Druid Fairy

Chapter 89 Dao Foundation Pill

Li Pingcan deliberately created two swamps of different depths, so that the giant crab would tilt to one side and lose its balance.

After creating the swamp, he didn't stop. He continued to manipulate the water flow, frantically creating dark waves that surged upwards on the higher side, trying to flip the giant crab over and expose its belly.

The abdomen of any creature is a weak point. If you can find the "flipped" part of a crab and pry it open, you can easily kill it.

Li Pingcan had no intention of using gentle methods to communicate with the crab. Spirit beasts are simple-minded by nature; if they don't like you, they just don't like you. This crab was as stubborn as an old-fashioned creature, impossible to communicate with, and full of hostility. Moreover, the crab clan had a long-standing feud with the Azure Dragon.

Just when everyone thought victory was assured, the crab turned its mouth down and spewed out countless bubbles, filling its lower body and lifting itself up in the blink of an eye.

"That's amazing!"

Li Pingcan was stunned. The crab's famous skill of blowing bubbles could be used like this!

Never underestimate any spirit beast, especially the "king" that has survived in dangerous waters like the Dayu River.

The giant crab broke free of the swamp and landed on the ground. Its eight legs made a metallic sound as it charged again. At the critical moment, Li Pingcan manipulated the water flow to mix with the silt, twisting it into a stream and "smearing mud" on the giant crab's two big eyes to block its vision.

He then continued to manipulate the water, freezing it into ice on the crab's legs, with the ten crab legs radiating a frosty chill.

One of the abilities to manipulate water is freezing, but its power is limited, at most slightly hindering the crab's movements.

"If the soft approach doesn't work, we'll have to resort to the hard one!"

At least his physical body is at the strength of a martial artist in the Acquired Realm!

The fish and the snake exchanged a glance, and with lightning speed, the two figures rushed to the crab shell.

The crab sensed danger for no apparent reason and shook its body. In a short while, the frozen ice shattered with a series of cracking sounds.

"Do it!"

The snake's tail and the fish's tail pierced through the murky muddy water, one for each of them, and slammed them hard into the crab's two eyes.

In an instant, the crab's eyes burst open, blood gushed out, and a fishy smell spread, revealing two dark, hollow eye sockets.

"Boom boom boom!"

The giant crab's massive body arched backward repeatedly, howling in agony as it went berserk, causing the entire body of water to boil and sending rocks flying!

Because of its enormous size, when it went berserk, it even trampled and killed countless crab offspring, making a "crackling" sound as they exploded.

"This is too brutal."

Li Pingcan sighed. He was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see this disastrous scene. He decided to solve the crabs' suffering, thinking about "steaming or braising".

The giant tortoise swung wildly, aimlessly, destroying one of its opponent's weaknesses, its "eyes," leaving it no choice but to take the beating!
"I'll deliver the final blow!"

"The Azure Dragon said excitedly."

It swam to the crab's underside, its tail erect and taut like a blue javelin, and found the giant crab's navel. Although it didn't understand what a central nervous system was, it had discovered the secret through years of dealing with crabs.

If you pierce the crab's body through its navel with a sharp, long stick, the crab will die instantly!
Too lazy to pry open the triangular crab shell, it simply thrust its paw, and the enormous creature gradually stopped moving, collapsing heavily into the mud.

The crabs, which had been locked in fierce combat, suddenly fled like birds and beasts, while the morale of the Qingjiang aquatic creatures soared, and their previously retreating trend began to show signs of a counterattack.

As expected, to catch the thief, you must first catch the king.

The azure dragon swam freely among the crabs. The spirit beast was a devastating blow to these ordinary crabs. Several treasure crab "centurions" were also killed by the swarm of treasure fish, turning into a pile of broken shells.

Wait until the battlefield is over.

"They actually killed such a large spirit beast."

Looking at the crab's motionless body, Li Pingcan was filled with emotion, never expecting that he could achieve such a feat.

In the past, they would have been something to be respected and avoided at all costs. Let alone fighting them, people would have retreated the moment they saw them.

“Calling it a spirit beast isn’t quite right,” the Azure Dragon suddenly said. “This crab is actually a demon beast. Spirit beasts are animals like you and me that can communicate and have developed intelligence.”

"Demon beast? Spirit beast? Is there a difference?" Li Pingcan was confused.

Through Qingjiao's explanation, I gradually understood that demonic beasts refer to creatures whose physical bodies can reach the level of spirit beasts, but whose intelligence has not been awakened. They still rely on their bodies to charge around and fight with brute force.

