Mortal: Transmigrated into Han Li, becoming a person with five spiritual roots

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Click, click.

Several crisp, subtle sounds reached Han Li's ears. The sounds were very dense, as if something was constantly tearing and gnawing.

Han Li sensed something and stepped out of the Earth Fire Chamber, heading towards a secret room.

The three walls of the secret chamber were made of blue jade, which emitted a faint fluorescent glow in the dim light.

It was the insect chamber that Han Li had set up earlier!

The blue jade disc was divided into square jade compartments.

Inside each jade compartment were several pale silver eggs, emitting a faint fluorescent glow.

Beside the small eggs were several silver beetles with sharp fangs on their mouths, gnawing on the eggshells.

Click!Click!

The crisp, rapid sounds from before clearly came from the silver beetle in front of them.

These tiny insects were none other than the Gold-Eating Insects that Han Li had previously discovered on Sea Ape Island!

According to the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects", the Gold-Eating Insect loves to eat metals and all kinds of spiritual energy in the world, and is extremely ferocious.

However, it is incompatible with spider-like spirit insects and is easily trapped by jade!

Therefore, Han Li converted a secret room in Liuyun Pavilion into an insect breeding room, covered the original walls with jade, and carved out jade compartments to raise the gold-devouring insects and prevent them from escaping.

Although these jade pieces were just ordinary jade and cheap, the gold-devouring insects became well-behaved as soon as they entered them.

Previously, Han Li had used some spiritual herbs and medicinal residues that were no longer useful to him to feed these gold-devouring insects.

I didn't expect them to start laying eggs so quickly.

"This time seems to have gone by a little too fast."

A black storage bag appeared out of thin air in Han Li's hand; it was the same one that the black-robed cultivator had used earlier.

Immediately, two jade slips appeared in his hand.

These are the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects" and the "Classic of Insect Breeding".

I left Umi-zashima Island in a hurry before and didn't have time to explore it properly, so now I can finally take a closer look.

Han Li's divine sense entered the jade slip, and a series of information slowly surfaced in his mind.

"Gold-Eating Insects, a swarm of ferocious insects, ranked tenth in the Record of Ten Thousand Insects!"

"It loves to devour strange insects, and is adept at consuming metals and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth... It can be trapped by jade and wood, and spiders and strange insects are mutually restraining..."

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In the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects", the introduction to the Gold-Eating Insect should have ended abruptly.

But someone added some information to it.

"The world believes that the Gold-Eating Insects' infamous reputation stems entirely from their sheer numbers—how absurd!"

"I learned a secret from the cave left behind by the Celestial Insect Master: the Gold-Devouring Insect is an ancient and monstrous insect with a formidable reputation! Once it is fully grown, it will shed its silver shell and become entirely golden. Any one of them can rival a Core Formation cultivator!"

"Several of them attacked, shattering the Golden Core and forcing the Nascent Soul to flee!"

"However, the resources required for cultivation are too great! We are simply unable to cultivate them; what a tragedy!"

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Upon reading this, a hint of shock flashed in Han Li's eyes.

He subconsciously looked at the pale silver beetles in the jade wall.

They seemed completely unaware of Han Li's presence.

In some jade chambers, two gold-devouring insects were stacked together, trembling incessantly. Some were intently eating their eggshells, while others, with silvery eggs, were trembling as if they were about to hatch at any moment.

These little insects look rather cute.

In the future, they will actually be able to defeat Core Formation cultivators!

Han Li rested his chin on his right hand, deep in thought.

Recalling the scene on Sea Ape Island where the Gold-Eating Insects had devoured all his spiritual energy, he felt even more horrified.

If it weren't for the fact that these gold-devouring insects were of such low cultivation levels when I encountered them before, I probably would have been in serious trouble!

This is all because the Gold-Eating Insect has an innate ability to suppress spiritual energy!

No matter how high the quality of the celestial spiritual energy is, it is still ultimately within the scope of spiritual energy!

Fortunately, the Gold-Eating Insects were obtained by themselves, rather than by the enemy.

Otherwise, it would be a real problem.

Han Li then turned to another jade slip—the "Insect Breeding Classic".

To control spirit insects, one must use insect breeding techniques.

In the "Insect Breeding Classic", there is an insect-controlling technique called the "Seven Hearts Controlling Spirit Technique"!

Han Li formed hand seals and cast several spells. Several drops of essence blood appeared between his brows and floated quietly in the air.

