Chapter 131: The Vanished Life Insect!

  One minute, two minutes...

  After waiting for nearly half an hour, no target appeared, but those fireflies flew more and more scattered, flying farther and farther away.

  Xiao Yun was getting impatient, "How come it's still not out? How long are we going to have to wait?"

  "According to what Bai Zhang Lao said, back then, the fate worms were easy to catch. But in recent years, for some unknown reason, the fate worms in this forest have become fewer and harder to catch!"

  "My father also said that if things go on like this, I'm afraid that in a few decades, our Tongtian Village's insect music tradition will be cut off!" Ye Lan's words were filled with great worry.

  "The insects are getting fewer and fewer, haven't your father and the others looked for the reason?" asked Xiao Yun.

  Ye Lan listened and said, "Of course we've looked for it. For nearly a hundred years, almost every year, my dad and the elders would come to Laogui Forest to search several times, but ultimately they all ended up with nothing. The insects in the forest are getting fewer and fewer. Grandpa Bai said that when they were young, they came to Laogui Forest to find the fate insect, just release the Beidou insect, and many fate insects would fly out within a short time. But now, even if we wait for a whole night, it's unlikely that any fate insects will appear. These little guys seem to have become much more timid."

  "This is strange indeed!"

  Xiao Yun thought for a moment, the extinction of species is often due to environmental destruction. If it's the growth environment that's being destroyed, Ye Changqing and others wouldn't be unaware of it. Moreover, this place is deep in the mountains with few human footprints, and the environment is quite good. Putting aside environmental reasons, another possibility is the invasion of alien species. If there are natural enemies appearing, it could also lead to species extinction.

  "Can the Nian have natural enemies?" asked Xiao Yun.

  Ye Lan shook her head, "I've never heard of it, but the old ghost Lin's ancestral maze is guarding, even if there are natural enemies, they can't get in. Even if they could get in, Grandpa Bai and the others have come to investigate many times, they should be able to detect it too."

  What Ye Lan said also makes sense, it's not the environment, nor is it a natural enemy, could it be that the fate worm has changed its taste and no longer likes to eat the Beidou worm?

  "Look quickly!"

  Just as Xiao Yun was puzzled in her heart, Zhuo Zhu lightly poked Xiao Yun and lowered her voice, sounding somewhat excited.

  Following the direction of the pillar's finger, a green light flew out from the depths of the forest, floating and drifting like a ghost fire, slowly approaching that group of fireflies.

  "What's with the insect?"

  Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, and a pair of pupils stared tightly at the distant glass ball-sized light spot, looking like the eyes of a beast hiding in the dark.

  "Huh?"

  It was just an instant, that light point suddenly disappeared, like a lamp suddenly went out. Xiao Yun was stunned and thought it was blocked by the trees in the forest, so he got up to investigate, but there was no discovery at all. In the place where the worm was just now, only some small light points of fireflies were still floating around.

  Ye Lan said, "Xiao Gege, don't worry, Ming Chong is timid, he must have been scared back."

  Xiao Yun wiped away sweat, blaming himself for being too excited. He didn't expect that the insect would be so timid and retreat at the slightest movement.

  No choice but to continue waiting.

  As the night grew darker, the forest also became increasingly dark. The three of them hid in the darkness, waiting for a long time, but Xiao Yun didn't see any more living insects appear.

  "It seems that there will be no harvest tonight, these little guys once frightened, are afraid they won't come out again." Zhang Zhu shook his head, his legs were a bit numb.

  Xiao Yun felt somewhat disappointed.

  Ye Lan rubbed her legs and stood up, "I'll try using Xiao Da Ge's tune!"

  The tune Ye Lan was talking about is the "Flying Insects" given to her by Xiao Yun, which can summon the North Dipper insects. After Xiao Yun wrote out the score for her, she has been studying it for several days.

  While studying, Ye Lan found that this tune could summon insects, so she also wanted to try whether she could summon the fate insect. If possible, it would be much easier for the younger generation in the village to find the fate insect in the future.

  It's not a solution to just wait like this, Ye Lan was eager to try something, took down a short flute from her waist and put it to her mouth, Ye Lan started playing softly.

  A beautiful melody echoed through the quiet forest, seeming both jarring and pleasant at the same time. The notes floated through the dark woods, gradually calming the restless hearts of Xiao Yun and Zhuo Zhu.

