These were ten thousand mutated Bee Species!
According to Qi Ping's previous estimation, ten thousand Battle Bee Species were already more than enough to kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Especially since the subsequent Bees cultivated under the Bee King's advanced Bloodline had become even stronger!
Feeling the pressure brought by those ten thousand Battle Bee Species, Qi Ping's heart was filled with an unparalleled sense of security at this moment.
This sense of security was truly rare in such a chaotic environment.
Now, as long as Qi Ping didn't actively cause trouble in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, coupled with the Natural Perception Talent, even a Golden Core Stage expert might not be able to catch him!
Because as soon as Qi Ping's Natural Perception detected any approaching danger, he would immediately transform into Bees, taking his belongings and quickly escaping.
Ten thousand completely dispersed Bees, who could catch him?
"It took nearly four or five months and so much effort, but I finally finished cultivating the Bee Swarm!"
Although not all of that time was spent on cultivating the Bee Swarm, its cultivation indeed took up a lot of Qi Ping's energy.
Therefore, even though the Bee Swarm now had a chance to kill ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Qi Ping had no intention of pitting them against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Because once the Bee Swarm suffered heavy losses, it would be like going back to square one, and it would be extremely difficult for Qi Ping to Cultivate such a large Bee Swarm again.
Qi Ping's purpose in cultivating ten thousand Combat Bee Swarms was not to make them fight Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but to ensure his own safety, so that in unavoidable situations, he would have the strength to kill Foundation Establishment Cultivators and escape from them.
This kind of safety guarantee was what Qi Ping valued most!
"Now I don't have to worry so much about my safety, and I can focus all my attention on improving my own strength!"
Because to transform the Bee Swarm into second-order, the blood ginseng must be cultivated to a five-hundred-year level.
Qi Ping estimated that the current Level 3 Plant Growth could at most Cultivate blood ginseng to over three hundred years; to Cultivate five-hundred-year-old blood ginseng, it would probably require at least Level 4 Plant Growth.
For Spirit Medicine, as their age increases, their medicinal properties become stronger, even capable of breaking through Rank limits.
For example, a hundred-thousand-year-old First Order Low-Rank flowing light grass would definitely have much stronger medicinal properties than a Third Order Spirit Medicine.
However, in terms of cultivation difficulty, a hundred-thousand-year-old flowing light grass is much harder to Cultivate than a Third Order Spirit Medicine, which is why a five-hundred-year-old First Order Intermediate Spirit Medicine like blood ginseng can transform into a second-order Bee Swarm.
Moreover, with Qi Ping's current Plant Growth cultivation speed, it would be impossible to support the mass production of second-order Bee species.
Therefore, before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Qi Ping basically had no hope of cultivating a second-order Bee Swarm.
Currently, the only one with hope of breaking through to second-order before Qi Ping was Crow.
However, Crow was currently at First Order Perfection, and although he diligently absorbed and refined Great Sun Power daily, there were no signs of a Breakthrough to second-order.
Qi Ping knew he couldn't rush this.
Although Spirit Beasts, before reaching their Bloodline limit, only need to be fed a large amount of Spirit Medicine to help them break through quickly, overly frequent feeding can also lead to consequences similar to those experienced by Cultivators who consume large amounts of Spirit Medicine, just not as severe as for human Cultivators.
But once they reach the Bloodline limit, because they lack much cultivation and tempering experience, such Spirit Beasts are almost certainly unable to break through their Bloodline shackles and reach a new level.
Qi Ping had high hopes for Crow's future, so he naturally wouldn't do something like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.
So during this period, Qi Ping would only occasionally give Crow some fireglow honey, and the rest of the time, he let Crow independently comprehend and absorb Great Sun Power.
In the current state, nothing was more suitable for Crow than comprehending Great Sun Power; this was also the highest Rank of power Crow could currently access.
Qi Ping was waiting for the day Crow would proactively tell him:
"Caw caw… (Boss! I'm about to break through, I need a lot of fire-attribute honey!)"
When Qi Ping heard this, that would be the moment for him to frantically Cultivate fire-attribute Spirit Medicine to help Crow break through the First Order limit Realm shackles.
With the complete formation of the Super Bee Swarm, Qi Ping finally felt at ease.
He focused on cultivating Spirit Medicine and Cultivating daily, without any worries.
Occasionally, when bored, he would plant flowers and water them.
Sometimes he would wander around the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, to comprehend the ancient trees that had grown for over a thousand years, or to observe the myriad strange plants of the Cultivation World.
If he encountered some favorite plants or flowers, he would also bring them back to the mountain peak to plant.
Slowly, the items on Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine gradually became richer.
Qi Ping even encountered many small animals, such as squirrels, mountain tits, and little white cranes, and because they also liked Qi Ping, he brought some of them back.
However, they were not Spirit Beasts; they were just ordinary beasts with a bit of Spiritual Qi, and their Physique was only slightly stronger than that of mundane wild beasts, unable to even defeat the weakest Black Little Bee Bee Swarm.
Qi Ping did not form a contract with them; he just let them live there on their own.
They would also find their own food and didn't require much effort from Qi Ping.
They would only come over to play with Qi Ping occasionally when he was free.
"It's really feeling more and more like home!"
As Qi Ping looked at the increasingly lively and rich mountain peak, a sense of home gradually grew in his heart.
From unfamiliar to familiar, every bit here was built by Qi Ping and his Animal Companions; almost every corner was intimately familiar.
"Now all that's left is to bring Old Zhou back!"
With such a lively mountain peak, building a small courtyard, and preparing some good wine and food, Qi Ping felt that Old Zhou would surely like it very much.
It would be good to enjoy his twilight years here.
"It's just a pity that the current situation is chaotic; bringing Old Zhou back would be a misfortune, not a blessing. I only hope this chaos can end as soon as possible within a year or two!"
Qi Ping had originally wanted to send some Bee Swarms and some body-nourishing honey to Old Zhou, but he didn't know where Old Zhou was now.
Because when he had asked Old Zhou to return to the mortal world, they had already agreed that after Old Zhou returned, he should try to stay away from human eyes and ears, reside in a remote mortal area, and try not to let anyone find his traces.
"However, Old Zhou took quite a few Spirit Stones and honey with him back then, enough to last four or five years. Given the current intensity of the conflict, the battlefield chaos will probably be completely over in at most two or three years!"
Thinking of this, Qi Ping was no longer so worried.
During this period, Sister Nan did come to find Qi Ping once, to deliver ripe Yun Ling Fruit to him.
Upon her arrival, she was immediately surprised by the lively and comfortable atmosphere on Qi Ping's mountain peak.
She had never expected that this new mountain peak would be managed so meticulously by Qi Ping in such a short time.
Many things and cute small animals on the mountain peak made her exclaim in admiration.
During this time, the fireglow honey Qi Ping had been researching was also brewed in batches.
Since there was no Bee Swarm cultivation occupying his energy, the supply of fireglow honey was very abundant.
With a large supply of fireglow honey, Qi Ping's Physical Body strength began to increase rapidly.
In just half a month, it had grown to the point where the Flame Burst Spell could no longer cause self-inflicted damage, and Qi Ping's strength also grew rapidly with it.
On the fiftieth day after Qi Ping killed the Black and White Shuangsha Demoness and returned to the mountain peak, Meng Yan finally sent a message:
"Brother Qi, all the Divine Soul Spirit Beast information you needed has been found!"
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