Although the Soul Concealing Paste was useful, it had a flaw. After a long time, it would slowly lose its effects, and could be washed off. So the Great Cave Master Miao, who felt that his cultivation was shameful, had no choice but to apply a little of it on himself frequently, like a woman putting on makeup in front of a mirror.
Not knowing if it was double happiness, Qian'Er ran to the entrance of the stone chamber again, "Cave Master, there's movement again!"
Miao Yi waved his hand, and the water mirror smashed into the pool and disappeared. He also floated away.
On the observatory platform, the dark eggs in the jade plate were actually rolling around, bumping around on the plate. It was very amusing. The hair inserted on top had long since disappeared, and had been eaten by the little ones inside.
Especially on the surface of the dark eggs, there seemed to be something propping up and moving from time to time.
Not only Miao Yi, but even Qian'Er and Xue'Er could see that something inside was about to be born.
The two girls stared with wide eyes, their faces full of curiosity. They also wanted to see what the Cave Master would hatch from the thing he regarded as a treasure.
During this period of time, the two of them had suffered a lot in order to protect this thing.
They took turns outside, exposed to the wind, the sun, and the rain, not daring to leave even half a step. Both of them had tanned quite a bit, but they seemed to be more spirited than before.
Running up to the observatory platform in one breath, they didn't even pant, and their bright eyes were even more spirited. It was obvious that it had something to do with the start of cultivation.
Miao Yi also watched with his hands behind his back, curious what the Hell Mantis would look like after it hatched.
He could feel the thing inside sending him a clear signal. There was only one thought, and that was to come out from inside.
Miao Yi really wanted to help them come out, but Lao Bai had already told him that he couldn't help them with this, and that they had to come out themselves.
He could only suppress his eagerness and wait.
This wait lasted for an entire day on the observatory platform.
Until the next morning, when the first rays of dawn had just appeared, a few popping sounds could be heard. The surface of a few rolling dark eggs had been pierced by something sharp from the inside.
The little ones that had pierced through the dark egg's surface seemed to understand how to use their strength, and the little sickle that came out from inside continuously widened the hole.
Staring and observing, Miao Yi revealed a thoughtful expression. He faintly understood why Lao Bai had told him to let them come out themselves. Without this, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to teach the little ones inside how to use their own 'weapons'.
Very quickly, the other dark eggs were also punctured one after another.
The first few fellows that had pierced through the dark egg's skin had already burrowed out from within. They were small flaxen mantids, appearing delicate and weak. However, with their slowly shaking bodies, although they had just been born, they were almost the size of a normal mantis.
Once the little ones came out, they immediately grabbed onto the dark egg's skin and started biting and gnawing on it, eating with relish.
"Isn't it black?" Miao Yi rubbed his chin and muttered.
He thought about the Hell Mantises in the Boundless Secular World. They were so dark, as though they were wearing armor. How mighty and domineering they were. Not only were these little fellows thin and weak, their color was also ugly. They seemed to be no different from the ordinary mantises in the forest.
"It's a mantis!" Xue 'Er exclaimed in surprise. She exchanged a glance with Qian' Er.
From their expressions, it could be seen that after spending so much effort to hatch a bunch of praying mantises, they were a little disappointed. They had thought that it was some rare treasure.
These things really didn't give him any face. Miao Yi laughed a little awkwardly, "Hehe, these aren't ordinary mantises. They are mantises raised by Immortals."
Qian 'Er and Xue' Er looked at each other and tried to stifle their laughter. They had already started cultivating, and learned many things from Yan Xiu. They already knew that the so-called Immortals were only cultivators. The Cave Master was still using Immortals to fool them, as though they didn't know anything.
The scene of over a hundred praying mantises grabbing the dark egg's skin and eating it was quite a spectacular sight.
Those that finished eating first slowly shook their wings and opened them. After flapping their wings for a while to adapt, they slowly flapped their wings and flew up.
One, two, three, four flew up in succession. In the end, there were over a hundred praying mantises hovering above Miao Yi's head, buzzing.
Qian 'Er and Xue' Er looked at Miao Yi curiously. How strange, these praying mantises seemed to recognize the Cave Master as soon as they were born!
But they didn't know that Miao Yi was getting a headache from the noise. The two girls couldn't feel anything, but he could feel that these little fellows were sending him a kind of emotion … they wanted to eat!
Moreover, over a hundred praying mantises were constantly sending him this kind of emotion. This was a kind of emotional tiredness, giving people the feeling that a crying baby had milk to drink.
What should he give them to eat? Miao Yi was speechless. He seemed to have forgotten to ask Lao Bai, and Lao Bai didn't tell him either.
Miao Yi was suddenly startled as he pondered, because he realized that these little fellows seemed to be targeting Qian 'Er and Xue' Er. They were actually treating these two living humans as food!
They wanted to eat humans as soon as they were born. How could this be? Did they want to be demons?
Miao Yi raised his head and glared at them, restraining these bastards from having any improper thoughts.
However, there were some who were looking for death. Over a dozen birds just happened to fly past here, and suddenly discovered the insects floating in the air. They immediately swooped down, wanting to hunt them.
Miao Yi was startled, and was about to invoke his arts to drive them away when something even more shocking happened.
Swoosh swoosh! Over a hundred praying mantises suddenly shot out one after another. Their speed was abnormally fast, and they didn't seem like newborn little fellows at all.
The birds that swooped down didn't even have time to escape, and were almost instantly caught by the praying mantises in the air.
Miao Yi narrowed his eyes and watched as the praying mantises stabbed down with their tiny scythes. The birds that were fluttering in the air immediately froze, unable to move an inch. It was as though their bodies had been immobilized, and they fell to the ground with a pitter patter.
Soon, a horrifying scene unfolded on the ground of the observatory platform. Over a hundred praying mantises were tearing apart a dozen birds. Although the scene was small, it was bloody enough.
Qian 'Er and Xue' Er gradually widened their eyes and mouths, their faces filled with disbelief.
The sound of bones crunching made Miao Yi slowly suck in a breath of cold air.
It didn't take long before only a dozen or so pools of blood were left on the ground. These terrifying little fellows didn't even spare the bones and feathers of the birds. They forcefully devoured the birds until not even a scrap was left.
After having a meal of flesh and blood, the little fellows seemed to be satisfied. They didn't make a fuss or make a fuss anymore. Each and every one of them supported themselves on the ground with their round bellies protruding out. They swayed their tiny antennae and used their chewing mouthparts to comb through the blood stains on their pincers, as though they were licking the blood.
After cleaning up the blood stains on their bodies, the little fellows raised their heads to look at the sun in the sky. It seemed like they didn't like the sunlight very much. One after another, they spread their wings and landed on Miao Yi's body. They crawled into Miao Yi's clothes and quickly disappeared without a trace.
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