The Nectar Bee Queen Breaks Through to Foundation Establishment
Early morning of this day.
The sunlight shone down on the earth, and a gentle autumn breeze, carrying the fragrance of ripe fruit and a hint of warmth, constantly caressed Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi, who were standing in the Falling Dusk Mountain, making them feel extremely relaxed.
The two stood there quietly, watching the magnificent Morning Glow.
Only when a dazzling ray of light shot out from the horizon, obscuring the beauty of the Morning Glow, did Yan Siyi slowly speak.
"Ling Daoyou, let's meet again next year!"
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun's expression shifted slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a desire to eat the delicious Spirit Cuisine cooked by Yan Siyi.
As it happened, it was just the two of them at this small gathering, Ling Pengyun said with a grin.
"If you have nothing to do, fairy, you might as well come and stroll around more often."
"Thus, even though I am stationed in this deserted place, I have someone to talk to."
Yan Siyi raised an eyebrow and looked at Ling Pengyun with surprise.
Seeing Ling Pengyun's smiling face, Yan Siyi immediately understood what Ling Pengyun was thinking and replied with a smile.
"Ling Daoyou, you must be thinking of the Spirit Cuisine I made."
"If I have the opportunity, I will definitely come often."
"Fellow Daoist, your Qi Refining Consummation Realm Fruit Flower Bee King's cultivation should also be improved. I am quite looking forward to the taste of second-tier Fruit Flower Honey."
"If the Fruit Flower Honey of this quality, the roasted meat would surely be even more delicious. Would you like to try some, fellow Daoist?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun couldn't help but swallow hard.
He was a glutton by nature, and he especially loved roasted Spirit Cuisine made with Fruit Flower Honey, and honey.
"It's a pity that my Fruit Flower Bee King is not up to par. She failed to break through to the Foundation Establishment Foundation Establishment years ago. But if you count the time, she should have recovered from the injuries caused by the failure by now."
"When the fairy comes again, I will definitely treat her to second-grade Fruit Flower Honey."
Three years ago, Ling Pengyun's Fruit Flower Bee King broke through from the Qi Training Ninth Layer to the Qi Training Completion.
Ling Pengyun followed suit, using Contribution Points to exchange for a bottle of Hundred Spirits Water from the Lineage and a Meridian Protecting Pill from the Yang Clan, which he gave to the bee to take to assist it in its Foundation Establishment.
However, the Fruit Flower Bee King was physically weak and suffered a great loss during the Qi Infusion, causing her first Foundation Establishment to end in failure.
"Then I will remember these words. If you fail to keep them when we meet next time, you will have broken your promise."
After Yan Siyi finished speaking, she waved a white flying boat and stepped onto it.
"Ling Daoyou, Fellow Daoist Ling!"
Before she finished speaking, Yan Siyi steered the flying boat beneath her feet and quickly flew away.
Ling Pengyun watched Yan Siyi's departing figure, gradually lost in thought.
It took him quite a while to come to his senses.
"A year is a long time!"
"Next time, I need to ask Fairy Yan for some low-level Spirit Cuisine Secret Method to learn, so that I can cook them myself when I'm craving something sweet in the future."
Ling Pengyun sighed inwardly with a hint of regret.
"However, Fairy Yan's reminder is indeed good. My Fruit Flower Bee King should indeed try to break through to the Foundation Establishment again."
His feet then transformed into a Qing Feng, leaving the mountain and heading towards his Lineage's location.
Several hours later.
Ling Pengyun traveled thousands of miles and returned to the Ling Clan Mountain. He went directly to the Spirit Plant area on the mountaintop, walked to the Stone Spirit Walnut Tree of the highest grade, and looked up at a beehive several meters long hanging on one of the tree trunks.
A short while later, a Fruit Flower Spirit Bee as thick as a calf flew out of the hive, flapping its wings and buzzing a couple of times at Ling Pengyun in a gesture of goodwill.
Ling Pengyun didn't pay any attention to this. Instead, he used his Divine Sense to scan the bee's body and investigate the queen bee's condition.
When Ling Pengyun noticed that the bee's injuries from its failed Foundation Establishment three years ago had healed and its physique was several times stronger than it was three years ago, he nodded in satisfaction.
"This queen bee hasn't slacked off on physical training in the past three years."
Seeing this, Ling Pengyun was quite satisfied and then asked.
"How confident are you in achieving Foundation Establishment on your own right now?"
The Fruit Flower Bee King thought for a moment, then buzzed twice, indicating that because of her experience of failing her first Foundation Establishment, her body had now been tempered and was comparable to that of Qi Training Completion Demon Beast, giving her a confidence of about 40% to 50%.
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun was overjoyed. He took out the last bottle of Small Hundred Spirits Water and the last Pulse Meridian Protecting Pill from his Storage Bag and handed them to the queen bee.
Upon seeing this, the queen bee was overjoyed and quickly thanked Ling Pengyun twice.
Do you know what the function of these two things is?
Ling Pengyun waved his hand and instructed the bee to quickly consume the two Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object and attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment.
The queen bee immediately did as instructed, swallowing the two Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object and then lying down next to Ling Pengyun to begin her Foundation Establishment attempt.
Ling Pengyun then took out a Meditation Mat, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to meditate.
In just half a month, the Fruit Flower Bee King triggered the Qi Infusion by relying on the drop of Liquid Spiritual Power she had condensed during her first Foundation Establishment.
Relying on the influx of abundant Spiritual Qi into the body, the inner core begins to condense.
During this process, Ling Pengyun, who was protecting the queen bee, could see with the naked eye that the bee's face showed signs of pain.
Clearly, the Qi Infusion was not a pleasant experience for the queen bee.
