Uncle Jiang took time off to do farm work. There was no need to farm in winter, but the land needed to be recuperated and fertilized. Otherwise, he would not be able to grow good rice next spring and pay the grain tax, and he would starve.
Back in the house, there was still no movement in the bedroom where Master Lu was, and it had been like this for several days.
He called Master Lu out for dinner several times, but he didn't respond. He was probably a beast master with the ability to practice Bigu.
Supervising the growth of the larvae is done by his granddaughter Jiang Nu, while he goes out from time to time to check on the situation and see if there are any evil ghosts traveling in the Netherworld.
This is one of the things Master Lu told him to pay attention to. If the evil king comes, he can just break the door and call him.
If you don't come, then everything will be the same as before.
Fortunately, there was no movement in the Netherworld.
Since the New Year is approaching and will not come, then they must have waited until the disaster of the Nian beast is over before coming.
After the disaster of the Nian Beast, the village's combat effectiveness was at its lowest, with almost no decent resistance. If the Evil King had a brain, it would be the most appropriate time to invade the village at that time.
I hope the master can support me by then.
The purpose of this retreat is to eliminate evil spirits and improve the strength of Nian Beast.
Uncle Jiang didn't know enough about this. He didn't know where he could be promoted in a short time, unless it was a matter of rising to another star after retreating.
As for improving skill proficiency...he didn't think about it.
The main reason is that powerful skills require a long time of training and cannot be mastered in one go.
On this day, he also habitually called out "Master wants to eat", paused for three seconds, and then went back to the bedroom to eat with his granddaughter.
"Grandpa! Look, the larvae are about to be born!"
Jiang Xue's voice instantly alarmed Uncle Jiang. He quickly walked to the warm wooden box and looked inside.
Firecrackermon hung from a burning rope and burned inside for seven days.
Under the weak firelight, two egg sheaths on a branch had cracked open, and a green mantis larva crawled out of it.
The green mantis larvae is very small, with small eyes, a light green body, and slender mantis legs stretched out, touching the ground lightly, as if feeling the reality of the world.
Its eyelids covered its eyes, and it had not yet adapted to the light outside. It took several minutes before it reluctantly opened its eyes.
The first time it opened its eyes, it saw Jiang Xue, who was full of expectations, as if she were seeing her mother.
"Grandpa, I want to raise this!"
"Okay." Uncle Jiang obeyed.
At the same time, the second mantis larvae was also born.
It emerged from the warm egg sheath, and behind it were the devoured corpses of its companions.
Its eyes opened earlier than the first one. As soon as it emerged from the egg sheath, it opened its eyes completely. The antennae on its head trembled slightly, and it crawled under the box following its hungry instinct.
There was food prepared by the two of them early - iron sandworms and red mud leaves.
The first mantis beast was not so keen. Jiang Xue pushed it with her finger, trying to push it down to eat. Unexpectedly, the first reaction of the little mantis larva was to sniff her fingers and memorize her scent.
Jiang Xue was not annoyed, but smiled, feeling that the little mantis was very cute.
But Jiang Bo noticed the difference between the two larvae.
He pulled out the first egg sheath with his hands. The other larvae were dead, but the bodies were still there.
This little mantis beast has not eaten the corpses of its kind. In terms of initial nutrition, it is already weaker than the other one, and its physique is destined to be weak.
"Let it eat quickly and stop playing." Uncle Jiang warned his granddaughter.
The iron sandworm below is still alive, but its limbs have been amputated and it has lost its ability to move, making it easier for the larvae to hunt.
These iron sandworms were caught by Uncle Jiang in the mountains. They are everywhere in the mountains, as numerous as ants. They like to hang out in places with sand and like to eat iron.
They are pests of common weapons. They like to chew weapons. If you are not careful, they may chew out small holes in iron knives and swords in a few days, which is annoying to everyone.
Like mantis beasts, they also have the potential to be promoted to one-star pet beasts.
It's just that most insects are not qualified for promotion, and they don't know what the conditions for promotion are. Uncle Jiang has never studied iron sandworms.
Another fixed food is red mud leaves, which are plant leaves contaminated with spirituality.
According to Master Lu, this leaf contains a certain nutritional element that is missing in the mantis body.
Eating this leaf not only supplements their nutritional deficiencies, but also improves muscle fiber strength, allowing them to increase their success rate when they comprehend the "Open Mountain Pose".
By eating these two types of food for a long time, the mantis's own shortcomings can also be improved, such as its weak fire body that is afraid of fire.
However, this requires years of feeding, and at least ten years of foundation work to improve it, which is a matter of water milling.
