A Druid Also Can Cultivate

Chapter 700: Chapter 539: Partners Reunited After a Millennium, Yaya and Little Spirit Fox’s Void Realm

Forest Sea Demon Realm, atop a lotus wood towering beyond ten thousand feet.

Its branches are like fire crystals, its leaves like a domain of heavenly fire.

Yet such a breathtaking scene pales against the two figures standing above.

One is a golden Kunpeng, its feathers like Geng Metal, dazzling and resplendent.

The other is a black Divine Crow, black as an abyss, with golden-red True Sun Fire swirling around its feathers.

It was the transformed Kunpeng Qi Ping and the long-unseen Yaya Black Heaven.

“Boss!” A slightly choked voice rang out.

At this moment, the Divine Crow Black Heaven, renowned across Forest Sea Demon Realm, felt its eyes turn moist for the first time.

“Yaya, long time no see!”

Qi Ping had not expected that their reunion would take thousands of years.

“I’m sorry, Boss. I wanted to return to Star Sea World to find you, but without reaching Mahayana, I couldn’t leave Forest Sea Demon Realm. I’m sorry!”

Yaya lowered its head, its wings hanging in front of its chest, eyes filled with remorse.

It had heard about the battle in Star Sea World against the Demon Race, and several times tried to break out of Forest Sea Demon Realm, only to return heavily injured.

Even the Golden Crow Race Leader could do nothing about it.

Because of this, it almost suffered from Qi Deviation. After all, if it couldn’t even rescue its own companion, what was the point of all these years of cultivation?

It was only after hearing that Star Sea World had completely defeated the Demon Race that it finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Thankfully…thankfully…Boss, you’re all still here!”

At this moment, the tears in Yaya’s eyes could no longer be held back.

“It’s okay!”

Qi Ping extended his golden wing, gently ruffling Yaya’s head, just like before, when he loved to mess up the feathers on this big crow’s head.

“Everything is still fine, isn’t it?”

Qi Ping’s eyes showed no trace of blame, instead, he asked gently with some heartache:

“These years must have been tough, right?”

He looked at Yaya’s cultivation, already at Tier Seven Late Stage!

Equivalent to a human cultivator at the Integration Late Stage!

To think Yaya was only a Tier Four Demon Beast back then. In the world of demon beasts with such strict bloodline hierarchy, the hardships it must have faced were likely no less than his own.

Qi Ping couldn’t guarantee that if he started over, he could reach this stage again, even with the Druid’s legacy.

But Yaya had no such thing.

Qi Ping also learned from the Bald Golden Crow that Yaya’s terrifying willpower was unmatched among the younger generation in the entire Forest Sea Demon Realm.

Yet, behind this seemingly glorious appraisal must lie unimaginable hardship and torment; otherwise, who would know of its astonishing will?

“No, just being able to see you again is great!”

Yaya activated the flames, evaporating the tears from the corner of its eyes.

After all, it was a Divine Crow that could contend with the heavens. How could it be so fragile?

“Boss, can you take us with you this time?”

Yaya looked at Qi Ping with immense anticipation.

Qi Ping being able to enter here openly and being treated by the Golden Crow Race Leader meant he must have reached some agreement with Forest Sea Demon Realm.

However, Qi Ping’s smiling eyes stopped at this moment.

After a long silence, he continued:

“I can only take two of you…”

Upon hearing this, Yaya’s expression froze for a moment:

“Only two?”

“Yes.”

Qi Ping nodded lightly.

Yaya quickly suppressed the hint of loneliness in its eyes, restoring the smile of a long-awaited reunion.

“I see, but that’s already great!”

“Yes, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. What about the other companions, how have they been these years?”

“Ah?”

Yaya looked at Qi Ping in confusion, not understanding why he said that.

“The place I’m going this time is the City of Chaos in our Profound Immortal Universe. It’s the nearest outpost to us, gathering terrifying beings from all races. Various powerful cultivation systems abound there; I can’t even guarantee my safety there. It’s much safer to stay in Forest Sea Demon Realm than taking such a risk!”

“City of Chaos? I see!”

Yaya instantly understood.

