Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 485: Chapter 477: Taking the Initiative_1

You should know that the white ants Qin Niu has now are not ordinary insects; the weakest among them are Grade Two termites.

The few he had sent out totaled five Grade Three and one Grade Four white ants.

To put it a bit dramatically, even martial arts masters in the Mortal Realm at the tenfold level might not be able to kill them. That Grade Four white ant is entirely capable of biting to death a master at the tenfold level of the Mortal Realm.

If it were to fight head-on with a martial arts master at the tenfold level of the Mortal Realm, it would certainly be defeated.

After all, termites are very small in size, and even though the body of a Grade Four white ant has grown as thick as an adult’s finger, their defense is very weak. Humans, with high intelligence, could easily step on it and kill it.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It is night now, and it has already grown dark; the white ants can use the cover of night to hide their forms well.

They move silently across the ground, barely making a sound.

It is very difficult for ordinary people to detect them.

Qin Niu suppressed the urge to rush to Liu Qing’s home to investigate.

Without Ink Blade by his side, encountering a formidable demon would put him in great danger.

He quickly gave orders to the five surviving white ants through Fourth to go into hiding.

He instructed them to hide in place and not to move rashly anymore.

Unfortunately, using the white ants to investigate the situation still fell short. Qin Niu couldn’t see or hear the scene, so he also couldn’t make any deductions.

For gathering intelligence and monitoring every move of the enemy, the Green Silk Worm is still necessary.

Qin Niu was able to listen to sounds and movements near the offspring worms through the queen.

He made up his mind to find a way to get close to Liu Qing tomorrow and stealthily release a Green Silk Worm to attach to Liu Qing’s head.

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The next morning, Qin Niu got up early to check on the growth of the medicinal herbs in his backyard.

That Ice Lotus was truly remarkable, turning the entire well into a world of ice and frost.

Of the six white ants secretly placed in Liu Qing’s house yesterday, only one unfortunately perished. Qin Niu didn’t know exactly how it died.

He just suddenly sensed that the white ant had died.

It all happened in an instant.

Fortunately, the remaining five white ants chose to stay hidden and did not encounter any further misfortune.

He also didn’t know whether Madame Zhao had noticed his move to surreptitiously release insects to monitor the Liu household. For now, it was probably best not to stir the grass and startle the snake.

If a confrontation were to break out and he tore apart relations with the enemy, Qin Niu was completely unaware of the enemy’s details, which was very dangerous.

It could even implicate his family.

“This matter is indeed a bit tricky!”

He frowned and paced in the backyard. The Red-eyed Golden Toad hopped around chaotically behind him; sensing his master’s poor mood, it didn’t dare croak noisily.

Qin Niu was now faced with two choices.

One was to turn a blind eye, not to interfere with Madame Zhao’s affairs. Just like before, everyone would continue to live peacefully without disturbing each other.

This was a way to protect oneself wisely.

However, this was ultimately Qin Niu’s territory, and unless he was prepared to move elsewhere, watching Madame Zhao grow stronger would inevitably lead to a direct conflict one day.

By then, with an even stronger enemy, it would be more dangerous to deal with her.

The second option was to find a way to investigate Madame Zhao’s background and then find a way to eliminate this hidden danger, restoring peace to Shuangfeng Village.

This approach also carried great risks.

If Madame Zhao turned out to be stronger than imagined, and Qin Niu was discovered while secretly investigating her, she would certainly find a way to get rid of Qin Niu.

Facing him was a dilemma.

In the end, he still chose the second plan, to take the initiative.

Sitting and waiting for death was not his style.

Rather than waiting for the enemy to grow stronger, it was better to take advantage of the fact that their wings were not yet full and find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Luckily, Madame Zhao had not harmed anyone’s life so far, only tricked men out of their money, which wasn’t considered brutal.

After breakfast, Qin Niu took three taels of silver money, brought Xiao Qing and Green Ox, and personally went to Liu Shengli’s house.

From a distance, he saw Liu Shengli’s wife bending over, tending to the newly sprouted vegetables in the yard.

Due to the ongoing pest problem, vegetables had become a luxury.

With Insect Master Qin Niu residing in Shuangfeng Village, the pest problem hadn’t been as severe. Now that the Nine Insect Gang had been defeated, and no one was deliberately releasing pests to harm the villagers under the Black Tiger Gang’s protection. Qin Niu thus started to use his own insect pets to gradually clear the pests from Shuangfeng Village.

He had already cleaned up twice.

The number of pests had decreased by more than 90%, but some still flew in from neighboring villages or nearby mountains.

“Sister-in-law, you’re busy planting vegetables early in the morning! You’re really hardworking!”

Qin Niu greeted her with a smile.

She turned her head to see it was Qin Niu and immediately squeezed out a charming smile on her face.

“It’s Master Qin! Good morning, Master Qin! Are you heading up the mountain for labor, accompanied by your maid and ox?”

Nowadays, everyone in the village knew that Qin Niu often went into the mountains.

As long as he took Green Ox towards the mountains, he was almost certainly going into the mountains.

What exactly Qin Niu did in the mountains, however, was a mystery to everyone.

In the past when Qin Niu had not yet become an Insect Master, outsiders only knew that he was researching mountain fertilizer formulas in the mountains.

Now that his status and power were too formidable, and he had bought all the surrounding mountains, no one dared to inquire what Qin Niu was doing in the mountains anymore.

“My family has bought quite a bit of farmland, haven’t we? We must prepare for next spring’s farming! I have to go up the mountain to ferment some mountain fertilizer,” Qin Niu explained.

Speak a third to others, keep seven parts to oneself.

He would never tell outsiders that his trips into the mountains were for cultivation.

“No wonder you’ve managed to grow your family business so large! Even though you’re already so wealthy, you still work so hard,” Liu Shengli’s wife said, looking at him with admiration.

“Oh, right, this is the money for the wine I bought yesterday. I’ve brought it.”

Qin Niu handed over the three taels of silver money.

Liu Shengli’s wife verbally declined, yet her hands were very honest, weak and lacking any force in her resistance.

She all but opened her purse for Qin Niu to put the money inside.

A woman, once married and with her own family, would consider her family’s needs. Especially after having children, this becomes even more the case.

“Master Qin, you came all this way so early just to bring me the money for the wine! You’re really too polite!”

Liu Shengli, seeing Qin Niu and his wife interacting in the yard, and slightly worried about his wife stepping out, quickly came out from the latrine in the back of the house.

“I ought to give you this money for the wine! By the way, yesterday I was planning to ask Liu Qing to help me with some work, but I saw his house was locked and there were no lights inside. I guessed he’d gone to sleep and didn’t disturb him. Please relay a message for me that if Liu Qing is willing to work for me as a regular worker next year, tell him to come and find me at my house this evening or tomorrow morning.”

Qin Niu briefly explained the situation.

“No problem, I’ll go and tell Brother Qing right away. He should be up by now. If you’re not in a hurry, please come inside and have some tea while I fetch Brother Qing,” Liu Shengli warmly invited Qin Niu inside.

His wife also urged Qin Niu to come in.

“Well, alright then, I’ll wait here for a while.”

Qin Niu moved a chair to sit down on the steps outside Liu Shengli’s door.