The Bee Queen Is Born (Illustration)

Lei Guang glared at Long Xuan with resentment, but did not retaliate. He had finally calmed down.

His situation was dire; he was facing a perilous predicament and could not afford to continue entangled with Long Xuan. He had to break through as quickly as possible, or he might truly die here today.

Fearing death, he ignored Long Xuan, Lei Guang flashing wildly beneath his feet, and recklessly sprinted in one direction.

The Thunder Gu excels at linear speed; the wolves blocking its path are either knocked away or bite down on it, tearing off large chunks of flesh.

This is also the disadvantage of running in a straight line; charging headlong will cause him to crash directly into the wolf pack's attack, making it impossible to dodge and leaving him with many fatal injuries.

But the situation is critical now, and he can't worry about that anymore.

He could only ignore the wolves' attacks and charge in one direction, trying to break out of the encirclement as quickly as possible.

However, Long Xuan would not let him have his way. Whoever releases the External Gu first is at a disadvantage. Lei Guang released the External Gu first and suffered a silent loss. Now it is finally Long Xuan's turn to release the External Gu. Now is the best time for him to use this trump card.

While effortlessly dodging attacks from all directions, Long Xuan opened the Insect-Rearing Pouch and pulled out the Little White that was inside.

When he saw Little White's current appearance, his face immediately darkened.

At this moment, Little White's tail was curled around a wine jug, and it was drinking it like water, practically guzzling it down. The whole jug of fine wine was wasted by this little thing.

He looked pained; this flask of wine was worth a fortune, how could it withstand such waste?

Does this Wine Gu only drink alcohol and never eat anything else?

Ordinary liquor won't do; he insists on drinking his premium distilled spirits. He won't grow taller if he doesn't drink them. What family can afford to let him ruin things like this?

Everyone says that raising gu is far more expensive than making gu, and now he truly understands that.

He had a premonition that the wealth he had gained from selling the mines would eventually be squandered; it was only a matter of time.

Long Xuan said with a dark face, "Are you full? If you are, then hold that person back. If he runs away, you won't get any more alcohol. I can't afford to support such a great deity as you."

Long Xuan pointed his finger at the Lei Guang that was about to break through the encirclement.

Little White looked at Lei Guang, whose body was covered with hungry wolves, with a mesmerizing gaze.

Without even seeing it make a move, the Slowing Domain of the white light curtain instantly spread out from Little White in a long strip to the feet of Lei Guang.

Lei Guang felt an immense resistance suddenly appear in the space, as if an invisible hand was hindering his progress and every movement. He had to exert all his strength for every movement and take countless times more effort for every step.

At this moment, I realized that my speed had slowed down many times over.

What made him even more desperate was that only he was affected by the slowing effect; the wolf pack's movement speed remained unaffected.

As the territory continued to expand, engulfing the wolf pack, the Little White, instead of treating them differently and slowing them down, actually accelerated them.

Wow, you can actually do that?

He suddenly felt an urge to vomit blood and completely broke down.

If you slow down yourself while all the wolves speed up, how can you possibly fight them?

Just as he was about to break through the encirclement, the wolves suddenly sped up many times faster, quickly overtaking him and forcing him back into the center of the encirclement. Despair filled his eyes.

Once the wolf pack is accelerated, its attack power becomes unimaginable. Many attacks that could be dodged become impossible to avoid under the influence of acceleration, especially since it is also slowing down.

Especially the wolf king, which, after being accelerated, completely transformed into a mad wolf, its combat power skyrocketing.

After killing the Thunder Golden Toad, it realized that its speed had suddenly increased many times over, and immediately showed excitement. It launched a fierce attack on the already wounded Lei Guang, as if testing how strong its combat power was after being accelerated.

With the enhanced Wolf King joining the battle, Lei Guang's pressure increased dramatically, and he began to face numerous dangers, frequently being scratched by the Wolf King, leaving deep, bone-piercing wounds.

Now, apart from one Thunderous Gu, all his Gu Insect have died instantly, and his speed has been alternating between increasing and decreasing. Under the Wolf King's attack, he is completely powerless to fight back.

Not long after, the wolf king ripped off his right leg, rendering him unable to move. He had no chance to resist and was quickly devoured by the pack of wolves, dying a gruesome death.

