80: Cultivating Spirit Insects

“Let’s test the shield effect.”

Mu Feng’s thoughts stirred.

He activated the Python Scale Armor.

Soon, a red shield, one meter in radius, appeared around him.

Unknown runes flowed on the shield.

It looked incredibly solid.

“Not bad, not bad!”

Mu Feng nodded.

His hard work in finding the Materials for so long was not in vain.

The defensive effect was still satisfactory.

“The Magical Power consumption isn’t too high either.”

After activating it for more than ten seconds, Mu Feng barely felt any loss of Magical Power within his body.

This indicated that the Magical Power required to activate the shield was very low.

It could even be negligible.

This was incredibly impressive.

One should know that the higher the grade of a Magical Artifact, the more Magical Power it consumes with each use.

Not to mention the Azure Dragon Flag.

Take the Cloud Stepping Boots, which are also High Grade Magical Artifacts, for example.

If Mu Feng were to continuously activate acceleration,

with his current Magical Power, he would run out of Magical Power in at most ten to twenty minutes.

But the Python Scale Armor’s shield made Mu Feng feel like he could keep it active indefinitely without issue.

Of course, this was under the condition of not being attacked.

If it were to resist an attack, Mu Feng felt it would consume more than in its normal state.

As for how much more,

that would only be known when truly facing an enemy.

In any case, as a High Grade defensive Magical Artifact,

Mu Feng felt that the Python Scale Armor was definitely among the top tier.

This might also be related to the Materials he used to forge it.

After all, the Materials he used came from a Dragon Transformation python.

You get what you pay for.

It was reasonable for it to be stronger than ordinary Python Scale Armor.

He deactivated the shield.

Mu Feng walked into the medicinal field.

The purple spirit grass and qingfeng grass seeds planted yesterday had already begun to sprout.

Seeing this, Mu Feng took out an essence of vegetation, diluted it with water, and sprinkled it over them to accelerate their growth.

This way, he could use them tomorrow to refine Star Light Pill and Qing Ling Pill.

After accelerating their growth,

Mu Feng then took out the Yin Spirit Mushroom he had obtained in the Ancient Cultivator Cave and transplanted it into the medicinal field.

He didn't know how long it would take to gather all the Materials for the Soul Cleansing Pill.

Keeping it in the Storage Pouch would take up a slot.

Moreover, if it wasn't used for too long,

the Yin Spirit Mushroom would die and its Spiritual Power would be lost.

He found a shady spot, buried the Yin Spirit Mushroom, and watered it.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Feng also poured the leftover fertilizer onto the Yin Spirit Mushroom.

Although the Yin Spirit Mushroom was already mature,

Mu Feng still wanted to test whether the fertilizer’s effect worked on mature spiritual plants as well.

Returning to the main hall,

Mu Feng once again organized the Materials on him.

His Storage Pouch was almost full.

He needed to put unused items into chests for storage.

Otherwise, if a timed Great Secret Realm opened soon,

and he obtained good items but had nowhere to store them, it would be amusing.

“I almost forgot about these Insect Eggs that haven’t been placed yet.”

Mu Feng slapped his head.

He took out all the Insect Eggs obtained from the Spiritual Insect Room in the Ancient Cultivator Cave from his Storage Pouch.

[Insect Egg: The living egg of a certain Spiritual Insect, requires a place with rich Spiritual Qi to hatch.]

“I wonder if the Spiritual Qi in my Immortal Cave meets the standard.”

His current Spirit Gathering Array was Intermediate level.

The Spiritual Qi concentration was sufficient for Mu Feng.

But whether it met the hatching standard for these Insect Eggs,

he wasn't quite sure.

He would just leave them for now.

He only had 454 Spirit Stones left.

He couldn't activate the highest level Spirit Gathering Array.

“Also, should I have already bound these Insect Eggs with a Restriction and made them recognize me as their master?”

Mu Feng felt it was very necessary to first place Restrictions on these Insect Eggs and make them recognize him as their master.

Otherwise, if they hatched later and didn't recognize him as their master, it wouldn't be fun.

He certainly didn't want to return from his exploration to find his Immortal Cave in a mess.

However, he didn't seem to know how to perform the master-recognition ritual.

This was his first time cultivating Spiritual Insects.

[Inject your Divine Thought into the Insect Eggs to place a Restriction and control them; for master recognition, you need to inject your essence blood.]

As if sensing Mu Feng’s thoughts,

a red prompt appeared before his eyes.

“Inject Divine Thought and drip blood for master recognition.”

Mu Feng nodded.

This method was similar to refining Magical Artifacts.

With a thought,

Mu Feng injected part of his Divine Sense into the bodies of these Insect Eggs, placing Restrictions on them.

As for essence blood, that was even easier.

Mu Feng pulled down his pants…

Cough, cough, he got it wrong.

He bit his finger and dripped his essence blood onto several Insect Eggs.

As soon as the essence blood touched the Insect Eggs, it was quickly absorbed by them.

Soon,

Mu Feng felt a connection establish between himself and the Insect Eggs.

This feeling was very strange.

He guessed this was what the System meant by successful master recognition.

With successful master recognition,

Mu Feng placed the Insect Eggs into the wooden bucket that previously held fertilizer, then placed the wooden bucket next to the Spirit Gathering Array.

That was the most Spiritual Qi-rich place in the entire Immortal Cave.

He didn't know how much Spiritual Qi these Spiritual Insects needed to absorb to hatch.

In any case, the more concentrated, the better.

As for the remaining dead eggs, Mu Feng thought for a moment and also put them into the wooden bucket.

He wasn't trying to revive these dead eggs.

It was because he had no other place to put them.

They were all siblings anyway; it was healthier to squeeze together.

After dealing with the Insect Eggs,

Mu Feng then categorized and stored some rarely used Materials into various large and small treasure chests.

In the end, he managed to free up more than twenty slots in his Storage Pouch.

Although it was still not enough,

it was better than being completely full before.

Worst case, if he encountered better Materials later, he would just dispose of these “junk” items.

Or he could find another Storage Pouch to hold them.

After all, a living person couldn't be suffocated by urine.

“There’s still some time before nightfall.”

“Let’s go explore again.”

“See if I can find another chest or Storage Pouch.”

With that thought, Mu Feng took Little Lizard and arrived at the light gate again.

Speaking of which, he had said last time that he wanted to test Little Lizard’s innate skill.

But when he entered the Ancient Cultivator Cave, there was no way for Little Lizard to make a move.

This time, if there were no better options, he would find a few monsters to test Little Lizard’s innate skill and the Python Scale Armor’s strength.

Mu Feng focused his attention.

Soon, the information behind each light gate appeared before his eyes.

[The Immortal Cave Secret Realm ahead is a swamp. It is not recommended to enter before acquiring a method to avoid poison.]

Swamp?

Then forget it.

Skip.

Mu Feng quickly turned to the left.

[Oh, you’re lucky. There’s a golden treasure chest waiting for you to explore in the Immortal Cave Secret Realm on the left.]

There’s a golden treasure chest.

This is good!

Last time, for the Ancient Cultivator Cave, he missed a golden treasure chest.

Mu Feng thought it would be a long time before he encountered another one.

He didn't expect to meet one so soon.

Although this golden treasure chest should not be the previous one.

“If there are no better options later, this will be it.”

With that thought,

Mu Feng continued to look down.