Chapter 248: Me, A Tycoon, Being Willful!
After figuring out the predicament faced by his two little companions, Yuan Zhu decisively decided to increase the output of Holy Cough Particles and continue sponsoring the brother and sister.
The current Animal Husbandry Village is full of vitality, with talents aplenty.
Although after he left, the pre-arranged Shadow System lacked a soul figure to preside and lead; plus after the Captain arrived, he extensively demon-modified and installed his own Mao Shi System…… ultimately causing the Shadow Domain to gradually lose its original flavor.
But the foundation of the Shadow Domain has never been shaken or changed. After the Shadow Dream Hole was forcibly expanded and upgraded, it still steadfastly executes the program Yuan Zhu left behind.
For example: refining Demonic Giant Insects into Worm Pillars.
The total amount of these things did not decrease but instead increased after he left…… Animal Husbandry Village has been vigorously developing Demonic Giant Insect farming from the very beginning. Some are captured in miasma areas; others are artificially induced to demonic corruption and mutation after capturing cultivators from other Insect Cities.
Initially, Demonic Giant Insects were all used to refine Worm Pillars to expand the scale of the Domain.
Later on, the Captain took a liking to the relative controllability of Shadow Magic Worms, which can sign pet contracts with cultivators who accept Shadow Pollution, to be used as Summoned Creatures for herding and combat. (Low-end version Shadow Cultivators + pirated Ghost Companions)
He also expanded the Farming Area once more, turning it into one of the three core industries on par with Mao Shi Worm farming. The last one is the Inner World’s Corpse Seed Spirit Medicine planting.
Therefore, at this stage, a large number of Demonic Giant Insects are being raised inside the Domain.
They can be refined into Worm Pillars, or cultivated into Shadow Summoned Creatures, serving as Transportation Tools, combat tools, draft animals…… in the crisis-ridden Underground World. After death, they can be made into Alchemy Furnaces, with Corpse Seeds cultivating Spirit Medicine, and Bug Gold refined from their shells.
It is truly one of the three major livestock farming and planting industries of Animal Husbandry Village!
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With a large number of ready-made Demonic Giant Insects available, Yuan Zhu directly led the brother and sister to the Farming Area and instructed: “Go pick Magic Worms that suit you, no limit on quantity. With me here, you’ll never have to worry about Holy Cough Particles again!”
The younger brother is the most straightforward. After hearing the instruction, he happily rushed into the Farming Area to pick Magic Worms that relatively suit him.
On the contrary, the little girl did not act rashly and stayed by Candle’s side, seemingly explaining but actually subtly showing off her boss’s younger brother: “My subordinate has cultivated eight Hidden Meridians, each corresponding to the most core and unique aspect of a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique.”
The Cultivation Techniques received by the brother and sister during this time are not only from Cicada City’s Cicada Tribe. There are also Cultivation Techniques offered by other tribes that surrendered to Cicada City, as well as spoils of war from the Captain’s ‘friendly’ exchanges with other Insect Cities.
Knowledge (Cultivation Techniques) unlike ordinary resources, will not decrease from sharing but will instead multiply.
Therefore, the Captain was not stingy and handed these Cultivation Techniques and Secret Techniques—which were of little use to him but top rare resources for Insect Cultivators—to the brother and sister as rental fees for occupying the Shadow Domain.
He had them organize them well and hand them over to Yuan Zhu.
Holding a large number of top Cultivation Techniques, the brother and sister each selected the Heaven Rank Unique Skill that best suited them.
The little girl has limited energy and picked a Cicada Tribe Cultivation Technique with auxiliary attributes that boosts Alchemy, happily following the steps diligently in cultivation. Now having opened four Extraordinary Meridians, she is already very satisfied.
But Younger Brother is indeed extraordinarily talented. Not only did he patch the gaps in three Cicada Tribe Unique Skills and fuse them into one body, cultivating 4 Hidden Meridians, but he also extracted and selected a large amount of fragment content from other insect tribe secret methods affinity with Holy Light, combining with his fundamental technique to add another 4 Hidden Meridians.
Now, he needs a large number of specific breeds of Magic Worms for Sanctification, then extracting Holy Cough Particles and Spiritual Essence. Cultivation not only wastes resources but also has high thresholds and harsh conditions.
The little girl hurriedly said: “But all this has returns. Once my subordinate achieves something in the future, he will be invincible at the same rank!”
Yuan Zhu waved his hand generously and comforted: “Don’t worry, I don’t care about this little investment. I’m only afraid his potential is insufficient and he doesn’t waste enough. Mere Magic Worms and Holy Light, I have as many as I want!”
