Gold-Eating Ant Queen Mutation
Time flies, and three years have passed.
Golden Roc Peak, in a secret room.
Shen Long sat cross-legged on a Red Prayer Mat, his eyes fixed on the Crimson Crow Cauldron in front of him. A red flame engulfed half of the Crimson Crow Cauldron, and a strong medicinal fragrance filled the room.
Shen Long has spent most of the past three years refining pills. He can now refine six kinds of Third Rank pills, all of which are Pill Formula collected by the Spirit Control Sect. He can access them by spending Merit Points.
Most of the Third Rank pills he refined were handed over to the Spirit Control Sect in exchange for Merit Points. He then used these Merit Points to exchange for other cultivation resources, using some for himself and selling a small portion to earn more cultivation resources.
After a while, Shen Long changed his hand seals, flicked his sleeves, and put away the Red Lotus True Flame.
He stepped forward, opened the lid of the cauldron, and inside were twenty-four pale golden pills, each with nine Pill Pattern on its surface.
This is the Golden Ganoderma Pill, which has excellent healing effects. Core Formation Cultivator can take this pill to heal their injuries.
Shen Long's face lit up with joy. He took out three Cyan Porcelain Bottle and put away the twenty Golden Ganoderma Pill.
He sensed something and went outside.
A deafening roar of thunder reached his ears. He looked up at the sky and saw a Black Thunder Cloud, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring, and thick silver lightning bolts striking down.
"Lightning Tribulation! Could it be the Gold-Eating Ant Queen?"
Shen Long thought of something and leaped into the air. Just as he expected, the Gold-Eating Ant Queen was undergoing tribulation, attempting to break through to the Third Rank.
Time passed slowly, and the silver lightning bolts that struck down grew larger and larger, while the area of Thunder Cloud shrank.
Half an hour later, the Thunder Cloud rolled and surged, transforming into a giant cicada wreathed in lightning, which swooped down from the sky and headed straight for the Gold-Eating Ant Queen.
A giant ant flew in mid-air, its entire body covered in a thick golden armor— the Golden Armor Technique.
The giant silver cicada crashed into the Gold-Eating Ant Queen, its body exploding into a massive silver sun, billowing with smoke and dust.
After a while, the lightning and smoke dissipated, leaving the ground charred and emitting plumes of black smoke.
Shen Long descended from the sky, his gaze sweeping across the area, but he didn't see the Gold-Eating Ant Queen.
The ground shook slightly, and a huge piece of black charcoal crawled out from the ground. Judging from its shape, it was a giant ant.
The Black Ant shook, and numerous cracks appeared in the melanin layer, revealing a red ant with a pair of golden wings on its back— the Golden-Winged Fire Ant.
"Successfully mutated!"
Shen Long's face lit up with joy.
The Gold-Eating Ant Queen really did mutate into Golden-Winged Fire Ant, which was completely unexpected by Shen Long.
Shen Long took out the Demon-Testing Mirror to examine the Bloodline Purity the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen's bloodline.
"Bloodline Purity has increased to level two, not bad."
Shen Long praised it and ordered it to display its mutated Divine Ability.
The Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen emitted a dazzling golden light from its body, slowly transforming into a huge piece of golden jade.
"A support-type Divine Ability!"
Shen Long was somewhat disappointed; he had thought that, like Iron Tail Scorpion, he could master great Divine Ability!
He suddenly realized something, opened his Divine Sense, and scanned the golden jade stone, but found nothing unusual. If the Golden-Winged Fire Ant hadn't been right in front of him, he wouldn't have known there was a Third Rank Golden-Winged Fire Ant in front of him.
He released the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada, whose eyes emitted a dazzling golden light.
"Even a second-tier Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada couldn't see through your disguise, not bad. But since you mutated into a Golden -Golden-Winged Fire Ant Golden-Winged Fire Ant, you should have inherited its Divine Ability!"
Shen Long spoke to himself, giving orders to the Golden-Winged Fire Ant.
The Golden-Winged Fire Ant flew into the air, opened its mouth and spat out a Golden Flame as thick as a baby's arm. When it landed on the ground, the ground immediately showed signs of melting and blasted out a large crater.
"The demonic fire it spews out is golden!"
