Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Qin Niu, holding one wife on each side by the hand, led them into the maze within the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Green Ox loyally followed behind him.

Green Ox had already entered the maze many times with Qin Niu and was extremely familiar with this place.

“It doesn’t seem that special!”

Cai Xian looked around and didn’t notice anything unusual.

Since it was daytime, and early morning at that, the Ancient Banyan Tree looked just like any old tree. She and Wang Wanyan had not cultivated the Medicine King Sutra and being of mere flesh and blood, naturally, they could not see its abnormalities.

“Cai Xian, try to see if you can walk out!”

Qin Niu said leisurely.

“What’s so difficult about that!” She turned around and walked towards the outside immediately.

She quickly realized something was amiss.

No matter how she walked, she could not leave, trapped under this tree.

“Brother Ah Niu, I seem to have encountered what they call ‘ghost hitting the wall’ in the legends.”

Cai Xian was already panic-stricken.

After all, she was a girl, newly married, and her courage hadn’t increased by much.

After several attempts, her heart was already filled with fear.

“Don’t panic, once our cultivation is almost at the same level, I will naturally take you out.”

Qin Niu walked over with a smile and embraced her slim waist.

Having trained in singing and dancing, not only was her voice sweet, but her waist was also supple.

“What’s really going on? Why can’t I walk out?”

Cai Xian felt much more at ease in her husband’s embrace.

She was full of curiosity about the Ancient Banyan Tree.

“This tree has become sentient. Within the range of its canopy, a trap formation has naturally formed. If someone or an animal strays into it and can’t escape before nightfall, they will become its food.”

Qin Niu said somberly to the two women.

Wang Wanyan heard how terrifying this tree was and was scared; she quickly came over and clung tightly to Qin Niu’s left hand.

“Don’t be afraid, the Ancient Banyan Tree is now my friend. As long as you know its rules, not only will it not eat you, but you can also use it to increase the speed of your cultivation. Go sit over there and try to cultivate, and experience the wonderful feeling of rapid advancement.”

Qin Niu led the two women to the trunk of the tree; they sat down cross-legged, and the women tried to cultivate.

It wasn’t long before Wang Wanyan’s face, which could topple nations, showed an expression of shock, while her eyes revealed surprise.

Cai Xian’s pretty face, however, showed ecstatic joy.

But she quickly calmed down, adjusted her attitude swiftly, and concentrated on cultivating.

This showed that Cai Xian’s temperament was quite good.

It seems that no matter who it is, experiencing the world when young can mature the mind and stabilize the temperament.

Wang Wanyan’s display of temperament was clearly weaker than Cai Xian’s.

Qin Niu watched his two beautiful wives and consorts concentrate on cultivating. Following his usual practice, he took out a jar to collect the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood, then sat down beside them to cultivate together.

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Before they realized it, a day had passed quickly.

The three of them had cultivated under the tree for a whole day, and all had gained much.

“Stop cultivating, we need to leave here quickly.”

Qin Niu said to his wives.

They slowly opened their eyes, and Qin Niu had already packed up the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood and carried it in a basket on his back.

Taking both wives by the hand, he walked outside.

At this moment, tree branches were already drooping, and chilling energy sprinkled down from the leaves, piercing to the bone.

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“It’s so cold!” Cai Xian hugged her husband’s arm and leaned against him.

“I feel like all the blood in my body has frozen,” Wang Wanyan also leaned against her husband.

In such a perilous environment, Qin Niu was their pillar of strength, their source of security, protecting them from harm.

Qin Niu quickly led them out of the maze. The two women felt as if they had returned from the underworld to the land of the living, just as the setting sun dipped below the horizon, casting a glow on the mountains.

“It’s miraculous. Ah Niu, will you take us here to cultivate again tomorrow? My cultivation level has improved by two stages, reaching the Fivefold level of ordinary humans,” Cai Xian said, who was originally at the Threefold level, close to reaching Fourfold.

Just one day of cultivating under the Ancient Banyan Tree, and she had broken through directly to Fivefold.

It was equivalent to advancing through two minor realms.

Having tasted the sweetness, she was already eager to continue the next day.

“As long as it’s not a rainy day, I will bring you both here to cultivate in the future. But you must remember, never to disclose anything about the Ancient Banyan Tree. Not to your parents, siblings, or friends,” Qin Niu once again cautioned his wives.

Women naturally love to show off, and that was his greatest concern.

Fortunately, both Wang Wanyan and Cai Xian were well-cultured. Even if vanity and the desire to boast were in their bones, their education, principles of interacting with people, and experience in social survival were enough to quell that urge.

They would keep the secret of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

“Wan Yan, your cultivation has also increased by one stage, right?” Qin Niu could actually see through their cultivation levels at a glance.

“Yes, my cultivation has increased by one stage. But I’m far behind Little Sister Cai Xian,” Wang Wanyan said.

She had now reached the Sixfold level of ordinary humans.

“Don’t underestimate yourself; everyone has their own strengths. Cai Xian has a deeper understanding of the Dragon-Elephant Sutra, so her cultivation speed is slightly faster. But it’s not much faster than yours. In my opinion, your slower comprehension of the Dragon-Elephant Sutra isn’t a bad thing. With the same cultivation technique, personal understandings differ greatly, leading to vastly different cultivation paths,” Qin Niu was very satisfied with his wives’ progress.

He had long wanted to bring them together for cultivation.

But due to a variety of concerns, the plan had been put off.

Now that they were married, and his women, it was only natural to share this top-tier cultivation resource with them.

Even a top family like the Fang Family did not have such superior resources.

The tree regarded as the Fang Family’s ancestral treasure could only make the spiritual energy within the Fang Family Forbidden Land about twice as dense as outside.

Compared to the twentyfold increase provided by the Ancient Banyan Tree, there was a tenfold difference.

Moreover, given the size of the Ancient Banyan Tree, there was no need to worry about too rapid a depletion of spiritual energy even if several people were cultivating.

Each of them could absorb the energy within the maze to their heart’s content.

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In the following days, Qin Niu brought his wives into the mountains to cultivate every day.

He also persisted in nurturing his insects.

The Gold Devouring Ant, Fourth, Demon Ant, Green Demon Bee, Green Silk Worm, and Black Spider Gu were all his key nurturing targets.

Unbeknownst to him, his collection of insect pets had grown quite rich.

He did not follow Elder Jiu Yin’s path of cultivation.

Rather than pursuing numerical superiority, he preferred to seek quality in his insects.

If any advantage were to be discussed regarding numbers, the Termite naturally had a head-start because the Ant Queen could lay a thousand eggs a day, a tireless breeding machine.

The Gold Devouring Ant’s diet was unique, specializing in various metals.

Gold, silver, copper, iron—these were its favorite delicacies.

It presumably would be fond of other rare metals as well; it was only difficult to procure them.

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