Chapter 62 - Chapter 62: Chapter 57: A New Variety Has Evolved i (1/2)

Chapter 62: Chapter 57: A New Variety Has Evolved i

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Insect Master Skills: Insect Trace Identification Proficiency 27.6/100, Insect Speak Proficiency 14.7/100, Insect Identification Proficiency 26.4/100, Insect Catching Proficiency 58.1/100.

Insect Trace Identification allowed him to find the traces of insects from various clues and then follow these traces to capture them.

An entire night of effort had elevated it from beginner to proficient.

His ability in this area had also increased dramatically; previously, he could only track insects from some obvious traces, but now he had the ability to discover them from more concealed traces and follow those tracks.

For instance, the marks or wormholes left by insects after eating plant leaves, or the trails and slime left behind by snails and other insects, and even the excrement and shed skins could all become clues for him to track insects.

With a proficient level of Insect Trace Identification, combined with his proficient insect-catching skills, he should be capable of catching some pricey insects to sell and earn some extra money.

Insect Identification too had broken through to a proficient level.

This skill was very important as well.

He could now identify an insect’s gender, species, abilities, age, and health.

The number of insect species he could identify had noticeably increased.

Plus, he had gained two new identification abilities.

One was the ability to gauge an insect’s strength; he could already discern this quite accurately. With just one glance, he could tell if an insect was capable of fighting, suited for burrowing, chewing on wood, or what its flying ability was like.

He could identify all these traits.

The other was the ability to assess the health of an insect, which he could also now identify.

Many people fear buying insects only to find they are diseased.

If the insects died after just a few days, their invested silver money would be wasted, which would be distressing for anyone, wouldn’t it?

With this skill, he could now avoid such pitfalls when buying insects in the future.

As an Insect Master who dealt with insects all his life, sometimes he would be willing to spend a lot of silver money on an insect he liked, which could easily lead to a trap.

After all, insects that were put up for sale were often rare finds.

Today, his newly comprehended insect-catching skill had also advanced from beginner to proficient; the most significant change was the increased efficiency in catching insects. He could now craft specific catching tools based on the different escape tactics exhibited by various insects.

Never underestimate this ability; many Insect Masters spent their entire lives researching and creating insect-catching tools, all to catch a single insect they fancied.

By now, he should have the ability to capture flying insects, burrowing insects, those good at hiding, and jumping insects.

For example, crickets, which fetched a high price on the market due to their ability to jump.

Now, Qin Niu was fully confident in his ability to catch them.

After returning home, he ate a meal of bear meat, took a bath, and then fell asleep.

The night-day reversal made him feel quite uncomfortable.

He didn’t wake up until noon.

Reaching under his mat, he grabbed his Treasured Sword, preparing to take it with him into the mountains.

As soon as he touched it, he felt something unusual.

The sword seemed to be ‘sick,’ as if it was quietly wailing.

Qin Niu was greatly alarmed and looked closely, only to see that the green patterns originally present within the blade had now become extremely dim and were almost gone.

He took the Treasured Sword to the backyard and struck it against a log with all his might.

Bang!

The power was still acceptable; after all, this was the Fine Iron Precious Saber he had purchased with nine silver coins.

But with this strike, he could clearly feel its power had decreased. It was completely incomparable to the peak state of the day before yesterday.

Qin Niu’s face suddenly turned grave.

The Treasured Sword was crying out to him in this silent way for help.

It had not been easy to evolve it with a hint of a special ability by applying the Banyan Tree Blood, but that ability had just begun to emerge and was not yet stable. Its sudden deprivation of ‘nourishment’ threatened to reduce it to an ordinary weapon once again.

He had to resume supplying it with nourishment.

Realizing the seriousness of the issue, Qin Niu went up the mountain with the remaining Banyan Tree Blood.

That blood could still be used to anoint the Treasured Sword one more time.