You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 414 The Old Woman with the Wooden Immortal
"So this is the Nascent Soul Transformation! The path to immortality is truly wondrous!"

Qi Ping felt the surging power and explosive vitality within his body, and he did not hold back his admiration.

The person who was able to pave this path in the first place must have been an absolute genius!

Without personally experiencing and thoroughly studying how this power is used, it is impossible to comprehend it from scratch.

Moreover, Qi Ping had studied nearly a hundred cultivation techniques for the Nascent Soul stage, and was able to appreciate the wonder and power of this system.

It can elevate an ordinary person step by step, causing their vitality, strength, and perception to surge, and it can also gradually comprehend and manipulate the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and it can conduct universal teaching.

Such power cannot be described as merely extraordinary.

The Druid's power system is completely different from the immortal cultivation system. It cannot allow a mortal to directly transform their life from mortal to god and then to immortal through cultivation by relying on techniques and spiritual energy.

Without a lineage, it is almost impossible for a druid to awaken their own druidic power, let alone control the forces of nature out of thin air. The aptitude for awakening a druid is even more difficult to obtain than the aptitude for cultivating immortality.

His understanding of the forces of nature also places great emphasis on his own comprehension and affinity with nature. Even now, it would be difficult for him to pass on the legacy of another druid, because he himself has not truly comprehended this system.

The cultivation system of immortals is incredibly sophisticated, with each step leading to a higher level, capable of transforming a mortal into a god.

"But was this power system created from nothing by a mortal, or by a born immortal who comprehended the creation of heaven and earth?"

"Since this system can be popularized throughout the entire cultivation world, why is there not a single record of its creator?"

For some reason, Qi Ping felt uneasy whenever he thought about this issue, especially since his druidic senses would send out a faint warning, as if the closer he got to the end, the closer he would get to some kind of terrifying existence.

Moreover, as Qi Ping's understanding of the essence of heaven and earth and the immortal system deepened, he increasingly felt that this warning was not unfounded.

Because this intricate system of cultivating immortality from mortal to immortal is, in a sense, creating a powerful dish. Cultivating different systems and comprehending different Daos is like having different flavors; power is merely a byproduct of this process.

However, Qi Ping could not be certain of the veracity of this conjecture, because just like the Druid system, the so-called Druid inheritance, his transmigration, and the chaotic evolution space that evolved the Druid inheritance—who was the driving force behind all of these remained an unsolved mystery.

Whether the Druid system or the Immortal path leads to true immortality, or whether a huge conspiracy lies behind it, remains completely unknown.

Qi Ping greatly admired the Druid's philosophy and power, but this admiration did not make him lower his guard.

However, despite his precautions, he wouldn't let either the Druid power system or the immortal cultivation system slip by.

The most direct reason is that no matter which power system he loses now, his combat power will plummet, and he simply won't be able to withstand the upcoming crisis.

Moreover, Qi Ping now believes that it is most important for the Druid and Immortal cultivation systems to advance side by side, complement each other, and restrain each other. In this way, no matter which system turns out to be a trap or a weakness, he will have other forces to fight against it. He already has a premonition and idea in his mind to use the power of the Druid to counterbalance the power of the Immortal, or to use the power of the Immortal to restrain the power of the Druid.

Even if both are sinkholes, it doesn't matter. Adding sinkholes together, fighting poison with poison, might produce something different.

Qi Ping's smooth progress in both the cultivator and druid power systems is largely due to the mutual support between the two systems.

If Qi Ping loses any one of his systems, the remaining systems will face immense difficulties.

How could things be like this now, where Qi Ping is able to make rapid progress by leveraging the strengths of one system to compensate for the weaknesses of another, while also having more energy to study the essence of power and cultivation?

Given his current situation, unless both systems are backed by the same entity, he will definitely have no room for resistance.

Moreover, even in the worst-case scenario, Qi Ping still has a certain ability to save his life, because some of his true spirits are sealed in places that even he himself does not know. Once the main body perishes, that true spirit will truly awaken and then make corresponding solutions based on the problems he faces.

With the resources at his disposal, Qi Ping is now considering the third cultivation system and having his subordinates research a new power system, all in order to create a power that is entirely under his control.

