"Master, thank you for your hard work!"

At this moment, the Water Lake Mouse trotted over, its face full of a flattering smile, and respectfully handed Xu Ping a freshly brewed cup.

"Mm."

Xu Ping gently responded, reaching out to take the Spirit Tea, his gaze slowly falling on the Water Lake Mouse.

At this time, the aura emanating from the Water Lake Mouse had already reached the pinnacle of the Second-stage Middle Grade, just a step away from the Second-stage Upper Grade.

"Not bad, it seems you haven't been slacking off." Xu Ping, quite pleased, couldn't help but praise the Water Lake Mouse.

"It's all thanks to your excellent guidance, Master!"

The Water Lake Mouse, hearing this, had an even more ingratiating smile on its face and quickly flattered Xu Ping endlessly.

"If you diligently stabilize your cultivation for another two or three months, I will help you break through to the Second-stage Upper Grade."

Xu Ping nodded with satisfaction and said.

The Water Lake Mouse had great natural talent, and with his assistance, the chance of breaking through to the Second-stage Upper Grade was still very high.

Once it reaches the Second-stage Upper Grade, it can prepare for a breakthrough to the Third-stage.

"Thank you, Master."

Upon hearing this, the Water Lake Mouse was overjoyed, and quickly expressed its gratitude repeatedly.

In its heart, it thought to itself that once it broke through to the Second-stage Upper Grade, it would definitely surpass that stupid Spirit Worm.

...

Feeling slightly exhausted, Xu Ping did not continue chatting with the Water Lake Mouse. After downing the Spirit Tea in one go, he turned around and went straight back to the cultivation chamber.

Five more days passed.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another five days had passed.

Inside the cultivation chamber.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by the slow operation of the Longevity Skill, the countless Spiritual Qi in the surrounding heaven and earth rushed towards Xu Ping's body like a lustful ghost seeing a naked woman.

Once the Spiritual Qi entered his body, it quickly refined into droplets of dense and substantial liquid mana.

Suddenly!

The spirit beast pouch hanging at Xu Ping's waist trembled slightly without warning.

Xu Ping, who was silently cultivating, frowned slightly and immediately stopped the operation of the Longevity Skill, slowly opening his eyes.

Immediately, his Divine Sense spread out and directly invaded the spirit beast pouch.

"This is... the embryos of the bugs are about to hatch?" Xu Ping was full of surprise.

He clearly discovered that the surface of the more than fifty blood-red embryos in the spirit beast pouch was now covered with a dense network of cracks.

After pondering for a moment, he directly injected a trace of mana into the spirit beast pouch.

In an instant, more than fifty blood-red embryos appeared out of thin air on the floor of the cultivation chamber, neatly piled together.

Crack, crack, crack...

Crisp sounds rang out in succession, the cracks on the more than fifty blood-red embryos spreading quickly like a spider web.

Crack...

Finally, the embryos all cracked open one by one.

Inch-sized larvae broke out of their shells, covered in crimson carapaces.

As soon as these larvae were born, they were driven by instinct to immediately start devouring the embryos from which they hatched.

Their sharp mandibles, glistening with a cold light, moved rapidly, gnawing away the embryos bit by bit.

Among them, three or four particularly agile larvae devoured their embryos so quickly that after finishing, their bodies were noticeably larger, appearing much stronger than the rest.

Perhaps because they felt the significant increase in power, or perhaps out of a natural instinct for resource competition.

These few larger larvae suddenly turned and charged at the embryos that the other larvae had yet to finish eating.

After devouring more embryos, the larvae, now even larger, obviously held a significant advantage over the other larvae.

Xu Ping stood by, watching this scene quietly without intervening.

After all, only through such a brutal selection could the most potential individuals be retained.

At the same time, Xu Ping's Divine Sense spread out like threads, penetrating into the Sea of Consciousness of the fifty or so larvae.

Then, he planted Divine Sense imprints in them individually to better control these larvae in the future.

Given Xu Ping's current Divine Sense strength.

Planting Divine Sense imprints in the Sea of Consciousness of fifty barely First Rank Lower Grade demon beasts was not particularly difficult.

It only took a quarter of an hour to plant the Divine Sense imprints in all the larvae's Seas of Consciousness.

And at this moment, the embryos that hatched the larvae had been completely devoured clean.

It seemed that they had successfully completed the first stage of growth, their bodies noticeably larger than when they had just hatched.

"Zizi!"

Upon letting out a collective screech, the larvae swarmed towards Xu Ping.

In their crimson demon eyes, a faint sense of closeness towards Xu Ping was unexpectedly revealed.

Xu Ping's heart stirred slightly, keenly aware of the dependency these larvae had on him.

Upon reflection, this was actually quite normal.

After all, the larvae had just come into the world, and Xu Ping had planted a Divine Sense imprint in their Sea of Consciousness.

They instinctively mistook the familiar aura from Xu Ping's body as someone closest to them.

"Zizi!"

The larvae circled tightly around Xu Ping, constantly emitting bursts of screeches.

"Are they... hungry?"

Xu Ping wondered, then extended his Divine Sense, clearly receiving a strong sense of hunger from the larvae.

Clearly, the embryos had only been an appetizer for them.

Now they urgently needed more food to satisfy their growth needs.

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