It had been a day since I had fought the Black Wolf, and I can say that it was a bit uneventful, all things considered.
That period of time didn't have any epic fights or difficult decisions so far, though I did 'fight' a bunch of beasts, all weaker than the Black Wolf thankfully. Just a bunch of beasts that were more like normal animals than these qi-filled 'powerhouses'.
A couple of rabbits really. Nothing special about them. Still, they were admittedly delicious.
I was by that time fully regenerated from my fight with the Black Wolf, though I was still digesting its stupid body. Damn powerful beast bodies, always so hard, and I know for sure that eating a normal human would have resulted in them being digested in just a couple of hours since their consumption, since the rabbits got digested by my lower mouth in that time frame as well.
Currently, I was enjoying myself by seeing what I can do as a Thorny Alraune, and using qi to speed up the consumption of the Black Wolf's body, since it would be inconveniencing if it stayed for too long. I have a limited space capacities down there, you know? Just melt quickly please so that I can properly swallow any large beast that I might eat later.
Thus, I started testing some of my racial abilities as best as I could, since I was still a novice even now. A couple of days isn't enough to discover everything, but I believe I had a good progress.
At this point, I had managed to create tree branches, more vines, recreate my oversized leaves (it was far easier and less costly than I expected, really), and I found that I could pump more qi towards any fruit or vegetable I create, resulting in consumables that can regenerate my qi by a similar amount to the one I expended, though of course there is some minimal amount lost along the way.
Fascinating, I say. This might come in handy if I am low on energy, if I can stockpile them somewhere safe and immediately accessible to me.
Now though, I was in the middle of testing my control over my nectars, all kinds of them. My body, using my qi or the nutrients that I have, is capable of creating many types of nectars.
One is of course the healing type, the one that I used to heal myself against the wolf. This one is obviously potent since it could heal injuries like the ones I got in mere hours. Arguably, it's rather "slow," but hey. I won't complain about having this ability, but I will try to make stronger healing nectars if possible.
Another nectar I can generate is basically the poisonous nectar. I had also used this against the wolf, and it worked spectacularly. Generally speaking, I can create more potent versions depending on the types of poisons I can consume first, that's what my instincts tell me. Any poison I create, I am automatically immune to. Wether they are paralytic, sedatives, or just plain lethal poison, as long as I can create them, my body will be immune to them. Though in my current case, I can only create poisons from the plants and trees I eat, and maybe from some of the weaker poisonous beasts.
Thirdly, the 'joy' of every cultivator, or at least the male ones; aphrodisiacs. Oh, yes. These bad boys that usually get slipped into the drinks of jade beauty by the edgy male protagonist, so that he can bang her. "But it's because she has a unique yet self-damaging Yin physique and will die if she didn't get his Yang rod!" or so authors will claim to justify why they can't just write a scene where the two just are drunk or just have a fling and be done with it.
They are, from what I can feel, rather potent, though I will never drink or test them on myself even if I am also immune to them. Better not open that can of worms any time soon, to be honest. In fact, I will only use this if I ever end up fighting with hostile humans, and I had enough power to subdue them without problem, if I didn't kill them, that is. Hey, I would have to test the whole 'collect energy' thing at some point.
And finally, the simple, pure sweet nectar. This one isn't for healing, poisoning, or committing sex offenses. Just the old delicious nectar to consume. It might be full of nutrients, but it can only fill one's stomach. It could restore some stamina, but it couldn't heal or do anything special, like most foods in my previous life. I love it.
And thus, I had checked all four different nectars I can create. And now I was seeing how far I can use them, and where I can also secrete them.
Needless to say, the answer was; from many places.
My breasts, small as they are, can create nectars, of course, along with my vines and I found out that I can also generate the healing and poisonous nectars through both my mouths, and if I focused, I can also generate them from my eyes as well.
Warriors and Rankers would be very happy, I am sure. "A female beast whose misery can be literally sold and used as potions to surpass the heaven? Oh, this baby can take so much torture!" or so they'll say.
At least, if they aren't the occasional "good guys."
