Chapter 273 - Chapter 273: Chapter 266: Impervious to Water and Fire? 1 (2/2)

After being planted, the Ice Lotus and the Strange Vine were in poor shape. There has always been a saying: “people can move and live, but trees will die if you move them”.

These special plants were far more delicate than ordinary ones.

They had very high requirements for the soil and the growing environment.

Even to the point of being demanding.

Moving them even once would cost them at least half their vitality.

Being jostled around with Qin Niu on the road had further aggravated their conditions. Now that they were planted in the soil, under normal circumstances, they would have a hard time surviving.

The Ice Lotus in particular required a very special growing environment, it was supposed to be planted underwater.

Qin Niu’s decision to plant it in soil was an experiment.

The reason he dared to do this was because the Everlasting Spring Technique he cultivated could nourish plants. It helped them recover quickly, greatly increasing the survival rate of the transplants.

After planting them, he separately infused some of the Everlasting Spring Technique’s energy into the core of the plants.

He would then wait until tomorrow morning to come over and check the results.

Having dealt with the two special plants, there were still many other gains he needed to sort through.

The eight caught Taiyin Yaoyao were the top priority.

These were Elder Jiu Yin’s lifeblood insects; they had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Qin Niu’s idea was simple, to kill them and then use them to feed the Ant Queen.

To kill them, according to Master He Shan’s words, water or fire would do the job.

He decided to first experiment with one of the Taiyin Yaoyao that was locked in a Metal Bug Canister.

The Metal Bug Canister he took out had half of a Taiyin Yaoyao inside.

He tried fetching a bucket of water, then immersed the canister in it, filling the canister with water.

The trapped half of the Taiyin Yaoyao seemed a bit frantic at the beginning, crawling around, trying to escape. However, it had no hope of getting out; its struggles were in vain.

There was also something particularly interesting.

Its other half seemed to sense the danger and began frantically crawling and wriggling, trying to escape.

Of course, Qin Niu would not let it escape.

After a full half hour had passed, Qin Niu thought to himself, this should have drowned by now, right? But upon closer inspection, he found water bubbles hanging from its mouth and abdomen.

It was motionless, but not dead.

Looking at the situation, it seemed that even soaking it for a month or two would not kill it.

This definitely wouldn’t do.

Once Elder Jiu Yin was free to act, he would quickly come for him.

By then, Qin Niu would be faced with a vicious cycle similar to the one with Old Master Huang. It was a scenario he was desperate to avoid.

The best course of action was to kill the eight Taiyin Yaoyao before Elder Jiu Yin had a chance to attack.

How to kill them?

The method of using water was too slow; he might as well try burning them.

If these Taiyin Yaoyao truly reached a state where they were impervious to both water and fire, then killing them would become difficult.

Because if he tried to chop them up, whether into two halves or into eight pieces, they could rapidly reassemble and eventually recover.

“Xiao Qing, help me make a big fire in the kitchen; I need a strong blaze.”

“Okay!”

Xiao Qing was very efficient at these tasks, and soon managed to light a big fire in the kitchen stove.

The iron pot on top had already been removed and set on the ground.

Qin Niu used fire tongs to hold a metal canister over the fire to roast.

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…”

The inside half of the Taiyin Yaoyao was desperate like an ant on a hot pan, crawling all over the place. It even made strange noises.

One wing spread out, flapping continuously.

Flying up was simply impossible..