The place had been mentioned by the Bald Race Leader. Rather than saying it gathered countless cultivation knowledge and resources, it was more of an outpost graveyard burying untold legendary beings.

Whether it was beings from the Profound Celestial Universe or strange creatures from the Outer Universe, they were entities capable of devouring bones and souls.

Even with pure-blood Golden Crow lineage, one wouldn’t stand out in that place.

Yaya no longer had any questions, instead starting to talk about the other companions’ situations.

“After coming from Star Sea World to Forest Sea Demon Realm, we kept inquiring about the Demon Realm’s news. Since many from the Demon Race have the habit of devouring their kind, some cunning demon beasts would even set up inheritance traps to lure scattered demons. So we moved particularly cautiously.”

“Fortunately, with the Hidden Breath Secret Technique and the Cultivation Realm Avoiding Pits Guide, the Cultivation Realm Escape Guide, the Cultivation Realm Survival Guide you taught us…we overcame many dangers without a hitch.”

“It took me an extremely long time to find suitable tribes for each one of them to join…”

Throughout this process, Qi Ping listened intently to Yaya’s recounting, eager to know how his companions had fared these years.

But as he listened, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.

He had grown accustomed to the orderly world of Star Sea World, but upon hearing of the chaotic, violent, murderous, ravenous Forest Sea Demon Realm filled with powerful demon beasts everywhere, he secretly broke into a cold sweat.

If the Human Immortal Cultivation Realm had patterns to follow, then the demon race world was a place where chaos and deceit coexisted, and no one could predict what random danger was next.

One careless mistake, and one might die before realizing it.

Back then, Qi Ping’s control over the Power of Nature was limited to Star Sea World. If Yaya and the others died outside Star Sea World, whether he could use the True Spirit within the contract to resurrect them remained unknown.

Fortunately, everything had passed. Thinking of this, Qi Ping quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, luck was on his side. He didn’t want to lose the companions who had fought beside him.

…

Yaya did not pause, continuing to recount later experiences.

These words had been held back for too long, and now someone could finally hear them.

“Little Spirit Fox was the luckiest one. Although her willpower wasn’t strong, her adorable and charming nature caught the favor of a Celestial Fox Race sister. Hearing her reputation was good, we let Little Spirit Fox go with her.”

“Her nature perfectly matched a precious inheritance from the Celestial Fox Race: the Void Fox Realm, which can turn illusion into reality while possessing Illusion Technique power. It is one of the most elusive and mysterious powers in the Forest Sea Demon Realm.”

“Combined with the Celestial Fox Race being a top-tier demon clan, I don’t even know what her level is now…”

Yaya’s words concluded with a sincere smile directed at Qi Ping.

After hearing it, Qi Ping also smiled brightly.

“That’s great!”

He was most worried about this unrestrained Little Spirit Fox. Among many Animal Companions, she was the laziest, always pestering him to play after completing her assigned training, or building odd structures, or even constructing a house for him…

Now hearing this news, his concerns were completely assuaged.

Wait a minute!

“That Little Spirit Fox, she wasn’t lazy in the past—no wonder she liked building all sorts of odd things. Turns out it aligned well with the Void Fox Realm inheritance…”

“Indeed, focusing on one’s interests and hobbies is a better talent than mere hard work!” Yaya mused.

At this moment, Yaya also began to understand more about cultivation.

Besides burying oneself in cultivation, focusing on one’s talent and passion made cultivation not bitter but enjoyable, like Little Spirit Fox creating her own Void Fox Realm and advancing rapidly in cultivation.

Qi Ping couldn’t help but nod at that.

Little Spirit Fox’s achievements, although supported by the top-tier Celestial Fox Race, were also inseparable from her innate talent.

But amid the joy, Qi Ping couldn’t help but worry internally.

Little Spirit Fox was already the luckiest. What about the other animal companions?

He didn’t need to mention the hardships Yaya had endured; just listening made Qi Ping’s heart ache, even if Yaya itself didn’t think it was much.

The Little Flower Demon with the Hundred Eyes Talent, the Little Cyan Snake able to discern Daoist Technique rules, and the Little Deer with the Forest Child Nine-colored Deer bloodline…how have they been living these years?