Chapter 193 - Chapter 193: Chapter 188: Bite Him to Death 1 (2/2)
Qin Niu went to the front yard’s fishpond, where the Diamond Ink Turtle was still playing the role of a timid turtle, keeping its head retracted.
It stayed motionless under the rocks at the bottom of the pond.
If a stranger came in, even if they inspected the fish pond carefully, they might not be able to spot its existence.
Being timid has its advantages.
“InkTurtle, come out!”
Qin Niu called out.
It slowly stretched its head out and then crawled from under the rocks, surfacing on the water.
“I’ve brought a new friend for you to meet; this is the Golden Toad.”
Qin Niu signaled for the Golden Toad to hop out of the basket.
But as soon as it appeared, the high-grade aura it emitted immediately frightened the Diamond Ink Turtle into forming a faint ripple of energy on its body. Its head and limbs instantly retracted into its shell, and then it quickly sank to the bottom of the water.
“Look at you being so cowardly, come out!”
Qin Niu scolded it.
This time the little turtle refused to come out, no matter what.
“You’re so useless, to think you are a Diamond Ink Turtle!”
As much as he scolded it, Qin Niu was always kind to his pets and didn’t really do anything to it.
“Golden Toad, from now on you’d better stay in the backyard. Come to the front yard’s fish pond for a bath or whatever.”
Qin Niu looked towards Xiao Nui inside the cattle pen.
It was still in deep sleep.
Strangers would think it was just a normal little water buffalo and probably couldn’t be bothered to take another glance.
After checking on Xiao Nui and finding nothing amiss, Qin Niu’s hanging heart finally settled down.
The main issue is still him not being strong enough.
This was why powerful enemies could barge into his home at will.
Once he has more insects and they reach higher grades, this courtyard would become a forbidden ground.
Without his permission, no one would dare to step even half a step inside.
”Master, there’s something wrong with the well.”
After leading the ant colony to investigate, Fourth signaled to Qin Niu.
Qin Niu approached the well in the backyard, remaining vigilant.
The Ink Blade was already in his hand.
“Are there bugs in it?”
Even after checking, Qin Niu found nothing amiss.
“There’s the scent of poison, a bit like that of a centipede, possibly even more complex.”
Fourth’s most vivid memory was of a centipede.
When the ant colony had just formed, they had encountered an attack by a centipede.
That time, the ant colony suffered heavy losses and deaths.
Fourth had even lost an antenna because of it.
“Someone poisoned my well?”
Qin Niu’s eyebrows twitched.
This Old Master Huang is really not just ordinarily despicable, to stoop so low.
And extremely cunning; the courtyard gate remained intact, nothing in the yard had been touched.
Even the honeybees raised on the top of the grain storage had not been attacked.
Had it not been for Fourth, after Qin Niu had checked inside and outside the house, he would have certainly believed that Old Master Huang had never entered.
And that was precisely where Old Master Huang’s treacherousness lay.
His method was to first make Qin Niu lower his guard, and then poison the place most likely to be overlooked.
It would be very easy to fall prey.
He drew half a bucket of water with a bucket; the water’s color was normal – transparent and clear, and the scent was also normal.
He caught a small fish from the front yard’s fish pond and threw it into the bucket.
The small fish had just entered the water and soon began wildly swimming around in a frenzy.
After just four or five breaths, it turned belly up and was dead beyond any doubt.
Black blood flowed from its mouth, eyes, gills, and excretory orifice in the tail.
The well water’s toxicity was extremely frightening, close to being instantly lethal upon contact with blood.
Qin Niu broke out in a cold sweat.
At that moment, Xiao Qing had heard the commotion and returned from Wang Furen’s place.
Seeing the toad as big as a human head, she seemed somewhat afraid.
“Xiao Qing, did you hear any noise in our house last night?”
“I didn’t hear anything.”
She shook her head.
“Someone poisoned the well. Don’t make a fuss about it. I will clean the well now; you go stay at Miss Wang’s place for one more day. You should be able to come back home tonight,” Qin Niu said to her.
“I wonder which scoundrel did it! Master, let me help you clean it.”
Xiao Qing was very smart and knew that Qin Niu might have stirred up powerful enemies recently.
She had been sent to stay with Miss Wang for almost a month now.
Listening to what her master was implying, it seemed he might have sorted out the trouble.
“This well water is extraordinarily poisoned; I can handle it myself. Other food and utensils in the house also need to be checked. You go to Miss Wang’s place first. I’ll call you back once I’m done cleaning up.”
These past few days, Qin Niu hadn’t slept a single peaceful night.
Now that the powerful enemy had been eliminated, he could finally return to the peaceful and stable life of old.
This incident also served as a wakeup call for him.
As his strength continually increased, he would inevitably come into contact with formidable individuals. Some calamities were simply unavoidable, no matter how much he desired to flee from them.
Unless he lived in complete seclusion.
But that was not realistic.
The best method was to make himself stronger.
He couldn’t help thinking again about the recent severe locust disaster. Could this have something to do with the Nine Insect Gang? Or, was this actually a precursor to the Nine Insect Gang’s move against the Black Tiger Gang?
When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.
With crisis looming, he had to seize the time to become stronger.
Fortunately, the Elixir that could precipitate a breakthrough was being concocted, and this time he had also acquired over thirteen thousand silver notes. The Ant Queen had successfully advanced, and with a Grade Seven Golden Toad now in his possession, his strength in every aspect should be able to climb to a higher level.