Arranging Spirit Beasts

"Eleventh Great Grandfather, I naturally agree to such a good thing. Thank Eleventh Great Grandfather for giving me this opportunity." With that thought, Ling Pengyun immediately agreed and then thanked him.

Cooperating with the Lineage is a win-win situation. If we have to say who benefits, then it is naturally Ling Pengyun, the Master of the Fruit Flower Bee.

Ling Ruxian and gave an explanation.

"There's no need for that. The number of Rainbow Cloud Spirit Butterfly in the clan is not large to begin with, and most of them are not very talented. Only the pair of Rainbow Cloud Butterfly Butterflies that the Lineage obtained a hundred years ago have better talent and have entered the Qi Training Middle Stage. The rest are still in the Early-Stage Qi Training."

"Even if those Rainbow Cloud Butterfly absorb a lot of pollen from the spirit fruit trees, it will probably be difficult for them to advance to the Qi Training Middle Stage. Instead of using the pollen from the flowers of those fruit trees on the Rainbow Cloud Spirit Butterfly swarm, it would be better to use it to cultivate your Fruit Flower Bee."

"After all, spirit bee colonies are quite rare. These colonies are usually located deep in remote wilderness areas with few people. You are the only one in the entire Ling Clan who has tamed a group of spirit bees. Such a good thing naturally fell to you."

"Furthermore, the pollen consumed by the Rainbow Cloud Spirit Butterfly is not as picky as that of the Fruit Flower Worker Bee in the Qi Training Stage. The Spirit Butterfly will eat any pollen from a spirit flower."

"In previous years, the Lineage planned to cooperate with you to jointly raise the Fruit Flower Bee, so we specially planted two acres of First Rank Low Grade Qi Training Spirit Flower. The pollen produced by those two acres of Qi Training Spirit Flower is more than enough to supply the daily food needs of the Rainbow Cloud Spirit Butterfly. As for their cultivation progress, the Lineage does not expect much."

Like Qi Training Grass, Qi Training Spirit Flower can be used as the main ingredient in refining First Rank Low Grade Qi Refining Pill.

Like the butterfly, the swarm of spirit bees is indeed quite rare.

The swarm of Fruit Flower Bee in Ling Pengyun's hands were originally just ordinary Fruit Bee. It was only when the miniature Spirit Vein of the Fruit Bee Ridge was upgraded to First Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein that they entered the grade. With the help of Ling Pengyun, they have reached their current scale.

"That's good then." Ling Pengyun nodded slightly and took out three bulging Storage Bag from his pocket, handing them to Ling Ruxian and explaining.

"These three Storage Bag contain the last batch of First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Sword, which were forged from the 1,250 portions of Azure Spirit Sword materials entrusted to us by the Eighteenth Grandfather three years ago. There are a total of 390 swords in these Storage Bag."

Besides the 390 Azure Spirit Sword, Ling Pengyun also forged several hundred First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Sword in the past two years. However, they were all taken back to the Lineage by the Sixth Elder, Ling Yunqian, who was in charge of offerings, after the New Year in the past two years.

"I didn't expect this last batch of Azure Spirit Sword to have 390 pieces. It seems your success rate in forging First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Sword has improved even further." Upon Ling Ruxian channeled his Divine Sense into the three Storage Bag in his hand, roughly checked the Azure Spirit Sword in the three Storage Bag, and found that the number was correct. He then praised him.

Then, he took out a ledger from his Storage Bag that recorded the transactions of the Lineage commissioning the Lineage's Law Artifact to refine magical artifacts, and carefully looked through it.

"The three hundred and ninety Azure Spirit Sword you are giving me now, plus the six hundred and thirty Azure Spirit Sword that Yun Qian brought back to the Lineage from you two years ago, make a total of one thousand and twenty swords."

"Based on the 60% success rate that the Lineage required you to forge the Azure Spirit Sword, there are 750 Azure Spirit Sword in total."

"For this batch of Azure Spirit Sword, the Lineage will only pay five Spirit Stone for the craftsmanship, which will amount to a total of three thousand seven hundred and fifty Spirit Stone."

"The remaining two hundred and seventy Azure Spirit Sword, at twenty-five Spirit Stone each, would amount to six thousand seven hundred and fifty Spirit Stone."

