Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar

In the training room, Hong Yuan sat on the Taoist Mat with his eyes tightly closed, piles of Energy Stones stacked before him.

Before long, all the Energy Stones in front of Hong Yuan turned to powder and dispersed with the wind.

Hong Yuan slowly opened his eyes. He stretched out his hand, and three Sting Bee Worms flew out of his Aperture.

Watching the three Sting Bee Worms fly freely in mid-air, Hong Yuan fell into deep thought.

The Energy Stones are gone, and the resources needed for various Cultivation Techniques have stopped coming. My training speed is getting slower and slower, hardly increasing my proficiency at all throughout the day. This can't go on.

It's time to refine another batch of Worms to gain a huge amount of blacksmith proficiency. Then I can advance to a second-tier blacksmith and earn more Energy Stones.

Thinking of this, Hong Yuan looked at the two sets of materials for refining Rapid Bee Worms and nine sets of materials for refining Sting Bee Worms in his storage bag.

This was his chance to reach the second tier as a blacksmith.

Refining Worms was like drawing cards; success was never guaranteed, and Hong Yuan didn't always manage to produce a first-tier Sting Bee Worm. He also experienced moments of refining failure, where his efforts were utterly in vain.

These were all the materials Hong Yuan had collected so far. If he couldn't successfully advance to a second-tier blacksmith after using them all up, he would have to wait for the next material collection.

As for the next material collection... His next opportunity would be during next month's Moon Bath or the Sect's Grand Competition. If he waited until then, he would waste a whole month.

Waiting another month for no reason was truly regrettable.

「...」

A week passed in a flash.

Soon, it was time to collect the monthly stipend.

In a small room within the A06 Workshop.

"Yuan, your monthly stipend this month is ninety-two Energy Stones. But don't be discouraged. Next month, I'll assign you some higher-value tasks so you can make up for this month's loss," Zhu Wushang said, gently patting Hong Yuan's shoulder to prevent him from worrying too much.

"I understand, Senior Brother," Hong Yuan replied with a smile.

After bidding farewell to his Senior Brother, Hong Yuan set off towards the trading market.

He used these ninety-two Energy Stones to purchase many miscellaneous items to aid in Worm refining.

After his trip, Hong Yuan had only sixty-two Energy Stones left in his storage bag.

「...」

The following morning, a fully prepared Hong Yuan set out for the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range.

The maple leaves on the mountain were dyed red by the autumn wind, and fallen yellow leaves blanketed the muddy path. Stepping on the dead leaves produced a rustling sound.

When Hong Yuan arrived at the outer area of the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range, he saw many miscellaneous disciples in gray robes. These miscellaneous disciples cast envious glances at Hong Yuan's blue robe.

"That Senior Brother in the blue robe in the distance must be one of the legendary practicing disciples. I hear they don't worry about food or drink and can freely pick tasks..."

"Don't get any ideas. The Senior Brothers who become practicing disciples are all geniuses. Er Gou, you should just focus with me on quietly accumulating enough points first."

"Things change. Thirty years on the east bank, thirty years on the west bank..."

"Ah, right, right! Come with me quickly, I think I saw Star Luster Grass!"

The two miscellaneous disciples chatted as they quickly dashed towards the distant poplar forest.

Atop the cliffs and over the grassy plains, a fully armed Hong Yuan stood alone, overlooking the miscellaneous disciples below who were fighting desperately with their standard-issue Miao Blades.

Has the trial for the miscellaneous disciples started again?

Witnessing this scene, Hong Yuan felt a stir in his heart.

He had originally planned to continue Worm refining in the previous cave, but now it seemed he needed to delve deeper into the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range and find a new, suitable location. Otherwise, being disturbed by external conditions during Worm refining would be far from ideal. After all, the Worm refining method he used was the man-made Worm refining method, not the legendary natural Worm refining method. Even a slight disturbance could lead to failure.

"Come out."

