Chapter 158: The Law of the Jungle
"tame!"
Ning Daoran once again used his talent to control all beasts, and this time he finally succeeded.
In an instant, a connection was established between the soul of the fire ant and he could even feel the other's fatigue, grievance, fear, unwillingness and anxiety.
"Are you scared?"
Ning Daoran squatted in front of the Chilong Ding and talked with the fire-eating ants.
“Squeak~~”
The antennae on the fire ant's head swayed gently.
It knew that it had committed a serious mistake by eating Ning Daoran's forty-two Flying Star Centipedes, and it only begged Ning Daoran not to kill it.
"so……"
Ning Daoran narrowed his eyes and said, "That Blazing King Earthworm was actually defeated by you a long time ago. It was you who ordered it to distract me, giving you the opportunity to sneak into the Qiongbi Peak and eat the Flying Star Centipede?"
"squeak!"
The fire ant actually confessed directly.
"snort……"
Ning Daoran laughed angrily and said, "He is quite clever, but it's a pity that he won't live long."
He felt a little regretful. Even if this fire-eating ant was not a mature one, it should be not far from maturity. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to subdue the late-stage second-order Blazing King Earthworm.
Its approximate strength should be around the early stage of Golden Core.
It’s a pity that he only has one month to live and will die soon.
But the good news is that she is pregnant, and there is no telling how many new fire ants are bred in her bulging belly.
Ning Daoran originally wanted to feed the spirit insects and build an army of insects that would only obey him, and the fire-eating ants came at the right time.
It is very old, but the children it gives birth to will surely be in their prime.
"Well, now you have no other choice."
Ning Daoran said, "Come back with me. After you die, I will treat the fire-eating ants you gave birth to well. At least I will never treat them badly when it comes to food. I think you are also aware of my background."
“Squeak~~~”
The fire ant's two antennae nodded lightly, indicating that it had felt the bottom, and it almost couldn't help but rush into the fish pond to eat the spirit fish.
Ning Daoran couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Fortunately, Chen Weimo and Chen Yuzhu's cultivation was weak, otherwise this fire-eating ant about to give birth might be so hungry that it would even eat a human.
"Come on, come home with me."
“Squeak~~”
The fire-eating ant leaped lightly and jumped into the spirit beast bag.
…
Ning Daoran was in a good mood and returned to Qiongbi Peak with the big stupid deer.
Insect house.
Ning Daoran rebuilt the shape of the insect house and arranged ten layers of restrictions on the periphery. At the same time, he arranged a blood-transforming soul-chasing formation outside the restrictions, forming a nested structure.
In this way, if a living being attacks the restriction, it will directly trigger the backlash of the Blood-Transforming Soul-Chasing Formation, thus forming a double insurance instead of just defending.
“Squeak~~~”
Inside the insect room, fire ants lay on a shelf, waving their antennae up and down, indicating that they were very hungry.
At this time, its stomach seemed to have become much bigger. Nurturing new fire-eating ants requires a large amount of spiritual food, which is why it swallowed the Flying Star Centipede and the Blazing King Earthworm.
"Old Deer, fetch the spirit fish."
“Ah~~”
The big stupid deer ran back and forth, with a pair of antlers holding a bunch of struggling fish.
Ning Daoran took the spirit fish and threw it to the fire ants.
“Squeak~~~”
The fire-eating ant was in a joyful mood, and started to work immediately, transforming into a ray of fire. After circling around the spirit fish for several weeks with a "sizzling" sound, the spirit fish was eaten clean without even a bone left!
In a blink of an eye, the fire ants had eaten hundreds of kilograms of spiritual fish.
It revealed its mood to Ning Daoran, currently it was only 30% full.
Ning Daoran was naturally not stingy and said, "Old Deer, I order you to be the captain of the Ning Family Army's transportation brigade. You are responsible for carrying the spirit fish to feed the fire-eating ants until they are full!"
“Ahhhh~~”
The big stupid deer had many duties. As a close aide of the Ning family army, he was so happy that he ran back and forth, sending batches of spirit fish to their death.
In the fish pond.
A splash of water rolled.
Xiao Heizi's ferocious head floated out of the water, and he growled and asked Brother Lu when it would end. He said that most of the concubines in his harem had been eaten, so could he leave some for them?
"Yo Yo~~~"
The big stupid deer called out, showing the deer brother's style, and you guys also got it? The little black boy was shocked and nodded hurriedly, saying that the concubines in the harem were all rewards from the big brother, and the fire-eating ant was now a favorite in front of the big brother, oh no, it was a red worm, and it could eat as much as it wanted.
So, overnight, about three thousand kilograms of spiritual fish in the fish pond were eaten.
Fortunately, the fish pond now covers an area of dozens of acres, and there are plenty of spirit fish, enough to satisfy the appetite of fire ants.
On the third day, Ning Daoran led two spirit sheep to feed the fire ants. In a blink of an eye, only bones were left, without a trace of meat.
On the fourth day, Ning Daoran led a big black bull with spiritual power in, and when it came out, only the black bull's frame was left.
Pregnant fire ants have such a good appetite. I wonder how their tiny bodies can eat so much spiritual meat.
But this is the world of cultivating immortals, and even if some things seem unreasonable, it doesn’t really matter.
…
Half a month later.
Fire ants begin to reproduce.
