The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

[Target: Bucktooth Bug Baby]

[Race: Bucktooth Bug]

[Non-product quality: 6%]

[Her natural advantages: hard shell, sharp teeth.]

[Status: Healthy, timid.]

Looking at the information panel, Zhu Yu thought for a moment and silently recited in his mind: "Build a model, analyze the 'Bucktooth Worm' larvae, and provide suitable food for their growth."

There is no parsing time; True Sight provides the result directly.

【Required for cultivating "Bucktooth Bug": 1 ounce of fresh flesh and blood "daily", 1 firefly petal "daily", 1 snake sedge leaf "daily"】

"Firefly petals, snake grass leaves..."

Zhu Yu was slightly taken aback. He was familiar with these two names; they were the information he had collected about the plants in front of his door in his spare time, and even the names were ones he had just come up with.

"You're easy to take care of..."

Coming to his senses, Zhu Yu touched the slightly cool carapace of the buck-toothed worm larva, smiled, and followed the sounds of commotion.

The first half of the journey consisted mostly of various delicacies made with spirit ingredients...

The middle section of the journey is lined with shops radiating spiritual light. Some sell talismans, magical artifacts, and elixirs, while others sell various kinds of rice and noodles, meat from demonic beasts and insects, and still others sell anthropomorphic and animal-shaped puppets...

"It really looks like a person, just a bit too big..."

Zhu Yu glanced back at the tall figure in the puppet shop, sighed slightly, and continued walking forward.

The shops decrease in the latter half of the street, replaced by stalls displaying ores that shimmer with iridescent light, exotic flowers and herbs surrounded by spiritual energy, or materials from demonic beasts...

There were even legitimate and illegitimate monks who sold themselves.

A scene of bustling prosperity.

......

Waiting for Zhu Yu to return to the stone house.

Unbeknownst to us, the waning moon disappeared from the sky, and the full moon rose.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Zhu Yu swallowed a Soul-Dispersing Pill and a bottle of Meditation Liquid. He didn't rush into meditation. With a slight thought, he summoned the spell information collected by his True Sight Eye.

boom..

A vast amount of unfamiliar information surged into Zhu Yu's mind.

A short while later.

"call..."

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and stared at himself.

【Zhu Yu】

Age: 16/96

[Spiritual Root: Wood and Earth, "Third Grade"]

[Attributes: Physical Strength 1.1, Spirit 10.1]

[Skill: "Basic Visualization Diagram" Minor Success "35/1000" Characteristic: Concentration]

[Technique: First-tier superior: Cicada Pact (incomplete) "Not yet mastered"]

Tier 1 Low Grade: Chewing Gold and Eating Iron (Fragment) "Beginner"

[Original Destiny: Underworld Yun Yin Sophora japonica]

Looking at the information panel, which was more luxurious than when he first arrived, Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze to the spell contract.

[First-tier superior-grade spell "Cicada Pact"]

[The Cicada's Song Dharma Lineage Record is missing "87%", the Spell Construct Spiritual Object is missing "76%", the deduction and analysis are in progress "...%", and the estimated analysis time is "∝"]

[Divine Sense Imprint: Complete and cultivateable. The imprint is refined using divine sense supplemented with essence blood, allowing one to control spirit insects as easily as hands and feet.]

[Note: Contracts with spirit insects/beasts of Tier 1 or lower grade carry a risk of going out of control; the number of spirit insects/beasts that can be controlled is related to the divine soul.]

"Can't it be parsed...?"

Zhu Yu frowned and closed his eyes to recall the "Cicada Pact" information.

Accompanied by numerous incomplete sentences and disorganized text, a fragmented diagram of the lineage, its shape indiscernible and composed of various colored lines, emerged in my mind.

"There are just too many disabled people..."

Zhu Yu opened his eyes, shook his head slightly, took out an empty jade bottle, put his left and right index fingers into his mouth, bit down hard, and a trace of crimson appeared.

Drops of blood fell into the bottle, and soon a shallow layer accumulated at the bottom.

"That should be enough."