Still, despite my self-training, I did my best to generate really small doses of my nectars. Hopefully, nothing would go wrong if I am careful. The last thing I needed right now is facing a beast who might be even stronger than the Black Wolf.
... I jinxed myself, didn't I?
I felt like slapping myself as I quickly attached my roots to the earth, absorbing nutrients and water to revitalize myself as I felt a huge amount of qi moving my way. This oppenent easily surpassed me in qi alone by a dozen of times!
Actually, that isn't completely correct. My opponents easily surpassed me in qi. For it is a horde who is moving towards me!
'Damn. Did I get too careless again? Or was it just bad timing?' I thought as I bit my lips.
This... is not good. I can sense many qi signatures. easily dozens at least.
Individually, I felt that they were quite weaker than me, but combined, I was in a huge disadvantage even if I could defeat some of them. Quantity was a quality in its own way.
I don't think I could deal with dozens of enemies all around me at my current level, and this is without taking into account what kind of beasts they are.
Still, I forced myself to calm down, and breathed.
'No matter. I will still fight if I have to.' I thought.
The qi signatures kept moving closer, and I now could hear the buzzing sound as they approached.
I blinked.
'Wait, a buzzing?'
I focused a bit more, and yes, it was the sound of a loud buzz!
Now, that helped me find out the identity of my possible enemy. Most probably an insect-type beast, I think.
My mind started spinning with possibilities seeing this development. If they were insect-type beasts, ones that live in the forest and are relatively close to my area, where it is full of plants and flowers, then I believe I know what they can be.
I may be wrong, of course, but if I was correct, then I have an idea on how to deal with them. Hopefully in a way that doesn't end with me being killed.
Anticipation grows as the sound does, and I feel my body tensing as I hope that my guess is correct, and every second feels like a minute.
Finally, they appeared in all their glory, and I knew that I now have to deal with the next round of ferocious beasts who would probably love nothing more than to eat me, or suck me dry of all my sweet nectar; in all their hive-minded behaviour.
If I wanted to be pretentious or a bard, I would describe them as a horde of monsters that swallowed the light of sky with their numbers. Cruel monsters that would stop at nothing to satisfy their hunger for my nectar, wanting nothing but to rip me apart and feast on my organs, as their yellow and black bodies and wings buzzing as I hear my painful end.
In reality, they were thirty-six Worker Bees, they are, from what my instincts tell me, only Normal-ranked Level 1 beasts. They were oversized bees, each as large as my head, I felt quite glad about that. That means that if things worked well, I can survive this!
The Worker Bees saw me, their wings moving rapidly as they approached my body, and I could practically feel their hunger for me. Either that, or my nectar. I can't really be certain since they are beasts instead of the usual small bees I saw in my previous life.
I took a long breath before raising multiple vines, and used my qi that had increased a bit since I started cultivating a bit during the previous day.
My energy passed through the vines, as large golden drops were made. Pure essence of my nectar defying gravity as it stayed attached to the vines, and I looked expectantly at the horde of bees as they buzzed, yet stood unmoving in the air, probably speaking to each other on what to do.
'Yes, yes. Just take them and leave me alone.' I thought with hope in my heart. If they acted even remotely similar like the typical bees, then this should satisfy them!
A moment of silence had commenced, only interrupted with their buzzing and the sound of the wind moving the trees and the swaying of the leaves, before finally, a Worker Bee moved and consumed a bit of the nectar from the vine in front of it, before seemingly nodding to its coworkers before... uh what?
I looked uncertain of what they are doing. They seem to generate some thin and transparent membrane from their stingers to hold the nectar? Oh, it must be so they bring it to their colony then. At least I assume so.
One by one, they took some of my nectar before allowing the others to get a turn. Soon, I found myself having to generate more nectar because the vines had been emptied after two dozen Worker Bees had taken their fill.
Not that I minded, since generating this amount would barely take away a fifth of my total energy.
The buzzing increases as they look at me, and I don't really know what to decipher from their expressions. I tilted my head, practically asking them: "what now?"
