NOVEL NEXT Chapter 515 - 515: Found It! (Fifth Update)
Chapter 515: Chapter 515: Found It! (Fifth Update)
After the elder announced the rules for entering the village, he pointed towards a mountain range to the east of the thatched cottage. “See there? That’s the Venomous Dragon Cave on top of that mountain. You should hurry and find venomous insects,” he told them.
After speaking, the elder closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Insect fighting?
Ji Yianxue, Ouyang Lingling, and Xia Jian exchanged glances. They all saw confusion in each other’s eyes.
In the end, their eyes uniformly landed on Huang Xiaolong.
Subconsciously, the three of them saw Huang Xiaolong as their leader.
At this moment, Wen Bin took a deep breath and spoke to a tiny, emaciated middle-aged man standing beside him. “Mr. Cao, we’re relying on you now.”
“Hahaha~~~” The man named Mr. Cao laughed smugly, saying pompously, “Let’s go. Let’s find some venomous insects. I have launched after twenty years of studying insect-taming. I’m sure we’ll find the most formidable venomous insect!”
Then, he pulled a few packets of powder from a bag he was carrying, handed it to Wen Bin, and explained, “Each of you should apply a little of this. It’s a repellent powder I made myself. You only need to apply a little, and venomous insects everywhere will be afraid of this smell. So, we don’t need to worry about being bitten when we venture into the mountains.”
Wen Bin quickly took the powder, handed some to his men, and then sprinkled it over his body. Then he turned to Ji Yianxue and sneered. “Miss Ji, are you ready? Hehehe~~~ You don’t even know what’s going on in Long’s village and yet you dared to come? Hahahaha~~~ Let’s go! Time to catch some venomous insects and determine who’s the best!”
Having said this, Wen Bin, his men, and the insect-tamer started walking towards the mountain range where the Venomous Dragon Cave was.
“Ah, Mr. Huang, what do we do now?” Xia Jian asked worriedly, “I hadn’t expected Mo Shaofeng to hire an insect-tamer! I’m afraid we don’t have what it takes to compete with them in catching venomous insects.”
Insect-taming is an ancient profession and is very rare nowadays, with only a few remaining practitioners. It would seem that Mo Shaofeng has been plotting to enter Long’s village and compete with Ji Yianxue for quite a while now.
“Well, I’ve got this. As long as I’m around, nothing’s a problem. Let’s go catch some bugs. This sounds fun!” Huang Xiaolong said enthusiastically, leading the way behind Mo Shaofeng and his men.
Ouyang Lingling chimed in. “Yeah, it’s just catching a bug! Mr. Xia, you don’t think such a simple task could pose a challenge to us martial artists, do you? We’re not only capable of catching bugs but can even catch wolves and tigers!”
Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but inwardly smile at her comment. For all her bravado, she still couldn’t comprehend the task fully.
Catching venomous insects could hardly be compared to catching wolves or tigers. Was she trying to fool herself?
The group of four haphazardly continued their journey into the mountain path.
The mountain forest resembled a subtropical rainforest where the plants crazily spread under the sunlight. Light leaked through the leaves onto the ground, casting dappled shadows.
Footsteps crushing the grass were accompanied by crackling sounds.
From time to time, there was an occasional rustling sound from the surrounding bushes, possibly from an insect hurriedly moving around.
“Miss, considering the Venomous Dragon Cave is here, there should be many venomous insects on this mountain. We should be careful not to get bitten,” Xia Jian warned, proceeding as if every step could be deadly.
On their way, they encountered quite a few insects, including centipedes, toads, and wild spiders. However, surprisingly, these insects seemed to avoid the proximity of Huang Xiaolong and Ji Yianxue.
“Uh…this is strange. The insects seem to be repelled by us…” Ouyang Lingling commented uncertainly. “Could it be that the other group’s repellent is so strong that it has left a residual scent, causing the insects to keep their distance?”
Huang Xiaolong just smiled and remained silent.
At this moment, a few fierce ghosts followed beside Huang Xiaolong.
“Sir, our negative energy is enough to scare these insects off. Even the most venomous ones dare not approach us.” One green-dressed female ghost flattering Huang Xiaolong.
As it turned out, Huang Xiaolong had released those ghosts in anticipation that their paranormal energy would deter the insects.
This method is far more powerful than any insect repellent powder!
Frankly, insect repellent powder is pretty unreliable. When you encounter a truly powerful poisonous bug, it’s absolutely useless!
“Well, let’s look around carefully and see if there are any powerful poisonous bugs,” Huang Xiaolong laughed, casting his gaze in all directions, but a smirk played on his lips. ‘Insect tamming art? Hehehe, thank goodness I was bored and loved to study. Hence, I learned some ancient lost insect taming arts in the underworld. I thought that it would be useless, but who would have thought that I’d actually be able to put it to use today? Hehehe~~~’
While he was pondering, Huang Xiaolong uttered a strange sound.
This sound was a type of sound that humans couldn’t hear.
In nature, various forms of sound waves and signals fill the entire world, the majority of which humans cannot hear. According to scientists, less than 10% of the sounds used by animals can be heard by humans. Human ears can only hear vibrations at frequencies between 20-20000 Hz; they’re unable to pick up any other frequencies.
What Huang Xiaolong was producing was a type of ‘bug language’ learned from ancient insect taming masters, which humans couldn’t hear, but most insects could.
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In front of a dark cave.
“This is the so-called Poison Dragon Cave,” Wen Bin and others stood at the entrance of the cave.
“Mr. Cao, should we enter the cave to catch bugs now, or?” Wen Bin asked for advice.
“No need. This cave is definitely filled with danger.” The insect tamer Mr. Cao took out a handful of herbs from his bag. “I am going to burn these herbs at the entrance of the cave. The smell of these herbs is irresistible to any poisonous bugs. Once the scent wafts into the cave, the bugs will automatically crawl out. It would even awaken those bugs hibernating in the soil. What we need to do is to wait here and catch the bugs! Catch whatever we want! Hahaha! The bugs that smell this herb will not resist nor harm us, they will let us capture them! Hahaha!”
“Amazing! Mr. Cao, you are indeed a master of insect taming! With Mr. Cao’s help, we are sure to win against Miss Ji! Hahaha!” Wen Bin was overjoyed.
Next, Wen Bin instructed his men to burn the herbs at the entrance of the Poison Dragon Cave. An unusual scent wafted in with the breeze.
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On the other side, Huang Xiaolong was speaking in the ancient bug language.
At this moment!
Buzz~~~
A bug flew towards him, responding to the bug call!
Huang Xiaolong held out his right hand, palm up.
The bug obediently landed in Huang Xiaolong’s palm.
The bug wasn’t large, had horns on its head, no eyes, a hard shell on its back, three legs, a pair of flashing wings, but most notably, it had something like a crossbow in its mouth.
“My goodness!” Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help exclaiming when he saw this flying bug.
At this point, under the influence of the ancient bug language, the flying bug crawled around Huang Xiaolong’s palm, seemingly very tame. It wasn’t afraid of the yin energy emitted by the ferocious ghosts next to Huang Xiaolong.
“Huh? What kind of bug is this?” Ouyang Lingling said, full of surprise. “I’ve never seen this kind of bug before.”
“Great! We have chosen this one! Hahaha~ No need to go to the Poison Dragon Cave to look for bugs anymore! I’ve found it!” Huang Xiaolong burst into laughter.
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