Long Xuan showed no pity; those who kill will be killed in return.

If you enjoy killing and robbing, then you should be prepared to be killed in return.

What goes around comes around.

Long Xuan revealed a cold smile, ran over, grabbed the several Storage Bag and Insect-Rearing Pouch left by Lei Guang, and began to break through the encirclement.

After the pack of wolves killed Lei Guang, they then concentrated their forces to attack him again.

However, since Long Xuan dared to lure them here, he was naturally not afraid of them.

Putting aside his own microscopic movement Movement Method, even in the most critical situation, he could simply unleash a two-hundred-year-old Energy Bomb, killing all the wolf kings and eight other wolf packs in one fell swoop. Even if the wolf pack doubled in size, it wouldn't be enough for him to wipe them out in one go.

Of course, this is under the condition of unexpected variables, such as the wolf king breaking through in the middle of battle and suddenly becoming a second-tier spirit beast.

The current situation doesn't warrant him using his Energy Bomb, as it would cost him two hundred years of lifespan. He wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary, and it wouldn't be worth it to use it on this pack of wolves.

Little White's territory expanded rapidly, quickly enveloping the entire wolf pack.

However, this time the situation has changed.

The wolf pack is no longer accelerating, but rather being slowed down.

Now it's Long Xuan's accelerated, and he's the only one who's accelerated.

With his speed decreasing and increasing, how could the wolves possibly catch up? They could only watch helplessly as Long Xuan easily broke through the encirclement, leaving them further and further behind, not even able to catch a trace of his ass.

The wolf king was very frustrated. It had just accelerated, but now it was suddenly slowed down. This up-and-down motion made it very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

They could only watch helplessly as Long Xuan's figure grew smaller and smaller, and reluctantly ordered the pursuit to be abandoned.

Beast Tide are something that others fear and dread; once surrounded by a horde of beasts, it's almost certainly a death sentence.

But for Long Xuan, entering the beast horde was like strolling in his own backyard; he could come and go as he pleased.

Even a super genius as powerful as Lei Guang was torn apart by the beasts, but Long Xuan was able to escape unscathed from the beast horde with ease.

After getting some distance away from the wolf pack, Long Xuan couldn't wait to check his spoils.

Lei Guang had three Storage Bag hanging from his waist; he wouldn't believe they didn't contain good stuff.

As he expected, the moment he opened it, his eyes lit up.

The treasures inside were piled up like mountains, and two of the Storage Bag were completely full. This was more than just rich; it was incredibly rich.

Long Xuan couldn't help but sigh, wondering just how many people this cunning brat had murdered to amass such wealth. Killing really was the fastest way to make money.

He quickly checked the contents of the three Storage Bag and the Insect-Rearing Pouch, then his eyes narrowed and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Good heavens, this is incredibly rich! He actually found materials for two Beast Kings inside, along with Supreme-grade Spirit Insect that parasitize the Beast Kings.

A deer king and a bull king are exactly the materials needed to refine the Dragon Gu.

Deer antlers are the part of a dragon's horns, and ox ears are the part of a dragon's ears. Now, his Dragon Gu's eyes, ears, scales, horns, and claws are all complete.

He has collected five-ninths of the Dragon Gu's body parts and most of the nine portions of Beast King materials.

And how long has it been?

He hasn't even created the Dragon Gu Recipe yet; he's only guessed less than 10% of the content.

At first, he was worried about not being able to find the materials and considered whether to give up the plan to study the Dragon Gu Recipe. Now it seems that his worries were completely unnecessary.

All I can say is that this Beast Tide came at the perfect time; you can find all sorts of beast materials during Beast Tide.

It's estimated that this Lei Guang collected the materials for the two Beast King sets by constantly killing geniuses.

Long Xuan burst into joy.

These are only the materials he needs. Not to mention the materials he doesn't need, many of which are even more precious than the materials from the Beast King.

In short, Lei Guang's net worth is incredibly high.

Long Xuan was very satisfied.

Just as he was happily counting his spoils, his Flame Clone, sensing his presence, finally arrived and, before he could even speak, tossed Long Xuan a Insect-Rearing Pouch.

