The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 193 Golden-Winged Beehive
"What's going on over there?"

After putting away the two baskets of fruit beside her, Ling Chengen looked over but couldn't see what they were doing. Just as she was about to spread her spiritual power to investigate, Bai Qingyu walked up to her and said with a smile, "Want to go and take a look?"

"What are you looking at?"

"They've found something good." Bai Qingyu said mysteriously. Seeing that he seemed to want to create some kind of surprise, Ling Chengen gave up the idea of ​​using his mental power to investigate. After putting all the remaining fruit into his spatial storage, he clapped his hands and said, "Let's go take a look."

"What is it that you're deliberately being so mysterious about?"

When they got close to the crowd, Bai Qingyu stopped her from going any further: "Don't go any closer, it's a bit dangerous to get too close."

"Isn't this the patch of wild grapevines I just found? It's just some sour grapes that don't keep well, why are you so happy?"

“No.” Bai Qingyu picked up a stick from the ground, pushed aside the bushes blocking her way, and pointed to something hidden deep in the bushes. “They’re happy because of that!”

Ling Chengen looked closely and saw a huge beehive, completely hidden by bushes, about seven or eight meters ahead.

It was truly enormous; she had never seen such a large beehive in both of her lives combined. The moment she saw it, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

"Honeycombs are rare and hard to come by, so they are discussing how to cut them open and extract the honey."

The salt shortage problem was only resolved a few months ago. As for sugar... we did make some in July, but because there weren't many sugar beets around the tribe, and sugar wasn't an essential survival resource, we weren't in a hurry to collect it.

During the dry season, a batch of Baba Fruit was purchased from the White Bear Tribe, but it was mainly for the tribe's cubs. The adult orcs were reluctant to eat it and saved it for the children.

That batch of Baba fruit has almost been consumed.

If we happen to find a large area of ​​sugar beets on this autumn hunt, we can stock up on some and make them into sugar when we have some free time, so that the people in the tribe can have a little more sweetness during the most difficult cold season.

"It'll be quite difficult to get your hands on this beehive, won't it?"

Ling Chengen had a gut feeling that the bees going in and out of the hive were dangerous. Although they were not the species she had ever seen before, just looking at the stingers on the back of their tails made her feel a little creeped out.

Bai Qingyu wasn't very familiar with bees, but Su Weihua, who was standing to her left and observing the beehive, explained calmly, "These are sixth-tier golden-winged bees. If you don't attack them, they're generally not dangerous. But if you attack the beehive, these golden-winged bees will swarm and attack you."

"Golden-winged bees are highly venomous. Earth bears, which are also of the sixth rank, love to raid bee hives, but they dare not attack the hives of golden-winged bees of the same rank. If an adult earth bear is stung by the stings of a hundred sixth-rank golden-winged bees, it will die within half a beast hour."

"Are all Golden-Winged Bees sixth-order?" Wu Zhuo asked curiously, as it was his first time seeing Golden-Winged Bees.

It may be due to the different species of bees. In the forests near Shilin and Hanshan, there are mostly hornets that do not produce honey, as well as large hornets that are very aggressive. The honey-producing bees are not large, and their hives are located in very hidden places, mostly hanging on very high branches and hidden by layers of leaves.

Su Weihua was very patient. Seeing that Ling Chengen was also curious, she explained in more detail: "No, the level of a Golden Winged Bee colony mainly depends on the highest-ranking Golden Winged Bee in the hive."

"Generally speaking, the strongest is the queen bee."

"However, in very rare cases, the queen bee may be of a very low rank, and some male bees may have mutated and become of a higher rank than the queen bee."

"For example, this sixth-order Golden-Winged Bee swarm, judging from the appearance, has about fifty sixth-order male bees, one sixth-order peak queen bee that is just one step away from breaking through, and the rest are fifth-order to no-rank bees, which are too numerous to count."

"Therefore, this beehive can be described as a sixth-order mutated golden-winged beehive, which is much more dangerous than an ordinary beehive."

"It will be quite difficult to cut down this beehive."

Su Weihua was also in a bit of a dilemma, as she hadn't yet figured out how to win over this somewhat troublesome treasure.

If he were still in the Snow Wolf tribe, he wouldn't have hesitated for so long.

Because part of the Snow Wolf Tribe's territory borders the Lolu Mountains, he would lead a team to collect supplies in the Lolu Mountains every year. There were quite a few beehives in the mountains, and they had their own complete plan for collecting honey and harvesting beehives. They would carry some commonly used tools on their backs.

But having come out with Ling Chengen's group, he hadn't even thought about harvesting honey, so he was completely unprepared.

"What are the golden-winged bees afraid of?" Bai Qingyu asked curiously.

“You’re afraid of both water and fire, aren’t you?” Su Weihua turned to look at him and shook her head. “But don’t even think about using your superpower to attack. Golden-winged bees are only afraid of water, but they won’t drown. They can fly, and if you pour water on the hive, you’ll not only waste the honey in the hive, but you’ll also anger these golden-winged bees.”

