Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 295: Offer advice and medicine [Subscribe]

When Zhou Chun learned about Han Yuan from Qianling Sect from Zhou Mingde, he was also filled with surprise.

He could never have imagined that the owner of the underground tomb might actually be the creator of this insect plague.

A Jindan-stage cultivator created a massive insect plague that affected several countries. If word of this were to get out, it would probably cause a huge uproar.

After he finished reading Han Yuan's research notes and the insecticide prescriptions he left behind, he quickly understood why Zhou Mingde wanted to ask him to come over.

He looked directly at Zhou Mingde and asked, "Is the Grand Elder worried that it would be difficult to explain the origins of the prescriptions after providing them directly?"

"Yes, if this prescription is really effective and we offer it to the senior monks, it will definitely attract inquiries from them."

“And if I tell the truth, I’m worried that all these insect repellent techniques left by Han Yuan will be confiscated, and our Zhou family will be strictly prohibited from practicing them!”

"If that happens, the gains from this underground tomb exploration will be greatly reduced!"

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly and expressed his concerns in a low voice.

His concerns are justified.

Since they knew that this insect plague was most likely artificially created by Han Yuan, then the insect repellent techniques left by Han Yuan, as well as the Qianling Sect's forbidden techniques that Zhou Mingde coveted, would definitely be confiscated by those Nascent Soul cultivators and would not be allowed to spread any further.

If they met a more ruthless Nascent Soul cultivator, it would not be surprising if he killed Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun.

In this case, telling the truth is definitely not an option.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Mingde's words, Zhou Chun nodded in agreement and said, "What the Supreme Elder said makes sense. It will definitely not work if we tell the truth. We can't take that risk!"

After thinking for a while, he made a suggestion: "I think the most reliable way is for us to test the authenticity of the prescription first. If it is really effective, we can find a way to add a few ingredients to reduce the efficacy, and then present the new prescription!"

"Those senior monks are all people of extraordinary knowledge. There must be experts who are proficient in pharmacy. Once our modified formula is in their hands, as long as they test it a few more times, they will most likely be able to restore the original powerful formula."

Nowadays, insect plagues are rampant, and countless monks are studying ways to completely eradicate the plague.

An effective prescription for eradicating insect pests, even if its effect is not particularly strong, will definitely attract attention and allow some high-level monks to conduct comprehensive research on it.

With the correct research direction, with the abilities of those high-level monks, it would not be difficult to restore the formula before the Zhou family made changes.

In this way, no one would ever think that the Zhou family deliberately made the recipe complicated.

But if this were really done, the Zhou family’s contribution would definitely not be as great as if they had directly offered the original recipe.

So after listening to Zhou Chun's advice, Zhou Mingde did not make a decision immediately, but lowered his head to think.

He needs to weigh the trade-offs.

After pondering for a long time, he finally nodded and said, "Zhengchun, your suggestion is good. Our Zhou family has gained a lot this time. It is really not appropriate to show off so much!"

After the discussion, the two began to collect relevant materials and make the poison according to the recipe.

Because they had a detailed recipe, the two of them could make the poison according to the recipe even without the help of others.

Seven days later, the first poison tailored to the bloodline characteristics of the "Thousand Change Cricket" was successfully prepared, and then tested on the captured demon insects.

The results of this experiment made Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun feel mixed emotions.

The good news is that the poison does have a good effect and is much better than those poisons developed by Zhou Jiawei.

The worry is that the effect is not as strong as they expected.

Then they also prepared a poison that targeted the bloodline characteristics of the "Soul-Devouring Ants".

Compared to the poison targeting the "Thousand-Change Cricket", this poison is somewhat special and requires the use of another medium.

Zhou Chun and his team need to first let a wild beast or monster swallow the poison to kill it, and then let the evil insects devour the body of the dead wild beast or monster.

According to Han Yuan's record on the formula, as long as the "Soul-Devouring Ants" devour the dead bodies of wild beasts or monsters, they will slowly die within a day, and other "Soul-Devouring Ants" that devour their corpses will also be poisoned to death.

However, when the monster insects were used for experiments, they developed a strong resistance to the poison.

Although the demon insect that devoured the poisonous flesh and blood experienced various discomforts for a while and looked very lethargic, it would gradually recover after a day.

