Chapter 54

"Mutant! Definitely a mutant!"

Jiang Ye took a deep breath, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and carefully placed this treasure insect into the jade box he had prepared.

His movements were extremely light and slow, as if what he was holding in his hand was not a poisonous insect, but a rare treasure.

The moment the lid of the jade box closed, the fire centipede was still crashing inside, making muffled "bang bang" sounds, and the force was so great that even the jade box was trembling slightly.

It was clearly unwilling to be trapped, and the hissing sound could be faintly heard through the jade walls, carrying a violent rage to tear this cage to pieces.

Jiang Ye patted the jade box, his aged face full of smiles:

"Little thing, don't be impatient. Follow me from now on, and I guarantee you'll have good food and drink."

Before the words fell, the crashing sound inside the jade box became even more violent, as if the fire centipede understood human language and felt great humiliation, and was using all its strength to express its anger and disdain.

"Yo, quite a temper!" Feeling the vibration inside the jade box, the smile on Jiang Ye's face grew even wider, "Looks like there will be fun to be had next."

According to the records in the "Poison Taming Scripture", cultivating poisonous insects is divided into three steps.

First, tame it, then use secret techniques to make it recognize its master, and finally, you can control it to assist in fighting enemies.

As for how to tame it in the first step, the method is somewhat similar to training a hawk; this is a tug-of-war, and you have to grind down its ferocity first.

Bang bang bang...

The crashing sound inside the jade box was still getting louder.

Jiang Ye sneered, his wrist holding the jade box shaking violently.

After a long while, he finally stopped.

The fire centipede inside the jade box was perhaps dizzy from the shaking, and there was no movement for a long time.

"Behaved now?"

Jiang Ye lifted the jade box, just about to check it.

Bang bang bang...

The fire centipede started to become restless again, crashing violently against the jade box, and the force was even greater than before.

Jiang Ye didn't indulge it either; the force in his hand circulated, shaking the jade box, and shaking it dizzy again.

The inside of the jade box calmed down for a moment, and then the crashing sound came again.

Jiang Ye lifted his hand and shook it again......

After pulling like this for half an hour, the jade box calmed down completely.

"Trying to play dead, are you?"

Jiang Ye sneered and opened the jade box.

He saw the fire centipede lying stiffly in the jade box, motionless, as if it had fainted.

Jiang Ye looked at it silently, a trace of playfulness flashing in his aged eyes.

Sure enough.

The next instant.

The motionless fire centipede suddenly erupted.

It was like a red lightning bolt, flying out of the box, its ferocious mouthparts with two pairs of mandibles wide open, biting fiercely at Jiang Ye's neck.

"Tsk tsk."

Jiang Ye had been prepared.

He sneered, and the two sharpened twigs in his hand reached out as fast as thunder, clamping the fire centipede that was flying over steadily like iron tongs.

The insect twisted frantically, emitting a sharp hiss from its mouth, its two pairs of mandibles biting wildly in the air, but it couldn't reach Jiang Ye at all.

"Still not giving up!"

Jiang Ye flicked his wrist, the force erupted, and he swung it violently.

The fire centipede was swung like a noodle, drawing a red arc in mid-air, and was swung straight.

He swung it three times in a row, each time carrying the vibration of Hidden Force, swinging the insect until it was dizzy and disoriented, even the hissing sound weakened, leaving only weak struggles.

Only then did he put the limp fire centipede back into the jade box.

Hiss...

This time, the hissing sound from the fire centipede's mouth weakened a bit more.

Jiang Ye covered the jade box again without hesitation.

This time, he waited for a long time, and no more crashing sounds came from inside the jade box.

"Finally behaved, couldn't deal with you, huh."

Jiang Ye smiled faintly.

He took the jade box and patrolled the herb garden again.

Perhaps the commotion just now had scared away other insects; after this round, he didn't see a single fire centipede again.

He didn't care either, turned around and returned to the wooden house slowly, placed the jade box carefully at the head of the bed, and then sat cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest.

Early the next morning, the morning light spilled into the wooden house through the window lattice.

Jiang Ye got up as usual and practiced the Five Animals Fist in the open space in front of the door.

After his Qi and blood were running smoothly, he finished his stance and turned back into the house.

He first walked around the herb garden, picked a few of the most vigorous Tiankui grasses, and plucked a few plump leaves.

The leaves were as red as blood, glowing with a faint fluorescence in the morning light, which was exactly the favorite food of the fire centipede.

Returning to the wooden house, he picked up the jade box at the head of the bed and opened it gently.

The little fire-red insect was still lying limp in the corner, motionless, as if it hadn't recovered from the dizzying vibration of last night.

But Jiang Ye knew that this little guy was smart; it was ten to one that it was pretending.

He handed a leaf of Tiankui grass to the fire centipede's mouth, as if to feed it.

Hiss!!!

The fire centipede, which had been lying limp like death, erupted instantly.

It was like a red lightning bolt, opening its ferocious mouth with two pairs of mandibles, biting fiercely at the Tiankui grass leaf.

However, the moment its mandibles were about to touch the leaf, two sharpened twigs reached out unhurriedly, clamping it steadily and lifting it into the air.

The fire centipede missed, its two pairs of mandibles biting wildly in the air, but it only bit into a mouthful of air.

It twisted its body frantically, emitting an angry and humiliated hiss from its mouth; the sound was sharp and ear-piercing, as if accusing this human of being shameless and cunning.

Jiang Ye was unhurried, using the twigs to clamp it, shaking it back and forth around the leaf like teasing a dog.

The leaf was dangling right in front of it, and the sweet fragrance of the Tiankui grass drifted into its senses in waves, but every time it opened its mouth to bite, it was nimbly avoided by those two annoying twigs.

Hiss... hiss...

The fire centipede's cries became more and more angry, and it struggled more and more violently, but Jiang Ye's hand was as steady as a rock; no matter how it tossed, it couldn't break free from those two seemingly fragile twigs.

He teased it like this for half an hour.

The fire centipede finally became exhausted.

It stopped struggling, stopped hissing, and just hung weakly on the twigs, its two pairs of mandibles slightly open, almost without the strength to close them.

Those pitch-black compound eyes looked at Jiang Ye, revealing a trace of... hopeless despair.

Only then did Jiang Ye slowly bring the Tiankui grass leaf to its mouth.

The fire centipede didn't care about biting him at this time and began to swallow the leaf in large mouthfuls.

It ate extremely fast, as if afraid that the leaf would disappear in the next second.

In that wolfing-down appearance, there was no trace of the previous violent ferocity.

"Remember this in the future." Jiang Ye looked down at it, his voice flat, "I give it to you, then you can eat."

He didn't care whether the little guy understood or not, and after speaking, he covered the jade box again.

Inside the box, a very light and weak hiss came, carrying a bit of weak grievance, but no more crashing sounds were heard.

Jiang Ye carefully tucked the jade box into his bosom, got up, and pushed open the door of the wooden house.

The morning light spilled onto him, and he looked down the mountain, a soft light flashing in his aged eyes.

"Time to go down the mountain to see Yiyi."

He packed up simply, turned around, and walked down the mountain along the mountain path unhurriedly.