Wait… I’m a Druid in a Cultivation World?! - Chapter 69

After successfully testing the three types of honey—Fire Spirit Honey, Fire Ginseng Honey, and Fire Spirit Tempering Honey—Qi Ping felt both joy and relief.

A minor goal had been achieved.

The next step was to use the remaining large portion of the twenty-year Fire Spirit Grass to brew Fire Spirit Honey. This would help the Li Fire Crow restore its strength to the late first stage as soon as possible. Four or five days later, when the Fire Spirit Grass reached a hundred years of potency, he would use it to brew more Fire Spirit Honey, aiming to restore the Li Fire Crow to the peak of the first stage.

“By then, I hope the crow can regain its peak first-stage strength. With the Li Fire Crow, which can counter demonic insects, exploring the secrets beneath the blood ginseng growth site will be much safer.”

Qi Ping estimated that he didn’t have much time left. Whether the Li Fire Crow regained its peak strength or not, he would have to dig into the ground and investigate.

Having cultivated spiritual herbs here for so long, and with the demonic insects emerging one after another, drawn by whatever lay beneath, Qi Ping was intensely curious about what was hidden below. However, the potential dangers made him hesitant to act without confidence. Losing this spiritual land would be a significant setback.

But now, this land was no longer as crucial to Qi Ping. It could no longer meet his needs and had even become a constraint on the bee colony’s development. Only by moving to a place with richer spiritual energy, more naturally growing spiritual herbs, and a greater variety of flowers could the bee colony expand further and generate substantial spiritual stone profits for Qi Ping.

Then, Qi Ping could focus on improving his cultivation without constantly worrying about something emerging from underground. Although he had been accelerating the growth of spiritual herbs here, he had never let his guard down.

“If there’s something underground that could allow me to cultivate first-stage advanced spiritual herbs in this first-stage intermediate spiritual land, that would be ideal.” This was Qi Ping’s hope, as renting first-stage advanced spiritual land was challenging. If something here could enable him to cultivate advanced spiritual herbs in the Zone B it would be perfect.

Amid peaceful cultivation and herb growing, five days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the Fire Spirit Grass finally reached a hundred years of potency! The intense and dense fire spiritual energy around it was almost condensing into liquid, creating a spectacular and astonishing scene.

Even the Li Fire Crow in the distance was awakened by this energy.

“A hundred-year Fire Spirit Grass is truly extraordinary!” Qi Ping had been eagerly awaiting this moment. Without delay, he immediately took out the other prepared spiritual herbs and handed them, along with the hundred-year Fire Spirit Grass, to the brewer, the Big-Bellied Bee.

The sooner the Fire Spirit Honey was brewed, the faster the Li Fire Crow could recover its strength. “The hundred-year Fire Spirit Grass is much more potent than the twenty-year one. It will probably take about ten days to brew the honey.” After estimating the time, Qi Ping wasn’t anxious and continued his cultivation.

His cultivation at the fourth level of Qi Refining was now completely stable and steadily progressing toward the fifth level with the help of the honey. Qi Ping was quite satisfied with this speed. Among loose cultivators, his progress was exceptionally fast, surpassing even many disciples of the three major families.

With the Li Fire Body and the boost from Golden Marrow Honey, his cultivation speed could truly be described as rapid. Every day, he could feel a noticeable increase in his spiritual power. The feeling of tangible progress and growing strength was addictive, a stark contrast to his past efforts, which had yielded little results.

To Qi Ping, this was what true cultivation felt like. His previous life hardly compared. Another reason for his joy was that, with the Li Fire Body and the Forest Druid blessings, his cultivation showed no signs of instability. Instead, his foundation was solid and steady, meaning there were no hidden risks. As long as he continued cultivating normally, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage wouldn’t be too difficult.

Once he reached Foundation Establishment, he would truly stand among the elite of Qingstone County!

Three days later, the large portion of the twenty-year Fire Spirit Grass, combined with the other herbs from the Fire Spirit Honey recipe, was successfully brewed into honey by the Big-Bellied Bee. “Although the twenty-year Fire Spirit Grass isn’t as potent as the hundred-year one, there’s still a considerable amount!” This batch of Fire Spirit Honey filled two fist-sized jade bottles.

After collecting the honey, Qi Ping immediately brought it to the Li Fire Crow. It was noon, and the summer sun was scorching. Yet, the Li Fire Crow stood under the blazing sun without any discomfort, feeling entirely at ease. For the crow, this was the best time of the year.

The abundant solar energy surrounded the Li Fire Crow, casting a faint golden glow on its black feathers. “According to ancient texts, ordinary Li Fire Crows shouldn’t be able to perceive or absorb this much solar energy…” But the amount of solar energy around the crow was astonishingly dense.

“That rugged man, Meng Yan, said the crow has dense bloodline power. That might be true, but achieving this level must also be due to the crow’s recovery from its broken state.” Watching the golden halo around the crow, Qi Ping felt deep admiration.

Soon, the Li Fire Crow ended its solar absorption state, flapped its wings, and flew to Qi Ping’s shoulder. “Caw caw. (Boss, what brings you here?)”

“Here, this is for you!” Qi Ping took out the two small bottles of Fire Spirit Honey from his storage bag and handed them to the crow.

“Caw caw! (Fire Spirit Honey!)” The crow’s eyes widened instantly.

“Use it to restore your strength to the late first stage as soon as possible. Our situation isn’t safe.” “Caw caw! (Thank you, Boss! I won’t let you down!)” After saying this, the crow took the two bottles and flew back to its spot.

It opened the bottles and swallowed both without hesitation. Having experienced the effects of Fire Spirit Honey before, it was familiar with the intensity of the spiritual power. Besides, having once been at the peak of the first stage, its body could easily handle the energy. What it needed was the most intense fire spiritual power to stimulate its bloodline recovery.

As the two bottles of honey entered its system, a powerful surge of fire spiritual energy filled the crow’s body, making it seem as if it were engulfed in flames. At the same time, the crow resumed absorbing solar energy, with dense solar power once again surrounding it.

As time passed, waves of intense fire spiritual pressure began radiating from the crow. The breakthrough proceeded without any issues. When its energy reached a critical point, a burst of fire spiritual power, far stronger than that of an ordinary seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator, erupted.

At that moment, the wood-fire spiritual power within Qi Ping’s body stirred restlessly, and his physical body’s affinity with fire spiritual power suddenly increased by one level.