Chapter 104 Capturing the Gold-Eating Bug

As expected, on the second day, the two white jade spiders advanced to the late level one at the same time.

This made Bai Ziye very happy. In this way, when the Xutian Palace was opened, these two white jade spiders might become level five monsters.

With two level five white jade spiders, pulling out the Xutian Ding is naturally a piece of cake.

However, before that, Bai Ziye still has to try his best to improve his cultivation.

If his cultivation is not good enough, even if he obtains the Xutian Ding, it will only be a favor to others.

After feeding each of the two white jade spiders a Soul Feeding Pill, Bai Ziye returned to the secret room and began to refine magic weapons.

Bai Ziye still needs time to strengthen the Dust Reduction Pill, Sky Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water to levels beyond Immortal Grade.

During this period, Bai Ziye planned to refine some magical weapons to capture the gold-eating insects in Xiaohuan Island.

The gold-eating beetle, ranked twelfth on the list of strange insects, can be said to be extremely ferocious. It eats everything except jade and wood.

However, if he had made preparations early, Bai Ziye could have easily captured even a gold-eating bug!
Bai Ziye's storage bag was filled with a lot of refining materials, so naturally he didn't need to go to Tiandu Street to replenish them.

Therefore, Bai Ziye took out some precious spiritual jade and began to refine magical weapons.

A month later, Bai Ziye left the cave and boarded the crescent boat to Xiaohuan Island.

Even with the amazing speed of the Crescent Boat, it still took Bai Ziye two full days to reach Xiaohuan Island.

There are many mortals living on Xiaohuan Island.

However, Bai Ziye had no intention of showing up, but flew directly towards the west of Xiaohuan Island.

In the west of Xiaohuan Island, there is a small mountain range that is more than 20 miles long. On top of this mountain range stand two small peaks.

One is only two or three hundred feet high, and the other is even smaller, only a little over a hundred feet high.

Among them, there is a cave in the shorter peak, which was opened up by the immortal cultivator who chose Xiaohuan Island as a place for cultivation.

But Bai Ziye flew towards the mountain that was two or three hundred feet high without hesitation.

After reaching the top of the mountain, Bai Ziye took out the Inverted Five Elements Formation and hid the top of the mountain.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye summoned his puppet and spent some time opening up a huge stone chamber on the top of the mountain.

Then, Bai Ziye took out the dead eggs of a strange insect that he had obtained from the storage bag of a Jindan cultivator from the Yuling Sect in Yue State.

Most of the strange insect eggs in the storage bag of the Yuling Sect's Jindan cultivator were dead, with only two types of strange insects still alive.

The eggs of the two strange insects are still hatching.

Bai Ziye placed all the dead eggs of these strange insects in the center of the stone chamber, and set up a formation restriction inside the stone chamber.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye waited outside the stone chamber with peace of mind.

A month passed quickly, and there was still no movement in the stone chamber.

However, Bai Ziye was like a fisherman, neither arrogant nor impatient, waiting patiently.

Finally, after a few days, some sounds were heard in the stone chamber.

All I saw were small silver bugs drilling densely packed small holes from the ground of the stone chamber.

Afterwards, these little silver bugs scrambled to fly towards the dead eggs of the strange insect in the center of the stone chamber.

Soon, the dead eggs of these strange insects became food for the gold-eating beetles. After eating and drinking their fill, these gold-eating beetles gathered together, as if they wanted to rest.

After seeing that there were no remaining gold-eating bugs underground, Bai Ziye activated the trap in the stone chamber.

Suddenly, a green light shield enveloped the entire stone chamber.

Bai Ziye then patted the storage bag, and a white jade bowl flew out of the storage bag and directly sank into the green light cover.

"build!"

Bai Ziye used his magic power and muttered a word.

Then, the white jade bowl expanded to almost the size of the stone chamber in just a few breaths.

Then, the jade bowl turned the group of gold-eating insects upside down inside it.

Bai Ziye stretched out his right hand, and the white jade bowl flew towards him. By the time it was in his hand, it had returned to its normal size.

At this moment, the gold-eating insect in the bowl was colliding with the green spiritual light restriction at the mouth of the bowl.

Bai Ziye did not dare to hesitate. He took out a jade lid from his storage bag and put it on the bowl.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye set two more restrictions on the bowl, and only then did he feel at ease and put the bowl back into the storage bag.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye withdrew all the formations on the top of the mountain and left Xiaohuan Island.

Bai Ziye did not go back to his cave directly, but went to Han Li's place of practice.

The gold-eating insect, ranked twelfth on the list of strange insects, is basically extinct in the world of immortal cultivation today.

Even in the notes of the Jindan cultivator from the Yuling Sect, there was no description of how to breed gold-eating bugs.

Therefore, Han Li had no choice but to use the small green bottle to promote the growth of the colorful grass and use this method to cultivate the gold-eating insects.

Bai Ziye met Han Li in Han Li's cave.

At this time, Han Li's cultivation was only one step away from the late stage of foundation building.

