Development of the Bee Colony

Seeing this, Ling Penglin didn't say anything more and thanked Ling Pengyun. "Thank you, Eighth Brother."

Ling Pengyun waved his hand and said to Ling Ruxian, "Thirteenth Grandfather, you will be in charge of this school of fish from now on, so please cast the Recognition of Ownership Restriction on that fish king."

Ling Ruxian, then released a beam of spiritual light, pricked his finger, squeezed out a drop of ordinary blood, and used the blood as the source to set up Recognition of Ownership Restriction, which he then applied to the fish king that was about to transform into the Azure Moon Spirit Fish.

Despite the Fish King's fierce resistance, its cultivation level was still within the Innate Realm, making it a mere mortal fish. In just a moment, the Recognition of Ownership Restriction was successfully set up.

At this moment, Ling Pengyun also removed the Water Binding that had trapped the Fish King.

Just like when Ling Pengyun tamed the "Fruit Flower Bee King" who was used to being the boss, this fish king was very rebellious. Ling Ruxian, a cultivator with a cultivation level of Qi Training Completion, knocked it unconscious several times did the fish king gradually become obedient.

Seeing that the Fish King had been completely tamed, Ling Pengyun and Ling Penglin were no longer worried. They traveled together along the Underground River and left the area, returning to their respective residences.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the winter snow melts, the spring breeze sweeps across the earth, and all things awaken from their slumber.

Hibernating animals emerge from their dens to forage for food, wild grass seeds buried deep in the ground absorb nutrients from the earth and grow strong, and many trees, vines, and wild grasses also begin to bloom...

With the winter chill gone, the villagers of Azure Stone Village have all left their warm houses and gone to work in the fields, vegetable gardens, and orchards.

As the earth awakens, in the Azure Stone Orchard, besides the villagers of Azure Stone Village working with manure, small Fruit Bee land on the blossoms of the fruit trees to collect pollen and transport it back to their hives to make honey.

It was noon on this day.

Deep in the Azure Stone Orchard.

Standing beside the Fruit Bee nest, Ling Pengyun looked at the twenty-nine Qi Training Stage Fruit Flower Worker Bee and one Fruit Flower Bee King, a hint of joy on his face.

"This queen bee hasn't gone against my initial decision to maximize the preservation of high-grade Fruit Flower Honey to cultivate ordinary Fruit Bee. Now, the number of Fruit Flower Worker Bee in this colony should have reached the limit that the queen bee can control. Next, the development plan for this colony should shift from quantity to quality," Ling Pengyun thought to himself.

In the Early-Stage Qi Training, a queen bee can only control a maximum of thirty worker bees of the same rank. Once the number exceeds this, the bee colony will no longer be under the queen's control, and worker bees may even devour the queen and declare themselves queen.

Ling Pengyun thought for a while, then raised his hand and pointed to five worker bees at the peak of the Qi Refining First Layer far surpassed that of the other worker bees. He then spoke to the queen bee in front of him and gave her instructions.

"Now your colony has twenty-nine worker bees in the Early-Stage Qi Training. In the future, the amount of Fruit Flower Honey you need to leave for me each year will also increase to twenty-nine catties."

"Besides the Fruit Flower Honey you need to give me, the Fruit Flower Honey brewed by the Qi Refining worker bees will also fully support you and those five worker bees whose Qi Refining First Layer to eat, so that you can improve your cultivation with the Fruit Flower Honey and quickly advance to the Qi Training Middle Stage, so that you can brew me First Rank Middle Grade Fruit Flower Honey."

Thanks to the Recognition of Ownership Restriction, the Fruit Flower Bee King, though Demon Beast, was able to understand Ling Pengyun's meaning.

Upon hearing this, it was overjoyed and immediately used the Recognition of Ownership Restriction to convey its gratitude to Ling Pengyun.

Last year, it was so frustrated. In order to obey its Master's wishes, it could only suppress its desire to improve its cultivation. For a whole year, it dared not touch a drop of Fruit Flower Honey and ate only ordinary fruit honey.

All of this was done to save on Fruit Flower Honey and increase the number of worker bees in the hive Qi Training Stage.

