Chapter 530: Poisonous Bees (Patreon)

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Around the Qingxu Mountain Range, there were only three Demon Clan factions, and two of them had already been defeated. The remaining faction, the Yao Hou Clan, remained strangely inactive.

This gave Wang Hong a moment of respite, and for the past month, he had been sorting through the spoils of the recent battle.

The most abundant gains were various materials from Demonic Beasts. Originally, they had acquired a substantial amount of Demonic Beast materials from the battle with the Qing Fox Clan, and now the Purple Flame Scorpion King and Moli Ancestor had brought them even more.

For the time being, they had no worries about materials.

"East Master, the liaison personnel to the Southern Region and Northern Region have all returned. Would you like to meet with them personally?" Liu Changsheng reported to Wang Hong within the Immortal Way Trading Company.

"Bring them in," Wang Hong replied.

After a brief moment, Liu Changsheng led in a slender Black-robed cultivator.

"Are you in charge of that particular route?" Wang Hong inquired.

At the time when each major power was relocated, a liaison officer had been appointed, each responsible for their own specific tasks.

"Reporting to East Master, I was responsible for establishing contact with the Taihao Sect in the Northern Region," the cultivator replied.

Upon hearing the name Taihao Sect, Wang Hong immediately thought of his younger brother, causing his eyebrows to unconsciously twitch.

"How did it go?" Wang Hong suppressed his excitement and asked calmly.

"I met with the Taihao Sect's leader, but we were refused entry. As far as I understand, Taihao Sect's strength has greatly diminished compared to before. Due to prolonged conflicts with the Demonic Beasts in the Northern Region, they seem to be struggling to protect themselves," the weakened cultivator explained. He cautiously glanced at Wang Hong and saw that he did not appear angry or reproachful, which put him somewhat at ease.

"I did manage to meet with Elder Wang Yi of the Taihao Sect and delivered the items and letters personally. Upon hearing about our situation, Elder Wang Yi left Taihao Sect alone to come and assist us. However, he learned of our victory halfway and decided to return to Taihao Sect. Before leaving, he left a letter to be delivered to East Master."

As he spoke, the Black-robed cultivator presented a Jade Scroll to Wang Hong.

Wang Hong accepted it and used a special technique to break the seal on the Jade Scroll before carefully examining its contents. Indeed, it was a letter from Wang Yi. Wang Yi's cultivation level had now reached the later stages of the Golden Core realm, and it seemed he was highly regarded within the Taihao Sect.

Upon receiving Wang Hong's message, the sect had discussed the matter, but due to their current difficult circumstances, they were unable to send reinforcements. Wang Yi had originally planned to come and help personally, but he learned of Wang Hong's victory halfway and decided there was no need to continue. At that point, Taihao Sect needed him more, so he returned.

Wang Hong felt a tinge of regret that his younger brother hadn't come, but at least he knew he was safe and had reached the later stages of the Golden Core realm, which brought him some comfort.

After learning about Taihao Sect's stance, Wang Hong summoned another cultivator to inquire. It was only after questioning all the cultivators responsible for liaisons that he realized none of the factions were willing to cooperate or send troops.

Most of the reasons provided were related to the factions suffering significant losses, their inability to protect themselves, and their incapacity to provide assistance.

"East Master! I have not carried out my duties effectively, and I request punishment," Liu Changsheng said, feeling quite embarrassed after all the liaison cultivators had reported their unsuccessful missions. Sending out so many people, yet none of them succeeded.

"No need to worry. This is not your fault," Wang Hong reassured him. "I also believe that this is a genuine reason. In the previous Cultivation World, every Spirit Vein and every spirit ore had its owner. With the East Zhou factions losing their territories, they have no choice but to seize the resources of others. Conflict is inevitable because others won't simply hand them over willingly."

Wang Hong continued, a faint smile on his lips, "Of course, that's only one aspect of the reason. The biggest reason is their lack of trust in us, their disbelief in our strength. If we overstate our capabilities, not only will our goals be unattainable, but they will also suffer losses as a result."

"Moreover, my initial contacts with various factions were mainly to guard against the Demon Clan uniting against us. Now it seems that even within the Demon Clan, unity is not as strong as before when they attacked East Zhou. In the coming days, we should have some peace, but don't slack off on gathering intelligence. One aspect is to seize the opportunity to grow stronger, and the other is to ensure that we control all intelligence within our influence and penetrate throughout the entire East Zhou."

"Don't worry, East Master. During this time, we've recruited quite a few promising talents from the Mortal Realm. In another few decades, they will become pillars of our faction. Any movement within our faction's sphere of influence is within the grasp of our intelligence network," Liu Changsheng replied confidently.

"East Master, several major factions in the Southern Region want to engage in long-term trade with us. Do you think it's feasible?" This was a matter Wang Hong had already inquired about earlier, and after some thought, he responded, "I looked into it earlier, and some of these Spiritual Objects are indeed unexpected finds for East Zhou. We can trade those Demonic Beast materials; we won't need so many of them for a while. Besides, with us guarding the Demonic Beasts in the entire East Zhou, can we really lack Demon Clan materials? This can be considered one of our local specialties."

"Alright, then I'll send out several caravans specifically for Local Specialty Trade with the Southern Region."

"Great! I'll leave this matter to you to oversee, and you can also gather intelligence on that side."

After giving these instructions, Wang Hong returned to his cave mansion in the Qingxu Mountain.

He had been quite busy lately and hadn't spent much time in the Space. Today, he finally had the opportunity to enter it.

The Poisonous Bees area appeared somewhat desolate compared to before. In the previous battle with the Purple Flame Scorpion King, all the Poisonous Bees he had nurtured had perished, and the new batch of Poisonous Bees had not hatched yet.

Previously, he had collected the essence blood of the Purple Flame Scorpion King and many Third-Rank Spiders and Centipedes. After refining the bloodline, he had fed it to the Poisonous Bee Queen.

The Poisonous Bee Queen had fallen into a deep sleep after consuming a large amount of blood essence.

Now, as he entered, he found that the Poisonous Bee Queen had awakened, and its appearance had changed significantly. It had developed a sturdy carapace on its body, and its tusks looked exceptionally vicious.

Wang Hong pinched the newly grown carapace with his hand, finding it quite tough. If he hadn't personally nurtured it, he wouldn't have believed that this ferocious creature had any connection to the initially harmless Green-tailed Spirit Bees.

In the future, very few people would be able to recognize these as Poisonous Bees once they were released.

"Do you have any other abilities?"

After interacting with the Poisonous Bee Queen for a while, it seemed that aside from having even stronger poison and a more robust body, it didn't possess any additional abilities.

However, Wang Hong was satisfied with these enhancements, as poison and resilience were the Poisonous Bee Queen's main strengths, and these improvements would significantly boost its combat capabilities.

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