Wait… I’m a Druid in a Cultivation World?! - Chapter 125

The Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is not only a rare spirit beast of the soul type but an even rarer plant-based soul spirit beast.

A few days ago, Qi Ping chose to purchase the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon first. Besides the fact that its owner was in a hurry to sell, another important reason was that the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is even more uncommon than the Mystic Immortal Spirit Fox.

In terms of primary innate talents, it is also not inferior to the Mystic Immortal White Fox.

[Species: Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon]
[Bloodline: Mid-Grade Tier 2]
[Innate Talents: Demonic Pupil’s Will, Demonic Pupil’s Soul, Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm]

Demonic Pupil’s Will: A strange demonic pupil exists within the soul, possessing effects that suppress inner demons and evil entities.

Demonic Pupil’s Soul: A strange demonic pupil exists within the soul, granting the soul extraordinary and divine power, along with exceptional talent for soul cultivation.

Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm: Capable of creating a terrifying illusion within the demonic pupil. During battle, it can pull the enemy’s consciousness into this realm, causing it to collapse and be destroyed.

To a certain extent, the abilities of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon are more terrifying than those of the Mystic Immortal Spirit Fox.

While the illusions of the Mystic Immortal Spirit Fox are free and unrestrained, the Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is filled with the power of inner demons and evil entities. If a cultivator with an unstable mind or a flawed Dao Heart falls under the Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm, the likely outcome is the collapse of their soul and death.

However, if it encounters someone with a flawless mental state and an impeccable Dao Heart, the power of the Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm drops to an absolute low.

For example, Qi Ping felt that if a Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon of the same level encountered Meng Yan, its combat performance would definitely be far inferior to the Mystic Immortal Spirit Fox, and it might not even be of much use.

But if the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon encounters someone who has relied solely on spiritual medicines to pile up their soul and realm cultivation, even if they are one or two minor stages higher, the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon might still be able to defeat them despite the level difference.

Therefore, the strength of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon entirely depends on its opponent.
If it encounters someone with a firm and flawless Dao Heart, it might as well just give up and call it a day; it might not even win against someone one or two minor stages lower.

But if it encounters someone with an unsteady will, defeating opponents across realms is not a difficult task.

“The Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is suitable as a surprise weapon; sometimes it might achieve extraordinary results…”

“But no matter what, even in the cultivation world, those who possess wisdom and have tempered their Dao Heart to be firm and flawless are ultimately a minority. For the vast majority of people, the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon remains a symbol of power and terror.”

In terms of spirit beast cultivation, Qi Ping also plans to prioritize the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon over the little Spirit Fox.

Because when facing high-level enemies, the combination of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon, the bee swarm, and Crow Crow can accomplish even more challenging cross-realm eliminations.

For instance, when facing a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, statistically speaking, there’s over a 90% chance that the enemy would be countered by the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon’s Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm.

While the bee swarm is fighting the Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon can seize the opportunity to pull the enemy into the Hundred-Eyes Demonic Realm.

In this way, the probability of eliminating the enemy across realms increases significantly.

In its role as a surprise weapon, the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is far superior to the Mystic Immortal Spirit Fox.

“This is the combat style of a Beast Master Druid!”

The coordinated combat between animal companions, each leveraging their advantages, can unleash extremely powerful battle prowess.

As for the little Spirit Fox, until there are sufficient resources to cultivate it, Qi Ping still thinks it’s best to keep it as a shared talent accessory.

Having a lively and cute little Spirit Fox by his side usually feels quite nice to Qi Ping.

After all, Crow Crow is usually busy cultivating, and whatever time remains after cultivation is spent resting; almost all its energy is focused on absorbing and comprehending the power of the Great Sun.

With the little Spirit Fox around, Qi Ping’s cultivation life becomes much more interesting.

Later, when his strength improves and he possesses more resources, he can slowly help the little Spirit Fox break through realms and enhance its bloodline, allowing it to continue sharing its animal companion talents with Qi Ping.

Not every animal companion needs to maintain top-tier combat power.

As Qi Ping acquires more and more animal companions, it’s impossible to ensure that each one maintains the strongest, first-line combat power. Based on resource availability, keeping a few animal companions at top-tier combat power, and then cultivating the others after his strength improves, is the best choice for Qi Ping.

Actually, the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon has another significant advantage: it can survive just by having a spirit land; it doesn’t usually require feeding.

“I wonder if the Plant Growth ability works on the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon?”

“If Plant Growth can be used to cultivate the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon, then raising it would be much simpler!”

However, Qi Ping isn’t sure whether Plant Growth has any effect on the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon now that it has become a plant-type spirit beast.

When Qi Ping took the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon out of the spirit beast bag, it was still in a drowsy, semi-conscious, and ignorant state.

If it hadn’t already transformed into the appearance of a plant spirit beast, Qi Ping might have thought it was still a spiritual plant.

“Such a small Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon is quite rare; it even seems to have just opened its spiritual intelligence. In terms of wisdom, it’s probably comparable to an infant right now…”

Most plant-type demons and beasts slowly develop spiritual intelligence over years of growth and by chance, eventually transforming into plant-type demons and beasts.

A Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon like the one before Qi Ping, which has just reached Tier 1 strength, is likely very young in terms of age.

Being able to transform into a plant spirit beast at such a juvenile stage either means it has experienced extraordinary opportunities or possesses remarkable innate talent.

To be honest, if not for the current chaos in the Qingtian Domain and the lack of prosperity in beast taming methods, this Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon wouldn’t have been priced at only nine thousand spirit stones.

Under normal circumstances, the price would probably be at least twelve thousand spirit stones or more. In places where beast taming is popular, the price would be even more expensive.

Qi Ping managed to acquire this Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon at this price, truly getting a great bargain.

Looking at the still dazed and unaware Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon after releasing it, Qi Ping felt a bit troubled.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to first plant the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon in the spirit land.

When Qi Ping held this Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon, which was only about the height of his calf, it seemed to sense something and struggled slightly.

However, it soon perceived the very comfortable aura emanating from Qi Ping and relaxed.

Qi Ping wasn’t too surprised by this; Druids have a natural affinity with plants, especially Forest Druids.

Now, with his identities as both a Forest Druid and a Beast Master Druid stacked, it would be strange if the juvenile Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon didn’t feel comfortable!

Carrying the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon to the spot where Qi Ping had buried the Spirit Origin Stone Pillar, he planted the yellowish-white roots of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon into the ground, leaving only the pale green slender stems, three or four pale green leaves, and the flower composed of petals that resembled numerous black pupils.

This is the distinctive mark of the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon: each petal is like a divine eye, together forming an extraordinarily demonic and unique Hundred-Eyes Flower.

But in Qi Ping’s eyes, it looked rather strangely cute.

After planting the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon, it seemed to sense the presence of the spirit land. It began actively sinking its roots deeper, diligently absorbing the nutrients and spiritual energy from the spirit land, and started appearing more lively.

Seeing that this seemed effective, Qi Ping also began to activate [Plant Growth], slowly channeling the special energy of plant growth into the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon’s body.

Qi Ping infused this energy very slowly because he wasn’t sure whether this special energy would be beneficial or harmful to the Hundred-Eyes Flower Demon…