34: daily

Liu Xuan's plain and busy life added one more task: keeping the bee swarm.

Cultivating, Talisman Drawing, and beekeeping, with spare time spent accompanying his various Dao Companions and three children, his life was quite comfortable.

On this day, Liu Xuan sat cross-legged in the Cultivation Chamber of his inner Sect Immortal Cave, his body radiating an aura like a Vicious Beast.

'Body Refining Second Layer!'

Immense energy surged through his Bloodline, and Liu Xuan felt as if his whole body was filled with strength; he could kill a cow with a single punch!

It had only been three months since his last Breakthrough to the Body Refining First Layer, and at the current pace, he could break through to the Body Refining Third Layer, or even the Body Refining Fourth Layer, within this year!

This speed was already extremely exaggerated, no worse than the Genius Disciples within the Sect.

With the Breakthrough in his Body Refining Realm, the Bottleneck of the Qi Refining Third Layer had also loosened somewhat; Liu Xuan estimated that it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the Qi Refining Third Layer.

Taking out a Medium Grade qi gathering pill, Liu Xuan swallowed it and continued to Cultivate.

The mana in his Dantian was constantly refined, and the excess spiritual power was converted into Bloodline Power, accumulating within his body.

Taking a Medium Grade Medicinal Pill to Cultivate during the early stages of Qi Refining was somewhat extravagant!

If it were an ordinary Cultivator, they wouldn't be able to digest so much medicinal power at all and would only waste it.

Liu Xuan was different; he practiced Dual Cultivation of body and technique, so the excess medicinal power could also be absorbed by his body, which was just right.

After finishing his Cultivation, Liu Xuan came to the courtyard and looked at the Black Crystal Bees inside the carriage.

The rear half of the carriage roof had already been built into a beehive, and the Black Crystal Bee Swarm was shuttling inside.

Fortunately, the carriage was spacious enough that it didn't affect Liu Xuan's travel.

The number of Black Crystal Bees had reached two thousand, which was the limit that the Black Crystal Bee Queen could control; if the number increased further, the swarm would easily become uncontrollable.

Among the two thousand Black Crystal Bees, there were ten leaders at the Qi Refining First Layer, two hundred elites at the Peak of the unranked stage, and the remaining one thousand eight hundred were ordinary spirit bees.

In one month, besides the number doubling, there was also the royal jelly and black crystal honey stored in the hive.

Liu Xuan had taken a little to the Dual Cultivation Hall to have it appraised, and they were all top-tier among First Order spiritual objects.

The Black Crystal Bee royal jelly was worth twenty Spirit Stones per bottle, and the black crystal honey was worth ten Spirit Stones per tael.

Excluding the internal consumption of the swarm, the Black Crystal Bees could currently produce two bottles of royal jelly and half a catty of honey per month, worth ninety Spirit Stones.

An exaggerated ability to make money!

Plus, Liu Xuan could also harvest about ten Spirit Stones per month from the spirit farmers, making the gains from the Black Crystal Bees almost catch up to his Talisman Drawing.

The Black Crystal Bee royal jelly and black crystal honey were both good things, with gentle medicinal power and the benefit of nourishing the Divine Soul; Liu Xuan was in no hurry to sell them, but kept them for himself, his children, and his Dao Companions to eat.

The Dual Cultivation Hall would take a commission on buying and selling things, so unless he had more than he could use, or was truly lacking Spirit Stones, Liu Xuan wouldn't sell them.

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Liu Xuan traveled by carriage back to Lin Xue'er's small courtyard, then brought Lin Xue'er and his son, Little Eldest Son, and headed toward the Spirit Plant Hall.

Beekeeping was boring, so Liu Xuan made full use of his time by bringing one or two women along every time.

On the carriage, Little Eldest Son held a small piece of black crystal honey, licking it in small bites, his little face full of excitement.

Lin Xue'er dotingly hugged him in her arms and looked at Liu Xuan, saying:

"Husband, this black crystal honey is too expensive. Our son is still young and cannot absorb much at all; you should give him less to eat!"

It was not yet certain whether Little Eldest Son had a Spiritual Root; having both moonlight spiritual marrow and black crystal honey every month was truly too wasteful!