Fire-based abilities can kill Golden-Winged Bees, but how is that any different from killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Ling Chengen pondered for a moment and asked, "Can we use smoke to fumigate it?"

Su Weihua nodded: "That's possible, but the beehive is too big and the location is a bit low. It will be quite difficult to get close to the bottom of the beehive to smoke it."

"You can give it a try, but be prepared to run away."

Ling Chengen nodded: "Wait here, I'll go find some mugwort."

She had heard a little about extracting honey by smoking, and since there was no shortage of mugwort in the mountains, she quickly returned with a large bundle of mugwort. She first had the fire-type warriors in her team dry the moisture so that it could be lit quickly in a while.

Su Weihua originally planned to approach the beehive with Bai Qingyu and clear away the nearby dry branches and leaves to prevent the fire from getting out of control and causing a wildfire when they smoked it out.

After all, the dry season has just ended, and it is currently a dry season. If we are not careful, it is easy to cause wildfires, which will kill many animals living in the mountains, as well as orcs who come into the mountains to hunt.

However, before Bai Qingyu could get too close, about three or four meters away, the sixth-tier golden-winged bees in the hive began to stir restlessly. One by one, they crawled out of the hive, and several sixth-tier golden-winged male bees even stopped in mid-air, alert to his direction.

Bai Qingyu had no choice but to retreat, shaking his head and saying, "No, they reacted very strongly to my approach."

Su Weihua was also a little puzzled: "You'd better revert to your beast form. Your human form has too low defensive capabilities. At least your beast form can withstand some damage and you won't be stung so easily."

"My beast form is too big."

Moon Feather Azure Crane's legs are too long. If he dares to transform into his beast form, let alone take a step forward, the golden-winged bees in the hive would immediately riot and attack him.

Wu Zhuo transformed into a ground eagle, tilted his head, and asked, "Can I do it?"

“You can give it a try.” Su Weihua glanced at Wu Zhuo.

The Golden-Crowned Giant Eagle is covered in feathers, and its defensive capabilities are no less than those of the Moon-Feathered Azure Crane.

It seems that Wu Zhuo doesn't have any special abilities yet, so his attack power is somewhat weak, but that doesn't stop him from clearing away the dead leaves and branches on the ground.

"If you feel there is danger, retreat immediately."

Su Weihua gave some instructions, and after transforming into beast form, he suddenly shrunk in size, becoming about one meter long, like a medium-sized dog. He lowered his body and slowly approached the bottom of the beehive.

Ling Chengen arranged the roasted mugwort and asked in confusion, "Can't I use my supernatural abilities?"

Zhilu stood beside her, looking at the bewildered young clan leader, and shook her head, saying, "No."

"If it's a Golden-Winged Bee without a rank, it's fine. But if it's a rank-based Golden-Winged Bee, especially one of rank four or higher, it's very sensitive to fluctuations in supernatural abilities. It will see these fluctuations as a danger signal and instantly enter an attack state."

“If we don’t use our special abilities to get close, the Golden-Winged Bees will actually react less.”

Zhilu immediately recognized Su Weihua's actions; she was clearly experienced. However, upon seeing the ground eagle cautiously approaching on the other side, its gait rather coy, Zhilu covered her eyes.

Forget it, this is just too ugly to look at.

Bai Qingyu said somewhat dejectedly, "But I didn't use any special abilities just now..."

Zhilu glanced at her young clan leader, her beloved beast husband, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, saying with a hint of disdain, "You don't use your special abilities, but you should be about to break through, so you can't completely control the fluctuations of your special abilities."

"So even before you got close, those golden-winged bees were already on high alert."

Bai Qingyu glanced at Su Weihua, who had already reached the bottom of the beehive, and asked in confusion, "Isn't he the same?"

Ling Chengen nodded: "Su Weihua is indeed about to advance, but his foundation is very solid, and he can completely control the fluctuations of his supernatural power, so those golden-winged bees did not regard him as a major enemy."

Bai Qingyu frowned. Was he being rejected?

Because I didn't control my superpowers well enough.

Although his rank was higher than Su Weihua's, he still seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Seeing him deep in thought with his head down, Ling Chengen did not try to comfort him.

She knew very well that it was because of the problem with the Heartfire Contract. The solution she had casually mentioned earlier had put Bai Qingyu under tremendous pressure, forcing him to rush to improve his rank.

So while his abilities have improved considerably in the past six months, some new problems have arisen as a result.

For example, the foundation is not solid.

Ling Chengen hadn't thought much about Bai Qingyu's advancement before, and since he himself had started over with a new account and a high starting point, he had always followed the rules step by step and hadn't thought about studying other people's abilities.

