The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 88: Holy Insect Path, Pang Tianfeng

The upgrade of the second-level insect master not only adds an additional characteristic, recasts his bones, but also allows him to condense powerful insect armor.

In addition, the upper limit of the strength of the insects that can be controlled has also reached the second level.

However, Su Yan's strength has not reached the second level. Even if he controls a second-level insect, he cannot do it as easily as a first-level one. The degree of his mental control is limited.

The insects rely on the Evil Insect Cauldron to refine them, but he is the one who truly controls them, so naturally his spiritual power is also needed.

"That's not a problem. A second-level insect beast is impossible for me to obtain in a short period of time. The only problem is that the amount of blood and essence required to be devoured is much greater."

There is no doubt that the stronger the refined insect beast, the more essence and blood it requires.

Su Yan took off his insect armor, revealing his original appearance.

"There are three aliases: Pang Tianfeng, Feng Ruohan, and Chong, let's just call him Chong Dao Ren. Chong Dao Ren and I are two sides of the same coin, and our relationship is the closest. We need to cut them off as thoroughly as possible, which is actually the safest way. Perhaps, we can target the blood locust."

Su Yan's eyes lit up slightly, and he began to plan his next move.

After refining the blood locusts, he also discovered their function. The strength of a single locust was not weak, equivalent to the strength of the Blood Moving Realm.

But compared to the role of a single individual, the blood locust's real ability is in the hatching and control of its own bloodworms, or blood bees.

There are only two types of blood bees. One is the low-level blood bees that Su Yan encountered. They attack in groups, swarming like clouds, and specialize in plundering blood to feed the blood locusts.

This kind of blood bee is not very strong and only lives for half a month. After its natural death, it will become food for blood locusts.

Another type of blade blood bee is equivalent to a guard insect, stronger than a blood bee, and has no lifespan limit, but requires more energy to hatch.

"It's not very powerful, but if the eggs accumulate, releasing them all when needed is a viable method."

Su Yan's eyes flashed. The space of the insect world expanded to one hundred cubic meters, equivalent to the size of a room, enough to store a large number of insect eggs.

And it's not just a swarm of insects method. Who said that the use of mother insects is too manipulable.
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In the black market of Tiger Temple City, Su Yan, now disguised as a masked and black-robed man, went to find Lu Ba.

"Brother Feng, is there any news?"

Su Yan didn't say much and placed a package in front of him.

"30 bottles of Jade Skin Powder, 20 bottles of Bone Strengthening Pill, 20 bottles of Body Tempering Pill."

Lu Ba's eyes lit up: "Brother, you are very capable."

He reached out to inspect the goods, and just smelled the fragrance. Suddenly, his eyes lit up slightly, and he thought: "This quality is not low. Feng Ruohan's ability in refining medicine is also so high."

He naturally didn't know that Su Yan's basic alchemy skills had already reached perfection.

In Yuncang Town, apart from veteran alchemy masters like Xu Zhongdao, his skills are among the best.

Things made naturally are not bad.

"Tell me the price."

"A bottle of Jade Skin Powder costs twenty taels of silver, and Bone Tempering Pills are four taels of silver each, making a total of forty taels per bottle. The Body Tempering Pills are the most expensive, with each one costing eight taels of silver, totaling eighty taels per bottle. We at Bafangxing have taken all of Brother Feng's goods, totaling three thousand taels of silver."

This price is still lower than the market price, but there is a difference between the acquisition price and the market rollout.

Even if Su Yan was offered this price, Bafangxing might not be able to make much money.

It can only be said that Bafangxing is really anxious and wants to take advantage of the fact that Baicaotang is temporarily unable to free up its hands to seize this market share.

At that time, I can slowly train my own pharmacists and alchemists to stabilize the entire market. That will be the time to make money.

Su Yan nodded, and then said: "Yes, convert two thousand taels of it into medicinal materials."

"Okay, Brother Feng, wait a moment."

Lu Ba acted very quickly. They set up such a base in the black market for the purpose of purchasing things.

Now that Su Yan needs medicinal herbs, he can naturally get them quickly.

Ready and delivered.

Su Yan suddenly asked, "Brother Lu, I want to buy some information from you."

"What information?"

Although Lu Ba was surprised, he did not question it, but asked directly about the content.

Their Bafangxing was originally engaged in this business, but they did not expect that Feng Ruohan was particularly fond of inquiring about some things.

"News about the bandits in the wild mountains."

