You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 1 Beekeeping Boy
Qingshi County, Yunwu Mountains.

In early spring, birds are singing and flowers are blooming.

This is the best season for bees, as there is plenty of nectar source for them to breed and collect honey.

At this moment, on Peak 007 in Area D of the Yunwu Mountains, there stood a lush old pine tree. The warm sunlight gently sprinkled on it, reflecting a golden color.

On its lowest branch, there is a beehive made of pine wood. The beehive is not short, about five feet long.

There was a group of bees flying around the beehive in a frenzy, as if they were in trouble.

This scene happened to be seen by a handsome young man who had just walked under the pine tree.

The boy had a straw hat on his head and his face was a little dark, probably because he had been exposed to the sun for too long.

"Hey...what happened to this box of bees?"

The boy in the straw hat looked at the messy group of bees with some surprise.

His name is Qi Ping. He is a young beekeeper in the Yunwu Mountains. This box of bees belongs to him.

"Could it be attacked by the golden hornet?" Qi Ping guessed.

There is a group of first-level golden hornets nearby. They love to feed on bees and would attack his precious bees from time to time, which gives him a headache.

But after Qi Ping checked carefully, he did not find any trace of the hornet.

"There seems to be no trace of hornets? Weird..."

Then Qi Ping checked again carefully, but still found nothing.

Logically speaking, even if the hornet completed the attack and left, there should have been traces left at the scene, and the bees should have returned to normal long ago.

"Something's not right...what happened?"

After careful observation, Qi Ping discovered that the flight paths of this group of bees were unusually messy, unlike their flight paths when scouting the enemy.

They were flying too chaotically, in a mess without any pattern at all.

"Is the swarm preparing to escape?"

Thinking of this, Qi Ping's expression suddenly changed.

If a bee flies in an untidy and violent manner, it may be a sign of escape.

This won't work!

This colony of bees is one of Qi Ping's few assets. If he loses one colony, his already poor life will become even worse.

So in order to avoid this situation, Qi Ping hurriedly opened the beehive, cut off the queen bee's wings, and placed a queen excluder to prevent the queen bee from escaping.

But this is only a temporary solution and he must find out the reason why the bee colony is becoming restless or escaping.

"The reason why bees flee is usually because their survival is threatened, such as insufficient nectar sources, interference from natural enemies, overheating of the beehive, etc."

Based on the beekeeping knowledge he had learned in the past two or three years, the young beekeeper Qi Ping began to check carefully.

"The hive temperature is normal..."

Therefore, the cause of overheating of the beehive can be ruled out.

"Although many first-level flowers have withered, there are still many ordinary flowers. It should not be a problem of insufficient nectar sources..."

This group of bees is the most common first-level black bees. The bee colony is much weaker than a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining. They do not have high requirements for nectar sources and ordinary flowers can satisfy them.

Especially since it is still spring, there are many flowers in the Yunwu Mountains, so it should not be a problem of nectar source.

"Hornets haven't appeared very often recently, so they shouldn't cause the bees to flee..."

“Could it be bee mites and nest insects?”

Thinking of this, Qi Ping carefully opened the beehive and checked it carefully.

Generally speaking, beehives cannot be opened frequently, otherwise it will affect the normal life and collecting efficiency of the bees, and may even cause them to escape, but this is the only thing we can do now.

However, Qi Ping did not find any trace of bee mites or nest insects.

"There are enough honeycombs and enough honey for food, but that's not the reason..."

In the next half hour, Qi Ping carefully checked the room inside and out, top and bottom many times, but still could not find the source of the bees' restlessness.

"It's strange, what went wrong?" Qi Ping was a little distressed.

Another half hour passed, and Qi Ping still hadn't found any clues.

At this point, he could only blame himself for not being skilled enough.

"Alas, it seems that my kung fu is still not good enough..."

"Let's ask that stinky old man to take a look!"

After sighing, Qi Ping went down the mountain to seek help.

……

The old man who was giving up was called Old Man Zhou, and Qi Ping's beekeeping skills were inherited from him.

Five years ago, Qi Ping traveled from Blue Star and transformed into the body of a seriously injured beggar.

When Qi Ping was about to die again, he was discovered by Old Man Zhou who was passing by and rescued.

After curing Qi Ping's injuries, Old Man Zhou passed on to him the immortal cultivation techniques he had learned.

In the following years, after a period of observation, Old Man Zhou finally passed on all his beekeeping skills to Qi Ping.

Qi Ping once asked Old Man Zhou why he chose him as the successor.

This is what Old Man Zhou said to Qi Ping:

"Because you have the lowest quality wood spiritual root."

"Because of this? Are you just thinking that I have low talent?"

"Otherwise?"

"What's the point of having low talent? You don't even have the hope of breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining. You will be a failure in your life!" "What's the point of having so much success? Even if you succeed in your cultivation, you will never come back to see me, an old man, in your life. No one will buy me wine when I'm old!"

