Chapter 45 - Chapter 45: Chapter 40: The Cultivation of Tree Sap and Termites_i (2/2)

Usually used for chopping wood, it’s just as effective when it’s time to chop a person.

Then there are some families in the village whose daughters had married well, with either a prosperous large clan or connections to the Yan Family or other powerful figures. Wang Haikun couldn’t bully them either.

So, all told, there were about a dozen households in the whole village that Wang Haikun could manipulate.

Most of them were bachelors like Qin Niu, Xie Laizi, and the old drunk Zhang Banzui.

As for households with just a woman left, the situation was somewhat better if she was older, but if she was young it was quite tragic.

This was also why this world valued boys over girls.

After Wang Haikun left, Qin Niu first used the manure that had been fermenting in the field until only four or five baskets were left. He estimated that the amount he had just applied would be enough to last until the harvest of millet.

As for the remaining baskets, he tampered with them a bit.

Whoever used it would face misfortune.

Wang Haikun wanted to get his fertilizer for free, but Qin Niu would let him understand a lesson, freebies are the most expensive.

After fetching some Ancient Banyan Tree Blood from his home, Qin Niu carried the baskets back into the mountains.

By this time, it was already the afternoon, with the sun slanting towards the west.

Arriving at the Ant Nest, Qin Niu knew the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood was very peculiar, so he dared not use Fourth as the first test subject.

Instead, he allowed a Young Worker Ant to consume it.

The Young Worker Ant ate a bit of the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood and in less than ten seconds, its abdomen started to inflate rapidly, like it was being pumped full of air.

And it showed no signs of stopping.

Qin Niu inwardly exclaimed that this was bad.

Bang!

The back of its abdomen burst open, and it died on the spot.

He felt a bit of a pity for the loss of a Young Worker Ant that had just molted today.

Fortunately, the ant colony was quite stable now, birthing at least ten Worker Ants or Soldier Ants every day.

As for the Breeder Ants, the Ant Queen might have her own considerations, as Qin Niu hadn’t seen any yet.

The road to cultivation was definitely full of risks.

Sacrifices were inevitable.

“Is it because the concentration of the Banyan Tree Blood was too high and the energy contained too terrifying, causing its body to explode, or is it because the Banyan Tree Blood is inedible?”

He decided to try another Young Worker Ant.

If it failed again, he would have to wait until tomorrow.

Given the Ant Queen’s current egg-laying speed, he could only afford to test on two Young Worker Ants per day.

Too many losses would affect the subsequent development of the ant colony.

He took out a gourd with water, poured a little out, and diluted the small drop of Ancient Banyan Tree Blood that he had taken out earlier.

It was diluted by about a hundred times.

He then ordered another Young Worker Ant to eat it.

The Worker Ants wouldn’t defy their master’s orders.

After the Young Worker Ant had sipped a little, Qin Niu immediately stopped it and waited quietly.

Its abdomen began to swell again.

However, the swelling was much slower this time.

Qin Niu watched intently, his heart pounding fiercely, worried that it might explode again.

Time passed slowly.

The Young Worker Ant did not die, and its abdomen did not explode.

But it laid motionless, seemingly in great discomfort.

After observing for a while, Qin Niu returned it to the nest and instructed Fourth to watch over the Young Worker Ant, not letting it feed the Ant Queen or any other Young Ants or Soldier Ants.

In fact, this Young Worker Ant was not in a position to feed other Termites at the moment.

It remained motionless, its antennae only slightly trembling.

He decided to check on it again tomorrow.

Now he needed to deliver a basket of humus to Wang Haikun’s field.

While collecting humus, Qin Niu caught a centipede, killed it, and then fed it to the Termite colony.

He believed that feeding them a bit of toxic insects like centipedes every day should enhance the poison in the Termites..