There are a great many monsters, or rather, most living beings are unlikely to develop intelligence and become violent and furious monsters.

“I once heard a rumor that when the world was first created in ancient times, there were several ‘realms’ connected to each other, and all the beasts at that time were innate spirit beasts. Later, the realms were broken due to the aftermath of the battle between the ancient immortals. Our beast race’s realm was separated and fell into the Three Thousand Minor Worlds, and we can never find it again.”

The Azure Dragon was extremely envious. Only beasts that had experienced the awakening of their intelligence knew how difficult it was to awaken their intelligence. Innate spiritual awakening was a wonderful thing that they dared not even think about.

Before the arrival of the carp, the carp could not find anyone to communicate with smoothly in the entire Qingjiang River, and it lived a very lonely life.

Li Pingcan was surprised. According to this statement, the Great Yu Dynasty was nothing more than a grain of sand among the three thousand small worlds.

However, considering that what Qingjiao said was just a "rumor," he didn't take it seriously.

He had suffered from rumors before. When he was looking for the Five Elements spiritual energy, all the claims about "I heard" or "ancient spiritual lands" were basically just rumors.

Don't believe or spread rumors; let's start with ourselves.

"Let's check the spoils first."

As Li Pingcan was speaking, Xiao Jin suddenly swam over and muttered, "That...there...a terrifying thing."

The animal's passive aggression clearly conveyed its fear, and the little goldfish trembled as it pointed in a direction where the Qingjiang River and the Dayu River met.

Li Pingcan had a sudden thought. He had been wondering why the demon crab had suddenly launched a massive attack. Could this be the reason?
Following Xiao Jin's lead, they came to a patch of raised mud where a pale white bone was slightly visible.

Li Pingcan stopped the azure dragon that was about to step forward, carefully manipulating the water flow and silt, and a mottled skeleton covered with brown algae gradually appeared.

This is a human skeleton, sitting cross-legged in the mud. Its head is drooping, and its eye sockets and teeth are filled with black mud. Its four fingers are together, and one finger is pointing straight at the sky.

Just by looking at this action, you can see the deep resentment and unwillingness of this human elder before his death, as if he had suffered immense grievances.

"This skeleton is not the remains of a cultivator."

Li Pingcan scrutinized the man for a moment but found no trace of the so-called "spiritual root." The man had large bones, signs of martial arts training, and an old, worn-out wound. He looked more like a warrior who practiced martial arts, with a lingering, menacing aura emanating from his hollow eye sockets, which made people feel uneasy.

Perhaps it was this malevolent aura that attracted the demonic beasts.

Fortunately, the talisman on his body didn't react, so there shouldn't be any vengeful spirits or anything like that, which put him at ease. He then moved closer to take a closer look.

Apart from a broken, rusty iron sword lying in the sand, which crumbles at the slightest touch and serves as proof that the person is a "martial artist," there is no other useful information.

"Rest in peace."

Li Pingcan thought about it and realized that evil energy tends to accumulate underwater. Since there was no corpse transformation or anything like that underwater, this person must be quite upright.

After using the double techniques of "sculpting soil" and "water manipulation" to dry the surface of the remains, they dug a deep trench of dry soil, intending to "bury them in peace." However, a large, hard rock rolled out, bearing strange, peculiar characters resembling oracle bone script.

Unfortunately, the script is very special; it is not the common language of the Great Yu Dynasty, and the script on the stone is only a part of it.

Li Pingcan controlled the clay to dig and dig in the silt, and dug out several stones. Except for some missing parts that could not be found, they were gradually pieced together to form a text and an image in the shape of a tattered map.

"Azure Dragon, can you understand it?"

The azure dragon swung its tail wildly from side to side, declaring confidently, "Of course I don't understand!"

Li Pingcan was speechless for a moment. How could someone who is illiterate be so self-righteous!

If he can't understand the stones, he can find a trustworthy person to look at them; they might be able to glean some useful information.

To put it ideally, what if this is a treasure map? In any case, keeping it won't hurt.

…………

The battle is over; the spoils of war are tallied.

The old turtle's cowardly nature, its tendency to bully the weak and shrink from the strong, actually allowed it to survive. Now, it swims freely among the broken crab shells, searching for soft, sweet crab meat to eat.

Li Pingcan collected the Qingjiang treasure fish that had died from injuries sustained in the battle with a heavy heart. They had made outstanding contributions to protecting the Qingjiang River.

Of course, we won't bury it. Even if we did, it would be digested by other creatures. It's better to have Mom make two bowls of steamed fish or braised fish while the body is still fresh.

