Demon's Diary

“If it’s just like this, it’s not impossible to lend you the mind imitation insect, but I will have to watch the whole process.” Liu Ming saw that the patriarch was willing to swear by the mind demon, the worries in his mind were dispelled. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

“Of course, please come with me.” Seeing that Liu Ming agreed to it, the patriarch was delighted. He swore by his mind demon before walking toward the back of the hall.

Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and followed him.

They quickly walked into a somewhat winding corridor. The ground and surroundings were quite flat. It seemed to lead to the depths of the underground.

Along the way, Liu Ming found several forks in the road. After a quick scan, it seemed that each fork in the road was connected with several secret rooms that seemed to be used to raise various spirit insects. From time to time, he could see a few Qing Ling Race cultivators in green robes walking in and out.

Speaking of which, this clan was really sparsely populated. Liu Ming just didn’t find many Qing Ling Race people along the way.

They walked along the long corridor for about a quarter of an hour and came to a stone chamber at the end.

On the left and right sides of the door of the stone chamber were carved images of strange insects. The one on the left looked like an unusually ferocious golden beetle while on the right was a black silkworm that looked ordinary. The only thing that was special was that there was a white pattern on the head of the black silkworm that looked like a human skull.

“Patriarch, could this silkworm on the right be…” Liu Ming’s heart moved, and he asked.

“Mr. Liu really has a keen mind. Yes, this black silkworm is the skeleton silkworm of our clan. As for the other golden beetle, it is another kind of holy insect, but you don’t need to know about it.” The patriarch said lightly.

Liu Ming was not interested in another holy insect. After sweeping his gaze, he examined the skeleton silkworm carefully.

The patriarch chanted and launched a black light into the stone door.

There was a light sound from the stone door, and a layer of faint black light appeared on the surface, which dissipated after a while. The stone door slowly opened inward.

The patriarch walked in, and Liu Ming quickly followed in.

The stone chamber was quite wide. It was about 90 meters in size, but the light was a bit dim. Only the top was inlaid with a few stones emitting a faint green light.

But with the eyesight of the patriarch and Liu Ming, even without the slightest light source, they could see clearly.

Liu Ming glanced around with a trace of surprise in his eyes.

The stone chamber looked quite heavily guarded from the outside, but the inside was unexpectedly rudimentary. The walls around were not even polished. Uneven stones could be seen from time to time. In addition, there were many strange plants planted in the surroundings.

The air in the stone chamber exuded a faint fragrance, which smelled very comfortable.

“This is the insect breeding room of our Qing Ling Race. These plants can emit the smell that insect beastkin like.” The patriarch explained.

Liu Ming glanced around and nodded.

There was a flat stone platform in the center of the stone chamber. The patriarch walked to the side of the stone platform, chanted, and launched a symbol.

The stone platform made a rumbling sound. It split open from the middle, revealing a dark hole.

After a while, a translucent square box rose from below.

The patriarch launched a symbol, and the box was opened from the top.

“This thing is an insect breeding box. Mr. Liu, I’m about to start.” The patriarch moved his long hand, and a ball of green light lifted his mind imitation insect and flew into the square box.

Seeing this, Liu Ming also waved his hand and sent his mind imitation insect into the box. The opening above the box was closed immediately.

The patriarch’s face became solemn. He waved his hands and launched symbols into the box, into the glowing green stones on the top of the room, and into the ground.

Following the patriarch’s moves, the entire stone chamber began to glow with a faint green light. The insect breeding box also emitted a faint green mist. After the mist tumbled, mysterious green beastkin runes appeared on the surface of the box.

The green mist inside the box became thicker and thicker. Under the shroud of mist, the 2 mind imitation insects both showed signs of irritability. The 2 mind imitation insects, who were originally peaceful, seemed to be aware of each other’s existence.

“Squeak…” After chirping to each other a few times, the 2 mind imitation insects began to wriggle their bodies and approach slowly.

When Liu Ming saw this scene, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Regardless of whether it was an insect beastkin or a beast beastkin, the most difficult problem was mating and reproduction.

Each beastkin had its own breeding season, and this mystic art performed by the patriarch actually stimulated the mind imitation insects to mate without any side effects. This was really extraordinary.

…

After a day and a night, the door of the stone chamber opened slowly. Liu Ming and the patriarch walked out side by side.

There was a hint of excitement on Qing Ling Race’s long face. He held a transparent cylindrical jar in his hand, which contained two finger-sized, milky white insect eggs.

Liu Ming didn’t seem to be in such a good mood, frowning slightly. the male mind imitation insect was lying quietly in his palm, looking a little weak.

He took out a green bottle, poured out a bean-like black elixir, and fed it to the mind imitation insect.

After taking an elixir, the mind imitation insect’s aura immediately recovered a bit. It moved its body and let out a low chirping sound as if it liked this elixir quite a bit.