  The beautiful melody is like a small hand, gently stroking its own body, the feeling is very warm and touching.

  Ye Lan's flute sound was crisp and beautiful, and with the addition of the echo insects' overlapping sounds, the flute sound traveled far. Those Northern Dipper insects that had long since run who-knows-how-far, after hearing the flute's call, slowly gathered around from all directions.

  Ye Lan blew hard, because although many northern dipper insects had been summoned, the scene of the fate insect she most wanted to see had not yet appeared.

  The tune gradually entered a wonderful realm, Xiao Yun also took out the Feng Ming Xiao and gave Ye Lan an assist.

  Fireflies flitted back and forth, accompanied by the sound of bamboo whistles, dancing in the dark forest like a strip of silver river ribbons, not bright but beautiful and dazzling.

  One light cluster flew out, two light clusters flew out, like a few shy little girls, slowly, Xiao Yun saw four or five cyan light clusters flying over from the depths of the forest.

  Several insects flew and chirped, their sounds were different, some sounded like the sound of a zither, some sounded like the sound of a flute, some sounded like the sound of a drum, some sounded like the sound of a bell, it was as if a small orchestra was playing in disorder.

  It really works!

  Upon witnessing this scene, the three people were overjoyed and amazed. This tune was indeed able to lure out the Naihe insect, although there were only four or five of them. Compared to their previous attempts at waiting for so long and finally managing to catch one, only to have it escape, this was a vast improvement.

  Having learned from the first lesson, when he saw the fate worms appear, Xiao Yun did not rush, but continued to play with Ye Lan, wanting to wait for those few fate worms to fly a bit closer before doing anything.

  It's clear that these insects loved listening to this tune. There were quite a few fireflies around, but those several insects didn't go capture and kill them. Instead, they flew together with the fireflies towards Xiao Yun and the other two people. A large ball of light, surrounded by many small points of light, looked like a gathering of stars from afar, a delightful sight to behold.

  "Huh?"

  "What's going on?"

  The flute and ocarina sounds stopped abruptly, Xiao Yun's face was filled with astonishment, because just in the last moment, those few life insects suddenly disappeared again, within fifty meters of them, disappearing extremely suddenly.

  Ye Lan and Zhuo Zhu were also stunned, apparently this situation was beyond their expectation, because they could be sure that the few Nai insects had not been disturbed just now, and those Nai insects were summoned by Qu Yin, and should not have been so easily disturbed.

  "What's going on?" asked Xiao Yun.

  "I don't know!"

  Ye Lan shook her head and felt a bit strange too. However, she thought that the fate worms were just too timid, or perhaps they had been startled by something, it wasn't certain.

  "Once more!" Xiao Yun said.

  Ye Lan nodded and put down her doubts, once again playing together with Xiao Yun.

  Before long, three more light clusters flew out from deep in the woods.

  "Up!"

  Three life insects flew to a distance of fifty meters from Xiao Yun and others, and Zhuo Zhu suddenly stood up, beckoning to Xiao Yun and the two. Xiao Yun immediately put away the Fengming Xiao, added a battle song, and rushed towards the three life insects.

  "I'm dizzy!"

  Just ran out less than ten meters, the three bugs disappeared again. Xiao Yun patted his forehead, feeling speechless. These little guys reacted a bit too quickly, didn't they?

  Such a scene reappeared, and Ye Lan and the others were also shocked. They had come to catch the Nether Worm before, and as long as it was attracted out, it wasn't difficult to catch. Even if it was that little tiger, with quick movements, it could be caught. Who would have thought of such a situation?

  Xiao Yun was a music cultivator of the Realm of Delight, how could his speed be compared to that of Xiao Hu who had yet to awaken? Xiao Yun stood there in stunned silence, wondering if this group of insects had an aversion to outsiders like himself.

  "Ah!"

  A gust of wind swept past Xiao Yun's side, and Xiao Yun was startled. Turning his head to look back, it was Ye Lan who had arrived behind him.

  "Xiao Yun, catch it quickly!"

  Just then, a voice suddenly rang out. Xiao Yun was stunned and thought it was Ye Lan speaking, but he soon realized that it wasn't Ye Lan's voice. Moreover, the voice came from his own mind.