Chapter 170 - Chapter 170: Chapter 165 Green Silk Worm_1 (1/2)

Chapter 170: Chapter 165 Green Silk Worm_1

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Etching words on bamboo slips is relatively easy, and the crafting process isn’t too complicated.

Jade slips are made by polishing pieces of jade, and both manufacturing them and etching words on them are much more difficult.

Picking up the jade slip and wiping off the dust, the words etched onto it became clearly visible.

“Green Silkworm breeding secret technique!”

Qin Niu couldn’t help but be startled before becoming overjoyed.

The Green Silkworm was likely that strange insect that could imperceptibly latch onto his head, hair-like in form and extremely difficult to detect.

The writing on the jade slip was very small, but meticulous and without error.

Glancing over it, it recorded the Green Silk Worm’s breeding methods, uses, and its known grades and forms.

The Green Silkworm is born as a Grade Two insect, tiny as a bedbug.

The best time to bind it to a master is during the egg phase.

Its breeding is extremely difficult.

It requires using the body temperature of a human to incubate, which can take as short as a month or as long as several years. During this incubation period, if the eggs get cold, they can easily die.

After successful hatching, it needs to be fed with the master’s own blood essence.

Moreover, it only consumes fresh human blood.

The fresh blood from a human’s head is most welcomed by it.

The Green Silkworm is highly poisonous, and in its larval stage, it cannot control the venom within its body very well, often resulting in the release of toxins while feeding on the master’s blood essence, leading to itching sores and swelling on the master.

The venom of an adult Green Silkworm can be lethal, causing a person’s blood to clot all over the body, ultimately leading to death.

Therefore, its venom has the effect of stopping bleeding.

No wonder the rooster died. Surely, that Green Silkworm injected its venom into the rooster before dying, causing the rooster’s blood to clot and leading to its painful death.

The Green Silkworm reproduces by parthenogenesis, and although reaching Grade Three counts as an adult, it only has the basic ability to lay eggs at that stage.

It only lays one or two eggs before dying.

Many insects have this breeding mechanism.

It’s as if one generation fades, only then giving birth to new life.

It’s precisely because of this mechanism that they can pass on from generation to generation, avoiding extinction.

To become a true female insect, the Green Silkworm needs to reach Grade Four.

At that stage, it has the normal ability to lay eggs, but its reproductive capacity is very poor, requiring a feast on the master’s blood essence for one or two months to incubate a single egg.

After laying eggs, a Grade Four Green Silkworm mother can hatch them on her own and nourish the larvae that emerge.

The mother will continue to support them until they reach adulthood.

The weakest Green Silk Worm mothers only track their offspring by scent. As the mother ascends each grade, she gains new abilities.

The owner of the jade slip only bred the Green Silkworm to Grade Seven.

At Grade Four, the mother can track her offspring by scent. Even if the offspring hide at the ends of the world, tens of thousands of miles away from the mother, she can still find them.

This ability is super awesome, equivalent to a modern-day tracker.

As long as it latches onto an enemy undetected, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they can be pursued and killed.

At Grade Five, through the offspring, it’s possible to eavesdrop on the sounds surrounding the larvae.

At Grade Six, it’s possible to see the surroundings through the larvae.

At Grade Seven, it can sense the host’s emotional fluctuations and even peer into the host’s thoughts.

According to the owner of the jade slip’s speculation, this is not the ultimate form of the Green Silkworm; it can still be bred and evolve further.

After reading the description of the Green Silk Worm from Grade Two to Grade Seven on the jade slip, Qin Niu was beyond excited.

Gosh, the abilities of the Green Silkworm are simply heaven-defying.

Although it cannot be used for direct combat, for eavesdropping on intelligence, monitoring enemies, and pinpointing their location, it’s virtually a “divine tool.”

Evolved to Grade Seven, it could even steal the host’s emotional fluctuations and thoughts.

It was even more terrifying than brain-eating insects.

He subconsciously took out the egg to look at it; it wasn’t lost.

He quickly wrapped it layer by layer and then placed it in a bronze canister before feeling at ease.

If such a powerful insect were to be lost, it would be a real pity.

He must find a way to hatch it quickly.

He was willing to feed it his blood essence.

To endure the itchiness and swelling after it fed on his blood essence was a small price to pay.

Compared to its heaven-defying abilities, what was a little suffering?

As long as he successfully hatches it and breeds it to Grade Four, it will definitely play a major role in the future.

As for breeding it to Grade Seven, Qin Niu dared not aim too high, not even daring to contemplate it at this time.

Since the Green Silkworm lays eggs before dying, and there were over a hundred offspring on that female worm that the Ancient Banyan Tree had killed, then wouldn’t it have laid hundreds of eggs?

He quickly squatted down and searched carefully.

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

Were even the eggs killed by the Ancient Banyan Tree?

Qin Niu did not rush back to the village.

He could now basically conclude that Old Master Huang had not died, which posed a great threat.

Mu Kuai and those two Corpse Bees were taken down by Qin Niu, so it was very likely that Old Master Huang himself would take action next time.

Being targeted by such a ruthless character made it hard for him to rest.

At this moment, he could also seek protection from the Fang Family.

The Fang Family would definitely be eager for this.

But he was very clear that this was a last resort. As long as he could cope, he should most definitely not rely on the Fang Family.

A debt owed must eventually be repaid.