You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 373 The Way of Honey, Strange Movements in the Forest and Sea Demon Realm

As each bee at the Nascent Soul stage completed its transformation, Qi Ping was filled with joy!
"All the effort and resources I've put in have been worthwhile!"

"There were no dramatic plot twists or unexpected events throughout the entire process."

"But if even with such thorough preparation, I still encounter an accident, then I really should burn incense and pray to my ancestors."

Watching bees transform into Nascent Soul level bees one after another, Qi Ping's mouth practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

The queen bee was also very happy to see this and excitedly said:
"Buzz. (Boss, look, this is awesome!)"

The Queen Bee, who led her clan to rise step by step, was bursting with a sense of accomplishment.

Having nurtured so many Nascent Soul stage bees, it has lived up to its title as queen bee. Of course, Qi Ping, the leader, deserves the most credit for getting to where it is today. Thinking of this, the Golden Marrow Queen Bee is even more determined to help Qi Ping build this territory well.

It, the Golden Marrow Queen Bee, loves farming!

Apart from the Queen Bee, the entire Golden Marrow Bee colony was incredibly excited at this moment!
"Buzz. (Friends, hasn't this transformation far exceeded our expectations? We've never seen anything this amazing in the history of our bee clan, have we?)"

"Buzz. (Yes, it seems the rise of our race is unstoppable!)"

"Buzz. (All of this is thanks to Wang's leadership and the boss's support!)"

"Buzz. (It's a pity we didn't have the chance to be part of this transformation; our constitutions aren't as good as theirs!)"

"Buzz. (We just need to focus on farming and making honey; the growth of the tribe requires a lot of resources!)"

"Buzz. (The boss said that if we could research a really great honey recipe, we could earn a lot of spirit stones! Now there are more than 10,000 kinds of spiritual herbs in the territory, and countless honey-making recipes and possibilities. As long as we succeed in making a great honey recipe, it can be recorded in the history of the bee clan!)"

Listening to the excited chatter of the bees below, Qi Ping felt a surge of emotion; the power of the bee swarm was not without reason.

In recent decades, the increasing honey-making capacity and the creation of new honey recipes by bee colonies are inextricably linked to their agricultural practices and research into honey.

With the knowledge provided, through their collective inheritance and learning, they have learned a great deal about medicinal herbs, alchemy techniques, and fire control methods. They have even developed many special honey-making techniques based on the yin and yang characteristics of the balanced bees themselves.

This involves honey-making methods such as fire quenching, cold extraction, medicinal extraction, and fermentation.

The combined alchemy skills and knowledge of the entire bee colony now surpass those of any alchemist Qi Ping has ever seen!

Furthermore, their knowledge of alchemy and pill refining is increasing at an alarming rate, and they will share, pass on, learn from, and innovate without reservation!
Nowadays, many of the honeys they produce are just as effective as many elixirs, and in some aspects, they even surpass the elixirs on the market.

This is also the most important reason why Qiping's honey industry has been able to carve out a brilliant path in the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical industry.

"With the inheritance and development of the honey-making ability of the Golden Marrow Bee colony, it may have the opportunity to become a master of all arts of cultivation, comparable to alchemy!"

"Strictly speaking, however, honey making is actually a form of alchemy and medicine making, only the form of the finished product is different."

Moreover, the honey produced by the golden marrow bees is no longer limited to liquid honey; forms such as solid and explosive energy states have emerged, initially showing a state of flourishing diversity.

The honey-making path of the Golden Marrow Bee Colony is rising steadily. With the addition of various alchemical knowledge, the entire colony's honey-making journey continues to accelerate.

As thoughts of the Golden Marrow Bee's honey-making path flashed through his mind, Qi Ping's gaze shifted away from the ordinary balanced bees.

This grand transformation ceremony has now come to a complete close, and the final results have been officially announced:
A total of thirty-six bees successfully transformed!

"What a terrifying success rate!" Qi Ping's pupils shrank when he saw the final result.

This is so unexpected! Such a success rate is enough to shock any insect-controlling cultivator!
You must know that this is a demonic insect at the Nascent Soul stage!
For other Nascent Soul cultivators, being able to transform into one or two Nascent Soul level demonic insects is already a stroke of good fortune, as the resources required are beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

Not to mention Qi Ping's thirty-six types, many insect-controlling cultivators would probably never dare to do that even in their wildest dreams.

After confirming the final number of successful bees, Qi Ping began to count the bees with different attributes.

