Under Zhao Ziyi's command.
Song Chen used an alchemy furnace to create an artificial honeycomb.
At this moment, the three white jade boxes that Song Chen took out were all filled with spirit stone honey.
Each white jade box contains 100 jin of spirit stone honey.
That evening, Zhao Ziyi returned to Song Chen's side with a white jade box.
Zhao Ziyi said excitedly:
"We harvested another box of honey today."
Song Chen smiled and patted his head:
"Okay, let's take the Spirit Stone Honey home today and let the stone bee rest. We can also try out the effects of the Spirit Stone Honey."
We'll have to try it to find out how good this Spirit Stone Honey really is.
These stone bees produce spirit stone honey at an astonishing speed, harvesting 400 catties of honey in seven days.
Zhao Ziyi nodded and said:
"Yes, Xiao Shi also said that the spirit plants have gotten a bit old recently, and their pollen has been blown away by the wind. The plants need to rest for a few months."
"Wait until the next batch of spiritual plants grows before harvesting pollen; the quality of the spiritual stone honey will be even better then."
Song Chen asked with some surprise:
"Can you communicate with Xiao Shi?"
"Sure, isn't she your spirit pet? Little Stone is the queen bee, and her grade isn't low either; she's a 4th-grade spirit pet."
Bees revere the queen bee, and wherever the queen bee is present, a large number of bees will surely emerge.
Song Chen was somewhat surprised. Xiao Shi was actually the queen bee? But Xiao Shi had never communicated with him before.
Zhao Ziyi explained:
“You paired Xiaoshi and Xiaofeng together before, and Xiaoshi got angry, that’s why he’s ignoring you.”
This reason... it seems the queen bee is indeed quite intelligent.
A fourth-grade spirit beast has great potential for growth and is quite powerful in combat.
If you feed Little Stone well and let it give birth to a huge swarm of bees, then Song Chen will have a fourth-grade spirit beast army.
Moreover, this army of spirit beasts will obey Song Chen's commands without needing a contract.
Who told him to make a contract with the queen bee?
"Not bad, there was an unexpected bonus. The rare ore we fed them before wasn't a waste!"
"That's right, Xiao Shi is very capable! Let's go home."
Song Chen and his companion packed everything into storage bags and rode their flying swords home.
During their journey, the two also passed by the Refining Peak.
But Song Chen showed no intention of going back, not even glancing at him.
Song Chen thought to himself: Home is wherever my wife is!
One hour later.
Zhao Ziyi fell from the sword peak.
Song Chen jumped off the flying sword.
The two excitedly returned to the house, opened a white jade box, and began digging for honey.
This is priceless spirit stone honey!
The two used the hexagonal spoons that Song Chen had specially made for cleaning beehives to push the spirit stone honey into the white jade bottle.
In half an hour, the white jade box was emptied.
He took out 500 bottles of spirit stone honey from a white jade box.
Zhao Ziyi's mouth watered at the smell of the Ling Shi Honey.
Song Chen stretched and said, "Let's each have a bottle and try it out first."
Zhao Ziyi nodded, eagerly opened a bottle, and took a sip.
After taking a sip of the spirit stone honey, the two sat cross-legged in meditation.
This spirit stone honey isn't very sweet; when you eat it like this, the sweetness is just right.
This single sip of honey directly propelled Song Chen's level to the ninth stage of Qi Refining.
"The spiritual energy is so abundant, it's equivalent to a month of meditation and cultivation."
"I feel like I'm about to break through to the second level of Foundation Establishment."
Song Chen admitted that he had previously doubted the efficacy of the Spirit Stone Honey.
It's his fault for being so ignorant and skeptical of such a treasure.
Zhao Ziyi gulped down another big mouthful and said:
"I think that with the Spirit Stone Honey, we can leave Mu Feng far behind. Since we advance faster than Mu Feng, we won't be able to outmaneuver him."
"Okay, let's focus on our cultivation. After I use the spirit stone honey to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, we'll go to the brewery."
Spiritual Stone Honey cannot be sold directly, and selling so much at once is extremely tempting.
"By brewing wine with spirit stones and honey, we won't alert the enemy."
"Song Chen, you're really amazing! You even thought of this! 'A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.' We definitely need to be careful. So, what price should we sell our wine for?"
