Chapter 27: An Old Friend Comes Bearing Gifts (Seeking Recommendations)
The Gaya barbarians have lived on this land infested with poisonous insects for generations, and their methods of driving away and taming these creatures have long been refined to an art form, like a household chore. Here, the domestication of magical beasts is more common than farmers raising chickens, ducks, cows, and horses in civilized worlds. Almost everyone knows how to tame them by hand. While mages from outside are still researching how to domesticate magical beasts on a large scale, making them serve human civilization, the barbarians here have already mastered the art of communicating with high-level magical beasts, forming inseparable bonds with them. The two great wars twenty years ago were also won thanks to the Gaya barbarians' ability to drive away and tame these creatures, allowing them to resist those massive enemies. Although they ultimately failed to withstand the enemy's attacks, this result was enough to shock the world, making the mysterious art in the hands of the barbarians an object of envy for many powerful forces. In the past twenty years, many national leaders, trade unions, and even wealthy individuals have secretly dispatched mercenaries to infiltrate this land, capture fugitive barbarians, and torture them to extract their secrets. The persecution of the Gaya tribes has been more severe than the two wars twenty years ago. It is unknown how many innocent barbarians have died unjustly or were sold into slavery in distant lands, forced to mine and build roads until they met a miserable end, with their bodies and souls hastily buried without being able to return to their sacred land for rest.
In the Barbarian Empire, it was either the 16 Great Priests who possessed the ultimate means of driving out demons. This can be seen from the high-level demon beast and insect armies they commanded to fight against the Sacred Alliance. If the Sacred Alliance wasn't too powerful and didn't have a cunning think tank that discovered the weaknesses of the Barbarian Empire, changing their strategy after the initial defeat, using tricks to prolong the war, dividing and weakening the Barbarian Empire's demon beast and insect armies that took countless years to cultivate, otherwise with the Barbarian Empire's strength and unity, they could at least hold out for several months during the Sacred Alliance's general offensive. Waiting for the opponent's supplies to be insufficient before launching a counterattack would be enough to achieve ultimate victory.
The old Liu met the high priest, who is now one of the few remaining from that year. As soon as he dies, it will shake the entire Barbarian Empire, and the succession of the High Priest of the Barbarian Empire will be completely cut off, disappearing into thin air.
Old Liu was indeed very lucky, the high priest mistakenly took Old Liu as a great existence similar to the legendary Spider Queen, in order to seduce this little guy with infinite potential and possibly transform into a god, the old man spared no effort, not hesitating to project his years of research on the evolution of magic insects onto Old Liu's consciousness. Letting Old Liu glimpse many things that outsiders have always wanted to understand. Among them is naturally the so-called secret of the Barbarian Empire, which has been exaggerated by the wandering poets in the civilized world as a divine technique for controlling insects. Although it was only a small segment, it was enough to let Old Liu know the whole leopard from one spot. Because what he held in his hands was not just these, but also many research contents recorded by the great scholar Mr. Holker during his painful times, excluding the trivial matters of eating, drinking, and defecating, there were also the methods used by the Water Witch to enslave other magical beasts and insects over the years.
The Water Witch claims to be the god of water, and for thousands of years has built dams, houses, and even palaces in the many tributaries of the Pabai River, developing a brilliant underwater civilization that no longer considers itself a demon insect. It doesn't even consider other demon insects from the same origin as its brothers, but instead enslaves them with an arrogant attitude to serve itself.
Here is the translation:
Take those wandering souls like Holke who were sent to land, for example. They claim to be protecting their own kind nearby and letting them develop well, but in reality, they are also preparing to use them as cannon fodder when needed. Among other things, they will also use the spiritual shackles of the Banished Insects to enslave the leaders of a tribe and make the entire tribe fight for them. These methods have been tailored by the Water Wraiths over the years, taking themselves as the starting point, for those tribes that evolved from the original Blood Mosquitoes. Perhaps they are not very effective against other magical beasts and insects, but when used on the other 71 branches of the original Blood Mosquitoes, the effect is much better. Especially when used on ordinary original Blood Mosquitoes, the effect is self-evident. These methods seem mysterious, but in reality, they are just that simple. Holke, who had nothing to do, recorded them in his Soul Law Pearl along with other boring thoughts about food, clothing, and shelter, and had long forgotten about it. Now that Old Liu has sorted them out, he naturally benefits from them.
To say that the methods of the Barbarian's High Priest and the Water Witch are different, but they have their own merits. After all, they share a common goal, and there is always something to learn from them. Moreover, Old Liu has personally experienced these methods, having almost been taken in by the High Priest as a pet during his growth period. He knows the terror of these despicable methods and will not hesitate to use them now.
The guy who was spotted by Old Liu was hiding in a tree hole, peeking out cautiously. He had been starving for days and was on the verge of collapse. Hearing some noise outside, he curiously came out to take a look, but unexpectedly ran into Liu again, who was still carrying his ominous aura. This guy wasn't a stranger; he was one of the ghost-faced spiders that had sprayed Old Liu with an unknown liquid last time. It's unclear how he managed to escape Old Liu's pursuit and hide for so many days without being discovered. If it weren't for Old Liu's sharp eyes spotting him today, he would have gotten away with it.
Although Lao Liu has changed a lot, there are naturally ways for demons to distinguish each other. How could the ghost-faced spider not recognize this disaster star? With a chirp, it had already shrunk into the tree hole, tucking its head in like a turtle.
Lao Liu's bad mood was also alleviated after seeing this old friend, and a happy smile appeared on his face again. He said excitedly: "It's been seven or eight days, you haven't gone back yet! Right, you must have hidden some treasure here, and I've discovered it!"
Old Liu was talking nonsense, but he actually got it right seven or eight times. For the ghost-faced spider, there really was something very important hidden in this tree hole. As soon as Old Liu came over to chat with him, the ghost face on the spider's back turned a little green, and it bared its teeth and claws at Old Liu, weakly spitting out a mouthful of venom.
Experienced Old Liu wouldn't be sprayed by such a withered thing. Otherwise, it would be too humiliating. Easily dodging the Ghost-Faced Spider's double shots, Old Liu let out a loud "Hah!" and landed in the tree hole where the Ghost-Faced Spider was hiding. He swung his arm and punched down several times, actually beating the already helpless Ghost-Faced Spider until its belly was exposed, its two legs convulsing wildly.
"It's all show and no go!" Old Liu stood on the massive object, which was hundreds of times larger than himself, without any pressure at all. Instead, he shook his head and spun around, muttering to himself: "What good stuff are you hiding? Bring it all out, bring it all out... Ah, I've found it! Hmm, what's this? Spider eggs?"