At first, Uncle Jiang couldn't believe it, but when he thought that Nian Dabai was not afraid of fire at all, he immediately understood that it was true.
The pet beast's racial talent defects can be corrected through acquired dietary adjustments.
How can a poor family have the resources and patience to test the best diet plan for the mantis?
Without hundreds of years of feeding experience from generation to generation, this formula would have been impossible to figure out.
Of course, we must first rule out going too far.
"The next step is to develop regular eating habits."
Uncle Jiang brought a piece of old paper with precautions he had written down on it, and taught him how to use the conditioned reflex mechanism to cultivate his eating awareness.
The larvae's intelligence has not been developed. In its eyes, the world is very simple. It is right to eat iron sandworms and red mud leaves, but it is wrong to eat other things.
As long as you establish this concept from an early age, you will not grow crooked in the future.
He and his granddaughter did the subsequent training together, teaching them how to identify food, catch animals, and learn the pre-movement homework of the mountain-style - mantis gymnastics.
Mantis gymnastics was the key teaching content listed separately by Lu Yuan. Both of them had memorized it by heart. All that was left was to teach it to the mantises through words and deeds.
Now one person is responsible for one larvae, and each of them just contracts one.
Uncle Jiang has already planned it.
My granddaughter's first companion pet is the Mountain Praying Mantis, which is easy to feed and has good combat power. It is considered a strong combat pet among the two stars.
You must know that even Master Lu praised him, so he is definitely not a weakling.
As for the path to upgrade after two stars, you have to ask Master Lu for it.
I had no idea before, but now as time goes by, a week later, when I see the little larvae growing flesh, full of energy, and doing mantis gymnastics in front of the mountain, Uncle Jiang's mind becomes active.
A beautiful thought couldn't help but pop out——
If her granddaughter is lucky enough to become a disciple of Master Lu, Jiang Xue's future will be limitless.
Of course, he was just thinking.
Beautiful things like this that only happen in dreams cannot be forced.
We can only see if Jiang Xue has this fate.
"When the time comes, you will contract with whichever one is the strongest. It doesn't matter which one Grandpa contracts with. You should try your best to impress Master Lu. Maybe he will accept you as a disciple." Jiang Bo said seriously.
"No, grandpa, I want to contract the mantis beast I raised." Jiang Xue shook her head.
In just two weeks, she developed feelings for the little mantis she raised.
This was the giant mantis she had seen since the egg sheath stage, bringing it up with poop and urine.
Why should I choose between the two?
The other mantis beast is raised by his grandfather most of the time.
In her subconscious mind, the mantis beast was already her grandfather's second pet beast, not her pet beast.
"What do you know? If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences.
"The Zerg race is naturally weak, and only those with strong physiques can survive to the end..."
Uncle Jiang subconsciously relied on his elders to educate his children with the experience of the older generation.
Uncle Jiang's words are indeed correct in the ancient environment. Even if a pet beast with a naturally weak constitution is promoted, it will still be weaker than the pet beast of the same generation.
Sometimes the Zerg pet beast may die suddenly during the promotion process due to insufficient physical fitness. At that time, the person who suffers the most is the beast master himself.
But Jiang Xue didn't think much about it. The words Lu Yuan once said echoed in her mind.
Breaking through the limits of life, the essence of life soars...
If you start at a lower level than others, do you deserve to be abandoned?
No, she didn't want to follow her grandfather's path. She wanted to follow the path pointed out by Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan's way was more in line with her wishes.
"Even so, I just want to contract the little mantis I raised. I believe it will be better than grandpa's!"
"you!"
Uncle Jiang's face turned red, and he was about to re-educate him, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a man and an animal appearing in the living room from the corner of his eye.
He immediately stopped talking and saw Lu Yuan's eyes sweeping over him, and was restrained by the invisible aura.
"Well said, as a beast master, you should believe that your pet beast can do it, so that you can reach higher places."
Lu Yuan suddenly left seclusion without any movement, which frightened Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue suddenly didn't dare to speak. She was strong in front of her grandfather, but she lacked confidence in front of Lu Yuan.
Uncle Jiang couldn't let the master stand in the cold, so he complimented him at the right moment: "Master, have you made a breakthrough?"
"I haven't made a breakthrough, but Nian Beast's evil-suppressing light has reached a new level."
When Lu Yuan said this, Dabai, the Nian beast behind him, came out.
With its head held high and its cheerful black tail wagging, everyone knew it had made a breakthrough.
However, the sound of hungry stomachs that followed immediately broke the joyful atmosphere, leaving everyone and the beast silent for a few seconds.
Gulu gulu——
"Hmm... Speaking of which, how long have we been in seclusion?"