Lu Ba's pupils shrank, and his eyes flashed: "Brother, this news is not small, and it comes from many sources. You have to explain it in detail."

The most numerous people in the barren mountain are warriors. All kinds of people from all walks of life and warriors from various families are competing for resources here.

Some people naturally continue to be wanderers, coming and going freely.

Some people cannot be guests of honor in powerful countries, nor do they have the carefreeness of the wanderers, so they go to the mountains to become bandits and become kings of the mountains.

Although the area around this desolate mountain seems to be in order, the number of thieves hiding in various places in the mountain is absolutely unimaginable.

"Under the true meaning."

Su Yan drew a line, and Lu Ba almost rolled his eyes.

What's the difference between saying this condition and not saying it?
His heart sank as he thought, "Regardless of his plan, there are already many bandits in the mountains. I won't be afraid of picking out some bandits who have nothing to do with him."

"There are bandits in Black Forest Valley, Horned Pig Forest, and Grinding Stone Mountain. They rob people going into the mountains, and even the forces in the city are sometimes robbed."

Su Yan frowned slightly. He had naturally heard of the three places. They were all places with winding mountain roads, deep grass and dense forests. Only Moshi Mountain had the least trees. It was also a place with rugged rocks, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Lu Ba continued, "The leader of the band of strongmen in Heilinggou is Ding Meng, known as the Iron-armed Bear. His origins are unknown, but he gathered a group of brothers and hid deep in the woods, where he used to rob people. The government's Xu Guan tried to capture him several times, but he couldn't find him."

"There are only seven bandits in the Horned Pig Forest, but they are quite powerful. The eldest brother is Cai Peng, the Guillotine Blade, and the second brother is known as King Cang of the Bone-Eviscerating Sword. They are both warriors at the Yangyuan Realm. Their five brothers are all at the Banxue Realm and are also strong men, but they are probably doing even more shady things behind the scenes."

He paused slightly and said, "There are rumors about his name, but not many people have seen him. Perhaps he has another identity."

"Finally, there's Moshi Mountain. This village houses over a thousand people, led by the cunning sheep-slayer Yang Kun. He's a veteran of the Yang Yuan realm, cunning and calculating. He's relied on the land of Moshi Mountain to rule the mountain, only targeting ordinary people and wanderers. He's imprisoned the entire village's inhabitants as servants, living a carefree life. Those in the True Yi realm look down on him, and those in the Yang Yuan realm can't take him down. He's a troublesome figure."

After mentioning three forces at once, Lu Ba peeked at Su Yan's condition. He was still wearing the same mask, but his eyes were very calm underneath, and it was impossible to tell what his plans were.

"How much is the message?"

"Three hundred taels of silver."

Three hundred taels of silver was not expensive, because what Lu Ba gave was not only an introduction to the three people, but also a booklet for each of them, including what they had done and their possible locations.

Having been traveling in the mountains for many years, if Bafangxing had not figured out the locations of these thieves, his things would have been robbed many times.

After the transaction was completed, Su Yan took the herbs and went out, then turned around and put them into the insect world.

He also found a black gold ghost-head knife on the black market. It was of top-grade quality, and the blade was stained with blood, so it must have been stolen.

As soon as he came out of the black market, Su Yan rushed towards the Heigou Forest.

"Three bandits are enough. I can practice with my sword while seeing if my idea is feasible."

After mastering the art of blood movement, he also acquired the characteristics of insect bone armor, and his muscles became stronger, so his speed naturally became faster.

When Su Yan arrived at Heigou Forest, only two or three hours had passed.

From a distance, there is a dense forest between these mountains. The old trees with gnarled beards cover each other, and the leaves have been growing for so many years that they have already turned pitch black.

At first glance, there are no mountains or roads to be seen, and it is gloomy and looks like a dead end.

This place is truly a forest of evil.

When ordinary people see such a scene, they will naturally take a detour, or at least find a relatively safe place to go.

Su Yan did not avoid and strode into the woods.

In the dense forest, in a hidden valley covered by rocks, there are several wooden houses. Twenty or thirty big men are taking a temporary rest here.

"Brother, here comes a weird guy."

As soon as Su Yan entered the woods, he was targeted.

Ding Meng, the Iron-Armed Bear, frowned, his face, as scorched as charcoal, becoming serious. He said, "One person?"

"A man hid his face and went into the woods. He left no sign or message. He didn't look like he was here to do business with us."