Seeing this, Qingjiao tossed a relatively intact and fresh dead salamander-carp treasure fish to Li Pingcan.

Having witnessed countless deaths underwater, and driven by the brutal pressure of survival, they have no habit of wasting resources. Any essence of flesh and blood that can enhance combat power will be quickly divided up.

This is not "insulting corpses." All living things in nature adhere to the cruel rule of natural selection and survival of the fittest, and are accustomed to the act of eating the corpses of their companions. Druids also believe in the principles of nature, but nature is not "non-killing," but rather understanding and abiding by every rule of nature.

Li Pingcan and Qingjiao gave the flesh and blood of the treasure crabs to the treasure fish, while they divided the giant crabs. After the hard shells were smashed, strands of pure white and crystal-clear crab meat scattered and floated in the water, resembling works of art.

"We've finally got to eat crab sashimi!"

There wasn't enough time to cook it properly, because the crab meat would quickly attract other predators.

Li Pingcan swallowed a mouthful of crab meat whole. Under the frenzied refining power of the "Earth God Qi Refining Technique," the crab meat that had just entered his stomach was transformed into spiritual energy.

This made him look like a bottomless pit; his belly bulged out and then shrank back in an instant, leaving the Azure Dragon dumbfounded.

"Carp, you're so small, how come you can eat more than me!"

While it was speaking, Li Pingcan sucked on another crab leg!

It quickly closed its mouth and focused on eating. The dragon horns and skin glowed faintly, clearly indicating that it was also frantically absorbing spiritual energy, a sign that it was about to level up.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

After the two of them finished eating the meat of the huge monster crab, they collapsed on the ground, their throats burping with the strong smell of seafood.

Li Pingcan closed his eyes slightly, and strands of spiritual energy gradually transformed into the body's magical power. His dantian felt warm and his qi flowed smoothly and endlessly!
"To break through to the first level of Qi Refining, one needs a Fire Spirit Mushroom. To break through to the second level, one needs far more than ten times the amount of spiritual treasures."

"Moreover, I have only just broken through, so it is not advisable for me to break through to the second level of Qi Refining too quickly."

Just like losing weight, it needs to be done gradually. If it suddenly increases, the meridians that carry the magical power will not be able to withstand the surge and there is a risk of them breaking.

The most suitable way to cultivate oneself is to find a place with a spiritual vein and a foundation for cultivation, and then cultivate naturally.

"How difficult it is!"

“Mount Ling does not have any first-order spiritual veins, but its spiritual energy is slightly richer than that of other places.”

"By the way, I can ask Lady White Snake."

Li Pingcan thought of the besieged white snake. When he was a mortal, he was powerless to share her suffering. Now that he had embarked on the path of cultivation, could he relieve the White Snake's predicament? And while he was at it, could he also cleverly "ask" for some information?

Most importantly, he sensed that Lady White Snake was exceptionally powerful, far surpassing the small green snake, Azure Dragon. If he could befriend such a powerful snake, it would greatly benefit his future cultivation.

"Hahaha!" Just as he was deep in thought, the Azure Dragon suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly, his laughter extremely exaggerated and arrogant, "I, Lord Dragon, have succeeded!"

Li Pingcan rolled his eyes, thinking that Qingjiao was acting crazy again, and was about to say something back.

The azure dragon's skin bulged, its horns shone with a bright azure light, and its aura continued to rise, gathering the surrounding water and forming a huge whirlpool, causing the Qingjiang River, which had not been at peace for long, to churn again.

This overwhelming momentum lasted for a long time until it completely subsided. The golden snake eyes of the Azure Dragon were smug, and its green skin became even more resilient and smooth!
"A Tier 1, Level 2 Spirit Beast!"

Li Pingcan was envious. The Azure Dragon was a spirit beast that could level up simply by eating enough without needing to cultivate.

With half a fire spirit mushroom and half a giant crab's flesh and blood, plus the spiritual energy accumulated previously, he broke through in one fell swoop.

This is considered a fast breakthrough speed among spirit beasts.

"My buddy just said he's a genius and will definitely become an unparalleled dragon in the future!"

"Little carp." The green dragon hooked its cheeky tail around Li Pingcan's shoulder, its tone extremely smug. "If you shout something nice, I'll protect you from now on and make sure you live a life of luxury."

Li Pingcan said calmly, "Are you sure?"

"What's there to be sure about? I'll give you face today, just call me 'godfather'."

"Since you are such a genius, you can rely on yourself to pass through the Dragon Palace's 'Illusory Music Platform'. I suppose you don't need any of my experience or insights."

