Chapter 992 Red Moon Bee
After a three-day dream, Ji An woke up and opened the door. It was just as the bright moon was rising, and the light filtering through the leaves was like a layer of white frost.
He strolled to the door and tilted his head slightly to gaze at the bright, round jade disc.
The moonlight shines inside the gourd world, but the full moon is outside the world. Although the sky in the small world is much wider than it was back then, it is only about five thousand feet high, which is far from being described as vast and expansive.
Although the small world has the distinction between day and night and the four seasons, it is still a long way from evolving into a microcosm of inner vision.
He exhaled softly and murmured to himself:
"What exactly is the power of a grotto-heaven?"
Having witnessed the vastness of the Vast Ocean Realm, he realized that in the eyes of those Celestial Lords, he was no different from an ant.
That vast water world was probably even larger than the planet he had left, and at that moment, he felt a sense of insignificance.
After sighing, Ji An's eyes showed more determination. The road ahead was still long, and the Cave Heaven was his current major goal, while his intermediate goal was to raise his cultivation to the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm.
As for smaller goals, there are many: improving the grade of spirit wood, cultivating better spirit rice, cultivating a mid-grade fifth-order Yin-Yang spirit fire, and so on.
He strolled out of the house and came to the Juyuan tree. Its faint fragrance drifted in the wind, and the night breeze was cool.
Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Ji An began to take out the spoils he had gained from exploring the Vast Sea Realm.
Upon returning to his cave, he immediately took a bath and fell into a deep sleep, without taking the time to appreciate these fine items.
Before he could collect all the treasures, the stone tortoise left his dantian and appeared on the back of his right hand.
At this time, it was only the size of a child's palm, and most of the old cracks had disappeared without a trace.
The Tai Chi symbol on the spine rotates slowly, like the ceaseless flow of the river of time.
The Three Elements Heavy Water, the Flaming Dragon Crystal, and the Yin Water were all things that the Stone Turtle had coveted for a long time, and now these priceless spiritual objects were going to be transformed into provisions for the Stone Turtle.
He first opened the seal on the bottle containing the fifth-grade superior three-element heavy water and poured it into a jade basin.
These spiritual waters are solid in seawater, but will liquefy again when left alone.
After the stone turtle absorbs the Daoist essence from the spiritual objects, these spiritual objects will become ordinary mortals.
The jade basin is pure white, with two striped blue patterns on the bottom that look like two blue fish at first glance.
The three-element heavy water fell into the basin, making a clear and melodious sound, like the tinkling of a mountain stream.
As more and more of the three-element heavy water gathered, the pattern at the bottom of the basin seemed to come alive as the spiritual water swayed.
The jade basin was not large, with an opening about the size of a basketball cross-section. When all the fifth-grade high-quality spiritual water was poured out, it was only about three fingers deep.
The spiritual water has a warm, jade-like color and emits a lustrous spiritual light, rising in a thick mist under the moonlight.
The stone turtle fell silently into the basin without making a splash.
The Tai Chi symbol on its back gradually rotated faster, and the fog became thinner and thinner.
About five minutes later, it flew away, leaving only water in the basin, without any trace of spiritual energy.
Ji An splashed out the clear water and then poured in the fifth-grade top-quality Tri-Element Heavy Water. This time, the water level was only about two millimeters.
The stone turtle fell back into it, and after a quarter of an hour, the heavy water turned into ordinary clear water.
He generously took out the Yin Water, and the stone turtle swallowed a few drops of the spiritual water and closed its eyes to doze off, but the Tai Chi diagram on its back began to rotate rapidly.
As a sixth-tier spiritual creature, the stone tortoise took more than an hour to open its eyes in satisfaction. It returned to Ji An's dantian, lazily lying between the Yuanming Fire and the Yin-Yang Spiritual Fire, its little tail swishing proudly a few times.
With Ji An and his group's current capabilities, they cannot divide the Flame Dragon Crystal. For now, they have entrusted the fire-elemental spiritual object to the Moonless Hermit for safekeeping.
Either seek help from the Celestial Lord to perform the cutting, or wait until one of them reaches the perfect Three Flowers Realm before proceeding with the cutting.
To be honest, Ji An was not comfortable entrusting a sixth-tier spiritual item to someone else for a long time, but he only entrusted it to the care of the Crescent Moon Hermit after making a vow to the Great Dao.
He roughly guessed why the other party did this; weapon refiners have a possessive mentality when they encounter high-level materials.
Although one cannot possess the spirit object, one can keep it in one's own hands for a long time and play with it frequently.
Ji An guessed that as long as he didn't urge them, the other party would most likely not take the initiative to cut ties with someone.
However, this suited him perfectly. After accumulating enough spiritual fruits or pills over several hundred years, he should be able to exchange them for the entire Flame Dragon Crystal.
