Chapter 172 - Chapter 172: Chapter 167 Yan Family in Urgent Trouble 1 (1/2)
Chapter 172: Chapter 167 Yan Family in Urgent Trouble 1
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Having dealt with the Green Silkworm eggs, Qin Niu’s gaze couldn’t help but turn once more to the bronze canister that imprisoned the Corpse Bee.
It was extremely agitated inside, climbing and biting everywhere in a frenzy, with its black Poison Stinger stabbing wildly.
Being stung by it would likely cost one half their life immediately.
It could even result in instantaneous death.
One must know, it emitted a foul stench like that of rotting corpses, and it was very likely that it fed on such carrion regularly. The probability that its body contained corpse poison was extremely high.
The venom of an ordinary hornet was already formidable, and the venom of the Corpse Bee would only be more terrifying.
Since it couldn’t be tamed, the only option was to find a way to extract its other values.
It had a Poison Stinger, indicating it was a female bee.
More precisely, it was an undeveloped female worker bee.
Old Master Huang certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to send out the Queen Bee.
Its utilitarian value lay in finding a way to make it lay eggs, and then hatching its progeny. The eggs produced by a worker bee were unfertilized, so only male bees could hatch from them.
This was very similar to honey bees.
The male bees, aside from eating, drinking, and frolicking, were nearly useless; their sole purpose was to mate.
Under normal circumstances, even if Qin Niu caught this Corpse Bee, it wouldn’t be of much use.
Because it wouldn’t obediently lay eggs at his command.
These creatures, once bonded by contract, had extremely strong wills to resist; they would rather die than yield to manipulation or inducement.
But Qin Niu had a special Termite unit at his disposal, which was the Puppet Ants.
He could control this Corpse Bee using the Puppet Ants, making it lay bee eggs.
He planned to have the termites handle this task upon heading up the mountain.
The sky gradually brightened, and Xiao Qing returned as well.
Like a diligent little honeybee, she began to busily cook and clean.
Qin Niu washed up inside the house, hearing the sound of a carriage driving rapidly outside and then stopping at his doorstep.
“Darn, that Old Master Huang is probably here,” he feared.
He immediately took out his Ink Blade and hid it on his person.
Hopefully, Old Master Huang’s most powerful methods revolved around insects, and his own cultivation wasn’t very strong.
“Master Qin, may I ask if you are home?”
The shout of Steward Yan Qi came from outside the house.
Qin Niu breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed considerably.
“Xiao Qing, go open the door for the guest,” he instructed.
Soon, Steward Yan Qi entered.
Carrying some gifts.
Anyone slightly aware of social etiquette would bring along a small gift when visiting friends or leaders.
” What brings Steward Yan Qi to my place today? Please, have a seat!”
“Alt, the locust plague has been getting worse and worse, and we can’t seem to stop it; our entire Yan Family is anxious. The two Insect Masters we hired are limited in their abilities and are gradually getting overwhelmed. The Young Master of the Yan Family is so distressed that he can’t eat or sleep, and he sent me to see if you could come today to help our Yan Family deal with the locusts. Now, everyone especially envies the villagers of Shuangfeng Village; this place is like a pristine land, unaffected by the plague.
Lord Yan has mentioned several times that it would be great if the Yan Family also had an Insect Master as powerful as Master Qin.”
Steward Yan Qi looked at the young man before him with mixed feelings.
He had watched Qin Niu grow up.
Later, the young man’s fortunes soared as he became a respected Insect Master.
In the past, he considered himself an inspirational figure, a role model among the young, the pinnacle among servants.
But compared to Qin Niu, he was nothing.
“I can understand the Yan Family’s difficulties and anxiety, and I deeply empathize with your family’s situation. This evening, I will be there on time to help the Yan Family with pest control. Just have someone direct me to prioritize which fields need cleaning,” Qin Niu promptly agreed.
To bite the hand that feeds one is ungrateful, and to not repay one who has supported you is stingy.
The Yan Family had just delivered several sets of valuable furniture to him, and now that they were facing a catastrophe, it would be wrong for him to stand by idly.
Going to the Yan Family’s fields to eliminate pests at night would provide a good excuse to avoid Old Master Huang, and it could also earn him some money.
At the same time, he could repay some of the Yan Family’s kindness.
This was indeed killing several birds with one stone.
After receiving a definite answer, Yan Qi happily went back to report.
After breakfast, Qin Niu went up the mountain with the Corpse Bee.
Being a Grade Four insect, Fourth would have a hard time controlling it alone for long. He could only rely on the power of the Termite Army to accomplish this task.
“Your only task is to find a way to make it lay eggs,” Qin Niu commanded the ant colony, and then left them to it.
With the Corpse Bee confined in the bronze canister, there was no need to worry about it escaping.
It had a set mechanism for entering the egg-laying phase, and it wasn’t something that could happen in a day.
Since he needed Fourth to act as the general commander, and he was also concerned that Old Master Huang might track him down through something like the scent of the Corpse Bee, he dared not just leave it unattended.
He personally stayed nearby, chopping down trees and practicing his Blade Technique.
He was also stocking up on some dry wood for the winter.
The ever-present threat of being hunted down by Old Master Huang also forced him to work hard to improve his self-preservation abilities.
The Slash Martial Skill and Sweeping Martial Technique were both very practical moves.
If he could improve them, Qin Niu would have a better chance of facing Old Master Huang.
He kept busy until the sun began to sink in the west.