High-grade Fruit Flower Bee contain Spiritual Qi. They eat common fruits and flowers and can use the Spiritual Qi in their honey to enter the Qi Refinement Realm.

Seeing the queen bee's actions, Ling Pengyun, the Master, was quite satisfied. His expression shifted slightly as he thought of something.

"The Spirit Mandarin Tree in the desolate mountains where the bee colony built their nest have probably all blossomed by now. Let the five worker bees I just pointed out, all at the peak of the Qi Refining First Layer, and you yourself, land on my shoulder. I'll take you to Fruit Flower Ridge so you can recognize each other."

Upon hearing Fruit Flower Bee King's expression brightened even further.

It vividly remembered how delicious the Fruit Flower Honey made from the pollen of that Spirit Mandarin Tree was, imbued with Spiritual Qi energy, and how pure the Spiritual Qi it contained was.

If it weren't for the fact that winter had just ended and all things were just beginning to bloom, it would have already gone to Fruit Bee Ridge to collect some of the Spiritual Qi pollen from the "fruit flowers" of that Spirit Mandarin Tree.

It quickly beckoned the five most skilled worker bees among the twenty-nine Qi Refining worker bees to land on Ling Pengyun's shoulder. Then, it instructed the remaining twenty-four Qi Refining worker bees to guard the nest and collect pollen properly in a special way.

Seeing the Queen Bee's well-organized arrangements, Ling Pengyun thought to himself, "This Queen Bee does have some brains. But then again, as the sole leader of the hive, she wouldn't be a Queen Bee if she didn't have brains. If she shows good potential in the Qi Training Late Stage on her own, I can give her a mouthful of Yin Yang Primordial Qi to help improve her aptitude and increase her chances of breaking through to a higher realm."

As his thoughts drifted to the highest heavens, Ling Pengyun felt that the "Yin Yang Primordial Qi" was becoming increasingly insufficient.

"The unhatched Wind Shadow Peng needs a breath of Yin Yang Primordial Qi, and the Queen Bee also needs a breath. If I can improve my weapon crafting skills and earn a lot of Spirit Stone in the future, I might even tame another defensive Spirit Beast, which will also need a breath. If I am lucky enough to break through to the Foundation Establishment and acquire a Natal Spirit Plant, I will also need a breath..."

"The road ahead is long, and we must continue to strive forward."

Ling Pengyun sighed, shook his head, and put aside the mess. He raised his hand and patted the Storage Bag at his waist, from which he summoned a Xiao Ye full of spiritual energy.

A wisp of spiritual energy was injected into the small green leaf, and the Xiao Ye rapidly grew larger.

In the blink of an eye, it swelled to the size of a washbasin, just big enough for one person to stand on.

Ling Pengyun lightly touched the ground, jumped onto the Green Travel Leaf, and with a slight movement of his Divine Sense, quickly flew away into the distance.

The Azure Stone Village, who were working in the orchard, saw a figure flying across the sky. Upon closer inspection, they recognized the Immortal Elder from Azure Stone Mountain and immediately became respectful.

The fact that the fruit trees in the Azure Stone Orchard could double in size to two thousand acres was all thanks to the compassion of this Immortal Elder.

With these thousand acres of fruit trees, once they grow, blossom, and bear fruit, the fruit can be transported to Xia Zhi Town, 300 miles away, and sold. This will at least allow the more than 3,000 villagers of Azure Stone Village to have a few more bites of wine and meat.

At the same time, a feeling of envy welled up in my heart.

Walking on leaves, a skill of immortals, who wouldn't want to possess it?

Although the villagers busy in the orchard have had their Spirit Root tested and found none, they have children and grandchildren. Who knows, one day their ancestral graves might emit auspicious smoke, and perhaps one of their descendants will become an immortal.

Three years ago, Ling Shan, a child from Azure Stone Village, had a stroke of great luck and was taken back to the Immortal Mountain by a flying Immortal Elder.

Among the twenty villagers working in the orchard, the oldest, Ling Yang, who was over sixty, watched Ling Pengyun, this "Immortal Elder," disappear into the distance, and a thought stirred in his heart.

"Qiu'er will be eight years old next year. I wonder if this child has Immortal Fate."