After all one hundred and fifty-six Demon Bees suspected to be "Skyfrost Cold Bees" were collected, Zhou Chun finally took a breath of relief and couldn't help but reveal a smile.
Indeed, everything was as he had expected. When faced with the attack of deadly cold Qi, the "Moon Toad Pearl" Spiritual Treasure indeed automatically protected its owner.
And judging by the actions of this Spiritual Treasure, it seemed to also enjoy absorbing and devouring various types of cold Qi.
This mutual benefit was cause for great joy for both parties.
At this time, taking a glance inward at the white Treasure Bead that had returned to his Dantian Qi Sea, Zhou Chun stacked the pile of jade boxes on the ground into a large wooden chest and personally carried it toward the depths of the Snow Valley.
On the Heaven and Earth Strange Insects List, the vast majority of mystical insects are very particular about their habitats.
Even some insects have gone extinct simply because they could no longer find a suitable habitat.
Without a suitable habitat, Demon Insects will not die, but they can no longer reproduce. Their insect eggs require specific environmental conditions to hatch and grow normally.
"Skyfrost Cold Bees," these mystical insects, were not as picky about their habitats as those extinct species, but not just any place with ice and snow would suffice for them to build nests and settle.
According to the records in the Heaven and Earth Strange Insects List, the nests of these peculiar insects are usually located in places where extremely cold Qi gathers. The "Skyfrost Cold Qi" within their bodies needs to draw cold Qi to refine and enhance their potency.
Therefore, wherever the "Skyfrost Cold Bees" build their nests, it must undoubtedly be precious terrain.
Zhou Chun was now in search of this precious location to see if there were other gains to be had.
Because there was the sound of wing flutters when the Demon Bees appeared, Zhou Chun followed the direction they came from and soon made a discovery.
He saw on one side of the deep Snow Valley, a cave had been excavated out of a cliff, with icicles hanging near the entrance.
The area of the cave was not particularly large, just a bit bigger than a dog hole, and Zhou Chun couldn't enter.
However, with a sweep of his Divine Sense, he already knew what was inside.
One could see that about a hundred yards into the mountain through the cave was a hall dug out by the Demon Bees. The hall was two to three dozen feet high and nearly two dozen feet wide, inside was the Demon Bee's nest.
The structure of the Demon Bee's nest was similar to a regular hornet's nest, a white color overall, resembling a finely carved exquisite treasure, like a stunning piece of art.
Above the beehive was a large white jade stone, upon which the entire beehive was affixed upside down.
At this moment, there were some white juvenile bees the size of thumbs moving around in the beehive, and a substantially large Bee King along with several male bees were stationed within the nest.
"There are actually juvenile bees!"
A look of joy crossed his face, and after pondering for a moment while looking at the cave, Zhou Chun quickly made a decision.
He smacked the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist and released nearly half of the surviving "Mystical Armor Golden Feathers" he possessed.
During the previous battle with the silver-robed young man, Wang Jun, in the Great Zhou Kingdom, eighty to ninety percent of his "Mystical Armor Golden Feathers" were lost in the fight, with only those that transformed into insect armor protecting him surviving.
These Demon Insects were all mature and the foundation for Zhou Chun to cultivate this type of insect again in the future.
However, now that he had the Demon Bees suspected to be "Skyfrost Cold Bees," these insects were honestly not much to his liking anymore.
And the performance of these Demon Insects, when they emerged from his Spirit Beast Pouch, further solidified his determination to replace them.
These insects flew chaotically without his command as soon as they came out, much like headless flies, all moving away from the cave where the Demon Bee nest was located, as if there was some terrifying beast inside.
Such a lackluster performance truly caused Zhou Chun to frown deeply.
This situation was recorded in the Classics; it is said that some mystical insects from ancient times carry remnants of wild Qi in their bloodline, which exerts a deterrence on many lower-level Demon Insects, much like the domineering pressure of a Flood Dragon's aura does on ordinary Demon Beasts.
Since Demon Insects rely on pheromones to sense the outside world, this type of deterrence is fatal.
Generally speaking, in places with wild mystical insects, there won't be space for other Demon Insects to survive nearby; they will also actively kill any Demon Insects that approach their nest.
Knowing this, Zhou Chun suddenly released the "Mystical Armor Golden Feathers" with the intent to send a signal to the Demon Bees within the nest, enticing them to come out voluntarily.
But understanding this was one thing; seeing the deplorable performance of the "Mystical Armor Golden Feathers" firsthand, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.
After all, he had put some effort into cultivating this type of Demon Insect over the years, expending quite a lot of resources, and he initially had high hopes for them.
At this moment, Zhou Chun suddenly realized why the Insect Cultivator Han Yuan had been so relentlessly pursuing the strange insects listed in the Heaven and Earth Strange Insects List.
Han Yuan must understand even better than him the fundamental differences between ordinary Demon Insects and those extraordinary ones.
At this point, Zhou Chun could only rely on his status as their master, assisting with an Insect Expelling Technique, to calm the insects down forcibly and have them release their pheromones to mark the outside.
This kind of marking was like wild animals urinating within their territory, a very serious provocation.