A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 522: Interesting Things in the Mountains
On Yunfu Peak, in Zhu He's room.

Wu Shidao was standing there, staring intently, and Zhu He was instructing him about something.

Zhu He would pause from time to time while speaking and take a sip of tea. Wu Shidao would take the opportunity to say a few words. Zhu He listened with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes.

Although Ge Rusong was overthrown, Lu Zhongtang seemed to be quite quiet recently and had not made any moves. But the more this happened, the more Zhu He felt something was wrong.

After the two men finished their discussion on the secret mission, Zhu He sighed tiredly.

Wu Shidao suddenly asked, "Do we need to send someone to keep an eye on the case involving Xiao Qiwu at Wuliang Cliff recently?"

Zhu He said: "No need! Let Yang Sixuan take care of that. We will know the result when it comes."

"Yes!" Wu Shidao replied. He was about to leave when Zhu He suddenly looked at him and asked, "Where is Duan Rong? Is he on the peak?"

Wu Shidao said, "In the morning, I saw them going out for fun. I wonder if they were on Yunfu Peak or somewhere else?"

Zhu He said: "Let him come to see me."

"Yes!" Wu Shidao responded, clasped his fists, took two steps back, turned around and left the room.

He walked out of the pavilion on Yunfu Peak, and suddenly, like a giant bird, he soared into the air, floating like a kite above the forest on Yunfu Peak...

Wu Shidao had already made up his mind to just walk around Yunfu Peak for a few times. If he could find Duan Rong and the others, that would be fine. If not, he would have to wait for them to come back from their trip.

These endless mountains are vast and boundless. If Duan Rong and the others go far away, who would know where they are playing?

The weather was very good that day, with a gentle breeze. Wu Shidao's clothes fluttered as he flew around the peak four or five feet above the ground.

He passed several valleys and looked around, but there was no one in sight.

As for the dense forest, he did not explore deeply, but flew down, passing through the dense forest like a swallow skimming the water. Just when he was close to the treetops, he let out a long howl.

The whistling sound echoed in the forest like tearing silk.

If no one responded, he would fly out of the valley.

Duan Rong and his companions were catching pheasants in a dense forest.

Originally, Duan Rong wanted to go to the stream to grill fish, but when they were fishing by the stream, Ximen Kankan suddenly saw a few hornets flying over.

Ximen Kankan was watching the hornet buzzing around, and suddenly his eyes moved and he looked towards the place where the hornet came from. He walked around there for a while and finally saw a large beehive in a rather hidden crevice of the cliff.

Ximen Kankan called them over and said he wanted to get the honey out and make a honey roast chicken for them in the mountains.

Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi both advised Ximen Kankan to give up. The beehive was more than half a person's height. Once besieged by those hornets, it would be no joke.

Ximen Kankan said: "We are all practitioners now, are we still afraid of being stung by a wasp? You really have never seen the world!"

"If you are afraid, go hide in the dense forest. Catch a few pheasants first, clean them up, and wait for my honey to come." Ximen Kankan said with shining eyes: "This is wild honey from the mountains, the best quality!"

Whenever he encounters this kind of thing, he gets extremely excited.

Duan Rong said with a smile, "Let's go. Let's go to the dense forest to catch pheasants. I think this kid won't be able to sleep unless he pokes the beehive."

Xiao Yu looked worried and asked, "Is everything okay?"

Duan Rong said: "It's okay, let's go."

He knew that although Ximen Kankan had not been in the Yuan Qi realm for long, the Yuan Qi in the pores of his body was surging, so it was impossible for those hornets to get close enough to sting him.

And he knew that this guy Ximen Kankan must have some tricks up his sleeve.

Duan Rong and his companions stopped fishing and went into the dense forest to catch pheasants.

After Ximen Kankan saw them leave, he went to find some cypress branches and leaves.

He had already observed that the beehive was in the crevice of the cliff. There was a lot of smoke in this cramped space.

The burning cypress branches and leaves produced a lot of smoke and a strong smell, which would soon kill most of the hornets. Moreover, this place was close to the stream, so he seized the opportunity and jumped into the water with the beehive in his arms.

Attack with fire first, then with water!
Ximen Kankan first filled the area below the cracks in the cliff with cypress branches and leaves. Then he soaked some cypress branches in the stream, dipped them in water, and covered the dry cypress branches with them.

In this way, dry layers and wet layers were piled up in the cracks of the cliff. The last layer of wet cypress branches and leaves was only about three feet away from the bottom of the beehive.

Ximen Kankan saw that it was almost done and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Maybe it's his nature, Ximen Kankan never feels tired when doing this kind of thing, and he is fully focused, working much harder than when he was practicing.

