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You Cultivate, I Farm - Chapter 265
🕑 Added 2024-02-08 18:22:40 +0000 UTCChapter 265: You Raised Insects
A pink mist pervaded the entire insect chamber, adding a hint of ambiguity to the gray-black space.
Two Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects entangled, churning incessantly within the pink mist.
As they entered the realm of irresistible emotions, they couldn't help emitting strange, piercing chirps.
The sound was far from the mellifluous melody Lu Xuan had imagined; instead, it grated sharply on his ears, making him feel irritable.
"I underestimated this. I wanted to listen to the chirping of the Spring Night Insects, but even these two poisonous bugs, despite enjoying themselves, seem to produce a somewhat toxic sound."
Lu Xuan shook his head, unable to help but take a few steps back.
He had intended to observe the insects mating up close, but he hadn't anticipated that the insects' mating calls could cause him some physical discomfort.
"Perhaps in the ears of these poisonous bugs, this calling is the most delightful and stimulating, arousing them..."
He looked at the faint black shadows within the pink mist, feeling the increasingly sharp and intense chirping, and quickly hurried to other insect chambers.
Three days later.
He returned to the insect chamber where the Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects were located.
The pink mist in the chamber had thinned considerably compared to before, allowing a clear view of the posture of the two Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects.
They were still in the 'coupling position.'
Compared to before, the male insect's body had become much more withered, even the toxic gas it emitted was intermittent and weak, appearing thoroughly drained.
The female insect's skin, on the other hand, appeared smooth and moist, tightly clinging to the male insect's abdomen, not allowing it to move away, with three goose egg-sized bumps newly grown on her back.
Due to his previous experience in raising female insects, Lu Xuan could understand its current condition and perceive the strong vitality incubating within those several dark bumps.
"It's happening?"
He felt joy in his heart, seeing the male insect showing signs of exhaustion, he added a large amount of pink mist to the chamber.
"Let me boost your mood with some mist, you must hold on for a few more days."
He smiled, encouraging the dehydrated male insect.
Entering the Crystal Spider Chamber, it was another chaotic scene, just encountering a dozen or so White Jade Spiders entangled in a melee.
Occasionally, long, knife-like legs would sweep by, causing bursts of sharp whistles.
Lu Xuan snorted coldly, streaks of green light fell on each Crystal Spider, and all the White Jade Spiders immediately quieted down, restoring peace and tranquility to the world.
He had different methods of dealing with different fighting contents.
For creatures like Crystal Spiders, he directly intervened to stop the fight, casting the Tranquility Spell to make them calm and inactive, devoid of desire or ambition.
As for the Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects, their fights were encouraged, even aided with the aphrodisiac mist harvested from the Enchanting Spirit Peaches.
Having raised these Crystal Spiders for such a long time, he had gradually discovered some patterns.
Coming to the insect chambers multiple times a day, observing and recording their moods, diet, behavior, etc., he then understood the detailed state of the Crystal Spiders, anticipating their silk-spinning moments in advance.
Based on the specific time of silk-spinning, he could infer the cause from the result and know the anomalies moments before they spun silk.
He found that when Crystal Spiders were about to spin silk, their appetite noticeably increased. At the same time, there were protective behaviors that were absent at other times. Additionally, Crystal Spiders about to spin silk would actively move away from the ground, preferring to stay on low-altitude spider webs.
These behaviors seemed extremely ordinary, each Crystal Spider might exhibit similar behaviors, but if all three were present, it was highly likely that silk-spinning was imminent.
Lu Xuan secretly noted it down, deciding to spend some more time confirming his observations.
In the chamber of the Black Blade Mantis, amidst the dense darkness, there were faint whispers.
Strange insects were cleanly and neatly cut in half by the dark blade aura, each half evenly symmetrical.
Occasionally, a severed insect would fall in front of Lu Xuan, besides a slight dizziness, it suffered no harm.
These insects naturally belonged to a category filled with a pungent liquid, and after the lesson learned, the Black Blade Mantis quickly distinguished them before swiftly avoiding them with lightning speed before slashing.
"Not bad, about to achieve a thirty-strike combo."
Lu Xuan exclaimed with admiration, marveling at the hunting talent of the Black Blade Mantis. In less than two months, it had managed to swiftly kill over thirty peculiar insects in succession, while also discerning the 'bombs.'
While instinctively driven, it could also achieve extremely precise control, operating effortlessly as if hanging horns like a gazelle.
In the darkness, faint chewing sounds could be heard. Soon, the pitch-black little head of the Black Blade Mantis emerged, its pair of enormous black compound eyes gazing at Lu Xuan.
It greatly enjoyed the little game Lu Xuan had tailored for it.
Being able to stay in a comfortable dark environment, killing peculiar insects with greater difficulty, getting ample exercise, and satisfying its killing desire better.
With the Black Blade Mantis's indifferent and ruthless nature, its initiative to reveal itself from the darkness already represented the greatest degree of intimacy towards Lu Xuan.
The other two chambers also showed excellent growth trends for the peculiar insects.
After two months of cultivation, Lu Xuan could already control the Yin Fire Ant colony very well.
With a flicker of his mind, hundreds or even thousands of Yin Fire Ants could be directed with ease.
In just a breath or two, they could transform into the shape of Transformers from Lu Xuan's memory, quite spectacular.
As for the Seven-Star Lapis Bugs, Lu Xuan, through understanding their physical condition, fed them the most suitable things for demonic insects, and incidentally, also summarized their excretion... no, the rules of excreting Lapis Sand.
Time flew by, and over three months had passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, just as he finished feeding all the peculiar insects in the chambers and was about to return to his residence, a streak of black light instantly descended between the mountains.
Countless slender black insects chirped, gradually coalescing into a figure.
It was Zhong Jingshan, the true disciple who had been away for over three months.
He silently watched Lu Xuan.
"Senior Brother Zhong, you're back."
Lu Xuan had already understood that this true disciple senior brother before him was extremely reserved and taciturn, so he took the initiative to greet him.
"Mm." Zhong Jingshan nodded lightly.
"Senior Brother, do you want to rest for a while, or take a look at the peculiar insects in the chambers first?"
"Let's take a look."
Zhong Jingshan said softly. Having been away for months, he had no choice but to leave behind several peculiar insects.
Although Ge Pu had strongly recommended Lu Xuan, Zhong Jingshan understood that even though Lu Xuan had been promoted to an inner disciple in just a few years, and even if he had innate talents and experiences in raising spirit beasts that were unparalleled, he couldn't make up for the lack of experience in a short time.
So, even though he trusted Ge Pu and Lu Xuan enough, there was still a bit of worry in his heart.
Lu Xuan led Zhong Jingshan to the chamber where the Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects were located.
"During the time you were away, I figured out some methods. I managed to induce this pair of Hundred Poison Devouring Heart Insects to mate for several days, and they eventually succeeded in conceiving."
Lu Xuan spoke slowly.
Hearing his words, Zhong Jingshan suddenly turned around, staring at Lu Xuan intently.
"Did I ask you to help with raising insects, only for you to make them pregnant?"
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