Chapter 55 Where are you going to take my Yuluo bee?
The next day, Li Xuangang woke up from practicing, and the spiritual stone in his hand had already consumed most of its spiritual energy.
In a sense, spiritual stone is a product of continuous gathering and compression of spiritual energy. Every spiritual stone comes from the spiritual stone mine, whether it is a low-grade spiritual stone or a high-grade spiritual stone.
Li Xuangang once saw an introduction to the Lingshi mine in his family's library. According to records in the classics, each Lingshi mine has one or several source stones.
These source stones are the basis for the existence of this spiritual stone mine, because the source stones can continuously absorb and gather the free spiritual energy in the air, and then condense it into ordinary spiritual stones.
Generally speaking, one source stone can produce one to three high-grade spiritual stones a year. In addition, depending on the number of spiritual stones in the spiritual stone mine, it can produce varying amounts of medium-grade spiritual stones and low-grade spiritual stones.
When the spirit stone mine contains more spirit stones, it can attract more free spirit energy in the air, and the source stone can produce more middle-grade spirit stones and low-grade spirit stones.
In contrast, if the spirit stone mine contains less spirit stones, the source stone will condense the spirit energy to produce less spirit stones.
Therefore, as long as you can control a spirit stone mine and mine it reasonably, it is equivalent to obtaining a path that can stably produce spirit stones.
But Li Xuangang had only seen records about Lingshi Mine in ancient books.
In his knowledge, even the Corpse Ghost Sect and the Xianyuan Sect in the north only have a small spiritual stone mine.
In other words, there is only one source stone in their spirit stone mines.
Even if there is only one source stone, the spirit stone mine is the most top-notch mineral vein. There are only two in the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent, and they are held by the Corpse Ghost Sect and the Xianyuan Sect respectively.
As for those spirit stone mines with more source stones, they are controlled by some incredibly large forces. Only this kind of force can stably hold the financial resources of large spirit stone mines.
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Putting the spiritual stones in his hand that had consumed a lot of spiritual energy into his storage bag, Li Xuangang stood up and took the Sancai Spiritual Array in as well.
Seeing Li Xuangang standing up, his refined corpse also walked towards him, and then stood still behind him.
Li Xuangang has reached the edge of the battlefield of the Corpse Ghost Sect. A little further north, he will enter the battlefield of Xianyuan Sect. Although there is no major conflict between the two sects, they are still in conflict with each other on the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent.
in a state of competition.
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Li Xuangang was not planning to continue walking north, but was planning to change a route back to Wujiangfang City.
The road I came from has already been searched by me. If I go back and take this road again, it is unlikely that I will find the corpse of the monster I missed.
Li Xuangang took out the map in his storage bag and studied it carefully, preparing to plan a reasonable route for himself.
After staring at the map for a long time, Li Xuangang finally decided to take a little risk and decided to go deeper into the Hengduan Mountains, and then walk back toward Wujiangfang City along the way.
Although Li Xuan was cautious by nature, he was not timid. Now that he had decided on this route, Li Xuangang no longer hesitated. After destroying the temporary cave, he took the refined corpse deeper into the Hengduan Mountains.
Going deeper into the Hengduan Mountains means that you have a greater chance of encountering other monks, as well as a greater chance of encountering the monsters in the Hengduan Mountains.
Therefore, Li Xuangang was more careful than before on his way back. He held the Eight Spider Green Light Sword in his hand the whole time and was always ready to take out the Black Water Shield in his storage bag.
The defensive power of his refined corpse was no worse than the black water shield, so Li Xuangang kept it within three steps of him.
Li Xuangang kept walking in this state for two days. After that, he encountered the first group of monsters since he entered the Hengduan Mountains. This time they were not corpses.
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This is a swarm of jade bees.
Li Xuangang carefully hid his figure in a pile of weeds, and his refined corpse was lying next to him.
Li Xuangang looked at the Jade Beehive not far away in front of him, and he began to recall all the information about the Jade Beehive in his mind.
Strictly speaking, the Yuluo Bee is only a first-level monster. Except for the queen bee, which can reach the second level, most of the other worker bees are only at the first-level mid-level level.
Although the Jade Bee is not conspicuous to other monsters, it is of great value to monks.
Because the honey brewed by Yuluo Bee is an essential ingredient in many alchemy recipes, this honey is deeply loved by alchemists.
As for why Li Xuangang was so familiar with the Jade Bees, it was because his family had raised such a group of Jade Bees on a side peak of Taiqiu Mountain before. However, due to poor management, the group of Jade Bees did not last long.
At that time, this incident was a big blow to the Li family.
The secret technique of raising jade bees is still stored in the family library.
Li Xuangang looked at the Yuluo bee swarm not far away in front of him, and his heart was already filled with excitement.
Although he didn't know why these Jade Bees were not discovered by other monks, Li Xuangang knew that no matter what, this was an opportunity that belonged to him.
But he didn't dare to move for the time being, because these jade bees were not raised by monks, so they were full of ambition and were also full of hostility towards human monks.
Although Li Xuangang was not afraid of these Jade Bees, his purpose was not to kill them, but to take them away intact.
This is undoubtedly much more difficult than simply getting rid of these Jade Bees.
While Li Xuangang recalled the specific operating methods of the secret technique of taming Jade Bees, he carefully observed the details of this group of Jade Bees.
After lying on the spot for seven or eight hours, Li Xuangang finally determined that the group of Yuluo bees not far in front of him had less than a hundred, and could only be regarded as a small Yuluo bee swarm.
While Li Xuangang was still thinking hard about how he should act, something unexpected happened in the Yuluo Bee Swarm.