“This is an elixir passed down from ancient times, which is suitable for most spiritual insects. Unfortunately, the cost to refine it is too high, and there are not many of them in my clan. If you let it take more than half of this bottle of elixir, your mind imitation insect should be able to make up for the lost vitality.” The patriarch explained.

Liu Ming nodded and put away the mind imitation insect.

“Patriarch Gu, now you have 2 insect eggs in your hands, I wonder if…” He glanced at the patriarch and said lightly.

“Don’t worry. We, Qing Ling Race, will keep our word. I have ordered people to fetch the skeleton silkworm. He should be waiting in the hall now.” The patriarch put away the transparent jar in his hand and said so.

“That’s good.” Liu Ming nodded at ease.

They soon came to the hall. In the hall, Lan Si and Elder Gu were already there. Elder Gu was holding a palm-sized dark green stone box in his hand.

“Patriarch.” Elder Gu looked at the patriarch.

The patriarch nodded, and Elder Gu handed the stone box in his hand to Liu Ming and said, “Mr. Liu, the skeleton silkworm is in it.”

“Thank you.” Liu Ming showed a joyful face, took the stone box, and opened the lid. There was a black silkworm about 8 inches long and the thickness of a finger. There was a white skull pattern on its head. It was exactly the skeleton silkworm he saw on the right of the door of the breeding room before.

“Mr. Liu, I don’t know what you want this skeleton silkworm for, but this silkworm is a holy insect of our clan. Please use it properly.” Elder Gu stared at Liu Ming and solemnly instructed.

“Thank you for the reminder.” Liu Ming looked at Elder Gu in surprise and said lightly.

He closed the stone box and carefully put it away.

Since the skeleton silkworm could be regarded as a holy insect by the Qing Ling Race, it must have its unique ability, but he had no intention to explore it. He wanted this skeleton silkworm only to refine the Soul Absorb Voodoo.

“Patriarch Gu, since the trade has been completed, I won’t stay any longer. Miss Lan’s trade should also be done, right?” Liu Ming cupped his fist at the patriarch and said to Lan Si.

At this moment, he couldn’t wait to return to Luo City and refine the Soul Absorb Voodoo.

Lan Si nodded. She had picked 12 swift beetles. If it wasn’t for waiting for Liu Ming, she would have left yesterday.

They bowed to the patriarch and walked outside.

“Mr. Liu, please wait a moment.” Elder Gu said suddenly.

Hearing this, Liu Ming stopped and turned around.

“Can you sell your crimson flame pill to me? I’m willing to pay you 20 million spirit stones.” Elder Gu looked at Liu Ming expectantly and said.

He didn’t have much lifespan left, but he was still unable to break through the Celestial State. The crimson flame pill was too important to him, so he couldn’t let it go no matter how.

“Does Elder Gu think that crimson flame pill can be measured by spirit stones? Besides, I’m no shortage of spirit stones.” Liu Ming said with a spurious smile.

What he said was the truth. He had already earned a lot of spirit stones by cooperating with Blue Wood Race in refining pills these years. If it was only tens of millions, he really wouldn’t be moved.

Although the crimson flame pill could only be taken once per person, rather than selling it, it was better to keep it and give it to those around him when they broke through to the Celestial State in the future.

Elder Gu looked gloomy. He used these words to shut Liu Ming’s mouth yesterday, but it was his turn to be speechless.

“Since Mr. Liu doesn’t like spirit stones, can we exchange our exotic insect with you. Since you have kept a mind imitation insect, you should be more interested in other spiritual insects.” The patriarch suddenly spoke.

Liu Ming fell silent when he heard this.

Elder Gu glanced at the patriarch gratefully, and he handed a white bone jade slip to Liu Ming.

“Here is the list of spiritual insects that we trade with the outsiders. The abilities of each spiritual insects are explained in the corresponding notes behind. Mr. Liu, please take a look at it first.” Elder Gu said with a forced smile.

There was a look of interest on Liu Ming’s face. He took the jade slip and read it with Divine Thought.

Phantom hell insect, ranked 21st on the list. Its strength was comparable to Crystallization Period cultivator when it was an adult. The special gas it emitted could cause an illusion that could even affect those who were below the Real Pellet State.

Frost crystal ant, ranked 25th on the list. It was good at flying. It was often used in the large-scale battle. It spurted a special cold breath that could freeze everything.

Mountain-devouring earthworm, ranked 30th on the list. Earth attribute spiritual insect. It was extremely sensitive to the spirit, which made it good at treasure hunting.

…

These exotic spiritual insects really opened the eyes of Liu Ming.

After a while, his Divine Thought withdrew from the jade slip, and he played with the jade slip in his hand.

Elder Gu felt a little uneasy when he saw Liu Ming’s expression.

He secretly guessed that maybe Liu Ming was not interested in these spiritual insects on the jade slip.

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