Chapter 93

Slowly cutting open the beehive and searching carefully, Wenlong soon discovered a queen bee inside. He then carefully caught the queen bee and opened the beehive he had prepared and placed it in the hive. As the queen bee moved, the other wild mountain bees began to follow her into the hive and quickly settled down in the artificial hive.

However, Wenlong noticed that some of the wild mountain bees in the original beehive did not follow the queen bee and instead continued to stay in the damaged beehive, which made him feel puzzled.

"Could there be more than one queen bee in this beehive? Meow?"

According to the knowledge Wenlong had, there is usually only one queen bee in a beehive. Most of the time, if two queen bees coexist, it will lead to conflict, and the battle often ends with the death of one of them. Sometimes, an old queen bee to avoid conflict with a new queen bee will take some worker bees and drones to leave the beehive and establish a new one elsewhere, but this is not a common occurrence.

With this suspicion, Wenlong continued to cut the wild mountain beehive with a small knife. Sure enough, he soon found another queen bee. He caught this queen bee and placed it in another hive. The remaining wild mountain bees quickly followed and occupied the second hive.

"Really good luck, to have two queen bees from the start. And it's said that these wild mountain bees have a strong reproductive ability, so it shouldn't take long for these hives to be filled again, meow!"

Seeing the wild mountain bees in the two hives already adapting to their new environment, Wenlong felt quite satisfied, even imagining the golden honey flowing continuously from the hives.

Looking around, the hillside was full of flowers, the best raw material for wild mountain bees to make honey. The worker bees, having adapted to the new environment, had already started busily collecting nectar.

"Hmm, the plan to make homemade honey is going well. The honey from wild mountain bees is much better than ordinary honey and is more effective for medicinal purposes. Selling it at a good price shouldn't be a problem. Next, I need to consider the issue of planting crops... meow."

Leaving the hillside covered with flowers, Wenlong came to the already cultivated farmland at the foot of the mountain. It must be said that Dahu and Xiaohui were very diligent. They had already finished cultivating about one acre of land in one day.

"Alright, now I'll give you the seeds. It's getting late today, so you can plant these crops early tomorrow, meow," Wenlong said to Dahu and Xiaohui.

"Absolutely, Hero! Meow!" Dahu and Xiaohui said in unison.

Wenlong handed a large bag to Dahu, who opened it and found several smaller bags inside, each containing different types of plants or seeds.

"Hero, what are these seeds?" Dahu asked.

"Inside are a bag of medicinal herbs, a bag of dye fruits, a bag of sticky grass, and five Power Seeds and five Endurance Seeds. Do you know how to plant these crops? Meow?"

"No problem, Hero!" Xiaohui said, "In just a few days, you'll see the results, meow!"

"Just a few days...? This is much faster than on Earth..." Wenlong thought.

Indeed, in the game, planted crops would grow, flower, and bear fruit by the time the player returned from hunting. Wenlong hadn't expected that the plants in this world would grow so quickly in reality.

But then Wenlong thought, since this world has ancient dragons as large as city walls, it makes sense that the plants grow faster than on Earth.

"Alright, that's good. I look forward to your performance, meow." Saying this, Wenlong stroked his whiskers.

At that moment, Wenlong suddenly noticed a pile of dark brown soil at the edge of the field, which made him curious.

"Hey, Dahu, Xiaohui, what is that dark brown soil? Meow?"

Dahu said, "Report, Hero, that's the river mud from the nearby river. It was washed to the shore during the morning tide, and Xiaohui and I collected it in the afternoon, meow!"

Xiaohui also said, "This river mud is rich in humus and is a good fertilizer for crops, meow!"

"I see..." Wenlong nodded.

"I didn't expect you to have even prepared the fertilizer for planting. It seems I should give you some reward, meow."

Saying this, Wenlong started to dig into his pocket.

Dahu: "Hero, this is what we should do. How can we dare to ask for a reward? Meow!"

Xiaohui: "Hero, just give us orders. We didn't come here for rewards, meow!"

Although Dahu and Xiaohui refused, Wenlong still took out the items from the bag. As soon as he did, Dahu and Xiaohui's eyes widened.

"Is... is this... Catnip? Meow?" Dahu and Xiaohui said in unison.

"Oh, so you both recognize this. Then I'll give it to you as a reward, meow."

Wenlong took out two Catnip plants from the bag and gave one to Dahu and one to Xiaohui. Although they kept saying "no, no," their bodies obediently accepted the Catnip.

"Hero, you gave us such valuable things, we can't repay you! Meow!"

"We will work even harder to repay you, Hero, meow!"

"Alright, as long as you work hard, there will be more rewards in the future, meow," Wenlong said.

But Wenlong thought to himself, "Indeed, all Neko are interested in Catnip. Maybe I should try it one day and see what it feels like."

Seeing that it was getting late, Wenlong told Dahu and Xiaohui to rest, but they seemed unwilling to rest and instead lit torches at the edge of the newly cultivated field and began planting without delay.

Seeing Dahu and Xiaohui work so hard, Wenlong didn't say much and returned to the cave with Catherine.

Although Dahu and Xiaohui were also arranged to stay in the cave, the spacious cave did not feel crowded at all.

Wenlong and Catherine lived in a relatively spacious area deep in the cave, while Dahu and Xiaohui were given a position near the entrance. There, two beds made of wild boar fur were laid out, which were Dahu and Xiaohui's bedrooms.