After emerging from the Dream-Eating Gecko's insect cave, they returned to the room where they had started.
Xiao Li was quite helpful, listing every reasonably good mid-grade spirit insect egg she knew of.
Of course, "insect eggs" did not strictly mean insect eggs.
There were also eggs from reptiles such as snakes and lizards.
In the Golden Wing Sect's understanding, all these creatures fell under the category of "insects."
Although there were plenty of mid-grade spirit insect eggs, Lin Ke had no particular requirements.
So he simply chose a Whitegrass Snail egg that was about to hatch-the most expensive and least plentiful kind.
The Whitegrass Snail's outstanding quality was not its strength, but its usefulness.
Its mucus was extremely unusual and could serve as the main ingredient in a cultivation pill called the Whitegrass Pill.
Whitegrass Pills were specifically used to feed spirit insects and spirit beasts, accelerating their cultivation.
That alone certainly deserved attention.
Moreover, whitegrass was easy to grow. Most of the energy it needed came from sunlight, rain, and dew, and it required little soil fertility.
The moment Lin Ke saw the Whitegrass Snail and whitegrass, a complete production chain sprang into his mind.
What mattered most when war broke out?
Technology, discipline, morale, and so on.
Technology roughly corresponded to spells, spirit artifacts, and other external tools. Between two Qi Refining Stage disciples with all other conditions equal, the one wielding a low-grade spirit flying sword would be weaker than the one wielding a mid-grade spirit flying sword.
In a sense, that was technology.
Discipline and morale were easy enough to understand, too.
If the sect ordered you to attack the east, striking the enemy there would send their entire force into collapse.
But if you refused and insisted on attacking the west instead, completely ignoring