Zhou Changwang felt a surge of fear within his heart.

Especially when using the Taiyi Atlas, that’s when he’s most unguarded.

He made a mental note of this and then cast the Calming Technique.

The Golden Armor King Flying Cicada immediately calmed down, and even a hint of closeness emerged from its bewildered emotions.

However, Zhou Changwang did not let his guard down. Instead, he quickly controlled his spiritual power, rapidly sketching out an immensely complex sigil.

This sigil was the Insect Control Seal.

It was a mental control technique specifically for controlling and commanding insects that he inherited from the Insect Control Technique after defeating Xue Tong.

As long as this Control Charge Seal was embedded into the brain of the corresponding spirit insect, it would be completely under his control, subject to his commands, and its life and death would be at his whim.

And luckily, this Golden Armor King Flying Cicada was in its larval stage with very weak spiritual power. After being soothed by his Calming Technique... Thus, when Zhou Changwang’s Control Charge Seal burrowed into its head, it hardly met any resistance.

The sigil was quickly implanted within. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Thus, this spirit insect was entirely under his control, to be commanded and used against foes.

"Fortunately, it’s only a larva.

If it had been an adult spirit insect, I reckon with my half-baked insect control technique, it would have been tough to succeed in one go, and I’d even risk a mental backlash."

A look of immense joy appeared on Zhou Changwang’s face, and he quickly freed up a Spirit Beast Bag, waved his hand, and contained it within.

Luckily, to feed this spirit insect, only a certain amount of demon beast flesh is required.

Previously, in Xue Tong’s estate, he slaughtered quite a number of Five Poison Creatures, many of which were sealed within his Storage Bag and Spirit Beast Bag. Allocating some would be sufficient for this Golden Armor King Flying Cicada’s initial growth.

As for the Ten Thousand Poison Grass?

Zhou Changwang knew it was a highly toxic spirit grass, with ten years old being First Grade, a hundred years for Second Grade, and a thousand years for Third Grade... However, spirit seeds are hard to find, and typical seed shops don’t usually offer such poisonous grass seeds.

He estimated that finding them would take some effort.

Fortunately, the Golden Armor King Flying Cicada was still in its larval stage and could wait a few months until it matured before considering feeding it with the Ten Thousand Poison Grass.

The next morning.

After Zhou Changwang got up, he immediately focused his Heart Spirit into the Spirit Insect Bag.

Seeing the Golden Armor King Flying Cicada living quietly within the Spirit Insect Bag, and having gnawed on some of the Five Poison Flesh and Blood placed nearby, he felt at ease.

Then, after practicing the Celestial Essence Eight Techniques three times, Zhou Changwang hurried into the backyard.

With prior experience, coupled with the Four Seasons Array continuing to play its role, the growth of the Spirit Gathering Grass was naturally normal.

Even if some spirit insects occasionally flew in, under the patrol of those ferocious Gold-Devouring Spirit Bees, none escaped being torn apart.

One could say that since raising the Gold-Devouring Spirit Bees, he no longer had to worry about the risk of spirit insects rampaging.

However, at this moment, what truly caught his attention was the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees in the corner.

Five hundred Thunder Spirit Rice Trees.

All had ripened.

Each grain was plump, weighing down the branches and leaves of the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees.

"At last, the second batch of Thunder Spirit Rice Trees has matured.

They can be harvested now.

And this time, it’s a bountiful harvest!"

Zhou Changwang walked briskly around the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees, reveling in the air filled with the fragrance of spirit rice, feeling joy and satisfaction in his heart.

Then, without further hesitation, he began to pick them.

Each Thunder Spirit Rice grain was like a fruit, but he picked them quickly, with a sweep of his hand gathering a handful, then placing them into a bag or the Storage Bag.

Within three or four breaths, he could finish picking a whole Thunder Spirit Rice Tree.

And so he repeated this process!

In just half an hour, he had harvested all the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees.

The final weigh-in.

Two thousand one hundred pounds!

"Five hundred Thunder Spirit Rice Trees, averaging four pounds and two ounces each.

Compared to before, where three trees yielded eleven pounds, the yield has increased significantly."

Zhou Changwang murmured to himself, feeling it was natural.

Previously, the three Thunder Spirit Rice Tree Seeds, although not dead seeds, were not much better.

In those days, even after applying numerous Fertilization Techniques every day, they showed no growth; it wasn’t until the Fertilization Technique reached Great Success and with the long-term accumulation that the few Thunder Spirit Rice Trees sprouted...

It could be said that the seeds at that time had defects.

Producing three pounds of Thunder Spirit Rice was already quite remarkable.

But now, this batch of Thunder Spirit Rice Trees grew from second-generation Thunder Spirit Rice Seeds, and with his Fertilization Technique reaching Perfection, the spirit seeds naturally optimized, thus yielding more, which is quite normal.

"It’s just a pity.

The ’six-month period’ that Qian Xiaoyue spoke of is not far away.

So after harvesting this batch of Thunder Spirit Rice, unless there is a truly stable environment,

it’s not suitable to continue planting Thunder Spirit Rice Trees in the short term."

As Zhou Changwang looked at the piles of Thunder Spirit Rice, he felt both satisfied and pensive.

With the impending chaos at the Fengming Dock Marketplace, he surely couldn’t afford to invest energy into planting Thunder Spirit Rice Trees.

Forget the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees; even the Spirit Gathering Grass, after this batch matures, he doesn’t plan to plant again.

Safety and stability are what a Spirit Plant Master needs most for cultivating.

"Of course, with more than two thousand pounds of Thunder Spirit Rice, it’s quite a quantity.