Chapter 178 Soul-Eating Insect

Zheng Yi became interested. He didn't expect that there was someone with hidden spiritual roots in such a huge harem.

Think about it, about four or five years ago when he held his first selection of concubines, he chose more than 500 beauties to enter the palace.

In the past few years, he had favored most of the women, leaving only about fifty little girls who were only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time.

After all, no matter how impatient he was, he couldn't bring himself to do anything to such young girls, and he couldn't let them go home.

So Zheng Yi gathered these young girls together and raised them in the palace for such a long time, just like Dong Yunjie and Dong Yunyu.

Could it be that the person with spiritual roots mentioned by Jade Concubine is this group of little girls?

Calculating the time, the little girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old back then has now grown into a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

Dong Yunjie and Dong Yunyu are almost sixteen years old and can be conferred the title of concubines.

"Is she a woman from Youwei Palace?"

Youwei Palace is the palace where Zheng Yi raised these little girls.

I vaguely remember that there were about fifty-two people.

It was equipped with a large number of eunuchs and palace maids to take care of it.

At the same time, there are several shadow guards hiding in the dark, monitoring many women and subtly changing their views of Zheng Yi.

"It's not them." Concubine Yu said, "It's the new Princess Lingyin who has just entered the palace."

"Princess Lingyin...it's her!"

Princess Lingyin, a princess of the Nanzhao Kingdom, had already married Xu Xuanwu as her son-in-law, dreaming that she could use Xu Xuanwu's power to establish her own rule over Dayuyun and Yue states.

Unfortunately, who would have thought that Xu Mujun could break it single-handedly.

The entire Nanzhao Kingdom was trampled under the feet of Xu Mu's army.

Even she herself was forced by Xu Mujun in the name of national justice, forcing the King of Nanzhao to offer her to the Emperor of Dayu, Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi originally just wanted to treat her as a chess piece and a proton, but he didn't expect that this woman actually had spiritual roots!

"By the way, what kind of spiritual root does this Princess Lingyin have?"

"Your Majesty, this girl has a three-attribute middle-grade spiritual root, of which the fire attribute occupies the largest proportion, about 50%. The remaining spiritual root attributes are gold and earth."

"Fire attribute!"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed suddenly.

He had all five elements of spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, and earth, and only lacked the fire element.

I didn’t expect to get it so soon?
"You have come into contact with this woman. What do you think of her character?"

Concubine Yu hesitated and said, "Princess Lingyin...is a person of sentimental character. If Your Majesty wants to take her into the harem, it will take some effort."

"A man of temperament?"

Zheng Yi became interested: "I like it. When I return to the palace, I will have a good meeting with Princess Lingyin."

"Your Majesty, I found something that I think will be of great interest to you."

Suddenly, Yuechan in the distance shouted loudly, and Zheng Yi and others looked up.

At this time, she was standing in front of a row of wooden shelves, holding a wooden box in her hands.

When they walked over and took a look, they found that there were ten huge bookshelves here, and on each bookshelf were rows of wooden boxes of similar shapes.

"What is this?"

Zheng Yi also picked up a wooden box and tried to open it.

Yuechan said: "Your Majesty, these are spirit insects~"

"Hmm? Spirit insect!"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed and he looked over quickly.

This was not the case in the past. In the wooden box in his hand, there was indeed a cricket-like insect that was completely black and had special patterns on its back.

"This is……"

According to the "Record of Strange Insects" left by Taizu, this should be a magical insect called "heart-drilling insect".

This insect likes the heart of living things the most. It can live in the heart and breathe with the beating of the heart.

If threatened, the insect can release toxins that affect the heart of the living being, causing severe heart pain.

It is the best spiritual insect for killing people or controlling subordinates!
Unfortunately... this borer is dead.

Zheng Yi touched it and found the body was dry.

"Unfortunately, he is dead."

Yuechan also opened the wooden box in her hand to Zheng Yi and said, "Your Majesty, the 'Rove Beetle' in my hand is also dead."

"It is said that once the flying speed of the rove beetle reaches its maximum, it can even achieve invisibility. The divine thoughts of ordinary cultivators cannot detect its existence. It is the most suitable spiritual insect for sneak attacks!"

“Could it be that all these wooden boxes are filled with spirit insects…”

Zheng Yi nodded and started browsing other wooden boxes.

As Zheng Yi expected, these rows of wooden boxes were filled with various kinds of spiritual insects.

"Golden Light Bug."

"A spider with a silk thread."

"Chaos Flyer."

"Six-winged frost centipede..."

After checking out the rows one by one, Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken.

How great it would be if all these spiritual insects were alive!

Cui Xiabing asked curiously, "Why are there so many dead spirit insects here?"

Zheng Yi explained: "This continent used to be the sphere of influence of the Mayfly Sect and the Huangquan Sect. The Mayfly Sect is an insect-controlling sect. Since the Zheng ancestors were able to replace it, there must be a large number of spiritual insects in the clan's storehouse."

"But unfortunately, after more than three hundred years, all these spiritual insects have starved to death!"

