CHAPTER 195: CHAPTER 195: SIX-COLORED BEE KING

The sky had already brightened slightly, with Qing Yue and the vast stars faintly visible in the early dawn.

With a flash of spiritual light from the Spirit Beast Bag, a Six-Colored Poison Bee, as thick as three fingers pressed together, appeared in front of Ye Jingcheng.

This bee had an extra pair of wings, and its eerie abdominal sac was encircled by layers of spirit patterns in six alternating colors.

Of course, don’t be fooled into thinking these six colors are pleasant; they represent more toxins, with that extra color matching the color of Ye Jingcheng’s Jade Qilin Snake.

Besides this, perhaps due to its larger size, other parts of the Six-Colored Bee King had also become more grotesque.

Its compound eyes appeared particularly large.

The highly toxic tail needle was five inches long, its tip increasingly black, as if ready to drip deadly venom at any moment.

As for its aura, it was comparable to a Spirit Beast that had just ascended to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Clearly, this advancement for the Five Poison Bee was very smooth, becoming the Six-Colored Bee King.

"Buzz buzz buzz!" The Six-Colored Bee King seemed especially excited, and its spiritual wisdom had also significantly increased.

It even knew how to use the Bee Dance taught by Ye Jingcheng to express its goodwill.

It danced ceaselessly around Ye Jingcheng.

However, while the small Five Poison Bee’s dance looked graceful, the Six-Colored Bee King’s dance seemed rather clumsy and cumbersome.

Ye Jingcheng continued to look at the Treasure Book and found that the page on the Five Poison Bee was completely lit, with no extra pill formulas or images.

It was clear that reaching six colors was the pinnacle, with no further progress possible.

It was as if the gallery had been fully illuminated.

Indicating the potential of the Six-Colored Bee King ends here.

Which means the ultimate potential of the Six-Colored Bee King is likely capped at the Tier Two Mid-stage Demon Beast.

This can be roughly inferred from the Jade Ring Rat.

Despite this, Ye Jingcheng’s fondness for the Six-Colored Bee King only grew.

With the Six-Colored Bee King capable of producing Tier Two Spiritual Honey, unlike other Spirit Beasts that only consume his resources, the Six-Colored Bee King can yield additional Spiritual Objects.

And even in combat, it can lead hundreds of Five Poison Bees, making its combat power no less formidable.

If losses are disregarded, these Five Poison Bees could make even an early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator flee in panic, keeping their distance.

Furthermore, Ye Jingcheng anticipated the grand scene when the Six-Colored Bee King evolved into a Tier Two Spirit Insect.

Perhaps then, among the new Spirit Insects, an even more talented Five Poison Bee might emerge.

Ye Jingcheng drew out some Spiritual Honey to feed the Six-Colored Bee King.

This honey had been saved by him, and now he gave some to the Six-Colored Bee King to consume, while mixing a few Spirit Cultivation Pills into it.

For the Five Poison Bees, they must maintain enough intake of Spiritual Honey to ensure their sharpness towards Spirit Flowers, though excessive consumption could lead to resource depletion, outweighing the gains.

This balance is something a beekeeper must manage.

Fortunately, Ye Jingcheng used the Treasure Book Spiritual Light to improve the absorption rate of the Six-Colored Bee King, and with the Spirit Cultivation Pill, along with some ordinary honey,

it was enough to support the consumption of the Six-Colored Bee King.

Otherwise, for other cultivators, during hive expansion, there might not be enough Spiritual Honey left.

After feeding them well, Ye Jingcheng released over a hundred remaining Five Poison Bees; the swarm is a collective, and its overall strength is greater, with the Bee King having advanced, making it more crucial to familiarize itself with the whole.

During this familiarization, the sky brightened further.

Once the Spirit Insect showed signs of fatigue, Ye Jingcheng collected them all.

Each Spirit Beast cub around was collected along with the Five Poison Bees.

They seemed less tense, instead calling out softly to Ye Jingcheng, seemingly wanting him to feed them and share the Treasure Light.

But Ye Jingcheng wouldn’t easily release the Treasure Light on them, as they weren’t injured or dying, and they couldn’t be sold.

After all, these cubs were to be sold, and his Treasure Light is precious, unnecessary to waste on these cubs.

"Jingcheng, morning!" Just then, Ye Xinghe walked out from the side.

"Uncle!" Ye Jingcheng responded repeatedly.

Though he’d already established his foundation, exceeding Ye Xinghe in cultivation, family ties and gratitude shouldn’t be forgotten.

"The auction is today, and the final treasure is a Tier Two Middle Grade Pill Furnace released by the Sect, the Three Qian Taihe Furnace!" Ye Xinghe said, introducing it to Ye Jingcheng.

This Pill Furnace was exactly the treasure that had its news spread even before Ye Jingcheng came to the Imitation Market.

Now, it was finally going to be auctioned.

Ye Jingcheng was very interested in this, as a good Pill Furnace could increase an Alchemy Master’s capability by at least thirty percent.

The array patterns carved on it, if well stimulated by the Yun Furnace, could prevent furnace explosions, not to mention the other benefits.

Just like the case with Jade Soul Pills; having a Tier Two Pill Furnace would make it much easier, possibly producing one or two more Spirit Pills.

However, Ye Jingcheng reckoned that the Li Family might also go all out this time.

But the Li Family, after their persecution by the Ye Family and the Chu Family, was not living well.

Gathering enough Spirit Stones could be challenging.

The once affluent state of the Li Family was a thing of the past.

"The Chen Family might also team up with the Li Family this time!" Ye Xinghe reminded on the side.

The Ye Family excelled in alchemy, but fell short in crafting Spirit Talismans, so they couldn’t impose sanctions on the Chen Family.

Even the Chu Family couldn’t restrict the Chen Family in this domain.

Moreover, the Chen Family’s influence within the Taiyi Sect was deep-rooted, not easily oppressed.

After all, its foundations were significantly more extensive than the Li Family’s.

After chatting a bit more with Ye Xinghe, the two took Ye Jingyun to attend the auction.

The auction was still held in the auction hall, an annual grand event.

Many Loose Cultivators were in attendance, and recently, the number of cultivators in the market had increased.

The increase in Loose Cultivators was beneficial for the Ye Family, allowing them to issue more Ban Li Orders.

Don’t underestimate these Ban Li Orders; in the past three months, the revenue from the Ye Family’s alchemy nearly matched that of their Spirit Beasts.

Even Ye Jingcheng had acquired several additional Pill Formulas.

These were earned by promoting fifty Ban Li Orders, with the reward of assisting in refining Spirit Pills for free.

The cultivators able to promote so many orders were not ordinary, nor were their Spirit Pills, which increased the stock of pill formulas for Ye Jingcheng.

Among them, the Cloud Cyan Pill greatly assisted Ye Jingcheng, a pill for enhancing the cultivation of Wood Attribute Cultivators.

Being Tier One High-Grade, once the Three-Colored Cloud Deer emerges from seclusion, it can take this Cloud Cyan Pill.

By now, Ye Jingcheng felt that assisting in the alchemy was an unexpected delight.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng also planned to deal another heavy blow to the Li Family at this auction.

The three arrived early in the booth, and by now, the hall was already populated with many cultivators.

Most of them were wearing Spirit-Blocking Robes preferred by Loose Cultivators, while a few appeared quite impoverished.

And sure enough, the Li Family was already waiting in the booth; besides Li Mutian, Li Yufu was conspicuously present among them.