I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

The sudden appearance of the two caused a tumultuous reaction in the valley. All sorts of insect beasts gave off weird cries that filled the air.

Sensing something, Lu Xuan looked up to see a black-robed monk appearing before him and Ge Pu.

The monk looked emotionless, his black robe seemingly woven from countless slender black insects. A single insect fell from the monk’s sleeve, burrowed into the valley, and the incessant noise of insect chirping abruptly silenced.

Upon seeing Lu Xuan and Ge Pu, Zhong Jing Shan twitched the corner of his mouth, giving a somewhat stiff nod.

“Junior Brother Zhong, today I brought Junior Brother Lu with me to visit your Insect Valley.”

“Good, feel free.”

Zhong Jing Shan left behind a few words, permitting Lu Xuan to freely explore the Insect Valley.

With nostalgia filling his heart, Lu Xuan arrived at the familiar insect room he once knew well.

As he opened one of the rooms, a blade light suddenly flashed in the darkness. “How is it possible, you don’t recognize me anymore?”

Lu Xuan chuckled softly, reaching out with his palm to catch the blade light and crushed it into dust.

A giant mantis over half a meter long stealthily emerged from the darkness. The mantis had a pair of scythe-like forelimbs that gave off a dim black light. The compound eyes on top of its head observed Lu Xuan. It relaxed its lifted forelimbs and retreated back into the darkness.

“This Demon Blade Black Mantis has improved greatly in its timing and accuracy of its attacks. A single strike could likely sever most third rank magic artifacts.”

After expressing his amazement, Lu Xuan proceeded to the next insect room.

A second-grade Yin Fire Ant group with low spiritual intelligence didn’t retain many memories of Lu Xuan, who had feed them years ago. However, it still used the transformation rules he had set for them.

Besides that, he also visited the Condensing Jade Spider, which resembled pile of white jade, and the Seven-star Liuli Bug which was still diligently excreting Liuli Sand.

In the end, Lu Xuan accompanied Zhong Jing Shan to the insect room where the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects were kept.

Inside the insect room were two large and three small poisonous insects. The two large ones stayed far away from each other, and the three small ones huddled together.

Among the three larvae, Lu Xuan immediately noticed the so-called different species of poisonous insect. Compared to its siblings, it was significantly smaller and looked listless, lacking the vitality of the other two larvae.

While Lu Xuan was observing, Zhong Jing Shan took out three ghastly-green toads from a black bag.

The toads were as big as washbasins. As soon as they appeared, they sprayed out green poison towards the three men.

Zhong Jing Shan waved his hand and the three toads landed precisely in front of the three larvae of the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects.

The larvae exuded various-sized green blisters from their bodies, and from the blisters oozed a green pus that enveloped each toad.

The toads struggled in vain beneath the pus as the discrepancy in ranks made it impossible for them to break free. Slowly, the green pus began to dissolve them.

The three larvae excitedly lunged toward the green pus, which contained the essence of the toad’s poison.

They inhaled forcefully, and the green pus was instantly sucked into their bodies.

The two larvae became shrouded in a green poisonous gas after swallowing the pus. The poisonous gas thickened as they continued to metabolize the pus, making the outer surface of the larvae look bright and lustrous.

The other larvae appeared normal at first after swallowing the green pus.

But as time went on, something began to change.

Its body emitted a confused poisonous gas that dispersed in all directions. Ghastly green spots appeared on its surface and foul-smelling pus oozed out. “Again, it happens this way.”

Zhong Jing Shan lightly sighed, moving this unusually reacting larva right in front of him.

He skillfully took out a white jade talisman from his storage bag.

With the surge of spiritual power, holy white light spilled from the talisman, falling on the abnormal Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larva, striving to keep it alive.

“It’s this larva. Once it consumes various poisonous insects and fruits, it will have all kinds of adverse reactions, and sometimes even sit on the brink of life and death.”

“As far as I know, Brother Seed has been solving the larva issue in a similar way before.”

“But as you, Junior Brother Lu, can see as well, this isn’t a long-term solution. It can only barely keep the larvae alive and doesn’t let it grow well.”

Ge Pu delicately spoke from the side.

Lu Xuan nodded in approval.

The harsh green spots on the larvae’s surface gradually disappeared, but the negative impact brought by swallowing the toad persisted.

It lay still in the insect room, looking exhausted as if drained of all strength. Seeing the larva in such a state, a thought flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind. “The Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect is a fourth grade demon insect, and this larva is a different species of poisonous insect. If it can be raised alive, its power should not be underestimated.”

“After feeding the food, I have a thorough understanding of the state of various spirit beasts. Maybe there is a better way to solve the problem of this larva.” Lu Xuan thought to himself.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed, so he asked Zhong Jing Shan who was beside him.

“Brother Seed, I’m interested in this larva and want to study the combination and refining of various toxins and conduct related experiments.”

“If you are at a loss for this larva, why not give me a price and transfer it to me?”

He cautiously asked the black-robed youth.

Zhong Jing Shan closed his lips and kept silent. Just when Lu Xuan thought he would refuse, he coldly uttered three words.

“Give it to you.”

This Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect was originally cultivated by Lu Xuan. Although it is a fourth grade, it cannot grow normally due to its unique physical constitution.

Keeping it in hand, it could die without warning, and so its value has greatly decreased.

Hearing Lu Xuan’s inquiry, he directly provided a favor.

“Ah? Then, I have to thank Brother Seed.”

Lu Xuan was quickly grateful.

He brought back the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larvae to his dwelling. After waiting for half a day, once the larvae had noticeably recovered somewhat, he took out a poison pill from his storage bag.

Previously when he had dealt with the blood-robed cultivator and the short cultivator in the secret land, his storage bag had obtained quite a few poisonous substances, which should be enough to feed this larva.

He was just trying to obtain information about the larvae and not formally feed it, so he crushed the poison pill and tried to feed it as little as possible.

Upon seeing the poison pill, the larva, despite being in poor condition, still showed its love for it, eagerly swallowing a small piece of it.

Lu Xuan concentrated his mind, and a piece of information emerged in his mind.

[Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect, fourth grade demon insect, larval stage, different species, carrying Disaster Poison Body, can absorb and digest all kinds of toxins in the world, and refine toxins for its own use.]

[Restricted by its weak flesh body and special constitution, it is very sensitive to all kinds of toxins. After ingestion, various reactions appear. The stronger the toxicity of the poison, the stronger the reaction, and even life-threatening situations may occur.]

[Let me take down this poison, even if it kills me now.]