Chapter 81
After running a considerable distance, Qi Ping found a desolate spot in the middle of nowhere. He discarded and buried all the worthless debris he had collected from the rock cave.
His actual gains this time amounted to just three items: the Demon Insect King and the largely depleted corpse of the Royal Spirit Insect, the four spirit-origin stone pillars rich with spiritual energy, and that oddly-shaped, fragmented jade pendant, which his bees had hauled off to some remote corner and hidden away in a burrow.
Nevertheless, Qi Ping was immensely satisfied. One look at his expression as he gazed upon the contents of his storage ring made that abundantly clear. Internally, he was thrilled and overjoyed.
“The corpse of a Demon Insect King is exceptionally rare. This body alone is a huge win for me. It’s just that I can’t identify what kind of spirit insect this one with the royal bloodline is,” he mused.
The corpse of a Demon Insect King was inherently valuable, especially for an insect cultivator. If his own contracted spirit insects could successfully use the Demon Insect King’s bloodline to metamorphose, their potential and innate talent would receive a massive boost. If his bee swarm could successfully integrate the Demon Insect King’s bloodline, not only would their combat power soar, but their future potential for transformation would also be greater.
“The problem is, I have to wait until I reach the Foundation Establishment stage to refine medicinal solutions using its bloodline. Moreover, my first-tier bees probably can’t withstand the process; they’ll need to undergo a secondary metamorphosis using a five-hundred-year Blood Ginsen first…”
“Before I start using the Demon Insect King’s corpse, it’s best to divide it up, store it in several different storage bags, and hide them in separate locations. So, when I go to Blue Stone Market to get spirit stones, I should buy a few cheap, small-capacity storage bags specifically for hiding risky items like this.”
Qi Ping was fairly certain the spirit-origin stone pillars were safe, but corpses or living beings like the Demon Insect King could easily have hidden tracking methods placed on them. Therefore, his first action was to transfer the Demon Insect King’s remains and the corpse of the royal-bloodline spirit insect into a small storage bag and have his black bees carry it away to be hidden.
“The spirit-origin stone pillars seem fine; I can keep them to use when cultivating spirit herbs. With these pillars, growing high-tier first-grade and ordinary second-grade spirit herbs shouldn’t be a problem in the future.”