Chapter 10 Chapter Ten: The Wild Queen

Soon I spent my first week in the Dawn Forest.During this period, I have already mastered the basics of alchemy, and I also transplanted a piece of flowers and plants beside the underground spiritual spring not far from the cabin. These are some commonly used medicines for alchemy, and they can be collected as needed, which is much more convenient. Under the urging of my plant-based dark energy, the flower field grows extraordinarily lush, and small flower buds bloom in small patches, attracting wild bees from miles away to come to collect honey. As usual, I got up early in the morning to water and fertilize the flower fields.The water is drawn from the spiritual spring, and it is led to the flower field piece by piece with the bamboo poles opened, and the fertilization is done with dark energy.

Whenever I suck out the dark energy, attracting the dense plant-based dark energy in the nearby big forest to form a net to nourish them, I feel that they depend on me like a little animal depends on its mother, happily absorbing it greedily. Plants are dark energy.But they are not beasts after all, they are just some ordinary plants, no matter how they absorb, they are very limited, so I don't consume much dark energy every time I fertilize. After finishing this, I went to look at the bamboo tube hanging on the branch of a tree next to the flower field, which contained pollen. The mother-in-law said that if you want to be proficient in alchemy, you must often make alchemy. Alchemy made with foreign objects is called outer alchemy, and alchemy made with oneself as a furnace and essence as raw material is called inner alchemy.Diligent refining of the outer alchemy is also of great benefit to the inner alchemy. Generally speaking, as long as one can refine high-level outer alchemy, the inner alchemy will also improve accordingly.

During this period of time, my mother-in-law was not idle, and she used the limited materials at hand to warm up and demonstrated the refining process of the five-rank pill for me, but unfortunately it failed in the end. For the past two days, my mother-in-law has been resting. On the one hand, she consumed a huge amount of mental energy, physical strength, and vitality when recovering from alchemy, and on the other hand, she prepared enough medicinal materials for the next alchemy. Zhuan Dan, I have been collecting the medicinal materials needed for "Hua Feng Dan" in the past few days.

"Huafeng Dan" does not need many medicinal materials, and the auxiliary medicinal materials have basically been prepared in the flower field. What is missing is the main drug of "Huafeng Dan" - pollen. It takes at least 500 grams of pollen to make a batch of "Huafeng Dan". Although there are many kinds of flowers here, it is impossible for me to collect 500 grams of pollen manually. But fortunately, there is no way to solve it. I went to the tree where the bamboo tube was hung, took off the two bamboo tubes, and took a look in front of my eyes. One of the bamboo tubes was 80% full, and the other was 50% full. In two days, the bamboo tube would be full. up.

Four days ago, when I was blending Jindan and feeding it to dogs and wolves, a group of wild bees came here smelling the fragrance.At first, there were three or five scattered, and then there were groups of about twenty or thirty, and finally a group of hundreds appeared. Although I am not afraid, the place where I was stung will still swell.I was about to find something that could emit thick smoke and light it to smoke them away, when Xiaohu suddenly scanned a few beasts among them. I have only seen Du Muqian's pet bee, which is as big as a millstone. The group of bees in front of me are all petite, and occasionally there are a few slightly larger ones. Compared with Du Muqian's wasp pet, it is far away.As expected, Michen Forest is rich in all kinds of pet beasts, and it deserves to be called a gathering place for pet beasts.

Looking at these bees, I suddenly came up with an idea: Generally speaking, animals evolve into beasts, and their IQs are greatly improved. If I can let these bees collect pollen for me, that would be great. So I took the trouble to communicate with the queen bee in the swarm with gestures and simple movements.The reason why it is possible to communicate with the queen bee is that after the queen bee evolves into a beast, it has a certain amount of wisdom and can learn from some external phenomena.Just as chimpanzees can learn to smash walnuts with stones to eat the kernels after years of study, some monkeys can learn to wash fruit with river water, and the queen bee can shorten the learning time to a few hours.

Think of those animals who perform difficult shows such as tightrope walking, cart riding, and fire hoops in the circus, so I am still very confident that the queen bee will understand my intentions. After an entire afternoon of communication, I finally let the queen bee understand that as long as it collects two bamboo tubes of pollen for me, I will provide it with three golden pills as a reward. I still have a lot of elixir, I made it myself and my mother-in-law made it during the demonstration. Excluding the daily food needs of the falcon and the little dog wolf, there are probably more than two hundred pills left, and I don’t care if I give away three pills.

