Clan Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily

"Brother Zhang, you didn't come back last night?"

Early in the morning, Gu Dahai was still sitting in front of the door, playing with his lizard, when he saw a figure approaching in a hurry and asked:

"Did you go off somewhere to have fun behind our backs?"

"Look at what Fellow Daoist Gu says, do you think I, Zhang, am that kind of person?"

Zhang Lingyu's expression remained unchanged as he explained:

"I'm short of spirit stones lately, so I'm making a special trip to the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Spirits Mountain Range to see if I can kill some monsters and exchange them for some good stuff."

"Unfortunately, too many cultivators have come to Tianliu City recently, and the demonic beasts have to retreat to the inner perimeter."

"Is that so?"

Gu Dahai raised an eyebrow. He rarely hunted demonic beasts himself, after all, he was a spirit beast master, and he made a fortune just by raising spirit beasts for other cultivators.

There's really no need to go out and fight like Zhang Lingyu.

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

After chatting for a while, Zhang Lingyu made an excuse and hurriedly returned to the house.

"Hehe, got it."

Upon returning to her residence, Zhang Lingyu took out a beehive from her storage bag, held it in her palm, and played with it, her face full of smiles.

Upon closer inspection, it was the very one that Fang Lin had obtained on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Spirits Mountain Range.

Just as the other party had guessed, the bee larvae in this hive were not only extraordinary, but also of great importance.

These are a swarm of unhatched Soul-Eating Bees.

Just as there are all kinds of demonic beasts in the cultivation world, there are also all kinds of spiritual insects.

The cultivators organized and categorized the spirit insects, compiling a list of extraordinary insects.

Each of these wondrous insects is unique in the cultivation world, and they can cause immeasurable harm to cultivators.

For example, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede, ranked twenty-eighth, breathes out a mysterious, cold aura. When it reaches the fifth or sixth rank, a single breath of cold air can freeze any creature within a hundred miles.

Fortunately, this insect lives in extremely cold places; otherwise, it would have caused headaches for many sects.

The Spirit-Devouring Bee, ranked forty-third on the Spirit Insect Ranking, is a notorious and ferocious spirit insect in the cultivation world.

This bee is entirely black, with six wings on its back. Its stinger stores a lot of potent venom. Most terrifying of all are its mouthparts, which are shaped like serrated teeth and can easily bite through magical artifacts. It can even devour the protective spiritual light of cultivators.

Whether it's a spiritual object, a spiritual stone, a magical artifact, a talisman, or even a cultivator's magical protective shield, it can devour and digest them all.

It is said that a Foundation Establishment cultivator's robe was once attacked by a swarm of Soul-Devouring Bees, and was riddled with holes in just three breaths!

As expected, in the end, not even bones remained.

Simply put, it means not being a picky eater.

The Soul-Eating Bees never act alone; even the smallest swarm consists of hundreds of bees. Once they spot a target, they swarm towards it relentlessly, fighting to the death.

As for why Zhang Lingyu knew that the Soul-Devouring Bees would appear there, it was all thanks to a piece of intelligence updated yesterday by his own intelligence system.

Otherwise, even if he were present in person and examined it in his hands, he would still think it was just an ordinary object.

However, Zhang Lingyu did not feel sorry for the two rogue cultivators. He believed that the treasures of the world belong to the virtuous, and since he had encountered them, he would naturally try to get his hands on them.

Besides, he saved their lives and left them with two ironwood wolves.

"Okay, now we just wait for them to hatch."

The Soul-Eating Bees don't need any special methods to catalyze this process; they just need to wait patiently, and they will slowly consume their own pupae to replenish their nutrients.

After eating, they enter their childhood.

In their juvenile stage, they will frantically devour everything around them, including their own siblings, in order to survive.

When they reach maturity, the bee colony will hold a competition similar to that between cultivators. The final winner will become the queen bee, who will lead the remaining Soul-Devouring Bees to forage for food.

It is said that a seventh-order Soul-Devouring Bee Queen once appeared in the cultivation world, which could be described as a catastrophic disaster for cultivators, and at least a dozen Golden Core forces perished at its hands.

It took several Nascent Soul True Monarchs working together to kill him with great effort, and one of them even had an arm devoured.

"Once the Soul-Devouring Bees hatch, the Blazing Nether Spider can retire in peace."

The Blazing Spider's bloodline was too mixed, and he only advanced to the second tier thanks to Zhang Lingyu's two fire-attribute spiritual objects. There was no other way at the time, as he didn't have any better options.

Once they advance to the Foundation Establishment stage a few years later, these spirit pets will be even less useful.

It would be better to release him back to Qingya Mountain as soon as possible, so that his fifth uncle, Zhang Xingyu, can raise him.

After placing the Soul-Devouring Bees in the secret chamber, Zhang Lingyu began to focus on her cultivation.

During this year, his cultivation level has broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining. In addition, the six sects are now encouraging independent cultivators from all over the world to come and kill monsters. Taking this opportunity, he has earned a large amount of contribution points.

Thanks to the spiritual items obtained through exchanges and the intelligence system, the "Spiritual Profound Soul Nourishing Scripture" has now achieved some minor success.

His soul strength now far surpasses that of a peak Qi Refining cultivator, and is even comparable to that of a cultivator who has just advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Now, when he uses the Soul-Destroying Thorn, any cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining who is even glanced at by him will instantly die.

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Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

"Buzzing..."

"Buzzing..."

The sound was very faint, but Zhang Lingyu's divine sense was so powerful that he immediately realized it was coming from inside the secret chamber.

"Haha, the Soul-Devouring Bees must have finished hatching."

He quickly opened the secret chamber and went to look at the beehive. The dozen or so pupae that had been there had completely disappeared, replaced by a dozen or so soul-devouring bees the size of grains of rice.

Because these young Soul-Eating Bees were extremely hungry and their wings had not yet grown, they could only frantically gnaw on the nest beneath their feet.

"What's so good about that stuff? Eat this instead!"

Zhang Lingyu took out several first-tier spiritual plants and placed them inside the beehive. At first glance, there was no change when viewed with the naked eye, but when he carefully examined them with his divine soul, he discovered that tiny holes had begun to appear on the spiritual plants.

At this rate, it will be completely devoured in just a few days.

"What a terrifying appetite! I wonder if I'll be able to afford to feed her in the future."

Zhang Lingyu was slightly moved. Although the rumors had already surprised him enough, seeing is believing. Only now did he understand the terror of these Soul-Devouring Bees.

He's starting to feel bad about his storage bag now.

Zhang Lingyu observed for a while longer, then placed a few more spiritual plants before leaving the secret room with peace of mind.

The Soul-Devouring Bees are too small now. Once they grow a bit bigger, they can be fed their own blood, and then the Soul-Devouring Bees will be branded with their own soul imprints.

However, the timing is crucial. The Soul-Devouring Bees are wild and untamed; if they don't listen to you, you'll only make things worse.

Once they reach maturity, they will reproduce automatically, and when they reach a certain number, a queen bee must be selected.

Although it's cruel, it's their law of survival.

"Um?"

After Zhang Lingyu returned to his cultivation room, he was about to continue his cultivation when a golden light appeared outside his cave.

He was slightly moved, and somewhat puzzled.

"Who would send me a message at this time?"

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