A Druid Also Can Cultivate

Chapter 492: Chapter 402: Demon Suppression Hall

Now, the Nine Star Sea Realms have become something completely different.

First, Qi Ping skillfully balanced grace and power. After offering numerous benefits and rewards, he demonstrated formidable methods, not only suppressing those who intended to stir up trouble but also laying the foundation for a stable environment and mobilizing the immense drive of all the cultivators.

On this foundation of stability and peace, the Cyan Divine Army and Cyan Origin Academy joined forces to rapidly create a clear system of rewards and penalties, a comprehensive industry and development system, and a talent cultivation and promotion system....

With this method gradually taking shape, it was evident that top talents would soon emerge in the Nine Star Sea Realms, significantly advancing their development.

Especially those who were once leaders or elders compared the current state of the Nine Star Sea Realms to their former sects and quickly calculated that, in time, the development of the Nine Star Sea Realms would explosively surpass their former sects.

If they started on the same level, the Nine Star Sea Realms would undoubtedly quickly outstrip any place in terms of combat power and wealth resources!

Under such a system, not only would talents be continuously unearthed, but even those of average ability would be propelled to higher levels!

More terrifyingly, once unearthed, these people would swiftly be applied to the construction and development of the industrial base.

Take spirit agriculture as an example; there are dedicated groups for spirit field reclamation, spiritual fertilizer research, spiritual medicine cultivation, spirit soil formulations, industry layout, and supply-demand research...and so on.

Any technological breakthrough in any of these areas would quickly be applied to the spiritual agriculture industry of the Nine Star Sea Realms, significantly increasing the yield of spirit agriculture.

With abundant rewards as an inducement and sufficient channels for display, most cultivators involved would be driven to the best of their abilities.

Some cultivators would even absolutely contribute their exclusive recipes for the rewards!

In such a state, it wouldn’t take long for the spirit agriculture of the Nine Star Sea Realms to develop to an unprecedented level!

This is infinitely wiser than most cultivators working alone.

In short, given enough time, the Nine Star Sea Realms would develop to a level that would astonish the Immortal Cultivation Realm!

Yet, while many people could see the advantages of this method, only the Nine Star Sea Realms under Bee Daoist’s leadership could achieve this level.

In any region attempting this, numerous obstacles would arise.

The hardliners with vested interests are unwilling to compromise.

Where would the massive spirit stone funds needed for industry development come from? Would they be embezzled?

Would key positions be taken by connections?

Would newcomers be suppressed?

...There are too many issues.

Only with the strong support of industrial development and Qi Ping, as an Earth Immortal, could everything be suppressed and attention paid to the detailed needs of industry development.

Managers like Lin Yue could be heavily relied upon, which is also a unique charisma of Bee Daoist.

This is the first time they’ve seen a ruler with such broad vision and capability.

"Senior Bee Daoist is truly a rare character throughout the ages, and it is indeed the Star Sea Continent’s fortune to have such a figure at this crucial juncture!"

This is what most people think.

...

At this moment, Qi Ping was unaware that many had elevated his image to an incomparably glorious level.

If he knew, he might be somewhat bemused, because he wasn’t like that at all. He was a selfish person, not so broad-minded, and everything he did was merely for greater power and to protect the home needed for his cultivation.

If he had any merit, it was that he genuinely hoped that, when able, the cultivators and ordinary people on this home of his could live better lives, free from class oppression, where ordinary cultivators could get some return for their contributions and have the right to live a happy life.

Of course, contributing to the development of the Nine Star Sea Realms is also necessary, and it is necessary for survival anywhere. What he’s doing is merely eliminating non-contributing parasites and ensuring that working cultivators receive their due rewards.

Now Qi Ping returned to the side of the Seven-Colored Ancestral Vein, utilizing the Dao Rhymes within, while contemplating his development on the Path of Earth Immortal and the Path of Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings.

Though the period of rapid power growth had passed, his strength continued to grow because the transformation of the spirit vein hadn’t stopped, and the Nine Star Sea Realms were slowly growing stronger.

However, what astonished Qi Ping the most was the development of the Path of Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings. At this moment, using the power of the Path of Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings and his abilities as an Earth Immortal Druid, he was intensely observing the development and state of each region of the Nine Star Sea Realms.

The vitality and vigor showcased by the Nine Star Sea Realms at this moment was what astonished him the most!

Especially now that all the cultivators were diligently developing the industries of the Nine Star Sea Realms, unleashing an incredible potential for life.

This potential for life, in a mysterious way, also nourished his Path of Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings.

It seemed that this state had a crucial role in pushing his understanding of this path forward.

"It seems that this planning was indeed not a mistake!"

This time, he let the Cyan Divine Army and Cyan Origin Academy manage all the affairs of the Nine Star Sea Realms, partly to gain enough prestige and authority for them and to discover talents within.

More importantly, Qi Ping wanted to see to what extent the potential of a region could be stimulated.

What level could the development of productivity reach by maximizing the potential of cultivators?

In the past, Qi Ping always felt that the advantage of cultivators wasn’t fully utilized. Most cultivators’ efforts were spent either in closed-door cultivation or risking their lives to seize resources.

Or they were suppressing newcomers to maintain their interests.

Such a state was simply wasting the capabilities of cultivators.

Some places could have been developed into spirit fields, but weren’t....

When he was an ordinary cultivator, he had neither had anyone teaching planting techniques nor anyone selling good spiritual fertilizers, and families kept what little good techniques they had hidden...

Such waste of resources in all aspects!

In Qi Ping’s view, the potential of this world was far beyond that!

And judging by the current state, his choice was indeed correct. The prosperity of Qingtian Realm now also proves this point.

"Let me see what level the development of productivity can reach when the energy of all cultivators on the Star Sea Continent is unleashed to the fullest!"

"I also want to see if, under my rule, I can establish a strong world that grows steadily, a home truly satisfying to people..."

This path is tied to the development of his Path of Heaven and Earth and All Living Beings.

He has a premonition that the key to perfecting this Daoist technique lies in how strong the living system of this world can become.

What he needs to do now is to use the Star Sea Continent as a template, understanding all its key aspects and details.

"Following the current trend of development, the issue of the side effects of nurturing spirit veins with spiritual essence from corpses should be solvable...."

According to Qi Ping’s current understanding, nurturing spirit veins with spiritual essence from corpses can indeed rapidly enhance the spirit veins, but it has an unignorable drawback, which is that using corpses to nurture spirit veins is like killing the hen to get the eggs....

Spirit veins are the core of any world, rooted in the strength of living beings. If many cultivators fall, over time, the spirit veins would be like a tree lacking nutrients and slowly wither.

The recent great battle resulted in the deaths of many high-level cultivators on the Star Sea Continent, and to say there was no impact would be impossible.

Qi Ping was naturally aware of these effects but had no choice; otherwise, he’d face even more unsolvable challenges.

The only way Qi Ping could think of to resolve this side effect is to maximize the use of available resources, then replenish the lost combat power in the shortest time!