After inheriting Animal Husbandry Village, he is truly wealthy and imposing. The Captain managed it very well. Except for the Mao Shi Worms being monopolized, he has a share of other produced supplies, whether Spirit Medicine, Reverse Life Tree (food), Magic Worms……
And the Yuan Shi Worms and Holy Light Spirit Insects raised in the Inner World, as well as Dreamland, are all his private property.
Therefore, Yuan Zhu can now command about 120 Demonic Giant Insects, instantly becoming a farming industry tycoon. And his demand for Magic Worms is not high, so it’s fine to give them all to the brother and sister.
Having money means being this willful!
He looked at the little girl: “What about you? What kind of Magic Worm do you need? Why haven’t you gone to pick?”
“My needs are very low and overlap somewhat with my subordinate’s. After he picks out Cicada System Magic Worms, Boss, you sanctify them, and I’ll select a few as Holy Light Spirit Mines.”
Yuan Zhu did not insist and continued to care for his subordinate, thoughtfully asking: “Have you selected your Lifebound Magic Worm? How’s the progress? Do you need my help?”
The little girl said somewhat proudly: “I entrusted that gentleman (Captain) to purchase from the Technician Alliance a Demonic Golden Cicada with extremely high compatibility. It is four times the size of an ordinary Shadow Magic Worm, a special breed not even in Cicada City. It’s said the Bug Gold content in its shell is extremely high, looking like a Steel Body.”
“Unfortunately, this guy’s quality (pollution) is too high, strength overwhelming, vitality tenacious. I’ve starved it for two months already, but still can’t wait for a weakened state. The Holy Cough True Qi injected into its body is quickly decomposed and dispelled internally, unable to subdue it, let alone tame and control it.”
Unlike her boss’s younger brother, whose cultivation doesn’t need to consider the Magic Worm’s thoughts. Directly infect the lungs with Holy Cough, causing Sanctification Disease, to continuously extract Holy Power from the burning life of Holy Light Respiratory Disease.
But for an alchemist, it’s troublesome. Must deeply invade and control a Demonic Giant Insect’s body like taming a small Spirit Insect, continuously washing it with one’s own True Qi to increase affinity and control.
Only then, after refining the Demonic Giant Insect into an insect furnace, can it resonate with the Alchemy Furnace, as nimble as one’s own arm. In a sense, it’s also the refining of a Biochemical Insect Version (Lifebound) Ritual Implement/Magic Treasure.
It can only be said that the little girl is used to hard times, and sudden wealth makes the poor somewhat greedy. Unable to see her own caliber, she entrusted the Captain to buy a Golden Cicada Alchemy Furnace that matches attributes (cicada type) but far exceeds her digestion limit as a backup Alchemy Furnace.
Just like her boss’s younger brother also hides a greed he is unaware of, relying on extraordinary talent, unwilling to abandon any compatible Cultivation Technique, forcibly cultivating 28 meridians. Leading to foundation too thick, True Qi pseudo-innate, unable to condense the first Acupoint for a long time.
Both are stuck at bottlenecks beyond their own limits. They can never overcome the difficulties through their own efforts. Can only rely on external force (Yuan Zhu) to solve it.
As she spoke, the little girl looked at Yuan Zhu pitifully, small hand grabbing his sleeve tightly. Big eyes watery, both like tearing up and coquetry.
It must be said that after eating her fill and gaining baby fat, the little girl’s appearance has skyrocketed, not inferior to her younger brother’s.
She is the kind that is likable at first sight, beautifully proper, like the perfect child from another family: ‘excellent in academics and morals + top of the grade + all-rounded in virtue, intellect, physique, aesthetics, and labor’. Without any green tea vibe, drama queen, bullying…… beautiful, upright, peaceful, proper and grand, a protagonist face.
Seeing the little girl’s coquetry and fawning with perfect sense of proportion, without any annoying ‘brat’ feeling, but instead giving full emotional value. Yuan Zhu couldn’t help but sigh that a pretty little sister is indeed cuter than a biological younger brother!
“Your biggest problem now is how to thoroughly sanctify that Golden Cicada Alchemy Furnace, right?”
The little girl nodded: “Yes! But Boss, your Holy Cough Imprint damages the foundation too much. It’s fine for ordinary Magic Worms. We refine Holy Power by slowly burning their life span to temper True Qi and nourish Spirit Insects. But it’s not suitable for the Golden Cicada. Weakening life potential weakens the Alchemy Furnace quality. So I can only use Holy Light Qi Threads to nurture the Golden Cicada, only to be countered and expelled, twice the effort for half the result……”
After understanding, Yuan Zhu confidently said: “Holy Cough is already outdated. Now I have mastered a more powerful Ultimate Skill. Take me to see your Golden Cicada later, and I’ll grant it a more perfect sacred transformation!”
