The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3008 Holding a Resentment
"Elder Zhou, cover me!" Qian Ying signaled the group to stop moving forward, then shouted to Zhou Zixing at the end of the group.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zixing immediately activated his innate domain, encompassing everyone within it.

Although he doesn't have much innate power left, he's now inside a thicket of bushes, reducing the number of Red-haired Beasts that can catch up and attack. Furthermore, he took recovery pills during the retreat, so he can still hold on.

Qian Ying put Ma Xianglong on the ground, then took out two red thread fruits, fed one to him, and crushed the other and applied it to his bite wound.

Although Ma Xianglong was bitten by two red-lined fruits, the bite was relatively small, so one red-lined fruit was enough to cover it.

However, Ma Xianglong seemed to have been delayed for quite some time, and now his face was turning pale, his breathing was rapid, and he was somewhat delirious. This was why Qian Ying took matters into his own hands; otherwise, he wouldn't have done it himself but would have let Ma Xianglong do it on his own.

This is because Ma Xianglong had never personally experienced the potency of the first-line red toxin, so when he was poisoned, he did not immediately take the red thread fruit, but instead asked Qian Ying to save him. This naturally delayed the treatment time.

Although Qian Ying had specifically instructed everyone before the operation that the Red-lined Bees and Red Bees they would encounter were highly venomous beasts, and that everyone should be extremely cautious and take antidotes immediately if bitten, and that each person was given two Red-lined Fruits as a preparation for the antidote.

Unfortunately, Qian Ying considered the danger, but she didn't anticipate that some people wouldn't be able to save themselves in time.

Qian Zhenghao is actually the most qualified to speak on this point. The first time he was bitten by the First-Line Red, he only managed to clear the poison after Chen Mo helped him. But after being bitten a second time, he was able to stop crying and make a fuss, and he took matters into his own hands to detoxify himself, and he did so quite quickly.

This is why people can't learn something from being taught, but they can learn it after being taught it only once.

Ma Xianglong's appearance is representative of this.

Han Chengye was the same; if Qian Ying hadn't spoken up, he probably wouldn't have known to drink the honey immediately. Even though he was holding a large piece of honeycomb, he didn't immediately take the honey to detoxify himself, just like Ma Xianglong.

After briefly observing Ma Xianglong's condition, Qian Ying didn't say anything more. Instead, she picked him up again and said to Zhou Zixing, "Elder Zhou, continue the retreat." Turning to the other martial artists, she said, "Release your qi and blood protective shields to protect yourselves. Then follow me and retreat quickly."

Led by Qian Ying, the group quickly retreated.

Fortunately, nothing else happened after we got out of the bush passage, and everything went smoothly.

"Elder, you're back!" Another expert from the Qian family, at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, was waiting for the group at the entrance of the passage. Upon seeing Qian Ying, he immediately stepped forward and said.

"Hmm." Qian Ying handed Ma Xianglong, whom she was carrying, directly to the acquired master and said, "Take Ma Xianglong to the Ma family and tell them that Ma Xianglong was accidentally poisoned during the operation, but the poison has been cleared and he will recover after some rest."

Then he turned to Qian Wantong and said, "Manager Qian, you should come along too. Tell the Ma family to take good care of Ma Xianglong."

The Ma family would naturally take good care of Ma Xianglong, but Qian Ying said this to show her concern for the injured. Otherwise, not showing any concern might have drawn complaints from the Ma family's martial artists. This instruction made it seem like Qian Ying cared about the injured and also helped to strengthen team cohesion.

Although Qian Wantong was tired from the journey, he immediately nodded and followed the martial artist at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm to the temporary camp of the Ma family.

"Han Chengye, how are you? Can you walk back by yourself?" Qian Ying asked.

Actually, Qian Ying's question was unnecessary, since he had personally experienced what it felt like to be stung by a red bee. Besides, Han Chengye had just run back on his own, so naturally, nothing serious would happen to him.

The palms alone were swollen to more than twice their original size, and even the skin on the back of the hands was so swollen that it was almost transparent.

Chen Mo and Ouyang Nan, who were in the team, saw Han Chengye's injury but did not say anything. They even looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Ouyang Nan recalled what Chen Mo had said: if you apply honey to the sting site after being stung by a red bee, it will not only reduce swelling and pain, but also speed up the recovery of the sting.

But Ouyang Nan wouldn't have said anything before, and she certainly wouldn't now. She just watched as Han Chengye's palm swelled up like a big hand, and felt a little happy about it.

Just a few days ago, Han Chengye had been instigating Ouyang Min to seize power and take his captaincy. Now, seeing the guy's hand swollen like this after being stung, Han Chengye felt inexplicably good.