The current Druid power system and Immortal cultivation system are merely stepping stones for him to stand on the shoulders of giants and explore the world and the nature of power.

So what if his cheat system is full of conspiracies? Even if it seems like a dead end, he will find a way out of it.

His confidence stems from two cultivation systems, his understanding of the world and the nature of power, and the collective wisdom of cultivators across the entire Star Sea Continent. Any power that Qi Ping can harness can be combined to create a world-shaking torrent that can break through everything!

Qi Ping's greatest wish now is to combine the concepts of immortality and druidism to forge a true path to immortality and invincibility!

Qi Ping didn't know if his choice was right or wrong; he was just very afraid of death, and caution and humility were ingrained in his bones.

The more one learns about this world, the more one can perceive the meaning of heaven and earth being ruthless and treating all things as straw dogs.

Therefore, when it's impossible to determine whether something is right or wrong, he will definitely take this path.

Perhaps this world isn't as dangerous and dark as we imagine, and there's no need to speculate about it with conspiracy theories. Perhaps there truly are predecessors who are forging ahead for the sake of all living beings. Just like the Nine Realms of the Star Sea today, Qi Ping can confidently say that if there were no external threats, this would be a truly good era! Within the Nine Realms of the Star Sea, figures like Lin Yue, Wang He, and Meng Tianxing are all true leaders and predecessors who care deeply about the common people. In this respect, he has undoubtedly achieved it. However, Qi Ping doesn't dare gamble that there are others like him ahead of him, nor does he dare gamble that those standing at the forefront can overcome the darkness around them. He only believes, and even more so, that caution and prudent conduct are the fundamental principles of survival.

"Perhaps achieving godhood and ruling over the stars is only the first step I'll take in gradually coming to know the truth of the world."

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, almost all the cultivators in the Nine Realms of the Star Sea offered their congratulations and blessings to Qi Ping.

Feeling the heartfelt respect from those people, Qi Ping felt very gratified.

Qi Ping probably didn't expect that his character of not plundering, not accepting gifts, and not oppressing others would be a breath of fresh air in the cultivation world. How could those cultivators who had suffered so much hardship and oppression not respect him?
Those cultivators didn't expect that Qi Ping had gradually broken free from the constraints of cultivation resources and was already in a higher position. How could he be like those fools who only knew how to devour resources and frantically improve themselves?
In Qi Ping's eyes, that kind of fool who only knows how to devour all resources is not only a locust that only wreaks havoc everywhere, but also a fool who harms others and then devours himself into a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.
It's only a matter of time before these people are slaughtered and devoured.

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, Qi Ping returned to cultivate and comprehend the teachings again, practicing and comprehending without stopping for a moment.

Only the treant's avatar walks outside, handles affairs, and uses the [Plant Growth] technique to continuously cultivate elixirs.

It is worth mentioning that, through Qi Ping's years of practice and comprehension, the power of plant growth that he can now summon is not only far superior in quality and quantity to before, but it can also precisely cover multiple spiritual herbs at once.

Qi Ping had already discovered that spiritual herbs have a refining and absorption efficiency for the power of plant growth, and the amount required for each type of spiritual plant is different. Only by accurately grasping the amount of each type of spiritual plant can the effect of the plant growth spell be maximized.

In addition, the recovery ability provided to Qi Ping by the Earth Immortal Druid greatly reduced the restrictions on Qi Ping's plant growth techniques. Now, his efficiency in cultivating spiritual herbs is much higher than before. This is Qi Ping's greatest confidence in exchanging spiritual herbs for cultivation techniques from other forces before unifying the Star Sea Continent.

In fact, ever since he awakened the Druid class, plant growth spells have always been one of the most fundamental spells on his path of cultivation.

However, as things stand today, his plant growth skills seem to have reached their limit, a state of no return. His druidic heritage can hardly provide any help in this regard anymore; the only difference now is the amount of power he can draw upon.

After all, these are not the fundamental abilities of druids. Currently, what Qi Ping still finds difficult to comprehend are abilities such as [Animal Companion], [Tree Spirit Contract], and [Life Contract].

Qi Ping had to admit that the Druid inheritance had given him too many privileges to possess various divine powers. However, without such inheritance, one could not comprehend even the slightest bit of these divine powers. Qi Ping even suspected that even if he cultivated to the Mahayana stage, the amount he could comprehend would be limited.

