The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3007 Another person stung
Zhou Zixing was unaware of Qian Ying's condition.

Seeing that the honey-collecting team was progressing smoothly, he urged those collecting the red thread bees to speed up their work. After all, the number of bees swarming in was simply too great, their domains were being attacked, and their own innate power was being rapidly depleted.

Therefore, completing the data collection in the shortest possible time and then retreating is the best option.

Of course, Zhou Zixing didn't dare to care about or say anything to Chen Mo and Ouyang Nan in the team, but it was really difficult to protect Chen Mo and Ouyang Nan while protecting everyone else.

Sigh, this guy named Li Mo is clearly very strong; dealing with me would be a piece of cake for him. But now he's still pretending to be weak and relying on me for protection. It's practically bullying an old man! And besides protecting Chen Mo, he also has to protect Ouyang Nan, which makes it twice as difficult.

Therefore, it's best to finish this operation quickly and return as soon as possible. Being around Chen Mo makes everything feel restrictive, and you have to constantly read his expression – it's truly exasperating.

Tonight's operation left Zhou Zixing feeling even more exhausted than last night's.

"Elder Qian, let's speed things up. I feel like I can't hold on much longer." Although he felt he still had some innate power, he always felt powerless. So he transmitted his voice to Qian Ying.

"What's wrong? Don't you have any recovery pills on hand?" Qian Ying asked anxiously.

"Ah, oh! No, no, it's just that I felt I was quite exhausted from protecting these people, so I wanted to speed things up and get back as soon as possible," Zhou Zixing said.

Qian Ying was also a little anxious, and because he was standing a little far from the hive, he was expending more energy than Zhou Zixing. Hearing Zhou Zixing's urging, wasn't this exactly what he wanted?

He immediately transmitted the message: "That's right, we need to speed up and get back as soon as possible."

After transmitting his voice, he immediately said to the other martial artists, "Everyone, speed up! We need to retreat as soon as possible."

There's nothing wrong with what they said, and urging everyone to speed things up is the right thing to do.

However, in this situation, Qian Ying was slightly distracted by the attack of the first red bee, which caused her to neglect the control of the red bees in the hive.

Han Chengye, who was collecting honey in the hive, heard someone behind him urging, "Elder Qian said to speed things up and retreat as soon as we finish collecting. We only need twenty bottles of honey left, so let's hurry up."

Upon hearing this, Han Chengye immediately agreed and quickened his pace. However, unexpectedly, as he separated a large piece of honeycomb and was about to squeeze the honey into a bottle, two red bees that had been left uncontrolled due to Qian Ying's oversight were startled. They lashed out at Han Chengye's hand, their stingers piercing his hand.

"Ah!" Han Chengye cried out in pain.

Ma Xianglong, who was behind Han Chengye, was startled and quickly pulled Han Chengye out, covering his mouth to prevent disturbing the red bees and queen bees in the hive.

Before they set off, Qian Ying had instructed them that they absolutely must not make any loud noises, otherwise they might disturb the queen bee in the hive, which could be dangerous.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Qian Ying dodged forward, not caring whether he was getting close to the hive again, grabbed Han Chengye, and pulled him away from the hive. He wasn't trying to save Han Chengye, but to pull him away from the hive. If they disturbed the queen bee inside, all of them would be in trouble, and might even lose their lives.

Fortunately, Han Chengye only shouted once, which did not seem to disturb the queen bee inside the hive. Qian Ying breathed a sigh of relief; she was truly lucky.

What Qian Ying didn't know was that it wasn't that the Red Bees weren't alerted, but rather that Chen Mo intervened and helped them overcome the crisis.

Collecting red thread berries near the hive not only helps to mitigate attacks from first-line bees, but also allows for mutual cover and evacuation in case of crisis.

Chen Mo sensed that Zhou Zixing dared not interfere with him, but his innate domain still enveloped him, and he smiled knowingly. Then, he and Ouyang Nan approached the beehive and began collecting the nearby red thread fruits.

However, Chen Mo's divine sense was also watching the people collecting honey in the hive. If they really disturbed the queen bee in the hive, it might expose his strength.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo's worries were justified. When Han Chengye was stung, his divine sense immediately enveloped the queen bee in the hive, thus preventing her from being disturbed.

Sigh, if Chen Mo hadn't come, things might have gone wrong.

Qian Ying observed the beehive for a while and, finding no movement, calmed down a bit. She turned to look at Han Chengye and noticed that his face had turned somewhat dark, so she immediately said, "Quickly drink the honey in your hand."

Han Chengye realized what was happening at that moment, and the sting wound was also painful, but he couldn't care less about that now. He simply picked up the honeycomb, tilted his head back, and drank the honey that had been squeezed out.

The venom of the red bee is so potent that just a sip is enough; if you drink more, the detoxification process will be faster.