Lin Xue'er felt that Liu Xuan was good in every way, except that he didn't care enough about his own cultivation and didn't know how to use Spirit Stones where they mattered most.

Whenever he had a few Spirit Stones, he would think about how to spend them, not planning for the future at all.

Liu Xuan took a small piece of black crystal honey from the hive behind him and handed it to Lin Xue'er, while he also took a small piece and put it into his mouth, laughing: "Eat without worry, money is not an issue!"

Lin Xue'er looked at Liu Xuan with annoyance; clearly, Liu Xuan hadn't listened to her at all.

As if sulking, she put the black crystal honey into her mouth, and a trace of enjoyment appeared on Lin Xue'er's face.

black crystal honey was different from ordinary honey; its texture was relatively hard, like solidified black lard.

It was slightly sweet with an endless aftertaste; eating it was like being in a hot spring, making one feel comfortable all over.

While eating the black crystal honey, Lin Xue'er chatted about the situation in the Sect:

"Husband, the situation in your hometown of Yongning is getting increasingly chaotic. I heard that the Sect's Spell Hall has already issued a conscription mission; as long as one signs up to join the Sect Enforcement Team heading to Yongning, the rewards are very generous."

"Should we bring your family to live in Red Pine City? My father and Sister Anqi are in the city, so they can look after them a little then."

Lin Anqi remembered that Liu Xuan was just from an ordinary farming family; now that he was successful, bringing his parents and relatives to the city was just a small matter.

'Family!'

Liu Xuan recalled the original owner's memories; his parents were ordinary farmers in Yongning. When he was a child, life was quite good; although they were poor, they lived without worries.

It wasn't until his father became addicted to gambling that the family's savings were quickly squandered, and even having enough to eat became a problem.

His mother would quarrel and even fight with his father all day long, causing the original owner's personality to become withdrawn.

Recalling these things, a slight feeling of resentment arose in Liu Xuan's heart, as if he had watched a soap opera.

Besides his parents, the original body also had an older sister two years his senior; she had run away from home very early and was hanging out with a Gang in the city.

When recalling this older sister, the emotional fluctuation in Liu Xuan's heart was even more intense!

Back then, when his father squandered the family property, the original body didn't even have the tuition for the Dao Academy, and it all relied on this sister's support.

The fact that the original body could study at the Dao Academy for ten years and participate in the Red Pine Sect assessment was entirely the sister's credit.

Liu Xuan frowned slightly, a sense of resistance rising in his heart.

The original body's memories were just equivalent to watching a movie for him, and he had always been somewhat resistant to being influenced by the emotions in the movie.

Suppressing the inexplicable feeling of dullness in his heart, Liu Xuan smiled and changed the subject:

"The Sect's conscription mission—it seems the situation is indeed getting more and more chaotic!"

"Are there many people signing up?"

Liu Xuan asked.

"Of course there are!" A trace of sighing appeared on Lin Xue'er's face, "Qi Refining early-stage Disciples can get five Spirit Stones just by signing up, and at least one Spirit Stone every month after heading to Yongning; if I hadn't formed a Dao Companion bond with my husband, I would have been a little tempted!"

Liu Xuan was not surprised by this; having Transmigrated for over a year, everything he had seen was very stable, and he rarely saw fights between Cultivators.

But Liu Xuan knew very well that hidden within this calm were solid class barriers, and those at the bottom had almost no chance to get ahead.

High risk, high reward; the chaotic situation in Yongning was actually a good thing for the tens of thousands of Outer Sect Disciples, as it at least provided one more chance to risk their lives.

Liu Xuan was different; he had a cheat!

For him, he only needed to develop steadily to become stronger and stronger; he had no interest in such dangerous things.

"I heard that this unrest is ostensibly about fighting over a Spirit Stone mine, but in reality, it's the work of the neighboring Nether Fire Sect, and the purpose..."

Lin Xue'er lowered her voice, "It is said that it's because the Old Ancestor's time limit is approaching, and they want to probe."

Lin Xue'er was well-informed; the rumors that Liu Xuan could hear, she naturally knew as well.

The two were Dao Companions, so they had no qualms about discussing such topics.