The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2995 Putting the Hatred Aside

"Elder Qian, should we go up and test these bees called Red Bees to see just how capable they are?" Zhou Zixing asked. Since they were already here, they might as well go up and test them to get a better understanding of their abilities and formulate appropriate defensive strategies.

“That’s right, we need to test the abilities of these red bees,” Qian Ying agreed.

Ignoring the red streaks that were attacking the barrier, the two quickly cleared away some bushes blocking their way and slowly walked out to the edge of the forest.

At first, although some red bees flew by from time to time, they did not attack the two. As the two figures left the edge of the forest, they attracted a large number of red bees crawling in the black soil. Then, gradually, some red bees also began to notice the two, circling back and forth in a figure eight above their heads and emitting a rapid buzzing sound.

It was this buzzing sound that attracted a large number of red bees, which then attacked the two people's domain barrier.

Instantly, the barrier flashed with light and fluctuated continuously. Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing's expressions gradually became serious.

They initially thought these fist-sized bees wouldn't have much offensive capability, but they were wrong; these bees possessed surprisingly high attack power. Based on the flickering of the innate domain's barrier and the depletion of their innate energy, the individual strength of these crimson bees was comparable to that of a martial artist at the early stage of the acquired realm.

Each of the red bees' attacks possesses the power of a martial artist. If there were only a few of them, it wouldn't matter, since Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing are both innate masters and are not afraid of these tiny bees with initial acquired strength.

Besides, bees are bees. They are comparable in strength to martial artists, but their attack methods are limited. They lack the multiple attack methods of human martial artists, so both defense and extermination are very easy.

However, after the two deployed their domains and annihilated the attacking bees within them, swarms of crimson bees began to fly towards them and attack their barrier. Furthermore, the rapid buzzing of the crimson bees attracted a large number of red venomous snakes, which also began attacking the two's domain barrier.

Suddenly, a line of red attacks appeared on the ground, and the sky was filled with crimson bees attacking. The dense swarms of crimson bees and the line of red bees completely enveloped the two of them, making them unable to feel any light. They were surrounded by darkness, with only the buzzing in their ears and the hissing sound of the line of red bees.

In the distance, large numbers of red bees and crimson bees continued to approach, seemingly because the noise they were making had attracted all the strange beasts in the flower field to attack the two of them.

In fact, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing were unfairly blamed by Chen Mo for being attacked by Red Bee and Yixianhong.

Last night, the red bees were resting in their hives because they are inactive at night. However, Chen Mo not only took away hundreds of hives, but also all the red bees and their queens.

The red bees have lived in this flower field for thousands of years, and their queen bees are known for their intelligence. Therefore, the inexplicable loss of so many of their comrades last night has terrified the remaining queen bees.

Normally, all red swarms of bees originate from a single queen, so each queen communicates with the others. These communications are carried out by soldier bees within the red swarm. But how could the disappearance of so many queens overnight not terrify the other queens?
Just like normal humans, everyone lives in the same building. Although we've never met, we've formed a chat group through our phones. In the group, we can contact each other, chat, and tag each other individually.

But suddenly one night, after just one night's sleep, they found that most of the people in the group had disappeared. No one replied to their messages, and even their phone IDs were gone—it was as if they had vanished along with their homes. What will the remaining people think? Will they be terrified?
Therefore, upon receiving information that an alien species had entered their territory, and that it appeared to be a very powerful alien species, all the queen bees immediately deployed their bees to launch a full-scale attack on the alien species that had entered their territory.

Having consumed a small portion of their innate energy, they managed to eliminate the red bees that were besieging them, and even captured a small number of the First Line Red Bees. However, this achievement did not make Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing happy, because after using their domain to clear the air and kill many of the surrounding red bees, they discovered that even more red bees were flying in from the air, and a patch of blue on the ground was also rapidly surging towards them.

Damn, seeing them in the sky and on the ground gave me goosebumps; there were just too many of them.

Although Chen Mo had taken away all the beehives within a range of nearly 400 meters in width and more than 5,000 meters in length, there were still quite a few left. Therefore, the number of red bees that flew over was more than a million, and the number of red bees on the ground was also countless.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zixing and Qian Ying didn't need to discuss it at all. They simultaneously took out a pill to replenish their lost innate power and then quickly retreated in the direction they had come from.

If we don't leave now, when will we? If we get surrounded by this number of red bees, we won't be able to leave; we'll just perish here.

Surrounded by so many red bees, even if Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing were innate masters, they would be no match for them.

As they retreated, they also took a few red ribbons and awkwardly entered the bush passage.

