A Druid Also Can Cultivate

Chapter 516: Chapter 414: Wood Immortal Old Woman

Qi Ping didn’t know whether his choice was right or wrong, he was just very afraid of death, cautiousness and survival were ingrained in his bones.

The more he understood this world, the more he could perceive the meaning of the world treating all things as straw dogs.

So, in situations where right or wrong couldn’t be determined, he would definitely choose this path.

Perhaps this world wasn’t as dangerous and dark as imagined, and there was no need to view it with conspiracy theories. Perhaps there truly were seniors striving forward for the sake of all beings... Just like the current Nine Star Sea Realms, Qi Ping was sure that if there were no external threats, this would be a truly good era! Within the Nine Star Sea Realms, people like Lin Yue, Wang He, and Meng Tianxing were true leaders and seniors with the people’s welfare at heart.

In this aspect, he deservedly fulfilled it. But Qi Ping didn’t dare to gamble that someone in front was like this, nor did he dare to bet that those standing at the forefront could overcome the surrounding darkness. He only believed in himself... more so in cautiousness and the path of survival being the fundamental of existence.

"Perhaps achieving Divinity Transformation and mastering the Star Sea is the first step for me to begin uncovering the truth of the world..."

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Upon breaking through to Divinity Transformation, nearly all cultivators across the Nine Star Sea Realms sent their congratulations and blessings to Qi Ping.

Feeling the heartfelt respect from them, Qi Ping was very gratified.

Perhaps Qi Ping didn’t realize that his non-greedy, non-receiving, non-oppressive personality was seemingly the purest stream in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, making those cultivators who suffered hardships and oppression from others respect him dearly.

And those cultivators didn’t expect that Qi Ping had gradually broken the shackles of cultivation resources on him, standing at a much higher position. How could he be like those fools who only knew to devour resources madly?

In Qi Ping’s eyes, those who only consume all resources are not only parasites spreading harm, but also foolish pests fattening themselves up for the slaughter...

It’s only a matter of time before such people are slaughtered and divided.

Upon completing the breakthrough of the Divinity Transformation Realm, Qi Ping went back to continue cultivation and comprehension, tirelessly cultivating and comprehending.

Only the Tree-man Avatar walked outside, handling matters, and performed the continuous cultivation of Spiritual Medicine with the Plant Growth.

And it’s worth mentioning that under Qi Ping’s years of practice and insight, the Plant Growth technique now could invoke the Power of Plant Growth, not only far surpassing previous times in quality and quantity but also precisely covering multiple Spiritual Medicines at once.

Qi Ping had long researched that Spiritual Medicine refined and absorbed the Power of Plant Growth with varying efficiency, and each spirit plant required a different amount. Only by accurately gauging the amount for each spirit plant could the effectiveness of the Plant Growth Technique be maximized.

Additionally, due to the recovery ability provided by the Earth Immortal Druid, the limitations on Qi Ping using the Plant Growth have greatly reduced, and his efficiency of cultivating Spiritual Medicine is now greatly enhanced, providing the biggest confidence for Qi Ping to exchange Spiritual Medicine for cultivation technique resources from other forces before unifying the Star Sea Continent.

In fact, from the awakening of the Druid profession, the Plant Growth Technique has been one of the fundamental techniques on his Path of Immortal Dao Cultivation.

However, it seems that up to today, the Plant Growth Skill has slowly reached its limit, reaching a state where there’s no path forward. The Druid legacy on him can no longer help in this regard—the only difference now is the amount of power he can invoke.

After all, this isn’t the fundamental ability of a Druid. As of now, Qi Ping finds it incredibly challenging to comprehend abilities like Animal Companion, Tree Spirit Contract, and Life Contract.

Qi Ping has to admit, the Druid legacy gave him access to various kinds of divine powers, but without the legacy, those powers are completely incomprehensible, and Qi Ping suspects that even reaching the Mahayana Stage wouldn’t afford him much insight.

However, even though the ability of Plant Growth is slowly reaching its limit, it still provides substantial help to him.

