Yuan Qing Compromises
"It seems you're determined to oppose me." Yuan Qing's face was gloomy, and his gaze was cold as he stared at Zhu Yin.
"Tell me your purpose, and I can join forces with you to slay the Queen Bee," Zhu Yin said.
"Zhu Yin, don't force me to take action." Yuan Qing's voice was as cold as frost.
Zhu Yin looked disdainful. "Yuan Qing, you can try. Don't think that just because you Peak Golden Core Stage before me, I'll be afraid of you."
Yuan Qing narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp as a knife, locking onto Zhu Yin, and a fierce aura emanated from him.
Zhu Yin didn't back down and stared directly at Yuan Qing.
An aura of menace filled the air between the two.
Seeing the two men locked in a tense standoff, Song Wen slowly flew backward, retreating to a distance of ten miles.
Suddenly, he heard Yuan Qing's voice.
"Extreme Yin, please step back a bit further. I have some things to discuss with my junior sister privately."
Upon hearing this, Song Wen hurriedly quickened his pace and retreated to a distance of forty li.
This distance was beyond the limit of Golden Core cultivator's Divine Sense, but with the help of the Shadow Gu, Song Wen was able to detect their every move.
"I'm here for the Blood King Honey produced by the third-order queen bee."
Zhu Yin's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile.
What exactly is the purpose of Tier 3 Blood King Honey?
Yuan Qing remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "There is a kind of pill called the Infant Spirit Pill, which can increase the chance of transforming into an Infant by 20%. Blood King Honey is one of the main ingredients for refining the Infant Spirit Pill."
Zhu Yin's pupils contracted slightly, her eyes filled with shock and excitement.
Is this really true?
"Absolutely true."
"Where's the Pill Formula for the Infant Spirit Pill?" Zhu Yin asked, demanding the Pill Formula.
"Junior sister, don't you think your appetite is too big? How could I easily give you the Pill Formula?" Yuan Qing said.
Zhu Yin gradually calmed down from her surprise and looked at Yuan Qing with a smile.
"Senior brother is indeed unfathomable, possessing such a wondrous Pill Formula."
Her attitude suddenly changed; she became much more polite to Yuan Qing and changed her address from "Yuan Qing" to "Senior Brother".
Yuan Qing said, "Junior Sister, you flatter me. For now, let's work together to obtain the Blood King Honey. We can discuss the Pill Formula later, shall we?"
Zhu Yin said, "Alright! Everything will be as Senior Brother says."
Yuan Qing then asked, "What is your opinion of Extreme Yin, Junior Sister?"
Zhu Yin turned her head and glanced at Song Wen in the distance.
"His alchemy skills are passable, and he knows when to advance and when to retreat."
Yuan Qing said, "It still has some value; it might come in handy in the future."
Zhu Yin nodded in agreement.
She called out loudly to Song Wen, "Extreme Yin, come here."
Upon hearing the sound, Song Wen quickly flew over.
His expression remained calm, but he was quite shocked. Yuan Qing actually possessed Pill Formula that could increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul.
"Fellow Daoists, has this meant you've shaken hands and made peace?" Song Wen asked knowingly.
Zhu Yin smiled and said, "My senior brother and I have already discussed it and decided to join forces to kill the queen bee and get rid of the Bloodthirsty Bees problem."
Song Wen said, "With your combined strength, the Queen Bee would surely be no match for you."
Yuan Qing said, "Fellow Daoist, you flatter us. Although my fellow disciples and I have some cultivation, the Queen Bee's hive is buried deep underground, and the situation there is unknown. We must not underestimate our enemy."
Song Wen nodded slightly and said nothing more.
After the queen bee escaped from his grasp once, Yuan Qing was clearly prepared, as an armadillo suddenly appeared beneath his feet.
The armadillo was about two feet long and had the strength of a peak second-tier creature.
At the same time, he also held an Ice Crystal Pearl in his hand.
"It seems my junior sister and I are truly on the same wavelength, having thought of the same thing. With her Swift Shadow Rat and my Earth Armor Beast, we can block the two caves through which the queen bees pass, greatly increasing our chances of trapping and killing them."
Yuan Qing possessed the Demon Soul Token, which allowed him to easily locate the Queen Bee's exact position. Therefore, he didn't have as many concerns as Zhu Yin. Even if the Queen Bee escaped again, he quickly found her location.
With a thought, the Earth Armor Beast, carrying the Ice Crystal Pearl, rushed into the entrance of the underground beehive.
At Zhu Yin's command, the Swift Shadow Rat also used its tail to curl around the Ice Crystal Pearl, closely following behind the Earth Armor Beast.
About half an hour later.
Two faint fluctuations of spiritual energy emanated from the depths of the ground, and within these two spiritual energies, there was a faint chill.
"Now!" Yuan Qing suddenly shouted.
The three were already prepared. Yuan Qing simultaneously activated six flying swords, which formed a three-foot circle and pierced directly into the ground rocks.
The sharp Sword Qi surged within the circle, instantly shredding the rocks inside.
Six flying swords shot towards the depths of the ground at incredible speed.
Zhu Yin then used her Law Power to shred the stones from the flying sword and draw them out of the cave entrance.
A large amount of gravel and dust shot into the sky, like a torrent of gravel erupting from the ground, landing at the foot of the mountain about a mile behind Zhu Yin.
The flying sword drilled deeper and deeper, eventually creating a three-foot-wide Vertical Tunnel.
Yuan Qing and Zhu Yin both entered the Vertical Tunnel, while Song Wen stood at the entrance, taking over for Zhu Yin.
The Vertical Tunnel was too deep; Zhu Yin alone was not enough to bring the rubble to the surface.
With the combined efforts of the three, a Vertical Tunnel sixty miles deep was excavated in less than a quarter of an hour.
Yuan Qing was overjoyed when a cave several miles wide appeared before him.
Inside the cave, there were a large number of Bloodthirsty Bees, including many second-tier Bloodthirsty Bees. They were all extremely agitated and restless, flapping their wings vigorously and making a very piercing buzzing sound.
As soon as the Vertical Tunnel was breached, the enraged Bloodthirsty Bees swarmed in and attacked Vertical Tunnel.
With a single twist of the six flying swords, all the Bloodthirsty Bees, whether first-tier or second-tier, were shredded into minced meat.
Yuan Qing slipped into the cave and scanned it with his Divine Sense.
Numerous Bloodthirsty Bees were found in the cave, but the queen was nowhere to be seen.
"Could it have escaped again?" This thought flashed through Yuan Qing's mind.
As he continued to kill the Bloodthirsty Bees, he extended his Divine Sense to carefully search the entire cave.
A few breaths later, he discovered that the cave consisted of three large caverns, each over two feet in diameter. Two of them were blocked by thick, solid ice, while the other showed fresh signs of having just been excavated.
Yuan Qing probed into the newly opened cave with his Divine Sense, and then a cold smile appeared on his lips.
"Found you!"
This cave is ten miles deep, and a giant, Bloodthirsty Bees, over four feet long and nearly two feet wide, is frantically digging inside.
With a thought, Yuan Qing sent six flying swords into the cave in a single file.
The queen bee sensed the threat behind her, but the cave was too small, and she had nowhere to hide. Moreover, she was only at the mid-stage of the third tier, far from being a match for Yuan Qing, and was quickly defeated, her head pierced by a flying sword and she died.