Soul Chasing Bee

If Wang Shouye failed to return, the Lineage's hope of revival would be gone. Though Wang Daochang was also highly talented, his Primary Spiritual Root was a Fire Spiritual Root, so he could not cultivate the Water Attribute Cultivation Method and spells Wang Chengzhu had left behind.

The Wang Clan had no respectable Fire Attribute Cultivation Method either. Wang Daochang's potential and usefulness to the Lineage fell far short of Wang Shouye's.

All the elders regretted not opposing the clan head's decision to take Wang Shouye out with him. Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.

"Should we send a few people to meet Shouye?" an elder asked.

The other elders promptly voiced their agreement.

Wang Jize waved a hand. "Someone should go meet them, but there's no point in any of you going. I'll make the trip myself. After I leave, keep the clan members steady. Don't let the clan head and Shouye be fine while the clan itself erupts into chaos."

All the elders answered in unison.

Wang Jize flew westward on his sword.

Since Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoxing had only just escaped death, the elders assigned neither of them any tasks, and they each returned to their cave dwellings to rest.

After returning to his cave dwelling, Wang Daoyuan sent his divine sense into the Spirit Pearl Space and carefully inspected the Storage Bags and Spirit Beast Bag Zhang Dacheng had left behind.

After Zhang Dacheng died, he had left behind three Storage Bags. Two of them had been thrown to him by Wang Daoyuan. That miser truly would rather give up his life than his wealth.

There was only a dead rat in the Spirit Beast Bag. Wang Daoyuan casually tossed it into the pond to feed the fish.

Zhang Dacheng's own storage bag contained only an Animal Hide Book, three Jade Slips, and a few Spirit Stones. It was damn embarrassing—he had none of the bearing of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator at all. All Wang Daoyuan could do was hope the three Jade Slips might bring some surprise.

The first Jade Slip recorded a second-tier spell—the Earthquake Art. It was the very spell Zhang Dacheng had used to stop Wang Daoyuan from escaping with earth escape.

This spell could not only break earth escape; it also affected all spells cast through the earth. Earth Attribute spells happened to gain greater power by drawing upon the earth. The Earthquake Art could be called the nemesis of Earth Attribute cultivators. It was quite practical, but unfortunately, it was an Earth Attribute spell, and Wang Daoyuan could not learn it for now.

The second Jade Slip recorded an Earth Attribute Cultivation Method called the Earth Origin Art. It was likely Zhang Dacheng's primary cultivation method and could be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Wang Daoyuan had already reached the Late Stage of Qi Condensation. Changing cultivation methods before Foundation Establishment was not worthwhile. Besides, Wang Daoyuan's Five-element Spiritual Root was balanced, so cultivating a single-attribute method held little meaning for him. Even if he changed methods after Foundation Establishment, he would choose a multi-attribute method.

There was no use keeping the Earth Origin Art. It would be more suitable to hand it over to the Lineage along with the Earthquake Art in exchange for Contribution Points. In a small Lineage like the Wang Clan, a cultivation method capable of reaching the Foundation Establishment Late Stage was still extremely valuable.

The third Jade Slip instantly lifted Wang Daoyuan's spirits. It recorded the Spirit Taming Secret Codex.

This secret codex did not contain any cultivation methods or spells. From beginning to end, it discussed matters related to spirit beasts, including their breeding, taming, and recognition of their masters. This was practically a beast tamer's inheritance!

So-called spirit beasts were tamed Demon Beasts. Whether Flying Beasts or ground beasts, all could be called spirit beasts.

Unfortunately, the beast-taming methods recorded in the Jade Slip only reached the second tier. Anything more advanced was a core secret of the Myriad Spirit Sect, not something a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could produce.

Yet for the Wang Clan, it was a perfect fit. The Wang Clan did not have the strength to capture third-tier Demon Beasts anyway.

He could not take this thing out now. This was an inheritance of the Myriad Spirit Sect. Wang Daoyuan might not be investigated for killing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Myriad Spirit Sect, but if he dared flaunt the Myriad Spirit Sect's inheritance everywhere, he would be slapping the Myriad Spirit Sect across the face.

To Wang Daoyuan, this secret codex was timely rain. The Long-tailed Bees in the Spirit Pearl Space had yet to pledge allegiance.