"Adding the two together, the Lineage will pay you a total of 10,500 Spirit Stone for commissioning you to forge this batch of Azure Spirit Sword. Apart from the 1,000 Spirit Stone the Lineage paid you each year for the previous two years, the Lineage still owes you 8,500."

"Now that you have returned to the clan, the thousand Spirit Stone that the Lineage owes you this year will be given to you in advance."

"After deducting this thousand Spirit Stone, the Lineage will only owe you seven thousand five hundred Spirit Stone. If nothing unexpected happens, we can repay you in full within seven years."

After saying that, Ling Rucong took out a Storage Bag that he had prepared in advance from his bosom, summoned a thousand Spirit Stone from it and placed them on the ground, and said with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun was delighted. Considering that he would be going into seclusion for a long time and would not go out casually for a long period of time, he used spirit stones to buy a thousand catties of yellow jade spirit grain from Ling Ruxian, the steward of the General Affairs Hall, to feed the two Songhua spirit chickens that could incubate eggs.

As for the spiritual fruits that he and Wind Shadow Peng would eat during their future seclusion, he had already purchased them during his recent trip to Cloudwater Market Town.

After chatting for a while, the two left the Affairs Hall together.

They first placed Xiao Ling Xin, who possessed Spirit Root, in the home of a clansman who had children, and had that clansman take care of Ling Xin for several years.

Only when Xiao Ling Xin grows up a bit can he live alone, otherwise the Lineage will be worried. Every child with a Spirit Root is a treasure of the Ling Clan.

After settling Xiao Ling Xin in, Ling Pengyun followed Ling Ruxian up the mountain.

Before they even reached the mountaintop, the two were blocked by a barrier of light.

This light curtain is a light curtain transformed by the protective formation of Lingxiao Mountain.

Ling Ruxian, the leader, took out the Elder Token hanging from his waist, made a hand Hand Seals, and condensed a special Law Seals into the token.

Under Ling Ruxian's Divine Sense control, the token flew through the void and adhered to the surface of the light curtain that covered the entire mountaintop.

"Withdraw!"

Ling Ruxian a moment, then changed the finger techniques in his hands.

The token affixed to the surface of the light screen flashed with a spiritual light, and then the huge light screen trembled slightly, and a gap just wide enough for a person to pass through appeared on the light screen.

"Peng Yun, keep up, don't wander off." Ling Ruxian instructed Ling Pengyun behind him before taking the lead and entering the mountaintop through the gap in the light screen.

Ling Pengyun followed closely behind.

Before long, the two reached the top of the mountain.

A layer of white mist permeated the mountaintop, obscuring Divine Sense and vision.

Although Ling Pengyun's cultivation had reached the Qi Training Ninth Layer and his Divine Sense was quite strong, he still found it difficult to see through the white mist.

Only by relying on the Elder Token in Ling Ruxian's hand to force back the white mist and make way for them could they move forward.

"This cloud is indeed powerful; it's probably a cloud created by First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Isolation Array or Illusion Array." Ling Pengyun sensed the power of the surrounding cloud and made a guess to himself.

Ling followed Ling Ruxian a while, and then the two encountered another layer of light barrier blocking their way.

This light barrier is specifically designed to protect the High-Grade Spirit Field area at the mountaintop.

Ling Ruxian the mountaintop, using his Elder Token to break through the isolated defensive light barrier of the Spirit Field area on the mountaintop before entering that Spirit Field area.

This area of Spirit Field comprises twenty-five acres of Spirit Field, planted with a wide variety of Spirit Plant, and also includes three acres of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Field.

Demon Extermination War, the Second Rank Low Grade Stone Spirit Walnut Tree that the Five Great Clans of Huai River County jointly obtained was planted separately on a Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Field.

It is precisely because the Spirit Plant grown in this Spirit Field field are so precious that they are protected separately by the formation.

Apart from Ling Ruxian, the Lineage's Great Elder, and the Clan Head, both high-ranking Spirit Planter, the other elders, even with their Elder Token, would find it difficult to break through the array protecting that Spirit Field area and enter it.

Upon entering this Spirit Field area, Ling Ruxian pointed to a spiritual tree that was five zhang tall and extremely conspicuous in the Spirit Field and spoke to Ling Pengyun.

