"Brother Qi, don't take action in the short term. The poison of Queen Bee Muyang can cause great damage to your body!" Li Yuanba helped Brother Qi Jin up and reminded him.
When Senior Brother Qi Jin was poisoned, he used his divine sense to check Senior Brother Qi Jin's injuries.
"I will try my best to repay you for that detoxification pill!" Senior Brother Qi Jin promised solemnly.
He also knew how difficult it was to obtain a top-grade third-grade detoxification pill, but he still made the promise.
He wanted to try to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, so he had to purify his mind before that. He owed Li Yuanba such a big favor. Even though he could remember the life-saving grace, he had to return the third-grade top-level detoxification pill that was obviously used to save his life.
"Alas, this mission has failed!" Jiang Pu didn't know the grade of the detoxification pill. He didn't care about the detoxification pill that Senior Brother Qi Jin mentioned. He said with regret.
In his opinion, it would not be difficult for Senior Brother Qi Jin to repay a third-grade detoxification pill.
"Although the mission failed, this time we got the information that a third-grade queen bee appeared in the Muyang bee population. The reward for the information will not be less than the reward for completing the mission!" Senior Brother Qi Jin shook his head.
He felt extremely regretful as he had finally defeated the Golden Moon Violent Bear, whose strength had been promoted to the late stage of the Great Demon, and obtained the right to distribute the third-grade royal jelly. However, he missed out on the third-grade royal jelly due to the unexpected appearance of the third-grade queen bee.
As for the appearance of the third-rank Muyang Queen Bee, the sect will definitely handle the matter.
Although the third-grade Muyang Queen Bee has extremely strong attack power, it is only at the third-grade level after all. Based on the information they brought back, Senluo Sect has a way to rearrange this third-grade resource production area.
On the contrary, this time we relied on Li Yuanba to defeat the Golden Moon Violent Bear. If it comes next time, how can we defeat the Golden Moon Violent Bear without Li Yuanba?
"The mission was not failed. I snatched third-grade royal jelly from the beehive when I left!" Li Yuanba said with a smile as he took out a jade box.
Although this third-grade royal jelly is precious, it is the sect’s resource and he will not and cannot embezzle it.
Afterwards, the sect will definitely send monks to investigate, and they will know that the third-grade royal jelly was taken away.
"Junior Brother Li, you have great skills!" Senior Brother Qi Jin praised sincerely.
Under the attack of Queen Bee Muyang, he was still able to calmly take away the third-grade royal jelly. Anyway, he didn't have such ability.
"Brother, please keep this royal jelly!" Li Yuanba said as he handed over the royal jelly.
"All the mission rewards belong to my junior brother. Jiang Pu and I don't deserve it!" Senior Brother Qi Jin took the jade box and said.
"Yes, Junior Brother Li, I don't have the face to participate in the distribution of mission rewards!" Jiang Pu nodded.
Senior Brother Qi Jin was fine, at least he still took action. The only thing Jiang Pu did was to lead the way for Li Yuanba.
If Li Yuanba had not blocked the Queen Bee Muyang for Jiang Pu and stayed behind to cover their retreat, Jiang Pu might have died in the valley.
Li Yuanba did not say anything to persuade them. Since the two senior brothers had said so, he just let them do whatever they wanted.
"Sure enough, the quality of this royal jelly is close to the fourth grade. It seems that it is not our turn to collect the resources from this source!" Senior Brother Qi Jin said after opening the jade box and checking the third-grade royal jelly.
Although the current royal jelly is still grade three, its quality is close to grade four.
If Queen Bee Muyang's strength is further improved, then there is a great possibility that Queen Bee Muyang will be able to refine honey into fourth-grade royal jelly.
This intelligence alone made their gains greater than the reward for the mission itself.
"As for the origin of the fourth-grade resources, I'm afraid the sect will have to renegotiate with the spirit beast clan!" Jiang Pu exclaimed.
"This has nothing to do with us. The production time of fourth-grade resources will be longer, and it requires long-term observation to determine. With the combat power of Queen Bee Muyang, I'm afraid the sect's Nascent Soul ancestor will need to come forward in person!" Senior Brother Qi Jin shook his head and said.
They also didn't expect that a simple collection mission would eventually turn into the discovery of a possible source of fourth-grade resources.
Senior Brother Qi Jin ignored his own injuries and increased his flying speed.
He doesn't have to worry about his own safety. With a cultivator as powerful as Li Yuanba accompanying him, he will be safe as long as there is no great elder or Nascent Soul stage being present.
When we arrived at the Zheng'an Mountains, we were able to communicate directly with the sect.
Previously in the area on the other side of the valley, although it was impossible to use the sect’s identity jade disc to communicate, it was possible to use the Beishu Trading Company’s contact card to contact the sect.
But Senior Brother Qi Jin did not do so. The information on the contact card used by Beishu Trading Company was not kept confidential.
