Chapter 407 - Chapter 407: Chapter 399: Undermine the Foundation Part 1 (2/2)

If that violent and fierce aura was demonic energy, then the strange energy within the trunk of the tree could possibly be the power of a Tree Demon.

This also meant that it had one foot already stepping onto the threshold of becoming a demon.

“Does that firebird know that this Ancient Banyan Tree has turned into a demon?”

Qin Niu was not certain.

If the Ancient Banyan Tree was merely halfway into demonhood, trying to use it to scheme against the firebird probably wouldn’t work.

The firebird was an absolute Demon Bird, and its strength was extremely terrifying.

It probably could burn the Ancient Banyan Tree to ash with a single flame.

At that time, Qin Niu would lose an important resource for cultivation.

“Finally reached the Dual Innate Realm, the next step is to find a way to cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique to the Spirit Qi Realm.”

His Everlasting Spring Technique was currently only cultivated to the peak of the initial stage, still some distance away from the middle stage.

Not to mention the Spirit Qi Realm.

However, with more than five months until the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, he had the Ancient Banyan Tree and over a hundred thousand Silver Money; as long as he used them wisely, there was definitely a chance.

…

Time flew by, and before he knew it, more than two months had passed.

The insect plague was still ongoing.

The Nine Insect Gang deployed a massive number of insects to attack the territory of the Black Tiger Gang, a move akin to pulling the rug out from under them.

Crops couldn’t be planted in the soil, and even the vegetation in the mountains and fields was entirely destroyed by the insects, which could lead to famine.

Added to that, the Shennong Sect’s blockade of ports and roads, cutting off the Black Tiger Gang’s channels to purchase food from other places, meant that famine would probably soon hit the Black Tiger Gang.

With the common people lacking food and the soldiers starving and wailing, how could they continue to fight?

The tide of land sell-offs was intensifying.

As the insect plague couldn’t be stopped and had lasted so long, landlords and farmers had already lost faith in the Black Tiger Gang.

The Beast Tamers of the Black Tiger Gang were very strong, but their ability to control insects was indeed a weakness.

If it weren’t for Qin Niu’s unexpected rise last time, directly annihilating several disciples’ insects of Elder Jiu Yin and seizing all of Elder Jiu Yin’s personal insects, the situation for the Black Tiger Gang would have been much worse than it is now.

This was also why the high ranks of the Black Tiger Gang agreed to bestow on Qin Niu the title of a first-class noble.

Because the higher-ups could see Qin Niu’s potential value.

Such a formidable young Insect Master definitely had to be fiercely wooed and tightly bound to the Black Tiger Gang’s battleship.

This was something Qin Niu only came to understand later on.

That time, in order to eliminate the Innate Realm powerhouse of the He Family, he even killed people in the streets of the city. This act was actually a challenge to the laws of Black Tiger City.

But when the Gang Leader of the Black Tiger Gang handled the matter, his attitude was quite ambiguous.

Not only did he not punish Qin Niu, but he also issued an announcement, listing all the various crimes of the He Family, to absolve Qin Niu of guilt.

This was a form of protection for Qin Niu.

During these two months, as long as it was not a rainy day, Qin Niu would take his wives, concubines, and the maid Xiao Qing to the mountains for training.

His cultivation level was also rising steadily, as the Everlasting Spring Technique advanced from the peak of the Initial Stage of the Innate Realm to the peak of the middle stage.

The Medicine King Sutra was starting to look as though it might overtake the former in its development.

It has now also reached the middle stage of the Innate Realm, moving towards the peak of the middle stage.

Xiao Qing’s talent for cultivating the Medicine King Sutra was extremely astonishing; she had now reached the peak of the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, only a thread away from advancing to the Innate Realm.

It was known that she had two Alchemy Stoves.

Having two Alchemy Stoves in her body was definitely much more powerful than Qin Niu with his single stove.

Qin Niu was considering finding a way to let her go to the city to learn alchemy.

The biggest difficulty in this was the challenge of becoming a disciple under a renowned teacher because they simply would not accept disciples lightly.