What's more, the pollen collected by the bee colony is not only plentiful, but also has a wide variety of pollen, many of which are difficult to see outside.Because of the unique advantages of the bee colony, I can get a piece of top-quality pollen without much effort, which is of great benefit to refining "Flower Bee Pill". "Flower Bee Pill" as a one-turn pill has no great effect, but eating "Flower Bee Pill" can not only produce body fluids and quench your thirst, but also make you exhale like orchids, and you will always have fresh breath. "It can make people who eat it not hungry for a day.

If one day you go on a long trip to a barren land, taking dozens of "Huafeng Pills" with you will be easier and less troublesome than carrying any food. From this point of view, "Huafeng Pills" still have some practical effects. I hung up the two bamboo tubes containing the pollen again, quite satisfied in my heart.I looked at the sky, and it was almost the same time. From this time every day, bees would come from other places in the forest one after another, and put the collected pollen into the bamboo tubes, without interruption throughout the day. After seeing the first bee flying, I took the dog wolf and falcon out to hunt with confidence.My mother-in-law is a vegetarian and rarely eats meat, but she said that I should eat more meat when I am growing up, so I occasionally go out to hunt some rabbits, pheasants and other small animals.

When I went out today, I brought a bag with me, because I had to collect some berries and other fruits. "Huafengdan" is different from other pills, the pill water needs to use fruit juice, so I have to collect as many fruits as possible. The Michen Forest looks peaceful, but it is actually full of dangers. Ferocious beasts can be seen everywhere, and small poisonous insects are also hidden in the grass and under the dead leaves.But these are okay, there is no threat to me, and it is some pet beasts that make me cautious.These wild beasts have lived in the Michen Forest for many years. Not only are they full of wildness, but they all know the terrain in the forest like the back of their hands.

