Clan Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily

Chapter 151 The Soul-Devouring Bee Queen, the Spirit Stone Mine

"Azure Lotus Sword Formation, activate!"

On the back mountain, Zhang Lingyu continuously tested the power of the sword formation by manipulating the flying swords. Although the flying swords were made of different materials and had different properties, he was still able to control them well thanks to his powerful divine soul.

After a month of continuous experimentation, I have mastered the knack of it, and once I unleash it, even those in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage can feel a powerful sense of threat.

"True Lord Qinglian is truly a genius. I wonder what kind of power the subsequent Seventy-Two Sword Formations and One Hundred and Eight Heavenly Sword Formations will possess."

He put away his flying sword with satisfaction, having already inquired about this person through the intelligence system.

This "Azure Lotus Sword Manual" has indeed been perfected to include 108 sword formations, but it exists in the Scripture Pavilion of the Azure Lotus Sect in the Central Continent. According to the intelligence system, the Azure Lotus True Monarch ascended to the Upper Realm thousands of years ago.

Except for a few exceptions, all the inheritances remained in the sect.

'It seems I'll have to try my luck at the Azure Lotus Sect if I want to obtain further cultivation techniques in the future.'

The mere mention of this gave Zhang Lingyu a headache. He searched through ancient books and learned that the place he was currently in was called Donghua Continent, while Zhongzhou was separated by the East Sea and could not be crossed by anyone other than a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But it doesn't necessarily require crossing the sea; there might be a teleportation array in Donghua Continent that can take you there directly.

It should be noted that the Zhao Kingdom is merely a medium-sized country in Donghua Continent. Donghua Continent currently has a total of twenty-six countries of varying sizes, including several Nascent Soul sects.

A force like this must possess teleportation arrays.

However, these are all things for later. After all, this "Azure Lotus Sword Manual" is enough for him to use until the Golden Core stage. He can also evolve the Seventy-Two Sword Formation on his own based on some insights left by Azure Lotus True Monarch.

"Such a powerful method, yet the Yun family doesn't use it; this has truly allowed this lineage to be tarnished for too long."

Zhang Lingyu secretly rejoiced. Perhaps it was precisely because this cultivation method was too difficult that it had stopped generations of Yun family cultivators from progressing. If even one person had been able to master it, the Zhang family might not exist today.

Just as he was about to continue practicing, he sensed something strange coming from the depths of his soul.

"This is the sound from the Soul-Devouring Bees."

As he discovered, some individuals in the originally large swarm of bees gradually fell silent. Unexpectedly, a sense of excitement emanated from the depths of his soul from several Soul-Devouring Bees.

"Could it be that a Soul-Eating Queen Bee is finally going to be released?"

Zhang Lingyu's first reaction was not sadness, but excitement. The Soul-Devouring Bees in his hands were all second-tier spirit insects. When they were to choose a queen, the Soul-Devouring Bees that felt they were the strongest would fight each other. The winner would eat the corpse of the loser, and then the winners would fight each other. The last one would be the Soul-Devouring Bee Queen.

The Soul-Devouring Queen Bee will ascend to the third-tier spirit insect after devouring the corpses of all the losers, and eventually gain the leadership of the bee colony.

Of course, not all Soul-Eating Bees will participate in the fight; it's just those who believe they are qualified to fight for the throne competing against each other.

"Let's go back and check first."

Suppressing her joy, Zhang Lingyu immediately returned to her family courtyard. As soon as she landed, her disciple approached her with a worried expression and said, "Master, there's a huge noise coming from the cave where the insect swarm is. Menghan can only wait outside."

The cave where the Soul-Devouring Bees were located was protected by a restriction, so Wang Menghan wasn't afraid of them coming out. However, the noise from their fighting was too loud, preventing her from calming down to cultivate.

"It's alright, it'll be over in a bit."

Zhang Lingyu patted his disciple's head, turned around and entered the cave where the Soul-Devouring Bees were located. As soon as he arrived, he saw the ground covered with insect corpses, and hundreds of Soul-Devouring Bees were still gnawing on the corpses.

