and Spirit Plants, he had never seen this special Spirit Grass.

"This Spirit Grass is called Red Beast Grass, it's the favorite food of the Second-stage Spirit Worm."

"As long as it is placed in an open area, the Second-stage Spirit Worm will surely be unable to resist the temptation and appear." Pang Po said confidently.

"Red Beast Grass?"

Upon hearing the name, Xu Ping's eyes brightened intensely.

This indeed is a rare treasure; with the assistance of the Red Beast Grass, capturing the Second-stage Spirit Worm would undoubtedly become much easier.

However, since the Hundred Beasts Sect has Red Beast Grass and has even raised a Second-stage Spirit Worm before within their sect, they must be well aware of the Spirit Worm's behavior.

Why then haven't they captured this Second-stage Spirit Worm themselves and instead sought his help?

Could there be some hidden difficulties involved?

With these thoughts, Xu Ping voiced his doubts directly.

"Fellow Daoist, there is something you don't know."

Upon hearing Xu Ping's question, Pang Po smiled bitterly in resignation and explained slowly:

"The Second-stage Spirit Worm is extremely sensitive to fluctuations in Spiritual Qi; if an array is set up in advance, due to its cunning nature, it won't enter our preset encirclement."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Pang Po's explanation, Xu Ping raised his brow slightly and showed evident surprise, "Is that so?"

This Second-stage Spirit Worm is indeed hard to catch.

No wonder the Hundred Beasts Sect spent such a long time yet were unable to capture it.

Its concealment techniques are already extremely strong, and with such sensitivity to Spiritual Qi fluctuations, trying to capture it becomes exponentially difficult.

If he hadn't known these beforehand and came alone to catch the Second-stage Spirit Worm, he would most likely return empty-handed.

"Indeed!"

Pang Po nodded slightly and continued, "Our Hundred Beasts Sect has previously raised a Second-stage Spirit Worm and thus thoroughly understands its habits."

"So, we invited Fellow Daoist Li, a Second-stage Earth Master, over." With that, Pang Po laughed heartily.

"To lure out the Second-stage Spirit Worm is not difficult; but as for how to successfully capture it afterward, that depends entirely on you, Fellow Daoist Li."

Pang Po looked intently at Xu Ping with discerning eyes, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Li has any thoughts on this?"

Xu Ping slightly squinted his eyes and fell into contemplation.

After a moment, he slowly began, "The Second-stage Spirit Worm is so cunning, ordinary means might be difficult to subdue it."

"As of now..."

After pausing briefly, Xu Ping continued, "The only way is to plant Earth Vein Flags at all the Spirit Vein nodes of Spirit Void Peak, guide out the Earth Qi, and use it to set up an array to force it out from underground."

"Earth Vein Flags?"

"Using Earth Qi to form an array?"

Xu Ping's proposal left Pang Po's group dumbfounded.

They were already not very familiar with Earth Masters, and when it involved arrays as well, it only left them further confused.

However, Song Li displayed a thoughtful expression.

Though his understanding of Earth Masters was limited, he was an exceptionally rare Second-stage Upper Grade Array Master.

With his research and skill in arrays, utilizing Earth Qi to set up an array was something he could barely manage.

However, he wasn't an Earth Master, making it impossible to accurately locate the Spirit Vein nodes, let alone successfully draw out the Earth Qi.

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