Han Chengye held onto a large piece of beehive, refusing to let go. However, his other hand, stung by the beehive, had swelled into a large, swollen palm, the skin so shiny it seemed translucent under the light.

If Han Chengye had squeezed the honeycomb with both hands, perhaps the honey would have gotten on his swollen hands, which would have helped to neutralize the bee venom more quickly. Unfortunately, because his hands were swollen and somewhat weak, he could only hold the honeycomb with one hand, tear it off with his mouth, and swallow it whole.

Fortunately, the bee venom was neutralized after a few bites, but Han Chengye was worried that it wasn't enough to neutralize the poison, so he swallowed several more bites.

"How much honey is left to collect?" Qian Ying asked Ma Xianglong in a low voice after seeing that Han Chengye had already eaten the honeycomb. "Twenty bottles are still needed," Ma Xianglong replied in a low voice.

"Hurry up and go to the hive, fill all twenty bottles, and then retreat immediately," Qian Ying said.

Although Ma Xianglong was unwilling, he knew he could also object, so he could only nod in agreement and carefully crawled back into the hole in the beehive to begin collecting honey.

"Elder Zhou, how's it going on your end? Have you collected enough?" Qian Ying asked.

Zhou Zixing shook his head and said, "It's still a bit short. After all, we need a lot of red thread fruits, and it will take some effort to collect them."

"Then let's persevere a little longer, hurry up and speed up the collection," Qian Ying said.

"it is good!"

When Ma Xianglong was collecting honey, he was very careful. He looked at the pieces of honeycomb he tore off from the left and right, and only after finding nothing did he carefully begin to squeeze out the honey and put it into bottles.

Filling twenty bottles isn't difficult, but because we were being very careful, it took a while.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing were also exasperated, as the crimson line had completely enveloped the area, relentlessly attacking their domain barrier.

Their innate power has also reached its minimum level.

By this time, after Ouyang Nan's count, Zhou Zixing had collected enough Red Thread Fruits. Chen Mo even took the opportunity to collect a few more, but put them all into his Qiankun bag.

After all, red thread fruit is a good thing, and I can use it myself later.

Upon hearing Ouyang Nan's statistics, Zhou Zixing happily said to Qian Ying, "Elder Qian, I've finished collecting the data here, and now it's just a matter of you collecting it."

"Okay, I got it. I'll hurry them up." Qian Ying turned her head and immediately whispered to Ma Xianglong in the beehive, "Ma Xianglong, are you done yet?"

"Just two more bottles needed!"

"Okay." Qian Ying then communicated telepathically with Zhou Zixing, asking him to hold on a little longer.

However, unexpectedly, within just a few seconds, a large wave of Red Lines suddenly surged over. This was because Red Lines from other regions sensed that an enemy had invaded the hive, so they rushed over to attack the enemy together.

At this moment, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing's innate domains immediately felt like they couldn't hold on any longer.

The two immediately took pills to restore their innate energy, and then said to all the martial artists, "Everyone, pay attention, immediately activate your blood and qi protective shield. My innate domain needs to be closed for a moment."

These instructions had already been given before the departure, so after the two finished speaking, all the martial artists immediately activated their own qi and blood protective shields.

The martial artists all obeyed and gathered together, then deployed their own qi and blood protective shields to protect against Yi Xianhong's siege.

Meanwhile, Ma Xianglong, who was filling the last bottle in the hive, was too nervous to hear Qian Ying's words. After filling the last bottle with honey and sealing it, he immediately withdrew from the hive.

However, because he had no protective shield, he was bitten directly by a red beetle outside the hive.

He let out a sharp cry and fell to the ground. Seeing an enemy lying on the ground, the other frontline soldiers swarmed forward, biting into Ma Xianglong's body.

At this moment, Ma Xianglong was like a piece of Tang Monk's flesh, with dozens of First-Line Reds taking a bite out of him.

"Elder, save me!" Ma Xianglong could only shout to Qian Ying while he was still conscious.

Seeing this, Qian Ying quickly opened her domain again and flashed to Ma Xianglong's side: "Hold on, I'll take you and retreat first."

After saying that, he called out to everyone, "Retreat!" He didn't forget to pick up the honey bottle next to Ma Xianglong, grab Ma Xianglong's clothes, and drag him along, running towards the bush passage.

All the other martial artists also accelerated and rushed towards that direction. As for their protective shields, they were quickly being worn down by the attacks from Yixianhong, so they didn't care. As long as they retreated from this place, they would suffer far fewer attacks.

After everyone rushed into the passage, Zhou Zixing took charge of the rear, and the group quickly rushed to the other side.

However, the group had to stop halfway through their journey because if Ma Xianglong didn't consume the Red Thread Fruit soon, he would be doomed. The Red Thread Fruit's toxins were extremely potent, so an antidote was needed as soon as possible.

Fortunately, we are now in the passage, and the attacks from the front-line red line have decreased significantly.