Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

After all that commotion, everyone at the post station was awakened, but no one got off the carriage. At most, some people looked out the window of the Lieyang carriage at the firelight on the horizon, but quickly looked away.

They had all witnessed the battle just now. Anyone with a brain would know that something big must have happened at this post station. The people coming and going were all travelers, and even more so, cultivators who had been in the cultivation world for many years. They wouldn't get into trouble for their own curiosity.

Lu Lin carried the pale-faced woman onto his carriage. The coachman was immediately awakened. He looked at the woman on Lu Lin's back and his expression changed, but he dared not offend Lu Lin. He could only say, "Sir, I am just a coachman and a wanderer. This carriage is all I have. Please don't cause me any trouble."

Lu Lin glanced at the woman behind him, assuming the coachman was after spirit stones, and immediately said, "How about I give you an extra twenty low-grade spirit stones for each additional person?"

The coachman, clearly not interested in the spirit stones, sighed and said, "Sir, I know nothing about this woman's identity, and I won't ask. But... since she appeared in this state, she must have something on her mind. No matter how big or small it is, it's troublesome. So... please don't make things difficult for me, sir."

The stable boy was already at the very bottom of the cultivation world. Even if he didn't know what had just happened, he figured it was better to avoid trouble.

As they were talking, the coachman took out a package from the tent and gave Lu Lin fifteen low-grade spirit stones: "Sir, these spirit stones are returned to you. The journey is long, so please go and find someone else."

"My lord, you helped me deal with the horse-hunting bandits on the way, and I will remember this. You paid the carriage company a total of twenty-six low-grade spirit stones, and the company will take forty percent of that. I only earned fifteen low-grade spirit stones by myself. Consider this my way of repaying your kindness. How about you get off the carriage here?"

Lu Lin looked at the fifteen low-grade spirit stones that the coachman had taken out. The quality of the spirit stones was generally not high. He looked at the coachman in front of him and fell into silence.

It was clear that the coachman was genuinely afraid; otherwise, he wouldn't have refused the fifteen low-grade spirit stones.

Whether it was the power of the fight just now, or Lu Lin's posture when he killed three people, the coachman in front of him was full of vigilance.

Knowing that the coachman most likely wouldn't let him get back on the carriage, Lu Lin didn't say anything more and accepted the fifteen low-grade spirit stones: "Thank you for seeing me off all the way. Farewell."

Hearing this from inside the carriage, the scholar leaned out and asked, "Is the young master getting off?"

Lu Lin nodded: "Yes, the trouble I caused was indeed a bit too big, and it could easily implicate others."

The scholar looked regretful, then turned back to rummage through the chest and took out a seed: "You are going to take the Spirit Plant Master exam, so this is a perfect gift for you, young master, as a parting present. I will be waiting for you in Ancient Spirit City to see you again."

Lu Lin accepted the seeds without hesitation, saying, "Thank you, sir."

Lu Lin then carried the woman on his back and disappeared into the night, far away from the post station. The scholar watched them go through the window and sighed, "He is clearly not in control of his own life, yet he still carries a burden on his shoulders. This young man's character is truly excellent."

The groom watched Lu Lin leave, breathed a sigh of relief, and crawled back into his tent to rest.

The other grooms also saw what was happening, but none of them said anything.

……

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Lu Lin used his spiritual power to help the woman behind him keep out of the rain while traversing through the dense forest. However, the trees in this forest were not large, there were no tree holes, and he could not find any caves. After a while, Lu Lin felt tired, hungry, and cold.

Although a third-level Qi Refining cultivator is much stronger than an ordinary person, Lu Lin was still somewhat exhausted after the intense battle, and the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea was completely drained.

Fortunately, the Shennong Harvest Diagram still stores a portion of the 'harvest' essence power of the spiritual wheat, which can temporarily replenish physical strength.

However, spiritual wheat is ultimately just an ordinary spiritual plant with limited energy, so it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

At this moment, the woman Lu Lin was carrying on his back was also soaked through. Her brows furrowed slightly, and the wound on her wrist was also wet from the rain, about to reopen.

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

Guji jumped out at this moment.

Lu Lin glanced at it.

Guji raised its hands, then found a spot and took root in the ground. The next moment, Guji's vines began to grow rapidly, winding around the trunks of the surrounding trees, creating a natural platform for Lu Lin.

Guji is a tree-man, and the rain and clouds actually help him draw nutrients from the earth.

The vines continued to grow, eventually using the large tree beside Lu Lin as support to create a small tent about ten feet square on the suspended platform, enveloping Lu Lin inside so that rainwater could not seep in.

Lu Lin sat down and laid the woman on his back down, letting her lie flat in the tent. He spread his druidic senses, and the woman's life force was like a candle flickering in the wind.

"I'm sorry." Lu Lin took a deep breath, removed all the woman's clothes, took out a clean cloth from his Qiankun bag to cover her, and finally put a few wood-attribute yellow talismans on her to stabilize her injuries before he felt relieved.

Little Black couldn't stay still either. He turned back into a little black dog and wandered around the woman, seemingly worried, or perhaps hoping she would wake up.

Lu Lin glanced at her and then stopped paying attention to the woman, focusing instead on the profession panel.

The panel slowly unfolded in front of him.

Current fusion point: 1 (can be added)

Secret Technique Fusion: Transformation, enhancement, fusion, and natural transformation, resulting in endless variations.

Characteristic Fusion: Harmonizing Yin and Yang, it integrates pure Yang energy, resulting in a dual Yin-Yang breath.

Lu Lin looked at the two options, pondered for a moment, and then made his choice.

[You have chosen to transform, enhance, and fuse with nature, becoming ever-changing.]

【Transformation Lv2 (1/4000): You can specify a target to transform into all things and spirits in the world.】

Upon seeing this skill, Lu Lin stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

It seems that after the fusion of secret techniques, the proficiency required for upgrading will double.

Lu Lin closed the panel in front of him, turned his head to look at the unconscious woman, and wanted to release his spiritual power to turn her into a portable object to carry with him. But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that all the meridians in the woman's body had been crushed, making her even more fragile than an ordinary person.

If his spiritual power were to enter her, the woman would surely die.

"It seems those people did this to prevent her from escaping," Lu Lin sighed softly.

However, nourishing spiritual plants with human blood requires the blood to be pure and contain spiritual power. Therefore, those rogue cultivators did not completely destroy the woman's cultivation. Her meridians could recover after a period of rest, which can be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Moreover, when they were taking off her clothes just now, it seemed that the woman hadn't been violated.

One should remain virgin; otherwise, the properties of human blood will be affected, thus impacting the quality of the fruit.

Thinking about it, Lu Lin turned to look at the clothes he had thrown aside. The clothes he had taken off the woman were quite valuable, and they were even inlaid with gold thread, which indicated that she was of noble status. Perhaps after she woke up, he could use her kindness to repay her debt and make up for some of the losses of this trip.

After all, he had saved her life, and was even kicked off the carriage by the coachman for it.