"Do you see that tree? If we continue forward, we'll be attacked by bees. Hence, that place should be the bee's territory. "
After Bai Xiqing said what she knew, she impatiently tugged on Sun Mo's sleeves. "What do you plan to do?"
Her attitude was really not treating him as an outsider.
"I'll feint a few attacks first and collect some data."
Since she was so generous, Sun Mo naturally wouldn't be petty.
Bai Xiqing immediately flashed a thumbs up. "Careful!"
The famous school group from Virtuous Academy also came over. In any case, they were at their wit's end and might as well see what Sun Mo would do. Since he knew about these bees, he should have a solution.
"You guys stay here, I'll go take a look."
After Sun Mo spoke, he was pulled back by Lu Zhiruo.
"Teacher, should I go?"
The papaya girl was eager. "I've never been stung by a bee since I was young. If I talk to the queen bee, she might give me some honey."
When Lu Zhiruo was young, she would often go to the bee's nest to get honey. She had done it over ten times and still maintained a record of not being injured.
Pak!
Before Lu Zhiruo could finish speaking, the monkey slapped the back of her head.
"Why did you hit me?"
The papaya girl pouted.
Jiji!
The monkey was so angry that he jumped. (Are you a fool?)
Those bees were very ferocious, and the poison in their stingers was very strong. Even a python would be poisoned to death if it was stung.
"Talk to the queen bee? Could it be that this girl knows bug language? "
"How can she know bug language? Such an ability is merely an ancient legend."
"That's right. The vocal organs of humans are different from bugs. It's impossible for them to produce sounds that bugs can understand. I might believe it if you want to speak beast language."
The great teachers from Virtuous Academy whispered to each other.
"You stay here. Baiwu, Jiang Leng, the two of you follow me."
Sun Mo chose two Calabash Brothers who were faster. This was also a chance for them to fight.
A while later, Sun Mo leaped up the tree trunk and soared through the air. Ying Baiwu and Jiang Leng hurriedly followed after him. Just half a minute after the three of them passed the tree Bai Xiqing mentioned, a large swarm of bees came whistling over.
These were clearly male bees. They were bigger and were like baby fists. There was no need for them to sting anyone. If they knocked into someone's face at full speed, they would be badly battered and might even faint.
"Be careful!"
Sun Mo pulled out his wooden blade. After that, when the bees came swarming over like a dark cloud, he came to an abrupt halt. After that, he took a step forward and landed vertically.
Without waiting for him to land, he stepped on a branch and leaped upwards.
Jiang Leng and Ying Baiwu's reactions were extremely fast. Almost at the same instant, they chose the same dodging method as Sun Mo. Moreover, the iron-headed girl even acted.
Xiu!
A long arrow shot out and exploded in the midst of the swarm of bees.
Boom!
The sharp spiritual energy wave directly blew away the swarm of bees and killed many of them.
Patter patter patter!
The body of the bee fell to the ground.
Sun Mo glanced over and discovered that Ying Baiwu and Jiang Leng could still handle it. Hence, he no longer cared about them and increased his speed. Roughly two minutes later, a large patch of dark-gold beehive appeared in his vision.
These beehives were like the long loaves of bread eaten by Europeans and Americans. They were pointed at both ends and long in the middle. Each of them was six to seven meters long and stuck to the tree trunk.
"There are at least a hundred of them, right?"
Sun Mo's scalp turned numb. He wasn't thinking about how much natural honey he could get. Rather, he was calculating how many bees there were. There might be a few hundred thousand of them.
This was too terrifying.
The worker bees were busy, entering and exiting the beehive. All of a sudden, they stopped.
Bzz!
Even though Sun Mo had tried his best to be careful and not make any noise, bees relied on smell to locate their enemies. As long as it was a stranger or an animal, they would be detected immediately.
Hence, those worker bees immediately rushed over.
After that, the drone bees that had been resting in the beehive also moved out. They were like bombers, emitting loud buzzing sounds as they rushed out of the beehive.
Because the crown bee's main color was still yellow, they were like a golden tide that rushed toward Sun Mo at that instant.
"Retreat!"
Sun Mo roared and started to retreat.
The bee swarm was simply too densely packed. There was no way to defend against them.
Luckily, Sun Mo could already see the beehive where the queen bee was.
It was simply too big. It was over ten meters tall and had the shape of a spindle. Half of its peak had flown over here to form a defense.
Sun Mo didn't dare to return to the group. Instead, he chose another direction and fled for over 15 minutes before he managed to shake off the pursuit of the bees. After that, he met up with Li Ziqi's group.
"There are too many bees."
Sun Mo sighed.
"Why? Even Teacher Sun has no solution? "
Ji Kun came over.
"If we want to get the honey, we'll definitely have to kill them."