Obviously, these evil insects that are now wreaking havoc in Yang State have made up for certain blood defects in the process of evolution, making the poisons developed targeting their blood characteristics no longer so effective.

As a result, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun were in a dilemma.

The effect of the original formula was so unsatisfactory. If they continued as planned and added unnecessary ingredients to reduce the efficacy, I'm afraid the poison might not even be able to kill the evil insects.

In that case, how can you get credit by donating medicine?

"There are only two ways to deal with it now. One is to ask Uncle Fourteen to conduct an in-depth study on the previous prescription to see if he can come up with a new prescription that is more effective against the monster insects. The other is to directly offer the original prescription and say that it is a prescription for the Thousand Change Crickets that was originally collected by the family and was found to be effective after actual experiments!"

In the quiet room, Zhou Chun rubbed his forehead, frowned slightly, and expressed his new opinion.

But in his heart, he actually preferred the second method he mentioned.

The reason is very simple. The sooner the insect plague is eliminated, the less damage will be suffered by the human race.

Moreover, let’s not talk about whether the first method can be done. Even if it can be done, it is estimated that it will not be successful in ten days or half a month.

However, he knew that he was now serving as an adviser to Zhou Mingde, and the role of an adviser was to make relevant suggestions.

As for which method to use, Zhou Mingde should make the final decision.

Therefore, even if he has a preference in his heart, Zhou Chun would not deliberately only talk about the method he prefers.

This is also the reason why Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi like him.

When it comes to family interests, he can always make rational analyses and put forward useful suggestions, and often even make novel suggestions.

After listening to Zhou Chun's two suggestions, Zhou Mingde just hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's too time-consuming and full of uncertainties to research a new prescription by yourself. It's really not the best idea."

"But it's not appropriate to say that the prescription was passed down in the family. It can hardly withstand an investigation, especially an investigation by Qinglian Temple!"

Having said that, he took another deep breath, then sighed and said, "It seems that we can only expose the existence of the underground tomb!" The poison formula was obtained from the underground tomb, which is actually not something that cannot be explained.

The only thing that needs to be concealed is that the tomb owner Han Yuan bred the demon insect through forbidden techniques.

Han Yuan's research notes and the forbidden techniques inherited from Qianling Sect must not be leaked out!
Fortunately, all the relics left by Han Yuan fell into Zhou Mingde's hands.

Even Ruan Hongzhuang, who managed to escape with her life that day, did not know the name of the tomb owner or his origins.

All we know is that the tomb owner was a Jindan-stage cultivator who was skilled in taming beasts and expelling insects.

In this way, if we only throw out some things that can be seen by the light, it should be possible to make it work.

After hearing what Zhou Mingde said, Zhou Chun instantly understood what he meant and said, "If we follow your suggestion, Grand Elder, then we must carefully check the books that are about to be exposed. We must not let anyone find out that we are hiding something from these books!"

"Yes, we need to check it carefully!"

Zhou Mingde nodded in agreement, then took out all the collected books and examined them thoroughly with Zhou Chun.

In this way, after three days and three nights of sleepless investigation, the two finally screened out all the books that could be exposed.

Most of these books that can be exposed are illustrated books that record the appearance, abilities, and habits of evil insects, as well as some methods of practicing the art of expelling insects, and of course, some prescriptions for killing and repelling insects.

All the books concerning Qianling Sect's core secrets and forbidden techniques have been placed in a storage bag and will be temporarily buried somewhere in the wild.

"Okay, we've checked it three times, there should be no problem."

In the quiet room, after Zhou Mingde reviewed the selected books for exposure for the third time, he finally nodded with complete relief, confirming that there was no problem.

The matter was too important for him to be careless.

If this matter really goes wrong, not only will their contribution of donating the medicine be completely wiped out, but they may also be killed!
"Since there is no problem, when do you plan to leave, Grand Elder? How do you plan to proceed?"

Zhou Chun looked at the pile of classics in front of him and asked about the follow-up matters.

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde only hesitated for a moment, and then quickly replied: "I will take a day off to recuperate, and then go to Rongguo to pay a visit to Senior Shan Yangzi of Qinglian Temple and report the matter to him."

At this point, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said to Zhou Chun: "Just in case, make a copy of these classics and put them on you, Zheng Chun, and take the two magic weapons with you first, and then you go to another place and hide by yourself."