Long Xuan curiously took it, opened it, and his eyes narrowed before he burst into laughter.

Good heavens, there's a camel carcass inside! It's another beast king, and a Supreme-grade Spirit Insect is parasitizing its Spirit Core.

The dragon's head resembles a camel's head; good heavens, now the Divine Dragon's head is complete!

We've collected six-ninths of the nine types of Beast King materials; we only need three more. It's a double blessing!

"Good! Good! Good! Well done!"

Long Xuan grinned from ear to ear, patted Flame Clone on the shoulder, and simultaneously synchronized his memories.

By examining his memories, he finally figured out where the Flame Clone had gotten the Camel King's corpse from.

In the battle between the Gu Cultivator Alliance and the Beast Tide, not only did the Gu Cultivator Alliance suffer heavy casualties, but also a massive number of spirit beasts perished, including many beast kings.

As a result, the surviving Gu cultivators basically all made a fortune. Each Gu cultivator reaped a considerable harvest on the battlefield, filling their pockets. Naturally, they had to dispose of the materials they didn't need.

Therefore, the camp holds countless trade fairs of all sizes every day.

Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, rarely seen in normal times, frequently appeared at the trade fair, and there were countless rare animal materials available. Many Gu cultivators made a fortune.

This entire set of Camel King beast materials was acquired by Flame Clone through bidding at the trade fair from a powerful clan's Gu cultivator.

The price paid was not small; all the Gu cultivators in the camp became wealthy, which led to Flame Clone spending 20 million Spirit Stone plus a bottle of Spirit-Gathering Pill to acquire the entire Camel King's corpse and the Supreme-grade Spirit Insect that were being sold in bundles.

Of course, this transaction was completed under a disguised guise, and this single transaction alone caused the Flame Clone to exhaust Spirit Stone.

As for the safety of the Flame Clone, Long Xuan was no longer worried after reviewing his memories.

Long Qilin was showing some loyalty; if it weren't for his help in that battle, he would definitely be dead.

Therefore, during this Beast Tide, he took good care of his Flame Clone, so it was unlikely that it would be used as cannon fodder by the major clans.

In this way, Long Xuan could more confidently and boldly invest resources in his Flame Clone.

He rummaged through his Storage Bag. He had only spent a small portion of the Spirit Stone he got from selling the Fossil Ore Vein last time, and he was still quite wealthy, not to mention the mountain of Spirit Stone piled up in Lei Guang's Storage Bag.

Therefore, he was very generous and, with a wave of his hand, allocated two hundred million Spirit Stone to Flame Clone, as well as many pill bottles to Flame Clone, including a large number of Spirit-Gathering Pill.

There were also various unused treasures, some of which Long Xuan gave to Flame Clone.

"Change! Change them thoroughly! Change them to the extreme!"

In just two months, Flame Clone has already collected a set of Beast King materials. If he were given another year, how many more could he collect?

Gathering all nine beast king materials needed for the Dragon Gu is a great opportunity, a very great opportunity indeed. Therefore, Long Xuan has gone all out, sparing no expense to invest a large amount of resources in his Flame Clone, hoping to get him to spend a fortune to bring back the remaining three beast king materials.

After meeting with his Flame Clone, Long Xuan immediately returned to his small home without lingering for even a moment longer.

Such great danger has already occurred so soon after we arrived. Who knows what might happen if we stay any longer? As the protagonist, I have a certain aura that makes me dangerous wherever I go. Staying at home is the safest option.

As for fighting the Beast Tide, that can be left entirely to the Flame Clone, who can also collect the materials needed for the Dragon Gu.

His main body still has important things to do, so having the Flame Clone means that Long Xuan is also contributing to the fight against the Beast Tide.

After returning home in three days, Long Xuan ran back to the small pavilion in his Medicine Garden, brewed tea, and heated up some tea eggs. The aroma of the tea eggs was enticing. He took a bite with relish, then sat on a stone chair and began working on the Gu Recipe. He would occasionally sip his tea. If it was cold, he would replace the tea with warm wine, showing he knew how to enjoy life.

He once again went into seclusion, but the seclusion did not make him feel depressed.

His Storage Bag contained a large amount of fresh and delicious beast king meat, and his vegetable garden was also ripe, with high-grade fruits and vegetables that would taste far more delicious than in his previous life when cooked.