Last time I saved a rabbit from the mouth of a monster.That monster doesn't belong to any kind of beast I've ever seen. It has the head of a leopard and the body of a deer, with a sickle-like tail.That monster is a very powerful pet beast that can control the wind flowing in the air. Its level is not clear, but judging from its ability, it should be at least a level four pet beast. Although it can turn the invisible airflow into pieces of sharp blades to attack the enemy, fortunately, there are countless trees in the forest, and there are trees to cover it, so it was eventually driven away by me, but its strength left a deep impression on me. impression. I wanted to take the rabbit with the broken leg back for my dinner, but I unexpectedly discovered that it was also a pet beast, a rabbit pet with very low combat effectiveness.When it looked at me nervously and pitifully, I let it go. I have never had the habit of eating intelligent creatures. Not only did I release it, but I also healed its leg that was broken by the monster, but I haven't seen it again so far. At noon, I led the falconer and the dog wolf back with a full load.We caught two pheasants in a woodland rich in seed to the east, and half a dozen berries in the bushes near the swamp to the south.Walking on the intertwined trails in the forest, I was in a good mood. Surrounded by the big trees as thick as buckets, there were monkeys jumping over and over again, or little monkeys grabbed the vines wrapped around the trees and swayed towards me. Beside me, he looked at me boldly and curiously. I suddenly thought of Feng Rou's golden monkey pet, I don't know how she and Qiu Lei are doing in Shenying City, I hope the new alliance will not trouble Shenying City. Suddenly the little dog wolf let out a deep roar, and a little white rabbit timidly revealed half of its head behind a clump of dogtail grass.This little guy doesn't look much different from an ordinary rabbit. I recognized it at a glance as the rabbit pet I rescued from the mouth of the monster that day. I appeased the little dog wolf, and walked over to the little rabbit pet.The little rabbit pet jumped in front of me from behind the grass, put a Ganoderma lucidum under my feet, looked at the little dog wolf with red eyes in fear, turned around and hurriedly jumped into the depths of the forest, hiding among the trees and grass. I picked up the ganoderma lucidum that the rabbit pet threw at my feet. Judging from its color, smell and shape, it should be the century-old ganoderma that my mother-in-law said.Although the Michen Forest is vast and rich in resources, this kind of century-old Ganoderma is not unique, but compared to the entire vast forest, the number of century-old Ganoderma is still very rare.The mother-in-law needs this hundred-year-old ganoderma to make the five-revolution alchemy. The last time she made alchemy, because she couldn't find a hundred-year-old ganoderma, she had to use two decades-old ganoderma instead, but the effect was still a little bit worse.Bring this hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum back to my mother-in-law, she will be happy. I put the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum into my arms, called the dog wolf and the falcon, and walked to the cabin together. When I returned to the cabin, my mother-in-law was not there. I guessed that she might have gone deeper into the forest to find a better elixir. This kind of thing happens often, and I don't care about it. I washed and put away the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum first, then ate something in a hurry, and then went to check whether the two bamboo tubes hanging outside were full of pollen. When I went to fetch the bamboo tube, seven or eight bees were stopping on the top of the bamboo tube to get the collected pollen into the bamboo tube, and there was a lot more pollen than when I saw it in the morning.At this rate, the bamboo tube will be almost full in the evening before tomorrow. In the evening, the mother-in-law came back, and the medicine basket behind her was indeed filled with several rare and good herbs.I took these herbs to the spring to wash off the dirt on them, and at the same time took back the bamboo tube.When I came back, my mother-in-law was looking at the century-old Ganoderma lucidum that the rabbit pet gave me. The mother-in-law said: "Lanhu, where did you find this Ganoderma lucidum that is at least 150 years old? Like this kind of elixir that is more than a hundred years old, there are psychic beasts as guardians. You are picking this Ganoderma lucidum." You weren't hurt when you were there?" I laughed and told in detail about the pet beast I had rescued last time when I went out to gather medicine during the day. The mother-in-law smiled and said: "Thank you, mother-in-law, with this 150-year-old Ganoderma lucidum to help me make alchemy, the chances of success in refining the five-turn alchemy this time are much higher. It is really rare that the rabbit pet knows how to be grateful." , I'm afraid it is the guardian of this Ganoderma lucidum. But according to what you said, it is only a first-level beast, how can such a weak little thing become the guardian? It's really strange." I shook my head, and then said: "Grandma, the ingredients for the 'Flower Bee Pill' are basically ready, and the 500 grams of pollen are also ready, so you can make alchemy tomorrow." My mother-in-law took the bamboo tube in my hand, weighed the weight in it, and thought it was about 500 grams, then poured out some of the pollen in the two bamboo tubes, pinched it into her mouth and tasted it.The mother-in-law closed her eyes and muttered to herself: "Narcissus, camellia, lychee, grape, peach blossom..." After a while, my mother-in-law opened her eyes and looked at me with a smile: "You are born to be a beast king, and you know how to communicate with bees. I am afraid that no one can collect so much pollen. What is needed for 'Flower Bee Pill' The more pollen the better, the greater the success rate of alchemy, the better the effect of "Huafeng Pill". Get up early in the morning and squeeze the berries into fresh juice to make alchemy. Grandma is waiting for you to take "Huafeng Pill" 'Successfully refine it, and then