This is an army of ten thousand alien bees!

According to Qi Ping's previous estimates, ten thousand battle bees can almost certainly slaughter a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Especially the later cultivated bees which, under the powerful bloodline of the Bee King's advancement, have become even stronger!

Feeling the oppression brought by the ten thousand battle bees, Qi Ping had an unparalleled sense of safety at this moment.

This kind of security is really rare in such a chaotic environment.

As long as Qi Ping doesn't actively cause trouble in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, combined with the talent of "Natural Perception," even a Golden Core Stage expert might not be able to catch him!

Because whenever Qi Ping's Natural Perception detects impending danger, he can instantly transform into a bee and quickly flee with his belongings.

Ten thousand completely dispersed bees—who could catch him?

"It took nearly four to five months altogether, occupying so much energy, to finally finish cultivating the swarm!"

Even though the entirety of the time wasn't spent cultivating the swarm, it did take a significant amount of Qi Ping's energy.

So even though the swarm now has the ability to kill an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, Qi Ping had no plans to let them clash with one.

Because once the swarm suffers heavy losses, it would be like being knocked back to square one, and cultivating such a vast swarm again would be exceedingly difficult for Qi Ping.

The purpose of cultivating ten thousand battle bees was not to have them fight Foundation Establishment cultivators, but to ensure his own safety, granting him the power to either kill or escape from a Foundation Establishment cultivator in critical situations.

This safety guarantee is what Qi Ping values most!

"Now I don't have to worry so much about my safety and can focus my mind entirely on improving my strength!"

In order to advance the swarm to Tier Two, he must cultivate Blood Ginseng to a five-hundred-year level.

According to Qi Ping's estimate, his current Level Three Plant Growth could at most cultivate Blood Ginseng to over three hundred years, and cultivating it to a five hundred-year level will likely require reaching Level Four Plant Growth.

For Spirit Plants, as the years increase, their medicinal properties become stronger, even breaking through the tier limits.

For instance, a Tier One Low-Level Flowing Light Grass with ten thousand years of medicinal effect would be much stronger than a Tier Three Spiritual Medicine.

But in terms of cultivation difficulty, a ten-thousand-year Flowing Light Grass is much harder to cultivate than a Tier Three Spiritual Medicine. This is why a five-hundred-year medicinal effect Tier One Intermediate Spiritual Medicine like Blood Ginseng can facilitate the transformation of a Tier Two swarm.

Moreover, at Qi Ping's current plant growth speed, it's entirely impossible to support the Blast Soldier level for Tier Two bees.

Therefore, before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Qi Ping has little hope of cultivating a Tier Two swarm.

The only one with a chance to break through to Tier Two before Qi Ping is Yaya.

However, although Yaya is currently at Tier One Perfection, absorbing and refining the Power of the Great Sun diligently every day, there are no signs of breaking through to Tier Two yet.

For this, Qi Ping knows he cannot rush things.

Although Spirit Beasts only need continuous feeding of a large amount of Spiritual Medicine to quickly break through before reaching a bloodline limit, overfeeding will still result in side effects similar to a cultivator consuming a large amount of Spiritual Medicine, though not as severe as for human cultivators.

But once they reach their bloodline limit, with little experience in cultivation and honing, it is almost certain that they will not be able to break through the shackles of their bloodline to reach a new level.

Qi Ping places high hopes on Yaya's future, so he naturally will not indulge in reckless cultivation.

Therefore, during this period, Qi Ping only occasionally gives Yaya some Fire Attribute Honey, letting Yaya perceive and absorb the Power of the Great Sun independently at other times.

In the current state, nothing is more suitable for Yaya than perceiving the Power of the Great Sun, and it is also the highest level of power Yaya can currently access.

Qi Ping is waiting for the day Yaya comes to him and says:

"Caw caw… (Boss! I'm about to break through, I need lots of Fire Attribute Honey!)"

When Qi Ping hears this, it will be the moment he madly cultivates Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicine to help Yaya break past the Tier One limit and shackles of the realm.

...

The complete formation of the super beehive has finally let Qi Ping breathe more easily.

He can now focus daily on cultivating Spiritual Medicine and his cultivation without worries.

When feeling vexed, he engages in gardening, planting flowers, and watering them.

Sometimes, he wanders around the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, sensing those ancient woods that have grown over a thousand years, or observing the myriad of fascinating plants in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

When he encounters plants or flowers he likes, he brings them back to the mountain to plant.

Gradually, things on numbers twenty-eight and twenty-nine have become more abundant.

Qi Ping even met quite a few small animals, such as a little squirrel, small chickadee, or white crane that also took a liking to him, so he brought some back with him.

However, they were not Spirit Beasts, just Mortal Beasts with a bit of Spiritual Qi, their constitution barely stronger than that of wild beasts in the mortal world, not even capable of defeating the weakest Black Small Bee swarm.

Qi Ping did not contract them but rather let them live there on their own.

For food, they find their own and do not require much care from Qi Ping.

They only come to play with Qi Ping occasionally when he has spare time.

"It feels more and more like home!"

Looking at the bustling, rich mountain, Qi Ping increasingly feels a sense of home.

From unfamiliar to familiar, every detail here was built by Qi Ping and his animal companions, and he is profoundly familiar with almost every corner.

"Now it's just a matter of bringing back Old Man Zhou!"

Such a lively mountain, building a small courtyard, and preparing some good food and wine—Qi Ping feels Old Man Zhou would thoroughly enjoy it.

Living out his years in peace here wouldn't be bad.

"The unfortunate thing is, given the current chaos, bringing Old Man Zhou back would be more curse than blessing. I just hope this chaos ends within a year or two!"

Initially, Qi Ping planned to send some of the swarm and some nourishing honey to Old Man Zhou, but now Qi Ping doesn't know where Old Man Zhou is.

Because when they decided that Old Man Zhou would return to the mortal world, they had already agreed that he should distance himself from human eyes, find a remote place in the mortal world, and avoid being tracked at all costs.

"However, I did send plenty of Spirit Stones and honey with Old Man Zhou, which should sustain him for four or five years without issue. Given the current intensity of conflict, likely, the chaotic battleground will calm within two to three years!"

Considering these, Qi Ping isn't too worried.

During this period, Sister Nan visited Qi Ping once to deliver some matured Spirit-Storage Fruits.

She was immediately stunned by the lively and comfortable atmosphere on Qi Ping's mountain peak upon arrival.

She could not imagine that in such a short period, Qi Ping had managed the new mountain peak so seamlessly.

Many things and cute little animals on the mountain greatly amazed her.

...

During this period, batches of Fire Glow Honey that Qi Ping had researched were being brewed.

Without the demand of cultivating the beehive, the supply of Fire Glow Honey became ample.

With the abundant supply of Fire Glow Honey, Qi Ping's physical strength began to increase rapidly.

In just half a month, it reached the point where the Flame Burst Technique no longer backfired on his body, and his strength was also rapidly growing with it.

On the fiftieth day after Qi Ping returned to the mountain after slaying the Black and White Double Assassins witch, news finally came from Meng Yan:

[Brother Qi, I have gathered the information on the Divine Soul Type Spirit Beast you required!]

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