Chapter 350 Wildflower Honey
The ancient secrets are clearly illustrated with corresponding pictures.
This includes the appearance of bee eggs, the appearance of the queen bee at each stage, and so on.
After reading the secret, Zhong Cai's goosebumps disappeared, and she couldn't help but say, "Could this really be that kind of spirit bee?"
Wu Shaogan picked up another bee egg and placed it near the picture for careful comparison.
The outer skin, the faintly visible patterns, the indistinct outline of the bee head... are all exactly the same.
Once Wu Shaogan had seen it clearly, he nodded firmly to Zhong Cai and said, "It is indeed correct."
Zhong Cai gasped: "So many people throughout history have failed to find the bee, and we managed to extract it?"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "Just lucky!"
Zhong Cai took another deep breath... and wholeheartedly agreed.
The two watched the bees quietly for a while.
Zhong Cai no longer gets goosebumps because he's now very interested in the honey.
"Old Wu, this thing has a lot of uses..."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "It can replenish Xuan power and also improve aptitude."
Zhong Cai snorted, "However, these uses all have limitations."
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It is possible to replenish Xuan energy, and the replenishment speed is also very fast, but its efficiency is only one-tenth of that of pills—it sounds like a useless thing, but it also has great advantages, which is that different grades of honey only differ in the amount and speed at which they can replenish Xuan energy, but none of them contain impurities.
—If you are extremely wealthy but cannot buy top-grade pills, you can buy large quantities of honey from the Liang family. Since the Liang family has such honey as a monthly allowance, it will naturally be of great help to your cultivation.
It does have some effect on improving one's qualifications, but its efficacy is not extraordinary. Only by taking royal jelly for a long time can one continuously refine one's qualifications to the limit of that level—it is a very subtle change, the degree of improvement is very small, and the difference will only be noticeable after a long time.
If taken for an extended period, there is a small chance that one's aptitude may be elevated to a higher level.
But at most, it's only one level.
Very few members of the Liang family actually managed to change their aptitude using this honey. Most people who wanted to change their aptitude preferred to spend a lot of money to buy related treasures—the amount of Xuan Stones spent on buying treasures might not even be as much as the amount spent on honey, and the effect was much more certain.
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Wu Shaogan chuckled, “While the uses of honey are limited, with A-Cai’s abilities, if she could obtain a large quantity of honey, she might be able to use it as a medicinal ingredient to develop pills with similar effects but far superior efficacy to honey itself, wouldn’t she? Once she has several new pills, A-Cai’s ranking will likely improve again.”
Zhong Cai thought it made a lot of sense, stroked her chin, and said, "I have some ideas. The medicinal effects of this honey are quite mild. Once I've produced some, I can go to the simulation room to study it and combine it with other medicinal materials. There should be many combinations I can try."
At that moment, a considerable number of medicinal herbs flashed through his mind, and he was already considering the reactions that would occur when they were combined with this honey.
Wu Shaogan gave Zhong Cai an encouraging pat on the head.
Zhong Cai was being rubbed and swayed by him, and after a while she suddenly struggled and took out a palm-sized stone from the cabinet. She then said to Wu Shaogan, "This looks like a 'wine stone', right?"
Wu Shaogan stopped what he was doing, took the stone, and sniffed it.
At first glance, this thing looks like an ordinary stone, but only by smelling it up close can you perceive that it emits a refreshing aroma of wine. Just smelling this aroma makes you feel like you're about to get drunk.
Zhong Cai said regretfully, "Because we have too many resources, I didn't pay much attention before, but it seems to be an eighth-level resource."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly and shook the tartare: "Level eight is not bad."
Zhong Cai pondered, "Soaking the stone in the spiritual spring will produce pure wine. Adding anything to this wine will cause certain changes... Some of it will directly become wine with certain medicinal effects, while others will simply become poison. It's quite interesting."