"Junior brother, do you want some bugs?"

As soon as they met, Bai Ziye asked Han Li mysteriously, "What bug?"

Han Li asked curiously when he heard this.

Bai Ziye smiled without saying anything. He took out the letter from the Yuling Sect's Jindan cultivator from the storage bag and handed it to Han Li.

Han Li took the letter and read it carefully.

"See how happy you are, could it be that you have obtained a rare insect from the rare insect list?"

Only after he finished reading the contents of the notebook did Han Li look up at Bai Ziye.

"That's right! Not long ago, I was very lucky to encounter the gold-eating insect ranked twelfth on the list of strange insects. It took me a lot of effort to capture it!"

As he spoke, Bai Ziye took out the bowl from his storage bag and placed it in front of Han Li.

"It's actually a gold-eating bug! If it really is a gold-eating bug, then we're rich!"

Hearing this, Han Li was startled and quickly looked down at the introduction about the gold-eating bugs in the notebook.

"These are indeed gold-eating bugs. My magic is useless against these bugs. If I didn't happen to have a jade magic weapon, I would not be able to catch these gold-eating bugs!"

Bai Ziye said this in a very affirmative tone.

Han Li's heart was also somewhat excited. After all, he was just an ordinary foundation-building cultivator. If he could possess a group of gold-eating insects, he would have some ability to protect himself.

"Junior brother, you should subdue this gold-eating bug first. I have to prepare for my alchemy retreat recently, so I really don't have time to cultivate this gold-eating bug."

Bai Ziye handed the bowl in his hand to Han Li.

"Brother is about to form a pill!"

After hearing this, Han Li nodded in sudden realization, then looked at Bai Ziye excitedly.

If Bai Ziye could successfully form a pill, then they would be able to be freer in the Chaos Star Sea.

"Yes, I was just out buying some spiritual medicines to assist in forming the elixir, and I was lucky enough to run into this gold-eating bug."

Bai Ziye smiled and nodded.

After hearing this, Han Li nodded with some sudden realization.

"Oh, Brother, this is the opportunity I got in Yuejing before. In this book, there is a secret technique that can hide one's cultivation. Brother, maybe it can be used by you."

Han Li took out the martial arts book he had obtained from Xiao Cui'er's grandfather from his storage bag and handed it to Bai Ziye.

"Well, I won't be polite then."

Bai Ziye took the martial arts technique from Han Li without any hesitation.

He had previously planned to ask Han Li for this technique that could hide his cultivation level.

After all, Bai Ziye also needs to hide his cultivation level.

At the same time, the nameless martial arts technique hidden in the animal skin is actually a body movement technique called Nine Changes of Gale.

If you have a pair of wings as a magical weapon, you can perform the Nine Changes of Gale.

In the original novel, Han Li relied on the Wind-Thunder Wings and the Nine Transformations of Gale to escape several crises.

How could Bai Ziye not want to practice this kind of martial art that can save his life?

Although the Nine Changes of Gale were recorded in demonic writing, he did not know the demonic writing yet, and did not have any wing-like magic weapon, so he was unable to practice it.

"There is one more thing, Junior Brother. Next, I will trouble you to help some thousand-year-old spiritual trees grow. After I reach the Jindan stage, I plan to try to make a puppet of the Jindan stage."

After Bai Ziye put the Nine Changes of Gale back into the storage bag, he said to Han Li.

"No problem, brother, don't worry. I will definitely grow some thousand-year-old spiritual trees as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Han Li's eyes lit up and he agreed without hesitation.

Once Bai Ziye successfully refines a Jindan-stage puppet, he will naturally have a share of it.

Once he has a Jindan-stage puppet, Han Li will not feel insecure even when facing a Jindan cultivator.

"In that case, I'll leave it to you, Junior Brother. I'll go back first and prepare for my retreat. Junior Brother, we'll see you after I come out of retreat."

At this time, Bai Ziye bowed to Han Li and said.

"Well, I wish you success in forming the elixir in advance."

Han Li's expression also became solemn, and he bowed to Bai Ziye.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye left Han Li's place of practice and returned to Baiwu Mountain.

After returning to Baiwu Mountain, Bai Ziye began to practice the secret technique of Nine Changes of Gale that could hide his cultivation level. At the same time, he was also using the Star Sea Bottle to strengthen the Dust Reduction Pill, Sky Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water.

It was not until a few months later that he successfully cultivated his secret technique and was able to perfectly hide his own cultivation, and these spiritual objects were also successfully strengthened.

Afterwards, Bai Ziye handed the Star Sea Bottle to Qu Hun, asking Qu Hun to accelerate the growth and purify the elixir during his retreat.

Qu Hun is his incarnation, so this Star Sea Bottle can also be hidden in Qu Hun's soul.

In this case, Bai Ziye would naturally feel at ease handing the Star Sea Bottle to Qu Hun.

After explaining things to Xin Ruyin and the others, Bai Ziye entered the secret room and prepared to start his retreat.

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