I saw that this swarm of Jade Bees seemed to explode in an instant, and all the Jade Bees flew out from the hive, and then divided into two different forces.
One group of Jade Bees was obviously more powerful, with more than seventy of them.
The other group of Jade Bees confronting them seemed a bit weak in comparison.
Two groups of Jade Bees gathered in the air outside the hive, with countless pairs of wings dancing non-stop, making waves of heart-stopping sounds.
However, both sides were restraining themselves. Although the situation was tense, no one made the first move.
Li Xuangang was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene. How could such a strange scene suddenly appear? So he did not dare to act rashly, but carefully hid his figure deeper.
The two groups of Jade Bees confronted each other for a while, and finally something different appeared.
In Li Xuangang's sight, a queen bee three times the size of other ordinary Jade Bees emerged from the hive, then flapped her wings and flew in front of the more powerful Jade Bees.
Seeing this scene, Li Xuangang seemed to understand something, and he focused all his attention on the remaining jade bees.
After a careful search, he finally found what he expected, which was a newborn queen bee.
Li Xuangang realized that he might have just happened to be at the moment when the new and old kings of this group of jade bees were alternating.
This phenomenon was also mentioned in the secret technique of taming Jade Bees that he had read.
The Yuluo bee colony will randomly produce a new queen bee. When does it occur? Why does it occur? These questions have no rules.
This phenomenon will occur in some large Yuluo bee colonies, and also in some small Yuluo bee colonies.
Once the new queen bee reaches the second level, there will be a break between the new queen bee and the old queen bee. This is a battle to decide who will rule the group of Yuluo bees.
Because the new queen bee often has just entered the ranks of second-level monsters, its strength is generally not as good as the old queen bee. Therefore, in such incidents, the new queen bee usually ends in failure.
After the failure of the new queen bee, some were killed by the old queen bee, and some escaped with the jade bees following it, and then chose a new place to build their own hive.
Li Xuangang observed that the new queen bee he met was just as recorded in the classics. It had just broken through and became a second-level monster.
In terms of size alone, the new queen bee surrounded by ordinary jade bees is only half the size of the old queen bee.
Li Xuangang decided to stand still and watch the development of the situation closely, while thinking about his own countermeasures in his mind.
But these two groups of Yuluo bees did not give Li Xuangang time to think. Under the pressure of the old Yuluo queen bee, the new Yuluo queen bee had to stand up, and then flew to the front of the bee swarm to fight with the old Yuluo queen bee.
Luo Queen Bee Confrontation.
The two groups of Jade Bees were ignited by the actions of the queen bee they supported, their wings flapped faster, and their mouths began to make sounds similar to chewing.
This battle is about to break out.
Li Xuangang was not made to wait too long. The replacement of the old and new queen bees was the fate of the Yuluo bees. Both queen bees knew that this battle was inevitable.
At a certain moment, this confrontation finally ended, and the two groups of Jade Bees attacked each other at the same time.
Sometimes the battles between monsters are more intense than the battles between humans and monsters.
The two groups of Jade Bees almost came into direct contact, and the battle immediately entered a fierce stage.
The two queen bees were also entangled together, and the poisonous needles on their tails kept looking for opportunities to pierce each other's body.
This was the first time Li Xuangang saw such a scene. He saw that many Jade Bees had their wings bitten off, and then the Jade Bees that lost their wings fell from the air.
For the Jade Bees participating in the battle, losing their wings is a better outcome, because there are more Jade Bees that have become corpses when they fall down.
Since the two groups of Jade Bees fought fiercely, the winner was quickly determined.
As expected by Li Xuangang, the new queen bee was no match for the old queen bee. After a few rounds, its wings were already somewhat damaged.
Although this will have some impact on flight, fortunately, it can still keep moving with a slight stumble.
After the new queen bee showed her defeat, the jade bees following her also understood that they had failed in this battle, so they broke away from the battle and escorted the new queen bee to escape.
But the old queen bee didn't want it to end like this.
It made a weird cry, and then led the Jade Bees following it to chase the group of escaped Jade Bees.
Li Xuangang waited until here and realized that his opportunity had come.
He jumped up from his hiding place, and then used the fireball technique he had prepared.
The huge fireball exploded and formed sparks, temporarily blocking the pursuit of the old queen bee.
Taking this opportunity, Li Xuangang used a black cloth bag in the storage bag to directly put the swarm of bees led by the new peak king into it.
Then, pursued by the angry Old Feng King, Li Xuangang ran away with the corpse.
This pursuit lasted for a long time, until the old peak king realized that he could not catch Li Xuangang and chose to give up.
Start leading the remaining Jade Bees back to the hive.
Li Xuangang, who was temporarily safe, was panting and holding on to a big tree. Then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the old queen bee gave up the pursuit.
Being chased by dozens of angry Jade Bees is no fun.
Li Xuangang took a deep breath, and then opened his cloth bag containing the Xin Yuluo Queen Bee with a hint of excitement.
Due to the rush of time, there were originally more than ten Yuluo bees following the new queen bee, but Li Xuangang only had time to take away eight of them.
The remaining ones have probably been taken care of by the old queen bee.
The few Yuluo bees that were packed in cloth bags no longer had the strength to resist. Li Xuangang took out a small jade box and put the nine Yuluo bees including the new queen bee in it, and then used the sealing talisman to seal them.
The jade box is sealed.
Just when Li Xuangang was about to find a place to open a temporary cave and consider how to house these Jade Bees.
A cold voice came from behind him:
"Where are you going to take my Jade Bee, fellow Taoist?"