Ideally, there should be two or more of each attribute, which would give you more options for bloodline fusion.

"Two spatial attributes, two life attributes, and surprisingly, one death attribute was also successfully achieved."

"There are also four Yang attributes, three Yin attributes, and five Metal attributes."

"Finally, there are five types of balanced bees that retain the purest Golden Marrow Bee bloodline."

"Not bad, not bad!" Qi Ping was increasingly satisfied with the inventory.

"Apart from the Destruction attribute, each attribute has successfully transformed into more than two different types, and the transformed bloodlines appear to be extremely powerful!"

At this moment, in Qi Ping's eyes, each of these thirty-six kinds of bees at the Nascent Soul level exuded a powerful Nascent Soul demonic insect aura!

"Friends, let's test your strength!" Qi Ping said.

"Buzz. (Yes, boss!)"

The thirty-six Divine Bees below responded and then began testing their transformed power:

The spatial-attribute bee stirred up the power of the void, even fanning out spatial blades with its wings in front of it! Then it tore open a spatial rift and slipped inside.
Bees with life attributes exude a mysterious and vast life aura. Coupled with their terrifying divine soul and physical defense, ordinary enemies simply cannot kill bees with their terrifying vitality.

The fire-attribute bees also unleashed powerful flames that distorted the void!
Each of the Nascent Soul level bees unleashed a terrifying power. Only the five Balanced Bees that preserved the purest bloodline of the Golden Marrow Bees had a significantly lower overall increase compared to bees of other attributes. However, compared to the Nascent Soul level Balanced Bees, their strength still saw a leap forward.

This was within Qi Ping's expectations, as the Balance Bee's greatest advantage lies in its ever-growing bloodline power.

"very good!"

"There are five Balance Bees in total. Once Balance Bees have absorbed the bloodline power of the other attributes, and the Golden Marrow Bee Queen has advanced to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, the true potential of the Balance Bees can be unleashed."

Once the Balance Bee has fully integrated the Yin-Yang and Five Elements attributes, it will then use this as a foundation to integrate Space, Life, and Death.
Qi Ping found it hard to imagine just how powerful a fully-formed Balanced Bee would be.

Moreover, a balanced bee that has reached this state will find it much easier to devour bloodlines at the Void Refinement level. In the following time, Qi Ping carefully studied the state and abilities of each Nascent Soul bee and found that their overall transformation state and abilities were indeed very good, except for a few that were not particularly outstanding, but they were still quite good.

Then, based on his current knowledge of cultivation, the advice given by the Eight-Winged Ant Immortal, the characteristics of these Nascent Soul bees, and their compatibility with the abilities of other bees, Qi Ping eliminated most of them and finally selected nine bloodlines to fuse.

It includes one of each of the ten attributes: Yin and Yang, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Space, Life, and Death.

They are Xuan Yang Bee, Xuan Yin Bee, Chi Jin Bee, Qing Di Bee, Bi Hai Bee, Fen Tian Bee, Long Mai Bee, Xu Kong Bee, Zao Hua Ling Bee, and Shi Gu Bee!

These are ten Nascent Soul level spirit bees with different attributes. Each one was carefully selected by Qi Ping, and each one possesses astonishing power!
Each one alone is enough to make a legendary insect-controlling cultivator famous throughout the cultivation world!
"Next, we just need to wait for the Balance Bee to completely fuse these ten bloodlines!"

It's not that Qi Ping doesn't want to integrate more, but rather that individual strength is limited, and integrating too many chaotic bloodlines might not be a good thing for the Balance Bee.

Even among these ten bloodlines, Qi Ping planned to have the Balance Bee primarily fuse with eight attributes in the early stages: Yin Yang, Five Elements, and Spatial Aspects. The Life Attribute would be fused later, and the Death Attribute would be saved for last. If the fusion did not go well, Qi Ping would immediately stop.

He is currently only confident in Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and spatial attributes, because these are things he has already cultivated.

Life attribute, as the foundation of the physical body and soul, has an innate affinity with any living being of flesh and blood.

The only thing Qi Ping wasn't entirely confident about was the final death attribute. This was merely an experiment; failure wouldn't matter much, but if it succeeded, having this attribute would raise the bees' bloodline limits to an incredibly terrifying level.

Having confirmed the direction of the balanced bloodline transformation, Qi Ping was in high spirits.

But now he has an even more important thing to do: mass produce troops!
"I'll leave the resources here. We'll have a tough battle to fight soon, and we need to cultivate these nine types of Divine Transformation Bees as quickly as possible. I'll have to work hard on you from now on!"

