Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 98: Searching for Bees_1

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Searching for Bees_1

Upon leaving the Law Protection Hall, Chu Liang didn’t immediately return to Silver Sword Peak.

Today was Liu Xiaoyu’s first day of moving in, and a house was being built for her on the mountain. For such an ordinary little wooden house, there were dedicated disciples on Shu Mountain who would handle it. You just needed to pay some sword coins, and three or five people would come over and finish building it for you in no time.

However, the process was somewhat noisy, so Chu Liang rode his sword out of the mountain to the Jinhua Riverside.

As soon as he landed, he saw groups of people strolling by the riverbank amid blossoming flowers and green willows—it was a beautiful spring scene.

Chu Liang was momentarily lost in thought and did not approach the scene.

What was going on?

Where were my poisonous bees?

Where were those little creatures, ugly, flying, temperamental, and poisonous?

He walked along the riverside for a while, and finally couldn’t help but ask a passing pedestrian. Confirming that the poisonous bees had not been seen in this area for several days, he reluctantly turned back.

What he thought was a temporary departure turned out to be a permanent goodbye. It’s loneliest when you long for what you cannot keep...

This time the poisonous bees were completely gone, and he didn’t know when he would be able to find such a booming business of selling fruit tea again.

Speaking of which, based on past experience, it seemed that the rewards given by the same type of demon beasts were the same. If that’s the case, does it mean that if I want a specific reward, I just have to kill the same type of demon beast again?

This was probably only true for lower realm demon beasts.

For pesky little creatures like the Lantern Monster and poisonous bees, it is natural that they would be similar. But as they grow, there would definitely be variations.

Take the Giant Lizard from last time as an example. If it had a twin, they might be identical when they were young, but once they grew up and became fourth or fifth realm demon beasts, they would differ. Killing one might earn you the Beheading Red Famous Sword, while killing another wouldn’t probably get you a second identical sword.

However...

For a petty demon like the human-faced mandrill, which doesn’t have a high level of cultivation, shouldn’t there be a high degree of similarity?

He thought, if I kill another human-faced mandrill, would I potentially get two Zhou Tian Puppets... or maybe if I killed more, could I assemble a line of Big Head Babies that would help me cultivate with maximum efficiency?

The scene he imagined was exciting.

The only regret was that creatures like human-faced mandrill were somewhat rare. One couldn’t just find them by asking around, to meet one again was a matter of fate.

With these thoughts in mind, he returned to Silver Sword Peak.

...

The little wooden house for Liu Xiaoyu was finished. Located not far from Chu Liang’s house, it sat atop a slope around the bend. He went over to have a look and saw his master and Liu Xiaoyu chatting.

Seeing Chu Liang walk in, Empress Feng had a melancholic look on her face,"Little Yu was just telling me about her past, the poor thing."

"Well, it wasn’t that bad..." Liu Xiaoyu didn’t seem unhappy at all, saying, "I lived underwater with my sister and our clan, and it was quite comfortable. If it weren’t for encountering that number one villain, our life wouldn’t have been troubled at all..."

"The Jinhua River where you lived is right at the foot of Shu Mountain. Don’t tell me, is the bad guy you mentioned a disciple of Shu Mountain?" Empress Feng asked, "Can you recognize him? If you can, I can help you take revenge."

"Yes!" Liu Xiaoyu nodded vigorously. "As long as I see him again, I will definitely recognize him!"

"That’s good." Empress Feng also said angrily: "I don’t know which peak’s disciple had so much idle time that he would go kill poisonous bees for fun..."

"Huh?" Chu Liang, who had been silently listening, suddenly looked up.

"You don’t know? Little Yu just told me that her sister had once summoned some bees to protect their clan. But then, a very ugly and twisted cultivator came and killed those bees every day," Empress Feng explained, "Why would anyone decent do that?"

"..." Chu Liang calmly blinked, then slowly said: " I’m just hypothesizing, but... had those bees hurt any nearby people, could it be that the cultivator was requested to eradicate them?"

"If we were out in the wilderness, we could just avoid the poisonous bees." Empress Feng countered, "In my opinion, that person might just be a pervert."

"Right!" Liu Xiaoyu nodded again.

"Speaking as an impartial observer..." Chu Liang said, "I still believe he may not be that bad..."

...

After chatting for a while, Empress Feng returned to her dwelling, and Chu Liang quietly pulled Liu Xiaoyu aside.

"Little Yi, do you know where your sister summons those poisonous bees from?" He asked directly.

"Um... it’s in a dense valley upstream..." The little girl recalled and then asked, "Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, just curious," Chu Liang smiled, "I wonder what those poisonous bees look like..."

"The little poisonous bees are very cute," Liu Xiaoyu said confidently.

"I thought so too." Chu Liang nodded.

Having learned their location, he didn’t say anything more.

The next day, he left Silver Sword Peak and once again headed to the Jinhua River, in search of the precious poisonous bees he was so fond of.

He arrived at the spot where he usually landed, then followed the river upstream, quickly noticing that the river started to divert, winding its way into the mountains and the terrain around gradually becoming hidden and narrow.

The path was blocked by trees and rocks. Chu Liang began to create a path using his flying sword. It was only by going against the current in the river that anyone could find this path on land.

After quite a while, he finally saw the dense valley that Liu Xiaoyu had spoken of.

The area was packed with trees and lush vegetation; indeed, it was a valley untouched by humans. There were no birds, beasts, insects, or butterflies in the valley, only the buzzing and chaotic dance of countless poisonous bees.

It seemed that this was indeed their hive.

As soon as Chu Liang stepped in, several bees immediately buzzed and charged towards him, intending to punish this intruder.

With a sweep of his flying sword, he struck down the leading bees.

With a bang, the surrounding bees scattered and avoided him.

Although the sky was filled with the little darlings he had been longing for, Chu Liang didn’t rush to chase them, because he vaguely noticed that deep in the valley, there seemed to be a hidden cave. Most of these bees were flying in and out of it.

Chu Liang couldn’t help being curious, sensing something mysterious within the cave. He jumped forward, cutting a path with his Hundred Swords Technique, repelling the hostile bees that tried to attack him and charged into the cave.

The cave was deep and the path quite long. He pressed ahead but didn’t reach the end. The smell inside was a tangy scent, not sweet as he had imagined.

Advancing slowly, deep into the cave, he finally saw the hive of these poisonous bees.

It was an almost completely covered golden skeleton!

Countless bees crawled over it, densely packed, seemingly gnawing at the skeleton and appeared to be nesting within it!

Chu Liang finally understood where these bees came from. They had attained their spirituality by gnawing on this skeleton!

The dark cave, grim bees, golden skeleton, the whole scene was terrifying!

Just as he was secretly shocked, he heard a muffled buzz coming from straight ahead, followed by a strange roar.

Bang–

A massive bee, larger than all the others, forced its way through the smaller bees and crawled out from under the skeleton!

It was the Bee Queen!