Chapter 117: The Fate Insect!

  "What is the way of insect music?" Xiao Yun was very curious. Is there such a thing in the world of music? He had never heard of it before.

  Ye Lan said with some pride, "The mind of Ye Tian's ancestor was far beyond that of ordinary people. Although his roots were poor and he couldn't achieve great things, his ancestor took a different path and refined the worm into the Tao!"

  "What's the method of refining insects into a Tao?" Xiao Yun felt extremely curious.

  Ye Lan listened and said, "Xiao Ge, you should know that our human tribe cannot absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without relying on the power of music. However, the demon tribe is different, they can directly absorb spiritual energy through their physical body to cultivate. Our ancestors traveled all over the world, searching for a good method, one day they were on this Tongtian Mountain, saw two insects inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy, from which they received inspiration, suddenly enlightened, refined the insect soul for their own use, created the insect music path, abandoned the root bone and sound spirit, used the power of the insect soul to absorb spiritual energy to cultivate, made rapid progress, and finally became the insect immortal great way."

  Xiao Yun heard this and couldn't help but feel a huge wave in his heart. This ancestor of Ye Tian was indeed a man of great wisdom, able to think of such an extraordinary method.

  "Under the vast sky, there are countless living things that can absorb spiritual energy. Why must you choose insects?" asked Xiao Yun Dao.

  Yelan said, "The soul energy of other creatures is too strong. If you're not careful, you might get counterattacked. In contrast, the soul energy of insects is very small, making it much easier for low-level cultivators to handle. Our ancestors tried countless types of insects before finally selecting one on Tongtian Mountain that can be refined into a bug spirit and also greatly benefits cultivation after refining the bug spirit. We call this insect '命虫' (Destiny Bug)!"

  "Mandarin?" Listening to this unfamiliar term, Xiao Yun's eyes widened in amazement. The world was indeed vast and full of wonders, for someone had actually thought of such a cultivation method.

  "And outsiders also call our people the insect tribe! Because of the uniqueness of our cultivation methods, many people in the world outside have prejudices against us. However, we are willing to stay in these mountains, generation after generation, without contact with the outside world." said Ye Lan.

  Xiao Yun listened and said, "A Lan, you mentioned the fate worm, is it the North Dipper worm we're looking for today?"

  Alan shook his head.

  "Not?" Xiao Yun's face was filled with doubt, if it wasn't a destiny insect, then what use was there in catching it.

  "Ah, the fate insect, although it's similar to the Big Dipper insect in that it can emit a beautiful glow at night, is slightly larger than the Big Dipper insect. Most importantly, the Big Dipper insect is the favorite food of the fate insect. In our village, when boys turn 14 and girls turn 12, they are qualified to go find their own fate insects. Xiaohu will be turning 14 in a few days, so we've come to catch some Big Dipper insects to lure out his fate insect later."

  "Is it difficult to catch the Nian insect?" asked Xiao Yun.

  This time, before Alan could speak, Xiao Hu took over the conversation. "It's not just that it's hard to catch, but also that bug doesn't know where to hide, making it very difficult to find. Even with bait, it's hard to find one. In our village, there are several 15- or 16-year-olds who still haven't found their natal bug!"

  "You're still so excited?" Xiao Yun said with a hint of amusement.

  "I? My luck has always been pretty good, I'm sure I can find my own destiny bug." Little Tiger said with a confident face, "If I could find a single-horned bug like Stump Brother's, that would be the best."

  "Huh? Does the Destiny Bug have a classification?" Xiao Yun heard this and was both puzzled and curious. If he hadn't misremembered, Ye Lan had just said that the Destiny Bug was only one type of bug, so how did the Horned Bug come out now?

  Alan smiled, "The Unicorn Bug is not a bug that grows horns on its head, but rather this life insect has the ability to possess a unique sound spirit horn. Each life insect has a special ability, and the Unicorn Life Insect is equivalent to the sound spirit horn of music repair. With the help of the Unicorn Bug, Shuige's cultivation of the shocking bow technique is unparalleled!"

  Actually, the corner is not that corner. In music, the word for "corner" should be pronounced as "jiao", but perhaps because it sounds more vivid here, people pronounce it as "jiao" with a "foot" sound, which misled Xiao Yun.

  It was indeed a legendary tale, and Xiao Yun couldn't help but feel extremely curious and interested in the insect music that Ah Lan spoke of.

