"You can't even imagine how powerful our teacher is! You damned mercenaries!"
The boy's argument seemed weak and feeble, and the people in the tavern paid no attention to his words.
"Hahaha... Little John, stop following your drunken master. Why not work for your uncle? With my bronze-level swordsmanship, a few simple techniques I teach you will be far more useful than what your drunken master teaches. What are you learning from him? Drunken swordsmanship? Hahaha..."
Another bald, middle-aged man carrying a sword on his back also joined in the mockery.
His tone was full of sarcasm, and the techniques he was supposed to teach were just a joke.
"Hey, I've heard of an ancient and mysterious race that seems to possess a powerful skill that can only be used when drunk... I think... it's called Drunken Fist? Hans might even know Drunken Fist! Hahahaha..."
Another mercenary chimed in.
The boy continued to argue, but no one paid any attention to his words.
No one noticed the hatred in the boy's eyes.
The middle-aged man sitting in the corner, silently drinking, remained completely silent.
He just silently drank his wine, as if none of his apprentices had ever stood up for him.
The entire tavern was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
...
Zhao Zian listened for a while, and had probably heard enough.
It seems that recently, several precious medicinal herbs in the forest are about to ripen, and their fragrance has attracted many competitors.
Moreover, generally speaking, if the place where it grows is deep in the forest, powerful spirit beasts can basically snatch it away directly.
But this time is different. These medicinal herbs grow on the edge of the forest. At this time, not only will powerful creatures from deep within the forest compete for them, but other races outside the forest will also have the opportunity to compete for these medicinal herbs.
Generally speaking, resources are relatively scarce at the edge of a forest, but there is a place with an inexplicably high concentration of spiritual energy, which has led to the appearance of these very rare spiritual herbs. There are many kinds of them, and their numbers are also frightening, so they attract a lot of creatures.
This is the most important news. There are also some news about other forces and families. We have also learned some knowledge about the general cultivation system, weapons and equipment of this other world.
Zhao Zian's understanding of this world has also become more profound.
"By the way, it seems the tavern next door has hired a few cat-woman girls..."
"That figure, that face..."
"You little brats, you can't even walk past a few females. Back in my day, I fought them all by myself..."
"..."
Aside from a few useful pieces of information, most of what was in the tavern was useless junk information.
Zhao Zian listened for another hour or so before controlling the flying ants to leave.
It's boring. All they talk about is lewd nonsense. These mercenaries are incredibly dull.
As an outstanding young man, Zhao Zian expressed his disdain for these mercenaries who told dirty jokes all day long.
Zhao Zian hurriedly went back to plan further.
I heard that those medicinal herbs all grow in the Red Earth Forest region.
The area around my home is considered a black soil region.
The red soil wasn't far from their ant base. While exploring to the left earlier, they had already discovered some terrain where black and red soil were mixed together.
Just keep walking to the left, close to the river behind you.
Explore further to the left, and you should be able to find it.
Zhao Zian originally didn't plan to get involved, but he heard that there were many, many spiritual herbs, and there would definitely be a chaotic battle.
Their ant army doesn't care about anything; they're happy as long as they can eat some leftovers.
If all else fails, we'll just wait for those powerful creatures to steal those elixirs.
There are some leaves and roots left over from the medicinal herbs, which nobody wants, so the ant army can go and scavenge for scraps...
Although leaves are not as nutritious as fruits, they must be a great opportunity for ants.
Zhao Zian thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.
All three bases have now begun mass production of troops.
After those powerful creatures leave, they'll probably have to fight over the leftover scraps.
There are other insects and rats in the lower biosphere, so it's essential to ensure you have a certain level of combat capability.
Zhao Zian had already started mass-producing ant troops long ago.
There is now an abundance of food in all aspects.
The worker ants produced a total of 200,000.
5000 soldier ants, flying ants
We haven't built too many combat units yet, mainly because we're only in the preparation stage right now. Building too many combat units might consume a lot of food. We can build more when we're ready to fight.
Those bees with special bloodlines have been almost completely digested.
The queen bee has already been eaten by the queen ant.
In fact, Zhao Zian valued the Queen Bee's area-of-effect damage skill quite a bit.
With a single roar, one can kill enemies with weak mental strength in the surrounding area.
At that time, if the ant army hadn't generally been rather dim-witted and immune to psychological attacks, they would have been able to survive.
If someone were to actually be hit by this skill, the casualties would be devastating.
However, Queen Ant did not gain this ability after creating new flying units.
It was only in terms of mental strength that it received a certain improvement.
Zhao Zian wasn't too disappointed.
It's already incredibly lucky that a new type of soldier could be created by combining the genes of bees.
Especially given this unexpected opportunity, the flight units should be able to achieve impressive results.
In order to prepare for the opportunities that follow.
The ant army headed directly to the left and began exploring with all their might.
Zhao Zian planned to first explore the exact location of the spiritual herb on the left.
Then find a place nearby to set up camp and establish a temporary base.
Store all your troops there, so you can just go up and loot any good stuff without having to travel all the way there.
After all, if we head directly to the left from this ant nest, the distance is too far. If there were any great opportunities, they would have already been snatched up by someone else.
Even Akaishi can't keep up with the hot one.
The plan is in place.
Zhao Zian acted immediately.
Controlling several flying ants, they began to explore to the left.
Along the way, we also encountered some scattered wild animals moving in the same direction.
However, these wild animals had little interest in the small flying insects.
Zhao Zian was unsure of the exact direction, but seeing that they seemed to know the location, he simply had the flying ants follow these wild beasts.
These wild beasts ran very fast, and we even lost track of them at one point.
Fortunately, we encountered a few wild animals that knew the way, and we continued to follow them for a while.
After overcoming numerous hardships and continuous exploration, the target location was finally found.
There were already many powerful creatures surrounding them ahead.
Some carnivores and herbivores even stood together.
There was no conflict between them.
They were simply focused on waiting for the elixir to mature.
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