Wait… I’m a Druid in a Cultivation World?! - Chapter 74

As the golden ray of sunlight and the strand of purple light shot into the Li Fire Crow’s body, Qi Ping, who had been in a meditative state, opened his eyes.

In his sight, the eggshell-like black substance that had formed around the crow suddenly shattered, revealing its true, transformed appearance.

In terms of size, the change wasn’t drastic—only about twenty percent larger than before.

But the feeling it gave off was completely different.

Its feathers were still jet black, but now carried an entirely new essence. Each feather seemed as if it had been meticulously forged in fierce flames, possessing a strong metallic sheen. A single glance was enough to sense the formidable defensive power they held.

The most noticeable change was the flame mark on the crow’s forehead. The golden light, once subtle before its transformation, was now a vivid golden pattern etched onto the flame mark. Its beak was also adorned with mysterious golden patterns.

Moreover, an aura at the peak of the first stage swept out!

“A Sun Fire Crow!”

“Yaya evolved into a Sun Fire Crow?”

Seeing the crow’s condition, Qi Ping was instantly astonished!

The Sun Fire Crow was one of the most powerful evolved forms of the Li Fire Crow.

Li Fire Crows weren’t rare in the cultivation world. Spirit beasts with bloodlines related to the Golden Crow (Sun Raven) were highly sought after by beast-taming cultivators.

Among second-tier Golden Crow bloodline spirit beasts, the Li Fire Crow was the most common and affordable, making it a popular choice.

Its combat prowess was indeed remarkable. Under the care of a beast-taming cultivator, a Li Fire Crow could unleash power surpassing that of many Qi Refining cultivators at the same level, even while still at the first tier.

This was why even the most ordinary Li Fire Crow hatchling cost over three thousand spirit stones.

Due to their popularity, there were well-established cultivation paths for Li Fire Crows.

The most common evolved forms were the Crimson Fire Crow, the Candle Fire Crow, and the Spark Fire Crow.

These three forms were achieved by using specific types of rare resources and elixirs to assist the Li Fire Crow’s bloodline evolution.

With the help of these resources and pills, the Li Fire Crow’s bloodline would evolve into different forms depending on the materials used.

These three paths were proven to have the highest success rates. Once successful, the bloodline would advance from low second-tier to high second-tier.

Although it remained within the second tier, they could almost always be cultivated to the peak of the second tier, becoming existences comparable to Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators.

There was even potential for further evolution and advancement later on.

After purchasing Yaya, Qi Ping had originally planned to evolve it into a Crimson Fire Crow, as this path represented a pure fire-attribute evolution and had guidance for further forms down the line.

But beyond these three common evolution paths, there were some rarer ones.

The Sun Fire Crow was one of them!

The Sun Fire Crow represented the purest evolution path, the one closest to the original Golden Crow bloodline!

However, the difficulty of evolving into a Sun Fire Crow ranked among the top three of all possible forms. It not only required spending tens of thousands of spirit stones on precious sun-attribute spiritual materials and elixirs, but also placed extremely high demands on the Li Fire Crow’s innate constitution.

It was entirely possible to spend all those spirit stones, fail to achieve the Sun Fire Crow evolution, and see a huge investment go down the drain. This was why the Sun Fire Crow form was extremely rare.

But once a Sun Fire Crow was successfully evolved, even within beast-taming sects, the owner would be considered a remarkably talented beast tamer.

Although the Sun Fire Crow’s bloodline was also high second-tier, its combat power completely overshadowed the Crimson Fire Crow, Candle Fire Crow, and Spark Fire Crow forms.

Furthermore, even if a Sun Fire Crow never evolved further, it had a significant chance to advance to the third tier, becoming an existence comparable to a Golden Core (Core Formation) cultivator!

This was why Qi Ping was so shocked upon seeing Yaya evolve into a Sun Fire Crow. He never expected Yaya to directly become a Sun Fire Crow!

Now, as a first-tier peak Sun Fire Crow, its combat power was absolutely not something an ordinary peak Qi Refining cultivator could hope to match.