Sun Mo wasn't someone who bemoaned the state of the universe and pitied the fate of mankind. He was willing to kill a few thousand bees for a few kilograms of bees. However, the current situation was that he had to kill over a hundred thousand or even a few hundred thousand bees. This was too shocking.
"Teacher Sun, there's no need for your kind heart!"
Ji Kun was speechless. "This is the law of nature. I remember that you are a spirit rune master, right? The top-grade ink you guys used contains the fresh blood of certain spirit beasts, but I don't see you guys feeling heartache for them! "
Sun Mo glanced around and discovered that the majority of people had astonished looks on their faces. They didn't understand his mentality. After being stunned for a moment, he slapped his head fiercely.
"My brain is spoiled."
Sun Mo smiled in self-mockery.
He was the soul of a modern person and had never experienced hunger before. This was why he had the qualifications to be here and feel heartache for some bees. However, the people of the Nine Provinces were different.
In this era, after the tenant farmers paid the rent, they would drink the remaining rations when they were idle and drink the rations when they were busy. They wouldn't even be able to last until the next harvest.
Many tenant farmers borrowed money from the landlords and couldn't pay it back. They had to sell their children, so how could they care about protecting wild animals?
It was just like this honey. It could even be used as medicine. Therefore, in order to obtain it, great teachers would definitely not be soft-hearted.
"Teacher, there are too many bees, and the honey isn't precious. It's not worth it to risk our lives. Let's retreat?"
Li Ziqi suggested.
If one had suitable equipment, it wouldn't be difficult to kill these bees.
To others, a long expedition would take up too much time. But to Sun Mo, it was just a matter of the blink of an eye.
It was because the eight-gate cloud could set up spacetime anchors and construct the most stable teleportation gates at any two locations.
This was what Sun Mo had done when he casually entered the Wind King Divine Hall in the Darkness Continent.
One could say that as long as Sun Mo was willing, he could turn this primeval forest into his own backyard. He could come and develop it whenever he wanted to.
"You guys have joined the school for so long, but I've never set a test for you guys. Why don't we do this? Each of you will think of a way to bring back a beehive, and you'll be considered to have passed."
Sun Mo smiled, feeling that he was very quick-witted.
"Teacher Sun, I wish to see your performance!"
Bai Xiqing felt depressed. What was the point of a bunch of kids acting?
"Go on, the time limit is two hours!"
Sun Mo took out his pocket watch and noted down the time. After that, he called out to Mei Ziyu. "You guys can go and rest first!"
"Teacher, can we form a team?"
Qin Yaoguang raised her hand and asked.
"Sure, but everyone has to put in some effort."
Sun Mo had wanted to say that he would reward whoever did the best. However, he suddenly discovered that he didn't have anything he could take out.
After all, he had taught them the peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation arts.
It seemed like he had to get some good stuff as prizes in the future.
"Eldest martial sister, let's go together?"
Qin Yaoguang immediately went to look for Li Ziqi and mumbled to her, "How many of those exploding spirit runes did you bring?"
"Eldest martial sister, bring me along too!"
The papaya girl went over.
"Zhiruo, you can do it. Don't always think of relying on others."
Li Ziqi rejected. "Otherwise, you will never be able to grow stronger."
"Awu..."
The papaya girl felt depressed.
The others looked at the forest in the distance and sank into contemplation. All of them were very proud and wouldn't cooperate with others.
Upon seeing this scene, Lu Zhiruo's countenance turned pale.
(Damn, my performance earlier must have made Teacher very angry, right?)
(This can't do. I have to work hard and get a few more beehives.)
"Xiaobai, I'll have to depend on you!"
Lu Zhiruo pulled Monkey's hand.
Pak!
Monkey directly slapped it away.
No need to talk.
...
"Who do you think will get the beehives first?"
Li Ruolan was curious.
"It's hard to say!"
Sun Mo shook his head. "But I know who will act first."
"Who?"
After Li Ruolan asked, she saw Xuanyuan Po, who liked to fight, plunging into the forest. After that, the sounds of battle rang out.
Xuanyuan Po couldn't be bothered to use his brain. There was nothing that couldn't be solved with one wave. If it didn't work, then he would do it a second time.
Tantai Yutang and Jiang Leng weren't anxious. They assessed Li Ziqi instead. They had more or less guessed their eldest martial sister's battle strategy and were prepared to borrow her momentum.
...
"This medicinal powder has the effect of repelling mosquitoes. Spray it on your body first."
Li Ziqi took out a small porcelain bottle and passed it to Qin Yaoguang. After that, she instructed, "I'll have to trouble you to observe the terrain."
A few minutes later, Qin Yaoguang returned.
Li Ziqi took out a book and used a charcoal pen to draw a simple map according to Qin Yaoguang's description. After that, she pondered. "I'll have to trouble you to place spirit runes on the trees at these locations."
