The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 1 Insect Lord
Dali 1347, the fourth year of Qianyang
Lingnan Prefecture, Bailu County, Yuncang Town

It was the height of summer, and the furnace-like sun had been in the sky for seven days in a row, making people sweat profusely and the heat was unbearable.

There was a rumbling thunder, a strong wind, layers of dark clouds covered the sky, and a gloomy atmosphere pressed down. Raindrops as big as beans fell down, and in a blink of an eye, they formed a curtain of rain.

"It's finally raining."

Under the thatched eaves, raindrops fell in a line along the straw curtains, splashing muddy yellow water and hitting the feet of a thin and pale young man under the eaves.

Su Yan didn't care about the muddy yellow mud. His eyes flickered a little, very brightly.

He turned around and went back into the thatched hut, quickly took down his straw raincoat and hat from the wall, and put them on.

Su Yan was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pale face like white paper and a thin body.

Even with the tattered straw raincoat on his body, one could still see his thin figure.

He put on his straw raincoat, stuffed a torn fishing net into the backpack, picked up the brightly sharp hatchet, and placed it on the wooden sheath at his waist.

He looked up at the sky, which was as gloomy as night.

The rain curtain covered the nearby Yunling Mountain, making it hazy. The undulating mountains looked like a giant python lying across a hundred miles.

He strode into the rain, his thin figure under the straw raincoat gradually moving away and walking quickly towards the mountain.

Yuncang Town is located south of the 800-li Yunling Mountain, with dense old forests that look like a maze.

It is backed by the 600-li Bailu Lake in the north, with countless tributaries, like a bend in the bay.

The mountains and rivers support the large and small villages in Yuncang Town, as well as hundreds of thousands of people in the town.

There are many treasures in the mountains and rivers, as well as precious fish and beasts, magical plants and exotic herbs. They are not easy to obtain, so hunters, fishermen, and mountain herders make a living from them.

"The mountain rain is bone-chillingly cold, and the mountain paths are rugged and difficult to navigate. No wonder Second Uncle Xie repeatedly warned us not to go into the mountains in the rain."

The big raindrops blurred my eyes, and the already muddy mountain road became difficult to walk on.

Su Yan stepped into a mud pit with every step, but his eyes were determined as he quickly rushed towards Yunling Mountain.

The reason why mountain herders can survive is not because of their great skills, but because they know where the dangers are and where they should and should not go.

He was a mountain herder, and although he had only been there for five months and four days, he knew a thing or two about what he needed to know.

But this trip has to be made.

It's not about being blinded by profit or coveting treasures from the rain.

But to turn things around.

Before May, he was still a law student preparing for the civil service exam.

He was studying hard at midnight, but unexpectedly, in order to save someone, he traveled through time to the body of a young man named Su Yan from Yunqian Village.

My mother died of illness at an early age, and in order to save her, the family fell into a large debt.

Seeing that the tax period was approaching and he had to pay back the debts to those ruffians, the original father took a risk and climbed up the cliff to collect stone ear grass, but he didn't expect to find his body nowhere to be found.

After a few twists and turns, Su Yan came to live a new life.

The sound of rain was crackling, making the old trees in the forest shake and squeak strangely.

The chill gradually seeped through the raincoat and spread along his back.

Su Yan tightened his raincoat, wiped the rain off his face, identified the direction, and headed towards a small path.

The hatchet at his waist was already in his hand. There were many bushes and branches on both sides of the path, which had to be cut down before he could pass.

"The bushes are thick and no one has walked there, so the place should be undiscovered."

The situation on the road made him feel a little relieved.

He hurried along the muddy mountain road and fell several times, getting covered in mud.

The inside and outside of the raincoat were already completely wet.

Even so, Su Yan refused to stop.

Finally, the bushes in front of me parted, and the view suddenly opened up, revealing two mossy rocks.

There were cracks in the rocks, and a trickle of water flowed out from the cracks, gathering under the rocks and forming a small pool of four or five square meters.

The fish in the pond emerged and exhaled, forming a string of small pearls.

Su Yan's eyes lit up and he took out a broken fishing net from his backpack.

However, he did not take action, but quietly hid to the side of the pond, hiding in the bushes with his straw raincoat.

Su Yan stood motionless, staring with bated breath, like a stone.

The rain hit my body, soaking my linen clothes, and the coolness gave me goose bumps.

He clenched his teeth, trying to control himself from shaking, and his knuckles turned white as he gripped the fishing net.

"I have traveled thousands of mountains in search of treasure, but I have only become a withered bone in the mountains."

"The lives of mountain herders are worthless. They all risk their lives to exchange for treasures from the mountain master. If I can't wait for the Yinshui centipede today, I'm afraid a cold will kill me."

