The Azure-Patterned Bee Queen worked very quickly. By the time Huo Hai returned from his meal, a small hive was already complete. The other Azure-Patterned Bees continued expanding it, while the Queen Bee had already filled the finished sections with eggs.
Since he did not have much time at home, Huo Hai merely infused a strand of spiritual energy into the eggs and left them alone afterward. He believed it would take another month or two, perhaps even longer, before these Azure-Patterned Bees could truly form a swarm.
The Azure-Patterned Bees took their time laying and hatching their eggs. Huo Ran stayed beside the Azure-Patterned Bee Queen, watching her lay eggs as though it were something fascinating. Huo Hai left him alone as well. Whenever his second uncle encountered strange and unusual things like this, he showed far more enthusiasm than ordinary people. Once this phase passed, he would probably return to normal.
After leaving behind instructions for playing and making the Insect Flute, Huo Hai went to find Huo Feng alone. Before his departure, he had Huo Feng unleash his spiritual pressure, then circulated his spiritual energy under its immense weight.
The night passed quickly. Huo Hai had even found the path to the spirit general realm. He believed that a few more days of cultivating under this pressure would allow him to truly break through to the spirit general realm. Unfortunately, he had run out of time.
Early the next morning, a huge dark silhouette appeared in the sky. Huo Hai knew it was an airship. He had traveled aboard one when he returned to the Western Frontier. However, this airship was not the same one as before.
Then Lian Feng sent someone to inform Huo Hai that they would soon return to the Imperial Capital. With no