I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

The pink miasma fills the entire insect room, adding a hint of mystery to the dark grey space.

Two Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects are entwined with each other, writhing incessantly in the pink miasma.

When they enter an uncontrollable state, they can’t help but emit a strange hissing sound.

The sound isn’t as melodious as Lu Xuan had imagined, but instead it’s piercing and annoying, which vexes him.

“I was careless. I meant to hear the insects’ mating calls for a taste of spring, but I didn’t expect that even in the height of enjoyment, the sound of these two poisonous insects still seems to carry a bit of toxicity.”

Lu Xuan shakes his head and can’t help but take two steps back.

He originally intended to closely observe the mating behavior of these insects, but he did not expect that the mating calls of the insects could cause him some physical harm.

“Perhaps in the insects’ ears, this sound is the most exquisite and pleasing, making them more excited…”

He looks at the shadowy figures of the insects in the pink miasma, feeling the increasingly intense sounds, and hurriedly runs to the other insect rooms.

Three days later.

He comes back to the insect room where the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects are.

The pink miasma in the insect room is much thinner than before, allowing a clear view of the two Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects.

They still adopt the ‘X’ posture.

Compared to the beginning, the male insect’s body has become much more shriveled, even the poison gas it sprays is intermittent and almost powerless, appearing like it’s been squeezed dry.

The female insect’s skin, however, appears smooth and moist, tightly clutching the abdomen of the male insect, not letting it escape, and a new bump, the size of a pigeon egg, has grown on its back.

Due to his experience in raising female insects, Lu Xuan can understand its current state and therefore sense the strong vitality incubating in the miasma- filled bumps.

“Did they become successful?”

He is overjoyed in his heart, seeing the male insect seeming somewhat exhausted, he adds a large amount of pink miasma into the insect room.

“Adding this miasma should help you keep going, you must persist for a few more days.”

He smiles at the dehydrated male insect as he encourages it.

Upon arriving in the Jade Spider Room, where a battle is underway, he happens to catch more than ten White Jade Spiders fighting for dominance.

Long, knife-like legs are sporadically slashing around, causing loud shrieks.

Lu Xuan snorts coldly, a ray of green light falls on each Jade Spider, and all the White Jade Spiders immediately quiet down, restoring peace and beauty to the world.

He handles different fights in different ways.

For the Jade Spiders, he intervenes directly, using the Cleansing Spell, allowing them to be serene, free from any desires or wishes.

As for the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects, he encourages their fights, even resorting to the use of passion-inducing miasma from the Enchanted Immortal Peach to lend them some resolve.

Having raised these Jade Spiders for so long, he has gradually uncovered some patterns.

He visits the insect room multiple times a day to observe and record their moods, diets, and behaviors. From this, he gains insight into the detailed status of the Jade Spiders and can anticipate when they will be spinning silk.

Based on the specific timing of the silk-spinning, he infers the reasons behind, noticing the unusual behaviors of the spiders just before they produce silk.

He finds out that when a Jade Spider is about to spin silk, its appetite clearly increases. Additionally, it displays food-protecting behavior that it doesn’t normally have. Additionally, the spider about to spin silk will keep a distance from the ground, preferring to stay in its low altitude web.

Though these behaviors seem very ordinary and every Jade Spider may have similar behaviors, if a Jade Spider displays all three, there is a very high chance it is about to spin silk.

Lu Xuan makes a mental note and decides to verify his observational findings over a period of time.

In the Demon Blade Black Mantis room, within the intense darkness, a faint hissing sound echoes.

The strange insect beasts were cleanly and neatly cut into two equal halves by the dark blade. Each half was evenly symmetrical.

Occasionally an insect beast would be singled out and dropped in front of Lu Xuan. Other than a slight dizziness, it wouldn’t suffer any other injuries.

These insect beasts were naturally the type filled with pungent bodily fluids. The Demon Blade Black Mantis had learnt its lesson and would quickly identify these types of insects before its swift strike, thereby avoiding them like lightning.

“Not bad, you’re about to achieve a streak of thirty kills.”

Lu Xuan admirably remarked. The hunting talent of the Demon Blade Black Mantis impressed him greatly. In less than two months, it could kill more than thirty strange insects in an instant while also identifying the ‘bombs’ amongst them.

It could stimulate its instincts while maintaining highly accurate control. It could act as freely as the tip of a person’s fingers, as delicate as the corners of an antelope.

In the darkness, there were faint sounds of chewing. Soon, the Demon Blade Black Mantis poked its black head out, and its large compound eyes gazed at Lu Xuan.

It loved this little game Lu Xuan designed for it.

In the comforting darkness, it was able to kill strange insects with greater difficulty. This not only provided sufficient training but also satisfied its killing desire more effectively.

For a merciless creature like the Demon Blade Black Mantis, taking the initiative to come out of the darkness was the greatest expression of affection towards Lu Xuan.

The strange insects in the other two insect rooms were also growing quite well.

After two months of breeding, Lu Xuan could now control the Yin Fire Ant Tribe quite well.

With a flash of thought, hundreds or thousands of ants moved at his command, freely and without resistance.

In the span of one or two breaths, these ants could transform into the transformers from Lu Xuan’s memory; it was quite stunning.

As for the remaining Seven-star Liuli Bugs, Lu Xuan has fed them the most suitable food by understanding their body condition. He also inferred their daily routine of excreting… no, releasing the Liuli Sand.

Time flew by quickly, and more than three months had passed.

One day, just when he had finished feeding all the strange insects in the insect rooms, a streak of black light landed in the valley.

A silhouette formed by countless slender black worms gradually appeared amidst the hissing.

It was Zhong Jing Shan, a True Disciple who had been absent for more than three months.

He quietly looked at Lu Xuan.

“Senior Brother Zhong, you’re back.”

Lu Xuan, aware of the introverted and quiet nature of the Senior Brother in front of him, greeted him proactively.

“Hmm.” Zhong Jing Shan nodded lightly.

“Would you like to rest first, Brother, or see the strange insects in the insect rooms?”

“Let’s have a look.”

Zhong Jing Shan softly agreed. He had been away for months and had no choice but to leave behind several strange insects.

Even though Ge Pu had strongly recommended Lu Xuan, he was aware of Lu Xuan’s short tenure as an Inner Sect Disciple, and despite Lu Xuan’s unique talent in rearing Spirit Beasts, his breeding experience couldn’t be quickly compensated.

Therefore, even if he trusted Ge Pu and Lu Xuan enough, he still had some concerns.

Lu Xuan led Zhong Jing Shan to the room where the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects were kept.

“During the time that Brother has been away, I have devised some methods to induce this pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects to mate for several days, and they have finally become pregnant.”

Lu Xuan spoke slowly.

Upon hearing his words, Zhong Jing Shan jerked his head around and stared at Lu Xuan.

“You were only supposed to look after them, but you got them pregnant?”