Chapter 76: Immune to All Poisons, Bee Nectar in Hand

He Pingsheng dared not approach the cave entrance where the tiger-striped golden bees gathered, instead circling around it.

After slaying five golden bees, he summoned his paper crane, leapt off the cliff atop it, and headed toward where he had set his array.

Back within the array, He Pingsheng took out the five golden bee corpses and carefully cut each one apart.

The tiger-striped golden bees were large, each as big as a finger.

Thus, the poison cores extracted from each bee were about the size of a soybean, a vivid green.

Five poison cores!

Let’s try!

He Pingsheng placed the poison cores into a jade vial, then pulled out the emerald-green jade slip.

Nine Poisons Forge Golden Body.

The first step was not to swallow the poison cores, but to master the Qi Refining section of the Nine Poisons Forge Golden Body.

Body Refinement differs from Qi Refining.

All Qi Refining techniques draw external spiritual energy into the skin and flesh, then into the meridians, where it is refined and finally gathered in the dantian.

Body Refinement is not!

Body Refinement techniques circulate not through meridians, but through blood vessels.

Absorb all toxins into the blood vessels, then refine them along specific pathways.

After refinement, the toxins merge into one’s flesh and blood.

This both forges the flesh, muscles, and bones, and achieves immunity to all poisons.

So, first one must learn to circulate the blood vessels.

After about half a day, He Pingsheng could smoothly circulate his blood vessels according to the Nine Poisons Forge Golden Body method.

At that moment, without hesitation, he swallowed one poison core.

The poison core entered his mouth, descended into his stomach, and dissolved there.

Eventually, the toxins were absorbed by the blood in his stomach and transferred into his blood vessels.

He Pingsheng felt his entire body go numb from the poison.

He could not even walk.

Fortunately, he could guide the blood vessel circulation with his spiritual sense.

Boom… boom…

Within his body, the blood vessels, already following their original path, now shifted slightly under his guidance.

Carrying countless toxins, he traveled through every part of his body with the flow of blood.

Once!

Twice!

Three times!

At sunset, after spending more than half a day, He Pingsheng finally refined all the toxins from his blood.

“Puh…” He suddenly spat out a stream of green smoke.

Nine Poisons Forge Golden Body, Qi Refining Stage One, complete!

“So I’m immune to all poisons now?”

He Pingsheng was pleasantly surprised.

He hadn’t expected that melting just one tiny poison core would grant him immunity to all poisons.

Of course, this so-called immunity to all poisons did not mean true immunity to every poison.

He could only resist all toxins of his own realm.

If a Foundation Establishment-level poison attacked, He Pingsheng would still be unable to withstand it.

“Again…”

He Pingsheng did not rashly charge toward the hive.

He stayed put, sat cross-legged again, and continued refining the poison cores.

In one night, he fused three of the remaining four poison cores.

His poison resistance strengthened further.

And due to progress in this Body Refinement technique, He Pingsheng now felt increased resilience in his skin.

“Truly miraculous…” He Pingsheng touched his skin, stepped out of the array into the morning sun.

It was time to test this so-called immunity to all poisons.

He summoned his paper crane and in an instant leapt a hundred zhang down the cliff, landing at the entrance of the tiger-striped golden bee hive.

Buzz… buzz… buzz… buzz…

Immediately, a golden bee the size of a finger flew straight at He Pingsheng.

He did not dodge, nor did he kill the bee.

He let the bee bite his neck.

After biting once, the tiger-striped golden bee flew away.

It did not fly three zhang before falling to the ground with a thud, dead.

After stinging, the golden bee itself dies.

He Pingsheng felt almost nothing.

He only felt a brief pain on his neck when the bee bit him.

Then it was gone.

Not a trace of poisoning.

“Truly incredible…” He took a deep breath and murmured: “I’m actually immune to the poison of a Level One beast!”

At this point, He Pingsheng had no further worries.

He moved his foot, his body turning into a gust of wind as he walked into the cave.

“Open…”

As he walked, his fire-element spiritual energy surged, instantly forming three fire crows that circled around him.

First, to provide light.

After all, Qi Refining disciples had weak spiritual senses; sight was far more direct than spiritual sense.

Second, to offer slight defense against the golden bees.

Golden bees fear fire!

After advancing several dozen zhang, a large swarm of golden bees surged out and flew toward He Pingsheng.

Though he now possessed immunity to all poisons, seeing the dense swarm still made his heart tremble.

So He Pingsheng immediately pulled out a talisman: the Stonehard Talisman.

The Stonehard Talisman was strengthened from a Rank One Earth Shield Talisman.

Its defensive power was even greater than his previous Green Wood Shield.

He charged forward under the Stonehard Talisman’s protection.

The golden bees densely covered the entire talisman; He Pingsheng now had to rely on his spiritual sense to judge direction.

After advancing another hundred zhang, He Pingsheng smelled an unusual fragrance.

Then, a massive hive appeared before him.

Inside the hive were honey and bee nectar.

Boom!

He Pingsheng deliberately dismissed the Stonehard Talisman, and the dense swarm of golden bees swarmed him without hesitation.

He ignored them completely, reaching out to collect the bee nectar.

There was plenty of honey, but very little bee nectar.

He ignored the honey, taking only the bee nectar inside—enough to fill about one gourd.

The gourd was large; when he lifted it, it weighed about ten catties.

Let’s go…

He Pingsheng reactivated the Stonehard Talisman, swept up the thousands of golden bee corpses on the ground, and shot into the sky on his paper crane, returning to his defensive array.

At this point, his entire body was swollen.

Due to the swelling, his facial features were distorted.

Though immune to all poisons, the sheer number of golden bee stings had not killed him, but they had caused this reaction.

He Pingsheng sat cross-legged within his array and circulated his blood according to the Nine Poisons Forge Golden Body method for two full cycles; the swelling vanished completely.

Now, He Pingsheng had time to take out the gourd of tiger-striped golden bee nectar.

Heavy!

A large gourd.

This gourd was originally an ordinary item used by common folk; He Pingsheng carried it merely for convenience in fetching water.

After all, one never knew when one might need to brew elixirs.

Now it was perfectly suited to hold the bee nectar.

He opened the gourd—it was nearly full of white bee nectar.

He Pingsheng scooped up a drop and placed it in his mouth.

The taste of the bee nectar was unique.

It was slightly sour, slightly sweet, yet also had a bitter, unpleasant aftertaste.

Yet within these flavors lingered a strange fragrance.

A powerful floral and fruity scent.