Chapter 293 - Chapter 293: Chapter 286 Immortal Brief _1 (1/2)

Chapter 293: Chapter 286 Immortal Brief _1

“Such a formidable member of the Nine Insect Gang, the most valuable thing on him must be that insect bag.”

Qin Niu finished looting the spoils, feeling fairly satisfied.

But it wasn’t as substantial as he had imagined.

As his strength and wealth surged, ordinary treasures hardly caught his eye anymore.

He longed for elixirs and treasures that could help him quickly step into the Immortal Gate.

The elixirs he looted were all rather common ones.

There were none of the advanced elixirs like the Boundary-breaking Elixir.

Qi Refining Elixirs were considered advanced elixirs, but one had to reach the Spirit Qi Realm to consume them, which he couldn’t use at the moment.

Moreover, this elixir was meant for daily cultivation.

It was of the same nature as the Tempering Elixir used in the Mortal Realm, belonging to the ordinary elixirs that improved cultivation level.

Having looted the property, he began to consider how to deal with the corpse.

Using it to feed the insects seemed like the obvious choice.

Currently, among all the insects, only Termite had the capability to consume the corpse in a short time.

But such an act was against the natural order.

Humans were the sovereigns of the world, the spirit of all living things; even nibbling on a corpse could attract great trouble.

Termite had always been his most important insect, and in the future, he might even cultivate it as his core insect. He was indecisive about whether to let them incur such karma.

However, to simply bury the body of such a powerful Spirit Qi Realm practitioner seemed a waste.

After much thought, he decided to give the corpse of Elder Jiu Yin proper disposal.

Throwing the body into the maze surrounding the Ancient Banyan Tree, allowing the corpse to become nourishment for the tree, might be the best way to handle it.

Although the corpse was tempting as food for the insects, the consequences of doing so were very serious.

Qin Niu valued long-term development more than immediate gains.

As he dragged the body, he noticed that the boots on Elder Jiu Yin’s feet were exceptionally thick.

This old thief, extremely sly and cunning with deep schemes, could there be treasures hidden inside his boots?

Qin Niu instinctively took off the boots from the corpse to check.

Sure enough, he discovered something.

The left boot felt thicker, and upon close inspection, he found a very concealed compartment.

It could be opened directly.

He pulled out a flat brocade bag from inside.

The workmanship of this brocade bag was exquisite.

Upon opening it, there was a jade slip inside, along with a tiny glass tube.

The tube, only four millimeters in diameter, looked more like a lidded ‘bottle.’ It was only about three centimeters long.

It had a lid and even a threaded structure that could be screwed on tightly.

Inside this miniature glass vial were more than a dozen brown insect eggs.

Considering Elder Jiu Yin went to great lengths to hide them within the boot’s compartment, these eggs must be extremely precious.

To find out what these eggs were for, one simply needed to examine the contents of the jade slip.

Qin Niu had once acquired a jade slip.

It contained methods and uses for cultivating the Green Silk Worm.

This jade slip seemed even older and more sophisticated.

Jade slips came in a variety of types.

The simplest were inscribed with characters that could be directly read with the naked eye.

This type was the most common.

There were also more advanced jade slips, which appeared dull and gray, with not a single character visible. But when held in hand, one could feel their extraordinariness.

They contained a faint trace of spirit power.