Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Below Black Wind Cliff, Wang Chen looked up at the towering rock face that reached into the clouds.

This massive cliff was dotted with rock caves of all sizes, like those eroded by flowing water.

The hives of the Black Jade Bees were hidden within these caves.

Each cave was a natural vent, constantly spewing forth Yin Sha Energy day and night.

Thousands of these streams of energy gathered together to form a terrifying evil wind.

But when Wang Chen arrived in front of the cliff, although the air around him was still filled with dense Evil Qi, he no longer felt the slightest influence of the evil wind.

It was similar to being in the dark under a lamp.

Of course, this was a good thing for Wang Chen.

He quickly locked onto his target.

The Fire Crow Sword whistled out, instantly scaling a thirty-foot-high cliff wall, and nimbly "dove" into a large cave like a swallow returning to its nest.

Inside this cave was a large beehive, with the fan-shaped golden nest honey hanging just above the entrance.

Under Wang Chen's control, the Fire Crow Sword suddenly sliced through the base of the nest honey.

The nest honey, weighing dozens of pounds, immediately fell down.

But before it could crash to the floor of the cave, it was wrapped in returning Sword Light and flew in front of Wang Chen!

It seemed quite simple.

In reality, if Wang Chen's Sword Control Technique hadn't reached the Grandmaster tier, using a flying sword to cut down the nest honey and bring it back intact would have been nearly an impossible task.

The technicality of this sword move was actually very high.

It involved not only Wang Chen's mastery and understanding of the flying sword technique but also the teachings of Chang Chun!

In fact, there were simpler methods to harvest honey, but he hadn't forgotten Chang Chun's instruction to "use the sword to take it."

Although there was no one supervising him, Wang Chen strictly adhered to the requirements of this task.

He reached out and grabbed the thick nest honey, and a sweet aroma hit his nose.

Wang Chen couldn't help but break off a chunk of the amber honey.

He popped it into his mouth.

His eyes immediately lit up!

The honey collected and brewed by the Black Jade Bees melted in his mouth, the sweetness filled his heart, and carried the fragrance of a hundred flowers.

Although the nature's spiritual energy it contained wasn't much stronger than that of Spirit Peaches or Spirit Fruits.

As an ingredient, it was undoubtedly excellent.

Yuanyuan would definitely love it!

With that thought, Wang Chen immediately stored the piece of nest honey in his Storage Bag, then continued to urge his Flying Sword to cut more honey.

He wasn't greedy, only taking one slab of honey from each beehive.

With so many caves, even if only one-tenth of them had beehives, it would be easy for Wang Chen to collect a thousand pounds of honey!

Pressing against the bursting Yin Sha Energy, the Fire Crow Sword darted through different caves.

Bringing him slab after slab of golden, fragrant nest honey.

During Wang Chen's honey cutting, the Black Jade Bees that previously couldn't wait to sting him to death were now motionless.

They hid in their nests, allowing Wang Chen to plunder their labor's fruits.

Occasionally, a few Black Jade Bees would fly out, startled by the Sword Light, and then immediately retreat back into their hives against the wind.

After suffering heavy losses, these monster-transformed bees seemingly acknowledged Wang Chen's victory!

The Black Jade Bees were so sensible,

Plus, since fishing dry a pond isn't a long-term solution, Wang Chen stopped after collecting about a thousand pounds of nest honey.

He planned to come back when they were fattened up!

Chang Chun had really found him a great place; with these Black Jade Bees around, in the future, when he needed to practice new spells and skills and lacked enough Human Virtue points for upgrades, he could come here for a round of grinding.

Wang Chen decided to give half of the harvested nest honey to his master, Chang Chun!

"Growl~"

Unexpectedly for Wang Chen, just as he was preparing to return to the sect, a giant bear suddenly blocked his path!

The black bear was massive, at least weighing four or five thousand pounds. Its limbs were incredibly thick, and its fur had a thick layer of pine resin on it, filled with broken rocks and leaves.

At the same moment Wang Chen saw the giant bear, the latter also noticed him and immediately let out a low growl.

A pair of dark brown bear eyes fixed intently on Wang Chen, exuding a bloodthirsty fierceness!

Such gaze could only belong to fierce beasts that had killed humans, even having drunk human blood and eaten human flesh.

Wang Chen halted in his tracks, a spark of sharp brilliance flashing through his eyes.

Empowered by the Great Perfection-level Spiritual Perception Technique, he immediately saw through the tier of the giant bear ahead!

Just as cultivators naturally exude an aura of mana, the Monster Race also has fluctuations of their own power, all discernible by the Spiritual Perception Technique.

A high-tier Monster Transformation!

This was a monster equivalent to a high-tier Qi Cultivation cultivator, and it was also the largest fierce beast Wang Chen had ever encountered.

"Huff!"

The black bear exhaled heavily, showing signs of impatience.

The beast's instincts told it that this human before its eyes was not to be trifled with.

But the scent of nest honey was too tempting for the bear!

The allure of the delicious honey and the bear's instinctual reason clashed fiercely, leaving it torn between fleeing or wiping Wang Chen off the face of the Earth!

Separated by a hundred steps, man and bear found themselves at a standoff.

The black bear did not want to give in, feeling that its dignity was severely provoked.

"Roar~"

It suddenly roared and lunged at Wang Chen with the momentum of a galloping horse, matching the horse's speed.

This was a common tactic used by black bears.

The black bear's charging assault was not only swift and powerful, but its bear paws stomping on the ground also created a violent tremor, the intensity of which could make one's heart quiver.

This monster bear clearly understood the principle of striking first.

And in truth, relying on its own weight, speed, and the thick layer of pitch armor on its body, it had overpowered countless opponents.

Unrivaled in this territory!

Meanwhile, both of the black bear's forelimbs shot out six curved, sharp hook claws.

This was also one of the black bear's most potent weapons.

A single hit could tear apart even a cultivator's Spirit Light Shield Armor.

A charge, a swipe, a slash—these were the monster bear's three signature moves!

However, only ten or so steps into its charge at Wang Chen, a flash of golden Sword Light suddenly streaked forth with lightning speed, slashing in front of it.

It was indeed the Fire Crow Sword unleashed by Wang Chen!

The black bear had no chance to dodge as its head was pierced by the Flying Sword!

The huge bear's body violently shook, slid forward a distance, and then crashed mightily to the ground.

Its skull was also covered with a layer of hard and thick pitch, and the skull itself was the hardest part of its body. Yet, under the assault of the Fire Crow Sword, it was as fragile as tofu.

The high-tier Monster Transformation lost its life in an instant!

[Human Virtue +85]

The Flying Sword, having passed through the monster bear, circled halfway and swiftly returned to the scabbard behind Wang Chen.

As for the dozens of Human Virtue points he had just obtained, Wang Chen felt no particular emotions.

He had grown numb to increasing Human Virtue earlier on.

Yet the monster bear's corpse, lying on the ground like a small mountain.

Made him visibly delighted!

He had just collected honey when this blind bear delivered itself to his doorstep.

Honey-glazed bear paws, honey-roasted bear meat, honey-stewed bear tendons...

And bear gall mixed with honey water!

Merely a few thousand pounds of bear meat was enough for Wang Chen to feast on for a year and a half.

He had never expected such a windfall as he was about to leave.

This time, he would truly return home fully loaded!

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Here comes the second update.

PS: Caught a cold, feeling quite miserable, couldn't even buy Contac at the pharmacy, can only endure it with a few packs of Ban Lan Gen; there will be only two updates today, sorry for that.