Chapter 141 Qingzhu Zhu: I caught it!
"The reasons are not recorded in the books I have seen."
Seeing Qing Zhuzhu's mood getting even more depressed, Zhou Qing opened the curtain of the carriage. At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark. They were not far from the Notting Soul Hunting Forest, and a few glowing lights appeared in the woods on both sides.
Those are the tail lights of ordinary fireflies.
"What a nice view!"
Looking at the bright green dots with a hint of yellow, Qing Zhuzhu uttered an exclamation of admiration from the bottom of his heart.
Qing Zhuzhu had everything in the family, but he had never seen such a sight of fireflies in the forest.
"But I do have a guess—"
Zhou Qing smiled slightly.
Ordinary fireflies have a short lifespan: larvae live from a few months to a year, while adults live even shorter, only a few days to a few weeks.
The purpose of their existence is to continue life, nothing else.
When a firefly becomes a soul beast, such as a light firefly, its life form is different from that of an ordinary firefly. It will not die after reproducing in the summer, but will continue to survive. It just needs to shed its wings and burrow into the ground to accumulate strength and cultivation for the next reproduction.
"The reason why fireflies flash in the summer nights may be that they are holding a dance party that is unique to them."
However, when Zhou Qing told Qing Zhuzhu about it, he thought about the wording and described it in a slightly more beautiful way. After all, Qing Zhuzhu was a true six-year-old child.
At this age, you should listen to fairy tales.
"Dance?" Qing Zhuzhu blinked her eyes, curious, "Are they really dancing?"
"Of course, why else would we light the lamp?"
Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Soul beasts and all living things actually have emotions just like humans. However, compared to the complexity of humans, their emotions are very straightforward and simple, just like pets like cats and dogs. If you treat them badly, they will actively distance themselves from you, and if you treat them well, they will actively get close to you, in their own way."
"Similarly, fireflies light up their own lights, hold their own banquets and dances during their own festivals, sing and dance together, and look for mates together."
Xiao Wu was suspicious: "Really? How come I didn't know? Can insects make sounds with their mouths?"
"Don't ruin the atmosphere, you're such a bummer!" Zhou Qing held his forehead with his hand, almost forgetting that Xiao Wu was following him.
"But fireflies can't sing."
It wasn't that Xiao Wu was intentionally ruining the atmosphere, but she had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for so many years, and she had never seen an insect-like soul beast with a cultivation base of more than ten thousand years make normal sounds from its mouth.
The communication between them is done either through antennae, or through the vibrations of their abdomens or wings. Unlike most soul beasts, they do not communicate through their mouths.
Moreover, her mother once told her that the insects with bones growing on their bodies might have different origins from the soul beasts with bones growing inside their bodies...
"You have to learn to imagine!" Zhou Qing experienced firsthand how difficult it is for a guy who has transformed from a hundred thousand year old soul beast to become a real human being.
"Oh."
Xiao Wu nodded blankly, staring at the fireflies outside with wide eyes, trying to see whether they were dancing or not.
Qing Zhuzhu burst out laughing, she was amused by Xiao Wu's appearance...
When the carriage arrived at the outskirts of Notting Soul Hunting Forest, it was already completely dark. Zhou Qing took the three of them to the brightly lit town, found a pharmacy, bought insect repellent powder and four net bags, and bought a palm-sized glass bottle from a nearby shop before heading to the Soul Hunting Forest.
"Why bring a net bag and a glass bottle?" Xiao Wu waved the net bag in her hand. "Guangying is a soul beast after all, right? It can't break through this net bag?"
"Insect soul beasts are always relatively small in size, especially fireflies. A firefly that has cultivated for fifty years is only five centimeters long and has no attack ability. The net bag can trap it for three minutes, which is enough time for us to knock it unconscious." Zhou Qing said.
"So, ordinary people can also catch this kind of soul beast?" Qingzhu Zhu asked curiously.
"Normally, you can't catch it."
Zhou Qing shook his head. "It's very difficult for ordinary people to keep up with the flying speed and reaction ability of fireflies. However, if an ordinary person is lucky enough to catch a firefly in his hand, he can crush it to death. Fireflies under a hundred years old have two advantages over ordinary fireflies. In addition to the healing effect of their light, they may also produce soul rings after death."
"hiss--"
Xiao Wu shuddered, "This joke is so dull!"
"But this is the fact. The race of Guangying is fireflies, and before the cultivation of insect-type soul beasts reaches a hundred years, they do not rely on toxins. If they fight against ordinary people head-on, the possibility of both sides being injured is small."
Zhou Qing stated the truth, "Fireflies are not ferocious beasts like tigers and lions. None of their innate skills focus on attack."
"Just like your martial soul, the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, the Soft Bone Rabbit, the skills of this soul beast are all focused on escape, defense, and control. Until the ten thousand year level, relying on the soft bone talent, it has mastered the attack skills and caused greater damage to other beasts and raptor soul beasts with lower cultivation levels."
Xiao Wu puffed up her face and said, "Humph, I still have some soft skills."
"That's a self-created soul skill. It has nothing to do with the Soft Bone Rabbit itself."
In Zhou Qing's opinion, apart from the soul skills such as the waist string and soft bone lock, the soft skill itself must be a simple method of training the human skeleton created by Xiao Wu's mother during the transformation period, based on the characteristics of her own martial soul: soft bones, and the human form after transformation. It is definitely not something that the soft bone rabbit itself has - the difference between the human body and the animal body is still relatively large.
After entering the forest.
It was quiet all around except for some fireflies emitting green light.
The goddess of luck seemed to be favoring them. After groping in the jungle for nearly 500 meters, they encountered a firefly that was more than five centimeters long.
Zhou Qing lets Qing Zhu come on stage.
Qingzhu Zhu did not disappoint everyone's expectations. He held the net bag and slowly approached the five-centimeter-long firefly that was pressing on the three-centimeter-long firefly. He swung the net bag down with all his might and covered both fireflies.
The two fireflies were startled and immediately flapped their wings, pulling the net bag upward and flying, but how could they compare to Qingzhu Zhu, whose soul power had reached the ninth level.
"I got it!"
Although the net bag in his hand was swinging around randomly due to the influence of the two fireflies, Qing Zhuzhu showed a happy smile, as if catching two fireflies was a very fulfilling thing.
For a real six-year-old, this was indeed a very happy thing.
[Shouting loudly in the forest will attract the attention of other predators, which is not good. However, since Zhu Zhuqing is smiling so happily, I will not preach to her.]
Zhou Qing felt that he couldn't be too harsh on a real six-year-old child, especially when the child basically had a bitter face when he was at home.
Just think of it as lighting a glow of "innocence" for her serious childhood.
(End of this chapter)