"Hopefully, the queen bee can hold on during this Qi Infusion. Otherwise, if she fails again, with my current wealth, it will be difficult to purchase Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object for her in the short term to help her try to Foundation Establishment again."
Ling Pengyun sighed inwardly.
Eight years ago, during the chaos of the Beast Tide, Ling Pengyun made a fortune by slaying the Demon Beast.
Over the years, thanks to his cousin Yang Siling's connections, Ling Pengyun has managed to obtain dozens of kilograms of Second Rank High Grade Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron and several thousand kilograms of first-grade water-attribute spirit iron from the Hundred Spirits Sect.
In addition, over the years, he has spent 15,000 Spirit Stone on the Yang Clan to purchase three Meridian Protecting Pill.
Now he only has a few thousand Spirit Stone Spirit Stone.
Of course, if he waits for some time, and his Lineage kills those Foundation Establishment Demon Beast in the Beast Tide and sells the obtained Lifebound Magic Item, the Spirit Stone on his body will naturally increase slowly.
However, it takes so much time that there isn't enough time to fulfill the "one-year promise" made with Yan Siyi.
Fortunately, this time the Fruit Flower Bee King finally performed well for a while.
Having endured the three days of Qi Infusion, he successfully condensed his inner core within his Dantian.
A powerful pressure from the Foundation Establishment also emanated from it.
The bee's Divine Sense, spiritual power, and even intelligence also rapidly increased in a short period of time.
After it opened its eyes, it was filled with ecstatic joy and kept expressing its gratitude to Ling Pengyun.
The enhancement brought by its intelligence made this bee realize that if it weren't for Ling Pengyun, its "demanding Master," who spared no expense in nurturing it and twice provided it with precious spiritual items to assist in its Foundation Establishment, it would have had very little chance of breaking through to its current level on its own.
Unbeknownst to them, Ling Pengyun's status in the hearts of these bees had become extremely high.
Ling Pengyun, who was protecting the Fruit Flower Bee King on the side, was overjoyed to see that the queen bee had successfully Foundation Establishment.
Firstly, he can keep his promise and have a small gathering next autumn, where he can give Yan Siyi second-tier Fruit Flower Honey so that she can use the Fruit Flower Honey to cook delicious roasted meat Spirit Cuisine.
Secondly, he now commands three Foundation Establishment Spirit Beast. Although the Fruit Flower Bee King's combat power is not comparable to that of the Wind Shadow Peng and the Black Armored Turtle, the value it brings is much greater than that of the latter two.
In Ling Pengyun's eyes, the Fruit Flower Bee King in the Foundation Establishment Realm is a gold mine, and the bee swarm under her command can gradually give birth to second-order spirit bees.
At the same time, as the queen bee's cultivation level increases, the number of bee colonies can also expand, producing more Fruit Flower Honey and bringing more profits.
"Now that you have broken through to the Foundation Establishment, the spirit bees within the swarm will also have the opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment in the future."
"In the future, apart from reserving 30 catties, 20 catties, and 10 catties of first-grade low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade Fruit Flower Honey for me as usual, and leaving a portion of honey for the Lineage, the remaining Fruit Flower Honey should be used to focus on cultivating the spirit bees you value."
"In this way, it will also help him break through to the Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."
"Furthermore, next spring, when those dozen or so spirit fruit trees in this Spirit Plant area bear fruit and blossoms, you, the queen bee, should stop acting all high and mighty and go collect spirit flower pollen. Make as much second-tier Fruit Flower Honey and Fruit Flower Honey as you can, and don't be lazy."
After saying this, Ling Pengyun, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the queen bee, threw out a demon Demon Beast inner core of the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment and fed it to the bee.
"This Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast core is yours. Use it to consolidate your cultivation as soon as possible."
The queen bee was overjoyed to see the inner core that had been thrown to her, which contained immense spiritual power. She quickly swallowed it and fell into a deep sleep.
Ling Pengyun then used a Wind Riding Technique to leave the Clan Mountain and return to Falling Dusk Mountain.
Several hours later.
After Ling Pengyun returned to Falling Dusk Mountain and entered the Cultivation Abode at the top of the mountain, he immediately took out the "Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass" spiritual seed that Yan Siyi had sold.
He then channeled the fifth Yin Yang Primordial Qi, which he had accumulated over the years, into this spiritual seed.
Instantly, the Water Spiritual Energy emanating from the spiritual seed became several times more concentrated, and its vitality also increased significantly.
Clearly, it was that Yin Yang Primordial Qi that had taken effect.
Ling Pengyun wasted no more time and channeled his Divine Sense into the Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass spirit seed, refining it into his second Natal Spirit Plant.
He then sent the spiritual seed into his Dantian to nourish it with his spiritual power.
I also took this opportunity to do some introspection.
Once the Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass spirit seed entered his Dantian, it slowly absorbed the pure Liquid Spiritual Power within his Dantian into his body.
The Liquid Spiritual Power absorbed into the body will be divided into two parts by the Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass Spirit Seed: one part will be used to improve cultivation, and the other part will be stored in the body.
It was only because its cultivation level was still low, not even at the Qi Refining, that it could not store more Liquid Spiritual Power Liquid Spiritual Power after absorbing just a couple of mouthfuls.
However, its cultivation level also rapidly improved due to the extremely pure Liquid Spiritual Power within Ling Pengyun's Dantian.
In just half a day, it began to sprout and grow.
This made Ling Pengyun very happy.
Besides the Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass, there are two other things in his Dantian now.
They are the Second Grade Middle Rank Lifebound Magic Item "Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Pearl" and the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Natal Spirit Plant Thorn Vine.