Wait… I’m a Druid in a Cultivation World?! - Chapter 100

“I’ve been grinding for so long, and my Druid level has finally reached 4!”

It had been over three months, nearly four, since the last time his Druid level increased!
Nearly one hundred days!

If it took a hundred days to gain one level in a game, it would be downright infuriating.

“But in the world of cultivation, it’s actually not bad at all!”

In the world of cultivation, reaching Foundation Establishment easily grants three to five hundred years of lifespan. Golden Core stage cultivators can enjoy nearly a millennium of life.

Even though Qi Ping is only at Qi Refinement level 7 right now, as long as he doesn’t sustain severe injuries that damage his foundation, he can live to at least two hundred years old.

Gaining two special nature-based skills in just over a hundred days, one animal companion contract slot per level, and being able to share a talent from each contracted animal companion…

If other cultivators knew about this, they would probably be so jealous they’d want to dissect Qi Ping tendon by tendon, bone by bone, and scour his soul inch by inch to see if they could uncover his inheritance.
This is one reason why Qi Ping chooses to keep a low profile. Showing off might be possible, but he’d also have to bear the immense risk of exposing his abilities.

Qi Ping feels his current situation is quite good. Even if someone knows he’s unusual, they would at most assume he’s hiding strength not exceeding the Qi Refinement stage. Those sent to deal with or investigate him would likely only be at the late Qi Refinement stage.
But the actual Qi Ping possesses the ability to escape even from Foundation Establishment cultivators. Unless it’s a genius like Lin Qingshu who has comprehended Sword Intent, those at the Qi Refinement stage can hardly threaten him.

This is Qi Ping’s confidence in preserving himself within the chaotic Qingtian Domain!
Who would bother spending significant effort to deal with an inconspicuous, unknown ant hidden underground?

“Actually, going from level 3 to 4 was relatively quick. Moving from level 4 to 5 will take much longer, probably the better part of a year to a full year.”

“But that will also bring the first class advancement, which is something to really look forward to!”

After the Druid class advances, there’s a significant qualitative transformation, and Qi Ping is very much looking forward to it.

After all, what class holder wouldn’t anticipate advancing?

Right at this moment, the level 4 Druid skills finished generating, and Qi Ping turned his gaze to his Druid panel.

[Druid Level: lv3 (205/400)] → [Druid Level: lv4 (1/800)].

[Druid Level 4 Skills Generating…]

[Please select Class Skills…]

[Beast King Druid (Choose One): Beast King’s Flame, Beast Subjugation]

lv1 Beast King’s Flame: A powerful flame will gestate within your body. This flame possesses extremely strong destructive power, and is particularly effective at breaking through various types of defenses, such as energy defenses and physical defenses. (Passive, Upgradeable) (You can improve the level of Beast King’s Flame by comprehending the power of natural flames)
lv1 Beast Subjugation: As a Beast King Druid, you can cast a spell to significantly reduce the hostility of enemy animals towards you, greatly diminishing their desire to attack you. (Active, Upgradeable)

[Jungle Druid (Choose One): Poison Ward, Natural Perception]

lv1 Poison Ward: You can expend energy to expel poisons from your body, reducing or nullifying the harm they cause. (Active, Upgradeable)

lv1 Natural Perception: You have a keen sense for the natural environment, able to smell hidden dangers within it and sense impending fortune or misfortune. (Passive, Not Upgradeable)

It looked like another choice of two out of four options, but skills that had appeared before could also be actively displayed and selected. For example, skills like Dominate Beast and Greedy Vine could be manually shown and chosen.

However, Qi Ping naturally wouldn’t actively choose skills that had appeared previously, because among the level 4 skills, there were two he absolutely had to pick. There was simply no chance he would consider the older skills again.

So this time, Qi Ping’s decision was swift and decisive, without any hesitation.

“Beast King’s Flame, Beast Subjugation, Poison Ward, Natural Perception… choose two.”
“Beast King Druid skill selected: Beast King’s Flame!”

“Jungle Druid skill selected: Natural Perception!”

First, comparing Beast King’s Flame and Beast Subjugation.

If Qi Ping were in a Beast Domain or a place with many beast-taming cultivators, Beast Subjugation would be a divine skill, allowing him to avoid much unnecessary danger.

But right now, Qi Ping has almost no opportunity to use this skill, so the choice was clear. He wouldn’t hesitate unless he one day found himself falling into a Beast Domain.

As for Beast King’s Flame, if Qi Ping were purely cultivating a wood-attribute technique, its value wouldn’t be great. Choosing it would just give him an ordinary method, requiring time spent comprehending flame power to level it up.

But now, it’s completely different!

Qi Ping cultivates both wood and fire attributes. The significance of Beast King’s Flame for him is immense!
Especially now, when Qi Ping possesses the Yang Fire Constitution talent and is actively striving to comprehend the True Meaning of Fire.

Beast King’s Flame can not only better assist Qi Ping in comprehending the True Meaning of Fire, but it can also, while Qi Ping perceives various fire-attribute energies, absorb those insights to improve its own level and power!
For Qi Ping, this is killing two birds with one stone!
“Comprehending the True Meaning of Fire should become considerably easier now!”

During this period, Qi Ping had genuinely experienced the difficulty of comprehending the True Meaning of Fire firsthand. Even with all his talents and conditions, his progress had been extremely slow.

There’s a reason this threshold holds back so many people.

So, obtaining his own innate flame now made Qi Ping incredibly happy.

“There’s hope for comprehending the True Meaning of Fire!”

“And later, once Beast King’s Flame levels up, I’ll finally have a decent offensive method of my own…”

Otherwise, Qi Ping previously could only rely on his animal companions to attack enemies, which was a rather limited approach.

“This way, if enemies attack me, I can activate Bark Skin and another defensive spell while simultaneously deploying my innate flame. That gives me three layers of defense.”

Upon acquiring this ability, Qi Ping’s first thought was still to use it as a lifesaving method.

Furthermore, Beast King’s Flame, with its special effectiveness against physical and energy defenses, should prove very useful in certain situations.

Next, the choice between Poison Ward and Natural Perception required even less hesitation.

While Poison Ward is decent, allowing him to handle many situations, it falls far short compared to Natural Perception.

In the game, Natural Perception had a very limited role, while Poison Ward could handle many quest scenarios and had a high usage rate.

But here and now, this is the world of cultivation!

In the world of cultivation, Natural Perception is a true divine skill for Qi Ping!