The subordinate was a tall man with a short beard and a thin face. He was holding a green water knife and looked alert.

He had two kinds of business. One was a business with no capital investment, where he robbed merchants and individual people. He would wait for this kind of business on various mountain roads.

The other is to take jobs that are paid secretly, which means you can simply take money to do dirty work.

Su Yan came in a strange way, covering his face and entering the forest. If he were such a secretive person in the past, he might have come to do business.

But now, Ding Meng felt something was wrong.

"Let the others hide for a while, and you keep a close eye on him. He might be an official target. Yuncang Town is in chaos right now, so we can't act recklessly."

"Found you."

Before Ding Meng could finish his words, Su Yan's voice suddenly came.

A group of people stood up suddenly and looked towards the valley entrance. A man in tight black clothes and a black iron mask was standing there.

Although I couldn't see his face, I could sense the smile beneath his mask. "Friend, you've taken the wrong road."

Ding Meng's arms were already tense, his eyes fixed on Su Yan. The rest of his brothers looked alert and fierce.

Su Yan did not reply, but went to find the thief to try his tricks.

He waved his hand lightly, and suddenly there was a buzzing sound. Five hundred blood bees accumulated in the insect world space hatched and rushed out directly towards the twenty or thirty people under Ding Meng.

When they saw the red cloud-like insects attacking, everyone was shocked and quickly swung their swords to attack.

Ding Meng's pair of iron arms were like black stone pillars at this time. When he swung them, a strong wind blew up, and he crushed many blood bees to death with one grab.

He is very capable, but not all of his brothers have such abilities.

There were always loopholes in the defense, and many people had their skin pierced by blood bees, leaving bloody wounds.

Su Yan strode over, holding a ghost-head knife in his hand.

He glanced across the battlefield, a look of regret on his face. "Five hundred are indeed too few. To be powerful enough, we need to accumulate three to five thousand. But that requires a lot of blood food."

Accumulating so many insect eggs requires a lot of energy from the blood locusts.

"Die to me."

Yang Yue, the deputy in the Blood Moving Realm, swung the Green Water Knife and rushed towards Su Yan. The knife light was extremely fast, splitting the blood bees blocking the way and rushing straight towards Su Yan's face.

No matter what methods these strange insects use, the root of everything is Su Yan.

As long as we kill him, everything will be solved.

Su Yan raised his eyes and swept the ghost-head knife in his hand across. The knife flashed and the Falling Peak Slash was already used.

Yang Yue's eyes widened, and when the knife flashed, his head flew out.

So fast!

Su Yan's sword was naturally very fast, even though he had only learned Pang Tianfeng's Luofeng sword technique for two or three days.

But he never stopped practicing, and with his physical improvement, his swordsmanship had also made some progress.

Although Yang Yue is also in the Blood Moving Realm, he is no match for the monster-like Su Yan.

Su Yan stepped into the group of thieves and swung his sword. In three or five rounds, the thieves who were entangled by blood bees or attacked him actively were killed by his sword.

Damn!

Ding Meng killed more than a hundred blood bees and suddenly realized that Su Yan was even more hateful than these annoying things.

He pounced like a bear, his big hands containing the power to shatter gold and split stone, and behind him was a shadow like a black bear.

“It’s not the right way!”

Su Yan just looked up and saw that the black bear's shadow was too vague and could not be condensed at all. It seemed that there was no complete visualization diagram to help him practice.

Su Yan rushed forward, and under his black robe, insect armor appeared on his arms, with blood and energy lingering on them, and then he punched forward heavily.

Fist to fist, power burst out.

Ding Meng, who was clearly at the Yang Yuan realm, was actually held back by Su Yan, and even his iron arm felt the unconcealable shock.

Su Yan's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. Suddenly, he waved his hand and the blood locusts were released, rushing straight towards his men.

One after another, they were thrown to the ground.

Ding Meng became anxious and rushed forward. Su Yan rushed up and fought with him.

The guy in front of him was clearly only at the Blood Moving Realm, but his attack on Su Yan felt like hitting an iron plate.

Bastard, what kind of inner armor are you wearing?
The two men fought fiercely, and Su Yan became more and more ferocious. The defense of the insect armor was far beyond his expectations. Coupled with his own well-trained body, he was like a god sent from heaven, a diamond that could stick to the ground, and he withstood the attacks.

Ding Meng became more and more frightened as the fight went on, and he was already thinking of retreating.

