The hatching contract method for Demon Insect eggs differs from that of Demon Beasts.
Given the vast numbers of Demon Insects and the minuscule size of their eggs, if one were to contract them one by one, it would drain a Cultivator’s energy immensely.
Thus, for convenience, generally a large number of the same type of Demon Insect eggs are placed upon the Contract Formation all at once to contract and recognize a master.
This Contract Formation has some similarities with the "Soul Controlling Blood Array" used for Contract Demon Beasts but features some modifications.
At this time, Zhou Chun followed the records of the Insect Expelling Technique and drew a Contract Formation on a stone platform using his own blood as ink.
He then placed a total of three hundred "Mystical Armor Golden Feather" insect eggs on top, spat out a clump of essence blood the size of a thumb onto the stone platform above, and activated it with Divine Sense and spells, causing it to evenly divide into tiny drops that landed on each insect egg.
Once he activated the Contract Formation, a faint blood light immediately enveloped the stone platform. Find your next adventure on freewebnovel
After a short while, when the blood light dissipated, Zhou Chun formed a faint connection with each of the pale yellow insect eggs.
Because Demon Insects inherently possess very low intelligence, when a Cultivator manipulates them, they often must be guided and controlled through Divine Sense, only then can the Demon Insects act according to the master’s will.
On the contrary, the stronger a Demon Beast is, the higher its intelligence tends to be, and it’s usually quick to comprehend and follow the master’s orders, without such shortcomings.
After ensuring a connection with the insect eggs on the stone platform, Zhou Chun buried them at the roots of the giant trees outside his temporary cave dwelling, allowing them to hatch naturally.
Subsequently, he performed the same contracting method on "Flying Sky Fire Scorpion" and "Blue Moon Butterfly" eggs.
There were relatively fewer "Flying Sky Fire Scorpion" eggs, only one hundred and eighty in total.
Even fewer were the "Blue Moon Butterfly" eggs, with a mere sixty in total.
However, for an Insect Cultivator, as long as they have male and female Demon Insects at hand, the number isn’t really a big problem.
With patience in cultivation, it wouldn’t take ten years to multiply the insect population by tenfold!
After all, most Demon Insects can lay dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of eggs at one time!
Zhou Chun then buried the "Flying Sky Fire Scorpion" eggs in dry soil and placed the "Blue Moon Butterfly" eggs upon potted orchid plants, quietly waiting for them to hatch on their own.
He, in the meantime, spent his subsequent time delving into the Insect Expelling Techniques.
As mentioned before, due to the low intelligence of Demon Insects, even with a contract in place preventing them from harming their master, it’s extremely difficult for them to understand and swiftly execute the master’s commands without the master’s Divine Sense as guidance.
But when there are too many Demon Insects, unless the master is a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, it’s practically impossible to guide each Demon Insect simultaneously with a divided consciousness.
Therefore, manipulating Demon Insects typically requires certain skills.
For example, cultivating some leaders within the insect swarm that are significantly stronger than the others, and through long-term training, make the insects habitually follow the leaders. Thus, the master only needs to command these leaders to mobilize the entire swarm.
Another method involves using special sound vibration frequencies to command the Demon Insects, where different frequencies represent different commands.
These require the master to spend extra effort training and guiding the insect swarm regularly, allowing the insects to form habitual memories.
Regardless of the techniques used, manipulating Demon Insects is bound to consume more energy from Cultivators than manipulating Demon Beasts.
Because of this, Zhou Chun did not intend to breed too many types of Demon Insects in the future, to avoid expending too much energy on it.
On another front, while Zhou Chun was engrossed in mastering the art of insect manipulation in the wilderness, Zhou Mingde was following the Cultivators from Green Lotus Temple in an extermination effort against the insects.
Master Shanyang seemed to truly regard him as a conscripted soldier, assigning him tasks that were no less than those given to the Purple Mansion Cultivators of Green Lotus Temple.
He even personally led Zhou Mingde to clean out large swarms of insects multiple times.
This led Zhou Mingde to suspect for a time whether Master Shanyang intended to get rid of him using the Demon Insects.
But with careful consideration, Master Shanyang was unlikely to be that unwise.
After all, the medicinal recipe had been offered up, and the credit for Zhou Mingde had been reported.
Even if he were to perish at the hands of the Demon Insects, the rewards due to him would definitely be given to the Zhou Family.
If the matter were to spread, it would undoubtedly cause a great blow to the reputation of Green Lotus Temple.
Moreover, as most of the merit for offering the medicine had already been taken by Master Shanyang and Green Lotus Temple, it made no sense, both morally and rationally, to jeopardize much for the sake of harming a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator.
Therefore, in time, Zhou Mingde came to believe that Master Shanyang intended to shock and discipline him through these actions.
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Of course, this discipline was related to the precautions and contingency plans Zhou Mingde had set against Master Shanyang previously.
With this in mind, Zhou Mingde could only remind himself to be cautious on each mission, prioritizing his safety above all else.
After all, he was not a person of Green Lotus Temple, and although Master Shanyang could send him on missions for the sake of maintaining a unified front, he certainly could not assign him the task of clearing a specific number of Demon Insects.
Time slowly passed, and before long, half a year had gone by.
In this half-year, inside the territory of Glory Country, the number of Demon Insects exterminated by Human Cultivators had reached the hundreds of millions.
However, the number of Demon Insects bred by the swarms in this half-year was even greater!
And despite the incessant efforts of Human Cultivators, after half a year, most of Glory Country had been severely damaged by the insect swarms, countless Mortals, livestock, and vegetation devoured by them.