Summer Insects Cannot Speak of Ice

"That's impossible!"

Cui Shi looked on in disbelief.

"My father discovered that ancient tomb sixty years ago. How could anyone have spent sixty years plotting something like that?"

Yuan Qing smiled slightly, "How can a summer insect talk about ice! Golden Core cultivator lives for five hundred years, so sixty years for me is equivalent to ten years for you two-legged sheep."

"Years ago, I accidentally obtained an ancient book that recorded a Pill Formula a pill called 'Infant Spirit Pill,' which could increase the chances of forming an Infant by 20%. One of the main ingredients of the Infant Spirit Pill is Blood King Honey produced by the Queen Bee of the Third Tier Bloodthirsty Bees."

"In the Cultivation World, there are no third-tier Bloodthirsty Bees Queens, only second-tier ones. Fortunately, ancient texts record the method for cultivating third-tier Bloodthirsty Bees Queens, which involves feeding them with a large amount of fresh human blood and allowing Bloodthirsty Bees to grow naturally in the wild for Bloodthirsty Bees to have any chance of advancing."

"On Sheep Island, there are millions of living people. Cultivating a third-tier Bloodthirsty Bees would be a piece of cake. But how could I easily reveal the Infant Spirit Pill, such a treasure? Therefore, I decided to secretly cultivate a third-tier queen bee."

"Among the hundreds of sheep pens on Sheep Island, I selected the three with the largest populations and placed a second-tier Bloodthirsty Bees Queen in each. Cold Mountain Kingdom was one of them, and the only one that succeeded."

"The tomb that your Cui Family discovered was specially arranged by me, and I guided the king of that time to find it."

"I really should thank the Cui Family. If you hadn't believed so much in everything in the tomb, I might not have had the chance to obtain the Blood King Honey."

Yuan Qing's smile carried a hint of smugness, his eyes brimming with pride, and he exuded a powerful confidence that he was in complete control.

Cui Shi's face broke into a fawning smile. "Congratulations, Senior, on obtaining the Blood King Honey. I wish you a speedy advancement to the Nascent Soul Realm. It is an honor for the Cui Family be able to assist you."

Yuan Qing shook his head. "No, we haven't obtained the Blood King Honey yet. Back then, the reason your Cui Family was able to find the Bloodthirsty Bees was because of the guidance of a jade tablet in the tomb. This jade tablet was called the Demon Soul Token, which sealed a wisp of the Queen Bee's demon soul. With the Demon Soul Token, I was able to accurately locate the Queen Bee's position in the vast mountains."

His voice suddenly turned icy cold, "Now, give me the Demon Soul Token."

Cui Shi pulled a Storage Bag from his chest and handed it to Yuan Qing with trepidation.

"Senior, all the treasures from the tomb are in this Storage Bag."

Yuan Qing channeled his magical Law Power to hold the Storage Bag in mid-air, and then extended his Divine Sense. The spiritual imprint left by Cui Shi on the Storage Bag was instantly erased.

The Storage Bag was opened, and a three-finger-sized cyan jade pendant flew out.

Yuan Qing inspected the jade pendant and, after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, put it away.

He then took out a jade box from his Storage Bag. Inside the jade box were a dozen or so grains of black sand, which were the Stellar Golden Sand, the same kind he had left in the tomb.

Yuan Qing went to great lengths to successfully cultivate the third-tier Bloodthirsty Bees.

After putting away the jade box, Yuan Qing casually tossed the Storage Bag into the sea.

"Cui Shi, your Cui Family has nurtured a third-tier Bloodthirsty Bees Bee for me over three generations. You have done me a great favor. How can I possibly thank you?" Yuan Qing said with a kind expression.

Cui Shi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Yuan Qing had just forcibly erased the spiritual imprint on the Storage Bag, causing some damage to his Sea of Consciousness.

"How could I, a junior, dare to accept your thanks, senior?" Cui Shi said, bowing deeply.

Yuan Qing said, "I, Yuan Qing, have always been one to repay kindness, how could I remain unrewarded? To express my gratitude to your three generations, I have decided..."

At this point, Yuan Qing suddenly paused, his eyes fixed on Cui Shi with a mocking gaze.

"I have decided to send you three, grandfather, and grandson, to the underworld to reunite."

"Senior, please don't..."

Cui Shi's words suddenly stopped.

His pupils dilated suddenly, his eyes filled with pain.

Strands of blood slowly flowed from the seven orifices.

His chest was already caved in, as if an invisible force was squeezing his body.

A muffled thud.

Cui Shi's body suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

Yuan Qing shook his head. "Boring! How come it only lasted for a short while before exploding?"

He summoned the Soul Banner, capturing Cui Shi's soul. Then he soared into the air and flew towards the Bloodthirsty Bees Hive.

Six days later.

Zhu Yin returned to Shepherd Mountain.

Upon learning that Song Wen was on the mountain, she went to find Song Wen immediately.

"Fellow Daoist, has Sheep Island remained peaceful during my absence these past few days?"

Song Wen smiled and said, "Zhu Yin, rest assured, everything on the island is as usual."

"That's good." Zhu Yin then asked, "Where is Jing Kai located?"

Song Wen said, "After my friend Jing and I went to the Cold Mountain Kingdom to investigate Zhu Jiao's death, he was worried that trouble would break out there, so he stayed in the Cold Mountain Kingdom."

Zhu Yin asked, "Has any investigation revealed who killed Zhu Jiao?"

"According to Jing Xiaoyou's investigation, Zhu Jiao was most likely killed by a wandering Demon Beast," Song Wen casually remarked.

Attributing Zhu Jiao's death to Demon Beast was merely a fabrication he made up to avoid Yuan Qing and appease Jing Kai.

However, when faced with Zhu Yin, this became Jing Kai's investigation result.

Zhu Yin was clearly extremely dissatisfied with this so-called "investigation result," and she said in a somewhat cold voice.

"Jing Kai's actions are far too perfunctory; there are no Demon Beast appearing near Shanfu City at all."

Song Wen was momentarily at a loss for words, and the atmosphere became somewhat silent.

Finally, it was the Zhu Yin that broke the silence.

"Where's Yuan Qing? Did he cause any trouble?"

Song Wen shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Qing went to the Cold Mountain Kingdom with us, and then I never saw him again."

Zhu Yin said, "I must thank you, fellow Daoist, for helping me guard Sheep Island these past few days. Thank you for your hard work."

Song Wen smiled and said, "Zhu Yin Zhuyin is too kind."

Zhu Yin raised her hand and flipped it over, revealing a spider in her palm.

The spider was about the size of a palm, its entire body was black, and it faintly emitted a metallic sheen.

This spider is not a living creature, but a man-made object, a metal puppet crafted by a cultivator.

"This spider puppet was forged by a puppet master from Limitless Island. Its strength is roughly at the Second-Order Mid-Stage, and it possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities. Even an ordinary Foundation Establishment Peak Stage cultivator would find it difficult to destroy in a short time."

"More importantly, it is immune to the venom of the Bloodthirsty Bees and can move freely through the narrow hive. With this puppet, we can send the Demon-Luring Incense deep into the hive. After several attempts, the number of Bloodthirsty Bees will inevitably decrease sharply. At that time, we can implement your plan, Fellow Daoist, to send the spirit beast into the hive to search for the Queen Bee's location."