Shen Long was somewhat surprised. As far as he knew, the demonic fire spewed by the Golden-Winged Fire Ant was red. It seemed that the Gold-Eating Ant Queen had mutated, and the demonic fire she spewed was different from that of the Golden-Winged Fire Ant.
He took out a high-grade Beast Rearing Pill, fed it to the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen, and put it back into his Spirit Beast Bag so it could rest.
Shen Long sensed something and looked towards the distant horizon. A White Flying Boat was flying in from afar, and Chen Bing was standing on the White Flying Boat.
Chen Bing made a hand seal, and the White Flying Boat landed in front of Shen Long.
"Senior Sister Chen, what brings you here? You can contact me via the Communication Disk if you need anything."
Shen Long said.
"Your master needs you urgently and wants you to come over."
Chen Bing said.
Shen Long nodded and arrived at Ice Silkworm Valley with Chen Bing.
Inside the Ice Silkworm Pavilion, Master Ice Silkworm, Master Golden Toad, and True Man Red Flood Dragon were talking when Shen Long walked in.
"Senior Brother Han and Senior Brother Chu are here too."
Shen Long greeted him with a smile.
"Shen Long, we've received intelligence that Third-Rank Flood Dragon has appeared in the Jiang Kingdom, and there's more than one. We plan to go to the Jiang Kingdom to kill the Third-Rank Flood Dragon."
"Master Ice Silkworm said."
"Great, Master, count me in!"
Shen Long volunteered.
With the Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood, Shen Long can refine the Blood Flood Dragon Pill to cultivate the <Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique>. Qian Dafu has already collected all the auxiliary ingredients, and only the Essence Blood of the Third-Rank Flood Dragon is missing.
"Go back and get ready, we're leaving tomorrow."
"Master Ice Silkworm said."
"Yes, Master."
Shen Long agreed and turned to leave.
Back at Golden Roc Peak, Shen Long saw Liu Yuruo standing at the entrance of Golden Roc Garden.
"Uncle-Master Shen, I have made a significant discovery."
Liu Yuruo said solemnly.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Shen Long invited Liu Yuruo into Golden Roc Garden.
"What major discovery has been made?"
Shen Long asked.
"Several members of the Xu Family have joined the Hundred Ghosts Sect. Among them, Xu Yuyan has advanced to the Golden Core Realm, and her dao companion Chen Chi has also advanced to the Golden Core Realm. Chen Chi is a descendant of the True Man Profound Yin. This is the specific situation."
Liu Yuruo took out a Golden Jade Slip and handed it to Shen Long.
Shen Long scanned the area with his divine sense and frowned.
How did you find this information?
Shen Long asked.
"I personally went to the Zhao Kingdom to investigate the Xu Family's situation, and after visiting various places, I finally found out this information."
Liu Yuruo said.
Shen Long looked approving and said, "You did a great job, thank you for your hard work. Here are these two bottles of pills for you. They will save you a lot of time from arduous cultivation. Just keep an eye on the movements of Xu Yuyan, Chen Chi, and True Man Profound Yin. You don't need to go to the Zhao Kingdom to investigate anymore. You're only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and it would be terrible if you were discovered."
He took out two Cyan Porcelain Bottle and handed them to Liu Yuruo.
Liu Yuruo is only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, so it's not easy for her to find out the movements of Core Formation Cultivator; the risks are huge.
With Shen Long's current strength, he wasn't entirely confident he could kill Xu Yuyan and Chen Chi, let alone True Man Profound Yin. Knowing the existence of the enemy, he would naturally be more cautious when going out.
"As long as it can avenge my grandfather, I am willing to go to the Zhao Kingdom to gather information."
Liu Yuruo said seriously.
"As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. You're only at the Foundation Establishment Realm; it'll be troublesome if you're discovered. Focus on cultivation; cultivation level is fundamental."
Shen Long instructed.
"Yes, disciple will follow Uncle-Master Shen's instructions."
Liu Yuruo agreed.
Shen Long gave her a few instructions and then dismissed her.
Early the next morning, Shen Long, True Man Red Flood Dragon, Master Ice Silkworm, and Master Golden Toad left the Spirit Control Sect and headed to the Jiang Kingdom.