Besides his daily Liver Gu Formula, enjoying delicious food has become his greatest pleasure. Being a homebody has its own joys, and a homebody who rarely interacts with the outside world may not necessarily have a low happiness index.

Long Xuan spends his days at home either researching Gu Recipe or studying food, enjoying delicious meals. He only goes out once every two months to reunite with Flame Clone.

While synchronizing the memories of both parties, he would also bring back the materials collected by his Flame Clone to his home. Each visit yielded results, and the materials needed for the Dragon Gu were gradually being gathered.

He continued this simple, repetitive life, going back and forth between two points, and before he knew it, a year had passed.

During this year, Long Xuan's inspiration exploded, greatly shortening the construction period. In just one year, he had already completed 90% of the Dragon Gu Recipe, and was not far from finishing.

On this day, he put down his pen, placed it on the stone table, and took a sip of juice made from a fourth-grade Spirit Fruit.

Juice extracted from fourth-grade Spirit Fruit is not only delicious, but also rich in various elemental spiritual energies. A sip makes you feel refreshed all over. It would be even better if you could add a few ice cubes.

After letting out a satisfying burp, Long Xuan strolled toward the beehive hanging on the cherry blossom tree.

This is also why he suddenly got up. Based on his observation of the progress, the little glutton is not far from evolving into a queen bee, probably in the next few days.

That's why he's been getting up to check on things every now and then, full of anticipation.

With a nervous heart, Long Xuan slowly approached the beehive on the cherry blossom tree.

As soon as he got close, Long Xuan saw that there was a huge round hole in the beehive. The hole was much larger than the normal size of the Spirit Bee, as if it had been suddenly squeezed out from the inside by something.

He was immediately alerted and peered into the hive through the large hole. Sure enough, a huge Spirit Bee was hiding inside, happily enjoying the honey.

Without a doubt, that huge hole was definitely squeezed out by this guy; there was no one else who could have made it.

Its size suddenly increased, and the small beehive could no longer accommodate it. It could only force its way out.

But its squeezing caused misery for the other Spirit Bee. Its neighbors' homes were destroyed, and a large swarm of Spirit Bee lost their homes overnight and became homeless.

Each of these Spirit Bee has its own private chamber, which is like its own home and private territory, but all the Spirit Bee share a maze-like hive.

Each Spirit Bee makes its own honey for its own consumption, storing different flavors in its own secret chamber to enjoy slowly in the quiet of the night.

Some Spirit Bee have even developed a collecting habit, gathering honey of all flavors and filling their nests to the brim.

The rare Grade 4 honey is hidden the most carefully, guarded like a thief, for fear that its own Grade 4 honey will be stolen by its kind passing by.

Therefore, every secret chamber in the hive is extremely important to the Spirit Bee living there, as it stores their precious honey accumulated over many years. Now that it's been destroyed, wouldn't the honey-loving bees fight it to the death?

"This big guy must have already incurred the wrath of the masses. I wonder if he'll be beaten to death!" Long Xuan thought worriedly.

However, when he looked closely into the cave, he discovered that this was not the case at all.

That big guy seems to be distributing demolition compensation. All the Spirit Bee whose homes were destroyed have become demolition beneficiaries and left satisfied. They are now expanding their hives, preparing to build a ring around the edge and rebuild their homes.

As for the demolition compensation, it was an ice-blue substance, and the other Spirit Bee all looked at this ice-blue thing with extremely longing eyes.

Many Spirit Bee even brought out their own high-quality honey, the fourth grade, which they were reluctant to eat, to exchange with it.

The big guy kept shaking its head, but still wouldn't change.

What on earth is this? It's even more valuable than fourth-grade honey! Long Xuan was astonished.

However, it is certain that this substance is extremely beneficial to the Spirit Bee and has a fatal attraction for them; otherwise, they would not be willing to exchange it for even fourth-grade honey.

"It's royal jelly!"

Long Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted out.

At this point, this is the only explanation.

The blue substance is only valuable if it's royal jelly, which is higher than grade four honey.