  "Besides the Unicorn, there are also the Solo Palace, Solo Feather,..., Drum Bug, Piano Bug, Xiao Bug,... Some bugs can even spit fire and water. In short, the abilities of the Nominated Bugs are many, but recently, for some reason, they have become harder to find." Ye Lan's face showed a hint of worry.

  "Where can we find the life insect?" Xiao Yun was full of curiosity about this magical insect, and after listening to Ye Lan's story, she couldn't help but feel a little moved, wanting to catch two to play with.

  Ye Lan listened, but fell silent, as if she had some reservations.

  The fate of the insect is tied to the inheritance of Tongtian Village. Ye Lan can tell Xiao Yun so much, it's already treating Xiao Yun as a friend. But Xiao Yun's previous question was somewhat overstepping, after all, it concerns the inheritance, and must be an existence that has been guarded by Tongtian Village for generations. How could they let an outsider know?

  Realizing that he had asked the wrong question, Xiao Yun hastily smiled and changed the subject, "Alan, what ability does your life insect have?"

  Xiao Yun had seen Ye Lan's fate insect that day and couldn't help but feel curious.

  "Xiao Da Ge, Ah Lan Jie's fate is really terrible!" Before Ye Lan could speak, Xiao Hu had already started boasting on her behalf.

  Ye Lan gave Xiao Hu a glance, and a small insect that was emitting white light all over its body flew out from between her eyebrows and slowly landed on the palm of her hand.

  Ye Lan gently touched it with her finger and said to Xiao Yun, "This is my life insect, a responsive insect, I call her Little Ying!"

  "What's a 'responsive insect'?" Xiao Yun looked at the small insect in Ye Lan's palm with great curiosity.

  It has to be said that Ye Lan had no guard against Xiao Yun, and showing her life insect in front of outsiders was a very dangerous thing. Once the life insect is destroyed, it can cause light mental damage and madness, or even death.

  Ye Lan said, "The greatest skill of the Echo Bug is to echo. When others use a battle melody on me, as long as their realm isn't much higher than mine, I can use the Echo Bug's ability to copy and counterattack with the opponent's battle melody. And when I use a battle melody myself, the Echo Bug can also stack the power of the battle melody."

  "Is it really that amazing?"

  Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look at the small creature in front of him with new eyes. It was like a bee yet not like a bee, like a firefly yet not like a firefly. That day, he had only seen it helping Ye Lan absorb spiritual energy, but he had never thought that it had such abilities.

  A flash of white light, and the little insect had once again disappeared into Yelan's brow, while Xiao Yun's astonishment still hadn't subsided. This was truly a mystical mountain village, full of mystical people.

  "Xiao Gege, you wouldn't look down on us just because we're insect tribe, would you?" After a moment of silence, Ye Lan suddenly turned her face to look at Xiao Yun.

  "What's wrong?" Xiang Yun smiled, "The ancients said that under the heavens, all living things are classified as insects, divided into five categories: shell, scale, hair, feather, and insect. Humans are just one of these insects, how can you look down on yourself?"

  The slanting sunlight crossed Shaoyun's face, and when she looked at him sideways, Yelan found that he was actually so handsome. Listening to Shaoyun's words, her good impression of him doubled.

  "Although I don't know what you mean, Big Brother Xiao, but it feels pretty good." Little Tiger said with a pretentious tone.

  "Let you read more books in your daily life, but you don't listen, who's to blame?" Ye Lan wrinkled her nose and started to show off by herself, "What Shao Ge means is that humans are also one of the five insects, and you're just a worm too?"

  Xiao Hu heard this and felt a bit wronged. "Others can wear clothes, where is the nudity?"

  Uncultured, it's really scary, Ye Lan was speechless, while Xiao Yun burst out laughing unscrupulously.

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  The last rays of sunlight faded away, night fell, and the sky turned dark.

  The stars are sparse, the moon is rising, and a cool breeze is blowing on the slope. From time to time, there are roars of wild beasts coming from the surrounding forest, and from the shadows of the tree crowns, there are also eerie bird calls. Under the moonlight, the dappled tree shadows seem like evil spirits lurking in the darkness. If one were to stay here alone, they would likely be frightened out of their wits.

  However, Ye Lan and the others did not show any fear. Growing up in the mountains since childhood, their courage was naturally not comparable to ordinary people. Moreover, in this Tongtian Mountain Range, at least in this section where Tongtian Village is located, there were no longer any ferocious beasts after generations of ancestors had hunted and driven them away. Ordinary wild animals also posed no threat to them.

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