Hearing Lu Xuan's words, Zhong Jingshan instinctively found them impossible to believe.
He looked into the Insect Room.
The first thing that entered his eyes was the still-emaciated male insect, lying quietly on the ground, not moving at all.
Even after several days of fierce battle, and despite Lu Xuan nourishing it daily with poisonous insects from Insect Valley, the male insect still looked as though its body had been hollowed out.
Behind the male insect, the female insect was quietly curled up in a corner, the three bumps on its back extremely conspicuous.
The instant he saw those three bumps, Zhong Jingshan's pupils shrank slightly. Joy rose in his heart, yet it was filled with astonishment.
Getting this pair of Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect pregnant had been one of the great problems troubling him in recent years.
The Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect itself was Fourth Grade, and the higher the grade, the harder it was to nurture offspring. On top of that, he had raised this pair of Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect together since they were small; their feelings for each other were like siblings, familial affection far surpassing lust and desire. So, despite trying many methods, he had never been able to make them conceive successfully.
He had never expected that after going out once, he would discover that this pair of Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect had secretly gotten pregnant behind his back!
"How did you do it?"
Asking so directly was somewhat inappropriate and might touch upon some of Lu Xuan's private matters, but Zhong Jingshan was simply far too curious. He could not help asking aloud.
"I used a kind of aphrodisiac miasma. It came from a Spirit Plant I planted with my own hands. From the looks of it, the effect was rather good."
Lu