With the advantage of its high-level spirit beast bloodline, especially in the early stages, the Sun Fire Crow’s combat strength was enough to dominate even talented human cultivators!

“This is a huge windfall!”

This was a Sun Fire Crow that other cultivators might not be able to evolve even after spending tens of thousands of spirit stones!

[Species: Sun Fire Crow]
[Bloodline: Second-tier, High-grade]
[Innate Talents: Sun Fire Body, Sun Fire Flame, Solar Affinity]

Sun Fire Body: Its body flows with a trace of ancient Golden Crow bloodline, granting high talent in fire-attribute cultivation. Devouring fire-attribute spiritual materials can rapidly increase its strength.

Sun Fire Flame: Due to the trace of ancient Golden Crow bloodline, it has birthed a flame with extremely potent burning capabilities, named “Sun Fire Flame.”

Solar Affinity: Its bloodline has a high affinity with the sun. It can absorb solar energy under sunlight to enhance itself and has a certain probability of evolving a True Solar Body. After evolving a True Solar Body, it can borrow solar power in combat and absorb even more solar energy to strengthen its bloodline.

Compared to the Li Fire Crow, the Sun Fire Crow’s talents showed significant improvement.

As the most challenging yet purest evolution path for a Li Fire Crow, the basic talent types didn’t change drastically.

The two most obvious changes were: first, the ancient Golden Crow bloodline within the Sun Fire Crow was many times stronger than in the Li Fire Crow—this was the most fundamental change.

Second, the ‘Sense Sun’ talent evolved into the ‘Solar Affinity’ talent. It could not only absorb more solar energy but also had a chance to evolve a True Solar Body.

Once the True Solar Body was evolved, the Sun Fire Crow could borrow the power of the sun for battle anywhere under its light.

It could also absorb more solar energy during cultivation to enhance its strength and strengthen its Golden Crow bloodline!

But even more joyful for Qi Ping than Yaya’s evolution was that his own Li Fire Body had successfully transformed into a Sun Fire Body alongside the crow!

[Shared Talents: Master Brewer, Sun Fire Body]

Qi Ping could now clearly feel the scorching heat in his blood, undoubtedly caused by the enhancement of that wisp of True Sun Flame within it.

“Excellent. I won’t need to worry about my cultivation aptitude before the Golden Core stage. As long as I’m cautious and develop steadily, reaching Foundation Establishment Peak is pretty much assured.”

This outcome left Qi Ping with just two words: massive win!

“Caw caw! (Boss! I evolved successfully!)”
“Caw caw! (My bloodline power has gotten so much stronger!)”

After its transformation, Yaya flew over to Qi Ping immediately, extremely excited to share the good news.

“Amazing! Evolving into a Sun Fire Crow today was truly unexpected!”

Looking at the excited crow, the joy in Qi Ping’s heart was no less than Yaya’s.

“Caw caw! (It’s all thanks to the boss’s Hundred-Year Fire Spirit Honey! The effect was incredible. Without it, recovering my bloodline would still be a distant hope, let alone evolving into a Sun Fire Crow bloodline!)”

“It’s still your own capability. For other Li Fire Crows, just recovering their bloodline would be an achievement; evolving into a Sun Fire Crow bloodline is another matter entirely.”

Qi Ping knew that the reason Yaya could evolve into a Sun Fire Crow was certainly partly due to the [Beast King’s Boon] talent, but the root cause was Yaya’s own exceptional aptitude and willpower.

“Yaya, how long will it take for you to get accustomed to your current power?”

After briefly discussing the changes post-evolution, Qi Ping quickly steered the conversation to practical matters.

“Caw caw! (Just half an hour, boss!)”

“Good, then familiarize yourself with your new power as quickly as possible and prepare for battle.”

“Caw caw! (No problem, boss!)”

After speaking, Qi Ping also began making battle preparations. The matter of the secrets hidden underground near the blood ginseng needed to be dealt with sooner rather than later; it was imperative to handle it quickly.