Chapter 464 - Chapter 464: Chapter 456 Eating Worms Boots_1 (1/2)

Chapter 464: Chapter 456 Eating Worms Boots_1

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Among the loot scavenged from Elder Wu Shanle, besides the jade slip detailing the Insect Formation, there was another extremely formidable item.

It was a pair of boots taken off Elder Wu Shanle’s legs.

Qin Niu had noticed these boots because when Master He Shan’s Golden Centipede crawled inside, it was instantly killed.

Qin Niu initially thought there was a powerful Insect Pet hidden inside the boots that could easily kill the Golden Centipede.

However, no insect carcasses were found inside the boots afterward.

This was very puzzling.

Could it be that these boots could consume insects?

Qin Niu held the boots, examining them, mid-calf in height, to be worn below the knee.

Some long boots can be worn above the knee.

The size of the boots was quite small; they could probably fit a child of seven or eight, which was understandable since Elder Wu Shanle was only as tall as a child of that age.

The material of the boots was indistinguishable, marked with dark patterns, somewhat like leather but not quite.

They were heavy in hand, weighing at least over two pounds.

After examining the boots several times, Qin Niu found nothing unusual. Then he tried throwing a live insect into the boot; a terrifying scene occurred—the insect was gradually absorbed by the inner wall of the boot.

The process was extremely fast.

Even weirder, the insect didn’t show any resistance; it seemed to cooperate.

This was highly abnormal.

Even ants cling to life; any insect instinctively fears death and seeks to avoid it.

Why, then, did the moth he’d put into the boot accept death so calmly?

Furthermore, the boot could actually consume a living insect.

Qin Niu realized that these boots could be a very powerful treasure.

He caught another beetle and threw it into the other boot. The same eerie phenomenon occurred—the beetle was also consumed by the boot.

The interior of the boot was black, showing no signs of change.

And it left no traces behind.

Qin Niu’s interest was thoroughly piqued; holding the boots, he studied them closely and conducted several experiments. No matter the insect, as soon as it entered the boot, it would be obediently devoured by it.

More astonishing was that after the boots consumed multiple insects, they showed no change whatsoever.

Thinking of how some magical items could be bound by blood, Qin Niu tried cutting his fingertip and dripping blood onto the boot. It didn’t absorb the blood, showing no reaction at all.

He then tried several other methods, all to no avail.

The pair of boots remained the same.

In the end, he had no choice but to put them away for the time being, planning to buy more books to study upon entering the city, hoping to determine what kind of treasure these boots were.

Although Elder Wu Shanle was the weakest elder of the Nine Insect Gang, diminutive in stature, and quite ugly, the fact that he possessed a jade slip and boots that could eat insects suggested his identity might not be so simple as it appeared.

If the opportunity arose, Qin Niu would surely conduct a thorough investigation into Elder Wu Shanle’s identity.

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In the following days, Qin Niu spent every day with his wives, concubines, and Xiao Qing going into the mountains for arduous cultivation.

Although Tang Caixian was pregnant, it did not affect her cultivation.

As a first-time mother, she was extremely protective of the baby in her womb. She said that cultivation could help the child become stronger and wished for the child to be born with better physical conditions, not to fall behind from the start.

Some strong individuals’ wives, when pregnant, would hire experts to regularly nurture their unborn children with their cultivation strength, helping to open the children’s meridians.

They would even, when the fetus was a bit older, combine medicinal baths and dietary supplements to help enhance the child’s constitution.

This is truly cultivating from within the womb.

Children born in this way often possess exceptional talents and cultivate much faster than children from ordinary families.

Some are even formidable, reaching the tenth level of the Mortal Realm by age six, breaking through to the Acquired Realm by seven or eight, and reaching the Innate Realm by twelve or thirteen. For example, the young noble whom Qin Niu met on his first trip to the Supreme Sea to purchase Cultivation Techniques, who despite his tender age, had an incredibly impressive cultivation level.

But then again, having capable parents can indeed give one a head start.