To Be Celestial's Emperor II
Hope
Zhen Yuan fell silent, it was actually very simple. He then remembered that one of the bad things about insect control cultivators was because of their bad emotions, “It was possible that their characters were affected by the type of insects they controlled.” muttered Zhen Yuan while glancing at the ladybug queen.
Zhen Yuan agreed to all the terms that lady lady queen put on him. The ladybug queen took out a green disc above which there was an intricate circle of formations.
“Give a drop of your blood on this formation, even if you promised us today but you might forget it tomorrow or in the future.”
The young man gawked in disbelief, but he did not refute and gave a drop of blood after he slightly injured his left index finger. Just as the blood was dripping, the formation immediately absorbed Zhen Yuan's blood and disappeared along with the formation above.
“Good! Now you have become a part of this small realm and you can control a number of Green Ladybug insects according to the amount of understanding of insect control techniques you have”
The ladybug queen invited Zhen Yuan into her palace, she no longer put any vigilance on him. Zhen Yuan followed the ladybird queen because he wanted to know more about the small realm.
The Lady Queen always answered Zhen Yuan's questions about the small realm, starting from the number of heavenly green ladybugs reaching 500 thousand, what a small amount for a group of insects.
“You don't know it! since the Poisonous Insect sect has weakened then we will also weaken even more. There were a lot of restrictions that came up after that and made our numbers less and less. In the past we had more than 3 million members making us one of the most numerous insect races.”
“Now you will be our owner, if you do not have much improvement for some time to come then new limits will reappear and reduce our number and strength.” he continued.
Finally Zhen Yuan understands the ladybird queen's anxiety, “Keep assured, it won't be long for you to experience an increase in numbers under my control” Zhen Yuan said confidently.
The ladybug queen gave the green disk that had previously been the formation place to Zhen Yuan, “This will be our small natural entrance once you become the official owner in the future and the altar that is in the Poisonous Insect sect will become a regular altar after that”
Zhen Yuan picked it up and immediately stored the dish in his storage bag. After that he decided to go back in fear if the Poisonous Insect sect would be worried and anxious.
~~
“How? Did you manage to get that technique?” ask patriarch Duchong.
Du Lian looked at his teacher for a while and prostrated himself until his forehead stuck to the ground. “I'm sorry teacher! I haven't been able to get it, your incompetent student” Du Lian is filled with guilt.
Disappointment was seen on the faces of Duchong and master Xi, that technique was their only hope for their sect to return to the top of the world. But they both realize that getting it takes ability and luck, so they don't really care about it.
Master Xi then glanced towards the altar but after a while, not a single person appeared from the portal. He glanced at Du Lian who was also staring at the altar with hope.
“Where is master Zhen? why hasn't he come out?” teacher Xi asked Du Lian.
“Are you not together?” this time patriarch Duchong also asked.
Du Lian shook his head slowly, he hesitated a little to tell her everything. But Patriarch Duchong realized something was wrong immediately forcing Du Lian to tell a story. The girl could not resist her teacher finally recounting the events in the small realm.
“Master Zhen is not wrong! I saw it for myself if he was also surprised to find out that the technique can only be learned by one person only!” du Lian closed the story.
Master Xi fell silent, more precisely waiting for the reaction and answer from patriarch Duchong.
“Yah's... It seems we are indeed no longer a match with the Heavenly Insect Control technique.” said patriarch Duchong with a sigh many times then his gaze headed towards the altar and continued his words.
“I hope the child can survive, he is the only hope for us to survive in the future”
Patriarch Duchong knew clearly that with the alchemist skills his sect possessed, he might only be able to enter the top 100 ranks in the tournament later on. But with the alchemist Zhen Yuan, he could compete with the great alchemists of the 10 major clans.