Ji An focused his mind on his dantian, connecting with the stone tortoise to check how much Daoist energy he had gained.
Golden characters appeared in the sky above the Moon Palace.
[Taoist Rhyme: Yin 11325.8, Yang 4332.6]
Both the Three Primal Heavy Water and the Yin Water are Yin substances, and only Yin Daoist principles are obtained.
He laughed heartily, "A very fruitful haul! Looks like I can't miss that Flame Dragon Crystal."
With so much Daoist energy at our disposal, we must go all out and 'consume' it!
Ji An stroked his chin, weighed the matter carefully, and finally made up his mind. He flew to the side of the fifth-tier Soul-Nourishing Wood, reconnected with the stone tortoise, and gave the command:
"Refine all the Dao essence to upgrade the grade of the spirit wood."
His initial idea was to use Daoist essence to enhance the Gathering Yuan Tree, but while more than 10,000 points of Daoist essence seemed like a lot, the possibility of enhancing the Gathering Yuan Tree to the fifth-grade superior level was absolutely impossible.
The stone tortoise left his dantian and appeared above the Soul Nourishing Wood. Countless black or white rays of light flew up and down like threads, quickly weaving a black and white cocoon of light.
The black area makes up the vast majority of the space, while the white area covers about a quarter of it.
A yin-yang symbol appeared on the ground and began to rotate slowly.
More than an hour later, the cocoon of light suddenly shattered, and countless 'stars' lit up the sky.
The stone tortoise returned to his body, and after checking, Ji An found that it still retained a considerable amount of Daoist energy. He immediately went to the side of the fourth-grade top-quality Soul-Nourishing Wood:
"Refine the Dao essence to enhance the grade of the spirit wood."
After successively upgrading two fourth-grade top-quality Soul Nourishing Woods to the fifth grade, there were still dozens of points of Dao Rhyme remaining.
Inside the cave, A-Yun prepared a meal, and Ji An and Wu Yue Sanren drank together.
After a few drinks, Wuyue Sanren sighed, "I thought I could finally relax after reaching the Three Flowers Realm, but I never expected to see so many Three Flowers Realm cultivators in the Vast Sea Realm."
After his cultivation level improved, he felt less pressure and became lax in his cultivation and bloodline purification.
His experience in the Vast Ocean Realm made him realize that he was still weak in terms of strength, and that comparison was the worst thing.
The lord's power made him take notice, as he easily killed late-stage Three-Flower Realm cultivators or sea beasts several times, as if taking candy from a baby.
It should be noted that Your Majesty is only at the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm. The higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it becomes to cross realms to fight and defeat enemies.
Once Your Majesty reaches the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm, you will likely have no rivals at that level.
Ji An tilted his head back and drank the wine in his cup, then laughed:
"Actually, there aren't that many. Among the cultivators heading to the Vast Ocean Realm this time, there will definitely be cultivators from other planets as well as those from Ziwei Star."
Judging from their harvest, the Vast Ocean Realm is a very good place and has a high attraction for cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm.
He ate a piece of beef and then said:
"There's something I need to entrust to you: go out and post information seeking to purchase eggs laid by a fifth-tier queen bee and a hundred spirit bees from the same colony."
The requirement is that there must be at least ten individuals at the late Nascent Soul stage among the Spirit Bees.
We can barter; all kinds of fifth-tier spiritual fruits and thunder talismans can be traded, and the price is negotiable.
It's impossible to know how many years it would take to cultivate amethyst bees or white jade bees in the gourd world to the fifth tier, or even if it would be successful. It's better to just buy a finished product of a higher tier.
As long as the queen bee is raised step by step, with the high density of high-grade spiritual wood in the gourd world, it will be possible to cultivate a fifth-level bee colony.
At that time, you can obtain fifth-grade honey, which is a rare delicacy. It can be eaten directly or used to research elixirs with honey as the main ingredient.
Fifth-grade honey is very rare and valuable, but it's unknown whether any cultivators would be willing to sell bee eggs.
Wuyue Sanren nodded, "I will take care of it tomorrow."
Six months have passed.
Ji An was cultivating under the Gathering Yuan Tree, where a huge vortex of spiritual energy swirled above the tree.
The spiritual veins of the Calabash World reached the mid-grade of the fifth rank, which was sufficient to support his cultivation.
The spiritual energy within the immortal veins flowed rapidly, and the vein patterns on the surface of the Five Elements Divine Palaces flickered periodically, maintaining absolute synchronization.
The Yin-Yang Dao Seeds within his body are scattered throughout this world, each located beneath a few spiritual trees of heaven and earth. Strands of Yin-Yang spiritual light overflow from the Dao Seeds, nourishing this land.
More precisely, when he cultivates, he can simultaneously nourish the spiritual roots of heaven and earth and his small world.
