Oops, the princess is surrounded by the male protagonists

Looking at Yang Mushan's smug face, Bai Yue understood that this was no sacrificial ceremony at all. It was clearly some people using the name of the queen bee to satisfy their own selfish desires.

"Now that a new queen bee is about to be born, it is appropriate to..."

Just as Yang Yumo was about to adopt Yang Mushan's suggestion, Bai Yue suddenly raised her hands, closed her eyes, and murmured to herself as if receiving a revelation.

"Oh, I see..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand!"

Her actions attracted everyone's attention. Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, Bai Yue finally lowered her hands and opened her eyes.

"The Queen Bee just gave me a divine decree that the sacrifice must be held. The Queen Bee is about to return, and she needs to see the piety of the Wu tribe."

"Great!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Mushan immediately beamed with joy and then spoke to Elder Miao.

"Hey, Elder Miao, did you hear that? Even the Holy Maiden has said so! You'd better hurry up and select a few girls from the clan. Ideally, two 10-year-olds, two 16-year-olds, and four 18-year-olds!"

The other party listed the number and age of the girls as if ordering food, then turned to Su Ling Shuang and said something else.

"Chief Su, since this is a sacrifice, shouldn't your Su tribe also contribute something? Why don't you offer 10 young girls as well? That way, the Queen Bee will feel the piety of our Wu people."

"roll!"

Su Ling Shuang glanced at Yang Mu Shan and simply threw out this one word at him.

"Su Ling Shuang, don't be ungrateful. The women of your Su clan serve the Bee King because that's their right..."

Before Yang Mushan could utter the word "good fortune," Bai Yue suddenly spoke up.

"Who said the Queen Bee wants women? She's furious about your past practice of sacrificing young girls!"

At this point, Bai Yue's tone suddenly became stern.

"The Queen Bee says that as a great female, she needs the bravest and most devout men to serve her! Therefore, the chosen priest for this ceremony..."

She paused, her voice echoing throughout the hall.

"They must all be men!"

Boom! As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall erupted in chaos!

After all, if the most valiant and devout man were to be sacrificed, wouldn't the cult leader's guards present be the best candidates?

All the men lowered their heads, not daring to look at Bai Yue even once, for fear that this glorious task would fall on their shoulders.

"Sacrificing men? Nonsense! Utter rubbish!"

After regaining his senses, Yang Mushan immediately pointed at Bai Yue and loudly retorted.

"The Queen Bee is the greatest drone in the world! She is the embodiment of power! You witch are clearly spreading heresy and blaspheming the Queen Bee!"

"You call me a witch?"

Bai Yue had been waiting for Yang Mushan to say those words. Her face suddenly darkened, and she shouted sharply.

"How dare you! Didn't you hear the leader just say that I am a saint incarnate? How dare you, a mere protector, question the divine decree accepted by the leader?"

After saying this, she suddenly closed her eyes, as if listening to something. Everyone present held their breath, clearly waiting for the saintess to issue another divine decree.

"The Queen Bee says she is clearly the supreme female who controls reproduction! All the Gu larvae are born from her, yet you call her male—this is a blasphemy against the Queen Bee's reputation!"

This time, Bai Yue didn't even open her eyes, but spoke one word at a time.

"That's right, Lord Gu was indeed born from the Queen Bee. How could such a Queen Bee be male!"

"Actually, I had the same question when I was studying the scriptures, but my father beat me up afterward!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd began to discuss among themselves, while Yang Mushan, momentarily speechless, could only stammer out his words.

“I said… the queen bee might… give birth to males, since she is such a great being…”

"In that case, why don't you go and see the Queen Bee yourself? She's very interested in you, the most devout and valiant elder of the Yang clan!"

Bai Yue suddenly opened her eyes and spoke to Yang Mushan, then glanced at everyone in the hall before speaking loudly.

"The Queen Bee has issued a decree to immediately send Yang Mushan to the Queen Bee's hive!"

"No, I'm not going!"

At this moment, Yang Mushan was terrified, after all, he knew all too well what happened to those who were sent to the Queen Bee's Nest.

He once chained up a woman who wouldn't listen to him and threw her into the queen bee's hive. When he pulled her out, half of her body had completely turned into bones.

"Master, I don't want to go to the Queen Bee's Nest, please save me!"

Yang Mushan was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly to Yang Yumo on the throne.

"Elder Yang, this is a great honor! Why are you not going to the Queen Bee's Nest? Are you perhaps going against the Queen Bee's orders?"

Su Ling Shuang coldly observed Yang Mu Shan's current disheveled appearance, and then loudly addressed the guards in the hall.

"What are you all standing there for? Quickly seize this scoundrel who disobeyed the Queen Bee's orders!"

However, the guards just looked at each other, glancing at Yang Mushan and then at Yang Yumo on the throne, and none of them dared to move.

Seeing this, Bai Yue's face showed disappointment and heartache. She looked around and her voice was full of sorrow.

"What? You...don't all obey the Queen Bee's orders? It seems the faith in this land has indeed..."

Bai Yue stopped talking after saying this, while Elder Miao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he suddenly clutched his head tightly with both hands, his face showing an expression of extreme pain.

"Queen Bee! We know we were wrong! We really know we were wrong! Please calm your anger, please calm your anger!"

He wailed and rolled on the ground in agony, as if he were enduring unimaginable torment.

"It's the queen bee's wrath!"

"I've heard that all Miao people are like this!"

A chorus of exclamations and whispers erupted inside the hall. After all, the Miao people had angered the Queen Bee because of Ayinuo's matter, and everyone there, regardless of age or gender, was suffering "divine punishment," experiencing splitting headaches day and night, feeling as if they were living a life worse than death.

Seeing Elder Miao's outburst in public, many people were so frightened that they knelt down and begged the Queen Bee for forgiveness.

Bai Yue knew that Elder Miao was using a self-inflicted injury ruse to cooperate with her! So she raised her right hand and gently waved it, and a crystal-clear jade bottle appeared out of thin air in her palm.

Immediately afterwards, she pinched the air between her right index finger and thumb, and a pale golden "water stream" emitting a sweet fragrance appeared out of thin air and meandered into the jade bottle.

"This fragrance...!"

"It's royal jelly! It's royal jelly!"

The old priest inhaled the sweet fragrance in the air, then respectfully bowed to Bai Yue.

"Thank you, Holy Maiden, for creating this miracle! This old man can finally... finally smell the scent of royal jelly again!"