You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 266: Thunderstruck Wood

Upon hearing Lu Xuan's words, Zhong Jingshan subconsciously couldn't believe it.

He looked into the insect chamber.

The first thing that caught his eye was the still thin male insect lying quietly on the ground, motionless.

After several days of fierce battles, even though Lu Xuan nourished the male insect with venomous insects from the Bug Valley every day, the male insect still looked depleted.

Behind the male insect, the female insect quietly crouched in the corner, with three prominent bumps on her back.

The moment Zhong Jingshan saw those three bumps, his pupils contracted slightly, filled with joy and astonishment.

Causing this pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects to conceive had been a major problem bothering him in recent years.

The Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects themselves were of the fourth rank, and the higher the rank, the more difficult it was to conceive offspring. Moreover, since he had raised this pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects together since childhood, their bond was like siblings, far surpassing mere affection. Therefore, despite trying many methods, he couldn't successfully get them to conceive.

Unexpectedly, just by going out for a while, he discovered that this pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects had secretly conceived behind his back!

Directly asking like this seemed somewhat inappropriate, as it might involve Lu Xuan's privacy. However, Zhong Jingshan was just too curious and couldn't help but ask.

"I used a kind of aphrodisiac miasma from the spiritual plants I personally cultivated. It seems to be quite effective."

Lu Xuan smiled and said.

In order to successfully get this pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects to conceive, he had expended nearly half of the pink miasma produced by the Enchanting Spirit Peaches.

He had cultivated several Enchanting Spirit Peach plants to obtain that amount of miasma. Only with a large amount of miasma, combined with the emotional foundation between the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects, could success be achieved.

Therefore, this method couldn't be used frequently.

Zhong Jingshan nodded upon hearing this, refraining from further inquiries.

The two then arrived at the insect chamber where the Demon Blade Black Mantis was located.

"Elder Brother, please wait a moment. While nurturing this Black Mantis Demon Insect, I suddenly came up with a little game that can train its killing skills, stimulate its instinct to kill, and cultivate intimacy with it."

Just as Zhong Jingshan was about to step into the insect chamber, Lu Xuan spoke up to stop him.

Immediately, dozens of strange insects shot towards the darkness from different angles and at different times. Zhong Jingshan then witnessed the miraculous skill of the Black Mantis Demon Insect cutting these strange insects in half in the darkness.

"Not bad."

He nodded in admiration. With his perspective as a true disciple, he could see at a glance that this little game had a great promoting effect on the growth of the Black Mantis Demon Insect.

Lu Xuan's ingenious idea gave him a sense of enlightenment.

After the Black Mantis Demon Insect had swallowed all the bisected strange insect corpses, it silently emerged from the darkness, glanced at Lu Xuan, and only then noticed its master beside him.

"I was here first..."

Zhong Jingshan sighed silently, a sense of absurdity flashing through his mind.

He felt as if something he cherished had been snatched away right in front of him.

However, Lu Xuan's surprises for him were not over yet.

In the insect chamber where the Condensing Jade Spiders were located.

"Senior Brother Zhong, this is the lustrous sand I've collected over the past three months."

After confirming that all the Seven-Star Lapis Bugs were growing well, Lu Xuan took out a sandalwood box from his storage pouch.

As Zhong Jingshan glanced over it, his expression remained calm on the surface, but he couldn't help but murmur in surprise inwardly.

The number of lustrous sands Lu Xuan handed over was even more than he had imagined.

Based on his usual experience in cultivating Seven-Star Lapis Bugs, it was impossible to obtain this amount of lustrous sand in three months.

There was only one possibility: Lu Xuan had taken better care of these Seven-Star Lapis Bugs, thereby increasing the production of lustrous sand.

Originally, Zhong Jingshan thought it wouldn't matter if Lu Xuan handed over fewer lustrous sands than usual. Even if Lu Xuan took a bit more for himself, he would turn a blind eye to it.

However, the unexpectedly large amount of lustrous sand left him unsure of how to react.

Returning to his stone chamber, he thought about the various insect chambers and felt increasingly satisfied.

"Junior Brother Lu, would you be willing to stay in the Gu Valley long-term and help me raise demonic insects?"

After a moment of thought, he suddenly asked.

Lu Xuan's expression froze for a moment, thoughts flashing through his mind, and then he smiled and declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Zhong. I'm used to being lazy and prefer to take care of and cultivate spiritual plants and beasts on my own."

"Very well."

Zhong Jingshan didn't say anything more. He himself had a similar personality, so he understood Lu Xuan's decision. He only couldn't help but ask, given Lu Xuan's outstanding ability in raising demonic insects.

"Junior Brother, you've worked hard."

He said in a deep voice, and before his words fell, a pile of sword seals floated to Lu Xuan's front.

Lu Xuan knew that this was the reward for his hard work over the past few months, so he took them without hesitation.

"I came across this Thunderstruck Wood by chance. It's rich in vitality and should still be able to sustain itself."

A dried-up piece of wood stopped in front of Lu Xuan. The wood was scorched in various places, connected together like lightning patterns.

Although it looked like dead wood on the outside, Lu Xuan's spiritual sense could sense a special vitality incubating within, born of destruction.

Lu Xuan seemed to see a giant spirit tree struck by a torrent of thunder, instantly burning, leaving behind only this small piece of Thunderstruck Wood with a lingering spark of life.

"With so many sword seals, plus this rare Thunderstruck Wood, are all true disciples this wealthy?"

Lu Xuan took the dried-up wood, unable to help but marvel.

Even if this Thunderstruck Wood couldn't be cultivated, it could still be used to make flying swords, wooden talismans, and other magical instruments, making it extremely valuable.

Thinking back to the previous help he provided to Ge Pu in solving the promotion problem of the Yin-Yang Kun Fish, receiving a sword command from him, which allowed him to have the opportunity to enter the Blessed Land and obtain huge opportunities such as the Phoenix Wood and the Profound Insect Vine.

Now, after helping to raise demonic insects for a few months, Zhong Jingshan, who was also a true disciple, gave him hundreds of sword seals and a rare Thunderstruck Wood.

This made Lu Xuan have a more intuitive understanding of the wealth of true disciples.