However, the original intention of this autumn hunt was to bring Bai Qingyu and the others out to hone their skills and improve, so it's worthwhile to study and analyze it carefully.

In short, she would help him sort out the problems he encountered little by little and then solve them one by one.

……

Although Wu Zhuo and Su Weihua's actions didn't look graceful, they did manage to clear away that flammable material right under the Golden-Winged Bee's nose.

A wood-type orc used vines to entangle the mugwort, bypassed the Golden-Winged Beehive, walked to the other side, and pulled the mugwort under the beehive.

Wu Zhuo and Su Weihua had already left, and everyone consciously ran far away, leaving only a fire-type orc who had also kept a considerable distance from the hive before raising his hand to control a small fireball and throwing it into the pile of mugwort.

Bai Qingyu reverted to her beast form, spread one wing, and sheltered Ling Chengen under its wings, carefully hiding her in a thicket of bushes.

He looked down at the ground covered by weeds and dead leaves, then suddenly plunged his long beak down and snatched up a small snake that had crawled out from under the fallen leaves and was about to bite Ling Chengen's calf. Without hesitation, he cut the snake in two and took out its gall bladder.

Ling Chengen skillfully took out a jar from his spatial storage, used chopsticks to put the snake gall into the jar, and sighed softly, "There are really a lot of snakes in these mountains. I've already encountered more than a dozen in just half a day."

Bai Qingyu asked in confusion, "Logically speaking, these snakes shouldn't dare to attack you."

Ling Chengen looked up at him, and Bai Qingyu sighed: "Chang Tianchen left a mark on you. He has the bloodline of the Heavenly Python, which is a suppressive force for ordinary snakes."

Ling Chengen raised his hand and stroked his waist, saying calmly, "His awakening and ancestral return were incomplete to begin with, and his memories are also fragmented. If this contract can truly exert its full effect, that would be incredible."

Wu Zhuo squatted on a tree branch above the two of them, gazing at the source of the smoke in the distance.

The once quiet swarm of golden-winged bees suddenly became restless, the buzzing growing louder and louder, and many golden-winged bees hiding inside the hive slowly crawled out.

Some of the lower-ranking bees had already flown away from the hive, circled twice in panic above the smoke from the mugwort, and then quickly flew away.

Su Weihua squatted on the tree branch, pressed down the thick leaves in front of her, and looked at the beehive not far away.

Perhaps the smoke wasn't thick enough yet, so the sixth-tier Golden-Winged Majesty hadn't left its nest.

Even the queen bee was still hiding in the nest, and she was nowhere to be seen.

However, as the lower-level Golden-winged Bees fled one after another, the higher-level Golden-winged Bees soon could no longer stay either.

Because the honeycomb was too close to the ground, the temperature at the bottom of the honeycomb started to rise as the mugwort burned for a long time, causing honey to drip down continuously, which made many people look regretful.

As several sixth-tier golden-winged bees led the queen away from the hive, the huge hive was soon completely empty, leaving only unhatched white bee pupae and some flightless larvae that, unable to withstand the heat, crawled out of the nest and fell into the pile of mugwort with a clatter.

"Wu Zhuo, go check where the Golden-Winged Bees went. If they come back, remember to send a signal to warn them," Ling Chengen said to Wu Zhuo above him.

"Alright, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

Wu Zhu spread its wings and flew away in a flash, following the direction in which the golden-winged bees had left.

Holding a metal knife about 40 or 50 centimeters long, Su Weihua called out to Ling Chengen, "Do you have a larger bucket? Or a basin would also be fine."

"Take a few more."

Ling Chengen took out four bamboo buckets and two large wooden basins handmade by Bai Qingyu.

I reckon it should be able to fit.

The other orcs, carrying buckets and basins, ran excitedly toward the hive.

Su Weihua skillfully cut off a piece of honeycomb and placed it directly into the basin, while Longzhutong was placed below the honeycomb, from which golden honey continued to flow.

The honey produced from the sixth-order Golden Wing Beehive has an amazing taste.

Before Ling Chengen even got close, he could smell the honey fragrance; the air felt filled with a sweet scent.

Su Weihua acted quickly and made arrangements in an orderly manner. Once a bamboo bucket was full, he immediately had someone replace it with the next one. He also urged another group of people to pick the wild grapes near the beehive.

"Hurry up, the scent of honey is spreading. If the golden-winged bees haven't flown too far, they'll be back soon."

Ling Chengen wasn't good at harvesting honey, so he turned around and went to help pick wild grapes.

Once the wild grapes were mostly harvested, the activity at the beehives also ceased.

Bai Qingyu rinsed the honey off Su Weihua's hands with water and then used water to extinguish the almost burned mugwort on the ground.

He looked up and saw Wu Zhuo rushing over from the forest. He immediately withdrew his powers, tossed Ling Chengen onto his back, and urged, "Hurry up, the Golden-Winged Bees are back."