Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

Chapter 80 Golden Knife Mystic Winged Mantis

Taiyuan Sect, Insect Garden.

"The last Black-Winged Mantis has hatched. Wait, why are the forelegs of this larva edged with gold?"

Lin Yun looked at the newly hatched spirit insect with surprise in his eyes.

The other six larvae had jet-black forelimbs, but this one was unique in that its two mantis fangs were adorned with golden patterns.

"A naturally mutated spirit insect? That's rare. I wonder what its potential is." Lin Yun rubbed his palm, recalling Tuoba Ye's insect master heritage.

However, Tuoba Ye was not an omniscient and omnipotent insect master. He had no record of the black-bladed Xuan Chi Mantis with golden forelimbs in his memory.

"If they could all turn golden, I'm afraid we'd have to change the name to Golden Blade Mystic Wing Mantis."

Generally speaking, mutated spirit insects have greater growth potential and are often one level higher than their original bloodline.

For example, the original Black Knife Mantis was a second-tier spirit insect, and even at its maximum growth, it would still be a second-tier level, with strength comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Without some extraordinary stroke of luck, one can basically only remain at the second-tier strength for life.

However, this mutated Golden Knife Mantis may be a spirit insect with the potential of a third-tier spirit insect. If it is properly nurtured, it has a good chance of advancing to a third-tier spirit insect.

Lin Yun's eyes flashed, and he decided to form a contract with the Golden Blade Black-Winged Mantis.

This time, he used the blood pact, squeezing out a drop of blood from his fingertip and then outlining a blood pact pattern.

The newly hatched larvae have little ability to resist and easily accept their master.

The moment the contract was completed, Lin Yun felt a close connection between the spirit insect and himself.

"It is very difficult to break the blood pact between spirit insects and their master unless I am willing to cooperate. Otherwise, the mark of the blood pact is basically impossible to erase."

"Besides, if I die, this little guy will die with me."

Of course, this is only a one-way contract of recognition. If the Golden Blade Black Winged Mantis dies, it will not have any impact on him.

After playing with the Golden Blade Mystic Winged Mantis for a while, Lin Yun took out some low-grade spirit insects to feed it.

These were pests caught from various medicinal herb gardens. Thanks to the relationship with Elder Lin Hongye, Lin Yun made a deal with the disciples who looked after the medicinal herb gardens, purchasing the pests they caught from their respective gardens for a small amount of spirit stones.

The Taiyuan Sect has many medicinal gardens, some of which are so large that they belong to the peak masters of each peak.

In particular, the peak master of Dan Ding Peak built a medicinal mountain within the sect, which contained many high-aged spiritual herbs. He hired more than ten Qi Refining disciples to look after it.

The medicinal mountain was heavily fortified and contained abundant spiritual energy. Some ordinary insects, after staying there for a long time, could absorb some of this spiritual energy and become spiritual insects.

"Eat up, eat more. I want to see just how far you can grow."

The newly hatched golden mantis was eating extremely fast, consuming more food than the other six black mantises.

Even the black mantises that hatch early don't necessarily eat as much as it.

Seeing this, Lin Yun became even more certain that this Golden Blade Black-Winged Mantis was most likely a spirit insect with the potential of a third-tier spirit insect.

After feeding the black mantises in the insect garden, Lin Yun had a thought, and five bright red spirit bees with a crystal-clear appearance like ruby ​​flew out from his sleeve.

Buzz!

These five are all Fire Jade Bees that have completed their advancement!

That's right, of the seven Fire Spirit Bees he bred using the Insect Feeding Pills, five survived and have all transformed into Fire Jade Bees.

These five Fire Jade Bees have become significantly larger, growing almost twice their original size from the size of a thumb.

"go!"

With a flick of his finger, five fire jade bees flew out in succession at a very fast speed.

Five fiery red streaks flashed through the air, circled once, and then danced around Lin Yun's body.

"That's right. These five Fire Jade Bees are all at the mid-stage of the first rank. If they go out together, they shouldn't have any problem dealing with a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator."

"With a little nurturing, it can advance to the late stage of the first tier."

As for growing into a second-tier spirit insect, that will take some time.

He values ​​these five Fire Jade Bees highly and plans to continue breeding more Fire Jade Bees in the future, hoping to raise a Fire Jade Bee Queen.

In this way, he will be able to have a continuous supply of Fire Jade Bees.

Unfortunately, breeding a queen bee is quite difficult and requires a lot of resources, and he doesn't have that ability yet.

After tending to the insect garden for a while, Lin Yun returned to Hundred Refinement Peak.

The sect competition is about to begin!

Because the reward for winning is a Foundation Establishment Pill, this competition has attracted a lot of attention.

"Let's go, Junior Brother Lin. Elder Duanmu will also be here to watch the competition this time."

Song Cheng's shouts came from outside the courtyard. Ten disciples from Hundred Refinements Peak had signed up for the sect's minor competition.

Lin Yun was only really familiar with three people: Song Cheng, Zhong Mo, and Bai Shaoqiu, who had tried to trick him into signing the Foundation Establishment Pill transfer contract.

The other six people were also quite low-key at Bailian Peak, and Lin Yun wasn't very familiar with them.

"Junior Sister Zhong, you must be careful in this sect competition. If you encounter an opponent you can't defeat, just admit defeat immediately. Don't hurt yourself."

"But you can rest assured, I have some influence in the Seven Peaks. If those senior brothers and sisters encounter you, they definitely won't kill you."

Bai Shaoqiu fawned over Zhong Mo, constantly explaining the various things that needed to be paid attention to in the sect's minor competition.

However, Zhong Mo remained indifferent, saying only, "Yes, I understand."

Lin Yun, who had just stepped out and witnessed this scene, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

This guy is really shameless. The sect competition is mainly for friendly sparring, so who would go all out?

Especially since Zhong Mo is a descendant of a thousand-year-old family, no one would want to offend him.

"I'm so sorry to have kept you all waiting."

"Song Cheng waved and said, "It's nothing. I just happened to be passing by. Let's get going."

"The competition will be held at the martial arts arena next to Qingyuan Peak. It's rumored that even our sect leader will come out of seclusion for this competition!"

During the journey, Song Cheng talked a lot about things related to Xiao Bi.

The rewards for the top ten in this competition are quite generous, although they cannot compare to the Foundation Establishment Pill, they are still the goal of many disciples.

For example, the second place winner will receive a Foundation Establishment item called Minor Purifying Spirit Liquid, which can also assist in Foundation Establishment, purifying mana during the breakthrough process and increasing the probability of Foundation Establishment by about 10%.

The third-place prize is a top-grade magic weapon. The fourth and fifth-place prizes are the opportunity to go to the Transmission Hall and choose a cultivation technique or inheritance of Foundation Establishment level or below.

Those who rank sixth through tenth will all receive a reward of 300 sect contribution points!

With that, Lin Yun followed the group from Hundred Refinement Peak to the Martial Arts Arena.