Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning couldn't help but sigh, the treasures in this world were so vast and countless, far beyond his imagination.

A late-stage Jindan monk placed in Xingang can certainly be called the overlord of one party, but in Mubei Grassland, he is not much rarer than the Qi Refining monk in Xingang.

For such a little person, the humble Taoist robe he wears is so rare. It can be imagined that his cultivation resources are rich and the treasures are colorful.

In Xingang, which is only as big as a grain of rice, what I heard and saw was nothing more than the lowest level of the spiritual world, nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well.

Tangning put on the black Taoist robe and was about to take out the dozens of ant eggs when there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open and Xu Qingwan walked in: "Tang Immortal Envoy is back, how is it? Have the whereabouts of the Demon Sect monks been found?"

"After several days of searching, we didn't find any valuable clues." Tangning said perfunctorily, "What's the matter?"

"Two urgent intelligence dossiers have been delivered in the past few days. Take a look!" Xu Qingwan took out the dossier and handed it to him.

Tang Ning took it and unfolded it. One of them was about the Zhu family. Zhu Maoqing broke through the bottleneck of the sixth level of Qi refining and reached the late stage of Qi refining. The Zhu family arranged a new position for him to manage the herb garden in Tianyi Ridge.

There are dozens of acres of first-class medicinal herbs grown there. In principle, Qian Yizong does not allow private cultivation of medicinal herbs within its jurisdiction, but it depends on the specific situation.

If a wealthy cultivating family like the Zhu family grows some medicinal herbs privately, the sect will not really hold on to it.

After all, there are more than 200 monks in the Zhu family, and the cost of elixirs is not a small amount, so it is impossible to buy everything. And it pays a lot of taxes every year, so it is natural to turn a blind eye to this trivial matter.

Zhu Maoqing's ability to break through the bottleneck so quickly was beyond Tang Ning's expectations.

The last time I saw him, although his cultivation was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, it had not yet reached perfection. Now, in less than a year, he has broken through the sixth level of Qi Refining. It seems that he has reached the state of transparency just like he did back then. , without encountering a bottleneck, he broke through directly.

In any case, this can be regarded as a small unexpected surprise!

At that time, Tang Ning only instigated him to rebel against the sect to deal with the sect, and did not expect him to achieve anything big. However, without expecting him, he showed up as a dark horse and was full of energy.

However, it is too early to say this now. If it can break through the ninth level of Qi Refining or even build a foundation in the future, this chess piece may be of some use.

Tang Ning was actually more concerned about Ding Jianyang's movements than the dark horse Zhu Maoqing. As far as he knew, the head of the Ding family, Ding Mianyi, had successfully hooked up with Zhu Zhongyin through the marriage of Zhu Zhongyin's son, Zhu Dai.

I thought that Zhu Zhongyin would say something nice for him, but Ding Jianyang still hasn't heard anything, and it's probably Zhu Yunrou who is standing in the way.

Nowadays, rumors have spread in the western part of the Central Plains that Zhu Yunrou is a promiscuous person who is noisy, unruly, and has affairs with many men. His father, Uncle Zhu, admired the deep affection between his daughters and was extremely harsh on Ding Jianyang. He treated the Ding family as a guard dog, and the incident spread widely.

Tang Ning believed that it wouldn't be long before this matter would reach Zhu Bochong's ears. Coupled with Zhu Zhongyin's intercession, she thought that Zhu Bochong would not let his daughter's temper go unnoticed and ignore the rumors in the family. As long as Ding Jianyang returned to the Zhu family, everything would be fine. There is something to be done.

The relationship can be repaired slowly. If he can break through the foundation, he will become an important chess piece lurking in the Zhu family.

Not to mention the Zhu family incident, another file was sent by the disciples of the Jiangdong Contact Point. An ogre was found there. His condition was exactly the same as that of Xu Yunyi. The Intelligence Department sent disciples to hunt him down. One person was killed and two were injured. The cannibal was found there. The demon fled.

Tang Ning frowned slightly, an ogre also appeared in Jiangdong.

He has always felt that this matter is not simple. There must be someone behind it, and his energy is not small.

There has been no news about Xu Yunyi since he was handed over to the sect, and I don’t know what the Forbidden Secret Department has researched. Lu Xingxian asked him to ignore this matter, so naturally he couldn’t interfere anymore.

"Tell Wei Yan to have as little contact with Zhu Maoqing as possible. Tell the disciples in Jiangdong that we don't need to worry about the ogres, the sect will handle it."

"Okay." Xu Qingwan responded.

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In the Baoxing Inn in Gufang City, Tainan, Xiang Jingxing walked slightly in the room, looking out the window from time to time, his face looking very ugly.

He has been here for three days. This is the place agreed by Qin Hao, but he has not been seen yet.

Yin Tianci sat cross-legged on the futon, looking at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, standing still.

"Did this old boy run away with his treasure? He hasn't seen anyone else for so many days?" Xiang Jingxing leaned against the window and frowned.

"We shouldn't have split up and escaped in the first place. Now we don't even know whether he is dead or alive. It's really stupid to expect him to fulfill his promise." Yin Tianci said.

"Huh, why don't we separate and run away? I'm afraid you and I don't even have a chance to stand here and talk. Are you sure you can deal with those black ants?"

Yin Tianci remained silent.

"The three of us ran for our lives in different directions. Why did those black ants only chase him?"

"Maybe he moved the corpse and took the Taoist robe and storage bag before being targeted by Xuan Ant, or maybe Xuan Ant just randomly chased a person and he was just unlucky."