At this moment, Yuan Zhu thought of the newly acquired Holy Cup Demon Seal Wave. Just seal a same-clan Demonic Giant Cicada into a Flask, then reverse-transplant (seal) this Flask into the Golden Cicada Alchemy Furnace’s body, granting it a Holy Light Dantian, which will continuously emanate Holy Light to transform (erode and pollute) flesh and internal organs day and night…… Over time, this Holy Cup Worm Pillar Force will be slowly purified.
At this time, the boss’s younger brother had already selected a large batch (16) of Demonic Giant Insects, more than half of which are ‘cicada types’, plus ‘beetles, fireflies……’ and other types affinity with Holy Light.
It’s not that the boss’s younger brother doesn’t want to cultivate mantis types for sharper slashes more fitting his martial arts concept, but the ‘mantis eyes’ have low reaction to Holy Light.
After the boss’s younger brother finished selecting, Yuan Zhu stepped into the Farming Area and successively struck Holy Cough Critical Hits on one Demonic Giant Insect after another, leaving explosive wounds like magma residue or Holy Marks on their thick armored bodies.
With every breath from the lungs connected to the body surface breathing holes, these cracked shells would be ignited once by the Holy Cough Mark, squeezing vitality from all over the body, converting and releasing a large amount of Holy Cough Particles. (Insects have no lungs, but Magic Worms’ lungs originate from humans.)
Yuan Zhu thus walked one step and blasted one punch, highly condensing Holy Power, then easily blasting through heavy armor shells in the form of spatial blades, inserting into the body interior, and solidifying barrier structures, nesting in the flesh wounds.
Without excessively enlarging the wounds, and resisting natural repair of flesh tissues through barrier structure. Thus, the Holy Cough Blade like the wick of an alcohol lamp, permanently on the Magic Worm’s body at the wound, extending the burning time to the limit.
After heavily injuring 14 Magic Worms in one go, he finally stopped and looked at the last two Cicada System Magic Worms. One in pre-molting Cicada Nymph form, the other in post-transformation Singing Cicada posture.
This time, Yuan Zhu did not act hastily. Instead, he took out two sealed Flasks from his Soul Space. One round and short-fat, the other cylindrical and slender.
Both brother and sister have cultivated Holy Cough True Qi, feeling familiar and intimate with the unique emanating ‘Yuan-flavored Holy Light’ of the Holy Cup, both sharply casting gazes, wondering what treasure this is? So likable, want it so bad!
Yuan Zhu secretly delighted, greatly appreciating the brother and sister’s taste. Then he continued to act profound, maintaining boss style, using Demon Seal Wave successively on the two Magic Cicadas.
The entire process had gorgeous visual effects, not like the Turtle Hermit style whirlwind vortex he imagined, sucking the target demonic creature into a rice cooker.
Its Holy Light Version Sealing Technique, with a raise of the hand, unleashes endless dazzling intense white light. When the Magic Worm is enveloped by the strong light pillar, selectable prey targets appear in Yuan Zhu’s perception.
When he locks the target with Soul Crystal, and the target’s body is completely covered by Holy Restraints, a Holy Light Barrier (Sanctuary) naturally forms.
Finally, his Holy Light Beam connects to the Holy Cup at one end and the Seal Barrier at the other. By massively burning its own Holy Light, it generates a pulling force to seal the prey into the Flask, making a Seal Container.
During this process, if the target’s strength is too overwhelming, Yuan Zhu’s burst Holy Light total insufficient to shift the prey into the Holy Cup Container, the seal fails.
Even if successful, if the target’s strength is too terrifying, it can break the spatial barrier of the Cup from inside and forcibly escape.
However, mere Demonic Giant Insects naturally have no strength to resist Yuan Zhu and were successfully sealed into two Flasks.
After witnessing Yuan Zhu’s full process of light pollution showboating, the little girl curiously asked: “Boss, what is this?”
“Hold on, one for each. This is my gift to you: ‘Holy Light Generators’. Holding it, just inject a small amount of True Qi into the bottle to activate, and this Flask will automatically refine the Magic Worm locked inside, burn everything about it, and stably produce Holy Cough Particles for your cultivation. You can think of it as ancient Spirit Stones: hold with both hands in front, sit in meditation, and get a continuous stream of Holy Power.”
The little girl was delighted: “So convenient! Much better than us guarding Demonic Giant Insects and extracting Holy Power from wounds with Qi Threads.”
Yuan Zhu nodded in agreement: “I can also implant a Holy Flask into your Golden Cicada to subtly purify its sinful body.”
The little girl said joyfully: “That’s great, thank you Boss! Brother, you’re so good!”