Unexpectedly, the Red Bees and the One-Line Red Bees also surged into the bush passage.

As they sped back, the two discussed telepathically how to stop the Red-Lined Bees and Crimson Bees that were pursuing them. Both of these beasts were incredibly fast, and by the time they darted into the bushes, the Crimson Bees and Red-Lined Bees were already close behind them.

If it weren't for the barrier, the two of them would have already been bitten by the red bees and the first red stinger, and would have died from the poison.

Fortunately, the two were unaware that the Red Bee's venom was extremely potent; a sting would be fatal within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. Furthermore, because they were in a bush passage, they were only being relentlessly attacked from behind by the Red Bee and the One-Line Red Bee; they had no way to attack from other directions.

"Elder Zhou, we must use these branches in the bushes to block the bees and the Red-lined Beasts from chasing us. Otherwise, if we are chased by these two strange beasts, we will eventually exhaust our innate power," Qian Ying transmitted to Zhou Zixing.

Zhou Zixing naturally agreed. Compared to Qian Ying, his strength was far inferior, so if things continued like this, he might die before Qian Ying.

After they both agreed, they began to retreat one after the other, using their innate short swords to cut and throw the branches of the bushes on both sides of the passage to block the pursuers behind them.

Because the bushes were so dense, cutting them was quite easy. Branches were quickly cut off, bundled, and thrown into the passage. This alternating approach gradually blocked the entire passage.

Although the Red Bees were very strong and could knock some branches away, there were too many of them, and they were blocking the passage in layers. Other places were blocked by bushes and branches, so the Red Bees and the One-Line Red Bees gradually stopped chasing each other. They rammed around the blocked passage, as if they wanted to treat these obstructions as two invading aliens and poison them on the spot.

Zhou Zixing and Qian Ying relaxed upon seeing the passage blocked, slowing their pace slightly. They had looked rather disheveled just moments before, hardly befitting innate masters; the sheer number of people was truly terrifying.

Even the swarms of mosquitoes they encountered upon entering the valley were not as terrifying as these red wasps. After all, while mosquitoes were numerous, they were not particularly strong, and their primary function was to suck blood, making them relatively easy to eliminate.

However, these red bees are individually powerful and attack relentlessly in groups. Even if the two of them are innate masters, they cannot withstand the attack of a million red bees.

There are still some front-line red attackers inside the passage, but the two are not worried about this number of attacks.

After all, there weren't many, only a few hundred, which they could handle. However, they couldn't catch these attacking Red-lined Bees. Fortunately, in the previous rounds of fighting, the two of them had each caught a few dead Red-lined Bees and a few dead Red Bees.

The two men put the two strange beasts into cloth bags and continued to retreat, preparing to exit the forest and bush passage.

As innate masters, the two of them were naturally much faster than Chen Mo and the others. In about half an hour, they slipped out of the bush passage under the trees.

When Chen Mo and his team retreated, their speed was naturally slower because they had teammates like Qian Zhenghao and Ouyang Nan with them. If it were just Chen Mo alone, the two old men would not have been able to match him.

As the two emerged from the bushes, they found Ouyang Nan and four others waiting for them at the entrance.

Seeing that Qian Zhenghao was also there, Qian Ying quietly put away the innate short sword and then asked, "Zhenghao, how are you feeling?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Zhenghao inwardly scoffed. Hadn't he already said that if someone was poisoned by the first-line red snake venom and didn't receive timely antidote, they would be dead? Why was he only asking me now after being quarantined for so long? What did he mean by that?
It seemed that asking him immediately after he walked out of the passage was a sign of concern, but it was just unnecessary chatter. He didn't believe that Elder Qian had forgotten about the First Line Red Toxin.

However, Qian Zhenghao still smiled and said, "The snake venom has been cleared and my body has recovered. It's just that my arm was injured and broken during the retreat, so it will take some time for it to fully recover."

With healing pills, even a broken arm will be almost fully healed in just three days. There's no way around it; the effects of these pills are just that powerful.

Qian Ying smiled and nodded, then asked Chen Mo directly, "Young friend Li Mo, do you know anything about the Red Bee?"

Since the scene of being surrounded and attacked by the Red Bees has just occurred, the previous conflict with Chen Mo should be put aside for now, and the main priority should be to deal with the Red Bees.

Otherwise, everyone will be stuck in this place, unable to move forward or backward. Once the supplies are exhausted, they will just have to wait to be eliminated.

Since Chen Mo knows about Yixianhong and can call out the name of Hongchifeng, he must also know how to deal with Hongchifeng.