refine the five-turn pill. Tomorrow, the mother-in-law will protect the furnace for you, and you can only refine the pill." "Thank you mother-in-law." I said.With my mother-in-law protecting the stove, my confidence is even greater. The mother-in-law asked: "How has your Dan practiced during this time?" I said excitedly: "I practiced the inner alchemy according to the method my mother-in-law taught me, and the effect is really remarkable. Although the total amount of dark energy has been increasing slowly, the dark energy in the body becomes more substantial after being tempered. The white giant python transformed by the Dragon Kungfu has also fully formed." The mother-in-law smiled faintly and said: "With your current dark energy, unless you can break through the cultivation of inner alchemy to the realm of the second rank and reach the third rank inner alchemy, your dark energy will increase a lot. Your dark energy is now saturated. , there will be no major breakthrough in the short term in terms of total volume.” I scratched my head and said, "Why does frequent refining of outer alchemy promote the cultivation of inner alchemy?" The mother-in-law said: "Refining the outer alchemy can not only further exercise your dark energy, but also the alchemy will be inhaled into your body while refining the outer alchemy, nourishing your inner alchemy. The alchemy is an important factor to speed up the cultivation of the inner alchemy .” I suddenly realized that the fragrance emitted during alchemy has this kind of benefit. The mother-in-law paused and then said: "I came out in a hurry this time. I didn't expect to receive a good apprentice, so I couldn't prepare an alchemy cauldron as a gift for you. For now, you can use the cauldron of the mother-in-law. Later, I will give you an alchemy cauldron." The opportunity must give you a good cauldron for alchemy." The mother-in-law said with a smile: "Once a real alchemy person leaves his teacher, he will have his own alchemy cauldron. You must not underestimate the alchemy cauldron. A good alchemy cauldron is also a necessary condition for making good alchemy. Pills, five-turn pills and six-turn pills are not enough without a good tripod, let alone eight-turn pills and nine-turn pills. As the saying goes, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." A good tripod is the key to alchemy. must-haves for the I was disturbed by my mother-in-law.Thinking of my mother-in-law's emerald tripod, I suddenly longed to have my own tripod sooner.Since the mother-in-law used the jadeite cauldron to refine the five-turn alchemy, the jadeite cauldron must be a high-end product.I don't know what kind of tripod I can have. The mother-in-law seemed to see my thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when we leave the Michen Forest, the mother-in-law will definitely ask a friend to build you a tripod that satisfies you." The stars flowed, and it was the next day. The "buzzing" sound outside the window woke me up, and I lazily opened the window, and there was a group of wild bees parked outside the window, the leader being the young queen bee. I stretched my waist and muttered: "Are you afraid that I will owe you for coming to collect debts so early?" I found a wooden bowl, poured out three golden pills, crushed them and mixed them with honey, evenly mixing the golden pill powder and honey together.The bees outside the window were very excited, and their wings were beating faster.While stirring the honey, I wondered if one or two of these clever little elves would evolve into beasts after eating the golden pill. I pushed the wooden bowl out of the window, and the queen bee was the first to stop on the wooden bowl to enjoy the honey mixed with golden elixir powder. It was not until she was full that the bees swarmed over.Soon these elves ate up a bowl of honey, the queen bee flew over and flew around the tip of my nose twice, and then flew away with her people. I stretch out comfortably and start my day at work.I squeezed the berries into juice, and when everything was ready, I started making alchemy.My mother-in-law looked at me impatiently, and said with a smile: "Alchemy requires peace of mind. Although this is not the first time you have practiced alchemy, you must remember that you must always keep a heart that is not disturbed by external objects when refining alchemy." Heart." I blushed and nodded, humbly accepting the teaching. What my mother-in-law taught was based on her experience, which was summed up after countless experiments, so I didn't take it as a windfall and forget it. I carefully stared at the color of the flames under the cauldron. I did not ask Xiaohu to scan the temperature for alchemy this time, but to master the heat of alchemy according to the observation method taught by my mother-in-law.I only poured the berry juice into the cauldron when the flames in and around the stove turned blue. After a while, the sweet and sour fruity smell came out.After waiting for a while, when the taste became stronger, I put all kinds of medicinal materials in one after another blindly.I didn't pour in a bamboo tube of pollen until the liquid in the jade gourd tripod turned red and became viscous.The pollen quickly melted into the liquid, and the originally red liquid also turned a light milky yellow. A trace of faint floral scent rose from the Jade Cauldron, and I seemed to be in a flower garden full of flowers, deeply intoxicated by it. Suddenly, the voice of my mother-in-law rang in my ears: "Calm your mind, absorb the alchemy and temper the inner alchemy." My heart was shocked, and I immediately woke up from the intoxicating fragrance of flowers. The "Panlong Jin" in my meridians protruded out of my body, greedily absorbing the fragrance around me.The white python-shaped "Panlong Jin" was also stained with spots of red because it absorbed the pill energy, making it look a little more gorgeous. "Pour in the second tube of pollen, ready to collect the pill!" My mother-in-law reminded me in time. In a real sense, this is my first alchemy.It is necessary to pay attention to the heat, neither too strong nor too weak, but also to pay attention to the changes of the elixir in the jade gourd cauldron, and to absorb the elixir. These many things