The origin of the fourth-grade resources, once this discovery is leaked out, I am afraid that the other major sects and forces with Nascent Soul ancestors will all be eyeing this fourth-grade resource.
Senior Brother Qi Jin took out his identity jade disc and reported the discovery to the sect.
"Junior Brother Li, Junior Brother Jiang, you guys rest here first. The sect has already notified the ancestor, and we may need to wait for the ancestor to summon us!" After Senior Brother Qi Jin ended the contact, he said to Li Yuanba and Jiang Pu.
"Sorry to bother you, Senior Brother Qi!" Jiang Pu said with a smile. Li Yuanba nodded in agreement without any objection.
Senior Brother Qi Jin’s cave looks very ordinary, and was carved out of a mountain wall.
When he walked into the cave gate and arrived at the hall, Li Yuanba sensed the richness of the spiritual energy, which was close to the Nascent Soul level spiritual vein.
If the Zheng'an Mountains were not adjacent to the spiritual beast clan's sphere of influence, this spiritual vein alone would be enough to attract a large number of late Jindan cultivators.
With such a spiritual vein, all kinds of second-grade spiritual medicines were planted in every place in the cave where there was free space. There was even a third-grade spiritual medicine planted in the hall.
What surprised Li Yuanba was that the spiritual soil used for the elixir was extremely spiritual, especially the third-grade spiritual soil, which was the best quality he had ever seen.
"I have done some research on spiritual soil. I will send some to Junior Brother Li later!" Senior Brother Qi Jin saw Li Yuanba's surprise, and he said with a complacent smile.
Li Yuanba thought that Senior Brother Qi Jin practiced earth-attributed skills, so it was normal for him to study spiritual soil.
"My foundation is too shallow. Even if I have spiritual soil, I can't be as self-sufficient as Senior Brother Qi!" Li Yuanba lamented the utilization rate of Senior Brother Qi Jin's cave.
His main body has a Nascent Soul-level spiritual vein, which is one level higher than the spiritual vein in this cave. It is a true Nascent Soul-level spiritual vein. However, in terms of utilization, he is far worse than Senior Brother Qi Jin.
This is not only due to the spiritual soil, but also an exploration of oneself.
"I am still in the trial stage of growing third-grade spiritual herbs. I have put in a lot of effort, but I only succeeded with this one!" Senior Brother Qi Jin shook his head and said.
All major sects are conducting relevant research. Among the third-grade spiritual medicines, those with relatively low environmental requirements can be cultivated artificially, but the limitations of artificial cultivation are so great that large-scale cultivation is impossible.
In an area, as long as one third-grade spiritual medicine is planted, a second third-grade spiritual medicine cannot be planted in the same area.
This has to do with the third-grade spiritual medicine's need for spiritual energy, as well as the third-grade spiritual medicine's own rejection of spiritual energy.
"Junior Brother Li, would you like to share your spiritual tea with us?" Jiang Pu said to Li Yuanba with an expectant look.
"Junior Brother Jiang, you are looking down on me. Why do you need Junior Brother Li to prepare spiritual tea when you come to visit me?" Senior Brother Qi Jin said very dissatisfiedly.
"Senior Brother Qi, you don't know that the spiritual tea in Junior Brother Li's hand was personally roasted by Master Li Shiming. Except for a small part that was lost outside, the rest was divided up by the Nascent Soul ancestors!" Jiang Pu explained with a smile.
"Master Li Shiming? Can one become a master by frying spiritual tea?" Senior Brother Qi Jin asked in surprise.
He was in the Zheng'an Mountains, which was equivalent to a semi-secluded state. Li Shiming's rise was too short, so he had never heard of Li Shiming's reputation.
"Master Li is the number one alchemy master in the Northern Shu Continent!" Jiang Pu explained.
"Hiss!" Senior Brother Qi Jin took a breath of cold air. If he didn't know Jiang Pu's character, he would have thought that Jiang Pu was bragging about Master Li.
Li Yuanba was not stingy. He took out a jade box and a set of tea sets and began to brew spiritual tea.
Senior Brother Qi Jin is also a cultivator who loves tea. When Li Yuanba was brewing the spiritual tea, he smelled the specialness of the third-grade spiritual tea.
The quality of the third-grade spiritual tea is surprisingly high, no wonder it is fought over by the Nascent Soul ancestors.
"Please!" Li Yuanba pushed a cup of third-grade spiritual tea in front of Senior Brother Qi Jin and said, then he brought another cup of third-grade spiritual tea to Jiang Pu who had been waiting for a long time.
During the next cup of tea, Senior Brother Qi Jin and Jiang Pu remained silent, silently savoring the ultimate feeling brought by the top grade three spiritual tea.
"After drinking this spiritual tea, all other spiritual teas have no taste!" Senior Brother Qi Jin came away from the aftertaste of the spiritual tea and let out a long sigh.