Wu Shaogan chimed in, "Ordinary honey brew can enhance one's profound energy two to three times more than directly consuming honey. And the legendary queen bee honey brew, which is rumored to have a chance to enable cultivators to achieve enlightenment in their dreams, can enhance the effect of enhancing profound energy even further, but at most it will not exceed 50%."
Zhong Cai pondered, "I think, could this honey-brewed beverage also be used in medicine?"
Wu Shao chuckled and asked, "A-Cai wants to refine a pill that can stably induce enlightenment?"
Zhong Cai thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's possible. We'll see if we try."
Wu Shaogan continued to encourage him, saying, "Don't worry, with A Cai's abilities, she will definitely be able to do it. Moreover, once the idea for this pill is formed, as the grade of honey increases, A Cai might even develop a series of pills, which can then be used for each subsequent grade."
Zhong Cai, full of interest, said excitedly, "Then we really have to raise these bees!"
Wu Shaogan chuckled: "Ah Cai, don't you feel disgusted?"
Zhong Cai said matter-of-factly, "We agreed that it would all be left to you!"
Wu Shaogan smiled and said, "A-Cai is right."
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The ancient secrets are quite reliable. Perhaps the author really hoped that this kind of queen bee could continue to exist, so he not only introduced the situation of the bees in detail, but also how to hatch and raise them.
The Zhong and Wu couple looked on with somewhat strange expressions.
It turns out that this thing is actually quite difficult to incubate; it requires a lot of resources.
The reason why that young master Liang was able to hatch and raise the bees despite his "poverty" was thanks to his good fortune in making a bee contract and knowing the types of resources the bees needed most at the time.
However, the bee was still born with developmental deficiencies. As Young Master Liang's strength increased, an enormous amount of resources were actually consumed to compensate for some of the bee's shortcomings. Ultimately, the bee's evolution was due to that prodigy's generous feeding.
Now that we're going to incubate them, we need to feed them well from the start; we can't wait to make up for it later.
Young Master Liang was quite lucky; there was only one bee egg left at the time, and it struggled desperately to survive and be hatched.
Now, the fate of these bee eggs is uncertain; there might be some losses...
In addition, the honey produced by bees in the early stages actually contained impurities. To make it truly free of impurities, it must be wildflower honey.
In other words, at least one hundred kinds of flower nectar must be collected and blended by the spirit bees themselves. Only then can the resulting nectar be the honey that the Liang family later introduced as rumored.
Royal jelly can only be made from a variety of flowers.
Fermented wine made from royal jelly can only be made from royal jelly brewed from a variety of flowers.
They can collect nectar from more than a hundred different kinds of flowers, but absolutely none of them can be omitted.
Real, finished wildflower honey is milky white.
The royal jelly made from wildflowers is a richer, milky white color with a faint golden sheen.
The color of fermented rice wine is the same as that of honey and royal jelly.
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Zhong Cai studied it for a moment and said, "It's quite troublesome."
Wu Shaogan comforted him, saying, "Open up several more spirit fields, plant more than a hundred kinds of precious trees of the same grade on each one, and when it's time to collect honey, put the beehive in the spirit field and then use an array to isolate the spirit bees."
Zhong Cai thought this was a good idea, but the specific plants still needed to be planned later.
He nodded, then seemed to be thinking about something.
Looking at Zhong Cai like this, Wu Shaogan probably had some thoughts in his mind as well.
Then……
Zhong Cai suddenly said, "I want to sell a few of these bee eggs to our family's power."
Wu Shaogan smiled slightly: "The War God Hall and the Spirit Immortal Sect each have two, and you and I have three."
Zhong Cai smiled and said, "There are only two of us, and it will take some time for the bees to grow, so we don't actually need too many. I was thinking that if we can all hatch, one bee will be enough for the two of us. And the forces on both sides are huge, and the demand is also large. Three bees per family will be just right to be distributed as rare treasures to fellow disciples at all levels..." He paused slightly and continued, "So, we'll sell two bees to each family first. If everything goes smoothly on our side, then after one bee hatches, we'll sell the remaining two to our family's forces as well."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "A-Cai has a kind heart."
