You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 419 Bronze Flying Knife
"There were some unexpected gains!"

"As expected of a family that has been passed down for countless years, they possess a wealth of cultivation and secret knowledge that even those major sects lack."

Qi Ping looked at the various items placed in front of him and was somewhat surprised.

The items he found this time were somewhat beyond his expectations.

He originally thought there was nothing left on the Star Sea Continent that could surprise him, but he didn't expect that the foundation of these aristocratic families was beyond his imagination.

Qi Ping used to think that the foundation of each sect was the most fundamental thing in the Star Sea Continent, but now it seems that what the aristocratic families have accumulated is the deepest foundation of the Star Sea Continent.

Various powerful cultivation techniques and spells ranging from the Qi Refining stage to the Body Integration stage.

Various secrets recorded from ancient times to the present.

All sorts of magical treasures never seen before.

There are also many items related to alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, planting, puppets, and so on.

In addition, they also obtained many powerful spirit beasts.
In short, there were more items than expected.

Therefore, Qi Ping chose to raise those powerful spirit beasts in Xinghai Academy. The purpose of raising these spirit beasts was simple: just like planting spirit trees, he wanted to cultivate his own spirit beast army.

As for those cultivation techniques and knowledge, Qi Ping retained a portion to further perfect his cultivation knowledge, and put the rest into the Star Sea Academy, which would then distribute them according to specific circumstances, using the new knowledge to promote the development of the Nine Domains of Star Sea.

Qi Ping was certain that if this knowledge were used properly, it would be enough to elevate the development of the Nine Realms of the Star Sea to another level. Simply put, it would increase the development speed by 1, the growth rate of the strength of the people within the territory by 1, and the resource production speed within the territory by 1.
Although the process was very complicated, the effect was actually similar to that of a territory development game. By plundering all the inherited resources belonging to the aristocratic families, it did indeed greatly increase the development speed of the Nine Realms of the Star Sea.

However, these conventional resources would be a great fortune for those below, but they are not particularly useful to Qi Ping.

There were only two things that truly mattered to Qi Ping.

One is that Qi Ping obtained two records about prayer languages.

These two records of prayer languages ​​are much more profound than the one Qi Ping obtained before. One is a prayer language about mountains and rivers, and the other is a prayer language about thunder in the heavens.

Unlike the cultivation methods of immortality, which have very specific attributes, this kind of practice is closer to the essence of the world.

Mountains and rivers, the earth and the thunder in the heavens are all naturally formed, the most wondrous power in the world. As long as one cultivates the language of prayer to the highest level, one can master the most powerful world power through the language of prayer.

The only thing that disappointed Qi Ping was that he did not obtain any methods for training or cultivating mental strength.

"But this is not bad. After becoming familiar with these two prayer languages, I will be able to master two special and powerful abilities. Having more methods is always a good thing. Who knows, I might need to use them someday!"

Qi Ping was very happy about this. He enjoyed the feeling of his foundation increasing, and he also really liked this power, which gave him a new perspective on understanding the world.

Another find was an item inside a mysterious black box.

Qi Ping discovered this in a black box that reeked of decay.

This black box has an extremely powerful sealing formation on it, which will launch a rule attack on anyone who tries to open it. The intensity of the attack is close to that of the Void Refinement Realm, and the strength of the seal is even more outrageous. Qi Ping used the power of the Earth Immortal Druid to enhance the five-colored immortal light at full power, and it took him most of the day to barely open the box.

Qi Ping even suspected that if it were placed outside the Nine Domains of the Star Sea, even a Mahayana cultivator might not be able to open it.

Even without the continuous wear and tear of the five-colored immortal light, he might not have been able to open the black box by brute force alone.

When the black box was opened, the contents were simple: a decayed bronze throwing knife and a strip of cloth covered with blood-written words.

Although this bronze throwing knife looks extremely decayed and rusty, the pressure emanating from it is no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. The mere trace of its aura is already above the Nascent Soul stage!
"This is... something beyond the Integration Stage?"

The moment Qi Ping saw the bronze throwing knife, his eyes widened suddenly.

