The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3019: Stealing Chicken Fails
Sometimes, you don't know how much you can accomplish until you push yourself.

All the martial artists were very focused on collecting honey, basically cooperating with each other and taking turns. This made the collection process very smooth, and even if someone was stung, they were quickly replaced by an uninjured person to continue.

They quickly collected honey, and soon they had collected over a hundred bottles. However, there were still half the bottles left, so Qian Wantong whispered to the group of martial artists, "Don't stop, keep up the current speed. We've already completed half the task, everyone, keep going!"

Upon hearing this, all the martial artists who were gathering honey gritted their teeth and persevered. After all, moving around in such an underground space, specifically in a dug-out cave, was somewhat cramped. However, thinking of the effects of honey and the fact that everyone would receive honey later, they automatically continued.

Just now, two more martial artists were stung by the red bees crawling on the unearthed beehive, so they retreated, and two other martial artists immediately stepped forward to replace them. Then, Chen Mo appeared at the front of the replacement team.

At this moment, Han Chengye and Ouyang Min, who were busy collecting honey, glanced at each other and then nodded slightly.

Ever since Qian Ying assigned them to the same team, they had secretly plotted to make Chen Mo suffer if they had the chance during the honey-gathering process, or even kill him if possible.

Of course, both of them are martial artists at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, but they are probably no match for Chen Mo's strength. So if they were to make a move, they would have to be extremely careful and make sure that Chen Mo could not see through their disguise.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Min and Han Chengye did not expect that Chen Mo's divine sense had already observed their subtle movements.

Although Chen Mo didn't know why the two guys looked like that, he made a note of it and decided to be careful later.

Everyone was busy, and even Qian Wantong couldn't care less about anything else. He helped pass bottles to everyone, then placed the filled honey bottles under the defensive structure. Several other martial artists put the honey bottles into their backpacks, so that each martial artist could carry one and make a quick escape.

Just then, perhaps Han Chengye deliberately placed a beehive with red bees on it, or perhaps he did it accidentally, so the martial artist who was about to dig up the beehive was stung by the red bees.

"Quickly, replace them, speed up!" Qian Wantong shouted immediately upon seeing the situation.

Chen Mo was at the front of the group, so he naturally stepped forward to take over. A martial artist next to him handed him a small piece of honeycomb, squeezing out all the honey and applying it to his hands and exposed arms.

This is an essential step in the replacement process, and every martial artist needs to do it to avoid being stung by the red bees. After all, with honey applied, even if stung, it won't be a big problem, as the bee venom can be quickly removed.

Chen Mo naturally wouldn't tell these people that he had actually drunk royal jelly before setting off. As long as he drank royal jelly, the venom of the tiny red bee would have no effect whatsoever. It wouldn't even need to be applied topically; the toxins could be quickly removed.

But she couldn't say it aloud, and still followed the crowd by applying honey to her exposed skin.

Then, together with the other warriors, they took turns digging up the beehives and handing the dug-up beehives to the warriors who were filling them with honey.

Seeing this opportunity, Han Chengye gestured to Ouyang Min again and simultaneously consumed the Red Thread Fruit. Then, with one person providing cover, the other suddenly cleared away the area with the red thread blocking the soil.

Suddenly, a large, stark red line burst forth.

"Ah, Yixianhong! There's a leak here!" Han Chengye shouted, and immediately retreated with Ouyang Min. The two moved quickly; as long as they dodged Yixianhong's attack, Chen Mo would be right behind them.

Unfortunately, what they didn't expect was that just as the shouts rang out and before they could even take a step back, their protective qi shields inexplicably collapsed!

Then, several red pheasants leaped up one after another and bit directly onto the exposed skin of the two of them.

This left Ouyang Min and Han Chengye dumbfounded. What happened? They had been carefully maintaining their blood and qi output to guard against Yixianhong. They had been extremely cautious; how could things have suddenly collapsed?

To die!
In fact, the Red Ones were quite puzzled. They were inside the hive, searching for passages to find the enemies that had destroyed it, when suddenly they felt a gap beneath them and fell out of the passage. Just as they were trying to figure out what was going on, they felt a lightness in their bodies and found themselves next to two bipedal creatures, ready to bite into their enemies' flesh with a simple opening of their mouths.

What are we waiting for? Let's just open our mouths and bite! I never imagined that one day I could attack the enemy so easily, without even putting in any effort, and I could even fly up effortlessly. It's truly amazing.

Of course, the instinct of the red-haired serpents also allows them to retreat immediately after biting an enemy, disappearing into the honeycomb tunnel they came from.

