Chapter 428: Golden Hearing Insect Control Record

After handling Song Xinde's affairs, Song Qingming meditated and rested for a while before taking out the several storage bags he had obtained not long ago.

Participating in the Tiandan Alliance auction this time, Song Qingming only harvested a few elixirs and did not get anything good. He didn't know if the storage bags he had accidentally obtained on the road could give him any surprises.

The restrictions on these three storage bags were not very complicated. Song Qingming only spent a few days erasing the restrictions and opening them all one by one.

In the storage bags of the two middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, besides a few second-tier magic tools and an ordinary cultivation technique for the Foundation Establishment stage, the rest were some messy low-grade spiritual items and a few hundred scattered spirit stones.

The total wealth in the storage bags of these two people was estimated to be only three or four thousand spirit stones. For middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, these two were indeed a bit too poor.

However, this was about the same as what Song Qingming had thought before opening their storage bags. In that great battle that day, the performance of these two was average, no different from ordinary loose Foundation Establishment cultivators. They didn't have any powerful spiritual items, and their combat strength was not even as good as that of the woman in green whose cultivation was lower than theirs that day.

When one of them finally realized Song Qingming's power and wanted to escape to the woman in purple, facing the pursuit of Song Qingming's Invisible Escape Needles behind him, the greatest defensive means he could take out at the critical moment of life and death was a second-tier low-grade defensive spirit talisman, which couldn't even block one of Song Qingming's powerful spells before he lost his life.

Risking so much effort to kill two Foundation Establishment cultivators and only getting these things, Song Qingming was naturally somewhat disappointed.

It wasn't until he opened the storage bag of the other late-stage Foundation Establishment old man and saw the full spirit stones appearing before his eyes that Song Qingming's expression finally showed a glimmer of joy.

In this old man's storage bag, not only were there three second-tier middle-grade magic tools, but the number of spirit stones he carried was also nearly two thousand, and there were several second-tier spirit talismans of good quality. Just these things alone exceeded the total value of the spiritual items in the previous two storage bags.

Besides this, Song Qingming also found several second-tier spiritual items of good quality and some cultivation technique classics from it. After searching through these cultivation technique classics, Song Qingming finally flipped to the classic he wanted to find the most.

This classic was called "Golden Hearing Insect Control Record". Song Qingming didn't know if the two words 'Golden Hearing' were the name of the old man who died at his hands that day, or if this classic was recorded by the old man himself or obtained from elsewhere.

The "Golden Hearing Insect Control Record" recorded all the methods and insights for cultivating various spirit insects in the immortal cultivation world, as well as introductions to the abilities of these spirit insects. Among these spirit insects, Song Qingming quickly found the Golden Illusion Butterfly recorded on it.

When Song Qingming fought the three of them that day, the Golden Illusion Butterflies controlled by the withered old man indeed caused him a lot of trouble. Every time Song Qingming had just beaten back the other two and was preparing to counterattack, these fearless spirit insects would appear in groups near him, making it difficult for him to be distracted.

And once these spirit insects got close, ordinary defensive shields were useless against them and were easily penetrated. Fortunately, although these Golden Illusion Butterflies had very powerful attack power, they were still in the larval stage and their speed was not very fast. Song Qingming was able to avoid their attacks in time by relying on the Wind-Walking Boots under his feet.

If it weren't for the fact that Song Qingming's own strength had already exceeded that of ordinary cultivators of the same level, and he was carrying many second-tier Fire Explosion Talismans that restrained spirit insects, he would indeed have had no way to deal with these Golden Illusion Butterflies. If it had been someone else fighting, the one who fell at the end might have been himself.

It wasn't until he finished reading the detailed introduction to the Golden Illusion Butterfly in the "Golden Hearing Insect Control Record" that Song Qingming had a new understanding of those spirit insects and felt a bit more admiration for the person who recorded this classic.

The Golden Illusion Butterfly is already very rare in the current immortal cultivation world. I don't know where the old man found these spirit insects and cultivated so many of them. Although they were all still in the larval stage, these Golden Illusion Butterflies had already shown considerable power, enough to deal with an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After witnessing the power of the Golden Illusion Butterfly that day, Song Qingming suddenly felt a glimmer of interest. If he could also possess these powerful spirit insects, his ability to fight others in the future would definitely increase a lot.

However, after he carefully studied the "Golden Hearing Insect Control Record", Song Qingming's heart suddenly cooled down again. According to the records in the classic, the Golden Illusion Butterfly cannot change its owner after recognizing one. To recognize an owner, it can only succeed when the spirit insect is still an egg.

After the battle ended that day, Junior Sister Xu Ziyan helped him collect the remaining Golden Illusion Butterflies. Song Qingming thought that as long as he could find the insect control method in the old man's storage bag, the Golden Illusion Butterflies he brought back could be used directly. He didn't expect that in the end, he had wasted all this effort.

According to the records in the "Golden Hearing Insect Control Record", if Song Qingming wants to cultivate this kind of spirit insect from scratch, not only will it consume a lot of resources, but it will take decades for these spirit insects to become climate. By the time they are cultivated to the point where they can be used, Song Qingming himself will probably have already reached Core Formation, and these spirit insects will be of no use to him.

Full of expectations only to be met with great disappointment, Song Qingming's interest in the Golden Illusion Butterflies in the spirit beast bag dropped a few notches. He found a large box in his cave dwelling, placed these spirit insects in it, and prepared to hand them over to several clan members in the family's back mountain who were good at beast control.

Since they are useless to him now, let the younger generation of the family try to see if they can cultivate new insect eggs. It doesn't matter if he can't use them; as long as they can really be cultivated, there will always be other clan members who will be able to use them in the future.

The reason why spirit insects are difficult to cultivate is that they are different from ordinary spirit beasts. Generally, their lifespan will be relatively short. For spirit insects like the Golden Illusion Butterfly, if they cannot be cultivated to a high level, they will generally only live for a few decades from the egg to natural death. Once they are not cultivated properly during this period, and the old spirit insects do not hatch new insect eggs in time, all the spirit insects will soon disappear.

Although somewhat disappointed, overall Song Qingming was still very happy. Setting aside these temporarily useless spiritual items, the spiritual items Song Qingming scraped out from the three storage bags this time were worth nearly ten thousand spirit stones.

The surprise brought by this kind of spirit stone that was delivered to his door for free was much more exciting than making spirit talismans hard at home. No wonder many people in the immortal cultivation world like to do this kind of killing and looting.

First, an apology. When I wrote about Song Xinde in the two chapters yesterday, I inexplicably generated empathy, and it was a bit watery.

This book has not had good results. It has been written for more than eight months without any results. Fortunately, I persisted, and with everyone's support and encouragement, the results are slowly getting better now.

Next, I will pay attention to pushing the rhythm of the plot and try to control the emotions well when writing the book. I also welcome everyone to criticize and correct in time. Thanks again to everyone for your support of Xiaomeng.