63: New ability of the Beast Gu

"Old Man, isn't this going a bit too far? No matter what you think, our agreement is written very clearly: the Cricket will decide the winner. Now you're coming up with this excuse and that reason. If you want to back out or are afraid of losing, you can just say so; why go through so much trouble?"

The other party's attitude really made Ye Tian a bit angry, and he frowned.

"This is called going through trouble? Isn't my requirement very simple? As long as you can give me a convincing reason, I'll rent the house to you... No, I'll rent it to you for free! It's just a matter of talking, but can you make one up?"

"Free?"

Ye Tian's heart, which had just sunk, suddenly leaped up again.

"That's right, not only will I rent it to you, but it'll be free, for as long as you want to rent it!"

Old Man Lu raised his eyebrows with a mocking look on his face.

"Brother Tian, what should we do?"

Hearing this condition, Zhang Liang was also very tempted and asked secretly.

Ye Tian's mind raced.

He was also somewhat hesitant, because until now, he really didn't know what the Old Man actually meant.

Up to this point, besides the fact that the Old Man liked fighting Crickets, he knew nothing about him.

Thinking this, Ye Tian couldn't help but look at the courtyard behind the Old Man, wanting to observe the Old Man's hobbies from it.

Upon looking, he discovered some clues.

In the open space of the Old Man's courtyard, quite a few vegetables were planted neatly.

In the nearby flower bed, there were several beehives.

Bees were flying in and out one by one.

Under the eaves, there were cages with fine mesh arranged.

From inside the cages came sounds of rustling. That feeling was very familiar to him.

What was inside?

Ye Tian listened intently, but couldn't hear clearly, because the enhancement brought by the Cockroach did not include hearing.

While struggling with this, he suddenly discovered that Blade had crawled out at some point, and was now under the eaves.

And it was expressing a strong interest in those boxes.

What was inside?

Ye Tian couldn't help but ask Blade in his heart.

Unfortunately, Blade couldn't answer the question directly. After receiving Ye Tian's message, it flapped its wings and flew onto a cage covered by a black cloth.

Then Ye Tian discovered that the image before his eyes began to blur, as if a different perspective had been opened.

In his vision, there was a huge net in front of him, and from the other side of the net came sounds of crawling.

Through the light, he saw Crickets jumping up and down on the roof tiles.

Subsequently, the line of sight began to move.

Blade crawled to the outside of another cage.

This time, the sound inside was louder, all buzzing, with large flies spreading their wings and flying inside.

Then the scene shifted again.

In the cage appeared black insects, which looked a bit bigger than flies. Ye Tian could see them from time to time when he was a child, but he couldn't name them.

But in the Old Man's cages, these insects were the most numerous. In addition, there were some jars and containers with things wriggling inside that looked like maggots, but the color was darker. They weren't maggots. Of course, there were also real maggots.

These maggots and non-maggot things were surrounded by some decaying matter, food, sawdust, and the like. There were also some insects that were fed directly in water.

What made Ye Tian even more excited was that in one of the cages, Ye Tian saw an incredibly familiar figure.

Cockroaches, and the number was definitely not small. Because of Blade's arrival, those Cockroaches didn't dare to move at all.

What exactly does this Old Man do?

How could he raise so many strange-looking insects?

Also, he could actually share Blade's vision.

This is too awesome. It's been so long, and he only just discovered that the life-bound gu had such an ability!

It's simply a huge surprise.

Ye Tian had an incredibly rich expression of excitement on his face, secretly directing Blade to continue moving forward.

However, as Blade crawled into the house.

Ye Tian gradually began to lose the sense of Blade's vision.

The view in front of him returned to normal.

Could it be that this ability has a distance limit?

Ye Tian frowned.

He then felt relieved.

If such an amazing ability could be used without limits, wouldn't that be defying the heavens?

However, having a sensing range of ten or twenty meters is already very awesome.

Withdrawing his thoughts.

Ye Tian looked at Old Man Lu again, and immediately had an idea in his heart.

"Old Man, since you want to get to the bottom of this, then I will be straightforward. However, what we are going to do might be a bit beyond your imagination. I'm afraid that after hearing it, you will be even less willing to rent to us."

"Have you thought it through? Hurry up and make it up; after you finish, get out of here."

The Old Man sneered.

"Brother Tian, you don't really want to tell the truth, do you?"

Hearing Ye Tian's tone, Zhang Liang said with some panic.

"What are you afraid of? We aren't really doing any shady business."

After saying this, Ye Tian looked at Old Man Lu.

"Old Man, we want to rent your courtyard to do some farming."

"Hmm, and then what, what are you farming?"

"Cockroaches!"

"I knew that even if you made something up, you couldn't... Wait, what did you just say? Cockroaches?"

The Old Man's eyes widened suddenly.

"Yes, farming Cockroaches. We also know that farming this thing is too disgusting, which is why we were embarrassed to tell you directly. Now, seeing that you don't want to rent to us anyway, we might as well just come clean."

"Why do you want to farm Cockroaches?"

The Old Man stared at Ye Tian, sizing him up for a long time, before continuing to speak.

"Of course, to make money!"

"How will you make money?"

"There are too many ways. Cockroach extracts can be made into skincare products; dried Cockroach powder can relieve pain. Once the quantity is up, it can also process kitchen waste and do environmental management. At worst, it can be raised as feed to feed chickens and ducks. Otherwise, do you think we have nothing better to do than come here to rent your house near the landfill?"

"Young man, what is the name of a Cockroach egg?"

"ootheca!"

"How long does it take for Cockroach eggs to hatch?"

"Generally about a month."

"How many Small Cockroaches can one Cockroach ootheca hatch?"

"Normally it's 20-80. It depends on the species; the American Cockroach and German Cockroach are different. And the Cockroach species I breed can reach 100."

"You also know how to breed Cockroaches?"

For some reason, the expression on the Old Man's face became gentler and gentler.

While speaking, he also gestured for Ye Tian and the other to sit down and talk.

Zhang Liang listened to the two people's conversation with a puzzled face, once again completely confused.

What exactly is going on, how did they suddenly start talking about Cockroaches?

Ye Tian saw the change in the Old Man's attitude, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He sat down as instructed.

Then he spoke: "Old Man, to be honest, I worked part-time in housekeeping during college. Once, I accidentally discovered that Cockroaches are very difficult to eliminate completely, so I tried to research it. Who knew that by chance, I became interested in this thing. Then I researched it in depth and discovered that Cockroach farming has huge prospects. So, the idea of large-scale farming was born!"