A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 94 Gold-Eating Insect

Just as the old man with the golden gu was like an experienced hunter waiting for his prey to reveal a weakness, Luo Ming had already circled around, returned to his cave, packed everything into his storage bag, and left Lingwu Island.

As for the Spirit Eye Spring in the cave, he doesn't have the means to move it now, so he can only leave it there for now and move it when he has enough strength.

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"Hehe, those gold-devouring insects are probably sleeping soundly in that abandoned cave."

Luo Ming sat cross-legged on the black jade flying boat, touching his chin and smiling slightly.

Now that Old Demon Han is not here, he can visit his cave and bring back those Gold-Eating Insect larvae to cultivate.

Half a month later, a black jade flying boat slowly came to a stop more than ten miles away from Xiaohuan Island. Luo Ming put away the flying boat and flew forward in concealment.

He remembered that there were quite a few cultivators guarding that place.

"Brother Mu, it's been so long, that person won't be back, will they?"

Inside a hidden formation, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators were conversing. One of them, a tall, thin cultivator, asked a question to the meditating cultivator surnamed Mu beside him, his tone respectful, indicating that the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator held an extraordinary status.

This late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator named Mu Kui is a disciple of Yuan Jun, the deputy island master of Kui Xing Island. Most of the other cultivators are rogue cultivators who, after joining the Kui Xing Island Enforcement Team, usually follow him on some secret missions.

Although it felt great at first to think that you could earn spirit stones without doing anything, it got a bit boring after a while.

Although the income from spirit stones was stable, it was not enough for cultivation, and the spiritual energy in this place was relatively thin.

"Hmph, if it weren't for Master's orders, do you think I would want to stay in this place with its thin spiritual energy?" Mu Kui said fiercely.

He was originally staying comfortably in his cave on Kuixing Island, with concubines serving him every day, but he dared not disobey his master's orders, so he had no choice but to obediently lead a group of Six-Hall Law Enforcement Team cultivators to guard this place.

Just as the group was chatting, an alarm sounded, and everyone immediately became excited.

"Haha, finally some work!"

However, when they arrived at the location where the report was filed, they found nothing unusual, and the group looked at each other in bewilderment.

"It's probably some bird or beast that triggered the mechanism again," Mu Kui said, frowning as he glanced around.

They set up several sets of guard devices around the man's cave, including formations and extremely hidden mechanisms. These devices incorporated the advantages of mortal mechanical arts and would not generate any spiritual energy fluctuations, making them extremely well-hidden.

However, this kind of mechanism also has its drawbacks, namely that it is easily triggered by birds and beasts in the mortal world. They have been tricked many times in the past year.

"Let's go. That kid probably won't dare to come back unless he hides for a few years. Let's go back and have a drink."

"How much wine did Brother Gao bring in his storage bag? Why haven't you finished drinking it yet?"

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After carefully examining the surroundings, the group assumed that another wild animal had triggered the mechanism, and they all returned to the original formation to continue guarding it.

From a shadowy spot several dozen feet away from where they had just stood, a figure slowly emerged—it was Luo Ming, who had concealed himself using the illusionary abilities of the thousand-year-old spirit clam.

"I didn't expect that this place would be equipped with mortal traps. If these people discover it, we'll have no choice but to kill them with swift and decisive action."

Luo Ming slowly looked in the direction those people had left, and frowned.

But that would alert the Core Formation cultivator on Kui Xing Island, putting Luo Ming in an extremely unfavorable situation, which was not what he wanted.

So he quietly circled around to the back of the cave and began searching for the hidden cave that Old Demon Han had set up.

A quarter of an hour later, relying on his powerful divine sense, Luo Ming finally found a cave that looked like it had been dug by some kind of animal in a place covered with dense vegetation. After crawling into it for dozens of feet, he finally arrived at the hidden cave.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of Old Devil Han, the level of secrecy here is only slightly worse than my cave."

Luo Ming laughed heartily, feeling a thrill of being a thief.

Looking at the dense holes on the stone wall inside the other party's cave, Luo Ming's heart immediately became excited. He casually patted his spirit beast pouch, and two plump snow silkworms appeared.

The reason he kept these two snow silkworms with average combat power was to make it easier to collect the gold-devouring insects.

The two little ones arrived in a new place, full of curiosity, their little eyes darting around curiously.

"I didn't send you two out here to play around. You'd better get some work done in a bit."

Luo Ming glanced helplessly at the two silly snow silkworms. Although they had reached the level of second-level demon beasts, he felt that if they were in the wild, they might not be able to defeat Han Laomo, who was at the peak of the Qi Refining stage.

Following the traces of holes in the stone walls and the silver shells the size of beans on the ground, Luo Ming finally found the silver ball on a tree in his herb garden.

"Is this the larval stage of the Gold-Eating Insect?"

Luo Ming observed from a distance and saw that the other party seemed to be asleep, which was the perfect opportunity to subdue it secretly. So he gave an order to the two snow silkworms.

Despite its plump appearance, the Snow Silkworm was surprisingly fast. It immediately released an astonishingly cold aura that surrounded it, like two snow dragons roaring towards the silver ball.

Perhaps sensing the change in its surroundings, the silver sphere began to vibrate slowly, and the dense silver particles on it began to wriggle, as if it had just woken up.

"go!"

Just then, Luo Ming summoned the Xuanbing Bracelet talisman in his hand. A crystal jade bracelet several meters in size suddenly appeared in the void above the silver sphere, and bursts of cold air suddenly erupted, enveloping the silver particles in a layer of ice.

Faced with this extremely ferocious and impervious spirit insect, Luo Ming devised a targeted plan.

That is to restrict its vitality by using the Frost Bracelet Talisman, confining it to a certain range, and then the Snow Silkworm spits out a large amount of ice silk to wrap it up.

The little ones, who were sleeping soundly, suddenly sensed the approaching danger and immediately tried their best to resist the binding of the icy energy. However, because they were still in their infancy, they were not strong enough. As soon as they broke through the ice shell on their bodies, they were encased in a new ice shell and could not escape no matter what.

At this moment, the ice silk net woven by the two snow silkworms began to slowly shrink, eventually being wrapped into a snowball the size of a human head.

"We can still bully these gold-devouring insects while they're still weak. Once they grow into mature forms, I'm afraid everyone will run away at the sight of them."

Luo Ming put the snowball into a specially prepared jade box and smiled happily.

Now that he possesses the essence of the Demon-Attracting Grass and a considerable amount of Spirit Mist Insect Crystals that stimulate reproduction, he can quickly cultivate a large number of Gold-Devouring Insects. With this powerful weapon, he can accomplish many things once he advances to the Core Formation stage.

A moment later, a shadowy figure slowly departed from the small island. The Foundation Establishment cultivators were still waiting for their prey to arrive within the formation, unaware that someone had already come and taken away the Gold-Devouring Insects that were coveted by cultivators throughout the human realm.

Two days later, Luo Ming happened to arrive at Kuixing Island. He was standing under a wanted poster, looking at it with great interest.

"Luo Ming, Li Feiyu... Sigh, I should have used a fake name back then."