"Do you think he can escape the predatory ants?"

"The possibility is very small. Even if you escape, you won't come here to share the victory with us."

"Then why are you still here?"

"Didn't you come too?"

Xiang Jingxing sighed slightly, said nothing, leaned against the window and looked, like a woman looking at her husband.

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Tang Ning lightly drew his hand, and blood gushed out from his palm. He used the blood as a pen to draw a five-cornered array on the ground. Then he formed a seal with his hands and sprayed out a stream of blood essence from his mouth. The five-cornered array emitted a faint light, and blood threads stretched from the ground, criss-crossed, and formed a three-dimensional five-cornered array.

He took out dozens of ant eggs from the storage bag and placed them in the center of the array. The blood threads poured into the ant eggs one after another, wrapping them tightly. After a while, the blood threads wrapped around the ant eggs disappeared. The ground magic circle also dissipated.

This is the art of blood sacrifice recorded in the Way of Animals. According to the description in the book, this should be considered completed. Once these ant eggs break out of their shells, and you feed them with blood essence once more, you can count them as your own spiritual beast.

This blood magic circle itself has the effect of a contract. If you break the shell and absorb the blood of the magic circle, you have already made a master-servant contract with yourself.

Tang Ning looked at these round black eggs that were as big as eggs and felt a little worried for a moment. He didn't know how to hatch them. If they didn't get enough care and died, the loss would be huge.

He also hopes that these eggs will produce queen ants and create an army of mysterious ants!

You can't let the little white snake take care of it! It would be strange if it didn't swallow it.

After thinking for a long time, he decided to ask someone knowledgeable, so he left the intelligence station, walked for more than a day, and returned to the sect.

Tang Ning asked someone to ask around, and then came to a cave in Yuxi Peak. With a wave of her hand, the talisman was handed in through the thick fog.

Not long after, the thick fog rolled in, and a ray of light flashed out, revealing the figure of an old man with white hair and a bright head.

The old man looked at him and asked doubtfully, "I wonder what Junior Brother Tang is doing here?"

"I have taken the liberty to bother Senior Brother Qiu this time because I have been troubled by something for a long time. I sincerely know that Senior Brother Qiu has studied spiritual beasts for many years and is proficient in the cultivation of various spiritual beasts, so I came here to ask for advice." Tang Ning said, the old man in front of him was from the Spiritual Animal Husbandry Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deacon Qiu Yuan, when it comes to spiritual beasts, there is no one in the sect who is more expert than him.

"Junior Brother Tang, what aspect of the spiritual beast's habits do you want to know?" Qiu Yuan lightly twisted his white beard and asked.

"It's like this. I accidentally got a few monster egg shells. However, I can't see gold and jade with my dirty eyes. I don't know what kind of monster they are, let alone how to hatch them. So I want to ask Senior Brother Qiu to take a look and give me some advice. Greatful."

"Oh? Did you get the egg shell of a monster?" Qiu Yuan's eyes lit up. He had dealt with spirit beasts all his life. He had also raised several spirit beasts through various channels. He knew that there were no monsters on Xingang Island at all. Not to mention the egg shells of monsters.

"Let's do this! Let's go into the house and discuss it in detail."

"good."

The two entered the inner room and sat opposite each other. Tangning turned her hand and took out an ant egg and handed it to him: "Senior Brother Qiu, do you know what kind of monster egg this is?"

Qiu Yuan held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while: "Looking at the size of the egg shell, it should not be a large monster, but must be the egg shell of a small insect-like monster. Did Junior Brother Tang find anything else besides the egg shell?"

"There is only this egg shell, and oh, there is also an ant corpse." Tangning lied. He was only consulting on hatching and cultivation methods. Of course, he would not tell the truth about the whole story.

This black ant was brought by An Bohuai from Mubei Grassland. No matter what kind of spiritual beast it is, it must be a rare thing in Xingang. The fewer people know about it, the better, otherwise it will easily attract their prying eyes. He doesn't want to give it for nothing. Looking for trouble yourself.

"Ant corpse? Did you take that corpse with you?" Qiu Yuan asked

"No."

"Oh, what does the ant corpse look like?"

"It's about three or four feet long and one foot tall. It's completely black and has very long tentacles."

Qiu Yuan gently stroked the egg shell and fell into deep thought.

"Senior Brother Qiu, do you know what kind of monster egg this is?"

"This cannot be determined just by looking at the egg shell. We will only know after it hatches."

"I was about to ask Senior Brother Qiu if he has any tips on how to hatch these ant eggs."

Qiu Yuan said: "In general, the eggs of insect monsters have strong vitality. As long as they are protected from injury or extreme cold and heat, they can hatch naturally. Junior brother Tang doesn't need to worry too much. Just prepare a spirit beast bag. , its internal space temperature and spiritual power are suitable for insect eggs to hatch.”

"If Junior Brother Tang wants them to hatch more quickly and smoothly, you can place some medium-grade spiritual stones in the spirit beast bag to provide the spiritual power content in the spirit beast bag. When the egg shell absorbs the spiritual power to a certain extent, it will hatch."

Tang Ning said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Qiu, for your advice. What should we feed the ant eggs after they hatch?"

Qiu Yuan said: "It's hard to say. It depends on the specific kind of monster. Many monsters have different habits. If they are really ant eggs, ants are omnivorous species. You can try feeding them with herbs or the corpses of beasts."

"The ant beast is not very intelligent. It is best not to feed on elixirs when it is just hatched, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the impact of spiritual power and explode and die. It will be better to slowly feed it with elixirs when it grows older. Some."