The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3010 The Evil of Human Nature

Chen Mo was unaware of Han Chengye and Han Chengwen's feelings about honey.

If those two guys knew how much honey Chen Mo had collected, they might come after him and fight him to the death. He simply collected so much honey that it could be quantified as an inexhaustible supply.

In addition, Chen Mo actually values ​​honey more for its alchemical properties and its beauty and skin-nourishing effects.

After he returned, he gave each of Ouyang Ruoxi and the others several bottles of honey, saying that it could beautify the skin, but he didn't mention that honey could also enhance the effects of cultivation.

After all, Chen Mo is a cultivator, and the effect of honey on increasing cultivation level is very small, even negligible, and basically useless within the Foundation Establishment stage. As for its ability to help break through bottlenecks, that's also ineffective for cultivators, which is why he ignored that function—it's truly useless to cultivators.

However, it is very effective for martial artists, much more so than for cultivators.

However, when Ouyang Ruoxi and the others drank the honey, they were attracted by the beauty and skin-nourishing effects that Chen Mo mentioned, so they did not drink the honey directly, but diluted it with water before consuming it. This greatly reduced the effects of the honey.

If he had known that honey could also help martial artists' cultivation, he wouldn't have let Ouyang Ruoxi and the other women drink honey from the Red Bees just for beauty and skincare.

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When the gathering team returned, the performance of the strange beasts on the other side of the canyon was still going on.

After all, the stage was set up and the performance of the mythical beasts was arranged, so they should at least put on a focused performance. Therefore, wave after wave of mythical beasts rushed out of the canyon and charged towards the hill nursery, making all the martial artists on the other side tremble with fear.

When Han Chengye came to find Ouyang Min, Ouyang Min was watching the strange beasts on the other side return to the canyon.

Although it was completely dark, someone shone a light on the other side, so with the help of that light source, the strange beasts near the light source could be seen.

All the warriors were focused on the strange beast on the other side, and they were all praying that the beast would not come to this side of the canyon, otherwise they would really only have one way out.

"Huh? What brings you here in the middle of the night?" Ouyang Min asked curiously when he saw Han Chengye arrive.

Although he and Han Chengye had reached a certain agreement, they would only support each other in times of danger. Furthermore, Ouyang Min also realized the situation afterward.

The reason Han Chengye was able to join forces with him was simply because the Han family had dwindled in size and they wanted to find an ally, as well as a henchman to push him to the forefront.

However, Ouyang Min wasn't intimidated by any of this, since it was uncertain who would push whom in the end. Besides, without Ouyang Nan in the team, he and Han Chengye would also need help.

"I have something to discuss with you, but this isn't the place to talk. Let's go over there," Han Chengye said, glancing at the Ouyang family warriors watching him. He pointed to a rock not far away.

Ouyang Min naturally noticed the family martial artists watching him and Han Chengye, and nodded, saying, "Alright."

The two quietly moved to the side, isolating themselves from everyone else, before speaking in hushed tones.

"Speak, what do you want to see me about?" Ouyang Min asked.

“There are two things, and the two things are also related,” Han Chengye said.

"Oh? Two things, that's quite a lot. Tell me, what are they?" Ouyang Min said.

"First, I want to ask you, when you were collecting the red thread fruit just now, did you intercept any? If so, how many?" Han Chengye asked directly.

Ouyang Min fell silent, unsure how to answer this question. After all, the two had previously agreed to join forces against the Qian family. But what if, if he told the truth about intercepting the Red Thread Fruit, Han Chengye would stab him in the back?
As mentioned before, Han Chengye and Ouyang Min were able to agree to join forces. However, this agreement was merely verbal and extremely fragile. They might betray each other at the first sign of benefit.

Seeing Ouyang Min's silence, Han Chengye understood what he was thinking. So he said again, "I hope we can be open and honest, since what I wanted to talk to you about tonight is related to these things. Of course, openness and honesty are two-way; while I'm asking you questions, you can also ask me related questions, and I will answer them truthfully."

Han Chengye was really going all out for honey. Of course, something as good as honey was worth the effort.

Ouyang Min looked at Han Chengye with surprise and asked, "Are the two things you want to talk about related to what happened tonight?"

“Yes, it’s related,” Han Chengye said. “Furthermore, if you hadn’t intercepted the Red Thread Fruit, there would be no need to mention the second thing.”

Ouyang Min nodded, thought for a while, and then said, "When I was collecting the red thread fruit, I kept some, about thirty of them. After all, collecting them was a bit troublesome and there wasn't much time. Zhou Zixing was watching closely, so I only collected a little over a hundred in total."