Zhu Yu caught the buck-toothed worm larva that had crawled to the corner of the bed, recalled the key points of condensing the "divine consciousness imprint", and quietly probed his divine consciousness into the bottle.

Condensing a divine sense imprint is not difficult; one only needs to fuse one's own essence with divine sense to outline a pictographic rune similar to a "contract," and that is considered a success.

Zhu Yu only tried a few times before successfully condensing a divine consciousness imprint. With a slight thought, a pictographic rune resembling a "contract" flew out from the bottle mouth and merged into the body of the buck-toothed worm cub in his palm.

A moment later, a faint connection appeared in his consciousness. He had a vague feeling that he could command the buck-toothed worm in his hand to perform actions with just a slight thought.

"Climb down."

Zhu Yu's thoughts stirred slightly.

The buck-toothed worm's head and legs, which were curled up in its shell, stretched out and jumped onto the bed through his palm.

This also allowed Zhu Yu to see the appearance of the buck-toothed worm larvae clearly.

Its head is broad and thick with horny, shell-like growths, and its six legs are long and slender like insect branches, making it seem as if it combines a turtle and a beetle, giving it a somewhat ugly-cute appearance.

"Spinning around..."

"Run to the left, run to the right..."

"return..."

Zhu Yu, as if he had received a novel toy, kept the buck-toothed worm larva busy for a full fifteen minutes before stopping, gently stroking its shell, and saying with a smile:

"From now on, you'll be called Little Black. Try your best to make me proud and become a Zerg cultivator!"

He was extremely envious of the insectoid cultivator who was described by the bearded stall owner as a master of innate spiritual plants.

Transforming ordinary seeds into spiritual ones.

Just thinking about it makes you realize how powerful this talent is; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a supernatural ability. If there were such an insectoid cultivator by my side, I might never have to worry about the resources needed for my future cultivation again.

squeak...

Little Black let out a low growl, and a faint, almost imperceptible consciousness surged forth.

I wonder if we share the same feelings.

Zhu Yu quickly understood what Xiao Hei meant.

It was hungry.

Zhu Yu briefly checked the digestion of the pills in his stomach. Seeing that it would take some more time, he got up, went to the door, pulled the rope next to him, pushed open the door, and went out.

He walked to the bushes in front of the door that emitted a fluorescent glow and soon found the plants that would help Xiao Hei grow.

[Target: Firefly Flower/Snake Grass]

[Non-Quality: 99%]

[Medicinal effects: Attracts spiritual energy, gathers spiritual energy, emits light.]

Status: Healthy.

Firefly flowers are shrubs, about three feet tall, with emerald green leaves and clusters of large, pure white flowers, making them quite beautiful. Snake grass is a grass with leaves covered in fine, scale-like patterns; without close inspection, it resembles several snakes and insects intertwined.

Zhu Yu picked a small white flower and cut a blade of grass. Just as he was about to return to the stone house, a questioning and curious voice came from the side.

"Why are you picking that?"

Zhu Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a haggard face with heavy dark circles under his eyes. He paused for a moment, then raised his hand and waved the little black insect in his hand, and said with a smile, "Feed the insect."

"whispering sound..."

Tong Xuan pursed her lips, about to say something, when suddenly she felt dizzy. If she hadn't been leaning against the doorframe, she might have fallen to the ground. When she came to her senses, she took a deep breath, shook her head, and seeing Zhu Yu about to enter the house, she quickly called out:

"Did you know that Yuan Qian committed suicide the day before yesterday?"

"Um?"

Zhu Yu was puzzled for a moment, then remembered that this person was one of the only two fellow villagers of the original owner.

"Now, only you and I remain from the Dayong Dynasty."

Seeing his expression remained unchanged, Tong Xuan's eyes held a complex look. She forced a smile, raised her fist, and said, "Don't become a waste... Senior Brother Zhu."

After saying that, she turned around with difficulty, holding onto the door frame.

Just then, a gentle voice came from the side.

"Yes, you too."

"By the way, if you're free tomorrow, you can come over and chat with me."