are very important, enough to make me, a novice, in a hurry. I hastily poured another tube of pollen into it.At this moment, the elixir has become very viscous, and after another tube of pollen was poured in, the elixir immediately began to solidify, and under the catalysis of the high temperature under the tripod, it split into balls of elixir.As long as you exercise for another two or three hours, "Flower Bee Pill" will be done. As the "Flower Bee Pill" is gradually condensed, the rich floral fragrance continuously surges up like a mushroom cloud, which cannot be stopped.The giant python nimbly moved in and out of the fragrance of flowers, absorbing the fragrance of flowers that had spread for half a cave. This flower fragrance is not an ordinary flower fragrance, but a new fragrance evolved from the fragrance of dozens or even hundreds of flowers, otherwise it would not be absorbed by me as Dan Qi. Crackling, crackling, crackling... Suddenly there was a strange sound in front of me. When I hurriedly looked up, I saw two finger-sized strange insects happily flapping their fibrous wings and falling towards the mouth of the emerald tripod.Obviously, the two uninvited guests were attracted by the fragrance of flowers. However, these two little creatures that looked like praying mantises seemed unable to stand the influence of the fragrance, so they were about to fall from the mouth of the emerald gourd tripod unsteadily.If I let them fall in, it will destroy the "Flower Bee Pill" that I will succeed.In a hurry, I stretched out a hand, ready to blow the two insects away with strength.The mother-in-law suddenly said: "Peace alchemy with peace of mind, don't worry if I protect the furnace for you." I retracted my hand again, but was surprised when I turned my head to thank my mother-in-law.Countless reptiles, some flying in the sky and crawling on the ground, are rushing towards the cave beyond the line drawn by the herbs, and the wall of the first half of the cave is almost covered with all kinds of strange insects. I was taken aback in my heart, I didn't control the fire well, the fire blazed up, another mushroom cloud rushed up from the emerald gourd tripod, and the fragrance in the cave was even stronger.The insects inside and outside the cave seemed to be on a stimulant, grinding their teeth and flapping their wings, rushing towards me. I smiled wryly in my heart, remembering what my mother-in-law said, "Flower Bee Pill" generally only needs four different kinds of pollen to be refined. It must be the fault of my blend of hundreds of kinds of top-quality pollen.Otherwise, the fragrance of the flowers would not cover the pungent smell of the herbal medicine that was specially installed at the entrance of the cave to neutralize the qi and spread out, attracting so many insects ready to eat for free. Centipedes, scorpions and other poisons also rushed into the cave with the army of bugs. Although the mother-in-law has a high level of cultivation, she seems a little powerless in the face of such a huge army of bugs.I anxiously watched the movements around me. When my mother-in-law scolded me for taking the pills, I realized that more than three hours had passed before I knew it, and the "Flower Bee Pill" in the jade gourd tripod had been refined.I quickly extinguished the fire in the stove, and waited until the temperature of the emerald gourd tripod dropped to normal temperature before I went to get the pill with anxiety in my heart. I shook the jade gourd tripod lightly, there was a gentle rolling sound from inside, I was overjoyed, it seemed that it was finished. I poured out the pill in a hurry, and a "Huafeng Dan" the size of a jujube rolled into my palm. "Flower Bee Pill" is as attractive and attractive as agate, with a hint of subtle fragrance wrapping the body of the pill. "Huafengdan" is mainly red and milky yellow, mixed with colorful flower spots. I happily asked my mother-in-law: "Grandma, is the 'Flower Bee Pill' you refined also like this?" The mother-in-law said: "I didn't have such good luck as you when I first refined 'Flower Bee Pill'. With the help of bee pets, I collected so many kinds of high-quality pollen. Your 'Flower Bee Pill' can be regarded as a It is the best of the same kind of 'Flower Bee Pill', even though you only refined one, it is considered rare." "One?" I asked in amazement.I hurriedly poured out the jadeite gourd tripod again, but it was empty, as my mother-in-law said, I only made one. "Grandma, didn't you say that a batch of 'Flower Bee Pill' can produce about 80 pieces, why I only produced one piece?" The mother-in-law laughed and said, "Those insects distracted you just now. The heat was not controlled properly, the furnace was too hot, and most of the pills had not yet been refined and turned into pill qi. Otherwise, how could there be so many insects?" "Ah!" It turned out that I accidentally refined the other pills, and I couldn't help but feel depressed.But after thinking about it, the first time alchemy, there will inevitably be accidents, and my heart is relieved. I took the only "Flower Bee Pill" and looked left and right, and I was very happy. The mother-in-law suddenly said: "Summon out your pet beast, the drunken insects on the ground have sucked up the qi, and it will be of great benefit to your pet beast." I gladly released the falcon and the little dog wolf. Ordinary insects are not in the eyes of the two guys. They just look for some big and poisonous poisonous insects to eat.After a while, the centipedes, scorpions, poisonous snakes and other poisons on the ground were eaten up by the two beasts. I took Dan and walked out of the cave. I couldn't really see the inside of the cave, but I could take a good look at it in the sun. As soon as I walked out of the cave, there was a sudden gust of cold wind, and then a black dot flashed past my eyes. I only felt a light touch in my hand, and the "Flower Bee Pill" was snatched away under my nose. A fist-sized insect with bright colors flew ten meters away in an instant. It was a wild queen bee that I had never seen before.I was so angry in my heart, how could I be willing to have the crystallization of my hard work being snatched away in a blink of an eye, so I moved and chased after it.