Zhong Cai rolled her eyes: "I'm here to build my reputation within the sect, and make money on top of that. Where's the kindness in that?"
Wu Shaogan: "I don't want A-Cai to think, I want to think for myself."
Zhong Cai: "..."
Sometimes he wondered if he shouldn't tell Lao Wu stories about his past life so often.
Sometimes, when he talked too much, Lao Wu would pick up on his casual remarks and nudge him when he wasn't looking, making him jump and feel a chill run down his spine.
Seeing Zhong Cai's indescribable expression, Wu Shaogan became playful and suddenly used one hand to press Zhong Cai down, giving him a "bed slam".
Zhong Cai: "..."
Wu Shaogan cleared his throat, preparing to lower his voice...
But how well does Zhong Cai know him? Just as Wu Shaogan was about to speak, she immediately raised her hand and covered his mouth.
Wu Shaogan blinked.
Zhong Cai took a deep breath and said seriously, "Old Wu, if you try to play with my bubble voice, I might have to beat you up."
Wu Shaogan continued blinking.
Zhong Cai became even more serious and said, "Even a domineering CEO won't do."
Wu Shaogan turned his head to the side.
Zhong Cai: "...Are you trying to kill me by combining bubble voice and domineering CEO persona?"
Wait, damn it.
I accidentally became a writer of life-or-death literature!
Wu Shaogan's eyebrows curved, and the smile in his eyes was almost overflowing.
Zhong Cai still covered his face with a stern expression.
Wu Shaogan didn't struggle at all.
However, with his mouth covered, he lowered his body slightly and just like that... kissed Zhong Cai.
It was through Zhong Cai's palm.
Zhong Cai felt as if his palm had been kissed, or as if Wu Shaogan had kissed his lips through his palm.
At that moment, Zhong Cai's mind went blank.
Then, for some reason, he suddenly blushed.
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The two remained in this position.
Seeing the beautiful blush on Zhong Cai's face, Wu Shaogan was in a good mood, so he simply kissed Zhong Cai in the same position.
The straightforward Zhong Cai felt hot all over from Wu Shaogan's actions, and an indescribable emotion was swirling in his heart. He knew very well that he was shy, but they were an old married couple, so what was there to be shy about!
Zhong Cai held back, her eyes actually darting away slightly.
Wu Shaogan found Zhong Cai adorable, so he simply pressed his lips to hers and stayed still.
They were still separated by their palms.
Wu Shaogan's warm lips pressed against Zhong Cai's palm, seemingly carrying with them intense heat.
His eyes met Zhong Cai's eyes, always with a smile, yet never blinking, as if he were savoring the emotions contained within.
Zhong Cai took a deep breath for what felt like the umpteenth time today.
Previously, it was because of the resources he obtained through gacha pulls, but now... it's because of Wu Shaogan, who is so close to him.
Even up close, with half of Wu Shaogan's face covered, he was still so handsome.
It was so beautiful that Zhong Cai felt like she was on fire and couldn't take her eyes off it.
They just stared at each other like that.
It's unclear how much time passed, but the two seemed to suddenly come to their senses.
Wu Shaogan laughed even more happily.
Zhong Cai suddenly became somewhat embarrassed and angry.
At this moment, he had gradually adapted to the panic he had felt earlier, and another emotion welled up inside him, causing him to instantly release his grip.
Before Wu Shaogan could even speak, Zhong Cai had already wrapped her arms around his neck and silenced him with her mouth.
Now! Don't say a word!
Kiss me!
Wu Shaogan was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh even more happily.
They were laughing so hard that their mouths almost didn't meet.
In a fit of anger, Zhong Cai bit Wu Shaogan's lip.
Wu Shao's smile deepened: "..."
I'm so happy, I can't stop laughing.
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