Qi Zhiheng, who had been wondering why Que Hanhai waited for him to return before discussing business with the Buddhist cultivators, fell silent.

So that's the reason. Qi Zhiheng originally wanted to say that this was just a method of the spirit chef, but when he heard Que Hanhai say that as long as he helped with the harvest, he would give him half of the harvested resources, he silently shut his mouth!

If you have resources, it's definitely better to keep them for yourself!

However, he had no interest in being a little boy picking mushrooms, so he sought out Ye Xin, who had recently broken through to the Golden Core stage.

Ye Xin has immersed herself in culinary arts in recent years, and her skills in spiritual cooking have become unparalleled! Qi Zhiheng felt reassured leaving this matter to Ye Xin. So, after teaching Ye Xin the harvesting methods, he focused on his own business.

His profession was naturally teaching alchemy and cultivation!

After Rong Gu emerged from seclusion, he became a Golden Core cultivator and has recently been working towards becoming a Level 4 Alchemist. Qi Zhiheng's main focus remains on him.

Knowing that he would soon be leaving the Southern Continent, he thought about teaching his disciples as soon as possible and obtaining his own spiritual vein!

Qi Zhiheng had originally considered exchanging his pills for spiritual veins with the sect leader, but considering that the resources of the Southern Continent were limited, he feared that taking too many spiritual veins would affect the subsequent supply of spiritual energy in the Southern Continent. Therefore, he abandoned the idea, thinking that earning a portion would be enough.

As for when Qi Zhiheng plans to leave? His idea is to wait until at least the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and he also needs to make some preparations.

What he needed to prepare was, of course, a sufficiently sturdy flying magical artifact! He had already entrusted the artifact-making to his uncle, Gu Qinglin. Gu Qinglin's artifact-making skills had improved significantly over the years, and with Qi Zhiheng providing him with a lot of materials to practice with, his artifact-making abilities were now among the best in the entire sect.

There are still more than 20 years until the test in Nanzhou. As long as he can become a Nascent Soul cultivator within 20 years, entering Zhongzhou should not be a problem.

Qi Zhiheng was very confident in his family. The only ones he was least confident in were his triplets. They were still young and had the lowest cultivation levels. Although it wasn't impossible for them to become Nascent Soul cultivators within twenty years, it was still a bit risky. He was still considering whether to take the triplets with him when he left.

His two younger brothers are doing quite well in their cultivation. They are now around ten years old and have already reached the late stage of Qi Refining. It shouldn't be long before they break through to become Foundation Establishment!

In order to speed up his disciples' alchemy skills, Qi Zhiheng took in another batch of disciples. At this time, in addition to the first three he took in, he had taken in three batches of disciples. So far, he has taken in more than eighty formal disciples. Most of the remaining disciples are still young, but Qi Zhiheng plans to take in the remaining disciples as formal disciples within the next three years.

Since he had already taken in so many disciples, he should at least take back one spiritual vein from them, otherwise it would be a waste of his hands-on teaching.

Besides teaching students, Qi Zhiheng is also very enthusiastic about cultivation. As for the secret realms in Nanzhou, he no longer has much hope, because the difficulty of these secret realms can't cause him any harm at all. Even if he enters, it will be difficult to make a breakthrough. If he wants to go further, he still has to rely on his own cultivation.

Yang Yitian's cultivation was much simpler. He only needed to draw talismans and keep drawing talismans to advance smoothly. He almost never encountered any bottlenecks. Drawing talismans had become a kind of physical instinct for him. As long as he had enough spiritual energy to support him in drawing talismans, he would not encounter any bottlenecks in the way of talismans.

Qi Zhiheng was furious about this! He needed to spend several times more time cultivating to catch up with Yang Yitian! This caused him great distress.

As for the spirit-devouring insects in Qi Zhiheng's space, Qi Zhiheng no longer restricts the number of spirit fruits they can devour, allowing them to eat their fill every day!

The previous upgrade of the space had accumulated a large amount of spiritual fruits. There were too many of these to send out with the consciousness, so the spirit-devouring insects had to digest them themselves. In fact, the spiritual herbs that these spirit-devouring insects cultivated themselves were enough for their own use.

Because of the sheer number and strength of the insects, he planted at least one-tenth of the area of ​​spiritual herbs and fruits in the space. The level of the herbs he planted also increased from the easiest level one herbs to the level four and five herbs!

However, the limited number of seeds for level four and five spiritual herbs made them give up on the idea.

At this time, their insect king had undergone four mutations, and to some extent, it was already a Nascent Soul stage insect! And many of its subordinates had also become Golden Core stage insects.

Once the insects reach the Golden Core stage, their reproductive capacity becomes much lower, similar to that of human cultivators, which allows for better control over the number of Soul-Devouring Insects.

In the past, they relied on eating their companions to strengthen their cultivation, but now there is no need for that at all, because they have more spiritual fruits, herbs and stones than they can eat every day! They have no interest in the corpses of their own kind.

