Cultivation of Immortals: The Rise of the Family

Chapter 15 New Economic Sources
After taking the detoxification pill, Li Qingshi's condition gradually improved, and Li Changsheng said:
"Take me to have a look. If it is really a golden-winged water ant, it will be a windfall!".

The golden-winged water ant is a winged flying ant. They like water vapor and sunlight, and often live in colonies near sunny waters.

In their ant nests, there is a large amount of golden ant sugar.

For monks, this kind of thing is equivalent to the existence of a second-order panacea, which is of great help in improving their strength.

The most important thing is that this golden ant sugar does not have the drug resistance of the elixir, and can be used without restriction, which is also its biggest bright spot.

It's just that golden-winged giant water ants are not common, and even fewer can be tamed.

"Uncle Thirteen, it's on the cliff ahead!"

Under the leadership of Li Qingshi, the two came all the way to the northernmost end of the racecourse, Qingya Mountain.

Qingya Mountain is located in the north of Yangbo County, with a cliff behind it, and the Li family is currently unable to develop the resources in it.

Behind the cliff, there is a mountain range, and beyond that is a bare reef beach.

The reef beach stretches for nearly a hundred miles and is directly connected to the sea of ​​Donghuang. It is like a barrier, protecting Qingya Mountain.

There are strange rocks near the cliff, and hundreds of years old trees and thick vines occupy the surrounding space.

When Li Changsheng came here, he quickly discovered those golden-winged giant water ants.

It is close to Li's horse farm, the alfalfa is very strong, and there are springs flowing on the cliff, which can be said to be rich in water and grass.

The golden-winged water ants obviously just settled down nearby. After the population of this kind of golden-winged water ants reaches a certain number, they will breed in groups.

They fly for a short period, molt, mate, and then cast a new nest in the right environment.

Those female ants that lose their wings will slowly evolve a queen ant, and after several years of development, a whole new ant colony will be formed.

Now this brood of golden-winged giant water ants obviously just built their nests here, and the number of the entire group is only about a hundred.

The first-order golden-winged giant water ants are as long as an adult's palm, and ordinary giant water ants are as big as a thumb.

As for the adult queen ants, their strength is equivalent to that of a monk at the fourth level of Qi Refining Realm, and their size can often reach more than one foot.

"Qingshi, this is a first-order water attribute spirit beast, you have to be careful in the future, don't let them attack you!"

Li Changsheng warned his nephew that this kind of spirit beast has gone beyond the scope of wild beasts, and they are extremely lethal.

If an ordinary person is bitten by the golden-winged water ant, if the poison is not removed in time, it will directly endanger life.

Especially the gold-winged queen ant, whose attack is the deadliest.

"My child remembers!"

Li Qingshi felt aggrieved and touched the big bump on his head, which was bitten by an adult soldier ant.

Originally, Li Qingshi didn't provoke these golden-winged water ants, he just performed the cloud gathering technique here as usual, but who knew that those golden-winged water ants suddenly flew out and soared in the rain.

Maybe they sensed a strange smell approaching the nest they just built, so they directly came to Li Qingshi who was raining.

Li Changsheng sent out a ray of divine sense to poke into the nest to check. The ant nest was about five feet deep. In addition to hundreds of first-order golden-winged giant water ants, there were thousands of ordinary giant water ants inside.

Ordinary giant water ants are not very lethal, and mortal warriors can easily kill them, so there is no need to worry.

Now that this brood of golden-winged giant water ants has just settled down, there is not much golden ant sugar in the ant nest, so Li Changsheng has no plans to exhaust the pond and fish.

"This colony of golden-winged giant water ants must have been separated from other large nests. As long as we cultivate it well, it will be another big income in the future!"

Li Changsheng said with a smile, a little refinement of Golden Ant Candy is comparable to a second-order panacea, and that is worth six low-grade spirit stones, which is more than Li Qingshi's salary for a year.

A large gold-winged water ant nest can produce excess gold ant sugar in a year, which is enough to refine more than ten second-order elixirs, which is almost equivalent to half a year's net income of the Li family.

And this golden-winged giant water ant doesn't need to invest too much management at all, it will just come to harvest the golden ant sugar.

"Qingshi, go back immediately and gather all the carpenters in the manor to build a wooden fence around Qingya Mountain, and build a wooden house at a distance nearby!"

Li Changsheng ordered that he built the fence to protect the golden-winged water ants and reduce their chances of exposure.

The wooden house was built for the convenience of the family to send monks to guard it. At the same time, other wooden houses can also confuse the attention of outsiders.

Once the golden-winged giant water ant is exposed, it is likely to attract damage from foreign monks, so Li Changsheng has to guard against it.

The Li family has thousands of servants, and of course there are not a few carpenters among them.

Just build fences and wooden houses and hand them over to ordinary people.

A few days later, the wooden house and the fence were all completed, and everything was ready.

The next step is to slowly cultivate this brood of golden-winged giant water ants, waiting for the harvest season.

Li Changsheng was not interested in this aspect, so he brought some books on animal tamers from his family to Li Qingshi, and asked him to learn the art of animal taming according to the guidelines.

As for the news about the golden-winged giant water ant, Li Changsheng did not disclose it to the outside world. He was going to wait for the arrival of the cultivators who would support him, and then go back to the mountain to tell the patriarch himself.

Li Qingshi obeyed the advice of the thirteenth uncle, and immediately began to study diligently.

In the blink of an eye, it was more than a month, and the people who replaced Li Changsheng didn't come, and his second uncle Li Shouzhong didn't return, which made him gradually worried.

The Harvest Conference had ended more than a month ago. Based on the time, Li Shouzhong should have returned to the family.

Even if he left Huangyan Island to trade on other islands, it took nearly two months, which was enough to go back and forth a few times.

But during this period of time, Li Changsheng didn't hear the news of his second uncle's return at all.

There was no sign of Li Shouzhong in the family either.

A bad premonition filled Li Changsheng's heart, but he didn't dare to inquire, for fear of getting some bad news.

The family has just started to improve step by step. If the second uncle, the animal trainer, has an accident, the business of Tiger Manor will definitely be affected.

Although Master Fu is also an animal trainer, he is old and has already retired to the second line, spending his days in the family.

Once Li Shouzhong had an accident, there would be no successors in the Li family's animal training ground.

The cultivation of a beast tamer is more difficult than that of an alchemist or a tool refiner, so the Li family has not yet had a third successor of a beast tamer.

"Maybe Second Uncle just went out and delayed, it's just me thinking too much!"

Li Changsheng suppressed the thoughts in his heart, he was unable to practice meditation, so he simply picked up "The First Explanation of Alchemy Master" and began to study it.

During this period of time, Li Changsheng has already made quite a lot of achievements in alchemy. He is preparing materials and starting his first journey of refining elixir.

It's just that he was worried about his second uncle recently, so Li Changsheng didn't take any action for a long time.

(End of this chapter)