"Brother Qi, if you want to drink this spiritual tea, you can send the leaves to me after you harvest them. I will use my connections to ask Master Li to roast it for you. However, you will need to pay Master Li some compensation!" Li Yuanba said with a smile.
Senior Brother Qi Jin holds a very high status in the sect, and making friends with such a cultivator will bring many benefits to Li Yuanba.
So he was willing to help Senior Brother Qi Jin with a small favor. Of course, he couldn't waive the reward for asking Master Li to help.
"Really?" Senior Brother Qi Jin asked with a look of surprise.
For a late Jindan cultivator like him who wants to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, the greatest effect of the third-grade spiritual tea roasted by Master Li lies not in its quality, but in the spiritual and mental impact that tasting this spiritual tea brings.
At his level, hundreds of years of experience had already made it difficult for his mind to be affected. Master Li's third-grade spiritual tea had such an effect.
This effect of improving one's state of mind is no less than that of those elixirs produced by cultivation.
In fact, the spiritual tea that was favored by the Yuanying Patriarch could not be used just to satisfy the desire for food.
"Junior Brother Li has been in contact with Master Li. I can prove it!" Jiang Pu said with a smile.
"Master Li is currently unable to refine the third-grade elixir for the late Jindan stage, so his inability to refine the elixir will be of help to you!" Li Yuanba continued.
"Based on Master Li's speed of practice, it won't take many years for him to refine it!" Jiang Pu is also an admirer of Master Li. After hearing what Li Yuanba said, he immediately followed up with an explanation.
As they were talking excitedly, Li Yuanba and Senior Brother Qi Jin both looked up in the same direction.
Senior Brother Qi Jin was secretly shocked. Not only was Li Yuanba extremely powerful in combat, but his ability to sense aura was also inconsistent with Li Yuanba's early golden elixir realm. There was only one possibility, and that was that Li Yuanba's spirit was extremely strong.
Look at Jiang Pu. Jiang Pu's perception is slower than the other two, which means Li Yuanba's spirit is superior to Jiang Pu.
"Let's go out and welcome the ancestor!" Senior Brother Qi Jin said.
The three of them left the cave and flew into the air to wait.
"Hey, Yuanba is here too!" The Yuanying Patriarch came very quickly. First the voice came, and then the figure of Patriarch Lu appeared in front of the three people.
"Greetings, ancestor!" The three of them bowed and saluted in unison.
"You have done a great job. If we really find out that the Muyang bee colony can produce fourth-grade resources, you will definitely get a reward!" Patriarch Lu smiled and waved his hand to support the three people.
Of course he was happy, because this time he couldn't practice in seclusion and guard the sect.
This had some impact on him, but his responsibility to the sect forced him to do so.
At least he had to wait until the matter of Tianxing Trading Company was completely over and it was confirmed that Tianxing Trading Company would not take any more revengeful actions, then he and the Nascent Soul ancestors guarding the other five major sects would be able to practice in seclusion.
During this period, a fourth-grade resource production area appeared.
This is not a free bargain for him. If there really is a fourth-grade resource produced for the first time, he, as the ancestor guarding the Nascent Soul stage, will naturally be the first to obtain it.
The other Nascent Soul ancestors of the sect are just waiting for the next production of fourth-grade resources.
In addition, his participation in the matter of the production area of the fourth-grade resources will also allow him to obtain more fourth-grade resources than other Nascent Soul ancestors.
"Thanks to Junior Brother Li, he made the greatest contribution to the discovery of the changes in the Muyang bees. This is the royal jelly that Junior Brother Li snatched from the beehive. Please take a look, Old Ancestor!" Senior Brother Qi Jin reported to Li Yuanba as he handed over the jade box containing the third-grade royal jelly.
Patriarch Lu took the jade box, opened it and checked the third-grade royal jelly inside. He couldn't hide the joy on his face.
After seeing this third-grade royal jelly, he was almost certain of Senior Brother Qi Jin's judgment.
He also inquired in detail about the situation of Muyang's bee colony and the battle with Muyang's queen bee.
"Yuanba, if your master comes out of retreat, will he say that you are not doing your job properly?" Patriarch Lu was very casual with Li Yuanba, he said to Li Yuanba with a smile.
He didn't care at all whether Li Yuanba became a body-refining golden elixir cultivator or a sword cultivator.
The sword cultivator's methods are simple and pure, but Patriarch Lu does not fully approve of them.
He admired the fact that Li Yuanba did not fall behind in sword cultivation, but also mastered other powerful methods, which made Li Yuanba's survivability even stronger.
A living cultivator is a good cultivator. No matter how powerful a sword cultivator may be in the future, he still needs a period of growth. Countless sword cultivators have died during the growth process.
He had a deep feeling about Li Yuanba's sword intent. Li Yuanba, who was in the early stage of Jindan, had a sword intent that was not weaker than Elder Jian's sword intent in the early stage of Jindan. This showed how talented Li Yuanba was. In the future, he would not be worse than Elder Jian in terms of sword cultivation.