Chapter 117 - Chapter 117: Chapter 112: The Second Level 3 Termite i (2/2)

Days went by like this. Qin Niu’s old house had been demolished, and the new house was being urgently constructed.

Wang Furen brought him some supplies but did not invite Qin Niu to stay at his home.

He was simply afraid that with Qin Niu’s now esteemed status, if he stayed at his place, he might aim for his daughter.

He feared even more that it would be like inviting a wolf into his home.

It’s easy to invite a Buddha, but hard to send one away.

Qin Niu did not point this out.

Just that these past few days, Wang Wanyan had not shown her face. In the past, whenever Qin Niu passed by her building, she would always open her window to chat with him or give him some food.

She probably hid in her room to seize the chance to cultivate after receiving the three Tempering Elixirs.

She wanted to struggle against fate and did not wish to comply with her father to marry some influential young master from the city.

With the status of an Insect Master, Qin Niu now had the power to help her if she needed it.

To at least persuade Wang Furen not to force his daughter, it should not be a problem.

Wu Si’s family had obediently returned the land they’d encroached on.

It’s just that ever since the village chief slapped Madam Mo, she had rarely been seen.

She probably feared the ridicule of the other villagers.

After Wang Haikun was harshly dealt with by Qin Niu, losing an arm, he had been healing at home, also no longer emerging to harass the neighbors.

This made the villagers of Shuangfeng Village clap their hands in approval.

Many villagers praised Qin Niu behind his back as the lucky star of Shuangfeng Village, allowing everyone to live peaceful lives.

Especially the henpecked husband whose wife had been bullied by Wang Haikun, he no longer had to worry about his wife being tormented by this bully.

Qin Niu’s ant colony was growing steadily stronger, with more and more powerful special termites appearing.

Moreover, among the newly added young ants in the colony, another Strength Worker Ant and two Poisonous Ants had emerged.

This showed that the effort to cultivate the Ant Queen and increase its capability to produce special offspring was a very wise move.

As his experience with cultivating termites using Banyan Tree Blood grew richer, the plan to use Banyan Tree Blood to feed the Ant Queen and help it advance was put on the agenda.

The Ant Queen was now a Grade Two insect. If it advanced another grade, it would definitely reach Grade Three.

At that point, its lifespan would increase by at least ten years.

In the short term, Qin Niu wouldn’t have to worry about its lifespan anymore.

Furthermore, as it became stronger, the offspring it produced would also likely be stronger.

To this, Qin Niu was very much looking forward.

If the Ant Queen were to produce Grade Two Lightning Worker Ants or Tiger-striped Soldier Ants directly, that would be quite terrifying.

He estimated that it wouldn’t take long for the entire mountain to become its territory.

According to the days counted, the first batch of bee eggs laid by the Queen Bee were about to hatch. When that happened, he could begin to cultivate the bee colony, and together with the ant colony, he might not speak of being invincible or anything, but at least dealing with regular enemies should not pose any issues.

There was another matter worth mentioning.

The cowardly turtle had not come out since it ate the pork ‘medicated’ by Qin Niu.

If it weren’t for Qin Niu being able to check on its status, he might have thought it had died.

Termites that fed on the Banyan Tree Blood generally took two to three days to evolve at the slower end.

Unexpectedly, after the little turtle consumed the Banyan Tree Blood, its evolution was taking so much longer.

He had originally planned to feed some of it to the anglehorn bull, but Qin Niu was too scared to take the risk now.

Xiao Niu had become quite the glutton.

Following Qin Niu up the mountain, she would come home every day with a round belly.

Once back at the cattle shed, she would lie down comfortably.

The next morning, there would invariably be a large pile of cow dung.

Her manure-producing capability was truly strong.

But this was a good thing for Qin Niu.

Although he could prepare very effective fertilizer from the mountains, Xiao Nui’s dung seemed to be particularly potent.

The batch of medicinal herbs that had cow dung applied to them were now flourishing.

Their roots and stems appeared particularly robust.

Qin Niu did not know whether it was the effect of the Everlasting Spring Technique or the strength of the cow dung’s fertility.

He reckoned the effect of the cow dung should be quite good.

He piled up the surplus cow dung in the field, and the ears of millet that grew there seemed a bit thicker and stronger than usual.

So, he believed in the effectiveness of the cow dung.

On this day, he went up the mountain as usual, along with Fourth, the Ant Queen, and a small group of termites, arriving under a large pine tree.

No sooner had he settled the Ant Queen than he sensed several familiar presences in the swarm of bees overhead.

He couldn’t help but rejoice.

“Queen Bee, have the first batch of bee larvae you laid successfully hatched?”

“Yes!”

The Queen Bee was diligently laying eggs.

Its egg-laying skill was still quite weak, able to lay only ten eggs a day, and the egg-laying process was very slow.

It was somewhat like a hen laying eggs, which was an arduous endeavor.

“Little guys! Come to me!”

Qin Niu commanded the newly hatched young bees.

However, not a single one flew over.

Qin Niu felt slightly embarrassed.

That wasn’t right, he should be able to command them by reason.. Could it be that his Bee Language was not good enough?