Chapter 18 - 18 Chapter 17: Drawing a Tiger but Ending Up with a Cat, The Bully Returns_1 (1/2)

18 Chapter 17: Drawing a Tiger but Ending Up with a Cat, The Bully Returns_1

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Folklore has always maintained that bear blood strengthens the body, while fox blood nourishes the spirit.

As his body began to absorb the energy from the bear blood, his blood seemed to boil. Strength surged incessantly throughout his limbs and bones. The physical exertion from the recent fight with the black bear was quickly replenishing, and his cultivation level appeared to be rising at an astonishing rate.

He had a sudden idea, what would happen if he fed the termite this bear blood?

Termites are omnivores that can eat almost anything.

Fourth had been injured, and the other five worker ants had just molted into adults not long ago, still small worker ants, perfect for nourishing with bear blood.

Qin Niu used a leaf to collect some bear blood and went under the big camphor tree.

“Fourth, call them out to eat,” he said.

Qin Niu had now learned the language of insects, which allowed him to communicate with the ant colony, a lot more convenient than before.

There were many skills in insect control, but so far, he had only learned two of the most basic ones.

This was already very impressive.

Because all he did was follow the brief descriptions in the Insect Control Books and then comprehend on his own.

Fourth led the five worker ants out from the depths of the tree hole.

Seeing them covered in wood chips, they must have been expanding the ant nest.

Having survived a major disaster was a good thing for them as well; it was a great test. The wild was cruel, with all creatures competing, and only the fittest survived.

After they emerged, they sniffed the bear blood on the leaves before Fourth started sucking.

Qin Niu left them to it and turned his attention elsewhere.

The bear carcass had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Learning from his last experience, he planned to sneak it back home this time.

He understood the principle of concealing his wrongdoing.

The bear carcass could sell for at least twenty-five or twenty-six silver money.

The bear’s hide alone could fetch more than twenty silver money, which was a significant sum.

Qin Niu could use it to buy weapons, cultivation techniques, Insect Control Books, low-grade Contract Charms, and other items.

And with careful use of that money, he could acquire all these things at once.

By then, his strength would skyrocket.

With a cultivation technique, even a common low-grade one, he could reach the peak of the onefold Mortal Realm within ten years.

Those Protectors hired by the Yan Family weren’t born able to lift a two-hundred-pound bronze cauldron.

Many of them had some foundational cultivation in their family and started practicing cultivation techniques from a young age.

Others earned some money through their efforts and bought cultivation techniques to practice on their own, but self-study was usually difficult because the practices were complex.

Most would spend money to take a master.

This greatly increased the chances of success.

Qin Niu looked at the huge bear carcass before him, silently considering how to deal with it.

It was not yet daybreak, the best time to handle the situation.

Carrying such a huge bear carcass back home without being noticed was best done by dismembering it.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he decisively hoisted the bear carcass on his back and headed down the mountain.