Chapter 178 Soul-Eating Insect
Zheng Yi became interested, but he didn't expect that there were people hiding spiritual roots in the huge harem.
Think about it, when he first drafted women about four or five years ago, he selected more than 500 beauties to enter the palace.
In the past few years, most of the women have been favored by him, leaving only about fifty little girls who were only thirteen or fourteen years old.
After all, no matter how impatient he is, he still can't do anything to such a young girl, and he can't let them go home.
So Zheng Yi gathered these young girls together and kept them in the palace for such a long time, just like Dongyunjie and Dongyunyu.
Could it be that the person with spiritual roots mentioned by Concubine Yu is one of these little girls?
Counting the time, the little girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time has now grown into a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.
Dongyunjie and Dongyunyu are almost sixteen years old and can be named concubines.
"Is she the woman from Youwei Palace?"
Youwei Palace is the palace where Zheng Yi raised these little girls.
I vaguely remember that there seemed to be fifty-two people.
Equipped with a large number of eunuchs and maids to take care of him.
At the same time, there are several shadow guards hiding in the secret, monitoring many women, and subtly changing their views on Zheng Yi.
"It's not them." Concubine Yu said: "It's the new Princess Lingyin who entered the palace."
"Princess Lingyin...it turns out to be her!"
Princess Lingyin, the princess of Nanzhao Kingdom, had already recruited Xu Xuanwu as her son-in-law, and dreamed of using Xu Xuanwu's power to separate Yuyun and Yue states.
It's a pity that who would have thought that Xu Mujun would defeat him by himself.
The entire Nanzhao Kingdom was trampled under the feet of Xu Mujun.
Even she herself was forced by Xu Mujun out of national justice and forced King Nanzhao to sacrifice her to Emperor Dayu, that is, Zheng Yi.
Zheng Yi originally just wanted to treat her as a chess piece and proton, but he didn't expect that this woman actually had spiritual roots!
"By the way, what kind of spiritual root does this Princess Lingyin have?"
"Your Majesty, this woman has a middle-grade spiritual root with three attributes, of which the fire attribute accounts for the most, about 50%. The remaining spiritual root attributes are metallic and earth."
"Fire attribute!"
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed suddenly.
His five elements spiritual roots, metal, wood, water and earth are complete, but he only lacks the fire attribute spiritual roots.
Unexpectedly, I got it so quickly?
"When you come into contact with this woman, what do you think of her character?"
Concubine Jade hesitated and said: "Princess Lingyin... is a sweetheart. Your Majesty will have to spend a lot of effort to bring her into the harem."
"A sweetheart?"
Zheng Yi became interested: "I like it. After returning to the palace, I will have a good meeting with Princess Lingyin."
"Your Majesty, I have found something. I believe your Majesty will be very interested in it."
Suddenly Yuechan shouted loudly in the distance, and Zheng Yi and others looked up.
At this time, she was standing in front of a row of wooden shelves, holding a wooden box in her hand.
A few people walked over and took a look, and found that there were ten huge bookshelves here, with rows of wooden boxes of similar shapes placed on each bookshelf.
"What is this?"
Zheng Yi also picked up a wooden box and tried to open it.
Yuechan said: "Your Majesty, these are spiritual insects~"
"Huh? Spirit insect!"
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed and he looked quickly.
This was not the case in the past. In the wooden box in his hand, there was indeed a cricket-like insect that was completely black and had special lines on its back.
"This is..."
According to the "Record of Strange Insects" left by Taizu, this should be a spiritual insect called a 'heart-boring insect'.
This insect is most fond of the heart of living beings. It can live in the heart and breathe as the heart beats.
If threatened, the insect can release toxins that affect the heart of the creature, causing severe heart pain.
It is the best spiritual insect for killing people, or controlling subordinates!
It's a pity...this heartworm tree is dead.
Zheng Yi touched it and found that the corpse was dry.
"Unfortunately, he is dead."
Yue Chan also opened the wooden box in his hand towards Zheng Yi and said: "Your Majesty, the 'Hidden Winged Insect' in my concubine's hand is also dead."
"It is rumored that once the flying speed of the hidden winged insect reaches the maximum, it can even reach the state of invisibility. Ordinary monks' spiritual thoughts cannot detect its existence. It is the most suitable spiritual insect for sneak attacks!"
"Could it be that all these wooden boxes are filled with spiritual insects..."
Zheng Yi nodded and browsed the other wooden boxes.
As expected by Zheng Yi, the rows of wooden boxes contained all kinds of spiritual insects.
"Golden light bug."
"Spider on silk."
"Confusion gnats."
"Six-winged Frost Centipede..."
After checking in rows, Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken.
How wonderful it would be if all these spiritual insects were alive!
Cui Xiabing asked strangely: "Why are there so many spirit insect corpses here?"
Zheng Yi explained: "This continent used to be the sphere of influence of the Mayfly Sect and the Huangquan Sect. The Mayfly Sect was the insect control sect. Since the ancestors of the Zheng family can replace them, there will definitely be a large number of spiritual insects in the clan's treasury."
"But it's a pity that in more than three hundred years, these spiritual insects have all starved to death!"