Under his urging, the essence blood transformed into several beams of blood light, which, like a fine rain, shot towards the silver beetle in the jade wall.

hum!hum!

Upon seeing the appearance of the essence blood, the Gold-Eating Insects instantly became agitated. Their silver carapaces lifted slightly, revealing pairs of pale silver wings as thin as cicada wings, which flapped incessantly and emitted a buzzing sound.

It looked as if it would fly out of the jade disc at any moment.

As the subtle blood-red light formed from his essence and blood entered the Gold-Eating Insect, Han Li formed hand seals again and activated the Seven Hearts Controlling Divine Technique.

At the same time, several streams of jade-white spiritual energy were released.

When the celestial energy appeared, the gold-devouring insects seemed to have encountered the most delicious thing in the world, and instantly fell silent.

It began to continuously devour the jade-white spiritual energy.

Immediately afterwards, Han Li released a wisp of divine soul power.

Then he formed the hand seal again.

Soon, the spiritual energy was completely devoured.

The gold-devouring insects fell completely silent. Han Li felt a faint connection between himself and this group of gold-devouring insects.

Although faint, it was incredibly clear and truly existed.

The contract is complete.

Han Li waved his hand gently.

hum-

A large gold-devouring insect slowly flew out of the jade disc and landed on his fingertip.

The fangs of the gold-eating beetle and the patterns on its silver carapace are clearly visible.

Han Li gently touched the little guy, feeling a cool sensation on his fingertips.

The gold-devouring insect on Han Li's fingertip moved even closer, rubbing against his finger affectionately.

Han Li was in a good mood, so he played with the little guy a few times and then put it back.

Immediately afterwards, Han Li opened the black-robed man's storage bag.

Aside from some cultivation techniques and pills used during the Foundation Establishment stage, as well as a few magical artifacts, there was nothing of value in the storage bag.

It seems that the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects" and the "Classic of Insect Breeding" were inherited by the man in black robes by chance.

"what?"

Han Li was about to throw it away when he found a small wooden box at the bottom of the storage bag.

The wooden box was quite inconspicuous, and he hadn't paid much attention to it before.

Han Li opened the small wooden box, and several blue eggs, about the size of a thumb, lay quietly inside. They seemed to be emitting a pale blue light in a rhythmic manner, as if they were breathing.

However, its light is now very weak and is about to disappear.

He quickly opened the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects".

"The Azure Frost Silkworm ranks 101st in the Record of Ten Thousand Insects."

"This insect possesses both ice and wind attributes. It prefers to feed on pure spiritual energy, especially ice and wind attribute spirit ores. It dwells on mountain peaks and has no obvious weaknesses..."

"Upon reaching adulthood, it acquires a companion spirit, Azure Frost Silkworm Silk, which is exceptionally tough and an excellent material for refining weapons..."

Upon seeing this, Han Li's eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, there was an additional benefit.

"Although this Green Frost Silkworm can only be ranked 101st in the 'Record of Ten Thousand Insects', it is already worth cultivating simply because of its Green Frost Silkworm silk."

"Although it has no obvious weaknesses, it is ranked low, and its potential and attack power are probably not as high as the Gold-Eating Insect."

"It's better than nothing, I suppose."

Han Li took the six pale blue eggs, each about the length of a thumb, into his hand, and felt a cool sensation emanating from the surface of the cocoons.

Subsequently, Han Li placed it in one of the jade compartments on the jade wall.

And some medicinal herbs and dregs that are not needed for the time being were left in the jade box.

As soon as the eggs of the Green Frost Silkworm appeared, Han Li could clearly feel that the Gold-Eating Insects were beginning to stir.

hum!

Several gold-devouring insects even tried to fly directly into the jade chamber of the Azure Frost Silkworm.

In the end, Han Li ordered it to be stopped.

Although we are of different races, we are a family with no blood relation!

How can they kill each other!

After Han Li gave the order through his divine soul, the Gold-Eating Insects stopped their agitation.

However, Han Li could clearly observe that a few of the Gold-Eating Insects' small eyes were still staring intently at the Frost Silkworm Eggs not far away.

It seems they're about to make their move as soon as Han Li leaves.

For safety's sake, before leaving, Han Li sealed the jade compartments of the Azure Frost Silkworm with azure jade.

After threatening the Gold-Eating Insects a few times, Han Li left the insect breeding room.

"It seems we need to find some pills to feed the spirit insects. Otherwise, since spirit herbs are inherently wood-based, it's no wonder the gold-devouring insects are picky eaters."

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