Chapter 146 Successful capture
"Spiritual insect", as the name suggests, is a kind of spiritual insect that is accompanied by spirit stones and spiritual veins. It has a natural keen perception of spirit stones and lives by eating spirit stones.
Apart from looking for spirit stones and powerful spiritual veins, the spirit insects have no other abilities. If there is no special opportunity or mutation, the individual's strength can grow to the level of a first-level spirit insect at most.
In theory, just by being able to find spirit stones, the spirit insects will become the favorite of all cultivators. However, in reality, it is extremely rare for cultivators who can have spirit insects, and few people even mention it.
It turns out that the parasite has an inescapable fate. Because it feeds on spirit stones, it creates the spiritual energy stored in the entire body that is extremely pure, and it has become the best dish for all spirit beasts and spirit insects. It can be said that natural enemies are everywhere in the sea, land, and sky.
And its strength is extremely low. Once it encounters a natural enemy, there is almost no second way to choose except for escaping faster.
Another point also determines that the number of parasites is rare, that is, their reproductive ability is very poor. Only one female insect in a group has the ability to reproduce, and it only produces larvae once in decades, and only a few can be produced at a time, with a maximum of more than ten larvae.
The last major disadvantage is that the life of the parasite is shorter and not as good as that of human cultivators. Compared with other spirit insects and spirit beasts that can have a long lifespan, it is a difference of 100,800 miles, which also determines that they are difficult to advance, thus determining their limited strength.
Of course, if only the above restrictions are just the ones, there is still a way to expand their ethnic group, which is artificial breeding.
Driven by huge interests, there should be many cultivators who are willing to raise them. Why are few people raising them?
The reason lies in the female insect. Although the life span of the female insect is slightly longer, it has a fatal weakness. After the female insect dies, one of the other parasites can only be replaced by random mutations, and the probability of mutation is related to the usual living environment of the parasites.
Always in a natural environment, you can basically succeed, and the probability of artificial breeding is very low, so it is easy to lead to unsustainable problems.
Of course, there may be other ways to improve the continuation of parasites, but no one has the patience to study it. Anyway, it is not a necessary condition for cultivation, so it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t.
Although it seems that raising parasites is difficult, Li Fei is still very happy and still wants to capture all parasites. He has never wanted to raise them anyway, so he will be satisfied if he can use them for a while.
Given the harsh environment here, Li Fei estimated that if he hadn't encountered these parasites, they would naturally become extinct in a short time. Just take advantage of their last light and heat. As for why they encountered parasites here, Li Fei was not interested in considering it.
Thinking of the harsh environment, Li Fei felt aroused and had a fun idea to "fish". The wisher took the bait and Huitong became the angler.
Li Fei found a relatively flat place, cast hundreds of restrictions, further strengthened the ground, piled up millions of spirit stones, and then set up a simple hidden formation to avoid attracting others' attention. Finally, Huitong lurked in the pile of spirit stones.
After the arrangement was made, Li Fei practiced while waiting for the resigned insects to take the bait.
One day passed, but there was no reaction. Three days passed, and the weather was still calm. On the seventh day, Huitong finally heard good news, and a "little fish" took the bait!
Li Fei immediately ended his practice and told Huitong not to act rashly and continue to observe. After the first "little fish" successfully "stole" a spirit stone, Li Fei set up numerous restrictions along the way back, and then waited with Huitong.
The spirit-submitted insect was quite cunning. For the next half hour, there was only one spirit-submitted to carry the spirit stones back and forth, and no other spirit-submitted insects appeared.
When it was almost an hour, the second one appeared. After a while, the third one appeared, and then more and more...
When the number reached twenty, no new parasites appeared, and Li Fei decisively closed the net. With the previous full preparation, Li Fei and Huitong did not take much effort to capture all the twenty parasites, and then began the next wave of waiting.
This time I waited for a long time. After half a month, the spirit insects came out. Li Fei used his old trick again and captured thirteen more.
A month later, Li Fei grabbed seven more. After about ten days, a big white and fat guy appeared!
The average parasite is only the size of an egg, but this one is as big as a hen. It is like a fat silkworm, moving slowly, crawling towards the pile of spirit stones step by step.
When this big guy came to the pile of spirit stones, Li Fei didn't even activate the ban and easily picked it up.
Looking at its cute appearance, Li Fei put it on the pile of spirit stones and ate it as much as possible. After it could not eat at all, Li Fei put it into the largest spirit beast bag with the other forty-nine spirit insects, hung it on his belt, and then took the spirit stone back.
Finally, all the parasites were captured. Li Fei was so happy that he couldn't stop. He took out a top-grade spiritual transformation pill and took it, and continued to practice happily.
More than ten days later, Yue'er let out a long breath and sighed: "I didn't expect that after forming a elixir, I was injured when I fought with someone for the first time! It seems that my strength is still too weak..."
