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Chapter 745: The Cosmic Moth, the Flow of Cosmic Light
Chapter 745: The Cosmic Moth, the Flow of Cosmic Light
"Really, what can I say? It’s quite peculiar," Qin Muye said, somewhat exasperated. Qian Jingtian didn’t mean any harm, but he did. After all, if Qian Tu wasn’t kept in a state of decline, their descendants wouldn’t have a chance to rise. However, to say that this was out of malice was a bit of a stretch. They were very clear that the Qian family’s success today was due to Qian Tu’s parents, not them. If they really killed Qian Tu, it would cause trouble. So, when Qin Muye left, he had a pile of silver bills in his pocket.
The message was clear: go and have fun, don’t worry about money or family matters.
Then, he was led out of the Qian estate, with the instruction not to return until he had spent all the money.
"No wonder Qian Tu has such a high opinion of his uncle. If it were me, I’d feel the same way," Qin Muye remarked.
If one didn’t know their true intentions, it would indeed seem like extreme indulgence. In the outside world, although the brothers Qian Jingtian and Qian Jingdi had a poor reputation, some people who didn’t know the truth still admired them for taking care of Qian Tu.
But those who guessed the truth only sneered.
"Still, ha," Qin Muye said, stepping out alone, without any servants or attendants.
After circling around, he sneaked back into the Qian estate and quickly found the treasure vault. He looted everything and fled.
The Qian family would collapse in a few days. There was no point in staying here any longer. After all, he now had an identity and money.
He didn’t replace Qian Tu just to have a better start; he did it to hide in the Spirit Tamer World. This identity was primarily for dealing with the Spirit Tamer World, to avoid being identified as an enemy, which was why he needed this cover.
Now that he had the cover and the starting capital, Qin Muye naturally planned to leave. Why stay at the Qian estate?
The Qian family would soon become the center of a storm, and their downfall was inevitable.
"The Cosmic Dao Spirit Beast, the evolution secret technique of the Xuan Sheng Moth."
"But I’m a bit curious, why are insects, plants, and fungi also categorized under the term ‘beast’?"
"Well, I can accept that, but why are elemental essences also included?"
Spirit Beasts are just a term; the Spirit Beasts tamed by Spirit Tamers are not limited to just animals.
The Cosmic Dao Spirit Beast·Xuan Sheng Moth that Qin Muye was interested in was not a Spirit Beast but a secret technique, essentially a guide on how to cultivate a green caterpillar into a Xuan Sheng Moth.
To put it mildly, Qin Muye suspected that even all the resources he looted from the Qian estate might not be enough.
Green caterpillars are very common Spirit Beasts, but the real challenge lies in the Spirit Beast Techniques needed for their evolution and in raising them to the required level of proficiency before they cocoon. Additionally, a large amount of rare resources is required.
Indeed, the Spirit Beast Techniques are the true difficulty in this evolution secret technique. Green caterpillars typically cocoon after about three months, and during this time, they must be trained to a sufficient level of proficiency.
Spirit Beast Techniques are divided into four levels of proficiency: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Most Spirit Beasts cannot raise their Spirit Beast Techniques to the Heaven level throughout their lives.
In the evolution secret technique for the Xuan Sheng Moth, the minimum requirement is to raise the basic silk-spinning Spirit Beast Technique to the Heaven level. Only then can the moth endure the necessary Cosmic Dao resources during the cocooning period, and there is a chance of successful evolution.
Indeed, it’s a chance, because reaching the Heaven level in the silk-spinning Spirit Beast Technique is just the foundation. To ensure a 100% success rate, the green caterpillar must also learn and reach the Heaven level in the Resilient Bug Body, Steel Will, and Soul Ascension Spirit Beast Techniques.
This difficulty is akin to climbing to the heavens. First, green caterpillars have no brains and can hardly learn any Spirit Beast Techniques, let alone the Resilient Bug Body, which is an innate Spirit Beast Technique. Without it, they will never have it. Steel Will and Soul Ascension are even more absurd. Even if they can be learned, raising their proficiency is no easy task.
So, Qin Muye’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected that the Xuan Sheng Moth, which seemed the cheapest, would be the most difficult.
"If I hadn’t deduced it, I would have suspected that this evolution secret technique was someone’s prank."
The secret technique was genuine, but it wasn’t something an ordinary person could handle.