He was able to save more than thirty fruits thanks to the attack on the Red Thread Fruit. Everyone was rushing to retreat, which gave them time to divide the fruits into two groups and store them. Furthermore, after returning and handing over the collected fruits, Zhou Zixing didn't check them one by one, which is why he was able to preserve such a large number of fruits.

Upon hearing that there were more than thirty, Han Chengye did a quick calculation and said, "Okay, that should be enough. Now, let me talk about the second thing." He then took out the remaining half-bottle of honey and said, "Tonight, you'll be in charge of collecting the red thread fruit, and I'll be in charge of collecting the honey. This honey is the remaining honey from the beehives I secretly left behind."

"Huh, is that all? Why didn't you leave more? Also, is the second thing related to this honey?" Ouyang Min asked.

“That’s right, it’s related to this honey.” Han Chengye handed the mineral water bottle containing honey to Ouyang Min and said, “Drink it and experience the benefits of this honey, and you’ll understand the second reason I came to you.”

Ouyang Min took the honey and shook the bottle. Although it was dark enough here, there was a faint light, enough for a martial artist at the tenth level of the Day after tomorrow realm to see things clearly.

The honey in the bottle is fine, but who knows if anything else has been added to it? What if...?

However, Ouyang Min then realized that Han Chengye didn't need to add anything else to the honey. After all, there was no direct conflict between the two, and they even had a private agreement to cooperate.

So, after thinking it through, I simply opened the bottle and drank about half of the honey inside.

The refreshing taste of honey immediately won him over.

Putting aside the other uses of honey, just the taste alone made him feel that the half-empty bottle of honey in his hand was really too little.

"It tastes so good, I can't get enough!" Ouyang Min said directly.

Han Chengye was speechless for a moment, then said, "Now you should cultivate for a bit and experience the effects of the honey."

Ouyang Min obediently sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate his internal energy. Since Han Chengye wouldn't attack him anyway, he figured Han Chengye would just be protecting him from the sidelines.

After practicing for a while, Ouyang Min felt the benefits of honey.

He immediately stopped his practice and said to Han Chengye, "You summoned me here because you want to secretly collect honey?"

Han Chengye saw the burning intensity in Ouyang Min's eyes in the darkness, a gaze that even the night couldn't obstruct, and he understood that Ouyang Min had already experienced the benefits of honey.

Yes, how could any martial artist at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm not be tempted by honey?
No, even those who aren't at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm should be tempted by honey. After all, anything that can directly improve cultivation is worth striving for.

Han Chengye did not resort to tricks, but instead told Ouyang Min everything that had happened that night.

"So, this honey can not only promote cultivation, but also help break through bottlenecks?" Ouyang Min asked.

"good."

"There was some extra honey collected tonight, but those two kept it all because of the honey's medicinal properties?" Ouyang Min asked again.

"This is my deduction. After all, if it's for detoxification, one bottle per person should be enough. Once you drink the honey, its detoxifying effect should be effective in a short time, so there's no need to continue drinking it. Therefore, we should collect enough honey, one bottle per person, and prepare about ten more bottles. That should be about right. But the amount of honey we collected tonight far exceeds what I expected," Han Chengye said.

“That’s right. If we prepare the number you suggested, then there’s no need for each person to carry ten bottles,” Ouyang Min echoed.

"Furthermore, the level of importance Elder Qian Ying placed on us leaving the honey after we returned makes me suspect that they wanted to intercept it. After all, the effects of honey are extremely useful for us martial artists," Han Chengye said.

Ouyang Min nodded naturally. He had just drunk that small half-bottle of honey, and the effects were very clear to him.

"Unfortunately, we have no chance of getting the honey back from those two. So, I asked you if you had intercepted any red thread fruit because I wanted to go and collect that honey with you again. What do you think?" Han Chengye said.

"As for removing the venom of the red bee, there is actually a better way. Moreover, those two people don't seem to know about this method." As Han Chengye spoke, he recounted how, after being venomed by bees, he drank honey on his way back, which caused the honey to drip onto his palm and quickly eliminated the venom.

"You mean that to remove bee venom, it's not enough to just drink honey; you also need to apply honey externally. That's the best way to remove bee venom, and Qian and Zhou don't know about this external application method?" Ouyang Min asked.

“That’s right. Ma Xianglong and I were both poisoned by bees before, but Qian Ying always told us to drink honey instead of applying it externally. Therefore, I deduce that neither of them knew about this method of external application,” Han Chengye said.

After listening, Ouyang Min thought for a moment and then said, "Perhaps Qian and Zhou know this method, but..."

Although this was just his guess, the evil in human nature cannot be ignored.

After he finished speaking, not only did Han Chengye feel a chill run down his spine, but even Ouyang Min felt a bit cold.