"If I succeed in meeting the Yuanying Zhenren, I will naturally come back to find you. If you do not see me coming back, return to the family immediately, tell Zhiyi everything, and then arrange for the family members to take refuge in the wilderness!"

He made this arrangement obviously because he was worried that Shan Yangzi would try to silence him in order to monopolize the credit.

Although this possibility is actually not very high.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun didn't say anything more. He just nodded and said, "Junior understands."

Then Zhou Mingde went to rest, while Zhou Chun made rubbings and copies of those books by himself.

In the evening of the next day, Zhou Mingde, who had rested for a day, went to Rong State with those original books.

After talking to Zhou Jiapeng and the others, Zhou Chun left the market town and found a place in the mountains to live in seclusion.

Without mentioning how Zhou Chun came to live in seclusion in the wild mountains, let’s say that after Zhou Mingde left the market town of Dayun State, he rushed all the way to Rong State.

He traveled at full speed and arrived at the territory of Rong State in less than a day.

At this time, the territory of Rong State was infested with rampant evil insects, and immortal cultivators could be seen everywhere trying to wipe out the evil insects.

Zhou Mingde also made inquiries from many sources before he found out the location of the Qinglian Temple group.

According to the information he got, he arrived outside the mountain gate of a cultivation family in Rong State. It was said that the people from Qinglian Temple were now using this as their base to launch an operation to eliminate the evil insects.

However, after he entered the family's mountain gate, he was unable to see Shan Yangzi immediately because the other party had also gone out to clear out the evil insects.

Fortunately, Zhou Mingde had made a name for himself in the area governed by Qinglian Temple. After the Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of Qinglian Temple who stayed behind in the base learned that he had important matters to report, they specially arranged for someone to contact Shanyangzi for him.

After waiting in the camp for most of the day, Zhou Mingde finally waited for Shan Yangzi to return.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, why did you come here to see me so anxiously? I wonder what's the important matter?"

In the quiet room, Shan Yangzi, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, sat cross-legged on the couch. He looked at Zhou Mingde calmly and asked about his purpose.

As a cultivator who was once sent by Qingyang Temple to preside over the "Conference of a Hundred Races", Shanyangzi still had some impression of Zhou Mingde. After all, Zhou Mingde also stole the limelight at that event.

Moreover, before leaving, the temple master Qing Weizi also explained to him the purpose of letting the Zhou family come to Yangguo.

These were the reasons why he rushed back to see Zhou Mingde after hearing that he had come to visit him.

So when he asked Zhou Mingde about his purpose, although he looked calm, he actually had some expectations in his heart.

Shan Yangzi, who participated in the war to intercept the migration of insect swarms, knew much more about the horror of this insect plague than Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun.

He also understood more clearly the urgent desire of the human upper class to eliminate the insect plague.

Even though he had a glimmer of hope, Shanyangzi actually didn't quite dare to believe in his heart that this Purple Mansion Stage cultivator in front of him really had a way to eliminate the insect plague.

After all, so many powerful Yuanying stage cultivators cannot do this, and so many knowledgeable and talented Jindan stage cultivators have not figured out a way to do it. How can we have too high expectations for a Zifu stage cultivator!
However, what Shan Yangzi did not expect was that Zhou Mingde answered his question very directly: "In reply to your question, Senior, I came all the way to Rong Country to meet you because I have found a way to control the monster insects!"

"What? What did you say?"

Shan Yangzi was stunned at first, then his expression changed drastically and he stared at Zhou Mingde with wide eyes, and said urgently: "Please tell me clearly, have you found a way to restrain the monster insects, or have you found the key to eliminate the insect plague?"

Shan Yangzi hoped that Zhou Mingde was talking about the latter, but he couldn't believe it was the latter.

As immortal cultivators continue to exterminate the evil insects, they have discovered many effective ways to restrain them.

However, the key method to eliminate insect plagues has not yet been found!
Zhou Mingde naturally understood what Shan Yangzi meant, and soon said in a positive tone: "It is the key to eliminate the insect plague. I have found a poison formula that has a great effect on monster insects, and I have determined that this poison can be produced on a large scale to kill insect swarms on a large scale!"

It can be mass-produced to kill insect swarms on a large scale!
Hearing Zhou Mingde's affirmative tone, Shan Yangzi could no longer control his excitement. He stood up from the bed in an instant and rushed to Zhou Mingde.

(End of this chapter)