Qi Ping was so surprised because this was the only item above the Fusion level currently existing in the Star Sea Continent!

Over the years, Qi Ping had explored almost the entire Star Sea Continent and talked with all the cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage, but he had never found any cultivation techniques or weapons related to the Mahayana stage, or even any trace of power related to the Mahayana stage.

It's as if there has never been any trace of Mahayana cultivators here, to the point that it was once thought that the glorious history of the Star Sea Continent, which once had many Mahayana cultivators, was fabricated.

Otherwise, why would there be no trace of items from the Mahayana stage? Not even a trace of power was left.

It's understandable that all the magical treasures related to the Mahayana stage were plundered, but how could it be that not even a single Mahayana stage cultivation technique was left behind?

This is a mystery that Qi Ping can't figure out.

And today, finally, an item above the Fusion stage has appeared!
"Finally, we've found an item that's above the Integration Stage, but is this bronze throwing knife really at the Mahayana Stage level? Does it mean it's above the Mahayana Stage, or is it an item from another system?"

In Qi Ping's perception, there was something strange about this bronze throwing knife.

However, after Qi Ping opened the strip of cloth covered with blood-written words, he finally glimpsed a secret within it.

This is an exceptionally tough strip of cloth, and the bloodstains on it are definitely human blood, specifically the blood of a human cultivator at the Mahayana stage!
"The blood of a Mahayana cultivator. But I don't recognize a single character in these characters."

This surprised Qi Ping.

Having read extensively about the Star Sea Continent, Qi Ping was very familiar with all kinds of ancient scripts; he had never encountered a script he didn't recognize in all this time.

This is the first time!
This immediately piqued Qi Ping's interest. This unknown knowledge held immense appeal for him, so he immediately began to explore it.

However, just to be on the safe side, he opened the black box far away from the Seven-Colored Ancestral Vein and sealed the surrounding space with an array, operating the tree-man clone.

At all times, self-preservation remains his primary principle in all his actions.

Qi Ping studied the mysterious blood-written characters for a long time, but he couldn't grasp their essence until he added a drop of his own blood to them.
After Qi Ping transformed a drop of his blood into the power of blood and qi and integrated it into the character "blood," an extremely dazzling blood light rose from the tattered cloth.

Then, Qi Ping's vision blurred, and a chilling scene appeared before him.

Or rather, Qi Ping's consciousness at this moment seemed to have entered a space containing mysterious time power. In this space, Qi Ping saw a black figure standing in an incomparably prosperous world of life, whose face and clothing he could not see.

The black figure looked down at the world before him like a god, as if looking at a group of ants and a group of small fish.

Before the black figure, three Mahayana auras soared into the sky, heading straight for the black figure!

The figure and power of the Mahayana stage were extremely dazzling, like an extremely brilliant sword light that wanted to shatter the darkness in front of him, each one possessing the power to shatter the heavens!

The power of the Mahayana stage was also fully demonstrated.

Under the immense pressure of that Mahayana stage cultivator, even the power of laws could be cleaved apart, and Qi Ping was astonished by this power.

"Is this the power that a Mahayana cultivator can unleash? It's too powerful!" Qi Ping exclaimed inwardly.

This level of power and control is something Qi Ping can hardly match at present. The reason why he has such great power now is that he only manipulates the power of heaven and earth, not that he truly controls it. The form of the power is also very different from this kind of power that has been condensed and made extremely brilliant.

According to ancient texts, a Mahayana cultivator is one who has reached the pinnacle of a path, possessing perfect control over a law of power, which is the key to breaking through the immortal gates.

However, even when faced with such a terrifying Mahayana stage being, the black figure looking down remained completely calm and composed. It simply raised its right arm, and three black threads emerged from its palm.
However, although there were three black lines, they instantly split apart at an incredibly strange speed after leaving the palm of the black figure!

Almost instantly, it transformed into millions upon millions of countless black lines, taking root in the world below like trees—humans, spirit beasts, trees, the earth, and even spiritual energy and laws!
It seems there's nothing that can't take root!
Once the black threads had taken root, they suddenly tightened!