"Peng Yun, the area around that Stone Spirit Walnut Tree is rich in Spiritual Qi. You should place your swarm of Fruit Flower Bee ' nest on that Stone Spirit Walnut Tree."

Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun nodded slightly without saying anything more. He quickly walked to the five-zhang-tall Stone Spirit Walnut Tree, channeled his spiritual power into the Beast Taming Pouch at his waist, and summoned out the swarm of Fruit Flower Bee that had been imprisoned in the Beast Taming Pouch for several days, as well as the beehive.

The thousand Fruit Bee and dozens of Qi Refining Fruit Flower Bee that had just emerged from the Beast Taming Pouch all looked somewhat nervous upon realizing they were in an unfamiliar environment.

To prevent the queen bee from being in danger, thousands of Fruit Bee and dozens of Qi Refining stage worker bees in the swarm faithfully gathered around the plump queen bee, protecting her safety.

However, the somewhat intelligent queen bee noticed the rich Spiritual Qi in the unfamiliar surroundings and the presence of more than twenty spiritual fruit trees nearby, and her expression immediately brightened.

It immediately flapped its small, transparent wings, flew away from the swarm, and came to Ling Pengyun. It activated the Recognition of Ownership Restriction within its body and asked Ling Pengyun if it could collect the pollen from the flowers of the twenty-odd spirit fruit trees when they bloomed in the spring.

Through the Recognition of Ownership Restriction, Ling Pengyun understood the meaning behind the queen bee's words.

He first took the huge beehive from his Beast Taming Pouch and used his Object Manipulation Technique to place it on a relatively thick branch of the Stone Spirit Walnut Tree in front of him before replying.

"You will live here from now on. When spring comes, the bees can freely collect the pollen from the flowers of the more than twenty spirit fruit trees in this Spirit Field area."

"However, the Spirit Honey produced by the bees from the flowers and pollen of these spirit fruit trees, as before, needs to be supplied to the Early-Stage Qi Training worker bees in the bee colony. You and the five Qi Training Middle Stage worker bees need to stop eating Spirit Honey and can only eat ordinary honey to fill your stomachs."

"After I leave, I will go into seclusion for about five years. If, when I emerge from seclusion, the number of Fruit Flower Bee in the swarm who have reached the Qi Training Middle Stage is not in the double digits, I will definitely not disturb you."

"Of course, if the number of Qi Training Middle Stage Fruit Flower Bee in the swarm reaches double digits, this plan can be stopped, and all the grade-level Fruit Flower Honey produced by the swarm can be supplied to you to improve your cultivation and allow you to enter the Qi Training Late Stage more quickly."

"Furthermore, while your clans reside in this area, they must not take the initiative to attack the cultivators in the mountains."

"Three miles to the east of this place, there is a small town. Next to the town is an orchard covering 100,000 mu, with countless fruit trees. The pollen contained in the flowers of those fruit trees can be collected by your colony and made into fruit honey to feed the Fruit Bee in your hive."

There are only about twenty spirit fruit trees in this Spirit Field area, and the number of flowers that bloom in spring is not enough to feed the large bee colony on a daily basis.

Upon hearing this, the queen bee was not bothered by her Master Ling Pengyun's threat. Instead, she was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

Now, it is well aware of the benefits that Ling Pengyun advocates for cultivating worker bees in the Early-Stage Qi Training.

As worker bees improve their skills, the quality of the Fruit Flower Honey they produce also increases.

This will greatly benefit the bees in the future by pooling the resources of the entire colony to produce Fruit Flower Honey and further enhance their skills.

Seeing the Fruit Flower Worker Bee respond, Ling Pengyun pointed to Ling Ruda at the edge of the Spirit Field area and gave another instruction.

"When I went into seclusion, each of the forty-five Fruit Flower Worker Bee bees in the Early-Stage Qi Training in the bee colony had to leave behind five ounces of Fruit Flower Honey every year, totaling twenty-two and a half catties of Fruit Flower Honey. This batch of Fruit Flower Honey will be collected by my Eleventh Great Grandfather."

Following Ling Pengyun's direction, the obese queen bee glanced at Ling Ruxian, memorized Ling Ruxian's face, and then nodded slightly, conveying a clear understanding to Ling Pengyun.

Having dealt with the matter, Ling Pengyun and Ling Ruxian had nothing else to do, so they left together, descended the mountain, and parted ways.

