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Chapter 140 If you're not a silkworm farmer, raising spiders will do too (33)

In the mountains and forests outside Lijia Village, there are those wilderness areas that have not yet been set foot in by the mountain people.

However, while normal mountain dwellers cannot leave this area, abnormal mountain dwellers may not.

"Xiao Gui, are you sure it's around here?"

The human-faced spider, Xiao Gui, continued to hover in the sky above this area, while Li Jingshu below followed closely behind.

"Yes, this is it!"

"That Zhu Huai was huge and extremely irritable; those leaning trees nearby were knocked down by it."

Zhu Huai is a ferocious beast that looks like an ox but has four horns.

All four of its horns grow forward, making it a mountain overlord that would be injured or killed if bumped or touched.

Even for Li Jingshu now, confronting Zhu Huai head-on is not an easy task.

Logically speaking, although Li Jingshu is unruly and impulsive, she shouldn't have made enemies with a ferocious beast of this level.

Unfortunately, Li Jingshu had practically watched Li Boyang grow up, so she knew exactly what he was thinking.

So before Li Boyang officially took action, Li Jingshu had been searching in the mountains for a suitable breed of dog to be trained as a hunting dog.

Especially this month, with the help of Xiao Yue, Li Jingshu quickly locked onto her ultimate target—Huo Dou.

According to Xiao Yue, to the west of these Hundred Mountains lies a special country called "Fire-Hating Kingdom," where a kind of dog that can breathe fire lives.

Because fires usually break out wherever it goes, it rarely appears in the mountains and forests.

But there are always exceptions, and Huo Dou is no exception either.

Every autumn and winter, Huodou migrates to the warmer southeast and only returns to Yanhuo Kingdom after winter is over.

During this migration, traces of the Huodou can be found in almost any place where forest fires occur.

It was precisely because of this characteristic that Li Jingshu discovered several seemingly lone Huodou.
To be honest, Li Jingshu originally intended to secretly capture those few Huodou and then give them to Li Boyang as a surprise birthday gift.

As a result, Li Jingshu's side hadn't even officially started taking action yet.

Those few wolves caused a forest fire, which angered Zhu Huai, who was already short-tempered.

When Li Jingshu received Xiao Gui's message and rushed to the scene, all she saw were those gruesome corpses pierced by bull horns.

Fortunately, Xiao Gui then told Li Jingshu that not all the Huo Dou were killed by Zhu Huai.

One pregnant husky managed to escape and ran all the way to the vicinity of this mountain forest.

Unfortunately, the enraged Zhu Huai had no intention of letting the calamity go and relentlessly pursued it all the way here.

"We need to find that monster as soon as possible..."

Scratching her head in distress, Li Jingshu didn't want her carefully prepared birthday gift to go to waste.

As for Zhu Huai, who can only roam freely in the mountains and forests...

Although Li Jingshu was no match for it in a direct confrontation, it didn't mean she was helpless against the Zhu Huai.

After all, the reason why humans have been able to establish themselves in these mountains and forests is not because of their physical strength but because of their wisdom.

"go with!"

Li Jingshu opened her specially made animal skin bag.

Dozens of bright green sleep bugs flew out instantly.

These sleep bugs are a special breed that Li Boyang cultivated a few days ago. They have an extremely strong ability to sense abnormalities and can be used for tracking.

Li Jingshu brought them out specifically this time, hoping to use their abilities to find the pregnant Huodou before Zhu Huai.

"Your little brother is so good to you..."

Seeing this, Xiao Gui gently landed on Li Jingshu's shoulder.

The longer Xiao Gui spent with Li Jingshu, the more she envied her relationship with Li Boyang and Li Family Village. That unconditional care and trust was a kind of kinship that Xiao Gui, who was born as a "tool," could never experience.

I always think of the Spider Queen, Suspended Silk, with her cold eyes.

Xiao Gui was very annoyed. Why couldn't she be like her other brothers and sisters, just a little spider without any intelligence or feelings?
"Of course, I'm the best person in the world!"

Li Jingshu is genuinely proud of Xiao Gui's statement.

"that……"

With envy resurfacing in her eyes, Xiao Gui suddenly lowered her voice and asked somewhat shyly.

“I overheard you talking to your younger brother before; it seems he’s looking for a silkworm that can spin silk…”

"The conditions are that the silk must be of good quality and in large quantity, and the silkworms themselves must be easy to raise and not picky about food..."

Noticing Li Jingshu's slightly surprised gaze, Xiao Gui's voice became even lower.

"What do you think about replacing the silkworms with spiders?"

"Among my mother's brothers and sisters, many of them were spiderlings that met the criteria."

"And I can guarantee that the spider silk they produce is much stronger than silkworm silk."

After listening with her head tilted for a long time, Li Jingshu finally took the initiative to ask a question.

"Did your mother tell you to ask this?"

She immediately closed her eyes in shame, and Xiao Gui didn't answer for a long time.

Because it was indeed the Spider Queen who asked Xiao Gui to ask this question, she had obviously been aware of her little cub's betrayal for a long time.

However, considering Li Boyang's existence, the Spider Queen not only dared not deal with this traitor, but also wanted to take the opportunity to formally establish a relationship with him.

Of course, there might also be an element of wanting to repay a debt of gratitude involved.

After all, if it weren't for Li Boyang's intervention, things would have been different.

The Spider Queen had long since died in the underground shrine set up by the Six-Tailed Fox.

"This has nothing to do with you. What does your mother want?"

Looking at Xiao Gui's ashamed face, Li Jingshu reached out and stroked her head before continuing to ask.

“Hmm, my mother wants my current ‘breathing technique’…”

"But don't worry, I didn't teach it to her without permission, and she didn't force me to hand over the 'breathing technique'."

Xiao Gui is currently practicing the latest version of the "Breathing Technique," which is a modified version specifically designed by Li Boyang for spiders.

He originally just wanted to study whether insects, like mammals, could strengthen their life force by regulating their breathing rhythm.

"Don't worry, I won't care about such trivial matters."

"Besides, if your mother can really make those spiders obediently spin silk, I will definitely agree to this deal."

Based on her understanding of Li Boyang, Li Jingshu patted her chest and assured Xiao Gui.

She knew very well that Li Boyang had almost turned the entire Yunmeng Mountain upside down in his search for suitable silkworms.

In comparison, "Breathing Techniques" doesn't hold much weight in Li Boyang's mind at all.

Saying that it "spreads the word to all beings" might be a bit of an exaggeration.

But for organisms that one finds appealing or that have research value.

Li Boyang wouldn't mind tailoring a unique "breathing method" for them—Xiao Gui herself is an excellent example.

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(End of this chapter)