He pulled out a tinder from his lapel, blew out a flame carefully, and then lit the dry cypress branches and leaves one by one from bottom to top.

After lighting it, he immediately moved as fast as a ghost, flashed across the stream, and jumped into the stream with a splash.

In the cracks of the cliff, as the smoke from the fire rose, a large number of hornets had already left their nests.

There was a hornet's nest half a person's height, with thousands of hornets densely packed inside, and the buzzing sound was deafening.

The smell of the cypress branches and leaves was too strong, and it was trapped in the cracks of the cliff and could not dissipate, and soon permeated the beehive.

The frightened hornets began to scatter all over the mountains, looking for targets to attack.

Just after the hornets dispersed, there was a sudden splash from the stream not far away, and a wet figure jumped out. He moved his body and flashed to the crevice of the cliff like a ghost.

As soon as Ximen Kankan dodged, he immediately drew his sword, infused his vital energy, and chopped down the beehive hanging on the side of the cliff.

Then he hugged the half-man-high beehive as if he was kidnapping someone, and once again moved his body and jumped into the stream.

Ximen Kankan's process was clean and smooth, without any hesitation. Some of the wasps remaining near the hive had no time to react and were already captured by him. Even a few that were close to him were turned into powder by the vitality of his pores.

After Ximen Kankan jumped into the stream holding the beehive, there was very little energy left in his dantian.

After all, he had just advanced to the Yuan Qi realm not long ago, and he had just used his Yuan Qi to protect his face, hands, and neck. In addition, the explosive blow he used to cut off the beehive also consumed a lot of his Yuan Qi.

Ximen Kankan hid in the stream.

As he pressed the half-man-high beehive into the water, the hornets that had not yet come out of the hive were drowned in the water. Large numbers of hornet corpses floated on the water, which was quite spectacular.

His disturbance had attracted a dense swarm of wasps, which were hovering over the water, making a buzzing sound...

Wu Shidao's robes fluttered in the wind, giving him a fairy-like air. He flew over a valley, riding the wind. Suddenly, he saw a wisp of green smoke rising not far ahead.

"What is that?..." Wu Shidao smelled the fragrance of cypress branches and leaves as the breeze blew towards him. He thought that the green smoke might be Duan Rong and the others roasting something. Then his eyes moved, and he turned around and flew towards the place where the green smoke was rising.

Wu Shidao floated down and landed in front of the cliff.

I saw that the cracks in the cliff were filled with many cypress branches and leaves, a mixture of dry and wet, and there was still thick smoke.

The beehive there had been cut off and taken away by Ximen Kankan. Wu Shidao looked at the thick smoke in the cracks of the cliff and wondered what was going on. There were only a few scattered wasps flying around...

But Wu Shidao had only stood there for a while when he suddenly heard a buzzing sound of wasps behind him.

His ears twitched and he turned his head, only to see a dense swarm of thousands of bees, covering the sky and enveloping him.

At this point, how could he not know what the thick smoke was for? It was obviously to smoke out a hornet's nest.

"damn it!"

Wu Shidao cursed and suddenly jumped up. At this moment, he no longer had the grace of flying on the wind.

Because the moment he took off, the swarm of bees did the same, turning upwards and covering the sky and the sun.

Wu Shidao was in the sky and was soon covered by a swarm of bees. The dense swarm of bees was buzzing around his ears.

His whole body was filled with vitality, and the hornets could not get close to him.

Large swarms of hornets fell from the sky like rain, crackling and hitting the rocks and leaves in the dense forest.

Wu Shidao was entangled by the swarm of bees and could not escape. He had to wave his sleeves around and, with all his strength, swatted large swarms of wasps to death.

At this moment, there was a sudden splashing sound from the other side of the stream, and a figure jumped out holding a beehive half a person's height, and ran into the dense forest.

Wu Shidao glanced at the figure in mid-air and found that it was the follower from his hometown who was following Duan Rong.

Seeing that man holding a beehive half a man's height and running into the dense forest, Wu Shidao felt a surge of hatred in his heart. That guy was collecting honey and attracted a large group of wasps, and he just happened to run into them. What a ghost! ?
In the air, the cloud of bees surrounding Wu Shidao was becoming increasingly sparse, while the crackling raindrops of bee corpses were still falling.

Wu Shidao was already a cultivator at the Qixi realm. Once the Three Flowers Gathered at the Top of His Head opened, the surrounding heaven and earth energy would continuously gather towards him. Thousands of densely packed bees died in large numbers as he fluttered his long sleeves...

The last few hornets finally collapsed and dispersed...

Wu Shidao stood in mid-air, looking at a large number of brown hornet corpses on the rocks by the stream, his face very gloomy.

He suddenly rode the wind and rushed out of the dense forest and flew into the west gate.

