Mortal: The Number One playboy of the Chaotic Star Sea

"boom!"

The heavy hammer slammed down on the silver ball, sending shockwaves through the stone chamber and raising clouds of dust.

Under the immense force of the impact, the silver sphere shattered into countless tiny silver fragments.

"Buzzing—!"

A sudden, piercing, dense sound of flapping wings rang out.

Those tiny specks of silver light were actually flying insects the size of soybeans.

At the front of the Gold-Eating Insect's mouthparts, a pair of sharp fangs are clearly visible, yet they exude a chillingly ferocious aura.

"good."

Qingfeng's lips curled up; this insect was truly ferocious.

"fire!"

He let out a low shout, and the crimson flames on the head of the Prison Suppression Hammer suddenly erupted, sweeping towards the swarm of insects in the air.

However, instead of avoiding the raging flames, the gold-devouring insects fluttered their wings and actively rushed towards them, as if they had seen honey.

Their tiny mouthparts open and close, and the blazing flames seem to be tangible as they are quickly swallowed into their bellies.

"Earth, town!"

Qingfeng swung the giant hammer again, but this time he didn't smash it; instead, he slammed the hammer handle heavily onto the ground.

"Thump!"

Centered on the point where the giant hammer struck, a pale yellow ripple, visible to the naked eye, rapidly spread out.

Then, a heavy suppressive force was applied to each of the Gold-Eating Insects.

This area control technique immediately slowed down the Gold-Eating Insect swarm.

"Brother Han, use your Blood Jade Spider to trap them."

Qingfeng looked at Han Li.

"good!"

Han Li patted his spirit beast pouch and released two spiders that weren't very big.

The two blood jade spiders raised their abdomens and simultaneously spat out a large amount of crystal-clear white spider silk, covering the densest swarm of insects.

Soon, the gold-devouring insect swarm was trapped in the spider web.

"receive!"

Qingfeng took out two specially made jade boxes that he had prepared in advance.

The opening of the box created a suction force that separated the gold-devouring insects into two groups and sealed them into the jade box.

"Here, this is for you, Brother Han."

Qingfeng casually pushed one of the jade boxes towards Han Li in mid-air.

"This... thank you very much, brother. I'll accept it without hesitation!"

Han Li quickly caught the jade box and said with delight.

He had assumed that his elder brother would monopolize the precious spirit insects on the list of rare insects, since he himself had contributed only a limited amount of effort in the subjugation process.

To my surprise, my older brother was so generous that he shared half of his own!

It seems that going into dungeons with Brother Qingfeng is really a great deal!

The danger was minimal, but the harvest was plentiful.

My brother is incredibly powerful and so particular... I must try to get close to him sometime in the future.

Unbeknownst to Qingfeng, his teammate, the Grim Reaper Han Li, was already preparing to stick to him.

"We're all brothers, no need to thank me."

"I see there's not much left to tidy up in your cave. Some of the spirit herbs have been eaten; hurry up and collect the rest so we can get back to the fleet as soon as possible."

Having collected the Gold-Eating Insects, Han Li's trip to the cave yielded nothing of value.

"Yes, brother, just a moment, I'll be right there!"

Han Li was full of energy and quickly and carefully collected the spiritual herbs in the herb garden that had not been completely destroyed by the gold-devouring insects. He also tidied up the other odds and ends in the cave.

Finally, all the various magic arrays outside the cave were put away.

Before long, the two left Xiaohuan Island.

Han Li stepped onto the Divine Wind Boat, looked back at the place where he had lived for several years, and felt no great attachment.

The pursuit by the island of extreme darkness made it impossible for him to cultivate here any longer.

"Extreme Yin Island, just you wait. When I'm strong enough, I'll definitely take my revenge!"

Han Li added all the people from Jiyin Island to his list of enemies.

……

The Chaotic Star Sea is vast; the area that has been explored is known as the Inner Star Sea.

The unexplored outer seas are known as the Extraterrestrial Sea.

The southwestern sea area is only a small part of the sea area map of the Chaotic Star Sea.

After stopping at Kuixing Island for some time, Qingyangmen's fleet set sail again towards Tianxing City.

