The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 171 The worldly life tests the heart!

Xiaohuan Island.

The Chaos Star Sea is ruled by the Star Palace, which rules over the outer twenty-four islands and the inner twelve islands, with the Spirit Island as the radiation point, forming the approximate area of ​​the Inner Star Sea, which is also the approximate ruling area of ​​the Star Palace.

Kuixing Island is one of the outer twenty-four islands. Its ruling area covers the surrounding waters and its power is extraordinary.

Xiaohuan Island is a rather mediocre subsidiary island under the jurisdiction of Kuixing Island.

The concentration of spiritual energy is not high and the area of ​​the island is not large.

Therefore, there have never been many immortal cultivators visiting the island. The people on the island are basically the indigenous mortals of Xiaohuan Island, who make a living by working and fishing.

Logically speaking, it is unlikely that anyone would visit such a mediocre and ordinary island.

but……

Chu Hong is different!
To the north of Xiaohuan Island, ten thousand meters above the sky, a handsome man in a dark green Taoist robe stepped lightly on the white clouds as if he were walking on flat ground, as if he was flying in the air, and his every move was full of extraordinary grace.

This person was Chu Hong who rushed to Kuixing Island.

Xiaohuan Island is not big. Chu Hong easily saw the only two mountains on the island, which were over a hundred feet in size.

If I remember correctly, the gold-eating bugs should be sleeping in the strata of these two mountains.

Because Han Li built a cave and raised some spiritual herbs, it allowed a gold-eating worm that had accidentally entered a state of suspended animation in ancient times to awaken.

A generation of legend begins here!
Green light flickered, and the figure swayed, and they had already arrived at a small flat area where the two peaks were connected.

Chu Hong showed no sign of being slow, and his spiritual sense scanned the area inch by inch.

With his level of cultivation, covering with spiritual consciousness is an easy task.

However, the spiritual consciousness covers too many areas and sees too many things, so it may not be able to find the tiny things.

Gold-eating bug!
The product of the demise and division of Qu Lin Dao Zu, the common leader of the insect clan!
When the gold-eating worm has cultivated and devoured to a certain level and turned into the only one, it will also embark on the path of the Taoist Ancestor.

For the time being, it can be considered as the product of Taoist Ancestor Qu Lin before his death.

Chu Hong attaches great importance to this thing.

This is definitely something that qualifies as a killer weapon.

Putting aside the fact that it was produced before the death of Daozu, "Records of Strange Insects" records: Gold-eating insects, vicious insects living together, love to eat strange insects, good at swallowing metal, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, extremely fierce, invulnerable to water and fire, live under spiritual trees, jade wood traps them, spiders defeat them...

The old man who made up the list of strange insects most likely had never actually seen a mature gold-eating beetle, so he relied on the descriptions and rankings left by his predecessors, which resulted in the gold-eating beetle not being ranked particularly high.

But if we really talk about performance, the fact that he is "invulnerable to water and fire" and is largely immune to the damage from water and fire spells is enough to shock people.

In terms of uses, killing, defense, group attack... basically covers most methods of attack and killing.

Even if this thing falls into the spiritual world where powerful beings abound, it is still capable of roaming freely.

If the gold-eating bugs were really allowed to cultivate to maturity, they would be able to roam the spiritual world with ease.

Of course, there are many advantages, but there are also disadvantages.

Firstly, the gold-eating bugs must be present in large numbers to have a captivating effect, which requires their owners to have extraordinary spiritual awareness.

This one rule alone has stopped many monks from controlling the gold-eating insects.

The requirements for spiritual awareness may seem unclear, but in fact, once it comes to actual combat, it will be quite clear.

If the spiritual consciousness is not strong, the gold-eating bugs will not form in groups, and their true effectiveness cannot be exerted.

Second, it is difficult to raise.

This is not to say that gold-eating bugs are difficult to raise.

On the contrary, gold-eating bugs have great vitality and are quite easy to keep alive.

But, raising a child is one thing, and raising him well is another.

Most of the strange insects can advance by eating things, but for the gold-eating insects, there is basically no effect.

If you want to maintain it well, you must not lack any old spiritual herbs, herbs, and elixirs.

This one rule can basically stop most of the cultivators in the human world.

I can’t afford it, I simply can’t afford it!
Resources are scarce in the human world, and the old spiritual herbs and medicines are not enough for the old things to eat themselves. How could they put the cart before the horse and raise strange insects?
Chu Hong's eyes moved slightly and he looked around carefully.

Most people can’t afford it, but he can.

A lot of spirit stones have been placed in the Jueling small world for cultivation over the years, and the spiritual energy is now rich enough to be used for Qi Refining Stage cultivation.

After a while, he went to overcome the tribulations of the mortal world and learn the art of puppetry.