If you catch a cold, you need to treat it, and treatment costs money.

But he had no money.

Su Yan was fighting for a chance to turn things around. When he first arrived, who wouldn't want to try something new to find a way out?

But as soon as this thought came up, it was completely dispelled.

Not to mention that he had no capital, the world was difficult. For a lowly mountain herder, the mountain tax and head tax alone were enough to make him breathless.

More importantly, warriors are the masters of this world.

"When the individual's military strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, a small mountain village in a city can suppress large and small mountain villages for two hundred years."

In this world, it is so difficult to make a name for yourself.

Su Yan's heart sank as he recalled the scene where a big shot from the Xiaoshan Society took action to suppress the wild beasts in the mountains.

He could cover hundreds of meters with just three or two steps, and with a light shout, a four or five meter tall black wolf shadow rose from his body.

With just a flick of his finger, the six-meter-tall tiger that had killed hundreds of hunters and herders was knocked down.

Since only one person has such powerful force, he knows that no matter how many ordinary people there are, they cannot change the situation.

"The lower class are just leeks. If they want to rise up, they must practice martial arts!"

The sound of rain gradually became less frequent, and the scattered sounds in the mountains and forests gradually became smaller.

"Swish"

When a subtle sound came, Su Yan immediately held his breath and stared at the pool of water.

The wet moss rustled, and a flash of dark purple flashed quickly between the cracks in the rocks.

When Su Yan heard the sound, his whole body tensed up and he immediately stared intently, only to see a dark purple thing crawling out from the cracks in the rocks and moss.

What a strange centipede!
The centipede is as thick as three fingers and its feet are as long as the forearm. Its fine and densely segmented legs are like thousands of black needles, clinging to the rocks and moss.

[Yinshui Centipede (Unranked)]

Centipedes, which evolved from ordinary insects into creatures that absorb and exhale vital energy, gradually acquire magical properties. They live in water and appear after rain. They are good swimmers and can be used as medicine.

[Can be refined]

Su Yan concentrated his attention, and the information about the Yinshui Centipede appeared before his eyes.

The three bright words "can be refined" made his eyes light up and filled with joy.

After waiting for several months, going back and forth in this mountain, and encountering many poisonous insects, I finally saw an alien species that could be refined.

The two tentacles of the Yinshui centipede shook slightly, and suddenly it dived into the water like an arrow.

Before the fish in the water could react, half of its body was broken. The black fish, which was as long as a forearm and almost as big as the centipede, was suddenly bitten tightly by the centipede.

But the movement stopped in an instant, and a black line appeared on the fish's body.

'It's now! ’

Su Yan immediately threw out the broken fishing net in his hand. He had bought it from an old fisherman for 100 coins.

After patching it up a bit, the big fishing net was barely complete, and it was only about three or four square meters in size.

Fortunately, it was not fishing, but catching insects.

The fishing net fell into the water, startling the Yinshui centipede.

A stream of black venom was spat out and landed on the edge of the bushes.

In just a few breaths, the weeds that fell on it had already dried up a little.

Su Yan looked at it with shock, but he exerted force with his hands and pulled up the Yinshui centipede along with the fishing net.

The centipede's thousand legs are its best weapon for climbing rock walls, but now, because it has too many legs, it is entangled in the fishing net and tangled in the mud.

The Yinshui centipede is not big in size, but it is very strong. It rolled in the mud and managed to tear the fishing net into pieces.

Seeing this, Su Yan picked up a crooked stick beside him and hit him.

He used a lot of strength. Uncle Xie had told him when they were driving him into the mountains that all foreign objects were more difficult to deal with than ordinary ones.

Even if it was an alien insect, it couldn't be easily subdued with just one or two sticks, so he had to be extremely careful when he saw it.

After three or five hits, there was a banging sound, as if hitting a hard-shelled coconut, which made the Yinshui centipede curl up into a ball and its struggle gradually weakened.

In the sea of consciousness, there is a green insect cauldron with three legs and two ears. The legs are long insects and the ears are evil insects. There are thousands of vicious insects hovering on the body of the cauldron, looking as ferocious as alive, as if competing to devour it.

The insect cauldron was buzzing, and Su Yan's eyes flickered.

'It's done'

But seeing that the Evil Insect Cauldron exuded an aura like the ancient universe, the Yinshui Centipede was like an ant and did not dare to move at all.

Su Yan reached out and touched the Yinshui Centipede, but saw a stream of light disappear into the cauldron, and then the information appeared in front of him:
[First-level Insect Master: 1/100]

[Insect World: 1 cubic meters]

【Ganshan:94/100 (Beginner)】

[Yinshui centipede 1/100 (newborn)]

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