As the black figure raised his right arm and pulled it back sharply, a crisp cracking sound rang out!
The moment the cracking sound rang out, Qi Ping's body trembled like a leaf, blood was seeping out of every pore, and his soul was shaking uncontrollably!

The crisp cracking sound was terrifying, as if every inch of skin and flesh, every strand of soul, consciousness and memory, and even the laws of heaven and earth were breaking apart!
This pain surpassed all the pain and fear Qi Ping had ever felt before!

Immediately after the crisp cracking sound, an even more horrifying scene unfolded.
The once dazzling Mahayana stage figure collapsed silently like a bubble, vanishing into nothingness in the blink of an eye, as if it had never existed.
"A Mahayana cultivator, gone just like that?"

Qi Ping's eyes widened suddenly at that moment!
That's a Mahayana stage cultivator!

It should be understood that in any recorded information, cultivators at the Mahayana stage are already at the pinnacle! With the path to immortality uncertain and immortals not appearing, cultivators at the Mahayana stage are the absolute pinnacle, and in fact, this is true throughout the entire cultivation world!
But beneath that black line, the three Mahayana cultivators vanished in an instant, as if they had never existed in this world.

"This is fucking absurd!"

However, this was not the end. Following the three Mahayana stage cultivators, all the Mahayana stage powers beneath the black figure's gaze were pulled out by the strange black lines, and then all of them dissipated!

This shouldn't have been visible, but for some reason Qi Ping saw it!
And without a doubt, the continent that this black figure was looking down upon was the Star Sea Continent!
"Is this why there are no Mahayana stage cultivators on the Star Sea Continent?"

"What kind of power is it that completely severs any connection to Mahayana cultivators and erases all traces of Mahayana power?"

At that moment, a nameless fear rose in Qi Ping's heart.

He believed he understood the methods of many forces in this world and that he had a way to deal with them no matter what. This was his self-confidence.

But just now, faced with that strange black line, all the power he had cultivated in the past seemed to be useless. All his attacks and defenses seemed ridiculous in front of this black line.

The only possibility that Qi Ping felt was a way to deal with it was to use the power of the Earth Immortal Druid to suppress this existence with the power of a region.

Because Qi Ping could see that the thousands of black lines were clearly suppressed at the last moment before entering the Star Sea Continent, and the strongest part of the earth vein seemed to have effectively slowed down the attack of the black lines.

In addition, Qi Ping felt there was another possibility: the five-colored immortal light that was enough to annihilate all things. However, Qi Ping was not sure if the black lines were within the myriad things evolved from the five elements.

Besides these, what truly terrified Qi Ping was that just hearing that crisp sound caused his main body, far from his clone, to cough up a mouthful of blood, and his spiritual energy within his body to surge chaotically.

Even the natal spirit tree that had made a life-binding contract with him was significantly affected.

What reassured Qi Ping somewhat was that his hidden and sealed true spirit consciousness seemed to remain undetected by this power.

This was a huge relief.

Having pierced his clone and the Tree of Life in succession, it's unknown whether his ability to revive using the power of living beings will be affected. However, at least his sealed consciousness and true spirit remain unaffected. With the knowledge and power he currently possesses, as well as the ability to pray without needing cultivation level, he has enough to support his rapid comeback.

This proves that his many backup plans were still useful.

Before Qi Ping, the black figure unleashed its black lines, and its aura suddenly decreased, with much of the black energy dissipating.

At the same time, an incredibly terrifying white divine punishment suddenly burst forth from the void after the black figure unleashed black lines!
This is divine punishment from heaven and earth for defying the heavens, enough to kill even a Mahayana cultivator!

However, faced with such a terrifying white divine punishment, the black figure remained calm and composed. Black holes composed of countless black lines appeared around its body, swallowing the omnipresent white divine punishment!
However, the black figure was not unscathed either. The black lines were being constantly consumed by the white divine punishment, though at a somewhat slow pace.

Therefore, the black figure was not flustered, seemingly confident enough to withstand this white divine punishment.

However, as a bronze throwing knife shot out from the void, Qi Ping clearly sensed that the black figure suddenly panicked.
(End of this chapter)