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

“This low-tier Rank-1 Radiant Grass has reached fifty years of medicinal potency!”

Qi Ping’s heart swelled with excitement and joy as he gazed at the spiritual herb, which occasionally shimmered with flowing golden light.

The final main ingredient for the Bloodline Mutation Elixir had finally been successfully cultivated!

Over the past week or so, Qi Ping had barely focused on cultivating the Blood Ginseng, dedicating most of his time and effort to nurturing the Radiant Grass instead. It had taken considerable work to finally succeed.

Fortunately, accelerating the growth of a low-tier Rank-1 spiritual herb like Radiant Grass was far easier than cultivating a mid-tier Rank-1 herb like Blood Ginseng. That was why Qi Ping had managed to complete the process in less than two weeks—while also juggling other cultivation tasks.

Now, all the ingredients were ready.

It was time to begin.

Soon, an array of medicinal herbs lay before Qi Ping.

The most eye-catching among them was a deep-red, translucent ginseng. Like crystal, it radiated a dazzling brilliance, and the spiritual energy emanating from it was so potent that even a single breath made one feel their cultivation improving.

Once the Blood Ginseng reached a hundred years of medicinal potency, it truly underwent a qualitative transformation—far surpassing its ninety-year counterpart.

Next was the Radiant Grass, which occasionally rippled with golden light. At fifty years of potency, it too had undergone a metamorphosis—its once pale-golden glow had deepened into a rich, dark gold, carrying an indescribable sense of weight.

No wonder the formula had minimum age requirements for these two main ingredients. Only when refined from these qualitatively enhanced herbs could the Bloodline Mutation Elixir achieve its intended effect.

[Formula Name: Bloodline Mutation Elixir]

[Main Ingredients: Blood Ginseng (100+ years), Radiant Grass (50+ years)]

[Secondary Ingredients: Wormgall Wood, Gamboge, Speck of Green]

[Effects: While preserving the Blood Ginseng’s properties of nourishing the body and cultivating spiritual energy, it amplifies the herb’s blood-boiling purification effect by more than tenfold. After consumption, demonic insects in this state have a chance to undergo bloodline mutation and rank advancement…]

[Success rate of bloodline mutation varies depending on the insect species, with a significant risk of death.]

[The healthier the insect’s body and the higher its adaptability to Blood Ginseng, the greater the chance of successful transformation…]

[Refinement Method: Extract the essence of each herb using spiritual energy, then stabilize and fuse them together.]

[Blood Ginseng extraction method and product requirements… Radiant Grass extraction method and product requirements…]

“The main ingredients are ready…”

“And I’ve already gathered the secondary ingredients in my spare time.”

In this formula, the secondary ingredients were all common, non-ranked herbs—easily found in ordinary apothecaries or even scattered across the Misty Cloud Mountain Range. Qi Ping had collected them while cultivating the Blood Ginseng and Radiant Grass.

“The only concern is the high risk of consuming the elixir. I can only hope that the ‘Beast King’s Blessing’ skill will increase the success rate for the Gold Marrow Bees…”

[Beast King’s Blessing: Your animal companions gain increased leveling speed and a higher chance of successful transformation.]

With this skill, the Gold Marrow Bees’ chances of successful bloodline evolution should be significantly higher than those of other demonic insects.

Judging by its description, the Bloodline Mutation Elixir’s effects were brutally potent.

At its core, it used Radiant Grass’s purifying properties—combined with other herbs—to preserve the Blood Ginseng’s body-nourishing and spirit-cultivating effects while amplifying its blood-boiling purification by more than tenfold. This extreme stimulation forced and encouraged the demonic insect’s bloodline to mutate and advance.

Additionally, Speck of Green slightly increased the odds of successful bloodline transformation without disrupting the main ingredients’ effects.

In short, the elixir was brutally straightforward—it gambled on the insect’s innate potential, with a high risk of death.

But if the insect survived, it had a chance to break through its inherent bloodline shackles, evolving into a stronger, superior variant with exponentially increased power!

However, such a crude and forceful method inevitably came with a high mortality rate. That was why this elixir was only truly valuable when used on swarm-based demonic insects.

For other creatures like Ironhide Bears or Crimsonflame Tigers, the cost would be astronomical—requiring massive quantities of rare herbs like century-old Blood Ginseng and Radiant Grass—only to still face high death rates. It simply wasn’t worth it.

But swarm-based demonic insects had two key advantages:

Short lifespans
Reproduction-dependent survival

As long as even a single insect successfully mutated, it could be used to breed a new generation of enhanced offspring.

In a very short time, an entirely new, superior swarm could be cultivated. Typically, the bloodline’s enhanced traits would persist for three to ten generations.

…..

Initially, Qi Ping had hesitated due to the mortality risk.

So when he first obtained this formula, he discussed it with the Gold Marrow Bees.

Their reaction made him realize he had overthought things.

The entire swarm went wild.

Every single Gold Marrow Bee clamored to consume the elixir.

For them, a chance to elevate their entire bloodline was worth any sacrifice. Even if dozens—or even most—of the swarm perished, as long as a single bee succeeded, the entire colony could rise to new heights.

From the perspective of demonic insects, a small sacrifice for a bloodline upgrade was an unimaginably good deal.

However, not every Gold Marrow Bee could undergo the transformation.

Individual mutations were meaningless to the swarm—only if a drone evolved and mated with the queen, producing offspring with the new bloodline, could the entire colony advance.

Gold Marrow Bees typically reached maturity in four to eight weeks—or even faster with ample honey supply.

Theoretically, once Qi Ping successfully refined the elixir, the bees could establish a powerful new swarm within a month.

…..

Now, Qi Ping couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

Though refining this elixir was far simpler than alchemy—requiring only basic spiritual energy control to extract the herbs’ essences and fuse them in the right proportions—it still posed two major challenges for most cultivators:

Extracting the medicinal essence (or removing impurities) demanded extremely precise spiritual energy control and deep understanding of herb properties.
- Poor energy control made it impossible to properly isolate impurities.
- Insufficient knowledge of herb properties meant one couldn’t even distinguish essence from waste—let alone purify it.
Any deviation in the extracted essence would lead to failure.