The two of them spent 15 minutes to come up with their battle strategy. After that, they started to act.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Leng, who was resting with his eyes closed, stood up.
"Do you want some?"
Tantai Yutang took out a bottle. This was the insect repellent medicine he had concocted.
"It's fine."
Jiang Leng rejected. He wanted to show his excellence to his teacher.
...
Qin Yaoguang leaped through the forest. When she saw that the majority of the bees had rushed past the trap, she immediately slashed out with her sword.
Swoosh!
The sword qi accurately struck a spirit rune on the tree, causing it to explode.
BOOM!
Large amounts of flames gushed out, engulfing many bees. After the flames subsided, the charred corpses of the bees fell to the ground like rain.
"Not bad!"
Qin Yaoguang was surprised. The prowess of the fire sea spirit rune that Li Ziqi had personally drawn was very strong.
When the explosion rang out, the others also acted. Jiang Leng and Ying Baiwu relied on their speed, moving as fast as lightning.
However, there were some differences in the details.
There were simply too many bees, and some of them even swooped over.
Jiang Leng waited until the bees were near him before he suddenly brandished his dagger. A silver tempest gushed out around him, killing those bees. After that, he increased his speed and shook them off.
As for Ying Baiwu, she shot out an arrow, taking the initiative to scatter the swarm of bees.
The two of them advanced the fastest, and they looked the most beautiful.
Tantai Yutang was sneaky, relying on insect repellent powder to avoid being stung by the bees. When he really couldn't avoid them, he would flick his sleeves and spray out a large amount of purple fog.
The bees would die the moment they came into contact with the fog.
Xianyu Wei grew anxious. She was worried that she would fall behind and be reprimanded by her teacher. Hence, she could only act tough. When she saw the bees coming over, she punched out.
The strong wind from her punch caused the bees to be unable to get close to her.
Helian Beifang was a little surprised. This junior martial sister was so impressive!
"What should I do? What should I do? Since everyone has started, I'll definitely fall behind. "
Lu Zhiruo was so anxious that she spun around in circles.
"Do you think it's possible for me to negotiate with those bees and get them to lend me a beehive?"
Pak!
Monkey slapped Lu Zhiruo's head and even rolled his eyes.
(Do you want to eat peaches?)
"Then why don't you help me?"
The papaya girl blinked her eyes.
Che!
Monkey tilted his head. He could get honey, but he had to bargain and get some benefits, right?
However, Lu Zhiruo was too innocent and couldn't understand Monkey's mentality. She thought that it wouldn't help her and hence, she rushed toward those bees.
However, very soon, bees came to sting her.
"Ah, I only want a beehive. I'll give these to you guys!"
The papaya girl covered her head and took out all the bottles in her bag, starting to make a transaction.
Monkey turned his head, not daring to look straight at her.
(Forget it, seeing how pitiful you are, I'll help you!)
(After all, I'm very proficient in stealing beehives. Also, since this place is so chaotic, it's a good time to act.)
After spending only seven minutes, Monkey succeeded. After that, he discovered that the silly girl was gone.
(Could she have been stung to death?)
Monkey hurriedly searched for a corpse.
...
"Should we take this chance to snatch one?"
The teachers and students of the Virtuous Academy felt a little itchy when they saw the commotion here.
"Forget it!"
Ji Kun was worried that something might go wrong. Sun Mo dared to use honey as a test topic, but he couldn't. If any of these students died, he would feel heartache.
"Honey isn't worth much, let's not risk it."
Ji Kun found an excuse.
"But that queen bee should be worth a lot, right?"
Some students mumbled.
Being able to establish such a large tribe, that queen bee was definitely a spirit bug.
It was one that had gained intelligence and could cultivate.
"Let's go and see how Sun Mo's students do it."
Ji Kun walked toward Sun Mo. In order to widen the horizons of his students, he would accept it even if he was scolded by Sun Mo.
...
As expected, Xuanyuan Po was the first to return. However, he looked a little miserable as he was stung many times.
"You don't feel pain?"
Li Ruolan was surprised.
(Is this young man made of stone?)
His skin was a little red and swollen, but his expression didn't change at all. He was still as calm as ever.
"I can endure it."
Xuanyuan Po placed the beehive before Sun Mo. "Teacher, I didn't let you down!"
"Mn, you did well!"
Sun Mo was very satisfied. The combat addict's reply was very manly. Also, this beehive was extremely large. Clearly, Xuanyuan Po had specially chosen it and didn't just casually snatch one.
Such competitive spirit was worthy of praise.
But just when Sun Mo was preparing to give a few comments, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest and he started coughing violently.
"Sun Mo!"
Mei Ziyu stood up in shock because fresh blood was spurting out from Sun Mo's mouth.
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