When noon passed and the sun gradually sank to the west, Jiang Yan slowly woke up.

After some deep sleep and recuperation, his mental value has returned to 1.6. Although there is still a long way to go before full recovery, it doesn't matter anymore.

After this period of time, the blood crystal energy in his body had been completely refined. Jiang Yan asked the bee swarm to bring him more than 40 grams of ruby ​​blood crystals, and he swallowed them all without ceremony.

In the ruby ​​hive on the tree above his head, the bee colony still had a lot of ruby ​​blood crystals in stock, enough for him to spend a lot of time in a row.

However, considering future demand, Jiang Yan decided to stock up as much as possible. As for how to increase the stock of blood crystals? Of course, he would hunt exotic beasts. The main raw material for blood crystals comes from their flesh and blood.

The ruby ​​blood bee will collect materials to make food for the bee colony like ordinary bees. It has a unique transformation system in its body, which can refine and transform the absorbed flesh and blood of various alien animals to extract the best essence.

part, just like a processing factory, to make products like blood crystals.

Originally, after Jiang Yan hunted the exotic beasts, he always had some inconvenience when handling the prey. Due to his own weight, he could not pack up the entire prey and take it away. He could only spend a period of time digesting the flesh and blood of the alien beasts as quickly as possible. This seriously affected

Improve hunting efficiency.

But now with the Ruby Blood Bee, it is much more convenient.

Jiang Yan took down the basketball-sized hive of the Red Jade Blood Bee and stuffed it directly into the spare space in his backpack that was deliberately reserved for emergencies except for necessary supplies.

Although this suddenly increased the weight of the backpack a lot, Jiang Yan's cultivation level has improved a lot compared to when he first entered the Blackwood Forest. Especially after practicing the "Transformation of Blood Sutra", his body has been significantly enhanced, which allows him to easily

Even if the ground can bear this little weight, it will not have any adverse effect on the battle.

He released the Earth Scale Rats who had completed their mission back to freedom, and then took the Black Iron Eagle and the Red Jade Blood Bee together to sweep through the depths of the black wood forest, starting an unprecedentedly efficient hunt.

Compared to before, Jiang Yan's hunting process has become much easier now.

They used the Black Iron Eagle to conduct a large-scale exploration at high altitude, first locking the location of the prey, and then Jiang Yan rushed over with the Ruby Blood Bees. He drew his sword and fought for a while. At the same time, a large group of Ruby Blood Bees also flew over to cooperate with him.

When it comes to killing prey, it can even be said that the Red Jade Blood Bees are the main force. Their ferocious killing speed is much more effective than Jiang Yan. The prey will often die within half a minute of being surrounded.

Jiang Yan discovered that he only needed to use his sword to create multiple wounds on the prey, making it easier for the red jade blood bees to break through the prey's defense and attack into the prey's body. Then, without his efforts, the prey would be swarmed by the bees.

Solve it quickly.

Moreover, after hunting, there is almost no time to clean up the trophies. The flesh and blood of the prey surrounded by red jade blood bees will be 'harvested' completely by them. Only the claws, bones, scales and other materials are very hard and difficult to be harvested.

Only the parts that are digested and refined into blood crystals are spared.

And not every prey requires Jiang Yan to participate in hunting. Most of the time, he just runs around with the hive in his backpack, so that the red jade blood bees can spread out within a certain range around the hive.

Only when he occasionally encountered a few powerful and difficult beasts with thick armor would Jiang Yan need to work together to find the prey's weaknesses and break through its defensive armor.

Basically, Jiang Yan only needed to carry the hive around like a means of transportation. This relaxed and leisurely feeling made him think about finding a mount to make it easier for him.

Originally, when Jiang Yan needed to hunt by himself, he had no intention of finding a mount in order to make it easier for him to move covertly in the dark wood forest. But it was different now. He no longer needed to sneak and hide.

It happened that during this hunting, Jiang Yan saw from the perspective of the Black Iron Eagle a tall and handsome horse-shaped beast called the 'Red Horned Horse' with red horns on its head.

The red wildebeest has a relatively docile temperament, and its combat effectiveness ranks lower than other animals of the same level. However, it has excellent leg strength and good endurance. Because of its good strength and easy to tame, many generals in the human kingdom are very good at it.

Like to use this type of horse-shaped beast as a mount.

Because of these reasons, red wildebeests were once widely captured by human national forces. Nowadays, they are rarely seen in the wilds close to towns. There are mercenary guilds in Tianyun City who specialize in capturing red wildebeests alive.

The rewards for daily tasks are quite good.

Jiang Yan was obviously very lucky to be able to run into one here. Seeing that he was so happy, he simply rushed over and used his superpower to subdue the horse as a means of transportation.

"Uh, wait, does this guy have a mark of recognition engraved on his body?" After subduing, Jiang Yan noticed that on the red wildebeest's butt, there was a strange mark burned with a branding iron. It was in the shape of a flower vine wrapped around a handle.

Style of short sword.

Jiang Yan's photographic memory allowed Jiang Yan to easily recognize the origin of the pattern. It was the emblem of the Lord's Mansion of Tianyun City, which meant that the red-horned horse originally had an owner.

But according to Black Iron Eagle's investigation, there are no other humans nearby, indicating that this should be a lost red wildebeest.

"What? I thought it was rare to encounter a wild red wildebeest!"

Jiang Yan curiously patted the red horned horse's neck, then hung all his luggage on it. He also sat on it and rode it leisurely while leading the red jade blood bees around in search of prey. It seemed very relaxed.

Freehand brushwork.

Obviously, he wanted to take the red horned horse directly as his own.

As for its original owner? But who cares?

This red wildebeest has the fifth level of acquired strength. It was obviously well-bred in the past, and Jiang Yan would not give back what he got easily.

At worst, he would do some cover-up work. Anyway, with his skills as an alchemist, it would not be too difficult to remove the mark of recognition on the red wildebeest.

So Jiang Yan rode on the red wildebeest and continued to drive the swarm to hunt exotic animals in the depths of the dark forest.

The Ruby Blood Bees are centered on the hive, and their activity distance is more than ten kilometers away. If they are completely spread out, they can basically cover the entire range of the Black Iron Eagle's visual field of view at high altitudes. Unfortunately, the total number of Ruby Blood Bees is only a dozen or so.

Wan, if they are too dispersed, the swarm will be less lethal, so Jiang Yan only lets them hunt within a kilometer radius centered on himself.

In just half an hour, the bee swarm had hunted more than fifty exotic beasts, more than ten of which were at the fifth level or above. They had completed the 'collection' task outside, and batches of worker bees were covered in blood-red bodies.

They will fly back to the hive, and on the way, they will refine the flesh and blood of the alien beasts absorbed into the body, convert them into energy-rich and conducive to preservation of blood crystals, and then transport them back to the hive for storage.

"With such an all-out hunt, at this pace, it won't take long for the blood crystal inventory in the hive to be fully loaded!"

Jiang Yan is very satisfied with the working efficiency of the bee swarm. His own cultivation progress has been maintained at the best since he had a steady supply of blood crystals. Coupled with the foundation he laid before, his internal strength is now
Chapter completed!