"How is it possible? Who would be so heartless and ungrateful?"

"Who knows..."

……

Later, Qi Ping learned that when Old Man Zhou was young, he had accepted a disciple with extraordinary talent.

But one day, this disciple joined a powerful sect and never came back, nor did he ever send any message to Old Man Zhou.

However, from time to time, news would be passed back from Qingshi County about what new fame his disciple had gained.

As for more past events, Qi Ping didn't know.

All I know is that Old Man Zhou has completely turned into a stinky old man who doesn't care about anything happening in the outside world.

Apart from drinking and reading travelogues every day, my biggest hobby is sleeping.

In the words of Old Man Zhou, there are not many days left, so he should enjoy the last leisurely moments of his life.

As soon as Qi Ping entered the yard, he saw a white-haired old man with casual clothes and a kind face, snoring on a recliner made of purple bamboo.

On the rosewood table not far away, there was a plate of fresh fruit and a pot of sake with fruity aroma.

"Old Zhou, wake up, something happened!" Qi Ping shouted in his ear.

It was Old Man Zhou who requested to be called that, saying it sounded more relaxing and that his master made him uncomfortable.

"Something happened? What could happen?"

After waking up from his daze, old man Zhou said with a comfortable and contented look on his face, it seemed that he had slept very soundly just now.

When Qi Ping said something happened, he didn't look nervous at all, as if he wouldn't care even if the sky fell.

"There's something wrong with the beehive on the pine tree. The bees are a bit agitated and seem to be escaping."

"Escape? In this season, it's usually caused by natural enemies or nest insects. You can handle it yourself..."

"By the way, after you pay the rent for the spiritual stones from the honey sales, you can keep them for yourself. Don't always give them to me..."

After saying this, Old Man Zhou lay down again, ready to continue sleeping.

Seeing this, Qi Ping had no choice but to say:
"But I checked it carefully many times and couldn't find the cause. I checked hornets, bee mites, nest insects, nectar sources...all of them, and everything seemed normal."

Qi Ping's words successfully attracted the attention of Old Man Zhou. He had been raising bees for half his life, but there were situations that he had never seen before?

"You said there was nothing missing. Are you sure you've checked everything?"

"I've checked it four or five times!" Qi Ping looked helpless.

"This is quite interesting! Then I'll go take a look at it..."

……

A moment later, under the lush ancient pine trees.

The gray-haired old man Zhou stood in front of the beehive, his brows furrowed into a huge "川" shape, and he kept muttering:

"This shouldn't be the case. This shouldn't be the case..."

"What's the problem?"

He has been raising bees for nearly half his life, but he has never seen a situation like this.

Half an hour later.

Old man Zhou's originally neat hair had been messed up by himself.

Not long after, he hurried down the mountain to look up ancient books.

This scene was quite novel to Qi Ping.

It's rare to see this old man in such a hurry. There aren't many things in the world that can interest him.

Last time Qi Ping gave Old Man Zhou a bag of spirit stones, he pushed it away with disdain, saying that too much wealth would bring disaster.

"Old Zhou, who has been raising bees for half his life, can't find the reason. This is really troublesome!"

Qi Ping feels a little uncomfortable now. Since the problem has not been solved, he is the one who suffers.

He was a cultivator of the first level of Qi Refining with low-grade wood spiritual roots, with neither talent nor skills. If he lost this box of bees, he would be doomed.

With this box of first-level black bees, the spirit stones earned can't buy any cultivation resources, and there is no hope of immortality, but at least I can guarantee food and clothing.

After saving money for a few years, I would marry a few well-educated, plump, beautiful, gentle and virtuous mortal women, and build a big yard or something.

This way life has a purpose.

During these years, Qi Ping had already recognized the fact that without the golden finger, the second or third level Qi Refining cultivator was his peak.

In this case, the best option is to inherit Old Man Zhou's business, focus on beekeeping to ensure that you have enough food and clothing, and marry a few beautiful wives.

Rather than going out to explore the world (99.999% chance of death, 0.001% chance of taking off), Qi Ping would rather stay on this small mountain in the Yunwu Mountains and lie down comfortably for the rest of his life like Old Man Zhou.

"Oh my God, are you going to destroy my only job?" Qi Ping felt a little uncomfortable.

If this continued, the bees would not even collect honey, so where would his income come from as a capitalist? He could not even pay the rent to Qingyuan Sect.

The Yunwu Mountains are the territory of the Qingyuan Sect. It costs a lot of spirit stones to rent this small hill for a year.

Fortunately, when Qi Ping was worried, a voice that surprised Qi Ping suddenly sounded in his mind...

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On a screen in Qi Ping's mind, twelve career templates appeared for selection:
Barbarian, Bard, Priest, Druid, Warrior, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Blood Warlock, Warlock, Mage...

(End of this chapter)