"There are different types. The first type is one bottle of wine for one bottle of spirit stone honey, which sells for 200,000 points or 20 gold."
"The second option is to exchange ten bottles of wine for one bottle of spirit stone honey, and each bottle can be sold for 20,000 points or 2 gold."
"The third option is to exchange forty bottles of wine for one bottle of spirit stone honey, and each bottle sells for five thousand points or 50 silver."
A box of honey can be sold for ten thousand gold coins.
After selling a box of honey, the 9,500 gold that was previously invested in purchasing rare metals was earned back.
Zhao Ziyi nodded excitedly:
"Hmm, this price is good! Four boxes of honey, we'll keep one and sell three, that'll bring in 30,000 gold coins right away!"
Song Chen and Zhao Ziyi discussed all night how to sell the wine, how to open up sales channels, and how to promote it.
Zhao Ziyi was the main speaker, and Song Chen listened with great interest.
**
One week later.
Song Chen opened his eyes.
His aura changed drastically, his Taoist robe billowed, and he successfully advanced to the first level of Foundation Establishment.
The transition from Qi cultivation to foundation building is a qualitative change resulting from quantitative change.
The spiritual energy within Song Chen's body had transformed into a liquid, flowing through his dantian.
"Congratulations on your Foundation Establishment! Here's a little flower for you!"
Zhao Ziyi appeared from the side, took out a bunch of wildflowers, and handed them to Song Chen.
"May Boss Song's cultivation progress rapidly and may he ascend to immortality soon!"
Song Chen took the flowers and joked with a smile:
"The Spirit Stone Honey wasn't wasted; this little mouth is as sweet as if it's been coated with honey."
But he couldn't kiss her! Song Chen became somewhat frustrated.
"Why are you unhappy again? We're both at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment and the first level now, aren't we amazing?" Zhao Ziyi looked at Song Chen, puzzled.
"Cough cough, I was overthinking it. Let me consolidate my cultivation first, and then I'll test how effective the spirit stone honey is for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. We'll go to the brewery together in a bit."
"OK."
An hour later, Song Chen drank two bottles of spirit stone honey, completely consolidating his cultivation.
This spirit stone honey is still useful for those in the Foundation Establishment stage, and its uses are quite significant.
It should also be effective for cultivators in the Golden Core stage.
Turning his head and seeing Zhao Ziyi's expectant eyes, Song Chen smiled and stood up.
"Let's go to the brewery."
"Great!"
"Where is your plan up to?"
"We've already gathered all the 'horses' of Jianchun Academy, cough cough, all the 'horses'. We're just waiting for the spirit wine to arrive."
Zhao Ziyi's eyes sparkled. He had previously suggested to Song Chen that if they wanted to expand the sales channels for the spirit wine, the two of them alone wouldn't be able to handle it.
Why not hire some salespeople to sell the spirit wine?
Poor sword cultivators are the best choice; they are free, have no money, and can fly fast.
Recruit them as salespeople for the spirit wine. They will receive a 5% commission for each bottle sold. The sword cultivators will ride their flying swords and go door-to-door to promote the wine.
From now on, the two of them can focus on collecting honey and making wine.
Song Chen unconditionally and fully supports whatever Zhao Ziyi wants to do.
And so the sale of the spirit wine was settled.
**
The two went to the brewery.
Song Chen ordered 10,000 jin of liquor. He also ordered 10,000 ceramic liquor bottles.
They bought up all the brewery's inventory.
The wine sold at the academy is brewed from ordinary grains; it is transparent in color and has a low alcohol content.
Song Chen mixed the spirit stone honey into the wine and took a small sip.
Ling Shi honey is not sweet to begin with, and when mixed into wine, it doesn't taste like Ling Shi honey at all.
However, the spiritual energy is abundant; a sip of wine is equivalent to a day of cultivation.
Song Chen looked at Zhao Ziyi.
Zhao Ziyi was also drinking. He smacked his lips, thinking that this spirit wine would sell out.
"Song Chen, do you think this counts as counterfeit alcohol?"
"...I don't think so?"
"Alright then, let's get started! Take out the remaining beehives, let's start mixing the alcohol!"
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