It stuck out its slim waist and plump buttocks with great effort. Ning Daoran released his spiritual sense to observe every detail and even saw the beads of sweat on its forehead.
On the side, the big stupid deer also stared with wide eyes, watching the little thing give birth.
"Push harder, just a little bit more!"
"I've seen the end, keep trying!"
“Ah~~”
“Ahhhh~~~”
A man and a deer were cheering them on.
The fire ants shook their butts and finally laid eggs. The tiny eggs were densely covered on the mulberry leaves, and they moved as they moved.
A few days later.
Several mulberry leaves were covered with insect eggs.
Ning Daoran observed carefully and controlled the temperature and humidity in the room.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After a few days, tiny black heads appeared on the eggs, and new fire ants had begun to grow.
At this time, the life of the hard-working mother finally came to an end.
"Go ahead and don't worry."
Ning Daoran said: "Leave the children to me, I will take good care of them."
"squeak……"
The fire ant's head tilted and it died on the spot.
Before it died, it cried out and told Ning Daoran, "You are such a good person. If there is a next life, I will still follow you."
Ning Daoran was infected and felt a little sad, so he threw the body of the fire ant next to the eggs, waiting for the new fire ants to crawl out and eat its mother.
Anyway, this is what is recorded in the book “Spirit Insect Parenting Manual” on the top floor of the Chaos Sect’s library and another book “Three Thousand Questions on Spirit Insect Knowledge”.
…
A few months later.
A new batch of fire ants grew and thrived. Their individuals had grown to be almost the same size as the previous generation, but they were far inferior in breath and combat power.
After all, the previous generation was a "semi-mature body" whose individual strength was comparable to that of the early Jindan stage.
But this generation... is obviously much worse, and they are all just trash in the early stage of Qi Refining.
Ning Daoran counted and found that there were about two thousand fire ants that survived. He didn't know when they would mature, but their consumption of blood had indeed increased a lot.
The spiritual fish pond still needs to be further developed! So, Ning Daoran went to the outer gate to handle the relevant procedures and directly expanded the fish pond on the Qiongbi Peak to fifty acres!
As for the expenses, it was just a few dozen kilograms of purple jade rice, which was a small amount of money.
For a time, there were more and more rumors about this outer sect foundation-building elder in the Chaos Sect.
"I heard that Master Ning has expanded the fish pond to fifty mu. He raises fish and farms every day. He has been building his foundation for eighty years but is still in the early stages..."
"This Senior Uncle Ning Daoran is practicing the Changqing Jue. It is said that he has already practiced it to the fifth level. He is nearly 120 years old but still looks like a teenager."
“Humph, at over 110 years old and in the early stage of foundation building, this uncle should have given up the hope of forming a pill a long time ago, otherwise he wouldn’t be lying down like this.”
"Exactly. Who among the normal monks would raise fish and farm every day?"
"Hush, I heard that this uncle-master is not interested in women. Uncle-master Han Bing, the chief disciple of Ziyun Peak and a master in the late stage of foundation building, knows this, right? It is said that Han Bing took the initiative to find Uncle-master Ning and said that he wanted to become his Taoist partner, but was rejected by this uncle-master!"
"Is there such a thing? Senior Uncle Han Bing is a true disciple of my Purple Cloud Peak and a candidate for the next Peak Master. How could she be attracted to Senior Uncle Ning who only knows how to farm and raise fish?"
"Who knows? It may be that Uncle Han Bing was young back then. If it were now, humph, Uncle Han would probably not even look at Uncle Ning even if he knelt on the ground and begged him to practice dual cultivation."
"That's right. This Uncle Ning is not well-known. If I hadn't seen his name on the nameplate of the elders in the outer hall, who would have remembered that there is such a person in the sect?"
…
A few months later.
One morning, when Ning Daoran stepped into the insect room, he was stunned.
The insect room was littered with the remains of fire ants. Overnight, these fire ants, which had just begun to mature, began to kill each other.
The strong survive and the weak are eaten.
In just one night, only four of the more than two thousand fire ants were left!
There are a few fiery red ring-shaped patterns on the bodies of these four fire ants, and their aura has also become much stronger.
“There are only four left.”
Ning Daoran frowned, but it was normal, he had already learned from classics that fire-eating ants, a rare and top-notch spiritual insect, grow by devouring each other and evolving.
The survival of the fittest is the iron rule among the fire ant community.
He didn't care too much.
With a wave of his hand, he tamed the four remaining fire-eating ants that had survived the selection, and discovered that all four of them were pregnant.
It is not clear whose child it is.
Maybe it's asexual reproduction.
Soon after, the four fire ants began to reproduce, and thousands of fire ants appeared in the insect room again.
According to the rules, they continue to feed and kill each other, and eventually the fittest will survive.
The fire-eating ants that reach the corresponding strength will increase in number and become stronger and stronger, eventually becoming Ning Daoran's trump card.
He smiled slightly. Feeding spirit insects, with the talent of controlling all beasts, was so simple! ...
So Ning Daoran stayed at home and raised fire ants in the mountains for a whole year.
On this day, we finally decided to go down the mountain and buy some fish fry.
Huanglongfang Market, it’s a bright autumn day.
A man and a deer arrived at Xiyu Pavilion. After buying what they needed, Ning Daoran took the big stupid deer away. Unexpectedly, not long after he left, an earth-shaking event happened in Xiyu Pavilion!
(End of this chapter)