Seeing that Yue'er had finished healing, Li Fei stopped practicing immediately and asked with concern: "Yue'er, is he completely recovered?"
Yue'er nodded and continued to express her feelings: "I originally thought that after entering the Dan Killing Stage, my strength increased greatly. Although I dare not say that I am arrogant, I am at least not afraid of any same level. I didn't expect that I was beaten by the young master of the Demon Spirit Sect in the early stage of the same Dan Killing Stage without any ability to fight back! My strength is still not good, and I must continue to work hard to improve my cultivation."
Li Fei comforted, "Yue'er, you don't have to underestimate yourself. The strength of the young master of the Demon Spirit Sect is definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary early stage monk in the Killing Pill stage. If an ordinary early stage monk in the Killing Pill stage fights him, he may lose in a few rounds. And being able to fight him for so long is enough to prove that your strength is extraordinary, so I don't feel sad that you can't beat him."
Yue'er suddenly smiled and said, "What Brother Fei said makes sense! I always worry about defeat. That guy is known as the "Young Master". Some extraordinary methods are normal."
Li Fei also smiled and said, "That's right! When facing a strong enemy, don't be discouraged if you fail. Summarize the experience and lessons, and catch up with it."
Yue'er rushed into Li Fei's arms and said coquettishly: "What kind of strong enemy is not strong enemy? Compared with my brother Fei, he is just a scumbag..."
Li Fei wanted to defend himself, but he could no longer speak and quickly fell into a sweet "talking battle"...
After a long time, Li Fei recalled the ecstasy taste just now and said, "We don't know where we are now. Should we go south to return to the East Fei Continent or to the North Kadao Continent."
Yue'er said without hesitation: "Of course we went to the Kadao Continent. We have escaped for so long, so we should be not far from the Kadao Continent. Besides, I have never been to this continent with the second smallest Fangyuan Star, so I can just visit it."
After this escape, Li Fei further understood his strength and felt that it was not a great thing to reach the late stage of foundation building. He should travel more places and improve his strength is the right choice. As for returning to Lingyun Sect, it would be fine to be a little later.
Half an hour later, Li Fei and Yue'er left the island and flew all the way north.
A little after a short day, a yellow landscape appeared in the distant horizon. Yue'er cheered and shouted happily: "Beautiful Kashima Continent, I'm here..."
After a stick of incense, Li Fei and Yue'er landed on the top of a rocky peak that was all yellow.
Li Fei looked around and found that there was a desert everywhere. There was basically no other color except yellow. He asked in confusion: "Yue'er, I didn't pay much attention to the situation on the Kadao continent before. It seems that this place has nothing to do with beauty. It's very spectacular, but it's very appropriate."
Yue'er replied indifferently: "I just heard that this kind of landscape is basically the west side of Ka Island. The north side is very cold and there are many glaciers. Only in the central and southern parts are suitable for human habitation."
Li Fei said: "So many useless places, no wonder no one pays attention to this broken place."
Yue'er glanced at Li Fei with a little dissatisfaction and retorted: "It can't be said that it's useless, but for mortals, the environment is a little harsh. I just think the scenery here is beautiful, and I want to visit the large glacier area in the north..."
Li Fei smiled and said, "Yue'er said it's useful, then it's definitely useful! I'll accompany you to visit everywhere, and it's rare to have the opportunity to come here to visit."
Yue'er said coquettishly: "It's not just the scenery. Just say that this spectacular western part contains a lot of spirit stone mines, but it's very deep and it's not easy to mine, but there are still many large and large sects that mine here."
When Li Fei heard that there was a spirit stone mine, he suddenly felt energetic and said with anticipation: "I hope I can find some top-grade spirit stones here, which is not bad if I can exchange them for some, because I escaped, and my top-grade spirit stones were almost exhausted."
Yue'er hit: "There are too few high-grade spirit stones, and there are many people who need it, so it is difficult to change. It is even more unrealistic to find the best spirit stones by yourself, because the best spirit stones are deep underground, which is more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. How to find it?"
Li Fei was not ready to tell Yue'er about the spirit-sending insects now. When he thought about it, he gave her a surprise and said, "Maybe he is lucky enough to pick up some top-grade spirit stones, which is also possible."
Yue'er smiled and said, "I also hope to have such good luck, so I will definitely pick it up!"
Li Fei and Yue'er visited and unknowingly went deep into the hinterland of Kadao continent.
At noon on the third day, Li Fei and Yue'er had just arrived at the edge of a canyon when a shrill scream suddenly came, followed by the sound of a whip waving.
Li Fei didn't care, because in the past few days, he had encountered several spirit stone mines, and he could often see scenes of punishing miners.
Yue'er suddenly said curiously: "It's really interesting. She was whipped by a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building and didn't know how to resist."
Chapter completed!