BXBX NOVEL Chapter 74 - 69 Finally Completed Evolution i
Chapter 74 - 69 Finally Completed Evolution i
The house was in the midst of a torrential downpour, and he actually sensed a trace of cool energy within the rainwater.
It poured down with the rain onto the earth.
The plants joyfully bathed in the rain, their roots, stems, and leaves all eagerly absorbing the moisture from the rainwater and then robustly growing.
Qin Niu likewise learned to absorb the cool energy from the rainwater like the plants.
Due to the recently comprehended method of cultivation, his attempts appeared extremely clumsy. He could clearly sense the fleeting, faint cool energy as it fell with the rain onto the roof, but he just couldn’t guide it into his body.
It was like being able to ‘see’ but not grasp.
After many fruitless attempts, he made a bold decision based on his experience of absorbing moonlight energy.
He actually stripped off his clothes and, wearing only his underpants, went into the backyard.
He sat beside the well, letting the downpour drench him.
The rainwater washed over his body to the ground, then gathered into streams that flowed along the grooves in the earth.
Qin Niu closed his eyes, ignoring everything around him, casting aside all distractions and stray thoughts, and focused on guiding that hint of cool energy from the rainwater into his body.
Persistent efforts pay off.
This method might have been a bit ‘simple-minded,’ but it worked.
He successfully guided the first strand of cool energy from the rainwater into his body.
It entered through the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, then flowed straight down, traveling along his meridians and converging with the Everlasting Spring Technique’s power within him.
He found that the cool energy contained in the rainwater seemed to inherently possess a purifying effect.
It could cleanse the soul and the impurities of the body.
The beginning is always the hardest.
After successfully absorbing the first strand of rainwater energy, his cultivation efficiency started to increase rapidly.
The Dogtail Grass beside him also joyously swayed its blades.
The purple vein in the center of its leaves became clearer, and it began to spread to the adjoining leaf veins, causing them to take on a faint purple hue as well.
He didn’t know how much time had passed when Qin Niu noticed the rain pouring from the sky had greatly reduced in size, and the cool energy he could absorb was also diminishing quickly.
He opened his eyes and wiped the rain off his face.
Looking up at the sky.
It was already quite dark.
He didn’t know when the torrential rain had stopped.
There were still a few scattered raindrops falling to earth.
He stood up and stretched his legs and feet.
Then he went inside the house, dried off, and changed into clean clothes.
He checked his personal attributes.
His cultivation had increased by 7.1 points.
His Everlasting Spring Technique was now at the second level, and his cultivation speed was twice as fast as before. Cultivating outside for an hour would increase his cultivation by about 1 point.
Based on the total increase in cultivation, he must have cultivated for a little over seven hours.
It was the longest time he had cultivated for at one stretch.
“Now, I’ve found three ways to cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique: moonlight bathing, cultivating in the rain, and cultivating under the Ancient Banyan Tree.”
This also gave him greater adaptability.
“Gurgle, gurgle!”
His stomach sent out signals of hunger.
He ate a full five pounds of bear meat in one go before finally feeling full.
His appetite had grown since before.
Looking at the scarce remains of the bear meat, he planned to go up into the mountains tomorrow after the rain stopped, to try his luck at hunting.
He hoped to catch some game to bring back.
The next morning, as soon as it was light, Qin Niu saw that the rain that had been pouring for six days had finally stopped, and he couldn’t wait to pack his basket and large jar ready to head into the mountains.
The blood of the Banyan Tree in the stone trough that was used for nurturing the Treasured Sword had almost turned to clear water.
If he didn’t get more Banyan Tree blood soon, the Treasured Sword would likely ‘fall sick’ again.
After finally nurturing a wisp of Blade Qi, Qin Niu cherished it deeply, now revering it like an ‘ancestor’.
In the early morning of the mountain village, the air was exceptionally fresh, and the leaves of the roadside weeds were still covered in sparkling droplets.
The entire earth had been washed by the rain.
The ground was furrowed and gullied.
The water in the stream gurgled noisily, rushing and a bit murky.
Qin Niu strode towards the mountain.
By now, his ant colony had evolved into a formidable fighting force, more than capable of handling ordinary insects.
After so many days, those Termites that had been fed Thousand Eyes Tree Blood and Banyan Tree Blood should have completed their evolution.
When he arrived at the large camphor tree, Qin Niu unexpectedly discovered that the entrance to the ant nest seemed to have shrunk considerably.
There were signs of fresh gnawing by the Termites.
The gnawed areas had sprouted healing growth from the tree trunk.
“They’ve enhanced the nest’s defense!”
Qin Niu’s eyes brightened.
The Grade Two Lightning Worker Ants and the Swift Wind Worker Ants had a special ability: their formic acid could heal plant wounds.
This scar on the tree was left by a very thick horizontal branch that had been broken under great strain, leaving a wound as big as a human head.
Fourth discovered this place was suitable for constructing a nest and started to dig deep inside, eventually hollowing out an ant tunnel.
Now they had gnawed away all the rotting wood at the tunnel entrance until reaching the fresh, live wood and then used the special ability of the Grade Two Lightning Worker Ants to help the tree heal quickly.
Eventually, they were able to construct a solid defense at the entrance of the nest by leveraging the healing tissue of the camphor tree.
Large creatures like snakes simply couldn’t get in.
Even larger centipedes couldn’t enter.
If small centipedes, stink ants, and other such insects came, just any two Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants could easily exterminate them.
With Fourth, a commander of moderate intelligence, the ant colony was truly remarkable.
Many things had been planned exceptionally well.
“Come out and let me take a look at you all!”
Qin Niu called out to his ant colony.
As their master, watching them grow stronger day by day gave him an immense sense of accomplishment and filled him with joy.
The two large Termites were the highlight of his observation today.
To his surprise, the first to climb out was a robust Soldier Ant with a large body and dark green patterns.
Its body was exceptionally stout, and its exterior shimmered with a metallic luster.
Especially its two mandibles, which were frightening to behold.
They were like a pair of steel shears with serrated edges.
There was no doubt about its destructive power.
Even compared to a dozen Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants, it appeared significantly stronger.
“Is this the evolved form of that strong Soldier Ant?”
It was also the sole surviving strong Soldier Ant.
The other one, after drinking the Banyan Tree Blood, had not survived and had exploded and perished.
Following it were seventeen Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants.
Originally there were only seven, but Qin Niu, thinking this was too few, later created ten more.
Altogether there were seventeen orderly Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants lined up behind it.
They were like a powerful army, all clad in tiger stripes.
Behind the seventeen Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants, there were also two large-headed Termites.
One of them Qin Niu had already seen; it was a Puppet Worker Ant.
But the two antennae of the other large-headed Termite had twisted together on their own, resembling a twist of rope, with the two antennae intertwined.
The bases of the antennae had thickened and grown together.
It was as if they had become a pedestal.
It made it look as if it had a horn growing on its head.
This was the transformation of an ordinary Soldier Ant after drinking Thousand Eyes Tree Blood.
Qin Niu didn’t know what special ability it had evolved, but he felt that given the long duration of its evolution, it shouldn’t be weak.
He subconsciously checked the properties of the ant colony..