Ji An was certain that other cultivators, lacking a Dao Seed, would experience a much slower pace in enhancing their small worlds.
Others also lacked powerful planting spells to rely on, and were destined to be far inferior to him in cultivating the spiritual veins of their small worlds.
His hair periodically changes from white to black and back again, and his aura resonates with the world, engaging in a deep 'communication,' which can be seen as the beginnings of a unity between man and nature.
After he finished his cultivation, A-Yun hurriedly came over and said:
"Your Majesty, the Hermit of the Five Mountains is waiting in his cave. He says he has already obtained the bee eggs."
Ji An immediately stood up, "Come with me to take a look."
As they left the gourd world and entered the cave, the Five Mountains Hermit brought out a palm-sized mountain dwelling to greet them.
"Your Majesty, I have successfully completed my mission. A cultivator is willing to sell one thousand eggs produced by a fifth-tier queen bee."
After some haggling, the other party agreed to exchange four fifth-grade low-level lightning-struck earth spirit fruits.
The spirit bee, also called the Crimson Moon Bee, is a fire-elemental demonic insect that can produce honey that is either fire-elemental or wood-elemental.
These eggs were dark red with a slight yellow tinge, numbering about thirty, each about the size of a grape.
Ji An extended his divine sense to check the egg's vitality and nodded with satisfaction:
“Yes, these eggs are very vigorous.”
He turned to look at Ayun, "I'll give you a small world and retrieve four fifth-tier lightning-struck earth spirit fruits."
After saying that, he waved his sleeve and sent the other person into the small world.
Ayun quickly returned to the cave and handed over a yellow jade box.
Ji An opened the jade box, inside which were four crystal-clear, jade-like Earth Spirit Fruits, the skin of which occasionally flashed with a silver lightning bolt.
The lightning flashed and disappeared in an instant, followed by a crackling sound in the air.
He used his telekinesis to send the jade box out, saying, "Take it and make the trade, go quickly and come back quickly."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Please wait patiently for one hour."
After obtaining the bee eggs, Ji An returned to the Calabash World and placed the beehive in the Crimson Spirit Field, which was also very close to the Cyan Spirit Field.
He extended his divine sense to carefully examine the eggs, finding those with the strongest vitality. Then, he used magic to cut open his fingertip and activate the blood pact.
The golden blood, like a blazing sun, forms mysterious patterns in the air after being continuously weakened, and finally falls onto the eggs. The first eggs to hatch will become queen bees.
After doing all this, he activated his magic to release the Flamefire Spell. Crimson light enveloped the beehive, and the fire element brought a warm feeling.
About 15 minutes later, the queen bee was hatched. After another half hour, about 80% of the eggs were hatched, and the unhatched ones were dead eggs.
Ji An took out diluted amethyst honey and put it into the beehive, instructing:
"Ayun, pass on the message: closely monitor the growth of the Red Moon bee colony and make sure to replenish the honey supply."
Newly formed bee colonies are unable to produce enough honey to support the rapid growth of the colony. In order for the colony and the queen bee to grow up as quickly as possible, they must be fed.
Ayun lowered her head slightly, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will have the puppet in charge of this area check the honey consumption in the beehive every three days."
"I trust you to handle things."
Two years later, swarms of bumblebee-like spirit bees flew through the crimson spirit field, their buzzing clearly audible.
The bee's body is dark red, and its wings have bright red stripes that outline a crescent moon pattern.
This is the Red Moon Bee, and the queen bee has currently reached the second-tier superior level.
The Crimson Moon Bee colony occasionally clashes with the Amethyst Bee or the Jade Bee, but they are the weaker party and always suffer casualties.
There's nothing that can be done about it. The Crimson Moon Bee's activity area overlaps with that of the Amethyst Bee and the White Jade Bee, and coupled with its weakness, it's no wonder it's often bullied.
At this moment, Ji An was standing still in the hive, communicating with the queen bee and learning about the current situation of the Red Moon Bee colony.
The number of bees has reached more than 20,000. This period is the simplest stage for the Red Moon Bees, and the number of bees will grow faster and faster in the future.
As the Red Moon bee colony grew, so did the conflicts between it and the other two bee colonies.
This is unavoidable; in the struggle for the right to survive, killing is an inevitable theme.
Ji An couldn't stop it, so he could only try to plant as many flowering spiritual plants as possible.
Fortunately, after the spiritual veins reached the fifth-grade mid-level, the land area of the gourd world increased significantly, and many lands that were previously barren could still be cultivated on a large scale.
The Rock Armor Bear flew over. After reaching the Nascent Soul level, it transformed into human form, but retained its enormous bear head.
With a憨态可掬 (simple and honest) expression, he solemnly cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, the Crescent Moon Hermit has sent word that a small celebration will be held in half a month to celebrate his breakthrough to the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm."
(End of this chapter)
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