Chapter 220 - Chapter 220: Chapter 215 Hundred-Tempering Child 1 (2/2)

The cultivation of bees was not neglected either.

The only regret was that it was difficult to obtain “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood, with the daily amount gathered only enough to cultivate sixty to seventy Grade Three termites.

This was a matter of no alternative.

Through experimentation, it was found that if “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood was fed insufficiently, the evolution of the termites would be incomplete, or even fail, resulting in defective products.

He tried feeding “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood first, followed by Ancient Banyan Tree blood, but it didn’t seem to work that well either.

The mortality rate increased significantly, which was heartbreaking to see.

After several experiments, he decisively chose to give up and continued with the successful routine he had previously figured out. He first fed them Ancient Banyan Tree blood to help them advance, then fed them “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood.

With this method, the survival rate of the cultivated ants could basically reach over 99%.

He also kept increasing the number of “Thousand Eyes Trees” he planted under the Ancient Banyan Tree.

He used the energy from the Everlasting Spring Technique to help them grow quickly, with quite good results.

It still required a considerable amount of time to grow.

It wasn’t possible that the “Thousand Eyes Tree,” after being nourished by the Everlasting Spring Technique, would grow large in one day—that was unrealistic.

He had no choice but to accumulate slowly.

Through comparison, the growth rate of “Thousand Eyes Trees” nurtured by the Everlasting Spring Technique’s energy was more than three times that of ordinary “Thousand Eyes Trees.”

With his continuous efforts, the amount of “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood he obtained each day was also steadily increasing.

At the beginning, one day’s worth of “Thousand Eyes Tree” blood was only enough to nurture forty Grade Three termites. Now, the number had increased to sixty to seventy a day, and this stable improvement made him feel more secure.

Being greedy and rushing progress, aiming to cultivate a thousand termites with mental attacks at once, was unrealistic.

As the days passed, the number of his termite army had long since surpassed ten thousand. It was moving towards twenty thousand and was about to break through that number.

A rough estimate suggested that there should be about eighteen thousand termites in the entire colony.

The number of Demon Ants had also increased from three to fourteen.

The rare species of Elephant Trunk Soldier Ants had also reached eight in number.

All had been cultivated by Qin Niu into Grade Three Poisonous Ants.

When they collectively released poison, the attack range was quite large.

It could cover an area of at least five or six square meters.

Another ant species worth mentioning was his Grade Three Dark Poison Ants, which had, unbeknownst to him, already broken through to 216 in number.

With their toxicity, if they attacked an enemy at the same time,

It is estimated that even a large wild boar would be poisoned and collapse instantly.

Although the continuous growth of the ant colony made him very happy and gave him a sense of accomplishment, there was still a tinge of regret that the Gold Devouring Ants had not yet emerged.

Furthermore, he was very much hoping that the Ant Queen would give birth to one or two more War Demon Ants.

Because the difference between a Demon Ant and a War Demon Ant was quite significant.

The formidable strength of Fourth made him, the master, envious.

That day, like usual, he was preparing to go up the mountain to cultivate with Xiao Qing.

Her cultivation had been stuck at the tenth level of mortals for many days and had yet to break through, leaving Qin Niu quite puzzled.

Xiao Qing’s talent for cultivating the Medicine King Sutra was clearly excellent, so why couldn’t she make the breakthrough?

Qin Niu’s talent was even less than hers, and it took him less than ten days to make the breakthrough.

Then again, the major thresholds of the Medicine King Sutra were indeed difficult to break through.

The matter of cultivation sometimes also involved opportunity and luck.

Being anxious was useless.

The master and servant had not yet left the house when the guard from the Insect Master Association who had delivered a message last time came again.

“Master Qin, this is a mobilization order issued by the Insect Master Association in response to the government’s call. Please sign here to accept it,” the guard said, taking out a booklet for Qin Niu to sign and seal.

Their Fish Talismans had a stamp feature at the bottom.

Simply by dabbing it with cinnabar ink and pressing it against the paper, a clear personal seal would be imprinted.

“I still need to deliver messages to other places, so I must take my leave now!” the guard said, saluting him, then mounting his horse and riding off quickly. What is called a mobilization order?

It is basically when war is imminent, and the government mobilizes the experts within its jurisdiction to fight against the enemy and protect the country.

In the strictest sense, the Black Tiger Gang could not be considered a country.

It was more like the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn period.

There were at least a thousand forces like it, each one under the jurisdiction of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect.

Each Immortal Sect had different sizes of territories. The weakest Immortal Sect would command over a hundred martial factions. The strongest among them were frightening with some commanding over three thousand martial factions.

However, there seemed to be an unwritten rule that any Immortal Sect would not command over three thousand martial factions.

In other words, the maximum number of martial factions allowed to be established under an Immortal Sect could not exceed three thousand.

The Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect was established by the Terrestrial True Immortal, the Hundred-Tempering Child.

It is said that the Hundred-Tempering Child, like the Red Boy in the “Journey to the West,” was extremely powerful, yet bore the appearance of a child. His personality remains unclear.

Some also say that the Hundred-Tempering Child rejuvenates himself every hundred years..