Chapter 273 - Chapter 273: Chapter 266: Impervious to Water and Fire? 1

Chapter 273: Chapter 266: Impervious to Water and Fire? 1

Finally, he had a mount that looked the part.

Qin Niu had long dreamt of this day.

In the past, seeing others with powerful mounts, he felt particularly envious. Now that he had a special mount, and even one more powerful and with better growth potential than others, he was filled with satisfaction and joy.

“Not bad, not bad, it can be described as bullish! It’s good to have strength, but

I still hope you can learn to keep a low profile,” he said.

Qin Niu made his requirements clear to it.

After checking Xiao Nui, he returned the Red-eyed Golden Toad to the backyard. He first checked on the bees in the granary, all was normal.

The swarm had many new members.

Now with the Green Demon Bee, his expectations for the War Bees had significantly lessened.

Because bringing the War Bees into battle this time, they played a very limited role in the insect war.

That’s not to say they were rubbish, on the contrary, their fighting capability was not weak.

Not to mention their honey-gathering abilities.

Far surpassing the ordinary bee.

Their flying ability was also very strong, no less inferior to the Steel-winged Wild Bee. But their biggest flaw was the inability to see at night.

For wild species, night vision is a very important special ability.

Without the ability to see in the dark, they were virtually useless in the night or in pitch-black environments.

Having witnessed Elder Jiu Yin’s Taiyin Yaoyao this time, along with acquiring Green Demon Bees and Corpse Bees, he decided to breed a new bee species stronger than the Green Demon Bee. He planned to combine the self-healing abilities of the Corpse Bee with those of the Green Demon Bee.

By then, he believed that this brand-new bee species would be even stronger than Taiyin Yaoyao.

Because although cockroaches can fly and even have the title of Fei Lian, they definitely cannot compare with the Green Demon Bee.

Even though it was already late at night, after putting away his luggage, Qin Niu still took the termites into the mountains.

Having been away from home for several days, he was very concerned about the Ant Nest.

Now with his powerful cultivation and the divine weapon Ink Blade in hand, entering the mountain late at night was like strolling in his own backyard.

When he arrived at the big camphor tree in the mountains, all was well.

The Ant Queen was still laying eggs day and night, and new termites were continuously hatching.

The majority of the new termite species now had Poison Stingers and poison sacks, and their venom was now highly toxic, no longer the mild poison of before.

He believed that as long as they were well cultivated, the combat power they could display would be very formidable.

A bug without poison is like a tiger without claws or teeth, facing huge enemies, they would be at an absolute disadvantage.

“I’ll come cultivate you all tomorrow! All of you stay quietly in the nest,” Qin Niu instructed, sensing movement within the ant colony.

The Ant Queen also greeted Qin Niu from deep within the nest.

“Master!”

“This time I’ve brought back a large amount of high-level food for you; I believe that after eating them, you’ll at least advance by one grade. And you might even gain some unexpected new abilities,” he said.

The corpses and bugs Qin Niu brought back were many extremely powerful special insects.

And they were as high as Grade Five or Six.

There were even multiple Grade Seven bugs.

These bugs were top-tier resources for cultivating the Ant Queen.

Qin Niu had already decided, these top resources would only cater to an extremely small number of termites.

Fourth, all the Demon Ants, Poison Jaw Ants, and Medical Ants, these were the ones he prioritized for cultivation.

Among them, the Ant Queen was of the utmost importance.

Upon returning home, he took out the Ice Lotus and, after pondering for a moment, decided to try planting it in the soil of the backyard first.

The Strange Vine that he had dug up from beneath the cliff was also planted in the backyard.

But, he chose to plant it near the backyard wall.

Eventually, letting it grow along the backyard wall like a hedge.

As for its use, Qin Niu had not yet decided.

After being planted, the Ice Lotus and the Strange Vine were in poor shape. There has always been a saying: “people can move and live, but trees will die if you move them”.

These special plants were far more delicate than ordinary ones.

They had very high requirements for the soil and the growing environment.

Even to the point of being demanding.

Moving them even once would cost them at least half their vitality.

Being jostled around with Qin Niu on the road had further aggravated their conditions. Now that they were planted in the soil, under normal circumstances, they would have a hard time surviving.

The Ice Lotus in particular required a very special growing environment, it was supposed to be planted underwater.

Qin Niu’s decision to plant it in soil was an experiment.

The reason he dared to do this was because the Everlasting Spring Technique he cultivated could nourish plants. It helped them recover quickly, greatly increasing the survival rate of the transplants.

After planting them, he separately infused some of the Everlasting Spring Technique’s energy into the core of the plants.

He would then wait until tomorrow morning to come over and check the results.

Having dealt with the two special plants, there were still many other gains he needed to sort through.

The eight caught Taiyin Yaoyao were the top priority.

These were Elder Jiu Yin’s lifeblood insects; they had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Qin Niu’s idea was simple, to kill them and then use them to feed the Ant Queen.

To kill them, according to Master He Shan’s words, water or fire would do the job.

He decided to first experiment with one of the Taiyin Yaoyao that was locked in a Metal Bug Canister.

The Metal Bug Canister he took out had half of a Taiyin Yaoyao inside.

He tried fetching a bucket of water, then immersed the canister in it, filling the canister with water.

The trapped half of the Taiyin Yaoyao seemed a bit frantic at the beginning, crawling around, trying to escape. However, it had no hope of getting out; its struggles were in vain.

There was also something particularly interesting.

Its other half seemed to sense the danger and began frantically crawling and wriggling, trying to escape.

Of course, Qin Niu would not let it escape.

After a full half hour had passed, Qin Niu thought to himself, this should have drowned by now, right? But upon closer inspection, he found water bubbles hanging from its mouth and abdomen.

It was motionless, but not dead.

Looking at the situation, it seemed that even soaking it for a month or two would not kill it.

This definitely wouldn’t do.

Once Elder Jiu Yin was free to act, he would quickly come for him.

By then, Qin Niu would be faced with a vicious cycle similar to the one with Old Master Huang. It was a scenario he was desperate to avoid.

The best course of action was to kill the eight Taiyin Yaoyao before Elder Jiu Yin had a chance to attack.

How to kill them?

The method of using water was too slow; he might as well try burning them.

If these Taiyin Yaoyao truly reached a state where they were impervious to both water and fire, then killing them would become difficult.

Because if he tried to chop them up, whether into two halves or into eight pieces, they could rapidly reassemble and eventually recover.

“Xiao Qing, help me make a big fire in the kitchen; I need a strong blaze.”

“Okay!”

Xiao Qing was very efficient at these tasks, and soon managed to light a big fire in the kitchen stove.

The iron pot on top had already been removed and set on the ground.

Qin Niu used fire tongs to hold a metal canister over the fire to roast.

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…”

The inside half of the Taiyin Yaoyao was desperate like an ant on a hot pan, crawling all over the place. It even made strange noises.

One wing spread out, flapping continuously.

Flying up was simply impossible..