The closest Worker Bee seems to look at me intently, before apparently nodding, if I understood that strange shaking of its body up and down.
And like that, they simply left me. On my own.
Huh. That actually happened.
My body relaxed as I give a sigh of relief.
Great! I survived this crisis! Now I can continue with my day!
With that, I decided to move around just a bit. That qi expenditure still tired me out, and I think I can do with some animals to feast on.
Soon, the next day had come, and surprisingly, I had awoken at the large sound of buzz all around me.
'Wait, don't tell me that the bees want to backstab me now?' my still sleepy mind thought as my upper body arose from the protective petals, my vines ready to defend myself as best as possible, as I opened my eyes...
The Worker Bees were indeed there, but they seemed to have lost some numbers as I noticed there are only twenty-five unlike the thirty-six like yesterday.
I noticed that they seemed rather... expectant. That's the only way I can put it. I strangely couldn't feel any hostility from them.
I then felt like they wanted me to see something behind me, and I decided to trust them, and turned around.
"Oh." My mouth opened as I saw what was behind me.
A bunch of rabbits and a small wolf, and... a bunch of dead Worker Bees?
I turned around, facing the horde, and pointed towards myself. "Mine?"
They buzzed louder, and I understood it as confirmation, before they moved towards my vines.
Oh, you cunning beasts.
They basically hunted a bunch of preys for me, in return they wanted me to give them some nectar! They even allowed me to feed on their dead companions!
Maybe they believed that I should get the corpses of their fallen instead of whatever that killed them, or they simply felt like it would be a better incentive for me to see their generosity!
Well, who am I to refuse that for now?
With that, I gladly gave the Worker Bees my sweet and normal nectar, mixed just a bit with the healing one.
Now while they gather their fill, I moved my free vines to consume the dead bodies.
"Thanks for the meal!" I waved with a smile as they left, while I stayed there to digest the many corpses I now have.
Oh, this would give me quite the power boost for sure, after I fully digest all of them!
Thanks a lot, Worker Bees!
It had been a day since I had fought the Black Wolf, and I can say that it was a bit uneventful, all things considered.
That period of time didn't have any epic fights or difficult decisions so far, though I did 'fight' a bunch of beasts, all weaker than the Black Wolf thankfully. Just a bunch of beasts that were more like normal animals than these qi-filled 'powerhouses'.
A couple of rabbits really. Nothing special about them. Still, they were admittedly delicious.
I was by that time fully regenerated from my fight with the Black Wolf, though I was still digesting its stupid body. Damn powerful beast bodies, always so hard, and I know for sure that eating a normal human would have resulted in them being digested in just a couple of hours since their consumption, since the rabbits got digested by my lower mouth in that time frame as well.
Currently, I was enjoying myself by seeing what I can do as a Thorny Alraune, and using qi to speed up the consumption of the Black Wolf's body, since it would be inconveniencing if it stayed for too long. I have a limited space capacities down there, you know? Just melt quickly please so that I can properly swallow any large beast that I might eat later.
Thus, I started testing some of my racial abilities as best as I could, since I was still a novice even now. A couple of days isn't enough to discover everything, but I believe I had a good progress.
At this point, I had managed to create tree branches, more vines, recreate my oversized leaves (it was far easier and less costly than I expected, really), and I found that I could pump more qi towards any fruit or vegetable I create, resulting in consumables that can regenerate my qi by a similar amount to the one I expended, though of course there is some minimal amount lost along the way.
Fascinating, I say. This might come in handy if I am low on energy, if I can stockpile them somewhere safe and immediately accessible to me.
Now though, I was in the middle of testing my control over my nectars, all kinds of them. My body, using my qi or the nutrients that I have, is capable of creating many types of nectars.
One is of course the healing type, the one that I used to heal myself against the wolf. This one is obviously potent since it could heal injuries like the ones I got in mere hours. Arguably, it's rather "slow," but hey. I won't complain about having this ability, but I will try to make stronger healing nectars if possible.