"Elder Qian, I'm fine, I can walk back by myself." Han Chengye replied immediately upon hearing Qian Ying's question.

He has only been stung on the palms; his legs are fine, so he can walk back on his own.

"Okay, then you should go back and get some rest. You've worked hard tonight," Qian Ying said. "Mm!" Han Chengye nodded and then prepared to return to the temporary camp. After all, he was thinking of circulating his internal energy to check his body and see how the toxins had been cleared. If there were any residues, he would drink more honey to be on the safe side.

And recalling the taste of the honey back then, I couldn't help but swallow hard. It was really delicious, and I wanted to drink more.

Unexpectedly, Qian Ying stopped him: "Han Chengye, leave the bottle of honey you filled. I will count these antidotes later and distribute them to everyone before we set off, so that everyone has a bottle."

"Huh? This..." Han Chengye hesitated for a moment, unsure how to begin. He had just been thinking of having another bottle when he got back, but Qian Ying had told him to put the bottle down. What the hell was he going to do?
"Don't worry, the toxins from the red bees in your body have already been removed by drinking that honey, so you don't need to drink any more honey. Besides, even if you did, it would be a waste. Just go back and rest well, and all your symptoms will be gone by tomorrow," Qian Ying said.

He almost said that he had experienced it firsthand. As for drinking an extra bottle of honey, it was because the honey tasted so good, and the effects of honey seemed to go beyond just its taste. However, due to the short time, he hadn't yet been able to deduce any other functions.

However, he could guess that Han Chengye, after drinking the honey, would drink more honey after returning home.

How could this be allowed? The reason we arranged for eleven people to go tonight, each carrying ten bottles, was to collect more honey. Then, he could keep the excess honey and study its other effects.

Yes, Qian Ying wanted to research other benefits of honey, which is why he withheld some. It was all for everyone's benefit.

Hearing Qian Ying's explanation, what could Han Chengye do? Could he argue back? Impossible. He could only hand over the honey bottle he was carrying to Qian Ying before leaving.

On the other side, Zhou Zixing also received a signal from Qian Ying, and called back the people who had just been assigned to his command to collect the red thread fruit. He then ordered everyone to hand over the red thread fruit they had collected.

As I said before, the red thread fruits will be distributed when it's time to set off.

Unlike the others, Chen Mo didn't hand over all the red thread fruits he had collected. Instead, he kept a large portion of them.

He had likely collected the most red thread fruits of all those who had done so. After all, in the darkness, he had used his divine sense to clearly see and collect all the red thread fruits within a three-meter radius around him.

Therefore, he collected over a thousand. Handing over two hundred would already be quite good.

On the other side, Han Chengye handed over the honey and turned to leave. His expression turned very bad. When he returned to the Han family's temporary camp, Han Chengwen came to greet him.

"Brother, what happened to your hand?" Han Chengwen exclaimed in surprise when he saw Han Chengye's hand swollen and enlarged.

The other Han family martial artists immediately came up and surrounded Han Chengye, looking at him with concern.

For the Han family, Han Chengye is naturally the backbone, especially now that everyone needs him to get out of this valley, so they naturally care about his health.

"It's nothing, I'm fine. Everyone go about your business, no need to crowd around me. I just got stung by a red bee, I'll be almost better by tomorrow," Han Chengye waved to the others and said.

Hearing Han Chengye say this, the other martial artists from the Han family left to rest.

Han Chengwen naturally didn't leave, but followed Han Chengye to the location of the makeshift tent. However, they didn't go inside. Instead, the two sat down in front of the tent, observed their surroundings, and then asked, "Brother, are you sure everything is alright?"

Han Chengye said somewhat uncertainly, "It should be fine. Elder Qian said before we set off that after being stung by a red bee, all you need to do is drink honey."

"So you drank it?"

"I drank it." Han Chengye continued, "When I came back just now, Qian Ying said that my sting injury would recover as long as I rested, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"Then why do you look a little pale?" Han Chengwen asked. He could tell the difference between a dark complexion and a pale expression. And since he had heard his older brother say that the bee venom had been removed, his pale complexion must be due to something else.

Han Chengye looked up again and surveyed his surroundings. His camp was some distance from the Qian family's camp, and no one was coming over.

In the darkness, with the help of some light, one can still see the surrounding area clearly.

Furthermore, through those rays of light, one could also see the Qian family's camp and Qian Ying's figure in the distance, seemingly still making arrangements, but her voice was already weak and unclear.

After all, Qian Ying intentionally spoke in a low voice, so it was naturally difficult to hear clearly from a distance.