However, if a mutated Soul-Eating Insect dies during the mutation process, it will adhere to the principle of not wasting anything and eat the corpse of its dead companion.

The reason why the fighting within the tribe has decreased is all thanks to the insect king's effective teaching!

The more insects they have, the larger the area they can cultivate! And the more money they can earn!

The higher the number of mutations, the higher the grade of the spiritual plants that can be planted. In order to have more food, the Insect King has given up eating those companions that look very delicious.

The Insect King's dog-headed military unit has also undergone three mutations and has always stayed by the Insect King's side.

In order to ensure that the insect king he had signed a contract with would be in a leadership position within the insect swarm, Qi Zhiheng regularly fed it pills to improve its aptitude. As for the other spirit-devouring insects, he would also help refine some pills for them, otherwise, how could so many of these spirit-devouring insects have the ability to mutate?

Qi Zhiheng was very satisfied with the fact that these Soul-Devouring Insects could farm; at least they were much more useful than the Heavenly Water Beasts, who could only play in the water.

During this period, Qi Zhiheng fed the Spirit Devouring Insects a lot more pills. He wanted to increase his chances of winning before he went to break through the barrier of the Central Continent, and these Spirit Devouring Insects were one of his trump cards.

"Eat more, so you can charge into battle well," Qi Zhiheng said as he tossed bloodline-purifying pills to the Soul-Devouring Insects.

During the process of feeding the pills, Qi Zhiheng saw an interesting phenomenon: the Insect King actually sent the pills that he had given it to his original strategist.

Qi Zhiheng praised, "Not bad, you're quite loyal, so good to your brothers."

A suspicious blush appeared on the cheeks of the Soul-Devouring Insect King. The Soul-Devouring Insect King had mutated several times, and now the entire insect was the size of a palm. Qi Zhiheng could now see its face clearly, and also some of its expressions.

Qi Zhiheng almost thought he was seeing things...

No, what's going on.

With a sense of doubt, Qi Zhiheng observed for a while. Perhaps because Qi Zhiheng was watching, the Soul-Devouring Insect King did not do anything suspicious, so Qi Zhiheng stopped checking on them in the space.

However! Although he can't see inside the space, he can observe from outside!

Since the Soul-Devouring Insects don't have the cultivation level of Moon Beasts or Sun Beasts, they can't shield Qi Zhiheng from being spied on. It wouldn't be difficult for him to see his beloved pet's private life.

So after going out that day, Qi Zhiheng observed the two insects in the space. The size difference between them was quite large. The Soul-Devouring Insect King was the size of a palm, while the Dog-Headed Strategist Insect was half the size of the Insect King.

When night fell, the Insect King herded his subordinates to a certain area, while he and the strategist returned to their small room.

Qi Zhiheng watched as the Insect King's body shrank to half its original size, then climbed onto the Dog-Headed Strategist's body and began performing a certain movement in a rhythmic manner...

Looking at the two overlapping insect shadows, Qi Zhiheng looked embarrassed!

These two insects actually got together!

Qi Zhiheng felt like he was watching a short film about the insect world! Although he didn't know what a short film was!

Qi Zhiheng, who accidentally saw a certain scene, looked at Yang Yitian sitting on the edge of the bed and immediately got angry. He pulled Yang Yitian into several deep conversations!

Yes! Even insects can have such a life! He should too!

Qi Zhiheng entered the space feeling refreshed the next day. It was only after he came to his senses that he remembered that the Insect King seemed to be a male insect, and the Dog-Headed Strategist was also a male insect! He never expected that even the insect world would be embracing homosexuality now!

Well, anyway, one is a Golden Core cultivator and the other is a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if they are male and female, you can't expect these two insects to produce a high-quality insect baby!

Qi Zhiheng went straight to the Insect King and asked him about what happened last night!

The Insect King was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed at being caught in the act, but there was nothing he could do to Qi Zhiheng! He could only tell Qi Zhiheng not to pry into his private life in the future!

Qi Zhiheng readily agreed. He wasn't a voyeur, and besides, he couldn't see anything about the two insects' private lives anyway, so what was there to see!

After asking around, Qi Zhiheng learned that the two insects actually knew about dual cultivation. Because the two insects were in love, the Insect King wanted to bring the Dog-Headed Strategist along to become the fourth mutated insect. At that time, both insects would be at the Nascent Soul stage, which would better assist him in his cultivation. Currently, only the Dog-Headed Strategist would benefit the most from his cultivation, while he himself would receive very little benefit.

Qi Zhiheng didn't object to the two insects having a homosexual relationship, but he couldn't guarantee that the strategist wouldn't be loyal to him!

"I'm willing to help you, to make it a Nascent Soul stage insect too! But I'll have to make a contract with it. I'm already a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and signing a contract with me will help its mutation," Qi Zhiheng tempted. "I can also give it some pills. What do you think?"