"No!" Seeing the little carp turn away indifferently, the Azure Dragon panicked and hurriedly called out, "Little carp, little carp, I was wrong!"

Seeing that the carp remained unmoved, it finally prostrated itself on the ground and shouted in a resounding voice, "Godfather, please come again and learn from my experience!"

"That's pretty much it."

Li Pingcan snorted lightly, "Azure Dragon, if you want me to call you godfather, you'd better cultivate for another hundred years!"
After finishing the demon crab meat, they didn't even want to waste the sturdiest shell on its back. If they encountered a skilled blacksmith, they could forge many "divine weapons".

You should know that what is commonly passed down among martial artists are the horns of "treasure beasts," such as the tusks of the Purple-Toothed Boar, which have now been made into a purple spear for my father to use.

Weapons made from spirit beast "fragments" are nowhere to be found on the market. After all, even ordinary blacksmiths struggle to forge magical artifacts, let alone spirit artifacts.

Of course, it's also possible that Li Pingcan hasn't seen enough of the world.

He planned to hide the crab shell and legs with the Azure Dragon first, and then forge them into suitable armor and weapons when the opportunity arose.

"Azure Dragon, come with me to the Dragon Palace. I have a feeling that I will be able to break through the second barrier today."

In fact, Lee Pyeongchan almost got "superior" last time, but he was just a little short.

He recently broke through to the first level of Qi Refining, but just now he absorbed a large amount of demonic beast spiritual energy. Although it has not been completely converted into magic power, his divine sense has also been greatly enhanced.

"Little carp, you really are a cultivation fanatic."

The Azure Dragon complained that its dream was simply to eat and sleep, and to sleep and eat. As for cultivating into an unparalleled true dragon, that was just a passing fancy and wouldn't last more than three minutes.

But sensing that the little carp's eyes were about to glare at it, it transformed itself, twisted its body, and its smile became ingratiating and eager.

…………

Dragon Palace.

"Enter the second level of the Illusionary Music Stage."

"start."

As the familiar scenes of the Dragon Palace faded away, Li Pingcan completely forgot his original identity, and scenes of earthly bliss appeared before his eyes.

Meat forest and wine pool, beautiful women are like clouds.

The noble and aloof moon palace fairy looked pitiful, asking, "Am I beautiful?"

"Beauty is the greatest thing in the world."

She asked sadly, "Then why can't you stay for me?"

Li Pingcan said seriously, "Because I want to cultivate immortality. Once I succeed in cultivating immortality, I can have ten beauties like you." This is the result of his training in delayed gratification.

The moon palace fairy's astonishment dissipated, transforming into other illusions.

Until one's cultivation is successful, one progresses through the stages of Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul...

At this moment, what lies before Li Pingcan is the Divine Transformation Pill, a supreme treasure of heaven and earth. As long as he takes it, he can attain immortality and transcend all worldly concerns.

"Why don't you eat?"

The immortals of the Cloud Palace had piercing eyes and spoke with a majestic yet tempting tone, "Eat it, and you can become an immortal like us, existing forever with heaven and earth!"

"Is cultivating immortality difficult?" Li Pingcan asked.

“Cultivating immortality is inherently defying the heavens and is extremely difficult,” the immortal said. “But you have obtained an immense opportunity; by consuming the Divine Transformation Pill, you will gain access to the creation of heaven and earth.”

Li Pingcan shook his head. "How could something so difficult be accomplished by taking drugs? Without a sincere heart for the Dao, how can one attain the fruit of the Dao?"

The immortals looked at each other, speechless.

Scenes changed and dissipated before my eyes like floating clouds, until the final desire was overcome and the entire illusion collapsed with a roar.

"Human Li Pingcan has successfully passed through the 'Illusory Music Platform' on the second level of the Dragon Palace."

"Those who pass the test at the first level of Qi Refining will be rated as Heavenly and granted the Dao Foundation Pill."

"It's done!"

Li Pingcan felt a surge of excitement. After about two years, he had finally broken through to the second level and received the reward.

Just then, a dark golden pill appeared in front of the grass-gold carp, along with the effects and explanation of the Dao Foundation Pill.

[Dao Foundation Pill: A pill refined by True Person Longbao, capable of tempering the foundation of one's Dao body.]

Without the prefix "ancient elixir", it is clear that the Dao Foundation Pill is not as precious as the Dao Spirit Pill, but it can still temper the Dao body and replenish the foundation, which is enough to make people happy!

(End of this chapter)