With a thought from Hong Yuan, three Sting Bee Worms immediately flew out of his human Aperture.

The basket at his feet buzzed, and more than two hundred Tiger Head Bees flew out, following the flight path of the Sting Bee Worms.

The Bee Soldier legion had returned to the martial world!

BUZZ. BUZZ. BUZZ.

The Bee Soldiers quickly formed a Circular Array around Hong Yuan, protecting him within it. This chapter was made possible by the community at MV|LEM|PYR.

Along the rugged mountain path, Hong Yuan led his Bee Soldier legion in search of a suitable location for Worm refining.

Perhaps it was the loud buzzing of the Bee Soldiers' wings that attracted the attention of fierce beasts from all directions in the mountains. However, ultimately, only ranked Demon Beasts dared to attack Hong Yuan.

When Hong Yuan stepped into the inner layer of the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range, two black and yellow wild boars, drawn by the sound, angrily charged toward him.

Dust swept up, and dead leaves flew about.

Mere first-tier Demon Beasts dare to act so audaciously before me... Hong Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

With a light wave of his hand, the three Sting Bee Worms led the Tiger Head Bees into a cone formation, whizzing past.

Ever since his last experience in the Ten Thousand Beast Cave Heaven, Hong Yuan had been devoting some time to studying military formations—he hadn't just been idling in the Book Pavilion!

The cone formation was a classic offensive formation. With the three Sting Bee Worms at its vanguard, the cone formation's spearhead was sharp and swift, its flanks strong and powerful, making it extremely aggressive!

Facing such a fierce assault from opponents of the same tier, the two charging wild boars had no time to react before the Sting Bee Worms pierced through their heads.

The two wild boars immediately went from charging to skidding on their knees, plowing several white marks through the muddy ground.

Hong Yuan, with a sideways leap, gracefully dodged the wild boars' impact.

BOOM!

Both wild boars simultaneously crashed into a camphor tree, their tusks digging straight into it, causing the tree to shake and shed many dry leaves.

"Eat them," Hong Yuan commanded the Sting Bee Worms.

The Bee Soldiers immediately turned and pounced on the two wild boars, which hadn't completely cooled down yet, and began to devour them.

「...」

On the other side of the inner layer of the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range.

In the dense jungle and thickets, Spirit Beast Hall Disciple Xu Haisheng was helping his Junior Sister, Xiao Youjun, control her tamed Moonlight Fox, while also capturing Demon Beasts for himself.

Since the last battle in the Ten Thousand Beast Cave Heaven, the number of beasts Xu Haisheng commanded had sharply decreased. Even his second-tier Lightning Wolf leader had been killed by True Disciple Zhu Wenlan. Xu Haisheng's group of tamed beasts was reduced to only a second-tier Chase Wind Eagle and seven Lightning Wolves, his strength greatly diminished!

Originally, Xu Haisheng could have ranked in the top five among the practicing disciples of the Beast Taming Hall, but after that battle, his ranking plummeted to the top thirty. Unfortunately, the Sect's Grand Competition was just a month away, and for the sake of cultivation resources, Xu Haisheng had to participate.

Therefore, Xu Haisheng had recently been spending his time in the Phoenix Creek Mountain Range capturing Lightning Wolf and Chase Wind Eagle Demon Beasts.

"Youjun, without the aid of a moonlit environment, the strikes from the Moonlight Foxes aren't enough to break through the Iron Backed Lizard's outer armor. You should first have the Bamboo Leaf Greens attack to damage its armor," Xu Haisheng instructed Xiao Youjun.

"Okay," Xiao Youjun responded, then slapped the small Beast Control Bag at her waist, activating her internal Cultivation Technique.

A Bamboo Leaf Green hopped out from the Beast Control Bag, landed on the withered yellow grass, and stood upright, eyeing the Iron Backed Lizard.

Under Xiao Youjun's command, this Bamboo Leaf Green quickly pounced toward the Iron Backed Lizard.