Suddenly Su Yan moved away, and then the Red-Armored Scorpion and the White-Bone Poison Centipede suddenly appeared on both sides and pounced on him, knocking down the defenseless Ding Meng and blocking him.

Ding Meng wanted to resist, but Su Yan took a step forward, stepped on him, and then put a ghost-head knife against his neck.

"Stop, or die."

Su Yan's voice reached everyone's ears, and they were all shocked to see their boss Ding Meng being knocked down.

This is a master of the Yangyuan realm. How can he be defeated so quickly without the true realm of meaning?

Soon, they lost their will to fight, dropped their weapons, and knelt on the ground.

There were less than a hundred blood bees buzzing in the sky.

Weak.

Su Yan only took a glance and came to this conclusion in his mind.

These warriors are only at the blood and bone moving level, and lack the necessary skills. If they have the ability to leave their body or perform group attacks, ordinary blood bees will not be able to withstand such attacks.

"I admit defeat. If a friend needs anything, just tell him/her. Why go to such great lengths to capture me?"

Ding Meng took a deep breath and frantically thought about where he had offended someone, what this person wanted him to do, and how he could survive.

Seventeen People

Su Yan counted the number of people and suddenly asked, "Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?"

The sudden question made everyone stunned.

"Bah, if you want to kill me, then kill me. Why are you insulting us by asking questions like this?"

Someone jumped out and took over the topic, looking fearless of life and death. However, Su Yan's perception was so sharp that he could see the strange look in his eyes.

It's going to happen!

Ding Meng also realized something was wrong at this time, his face darkened, but he did not say anything to stop it.

Between life and death, no one will take risks.

"It's good that you're not afraid of death. Eat it."

Su Yan threw out a pill that looked like black mud, and before the man could react, it had already gone into his mouth.

Su Yan used a trick, and the man swallowed it as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What did you give me to eat?"

The man panicked and no longer had the same composure as before.

"Three Corpses Brain Pill."

Su Yan chuckled under the mask, but his tone was frighteningly indifferent: "It's nothing special, just a poison containing insect eggs. If you eat it, you will die. Look at it like this..."

The man's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to beg for mercy. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt a terrifying stirring in his abdomen. Something hatched and burrowed around in his stomach, piercing his stomach, intestines, and flesh.
A large number of blood bees hatched and immediately devoured the man's blood from his body. Among them, there was a knife-like blood bee, which went straight to his heart.

Everyone watched as his belly rumbled, the pain lingering in their ears, and they shuddered, their backs covered in cold sweat.

After ten minutes, the man's face turned pale from being sucked, and his belly finally broke open. More than twenty blood-red worms crawled out. They were round and looked funny and scary.

buzz
The blood bees flew to the blood locusts, and the blood locusts swallowed the blood bees into their stomachs and let them give them the blood they had sucked.

Everyone's scalps tingled, but Su Yan smiled and said, "One for each of you. Don't worry, the bugs won't hatch on their own unless I let you die."

In an instant, everyone's faces turned pale.

Ding Meng was a little better, his eyes etched with fear. "Your Excellency's methods are amazing. We are just mud-legged bandits. How can we be worthy of your using such a medicine?"

"I just happen to be short of people to help me with things. Who has any objection to this reason?"

Su Yan looked at the disemboweled corpse on the ground. His flesh and blood were still being devoured by the blood bees outside and stored in his body.

Ding Meng knew he had nowhere to escape from among the people present, so he finally lowered his head and said, "I'm willing to eat."

Each of them took a pill containing a large number of insect eggs, and their expressions became honest and pale.

They were merely warriors at the body-building stage, and no matter how many tricks they had, they had no way of taking out the pill and removing the insect eggs from it.

This means that from now on their lives will be completely under Su Yan's control.

Ding Meng adapted the fastest. Knowing he couldn't resist, he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Sir, I wonder what you need us to do if you control us like this?"

"Robbery, receiving goods, distributing goods, gathering intelligence,..."

Su Yan's eyes were calm: "What you are doing are all your old skills. Of course, if you are good at it, I might be able to teach you how to control insects and beasts."

Ding Meng's eyes moved slightly, and he was obviously interested. Could it be someone from the Beast King Sect?

But he changed his mind in an instant. How could the Beast King Clan look down upon him?

"I don't know how to address you from now on, and what are we..."

"Saint Insect Dao, Pang Tianfeng."

(End of this chapter)