Chapter 4: Golden Marrow Bee
[Species: Crypt Golden Marrow Bee]
[Bloodline: First-order Intermediate]
[Talents: Brewing Craftsman, Toxic Tail Needle, Wind Speed]
Brewing Craftsman: Has a unique talent in brewing honey. Not only can it brew pollen into honey, but it can also brew some spiritual medicines into honey and strengthen the special effects of spiritual medicines.
Toxic Tail Needle: The tail needle can release powerful toxins.
Wind Speed: The Crypt Golden Marrow Bee is a spiritual beast with wind and wood attributes. It is fast, and its speed will increase to a certain extent in places with wind attribute energy.
[Evaluation: Shy and aggressive, it can pose a threat to the late stage of Qi Refining if there are enough of them; it will repel other bees and any creatures that may be threatening; it is extremely fast, loves to brew honey, and has high requirements for honey sources.]
After recalling the information about the Golden Marrow Bee in his mind, Qi Ping was even more surprised.
The Golden Marrow Bee is a spiritual beast that he can't afford, even if he empties his fortune—especially the tamed Golden Marrow Bee that can be raised, which is even more valuable!
The nature of the golden bees determines the difficulty of taming and breeding them, which is at least ten times that of the black bees.
The success rate of taming a nest of wild golden bees is also much lower than one in ten!
So as long as Qi Ping can successfully contract a nest of underground golden bees, he will be really lucky.
"I hope it is really a golden bee!"
"I also hope that the skills of the beast druid are powerful enough to allow me to successfully contract the golden bees as animal companions!"
With this extremely expectant mood, Qi Ping began to communicate with the black bees about the location of the golden bee's nest.
"Where is the big bee?"
"Where is the underground big bee?"
"Where is the golden big bee?"
Because the black bees are not very intelligent, it was very difficult to communicate, so Qi Ping could only patiently repeat his questions to them.
After a while, some black bees finally understood what Qi Ping meant and pointed to a certain direction of the Cloudy Mountains with their little feet.
"Buzz. (There! There!)"
"Buzz. (Danger!)"
In the depths of the Cloudy Mountains?
Just when Qi Ping was about to ask for a more specific location, something unexpected happened. Two bold bees actually took the initiative to lead him the way.
"Buzz. (Follow me!)"
This was something Qi Ping had not expected.
Generally speaking, black bees should be afraid of golden bees. How could they take the initiative to lead him the way?
"Could it be that if there are too many bees, there will be a few stubborn ones?"
Just like humans, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest—and it is probably the same with too many bees.
But this is a good thing. You know, golden bees are very sensitive to the movements around them. Once there is a slight disturbance, they will hide or attack.
Even immortal cultivators find it difficult to find their underground nests, which is one of the reasons why underground golden bees are rare.
Following the footsteps of the two stubborn bees, Qi Ping gradually stepped into the depths of the Yunwu Mountains.
The trees here are much taller, and there are many thorny vines and bushes.
Although Qi Ping is a cultivator of the first level of Qi Refining, these thorny vines are more solid and dangerous than ordinary vines because of their spiritual energy—and some are even highly poisonous.
In such an environment, it is almost impossible to track down the Golden Marrow Bee by yourself.
"Fortunately, you two little ones are leading the way!" Qi Ping said thankfully.
At the same time, he secretly planned to share some of the good stuff with the two little ones when he got it.
"Jungle druids are really like fish in water in the mountains."
As he entered deeper into the Cloudy Mountains, Qi Ping found that his perception became more and more sharp and powerful.
He could clearly sense the movements from far away.
In addition, Qi Ping felt that his body and aura had been strengthened to a certain extent, and the speed of aura recovery was also much faster.
However, these were not reflected in the druid's innate skills.
"It seems that skills and talents do not represent the whole of the druid profession. Some unexpressed characteristics have to be discovered by oneself."
For example, the current jungle druid's buff in the mountains and forests.
"If you encounter danger in the future, you can consider escaping to the mountains and forests."
"You can also practice in the mountains and forests, or plant more powerful spiritual trees and spiritual medicines yourself, and maybe the practice speed can be faster."
The more seriously Qi Ping comprehended, the happier he was.
The druid profession brought him more surprises. Although it was not as good as the extraordinary talents and extraordinary physiques of those sect geniuses, as long as he made good use of them, his future achievements would not necessarily be lower than those sect geniuses!
Qi Ping went deeper and comprehended the various changes in his body.
His physique seemed to be stronger than before, and the increase in the druid level would also increase the strength of his physique to a certain extent.
However, as he went about ten miles deeper, Qi Ping's sense of unease began to rise. There might be something that could endanger his life.
For example, there were poisonous plants and poisonous insects hiding in the dark.
Although the druid profession gave him some strength in the mountains and forests, he was not invincible. Some intelligent spirit beasts or vicious poisonous insects and beasts might not acknowledge the druid's presence.
After all, this was the world of immortal cultivation, not a game that Qi Ping was familiar with. The specific effect of the druid profession was still to be tested.
After carefully pushing aside a poisonous vine again, Qi Ping began to feel a sense of crisis.
"How far is it?" Qi Ping couldn't help asking.
After repeating it several times, the two black bees expressed vaguely:
"Buzz. (In front, in front, almost, almost!)"
So Qi Ping had to bite the bullet and follow.
If it weren't for the two professions of Jungle Druid and Beastmaster Druid that gave him confidence, he would never have set foot here so easily.
Fortunately, after a while, the black bees stopped.
"Buzz. (We're here! We're here!)"
"Buzz. (Danger!)"
After arriving here, the two black bees refused to move forward no matter what, as if there was something scary ahead.
Qi Ping even found that the bodies of the two black bees began to tremble slightly, which was the instinctive fear when facing creatures with higher bloodlines.
"Go back, be careful!" Qi Ping warned.
Bringing him here, these two little ones were already very stubborn.
Upon hearing this, the two black bees buzzed a few times, circled around Qi Ping a few times, and then flew back.
Qi Ping also secretly memorized the appearance of these two stubborn bees.
After becoming a Beast King Druid, he could easily distinguish the bees that looked exactly the same in the eyes of others. This is also one of the characteristics of the Beast King Druid.
Although their lives are not long, Qi Ping could let them eat some good things in their limited lives, which could be regarded as a reward for their help this time.
After taking a deep breath, Qi Ping tightly grasped the long sword in his hand, which was ranked as a low-grade magic weapon.
This was given to him by Old Man Zhou.
Coming here alone was also an adventure for him.
It was only for the contract with the Golden Marrow Bee that Qi Ping dared to take the risk to come here—as a Beast King Druid and a Jungle Druid!
(End of this chapter)