On the airship located in the center of the fleet, Yuan Yao, Yan Li, and Xiao Wang Ning curiously looked at a strange girl.

She was someone Qingfeng had just brought aboard the ship from Kuixing Island.

"Ahem, let me introduce her. Her name is Wen Siyue. On my way back with Brother Han, we saw that she looked pitiful, so we brought her back."

This child has good potential; with proper training, he could become a core disciple of the Qingyang Sect in the future.

Qingfeng, feeling somewhat embarrassed under the gaze of the girls, scratched his head.

He went out for a while and brought back another girl.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Han Li quickly slipped back to his room to rest.

Upon seeing that Qingfeng had brought back another girl, Wang Heng and his wife exchanged a glance and then returned to their cabin.

This son-in-law's status, position, and character are all acceptable, except that he's a womanizer.

"Hello... I am Wen Siyue."

Wen Siyue is about the same age as Xiao Wangning. She was carrying a dirty little bag and holding a rag doll in her hand.

This rag doll was a gift from her father, Wen Qiang.

On the day of the Kuixing Island incident, Wen Qiang had already died after Lei Peng was released.

She became an orphan without parents.

Yanli and Yuanyao exchanged a glance. They both knew that the young master was kind-hearted, but they were also somewhat helpless.

How many more sisters will join their big family in the future?

"Little sister Siyue, you can call me Sister Yanli. From now on, we're family."

Yanli said gently.

"Now that your husband has brought you back, we are sisters. If you need anything in the future, just let us know."

Yuan Yao also smiled gently and took Wen Siyue's hand.

"My name is Wang Ning, and we'll be playmates from now on."

Xiao Wang Ning said happily.

Afterwards, the four women chatted and laughed, and then went straight back to their cabin without even glancing at Qingfeng again.

The hatch creaked shut, leaving Qingfeng alone on the deck.

Qingfeng touched his nose, shook his head with a wry smile.

He knew that Yanli and Yuanyao were expressing their slight dissatisfaction in this gentle way.

It wasn't that they couldn't accept new people, but they were annoyed that he had brought back another girl without saying a word.

"If they ignore me, then so be it. I'll take this opportunity to completely tame that gold-devouring beetle."

Qingfeng muttered to himself, then turned and walked toward the quiet room at the other end of the flying boat.

Two weeks later—

In the quiet room, Qingfeng sat cross-legged.

"It's done!"

Qingfeng let out a long breath and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

With a thought, hundreds of gold-devouring insects flew out in an orderly fashion, gathering into a silver cloud in the air in front of him, and hovering quietly.

"This insect control technique only works up to the early stage of Core Formation. Once the Gold-Eating Insects evolve, we'll need to find a better insect control method."

Over the past two weeks, Qingfeng has spent some spirit stones to accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs, and then tamed insects while feeding them.

Finally, by using a combination of a large stick and honey dates, it was completely tamed.

Qingfeng stretched out his finger, and a gold-devouring insect obediently landed on his fingertip. Its small but hard legs lightly touched his skin, and its mouthparts retracted.

The insect was entirely silvery-white, with its carapace subtly gleaming with a metallic sheen.

"However, this thing is still a long way from evolving. It probably won't evolve to the point of being uncontrollable for at least a hundred years."

Qingfeng played with the insect for a while, then put it away.

For the past two weeks, he has spent his time either taming insects or practicing the "Heaven-Supporting Demon Art".

Body-refining techniques allow for faster progress compared to other techniques.

After consuming a large amount of rare and precious materials from Father's treasure trove.

He deliberately released a small amount of fire-attribute blue flames from his body for the gold-devouring insects to consume.

Then, using the sharp mouth of the gold-eating insect, it bites its own body to hone the strength of its physical form.

Combined with various rare and precious materials and top-grade elixirs, they undergo hellish body-refining cultivation.

At first, the Gold-Eating Insects could easily break through his defenses, but after these days of painful training, when he tenses his muscles, the Gold-Eating Insects can no longer bite through his skin.

"Truly a technique worthy of athletes!"

Qingfeng clenched his fist, feeling that his strength had increased significantly.

"Boom—!"

Suddenly! The hull of the transport airship began to tremble violently.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Qingfeng frowned, extended his divine sense, and instantly covered the entire fleet.