However, although the plant's growth capacity has gradually reached its limit, it can still provide him with great help.

Moreover, Qi Ping has never stopped trying to comprehend this ability. If he can truly comprehend and control the laws and principles behind the ability of plant growth, it will be of great help to him in the future.

With Qi Ping awakening his physique and breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, the entire Nine Realms of the Star Sea seemed to enter a new wave of breakthroughs, with cultivators constantly breaking through their current realms. It could even be said that the thunderous roar of the tribulations in the Nine Realms of the Star Sea never stopped.

Most remarkably, since Qi Ping recreated the spiritual veins and earth veins, the Nine Domains of the Star Sea have gained five Nascent Soul cultivators in this period. Not long ago, someone even broke through from Nascent Soul to Void Refinement, becoming the third Void Refinement cultivator in the Nine Domains of the Star Sea.

This person is named Old Woman Wood Immortal. She is the possessor of the Wood Immortal Body and a well-known female cultivator in the Star Sea Continent. However, she seems to have a special constitution and various uncontrollable deformities, which makes her appearance extremely ugly.

He was one of the eighteen generals of the Star Sea who followed Qi Ping.

It can be said that this person is the first female cultivator in the long history of the Star Sea Continent to break through to the Refinement of Emptiness realm.

It is worth mentioning that Qi Ping could tell that this person was not bad-looking, and could even be described as a stunning beauty that was hard to find in the Star Sea Continent. The special spirituality she possessed could not be simply described by her appearance. The so-called distortion was just a means for her to protect herself.

However, apart from Qi Ping, no one else could really tell that this special mutation was born from the Wood Immortal Body.

However, Qi Ping did not reveal this matter, and even felt a little sorry for her. He could understand why the old woman Mu Xian would choose to do such a thing.

Because among the powerful figures who disappeared in the past Star Sea Continent, the number of female cultivators who disappeared seems to be less than that of male cultivators. However, that is because the number of powerful female cultivators is small. In terms of proportion, the number of female cultivators who disappeared is several times higher than that of male cultivators.

Moreover, in this cultivation world where male cultivators hold the advantage, the survival situation for female cultivators is not very good. Most of the time, beauty does not bring suitors, but rather the covetousness of demonic cultivators and tribulation cultivators. In such cases, beauty is a disaster.

While it may not be extremely terrifying, the probability of being targeted is significantly higher.

Without an absolutely strong ruler and suppressive force, whoever is the strongest calls the shots, and the weak have no right to speak.

For truly powerful cultivators, whether male or female, they have no special privileges; beauty is merely a resource. It can be a resource for climbing the social ladder and attracting predators, but it is not a guarantee of superiority.

The fact that the old woman, Mu Xian, was able to grow steadily to the Void Refinement stage was likely greatly aided by the disgusting and terrifying deformed tumors on her body, indicating that she had long since seen through the true nature of the cultivation world.

Looking at the old woman, Qi Ping realized that she seemed to have long been accustomed to this appearance, and perhaps she had even forgotten what she originally looked like.

However, Qi Ping didn't care about these things. He didn't have any particular preference for men or women, as long as they were willing to contribute to the development of the Nine Realms of the Star Sea.

With her Wood Immortal Body and Void Refinement stage strength, the Wood Immortal Old Woman is undoubtedly the most suitable force for developing the spiritual agriculture industry. Her research on spiritual herb cultivation and development is also very profound, even more so than Qi Ping's.

Although Qi Ping farmed every day, he mostly relied on the power of plant growth to propel the plants. On the other hand, the old woman Mu Xian relied on her understanding of spiritual herb cultivation and spiritual fertilizer cultivation to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in a sect that was not well-off in terms of resources and spiritual power.

This time, Qi Ping noticed her not only because she had broken through to the Void Refinement stage, but also because she had contributed various spiritual studies on the spiritual agriculture industry. She expressed her gratitude to Qi Ping for taking care of her, saying that without Qi Ping, she might never have had the opportunity to break through to the Void Refinement stage.
Through this incident, Qi Ping gradually realized that the Nine Realms of the Star Sea might have even more potential for development, but the shadow in everyone's hearts was still too strong.
(End of this chapter)