Another nectar I can generate is basically the poisonous nectar. I had also used this against the wolf, and it worked spectacularly. Generally speaking, I can create more potent versions depending on the types of poisons I can consume first, that's what my instincts tell me. Any poison I create, I am automatically immune to. Wether they are paralytic, sedatives, or just plain lethal poison, as long as I can create them, my body will be immune to them. Though in my current case, I can only create poisons from the plants and trees I eat, and maybe from some of the weaker poisonous beasts.
Thirdly, the 'joy' of every cultivator, or at least the male ones; aphrodisiacs. Oh, yes. These bad boys that usually get slipped into the drinks of jade beauty by the edgy male protagonist, so that he can bang her. "But it's because she has a unique yet self-damaging Yin physique and will die if she didn't get his Yang rod!" or so authors will claim to justify why they can't just write a scene where the two just are drunk or just have a fling and be done with it.
They are, from what I can feel, rather potent, though I will never drink or test them on myself even if I am also immune to them. Better not open that can of worms any time soon, to be honest. In fact, I will only use this if I ever end up fighting with hostile humans, and I had enough power to subdue them without problem, if I didn't kill them, that is. Hey, I would have to test the whole 'collect energy' thing at some point.
And finally, the simple, pure sweet nectar. This one isn't for healing, poisoning, or committing sex offenses. Just the old delicious nectar to consume. It might be full of nutrients, but it can only fill one's stomach. It could restore some stamina, but it couldn't heal or do anything special, like most foods in my previous life. I love it.
And thus, I had checked all four different nectars I can create. And now I was seeing how far I can use them, and where I can also secrete them.
Needless to say, the answer was; from many places.
My breasts, small as they are, can create nectars, of course, along with my vines and I found out that I can also generate the healing and poisonous nectars through both my mouths, and if I focused, I can also generate them from my eyes as well.
Warriors and Rankers would be very happy, I am sure. "A female beast whose misery can be literally sold and used as potions to surpass the heaven? Oh, this baby can take so much torture!" or so they'll say.
At least, if they aren't the occasional "good guys."
Still, despite my self-training, I did my best to generate really small doses of my nectars. Hopefully, nothing would go wrong if I am careful. The last thing I needed right now is facing a beast who might be even stronger than the Black Wolf.
... I jinxed myself, didn't I?
I felt like slapping myself as I quickly attached my roots to the earth, absorbing nutrients and water to revitalize myself as I felt a huge amount of qi moving my way. This oppenent easily surpassed me in qi alone by a dozen of times!
Actually, that isn't completely correct. My opponents easily surpassed me in qi. For it is a horde who is moving towards me!
'Damn. Did I get too careless again? Or was it just bad timing?' I thought as I bit my lips.
This... is not good. I can sense many qi signatures. easily dozens at least.
Individually, I felt that they were quite weaker than me, but combined, I was in a huge disadvantage even if I could defeat some of them. Quantity was a quality in its own way.
I don't think I could deal with dozens of enemies all around me at my current level, and this is without taking into account what kind of beasts they are.
Still, I forced myself to calm down, and breathed.
'No matter. I will still fight if I have to.' I thought.
The qi signatures kept moving closer, and I now could hear the buzzing sound as they approached.
I blinked.
'Wait, a buzzing?'
I focused a bit more, and yes, it was the sound of a loud buzz!
Now, that helped me find out the identity of my possible enemy. Most probably an insect-type beast, I think.
My mind started spinning with possibilities seeing this development. If they were insect-type beasts, ones that live in the forest and are relatively close to my area, where it is full of plants and flowers, then I believe I know what they can be.
I may be wrong, of course, but if I was correct, then I have an idea on how to deal with them. Hopefully in a way that doesn't end with me being killed.
Anticipation grows as the sound does, and I feel my body tensing as I hope that my guess is correct, and every second feels like a minute.
Finally, they appeared in all their glory, and I knew that I now have to deal with the next round of ferocious beasts who would probably love nothing more than to eat me, or suck me dry of all my sweet nectar; in all their hive-minded behaviour.
