Chapter 22 - 22 Chapter 19 Strong Soldier Ant_1 (2/2)
Feeding the food to the worker ants, who would then regurgitate it to feed the Ant Queen, soldier ants, and larvae, would enable nearly the entire colony to benefit.
“Maybe later I can get some bear meat for them to eat, it’s just that I don’t know how well it will work?”
I feel that the blood must be the essence.
The effect of the bear meat would probably be inferior.
“Strong soldier ants, strong worker ants! Interesting!”
Their strength is twice that of regular worker ants and soldier ants.
The effect of this bear blood is just too wonderful.
…
Qin Niu chopped a load of firewood and returned home.
Faintly, he could still hear Wang Haikun’s loud voice coming from Wang Furen’s household; it seems that the man had drunk quite a bit!
He was just hoping that this plague would leave sooner.
He still wanted to fetch some bear meat to feed that nest of termites.
Qin Niu was splitting wood in his own backyard, able to chop through logs as thick as a person’s leg with a single blow.
After his Slash Martial Skill had reached minor achievement, its power was indeed formidable.
Every now and then, he could even execute a Critical Chop, enhancing the effect.
His proficiency with the chop was improving bit by bit.
So far, all of his skills, except for the planting skill which could improve through labor, required him to train hard, step by step.
It sounded like Wang Haikun had drunk about enough and finally Qin Niu heard the voice of Wang Furen seeing the guest out.
“Haikun, remember to come in for some tea next time! The kid next door, Ah Niu, is just a child; don’t bully him anymore.”
Wang Furen didn’t forget to speak well of Ah Niu.
“Uh… I just heard he got some game! That kid is nothing but a beggar by fate, eating wild game will only shorten his life, I was helping him! Thanks for the hospitality, see you!”
Wang Haikun burped drunkenly, staggering away.
When Qin Niu came down from the mountain, he saw that Xie Laizi’s door was still locked.
He guessed that Xie Laizi was most likely waiting at Wang Haikun’s home for him to return, then explain things face to face.
This kind of thing, Xie Laizi definitely wouldn’t dare broadcast outside.
Otherwise, if everyone knew he was Wang Haikun’s lackey, they certainly wouldn’t show him any kindness.
They might even ostracize him at every turn.
That’s also why Xie Laizi always went to Wang Haikun’s home sneakily, as if afraid of being seen.
Not even half an hour had passed before villagers began shouting, “Someone has been killed, someone at Wang Haikun’s place has been killed!”
Qin Niu felt secretly pleased in his heart; cunning really was a useful thing.
He easily manipulated both Wang Haikun and Xie Laizi.
Without lifting a finger, he eliminated one of Wang Haikun’s informants.
From now on, going in and out of the forest would be a lot more convenient.
Otherwise, being constantly watched by Xie Laizi every time he entered or left the forest made Qin Niu feel very insecure.
Looking at the situation, it was unlikely that Wang Haikun would have the chance to come back to Qin Niu’s home for a retaliatory strike today.
Nevertheless, Qin Niu remained extremely cautious.
He took a small amount of bear meat, put it in a little jar, then placed it at the bottom of his basket, and took it with him into the mountains.
To feed it to the termites.
The corpse of the giant centipede had been mostly disassembled already.
With the increased number of worker ants, their efficiency had also greatly improved.
It was mainly Fourth and those five strong worker ants that, after having consumed bear blood, had doubled their strength and worked more than twice as fast.
After feeding the bear meat and seeing that there were no problems for a while, Qin Niu then departed.
By the time he carried a basket of humus down the mountain and passed by Xie Laizi’s house, he saw it was surrounded by many villagers.
Xie Laizi was covered in blood all over his head and face, brutally beaten beyond recognition.
Still alive, clinging to his last breath.
“Boss Kun, I’m innocent, I really didn’t deceive you…”
Xie Laizi kept repeating this sentence in an extremely weak voice.
“Xie Laizi, you had it coming! Ah Niu is honestly tilling the land, alone and destitute. What has he ever done to bother you? He carried baskets of mountain soil to fertilize his land, and you just had to run and tip off Wang Haikun, saying he got hold of game again.”
“I bagged a deer the last time, and just as I had gotten home, Wang Haikun showed up right after. It must’ve also been that bastard Xie Laizi who snitched.”
“I dug up a ginseng in the mountains, and the very next day Boss Kun came to my door to take it away. It’s likely Xie Laizi who sold me out. Now getting beaten like this, he truly had it coming!”
The villagers took turns criticizing the grievously injured Xie Laizi, who was on the brink of death.
What does it mean when everyone pushes a falling wall?
This is it.
Xie Laizi’s backer—Wang Haikun—wished he could kill him; without his backer, and then the villagers, knowing he was Wang Haikun’s lackey, felt no sympathy for him.
He truly became like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not human either way.
With a load of humus on his back, Qin Niu slowed his pace to watch for a moment, then quickly left.
In the eyes of the villagers, he was still that silently sullen fool, Ah Niu.
After dumping the humus on his land, he returned home, locked the door, and peeked at the commotion outside.
No one noticed him.
This was the outcome he wanted.
However, he was very aware that Wang Haikun’s spies definitely weren’t limited to Xie Laizi alone. Therefore, he had to be careful and cautious, as one misstep could lead to irreparable consequences.
He did not eat the bear meat but instead ate the ‘husks’ in the pot.
In the future, he would eat this during the day, and at night, when it was deep and quiet, he would eat meat in large bites.
To quietly improve his cultivation.
Tomorrow, he would make a trip to the city, sell the bear hide, and should be able to procure a large amount of essential supplies for cultivation.