Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 310 - 309: Golden Spirit Bee King!

On one of the branches, there hung a beehive, about the size of a house, with numerous bees buzzing around, creating a humming sound.

However, these bees were somewhat special, each about the size of a fist, with a pale golden hue, fuzzy bodies, yet covered with slender and hard spikes.

Especially at the end of these bees, there was a golden stinger that emanated a chilling glow.

"So many Golden Spirit Bees?"

Gu Yuan was a bit surprised.

He recognized these bees as a rare type of Spiritual Insect, the Golden Spirit Bee. A single one or two wasn’t much of a threat, even an Innate Martial Master could handle them.

But if there were thousands of them swarming together, even a Golden Core Great Cultivator would have to treat them as a formidable enemy and be somewhat afraid.

Because the stingers of these Golden Spirit Bees have an "armor-piercing" effect, they excel at breaking through restrictions, divine techniques, and protective True Qi.

They can even pierce through ordinary magical artifacts.

Facing the swarming thousands of Golden Spirit Bees, Gu Yuan had to be cautious.

Moreover, Gu Yuan noticed that among these bee swarms, a considerable number of special Golden Spirit Bees were several times larger, over a foot long, entirely golden, and quite imposing.

These were clearly the worker bees acting as guards, with strong attack power that even ordinary Celestial Human Realm cultivators might not be able to withstand from their sharp stingers.

These Golden Spirit Bees were born with Geng Metal Qi and were not to be trifled with, and among them were a few male bees the size of a baby, dark gold in color, with semi-transparent wings and a chopstick-thick stinger at the end of their tails, shining faintly.

Even Gu Yuan could feel a hint of danger from them.

Gu Yuan also sensed that at the very core of this beehive, there was a latent aura residing there.

It felt somewhat similar to the Silver-backed Centipede but was much more formidable.

Evidently, this must be a Queen Bee!

Gu Yuan’s keen eye allowed him to discern a few clues, estimating that those fist-sized Golden Spirit Bees were probably elite-tier Spiritual Insects, while those slightly larger worker bees were at the red tier.

As for those baby-sized male bees, if not golden tier Spiritual Insects, they were probably pseudo-gold grade, similar to the Thunder Spider Gu Yuan once acquired.

And the Queen Bee deep within the hive is certainly a golden tier Spiritual Insect!

However, Gu Yuan wasn’t very interested in that.

He already had quite a few Spirit Pets, and nurturing them was quite demanding on his finances.

If he were to raise a Queen Bee, it would indeed be unaffordable.

The Golden Spirit Bee King is a female bee and lays many eggs; even if Gu Yuan could afford to raise one, he couldn’t afford to raise a whole swarm.

So, there was no need to bother with it.

Moreover, Gu Yuan wasn’t quite sure about the Queen Bee’s talent; if it turned out to be egg-laying talent, that would be rather troublesome.

As for the Iron-Crushing Beast...

No other reason, Gu Yuan truly couldn’t afford to raise such an exotic beast.

These exotic beasts feed on gold and iron, and not just any gold or iron, but various exotic spiritual materials, with each meal requiring thousands of catties of ore. Gu Yuan couldn’t provide so many good things.

However, Gu Yuan was indeed very interested in the honey brewed by this hive of Golden Spirit Bees.

As far as Gu Yuan knew, the honey brewed by Golden Spirit Bees, called golden jelly, is not only fragrant and delicious but also a rare delicacy with the effect of nourishing the body and even enhancing bone structure.

Additionally, this golden jelly can serve as a substitute for secondary Spirit Medicines in refining some important Spirit Pills.

In other words, some auxiliary Spirit Medicines for Spirit Pills can be completely replaced with this golden jelly, making it an all-purpose Spirit Medicine.

Of course, for Gu Yuan, whether it’s all-purpose or not doesn’t matter; what matters is that it tastes good.

Yes, perhaps he could try some later on.

With that thought, Gu Yuan glanced at the beehive a few times and then continued deeper into the canyon, ignoring the piles of Iron-Crushing Beast droppings on the ground.

These things were good, but he wasn’t really interested.

The things that truly interested him weren’t here.

Arriving at the deepest part of the canyon, Gu Yuan stopped.

The rocks here were different from those outside, hard to an extent and faintly glimmering with slight silver light.

Gu Yuan pointed with his hand,

Shh—

A wisp of silvery-white Sword Qi flew from his fingertip and struck the stone wall, scattering stone flakes and leaving a sword mark half an inch deep and over a meter long.

The stone quality within the sword mark shone with even brighter silvery light.

"It’s actually a Silver Spirit Mine..."

Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows, seeming somewhat surprised.

With his swordsmanship, a single Sword Qi could cut through a three-inch-thick Profound Iron Plate.

However, striking this stone wall left only a half-inch-deep mark.

This was enough to indicate a high content of Silver Spirit within the stone wall.

Iron Mother and Refined Gold are relatively rare top-grade Spiritual Materials, commonly used to ritualize magical artifacts, whereas Profound Iron and Copper Spirit are somewhat inferior.

As for Silver Spirit, this spiritual material is even superior to Iron Mother and Refined Gold, used for ritualizing both magical artifacts and treasures.

Gu Yuan estimated that if this cliff before him were completely uprooted and refined with a Nine-Dragon Furnace, it might yield a few hundred catties of Silver Spirit.

However, Gu Yuan wasn’t very interested in this. Of course, if he achieved his goal later, he might as well refine some.

As for Gu Yuan’s goal...

Gu Yuan casually plucked a blade of grass from the ground, put it in his mouth, then leaned against the stone wall and sat down, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking somewhat amused, with a carefree demeanor.

He seemed quite relaxed.

But only Gu Yuan knew he was currently in contact with the Silver-backed Centipede.

In his mind, there was a picture, originating from the Silver-backed Centipede at that moment.

At that time, Ah Wu was drilling back and forth deep underground.

The underground was rich with a mineral vein, and the stones within it were as hard as Profound Iron.

But the reason Ah Wu could drill through the mineral vein easily and swiftly, like swimming, was because its entire body, armored shell, and claws were much harder than Iron Mother and Refined Gold.

Moreover, Ah Wu possessed the Golden Spirit Talent, devouring the Geng Metal Qi and Xin Metal Qi it encountered, causing the minerals to become much softer.

However, Ah Wu was not scrambling to devour Geng Metal and Xin Metal Qi within the underground mineral vein but was busy searching for something.

The mineral vein below was extremely rich, and some rare spiritual materials were gradually nurtured and emerged from it.

For instance, in the canyon above, aside from Iron Ore and Silver Ore, there were several other types of ore.

Before long, Gu Yuan’s expression changed slightly, and then a slight smile appeared on his face.

Before long, the Silver-backed Centipede came up, holding a head-sized, black piece of Iron Ore in its mouth.