Chapter 169 - Chapter 169: Chapter 164: Obtaining the Insect Egg and the Jade Slipi (2/2)

After checking the back of his own head, he didn’t find any problems.

Only the place where it had attached itself felt a little itchy when touched.

He was somewhat relieved.

When had that insect been placed on him?

When it was attached to his head, he hadn’t felt anything at all.

It was truly impossible to guard against.

‘The rooster crowed in alarm before the strange insect showed abnormal behavior, indicating that the insect might have released some toxins into the rooster’s body right before it died.”

Qin Niu speculated to himself.

He carefully collected the insect egg and then searched the area thoroughly again, finding nothing.

Why had the strange insect suddenly died when it had been fine before?

There were only two possibilities.

One, the female insect that had entered the Ancient Banyan Tree Maze was killed, causing the strange insect to die as well. The second, the person who entered the Ancient Banyan Tree was the master of the strange insect, and when he died, the insect he had tamed died with him.

It was hard to determine which situation it was.

He carried the dead rooster and walked directly towards the maze beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree.

He deliberately chose a farther spot to avoid running into the person who had entered the day before, in case they hadn’t died.

Upon entering beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree, he could see its branches and leaves were only three meters from the ground, slowly rising.

This Ancient Banyan Tree was particularly magical; its branches would only droop down during the night.

During the daytime, the branches would rise on schedule.

Qin Niu looked around wide-eyed, sweeping his gaze several times, but still didn’t find anyone else.

It seemed the person had been ‘eaten’ by the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Qin Niu was still somewhat uneasy and began to search around beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Now, the area beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree was as familiar to him as his own backyard.

In fact, it had become Qin Niu’s ‘backyard’.

He could come and go as he pleased, practice his skills there, and continually harvest the Banyan Tree Blood and “Thousand Eyes Tree” Blood.

What exactly that “Thousand Eyes Tree” was, he still didn’t fully understand.

It resembled the legendary bodhi with a thousand eyes, so he named this extremely special small tree the “Thousand Eyes Tree.”

Its tree blood was also very interesting; it could help termites evolve abilities like Spirit Control or Mental Attacks.

This was somewhat similar to the Divine Skills of the Buddhist tradition.

Had he known how magical these “Thousand Eyes Tree” were, he wouldn’t have cut any down at the beginning.

Fortunately, he hadn’t cut them all down.

Otherwise, the loss would have been too great.

After much effort in searching, he finally made a discovery.

There were several garments and personal belongings on the ground, but the person was gone.

“Indeed, it’s the Mu Kuai from Old Master Huang’s house.”

Qin Niu vaguely remembered the clothes Mu Kuai wore and recognized them at a glance.

No wonder that dummy blindly followed the strange insect’s mother right into the maze.

Using the Ink Blade, he pried open the clothes and found a few Silver Pieces and two Silver Ingots. There was no silver note.

He also found a small, very ancient jade slip.

This gave Qin Niu an immense surprise and was unexpected.

Jade slips were absolutely high-level books, used only to record extremely important information, made from expensive jade.

Moreover, as of now, jade slips and bamboo slips had been long phased out.

Paper was the most commonly used.

A little higher-end might use fabric or animal skins as ‘paper’.