If I wanted to be pretentious or a bard, I would describe them as a horde of monsters that swallowed the light of sky with their numbers. Cruel monsters that would stop at nothing to satisfy their hunger for my nectar, wanting nothing but to rip me apart and feast on my organs, as their yellow and black bodies and wings buzzing as I hear my painful end.
In reality, they were thirty-six Worker Bees, they are, from what my instincts tell me, only Normal-ranked Level 1 beasts. They were oversized bees, each as large as my head, I felt quite glad about that. That means that if things worked well, I can survive this!
The Worker Bees saw me, their wings moving rapidly as they approached my body, and I could practically feel their hunger for me. Either that, or my nectar. I can't really be certain since they are beasts instead of the usual small bees I saw in my previous life.
I took a long breath before raising multiple vines, and used my qi that had increased a bit since I started cultivating a bit during the previous day.
My energy passed through the vines, as large golden drops were made. Pure essence of my nectar defying gravity as it stayed attached to the vines, and I looked expectantly at the horde of bees as they buzzed, yet stood unmoving in the air, probably speaking to each other on what to do.
'Yes, yes. Just take them and leave me alone.' I thought with hope in my heart. If they acted even remotely similar like the typical bees, then this should satisfy them!
A moment of silence had commenced, only interrupted with their buzzing and the sound of the wind moving the trees and the swaying of the leaves, before finally, a Worker Bee moved and consumed a bit of the nectar from the vine in front of it, before seemingly nodding to its coworkers before... uh what?
I looked uncertain of what they are doing. They seem to generate some thin and transparent membrane from their stingers to hold the nectar? Oh, it must be so they bring it to their colony then. At least I assume so.
One by one, they took some of my nectar before allowing the others to get a turn. Soon, I found myself having to generate more nectar because the vines had been emptied after two dozen Worker Bees had taken their fill.
Not that I minded, since generating this amount would barely take away a fifth of my total energy.
The buzzing increases as they look at me, and I don't really know what to decipher from their expressions. I tilted my head, practically asking them: "what now?"
The closest Worker Bee seems to look at me intently, before apparently nodding, if I understood that strange shaking of its body up and down.
And like that, they simply left me. On my own.
Huh. That actually happened.
My body relaxed as I give a sigh of relief.
Great! I survived this crisis! Now I can continue with my day!
With that, I decided to move around just a bit. That qi expenditure still tired me out, and I think I can do with some animals to feast on.
Soon, the next day had come, and surprisingly, I had awoken at the large sound of buzz all around me.
'Wait, don't tell me that the bees want to backstab me now?' my still sleepy mind thought as my upper body arose from the protective petals, my vines ready to defend myself as best as possible, as I opened my eyes...
The Worker Bees were indeed there, but they seemed to have lost some numbers as I noticed there are only twenty-five unlike the thirty-six like yesterday.
I noticed that they seemed rather... expectant. That's the only way I can put it. I strangely couldn't feel any hostility from them.
I then felt like they wanted me to see something behind me, and I decided to trust them, and turned around.
"Oh." My mouth opened as I saw what was behind me.
A bunch of rabbits and a small wolf, and... a bunch of dead Worker Bees?
I turned around, facing the horde, and pointed towards myself. "Mine?"
They buzzed louder, and I understood it as confirmation, before they moved towards my vines.
Oh, you cunning beasts.
They basically hunted a bunch of preys for me, in return they wanted me to give them some nectar! They even allowed me to feed on their dead companions!
Maybe they believed that I should get the corpses of their fallen instead of whatever that killed them, or they simply felt like it would be a better incentive for me to see their generosity!
Well, who am I to refuse that for now?
With that, I gladly gave the Worker Bees my sweet and normal nectar, mixed just a bit with the healing one.
Now while they gather their fill, I moved my free vines to consume the dead bodies.
"Thanks for the meal!" I waved with a smile as they left, while I stayed there to digest the many corpses I now have.
Oh, this would give me quite the power boost for sure, after I fully digest all of them!
Thanks a lot, Worker Bees!