Do not equate the royal jelly from your previous life with the royal jelly of this world. The royal jelly of this world has far too many miraculous effects. Royal jelly made by worker bees is not included, but royal jelly made by the queen bee is enough to make ordinary Spirit Bee evolve or even undergo metamorphosis. It has a fatal attraction to all Spirit Bee.

Long Xuan's breathing quickened. In fact, he didn't need to look at the progress; just by looking at that enormous size, he already knew that the little glutton had definitely evolved into a queen bee.

The breeding of the queen bee has finally been successful.

Heaven knows how long he had waited for this day, how long he had craved honey. Now that the queen bee had finally been born, he had been waiting for quite some time.

Long Xuan was overjoyed; now he would finally have countless Spirit Bee to eat.

He couldn't wait to reach into the large hole, grab the enlarged gluttonous ghost, bite his finger, and quickly form a blood pact with it.

The little glutton only knew how to eat and offered no resistance. In its dazed state, it had already established a blood pact with someone.

Through the blood pact, Long Xuan quickly learned about its abilities.

Undoubtedly, after consuming honey made from the honey of Ten-thousand-year Ice Mountain Snow Lotus, the little glutton unexpectedly evolved into a new bee species—a completely new bee species appearing in this world for the first time.

The exact species of the Long Xuan has never been determined; they have always been referred to as Spirit Bee Spirit Bee.

But it doesn't matter what species of bees they were before, and Long Xuan is too lazy to check.

Because the little glutton has evolved into a new bee species, ordinary Spirit Bee will also experience a surge in strength and evolve into this bee species after consuming its royal jelly.

Long Xuan quickly gave this bee species a new name: Ice Bee, and named this little glutton Bingbing.

He already had a general idea of Ice Bee's abilities through their blood pact.

Whether they are bees from a past life or bees in this life, they all have a fatal weakness that no Gu cultivator can tolerate.

Bee stingers have barbs, and once the barbs pierce an enemy's body, they cannot be pulled out.

Therefore, after each bee stings a person, the stinger remains on the enemy's skin, along with the intestines connecting to the stinger, causing the bee to die quickly after stinging the person.

The end result was that the enemy didn't even suffer minor injuries, but instead killed themselves first, making it a completely pointless suicidal attack.

However, the Ice Bee he unintentionally created evolved perfectly, completely without such a fatal flaw.

The Ice Bee's stinger is made of solidified Ice Needle; it not only lacks barbs but is also so smooth that it easily pierces the enemy's body.

Furthermore, Ice Needle are consumable products that can be produced infinitely. They can be launched into the air for ranged attacks. After Ice Needle is launched, the Ice Bee's tail will quickly grow another Ice Needle, allowing for repeated regeneration. Unlike other bees, which are fatal if their stings are missed, ice needles are not used by ice bees.

Furthermore, the Ice Needle Ice Needle contain a potent toxin. Once inserted into the human body, they will melt instantly, contrary to common sense, turning into liquid and being rapidly absorbed by the body.

Long Xuan didn't know just how terrifying the Ice Bee Ice Bee Venom was, but he was certain that it was currently an incurable poison in this world.

It's a deadly poison that no one in the world has ever seen before, so of course no one knows how to cure it; in a sense, it's incurable.

Long Xuan was very satisfied with the Ice Bee's combat capabilities, although its individual combat ability was certainly no match for that of supreme-grade Gu worm.

However, Ice Bee are social Spirit Insect, and their sheer numbers make them difficult to manage.

Led by the queen bee, tens of thousands of Ice Bee could unleash a Storm of Pear Blossom Needles, causing a dense rain of needles to fall from the sky and indiscriminately cover the earth.

Imagine who wouldn't have a headache if they encountered this kind of attack?

You should know that each of these Ice Needle is highly poisonous, and anyone who gets hit by one will suffer greatly.

However, there is only one Ice Bee now, which is far from the scale of hundreds of thousands. He doesn't know how long it will take to cultivate such a large number of Ice Bee, and he needs to continue to expand the scale of planting flower-type spirit medicine.

Long Xuan will not be able to witness the terrifying spectacle of needles raining from the sky for a while, and the Ice Bee will not be able to form combat power in a short period of time either.

He could only keep the Ice Bee in the Medicine Garden for a long time until they reached a certain scale before making further arrangements.