Moreover, Qi Ping has never stopped comprehending this ability. If he could truly understand and master the Path of Law behind Plant Growth, it would provide immense help for his future.

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With Qi Ping’s awakening of physique and breakthrough to Divinity Transformation, the entire Nine Star Sea Realms seemed to enter a new round of breakthrough climax, with cultivators continuously breaking through their current realms. It could even be said that the thunder tribulations in the Nine Star Sea Realms have never ceased.

The most astonishing was after Qi Ping recreated spirit veins and earth veins, the Nine Star Sea Realms gained five more Divinity Transformation cultivators, and just recently, someone even broke through from Divinity Transformation to Void Refining, becoming the third Void Refining Cultivator in the current Nine Star Sea Realms.

This person is known as the Wood Immortal Old Woman, the possessor of the Wood Immortal Body, a renowned female cultivator in the Star Sea Continent. However, she seems to have a peculiar constitution, with a variety of uncontrollable deformities, resulting in an incredibly ugly appearance.

She was among the Star Sea Eighteen Generals who originally followed Qi Ping.

It can be said that she was the first female cultivator to break through to the Void Refining Realm in the countless years of the Star Sea Continent.

It’s worth noting that Qi Ping could see she wasn’t actually unattractive; she was even an unparalleled beauty on the Star Sea Continent. The unique spiritual nature she possessed was indescribable by mere physical appearance—the so-called deformities were merely means to protect herself.

These unique deformities born from the Wood Immortal Body were mostly invisible to others except Qi Ping.

But Qi Ping didn’t expose this matter, finding it somewhat pitiful, understanding why the Wood Immortal Old Woman chose to do this.

This is because, among past powerful beings who disappeared on the Star Sea Continent, the number of female cultivators disappearing wasn’t less than male ones, but it was because the proportion of female cultivators was scant. Observing the ratio, you’d find that the number of disappeared female cultivators was several times higher than male ones.

And in this Immortal Cultivation Realm, where male cultivator elites dominate, the survival condition for female cultivators isn’t very favorable. Most times, beauty brings not admirers, but the coveting of Demon Cultivators and Tribulation Cultivators—a situation where beauty is a disaster.

Though not terribly horrifying, the chances of being targeted are indeed higher.

Without strong rule and suppression, it’s a case of might makes right; the weak have no say.

To truly powerful cultivators, whether they are male or female, there are no privileges—just another type of resource. Beauty is both a resource for climbing to power and a lure for wolves, but certainly not a capital standing aloof above.

But the Wood Immortal Old Woman could safely grow to Void Refining, her nauseating and terrifying tumors played a significant role—she had clearly seen through the essence of the Immortal Cultivation Realm early on.

Qi Ping observed the Wood Immortal Old Woman and saw that she had long become accustomed to her appearance, maybe even forgetting what she originally looked like.

However, Qi Ping didn’t care about these things, whether male or female, he had no particular bias, as long as it contributed to the Nine Star Sea Realms’ development it was enough.

And the Wood Immortal Old Woman’s Wood Immortal Body combined with her Void Refining Stage strength was undoubtedly the most suitable force for developing the Spiritual Agriculture Industry. Her personal research in spiritual medicine planting and development was also profound, even surpassing Qi Ping’s own understanding.

Although Qi Ping spent his days farming, he mostly relied on the power of Plant Growth to cultivate plants, while the Wood Immortal Old Woman used her profound knowledge in spiritual medicine planting and spiritual fertilizer cultivation, stubbornly cultivating to Divinity Transformation Perfection in a sect without resource or spiritual power advantages.

This time Qi Ping noticed her not only because she broke through to Void Refining but because she contributed various spiritual researches for the Spiritual Agriculture Industry, expressing gratitude for Qi Ping’s care. Without Qi Ping, she might never have found the opportunity to break through to Void Refining...

And through this matter, Qi Ping gradually realized that perhaps the potential of the Nine Star Sea Realms had more space for development, only the shadows in people’s hearts were too strong...