As for the remaining bees, they lay around the cave, patiently waiting for the arrival of the queen bee.

There are no rules in the fights between the Soul-Devouring Bees. Cola Novels readers voted the best Xianxia novel, and "Family Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily" ranked at the top! One of them took advantage of the other opponent's feeding and suddenly pounced on it, using its sharpest mandibles to bite it hard from behind, killing its opponent, and then slowly enjoying its spoils.

Such scenes played out before Zhang Lingyu's eyes every few breaths.

After waiting for nearly three hours, only four Soul-Devouring Bees remained on the ground. For some reason, they suddenly stopped fighting and instead accelerated the devouring of the corpses of their companions at their feet. Only after all the insect corpses on the ground had been eaten did they resume their fight.

"This is practically like raising a venomous insect..."

Zhang Lingyu showed little pity for the defeated who had died. This was the way the Soul-Devouring Bees survived and reproduced, or more specifically, the rules governing their social operation.

Although cultivators are generally similar, their own emotions make the cultivation world more complicated.

"It seems this is the Soul-Devouring Bee Queen."

Looking at the last, wounded spirit bee, Zhang Lingyu knew it was the final victor. The Spirit-Devouring Bee Queen let out a sharp cry to the sky, and the swarm of bees in the cave followed suit, clearly paying homage to the new queen.

The next moment, the queen bee’s small body began to wriggle. After a full quarter of an hour, its size more than doubled, and blood streaks appeared on its shell, making it look extremely ferocious.

Even more striking were its mouthparts and tail stinger; even Zhang Lingyu could feel a strong sense of threat from them.

As expected of the Soul-Devouring Bee, feared by everyone in the cultivation world, it has finally gained some influence.

He nodded in satisfaction and threw dozens of second-tier spiritual items on the ground. Unlike the usual scene where the swarm of bees rushed forward, the bees waited until the queen bee had finished enjoying them before daring to approach and eat.

Only after all the spirit bees had eaten their fill did Zhang Lingyu feel at ease putting them into his spirit beast pouch.

The birth of the Soul-Devouring Bee Queen made him feel exceptionally refreshed. He was about to go out to check on Wang Menghan when he realized it was already late at night and the girl was meditating in the house.

Not wanting to be disturbed, Zhang Lingyu began to read today's daily intelligence report.

"Um? 』

He glanced at it briefly, and the next moment his breathing became heavier, and his face flushed with excitement.

[Level 3 Intelligence: ......]

[Level 3 Intelligence: ......]

[Level 4 Intelligence: Tomorrow, within the Zhang family territory of Yingchuan County, a disciple, while quarrying stone at Panshi Mountain in preparation for building a palace, will discover a small underground vein of spirit stones. This is a rare opportunity; please acquire it immediately.]

"A spirit stone vein... it's actually this."

Zhang Lingyu felt a little dizzy. A miniature spirit stone mine was enough to generate more than 100,000 spirit stones in revenue, and a small one could generate more than 300,000 spirit stones. It could be said that if this mine could be mined for several years, it would bring huge profits to the Zhang family.

Of course, it will also bring huge risks to the family.

"Fortunately, we have an intelligence network. If news of a spirit stone mine here gets out, we'll definitely be doomed."

Zhang Lingyu broke out in a cold sweat. Once the news got out, it would definitely attract all sorts of powerful forces, and the Li family would also intervene forcefully.

Although there will be some competition, in the end, Jade Light Pavilion will definitely take over this small spirit stone mine.

Although 300,000 spirit stones is nothing to a major sect, every little bit helps.

But by then, the Zhang family will definitely not get any benefit. They will only be able to watch others mine right at their doorstep, and they might even have to recruit their own cultivators to mine.

Of course, it's not entirely hopeless...

Zhang Lingyu paced back and forth in the courtyard, suddenly remembering the fourth-order array that his family had brought back from Black Tiger Mountain, which seemed to have nowhere to be placed yet.

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