Qi Ping looked at the Golden Marrow Queen Bee and pointed to the mountain of rare resources piled up beside him.

These are the resources he recently collected. The ones he collected before have already been processed into honey suitable for raising bee colonies, so the preliminary work for mass production of troops has been very well prepared.

"Buzz. (Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll deliver the boss's most formidable legion in the shortest time possible!)"

"I can rest assured that you will do the work!"

Qi Ping greatly admired the Golden Marrow Bee Queen's abilities, considering her a true steward of his territory.

After explaining everything, Qi Ping tore open a spatial rift, left the Natural Sanctuary, and returned to the Qingyuan Mountain Range. Now, the spiritual energy generated within the sanctuary was being used to generate resources. He was absorbing the spiritual energy from the Qingtian Domain, a spiritual vein that was about to advance to the fifth rank and had gathered the will and spirituality of all living beings, for his own cultivation and the nurturing of spiritual herbs.

Upon returning to the Qingyuan Mountains, Lin Yue immediately went to Qi Ping's side to report on the recent situation.

"Dean, that mysterious person who wanted to defect to our side has contacted me again and brought the resources and cultivation techniques he promised last time."

As Lin Yue spoke, he respectfully handed a high-grade storage ring to Qi Ping.

The storage ring also has a restriction at the Void Refinement level, which is impossible to open without the strength of the Void Refinement level.

Qi Ping said nothing, and with a light tap of his finger, the Void Refinement level restriction burst like a bubble.

This scene made Lin Yue's pupils shrink and his heart tremble wildly!
This is a Void Refinement level restriction! How come it's like popping a bubble in the hands of this Dean Bee? It's fucking monstrous!

"The Dean's strength is becoming increasingly unfathomable!" Lin Yue exclaimed inwardly.

After opening the storage ring, Qi Ping scanned it with his divine sense, and all sorts of rare treasures and unusual cultivation techniques were taken in by Qi Ping.

"That's quite a generous gesture!" Even with Qi Ping's wealth and temperament, he couldn't help but be shocked by the other party's lavish spending.

There are two sets of demonic insect corpses at the Void Refinement level alone!
The knowledge of various types of magic, spatial magic, and alchemy is countless, and it even includes Nascent Soul and Void Refinement levels!

As the saying goes, "He who takes a bribe is bound to be lenient." Qi Ping had obtained such a large amount of resources for free, and they were all exactly what he needed at the moment. As a result, his impression of this group of people improved considerably.

This wonderful gift truly touched his heart!

Looking at Qi Ping's expression, Lin Yue guessed the value of the items inside. After all, something that could make the Dean so excited must be something extraordinary.

Qi Ping didn't hide anything, but directly tossed the ring to Lin Yue, gesturing for him to take a look.

As Lin Yue's divine sense probed in, his expression froze in an instant, and his eyes widened like copper bells.

Even with his extensive knowledge, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Qi Ping ignored Lin Yue's loss of composure and instead asked:

Did they say anything when they delivered it?

Upon hearing Qi Ping's question, Lin Yue composed himself and quickly replied:

"Reporting to the Dean, they also mentioned the recent movements of those people from beyond the realm, saying that they have basically made preparations for battle, and that the preparations for formations, pills, and so on have all been completed."

"And then there's that mysterious cultivator from the Tianlong Continent. A few days ago, he demanded that they hand over control of the Xuan Tian Grand Array, which was controlled by the Star Sea Alliance. However, the Xuan Tian Grand Array is the last remaining treasure of the Star Sea Continent, and most of the Star Sea Continent opposed this. But recently, some people have been persuaded by unknown means."

"Finally, some people detected unusual movements in demonic energy, and even the Forest Sea Demon Realm has been acting strangely lately, so they suspect that the actions of the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Continent are more significant."

"The demon race is one thing, but even the monster race has gotten involved?" Qi Ping couldn't help but frown upon hearing this news.

The power of the Forest Sea Demon Realm is now far greater than that of the Star Sea Continent. If they get involved, the consequences will be unpredictable.

With so many enemies, Qi Ping felt that even if he cultivated his own bee colony, it might not be enough.

"Yes, that's what they said. They also said there are some confidential matters they only want to discuss with you, Dean."

"Then arrange a meeting so I can figure out what these people are up to. Do they really want to protect their homeland, or are they plotting something?"

(End of this chapter)