After parting ways, Ling Pengyun went straight back to his courtyard halfway up the mountain.

Having not returned home for five years, weeds had grown in the yard and the house was covered in dust.

After spending some time cleaning up the weeds and dust in the courtyard, Ling Pengyun stood in the courtyard and used his spiritual power to cast earth Law Technique, conjuring several earthen walls to form an Earthen Wall Chicken Coop.

Once the chicken coop was complete, Ling Pengyun patted the Beast Taming Pouch at his waist and released the two Songhua Spirit Chicken he had brought back from Lingyun Mountain into the Earthen Wall Chicken Coop.

Using his Divine Sense, he touched the Wind Shadow Peng, which had never been put into the Beast Taming Pouch and was soaring in the sky, causing it to land on the ground.

The Wind Shadow Peng, which was soaring in the sky, obeyed its Master's command and soon landed beside Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun then spoke up, offering his instructions.

"From now on, these two Songhua Spirit Chicken will still be under your management, and you must not allow them to crow at will."

Wind Shadow Peng understood what Ling Pengyun said through the Recognition of Ownership Restriction and immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun was quite satisfied. He tossed Wind Shadow Peng a First Rank Low Grade spirit fruit and instructed it to go and cultivate to the side.

He then went into a quiet room in the courtyard, took out a Meditation Mat, and sat cross-legged on it.

Then, he waved his hand and patted the Beast Taming Pouch hanging at his waist, summoning three Earth-Turning Earthworm from it.

Looking at the three Earth-Turning Earthworm, Ling Pengyun muttered to himself.

"Apart from the mountaintop, there are no Spirit Field in the mountains. Even if these three little guys were placed in Spirit Field, their cultivation speed would be extremely slow. If they had spirit fruits to help them, their cultivation speed would definitely be faster."

Having made up his mind, Ling Pengyun immediately took out a First Rank Low Grade spirit fruit from his Storage Bag, broke the fruit into three pieces, and threw them next to the three Earth-Turning Earthworm.

Upon seeing this, the three Earth-Turning Earthworm were delighted and quickly crawled to the spirit fruit to gnaw on it.

The larger Qi Training Third Layer Earth-Turning Earthworm, quickly devoured its piece of spiritual fruit. It intended to steal the spiritual fruit from the other two Earth-Turning Earthworm Innate Perfection, but Ling Pengyun stopped it.

"This Earth-Turning Earthworm at the Qi Training Third Layer is edible."

With a silent thought, Ling Pengyun also summoned another First Rank Low Grade spirit fruit from his Storage Bag and tossed it to the Qi Earth-Turning Earthworm Qi Training Third Layer Earthworm.

While ordinary Earth-Turning Earthworm improve their cultivation by absorbing Spirit Soil Spiritual Qi from Spirit Soil during the purification process, Earth-Turning Earthworm can also consume spiritual fruits and other spiritual substances to cultivate.

However, this method is quite expensive, so most people wouldn't use it.

After the three Earth-Turning Earthworm finished eating their respective spiritual fruits, they lay prostrate on the ground and fell into a deep sleep, using the method of sleeping to refine the spiritual fruit flesh within their bodies.

Ling Pengyun gazed at the body of the Earth-Turning Spirit Earthworm, which had reached the Qi Training Third Layer, and muttered to himself.

"This spirit earthworm has reached the limit of the Qi Training Third Layer Qi Training Fourth Layer. Its aptitude was already good. In addition, a few years ago I infused it with a mouthful of Yin Yang Primordial Power, which further enhanced its aptitude. Now, with the assistance of spirit fruits in its cultivation, it is estimated that it will be able to break through to the Qi Training Middle Stage in a few years."

After muttering to himself, he moved his gaze and looked at the other two Innate Perfection Earth-Turning Earthworm, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"I wonder if, with the help of the spiritual fruit, these two Earth-Turning Earthworm at the Innate Perfection Realm will be able to advance to the Qi Refinement Realm in the future."

After a moment of distraction, Ling Pengyun regained his senses and, without further delay, consumed a First-Tier Superior-Grade spiritual fruit and began to circulate his Cultivation Method to refine the Spiritual Qi contained within the fruit flesh he had swallowed, in order to purify the spiritual power in his Dantian.

(End of this chapter)