Zheng Yi's heart moved and he suddenly said: "I remember that it was recorded in "The Record of Strange Insects" that there are several spiritual insects with a lifespan of hundreds of years. Look quickly to see if there are any living spiritual insects or eggs!"
"No!"
Several people quickly split up and started searching among these bookshelves.
Soon Yuechan shouted: "Your Majesty, here!"
"I found... a really big insect!" Zheng Yi and the others quickly ran over to take a look, and were shocked to find that there was a unique spirit insect here that could be as big as an adult's head.
Beside it were piles of corpses of different spiritual insects.
Some were swallowed whole, and some had some body parts left around.
What's even weirder is that there is actually a huge animal skin underneath it.
On the animal skin, there are densely packed insect eggs the size of sesame seeds.
"This is... a spiritual insect egg!"
This bug corpse was larger than any bug they had seen before.
But the eggs produced are no different from ordinary spirit insect eggs.
"What kind of spirit insect corpse is this?"
Yuechan came over and looked up and down.
"A bit like a gold-eating insect?"
"Black fire ant?"
"Ghost-faced Bee?"
"Also, why are there so many corpses of other spiritual insects here?"
"I guess that the spiritual insects that can appear here were carefully selected by Taizu, and they were put into a deep sleep using the secret method of Huangquan Sect, which lasted for thousands of years. However, some of them woke up early for unknown reasons."
Zheng Yi guessed: "They have no food, so they can only kill each other and regard each other as food."
"Until the last one, or the last insect, stays and lays so many eggs."
"This spirit insect should be the spirit-eating insect."
"Soul-eating worm?"
"Yeah."
Zheng Yi nodded and said: "A kind of insect that lives by devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is extremely fierce, its body is as hard as iron, it is invulnerable to water and fire, and it is very difficult to deal with."
"As long as an item contains spiritual energy, it can swallow it up."
"And it will gradually change into a gold-eating insect with special abilities based on the different auras it swallows. It has ever-changing features."
"This kind of insect is extinct according to the records in "The Record of Strange Insects". I didn't expect that there is one here."
"It's a pity that he is dead..."
"It's not over yet!"
Yuechan suddenly said: "Of those insect eggs, I can feel that many of them still have the breath of life. Maybe they can hatch out!"
"Huh? The insect eggs have the breath of life? Is your concubine right?"
"Yes, we often hatch Gu worms in our clan. This one, this one, and these ones all have the breath of life. If they are placed in a warm place, they may hatch out soul-eating worms."
"It's a pity that the life breath of these insect eggs is too weak, I don't know if they can hatch."
Zheng Yi immediately collected the eggs and checked that a total of twenty-seven eggs were still alive.
So what if the breath of life is weak?
As long as you give up your essence and blood to perform blood sacrifices, you will be able to let them hatch sooner or later!
I checked the things around me again, and found that most of them were ordinary monk materials and props.
Unfortunately, most of them look like they have lost their spiritual energy, and only some of them are usable.
Even so, the three girls were very excited and wandered around the treasure house as if they were shopping, picking out what they wanted from time to time.
Finally, several people came to the innermost part of the treasure house, which was the platform where several obviously important wooden boxes were placed.
Zheng Yi said: "Seven wooden boxes and five jade vases should be the most precious things in Taizu's treasury."
“I don’t know, what will there be?”
"In this way, each of the five of us will pick one and see what is in the blind box."
"Blind box?"
Concubine Cui asked strangely: "Your Majesty, what does the blind box mean?"
"It's just these boxes. We don't know what's inside. Each of us blindly picks one to see what's inside."
"Wow! It's so fun! I'll go first!"
Yuechan clapped her hands excitedly and took the lead to come to the platform. She looked at several wooden boxes and jade bottles of different sizes and shapes and was confused, not knowing which one to choose.
Zheng Yi smiled on the side and said: "Just take any one. Anyway, the things are still here and can't escape."
"Okay."
Yuechan glanced at several things on the platform again, finally selected the largest wooden box and pulled it to her side.
The wooden box was black and red in color, and it was as tall as a person, a head taller than Yue Chan.
Her petite body jumped up and actually sat directly on the wooden box, swinging her legs and saying, "I've found it, it's your turn."
"My beloved concubine, Mr. Chen, please."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Concubine Cui and Concubine Yu also came to the platform and selected carefully.
Chen Liancang hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, I don't need you, old slave."
"You're welcome, Mr. Chen, there's no need to talk about this between you and me, the monarch and our ministers."
Zheng Yi said: "When I succeed in cultivating Taoism, I will have to rely on you more in the future."
Chen Liancang said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my best to serve Your Majesty!"
As he said this, he casually took a jade bottle from the platform, which was closest to him, and he didn't know what was in it.
Soon, all five people were selected.
Even Zheng Yi picked up a palm-sized wooden box and looked at the people with interest.
"Okay, the blind boxes have been selected. Let's take a look at what's inside."
Zheng Yi said: "Who comes first?"
"Me me me!"
It was Yuechan who was the first to raise her hand and said: "The wooden box I chose is the largest, and the contents inside are definitely the most precious!"
(End of chapter)