Chapter 261 - Worm Valley

  "Brother True Transmission asked me to help raise insects?"

  Lu Xuan asked in surprise.

  "That's right." Ge Pu nodded.

  "Brother Ge, please come in and have a chat. There is a spirit juice brewed by me in my cave, and there are also fresh and ripe spirit fruits. Please taste them."

  It was not a good idea to let the dignified brother True Transmission stand outside all the time, so Lu Xuan hurriedly invited Ge Pu to enter the mountain.

  When he came to his family courtyard, he poured a cup of fragrant hundred-fruit spirit juice from the Drunken Immortal Gourd, and brought out a plate of cut flaming fruit and ice radish fruit.

  "Yes, the spirit fruit is of excellent quality, fragrant and delicious, and the taste of the spirit juice is even more varied, but with distinct layers. Junior Brother Lu is quite good at enjoying it."

  Ge Pu carefully experienced the wonders of the hundred-fruit spirit juice, and a trace of admiration appeared on his face.

  "When I cultivate spirit plants on weekdays, I like to tinker with these things to satisfy my appetite. I hope you like it."

  Lu Xuan filled another cup of spirit juice for Ge Pu and said with a smile.

  "By the way, Senior Brother Ge, what's the matter with what you just said about someone inviting me to raise insects?"

  "That person is a close friend of mine in the sect, named Zhong Jingshan. He has a unique talent in controlling insects and is also a true disciple of the sect."

  "Recently, he has been away for something, which will take about half a year, but he has raised many high-grade exotic insects in the sect, and several of them need regular care."

  "If they were ordinary insects, it would be fine. They could be handed over to the outer disciples of the sect to take care of and cultivate. One-, second-, or even third-grade exotic insects would be no problem."

  "But he has a pair of special fourth-grade exotic insects that have to stay in the cave. There are also several third- and fourth-grade exotic insects. If they are handed over to Qi training cultivators to take care of, accidents may happen."

  "So I recommended you, Junior Brother Lu, to him. Junior Brother, you can help me solve the reproduction problem of the ancient Yin-Yang Kun fish, and resolve the obsession of the Qingxuan Deer before its death. I think it will be no problem for you to take care of some exotic insects."

  "When Junior Brother Zhong comes back, he will naturally give Junior Brother Lu a satisfactory reward."

  Lu Xuan lowered his head and thought.

  He had great confidence in raising and caring for the alien insects. As long as he fed them something, he would be able to understand their preferences, needs, and peculiarities.

  Let alone the reward, the more important thing was to be able to make friends with a true disciple.

  There were only seventeen true disciples in the huge Tianjian Sect, each of whom could be called a Jindan reserve. It would be of great benefit to be able to make friends with them.

  If Ge Pu had not recommended him to the two Jindan masters before, it would have been difficult for him to enter the sight of the Jindan masters with his early foundation-building cultivation, and he would not have been able to obtain the infinitely useful Qingmu Yuanqi.

  "Okay, thank you Senior Brother Ge for your support, Junior Brother, I'll go and try it."

  Lu Xuan said with a smile.

  The two did not stay for long, and a black and white Tai Chi pattern appeared behind Ge Pu's head, rotating and growing.

  Lu Xuan felt that his eyes went dark and he entered a chaotic world. Various colors of light flashed before his eyes, and in a flash, he appeared on a wide valley.

  He steadied himself and had a preliminary understanding of the true disciple's strength.

  "This is a worm valley that Junior Brother built specifically to raise strange insects. The terrain inside is complex and arranged with various formations, which is suitable for many species of strange insects and beasts to reproduce and thrive."

  Ge Pu said lightly beside him.

  Lu Xuan looked down at the worm valley. He could see jungles, deserts, swamps and other terrains.

  There were many strange trees growing in the jungle, and various strange hissing sounds were heard from time to time. The spiritual sense could roughly sense that there were a large number of strange insects lurking inside.

  The desert was red, with many large and small pits on the surface. Burnt smoke rose from it, and small hills were scattered everywhere, which looked like insect eggs from a distance.

  The swamp was full of rotten trees and branches, and pale green bubbles swelled from time to time, showing that there were countless poisonous insects hidden inside.

  As he was looking at it, a black light quickly swept over, and a young monk stopped in front of Lu Xuan and the others.   

  The monk looked dull, his lips tightly pursed, and he seemed a little uncommunicative.

  His robe caught Lu Xuan's attention. The dark black robe was woven from countless black threads. Upon closer inspection, the black threads turned out to be thin black insects, which moved without wind when draped over his body, and faintly revealed a bit of evil.

  "Brother Ge."

  The black-robed young man greeted Ge Pu and looked at Lu Xuan with a bit of inquiry in his eyes.

  "Junior Brother Zhong, this is Junior Brother Lu Xuan whom I mentioned to you. He has a very deep attainment in the way of spiritual plants and spiritual beasts."

  "Junior Brother Lu, this is Zhong Jingshan, you can just call him Senior Brother Zhong."

  "Hello, Senior Brother Zhong." Lu Xuan bowed his head and saluted.

  "Okay." The black-robed young man responded in a low voice and returned the salute.

  Under his leadership, the two came to a mountain peak in the Insect Valley.

  There were several stone houses on the mountain peak. The structure was simple, and it could be seen that this Senior Brother Zhong didn't care much about external things.

  Various insect sounds came from several stone houses, which were sharp and piercing.

  "Most of those stone houses are insect rooms built by Junior Brother Zhong, where all kinds of strange insects are raised. Junior Brother Lu can take a look at them first."

  Ge Pu saw Lu Xuan observing the stone house and sent him a voice message.

  The three of them came to the place where the black-robed young man usually entertained guests.

  Zhong Jingshan handed Lu Xuan a cup of honey with a flowery fragrance. The honey was golden yellow, and the viscous liquid kept changing into various flowers.

  "This is the hundred-flower spirit honey, which is made by the spirit liquid collected by the hundred-flower bees from many spiritual plants and flowers, and then brewed by special means. It tastes sweet and delicious, and can also add a little spiritual power."

  Ge Pu knew the black-robed young man's temperament very well, and took the initiative to introduce it to Lu Xuan.

  Lu Xuan took a sip, and suddenly, a fragrance filled his mouth and flowed through his limbs and bones, as if the whole person was deeply trapped in a sea of ​​flowers.

  Threads of spiritual power were quietly generated during the flow of fragrance and seeped into Lu Xuan's dantian.

  "It is indeed extraordinary."

  Lu Xuan couldn't help but exclaimed.

  The black-robed young man raised the corner of his mouth, as if revealing a smile.

  "Junior Brother Zhong, I brought the people here for you. If you need any advice or attention, please talk to Junior Brother Lu."

  Zhong Jingshan nodded, and a piece of talisman paper floated in front of Lu Xuan. The talisman paper was covered with dense and tiny words.

  Lu Xuan took the talisman paper, scanned it, and immediately understood.

  The talisman paper recorded a lot of information about strange insects, their living habits, breeding methods, precautions, etc., as well as all aspects of things he needed to do. In

  addition, there were simple control methods for the formations in the insect valley and the insect room, as well as some crude methods to control strange insects.

  When Lu Xuan was solving the problem of insect pests in Shuize Lingtao before, he got a step of "Insect Sutra" from a cultivator, but it only recorded some low-grade insects, and the total value was not as good as the few methods of the black-robed young man.

  Just based on this talisman paper, Lu Xuan felt that the trip was worthwhile. After

  he firmly memorized the information on the talisman paper, the black-robed young man trembled his fingers, and something shaped like a suona flew in front of Lu Xuan.

  (End of this chapter)