By using puppets to dig spirit stones, you can naturally enrich the Jueling small world slowly.

With these spiritual energy and spiritual stones, it is naturally not difficult to raise some gold-eating bugs.

It doesn't make sense that Han Li can afford it, but he can't!
This thing is like a trump card, there is no way he will let it go.

The spiritual consciousness scans inch by inch and moves bit by bit.

After sweeping for about an incense stick of time, Chu Hong's spiritual sense moved slightly, and he swept over a silver insect shell the size of a grain of rice.

His spirits were greatly lifted, and he swept more seriously.

Not long after, he saw a shining silver ball hanging there, about a foot in size, flashing with an eerie light.

It was a small crevice under the rock thousands of meters deep, just enough to accommodate the shining silver ball.

Chu Hong's mind moved slightly, and he summoned two blood jade spiders.

These were the first two he raised. One year in the human world would equate to a hundred years in the Jueling small world.

After so many years, and with the nourishment of magical herbs and medicines, both have already cultivated to the sixth level. The silver spider shells have long since turned into purple gold. Compared with conventional blood jade spiders, they have made a qualitative leap.

Spider silk, in particular, can have a paralyzing effect when it sticks to a monk.

Generally speaking, even Nascent Soul cultivators need magic weapons to cut the silk threads. Most Core Forming cultivators will be paralyzed in just a few breaths, causing their blood and energy to boil and their spiritual energy to become chaotic.

If the time is too long, paralysis and fainting are not uncommon.

Of course, when it comes to effect, its best advantage is that it is not afraid of the erosion of ice and fire and can trap spiritual fire.

In addition, the spider silk has been specially treated and the clothes woven from it are almost impervious to ice and fire, so it is also a good choice.

"chisel!"

A faint voice was heard, and the two blood jade spiders received the order. They raised their sharp legs and struck down fiercely.

There were two blood jade spiders, one chiseling and the other dragging stones with spider silk to make the passage empty, and they cooperated in an orderly manner.

In less than an incense stick of time, a deep and secluded passage about ten feet in size was formed, leading directly to the bottom.

Chu Hong roughly checked the depth, then stopped and said, "Stop it!"

The male spider that had been in charge of digging jumped up and landed obediently at his feet.

Chu Hong waved his hand, collected the two blood jade spiders, and fell down.

With a flash of green light, Chu Hong had already reached the edge of the small rock crevice.

A fireball was thrown over, and the silver ball began to burn fiercely. In an instant it split into points of silver light, and a buzzing sound continued.

The raging fire disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had been swallowed up.

The gold-eating bug that has been sleeping for endless years has awakened!
Chu Hong also saw the true appearance of the gold-eating bug.

They were flying insects the size of soybeans, with large fangs, but otherwise they looked nothing special. Chu Hong laughed and waved his hand, and two streams of white liquid spurted out of the mouth of the Blood Jade Spider, turning into two spider webs several feet in size, trapping all the gold-eating insects in silver armor.

The gold-eating beetles seemed to sense the danger, and they methodically formed themselves into arrow shapes, transforming into a silver arrow that seemed to pierce through the spider web.

Unfortunately, the web of the sixth-order blood jade spider was too dense, with almost no holes. No matter how these gold-eating bugs wreaked havoc, they had no intention of escaping.

With a sharp hissing sound, these gold-eating insects changed their tactics and began to bite the spider silk with their sharp fangs.

But it didn't work.

Chu Hong nodded slightly, his fingertips flashing with light, and he collected all the gold-eating insects into the Jueling small world without exception. He also marked out a separate space of more than a hundred feet in size and threw in a lot of spiritual herbs and medicines for their survival.

Looking at the gold-eating bugs that were eating the spiritual herbs, Chu Hong's eyes moved slightly, and he threw a few thousand-year-old rainbow grasses into that small area.

As soon as they saw the rainbow grass, the gold-eating bugs that originally ate the spiritual herbs and medicines all flew towards the rainbow grass, as if the temptation of the rainbow grass was far greater than that of the spiritual herbs and medicines.

Chu Hong looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

As a magical herb that can induce monsters to reproduce, Neon Grass can also work on strange insects.

It just so happens that the nature of gold-eating bugs is to devour and kill each other in order to evolve themselves.

Gradual killing and gradual reproduction are suitable for the function of the neon grass.

This wave of gold-eating bugs already numbers in the hundreds.

However, if we really wait for these gold-eating bugs to develop properly, they are bound to start fighting, and by then it is estimated that there will only be a dozen or so left.

In this way, with one step of reproduction and one step of killing, their numbers will gradually increase.

After the gold-eating bugs fought and devoured each other for dozens of times, some creatures worth cultivating emerged.

The gold-eating bugs cultivated with these values ​​are also the most powerful ones, suitable for killing and conquest.