"Luckily, I’m not an ordinary person. I should be able to cultivate it," Qin Muye said, though he found the secret technique quite frustrating. The Xuan Sheng Moth was extraordinary, however. Upon successful transformation, it would break free from the lifespan limitations of insect Spirit Beasts and possess a natural Spirit Beast Technique called Cosmic Light Flow.
This Spirit Beast Technique can accelerate the passage of time for the user. As the proficiency of the Spirit Beast Technique increases, the time dilation effect becomes more pronounced. At first glance, it might seem like a path to a shorter lifespan, but in reality, this accelerated time can be used for combat, research, training, and more.
Effectively, your two days are equivalent to one day for others, giving you an extra day of time.
More importantly, this extra day does not count against your lifespan, which is recorded based on the external passage of time.
By modifying the time ratio while exempting the user from additional lifespan consumption, this ability truly compensates for its difficulty.
Even more significant is the fact that the Xuan Sheng Moth possesses both insect and Cosmic Dao attributes, transforming it from a normal creature into an extraordinary one.
After the transformation, it can learn Cosmic Dao Spirit Beast Techniques, which is the true key to its power.
While it's true that Cosmic Dao Spirit Beast Techniques are precious, those capable of evolving a green caterpillar into a Xuan Sheng Moth are not ordinary people and would not lack such techniques.
"So, I need a green caterpillar that is naturally born with a resilient bug body?" Qin Muye felt a bit overwhelmed.
A normal green caterpillar only has the innate Spirit Beast Technique of silk-spinning. Most insect Spirit Beast larvae have this innate technique. Those with better potential can also have a resilient bug body, and the most elite ones can even have the innate technique of bug healing, which enhances recovery.
While this is far from the capabilities of truly powerful insect Spirit Beasts, having three innate Spirit Beast Techniques is already quite impressive for a common caterpillar.
If a green caterpillar with three innate Spirit Beast Techniques were to appear in their small county, it would cause quite a stir. After all, insect Spirit Beasts are very suitable for young practitioners, despite their shorter lifespans, as they can quickly form combat capabilities and serve as transitional Spirit Beasts.
However, from Qian Tu's memories, such caterpillars with a resilient bug body have only appeared a few times in their small county, so there isn't much surprise. Although rare, they are not unheard of.
"This evolution secret technique must require a green caterpillar with three innate Spirit Beast Techniques," Qin Muye understood why the evolution secret technique did not require bug healing. First, it is extremely difficult to find such a caterpillar, and second, there isn't enough time. Even if training starts right after the caterpillar hatches from an egg, it only has about three months.
To raise the silk-spinning, resilient bug body, steel will, and soul ascension Spirit Beast Techniques to the Heaven level within three months is already a miraculous feat. Adding bug healing would be absurd.
But for Qin Muye, this was just a minor issue.
If others couldn't train them, could he?
"Besides the green caterpillar, I also need to figure out where to obtain the steel will, soul ascension, and the resources required for the evolution."
The Qian family's small estate didn't have the steel will and soul ascension Spirit Beast Techniques, which are high-tier techniques.
Spirit Beast Techniques are also divided into levels: initial, intermediate, advanced, and divine. Silk-spinning is an initial-level Spirit Beast Technique, while bug healing is intermediate.
This highlights how weak green caterpillars are.
In the Qian family, the highest-level Spirit Beast Technique Qin Muye found in his loot was intermediate, and there were only three, none of which were particularly useful to him.
After all, the highest level in the Spirit Tamer World is 9th tier. The Qian family, being a small local clan, had no significant heritage. If they did, Qian Tu's parents wouldn't have had to risk their lives.
The steel will and soul ascension Spirit Beast Techniques are only possessed by major spirit dynasties or large clans. It's unlikely to find them elsewhere.
Although it's unclear how the Xuan Sheng Moth evolution secret technique ended up in the Qian family, it is certain that this secret technique must have originated from a major clan or even a major spirit dynasty. Otherwise, how could ordinary people have discovered it? Even gathering the necessary Spirit Beast Techniques would be impossible, let alone the required resources.
These resources are all Cosmic Dao resources, extremely rare and valuable, something the Qian family had never even heard of.
"Upon closer thought, after the Qian family's decline, if I hadn't interfered, would this Xuan Sheng Moth evolution secret technique have ended up in the protagonist's hands?"
(End of Chapter)
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