He had raised the Long-tailed Bees not only for honey, but also in the hope that they could aid him in battle. Unfortunately, he had never possessed a method to make them pledge allegiance, and the swarm would not obey his commands. If he released them, it was already fortunate enough that they did not attack him.

Now that he had the Spirit Taming Secret Codex, he could make the Long-tailed Bee queen pledge allegiance.

There were too few nectar sources in the space, severely limiting the Long-tailed Bee colony's numbers. If he could make the queen pledge allegiance, he could release the swarm and let them gather honey outside, expanding their population. The terrifying thing about Spirit Insects was their sheer numbers.

Once he had new queens in the future, he could split the colonies. The separated swarms could be handed over to the Lineage...

There was also an Animal Hide Book. When he opened it, the first page bore the three words "Myriad Spirits Compendium." One glance at the name told him it was something from the Myriad Spirit Sect—another scalding hot potato.

This Animal Hide Book was only two or three inches thick, yet it recorded an enormous amount of content. The content was not written on the hide, but imprinted upon it with divine sense. Every page was equivalent to a Jade Slip.

This Myriad Spirits Compendium recorded information on all kinds of spirit beasts, including their appearance, habits, talents, and more. The book was divided into four sections: the Spirit Beast section, the Spirit Bird section, the Spirit Insect section, and the Water Spirit section. They respectively explained ground beasts, Flying Beasts, Spirit Insects, and aquatic Demon Beasts.

Wang Daoyuan opened the Water Spirit section and soon found information concerning the Clear River Carp. It even mentioned his catching the Clear River Carp. This book updated in real time—it suddenly gave him the feeling of being on television and in newspapers in his previous life.

Afterward, he opened the Spirit Insect section, hoping to find records concerning the Long-tailed Bees. He only found them after flipping to the very end.

This kind of bee was naturally not called a Long-tailed Bee, but a "Soul Chasing Bee." This spirit bee had been discovered less than a hundred years ago, deep within the Skyrend Mountain Range by a Golden Core elder of the Myriad Spirit Sect during his travels.

Because this spirit bee had only been discovered recently, there was little information about its habits, potential, and other aspects. It could only be confirmed that it was related to the Spirit Seeking Bee and might have mutated from it.

The Spirit Seeking Bee lived up to its name. It loved seeking spiritual objects rich in spiritual energy, including spirit herbs and spirit materials. It could help its master hunt for treasures, so it was jokingly called the treasure-seeking bee. This bee was slender, flew extremely fast, and excelled at finding high-tier spirit herbs. As a result, the quality of its Spirit Honey was very high.

The Soul Chasing Bee looked rather similar to the Spirit Seeking Bee, except it was a full size larger, with a more slender body and wings, and it flew even faster. It still enjoyed seeking spiritual objects, but the quality of its Spirit Honey was far inferior to that of the Spirit Seeking Bee. Among Spirit Honey of the same tier, it could only rank middling.

The Spirit Seeking Bee disliked fighting and would not actively attack people except near its hive. The Soul Chasing Bee was different—a thoroughbred warmonger. It frequently attacked humans and Demon Beasts alike, and its teeth and tail stingers were exceedingly sharp, while its venom was quite potent.

Once attacked, an entire swarm of Soul Chasing Bees would fight their attacker to the death. Moreover, these creatures excelled at seeking spiritual objects, could remember an attacker's scent, and flew at astonishing speeds. Thus, they were named "Soul Chasing Bees."

The Soul Chasing Bee had only been discovered within the last century and was so valuable. How could the Myriad Spirit Sect possibly allow it to circulate outside? He had casually killed an assassin and obtained such a good thing. Could that assassin have been from the Myriad Spirit Sect too? Perhaps he was even a descendant of that Myriad Spirit Sect elder.

Wang Daoyuan was somewhat speechless. He was really butting heads with the Myriad Spirit Sect.

He had originally planned to hand the Soul Chasing Bees over to the Lineage after they split into colonies, but now it seemed they were connected to the Myriad Spirit Sect again. He had better not reveal them, lest people misunderstand and think he had some shady connection with the Myriad Spirit Sect.

After reading the introduction to the Soul Chasing Bee, he noticed one of its major traits: it could track people and objects by scent.