With a flash of green light, Chu Hong, dressed in a dark green Taoist robe, disappeared without a trace.

……

On this day, in an unknown small market in Tianxing City, a new owner came to an inconspicuous little shop.

A young man who looked quite handsome came forward to ask the person he was doing business with. It turned out that his surname was Zhang and his name was Xiaofan.

As soon as the owner took over the shop, he changed the name to "Zhang's Woodcarving". He sold some woodcarvings, talismans, and even tea, and his business was quite chaotic.

Fortunately, he still had a female companion, whose face was covered with a veil, and whose appearance vaguely appeared to be of average appearance, but she was an ordinary woman.

The woman was attentive and arranged some of the business displays beautifully, so her business wasn't too bad.

However, women have always been shy and not good at showing up in public, so owner Zhang’s female companion is not often seen.

On the contrary, the shop owner Zhang is a fluent talker who often visits other shop owners to chat.

Occasionally, if he got tired of talking, he would take a break and carve some wood carvings to sell.

If there are customers who want to take advantage of him, he will also carve some jade carvings to use as signboards.

Business is always a long process.

Gradually, no one paid much attention to the new store owner.

There was nothing special about the young man except that he was a little younger and more handsome.

There are too many such small shops run by couples, so naturally they are not worth paying too much attention to.

And these two people are naturally Chu Hong and Zi Ling!

To cultivate the Dayan Jue to the fourth level, one needs to enter the secular world to temper one's state of mind. Otherwise, one may not be able to withstand the backlash of the inner demons during cultivation, and all previous efforts will be wasted.

With Chu Hong's cultivation level, it would not be difficult for him to practice the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique.

However, sooner or later one has to go through such things in the world, and while there is nothing to do during this period of time, Chu Hong decided to try out the life of an ordinary person.

By the way, you can also learn the art of puppetry.

As one of the most popular side jobs besides the four arts of cultivation, puppets have a wide range of uses.

Spiritual wood, jade, and sacred tree materials are all materials for making puppets.

In more extreme cases, the body of a cultivator can also be used as one of the puppet materials.

This is a very promising and broad road, and Chu Hong is quite interested in learning it.

Zi Ling has always been smart and clever. Knowing that Chu Hong, a big shot, is traveling around the world, she is happy to come and sell some goods and relax.

The more she came into contact with the world of immortal cultivation, the more she realized how rare such a leisurely life was.

It’s not as simple as opening a store and selling goods.

A young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, in order to survive, opened a shop to sell goods to make a living.

An old monster in the Nascent Soul stage travels around the human world, observing the daily life of the world, and opens a shop just for fun.

Both of them open stores and sell goods, but there are many differences.

The biggest difference lies in confidence.

If Zi Ling opened her own shop, she would definitely be trembling with fear and nervous.

But if she were to open a shop with Chu Lang, she wouldn't have to worry about anything as she would have the boss to back her up even if the sky fell.

The mentality of the two is very different.

Zi Ling cherishes such leisurely days.
Besides being truly relaxing and enjoyable, this was also one of the rare times when she and Chu Hong could be alone.

Zi Ling was lively and gentle, clever and deft, and her appearance was extremely attractive. Chu Hong naturally enjoyed it and often favored and whipped her.

Most of the time, there is not much profit in guarding the store, so Zi Ling would ask someone to guard the store while she went to learn the art of talismans from Chu Hong.

The closer they got to each other, the more she understood what kind of abilities this Chu Lang had.

The Grand Master of Talismans can walk sideways even in the Chaos Star Sea. It is really not an exaggeration at all.

With such a master accompanying him on a daily basis, Zi Ling would naturally take the initiative to learn some talismans and acquire a skill.

In this way, the beauty practiced refining talismans while Chu Hong slowly carved and made puppets, occasionally teasing them, and lived a leisurely and happy life.

However, the more he lived, the more Chu Hong could realize the difference between cultivators and mortals.

The life of ordinary people is indeed very different from that of cultivators.

Compared to the long life of a cultivator who may spend decades in seclusion, the life of ordinary people is sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

At the fastest speed, a few decades will pass by in a hurry; at the slowest speed, every move will be full of the breath of life, which cannot be compared with those who do not practice.

The wonderful life of a mortal is just a small fragment in the eyes of a high-level cultivator. It is insignificant and not worthy of attention.

The seemingly wonderful life of a cultivator is naturally enviable, but if we really want to talk about the wonderfulness of a life, it is not easy to tell.

People who practice cultivation have long lives, but they often practice in seclusion.

It seems mature, but it may not be.

Chu Hong observed the life of mortals in this way while slowly carving mechanisms and making puppets.

In this way, time flies, twenty years have passed...

(End of this chapter)