Wu Shidao walked through the dense forest. After a while, he smelled the aroma of meat, which was obviously mixed with the fragrance of roasted honey...

When he smelled this smell, his face became even uglier.

Duan Rong and his companions were roasting pheasants in an open space in the dense forest. They dipped clean bamboo leaves in honey and brushed the pheasants with it, creating a fragrant aroma.

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew up and blew up a dead leaf.

As the dead leaves flew, a figure stood in front of them.

Wu Shidao's face was filled with anger. He glared at Ximen Kankan and said, "Boy, you did a great job!"

When Ximen Kankan came back, he had told several people about Wu Shidao's matter. Duan Rong didn't take it seriously and told him that it was all right.

They all turned to look at Wu Shidao.

At this time, Wu Shidao's collar, shoulders, and hair were covered with wasp remains. His hair was even more messy, and his hairpin was tilted to one side. His originally snow-white robe sleeves had turned black and blue because of the thousands of wasp corpses he had hit, and it exuded a strange smell. His face was also stained with a lot of wasp remains and blood foam, and he looked very embarrassed.

Duan Rong, Xiao Yu and the others had only heard what Ximen Kankan said, but they had not expected Wu Shidao to be so embarrassed and funny, and they immediately held back their laughter. If Wu Shidao was not Duan Rong's senior brother, and if this matter was not caused by Ximen Kankan, they would have burst into laughter.

Wu Shidao became even angrier when he saw them trying to hold back their laughter. If Duan Rong hadn't been there, he would have taught Ximen Kankan a lesson.

Ximen Kankan pinched his thigh hard, managed to hold back his laughter, and stood up.

With a red face, he bowed to Wu Shidao and said, "Don't blame me, Sir Wu! I didn't know you were coming, and I didn't mean to offend you. I was originally planning to stay in the water and wait for the wasps to disperse before coming out. I didn't expect you to come over suddenly. You saved me. However, I have to praise you, Sir, for fighting against three thousand wasps, which is really amazing!"

When Shen Mizhi heard Ximen Kankan's words "fighting three thousand hornets, it was really amazing", she couldn't hold back and finally laughed out loud.

Wu Shidao's face turned pale. Although Xiao Yu didn't laugh out loud, he lowered his head and his shoulders trembled.

Duan Rong glared at Shen Mizhi, stood up, looked at Shi Dao, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Wu, please forgive me for any offense. I wanted to eat this honey roasted chicken, so I asked Kan Kan to get some honey. I didn't expect to offend you! I hope you can forgive me. Oh, by the way... this chicken is almost done, if you don't mind, come and try it."

Wu Shidao was filled with anger, but he didn't want to get angry at Duan Rong, so he just said coldly: "No need! Junior Brother Duan, Master wants to see you. I think you'd better stop fooling around in this forest!"

Wu Shidao said something indifferent, then suddenly flew up into the air, turned around and left.

At the moment he flew up, a burst of laughter came from behind him. When Wu Shidao heard the laughter, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

In the dense forest, Shen Mizhi was already holding her stomach and laughing.

Xiao Yu also laughed so hard that he punched Ximen Kankan twice.

Duan Rong stood there, looking at them, and said, "Alright. Let's forget about it this time. It was an unintentional misunderstanding. But I warn you, Wu Shidao is my senior brother, so you should show some respect."

"Yes!" The three of them looked at each other and answered in a sarcastic tone.

Duan Rong shook his head helplessly, looked at Xiao Yu, and said, "Master called me, I'll go back for a while, you guys can play here first."

Xiao Yu stood up, straightened Duan Rong's clothes, brushed the dust off his shoulders, and said, "Well, go ahead."

Duan Rong smiled slightly, and leaped up. He was already ten feet away. The three flowers on his head took shape instantly, and he suddenly rose into the air, penetrated the gaps between the branches on the top of the dense forest, and flew away with the wind.

Ximen Kankan was watching with envy. He tore off a chicken leg and said while biting it, "Someday I will be able to fly like that!"

Shen Mizhi rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you want to fly with the wind, why don't you practice hard? You only know how to eat!"

Ximen Kankan said: "Nonsense! How can I practice if I don't eat enough?"

The two were arguing, but Xiao Yu was looking at the place where Duan Rong disappeared with deep eyes. She looked for a while, then suddenly turned her head to look at Ximen Kankan and said, "Kankan, how many brothers does Duan Rong have on Yunfu Peak? Tell me about them."

After all, Xiao Yu had only been out of Tallinn for a few days, and had been locked up in Fan Hongjiao's secret training room before, so she didn't know about these situations.

Although she could feel that Duan Rong was moving away from her like a high-flying eagle, she still wanted to know more about Duan Rong.

(End of this chapter)