"Ah!" Ouyang Min and Han Chengye cried out in pain at the same time, and quickly retreated with the others, taking out the red thread fruit and about to swallow it.

Having just been bitten by several Red Thread Fruits, one Red Thread Fruit wasn't enough; they needed to consume several more. However, to their surprise, just as they were about to retreat, someone bumped into them, causing them to stumble forward, almost losing their balance. This brief delay allowed several more Red Thread Fruits to rush forward, opening their mouths wide to bite at their exposed skin.

The two let out a painful groan, then felt dizzy and weak in the legs. They had been bitten in so many places that the red thread fruit's detoxifying effect was slowing down. Fortunately, they had both taken the red thread fruit beforehand, so they wouldn't die.

However, there was a lot of snake venom, so the body naturally experienced some poisoning reactions.

The two stumbled and fell, one after the other, their hands instinctively reaching for something to steady themselves. Unexpectedly, right next to them was a bucket full of honeycomb, which hadn't even been capped yet, when the two pulled it down.

To their surprise, the honeycomb inside the overturned centrifuge bucket was flung out, and several red bees crawled out as well.

Then, these red wasps, with lightning speed, landed on the exposed skin of the two people, and their stingers began to poke and stab like electric motors...

The Red Bees, like the One-Line Bees, were completely bewildered. They were already drowsy and were doing well in the hive when they suddenly found themselves here, tumbling down with a clatter, only to find the two-legged creatures in front of them.

Then, just as they were about to stop moving because of the familiar honey scent on their bodies, they were forcibly held down by a force, and their tail spikes began to stab at the two-legged creatures like an electric motor.

This is absolutely hilarious! These red bees have a strategy; they usually attack an enemy by stinging it once with their stinger, and even then, the enemy doesn't feel good after being stung.

After all, if their stingers can't be retracted after stabbing an enemy, they'll die. But in their current state, they're being stabbed like a fast-forwarding gadget, going back and forth like a sewing machine needle, making these red bees even more confused.

In addition, because the venom sac of the red bee is located at the tail, the venom inside will flow out a little bit every time the stinger is inserted. After a while, the red bee will feel as if its body has been hollowed out, and it will feel a little weak.

But the tail continues to poke and stab, at a frequency of hundreds of times per second.

It wasn't too late. As Han Chengye and Ouyang Min fell to the ground, many martial artists retreated, making room for them. There were no other martial artists around them. Then, a line of red and red bees kept darting out from the passage, all attacking the two of them, seemingly targeting them specifically, ignoring the other martial artists.

In just a few seconds, the two of them were already somewhat sluggish. After all, too much bee venom and snake venom had entered their bodies in such a short time. Even though they had taken antidotes beforehand, they couldn't withstand so much poison.

Although not fatal, it can cause the body to temporarily lose its functions.

"Save them!" Qian Ying suddenly pushed everyone aside, appeared in a flash, and then opened her domain, capturing all the Red Bees and One-Line Reds within it, killing them one by one. She then addressed Qian Wantong and the other martial artists.

"Yes." Qian Wantong and the other martial artists were slightly relieved and immediately stepped forward to pull Han Chengye and Ouyang Min out of the narrow gathering area.

Seeing that a line of red was still emerging, Qian Ying carefully deployed her domain to block it, and then personally took an entrenching tool and used soil to block it again.

As for the other two digging sites, since only about a dozen red bees flew out, he easily dealt with them.

"How much is left to be filled?" Qian Ying asked Qian Wantong while killing the First Line Red and Red Bees.

"Not many left, thirty-five empty bottles." Qian Wantong knew the number of bottles very well, so he said it outright.

"Hurry, the defenses are about to give way! I've already sent a signal to summon Elder Zhou. Use this time to speed up the filling process. When Elder Zhou arrives, no matter how many empty bottles are left, we can't continue. Evacuation is the priority," Qian Ying said.

"Okay!" Qian Wantong nodded in agreement and urged everyone to hurry up and continue collecting. Chen Mo was naturally among them, and resumed his work.

Just now, no one noticed that when the First Line Red and the Crimson Bees swarmed out, they were being manipulated to attack Han Chengye and Ouyang Min.

Moreover, even if some of the red bees regained consciousness, they were not detected by the queen bee in the hive. After all, Chen Mo was controlling the red bees at the time and did not allow them to send any messages that would alert the queen bee.

The defensive structure was still under attack from numerous first-line red enemies, so Qian Ying turned around and moved quickly toward the defensive structure, carrying Han Chengye and Ouyang Min in her hands.

These two guys have already passed out due to excessive toxins in their bodies.