Zheng Yi's mind moved, and he suddenly said, "I remember that the "Record of Strange Insects" records that there are several spiritual insects that have a lifespan of hundreds of years. Let's go and see if there are any living spiritual insects or insect eggs!"

"promise!"

Several people quickly split up and started searching among the bookshelves.

Soon Yuechan shouted, "Your Majesty, here!"

"I found... a really big bug!" Zheng Yi and his companions hurried over to take a look, and were shocked to find that there was actually a special spiritual insect here that was as big as an adult's head.

Next to it, there were piles of corpses of different spirit insects.

Some were swallowed whole, while others had some body parts left around.

What's even more bizarre is that there is a huge piece of animal skin under its body.

On the animal skin were densely packed with insect eggs the size of sesame seeds.

"This is... a spirit insect egg!"

The corpse of this insect was larger than any insect they had seen before.

However, the eggs produced are no different from those of ordinary spirit insects.

"What kind of spirit insect corpse is this?"

Yuechan came over and looked her up and down.

"A bit like a gold-eating bug?"

"Black fire ants?"

"Ghost-faced bee?"

"Also, why are there so many corpses of other spirit insects here?"

"I guess that the spiritual insects that can appear here are all carefully selected by the Great Ancestor. They were put into a deep sleep using the secret method of the Huangquan Sect and then continued for a thousand years. However, some of them woke up early for some unknown reason."

Zheng Yi guessed: "They have no food, so they can only kill each other and regard each other as food."

"Until the last species, or the last insect, remains and lays this many eggs."

"This spirit insect should be the spirit-eating insect."

"Soul-eating insect?"

"Ah."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "It is a kind of insect that feeds on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is extremely ferocious, and its body is as hard as iron. It is impervious to swords and guns, and is not affected by water or fire. It is very difficult to deal with."

"As long as an object contains spiritual energy, it can devour it."

"And depending on the spiritual energy it consumes, it will gradually transform into a gold-eating insect with special abilities, with a myriad of changes."

"According to the records in the Book of Strange Insects, this kind of insect is already extinct. I didn't expect to find one here."

"It's a pity that he's already dead..."

"Not all dead yet!"

Yuechan suddenly said: "I can feel that many of those insect eggs still have life, maybe they can hatch!"

"Hmm? The eggs have a breath of life? My beloved, am I right?"

"That's right. We often hatch poisonous insects in our clan. This one, this one, and these ones all have life. If they are placed in a warm place, they may hatch soul-eating insects."

"It's a pity that the life force of these eggs is too weak. I don't know if they can hatch."

Zheng Yi immediately collected the eggs and checked, and found that there were still twenty-seven eggs alive.

So what if the breath of life is weak?
As long as you are willing to sacrifice your blood and essence, they will hatch sooner or later!
He checked the things around him again, and found that most of them were ordinary monk materials and props.

Unfortunately, most of them looked like they had lost all their spiritual energy, and only a few of them were usable.

Even so, the three girls were very excited. They walked around the treasure house as if they were shopping, picking out what they wanted from time to time.

Finally, they arrived at the innermost part of the treasury, which was a platform where several obviously important wooden boxes were placed.

Zheng Yi said: "Seven wooden boxes and five jade bottles should be the most valuable things in Taizu's treasure house."

"I don't know, what will it be?"

"Well, let's pick one out of five and see what's inside the blind box."

"Blind box?"

Concubine Cui asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what does a blind box mean?"

"These are the boxes. We don't know what's inside. Each of us picks one blindly to see what's inside."

"Wow! This is fun! I'll go first!"

Yuechan clapped her hands excitedly and came to the platform first. She looked at the wooden boxes and jade bottles of different sizes and shapes and was in a dilemma. She didn't know which one to choose.

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Just take one. The things are still here and they can't run away."

"Ok."

Yuechan looked at the things on the platform again, and finally picked out the largest wooden box and pulled it to her side.

The wooden box is black and red in color, and is more than one person tall, a head taller than Yuechan.

The petite body jumped up and sat directly on the wooden box, swinging her legs and saying, "I've found it. It's your turn."

"My beloved, Mr. Chen, please."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Concubine Cui and Concubine Yu also came to the platform and selected carefully.

Chen Liancang hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, I don't need this old servant anymore."

"You're welcome, Mr. Chen. There's no need to talk about this between you and me, the king and his subject."

Zheng Yi said: "When we have achieved success in cultivation, I will have to rely on you a lot in the future."

Chen Liancang said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my best to serve Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, he casually picked up a jade bottle from the platform. It was closest to him, and he didn't know what was inside.

Soon, all five people had finished their selection.

Even Zheng Yi picked up a palm-sized wooden box and looked at the few people with interest.

"Okay, now that the blind boxes have been selected, let's take a look at what's inside."

Zheng Yi asked, "Who goes first?"

"I me me!"

Yuechan was the first to raise her hand and said, "The wooden box I chose is the largest, and the things inside are definitely the most precious!"

(End of this chapter)