Half a day later.

Qi Ping personally escorted Old Man Zhou to the Hongyun Merchant Association, and only after Wang Mountain and Fatty Zhou joined up with him did he finally put this concern to rest.

In the current situation, Loose Cultivators are as worthless as weeds; returning to the Mortal World is much safer.

Now, with no worries, Qi Ping can fully focus on nurturing Spiritual Medicine and cultivating the High-speed Ring-cutting Bee Legion.

"Even though Qingshi County is dangerous, as long as I am cautious, with a large number of High-speed Ring-cutting Bees, whether dealing with Demonic Insects or Tribulation Cultivators, it may still be an opportunity for resource acquisition..."

"My current advantage is controlling insects and being able to boost soldiers through cultivating Spiritual Medicine. High-speed Ring-cutting Bees are fast and can relay information from far away, so in any situation, part of the swarm can act as vanguard scouts, and then decide whether to fight or flee..."

If I can fight, I will fight; if not, I will flee!

"Then I should prepare an appropriate escape route to be more secure..."

Qi Ping, although preferring a peaceful farming life, faces the situation without hesitation.

Since force has dictated, then let there be killing!

"If only I could quickly reach Druid Level 3..." Qi Ping hoped internally.

Once the Druid reaches level 3, the Wilderness Transformation skill can be acquired!

[Wilderness Transformation: You can transform into an animal and acquire the extraordinary power of the transformed animal.]

Now, for Qi Ping, the transformation form he first desires is the Golden Marrow Bee—the first animal companion he contracted.

With the formation of the High-speed Ring-cutting Bees and growing numbers of the bee legion, once transformed into a bee, Qi Ping will be indistinguishable from the other bees in aura, appearance, and Divine Soul.

In such circumstances, even faced with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Qi Ping would have the confidence to escape.

If confronted with insurmountable danger, Qi Ping could choose to disperse the bee swarm throughout the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and transform himself to blend among them.

In this situation, not just one Foundation Establishment, even four or five, wouldn't be able to catch him.

This is the reason Qi Ping opts to transform into a bee—for strong life-preserving ability!

Besides, there's a limitation to the Wilderness Transformation.

It can only be a form you're wholly familiar with, and its energy can't surpass your own total energy.

Considering Qi Ping currently is familiar with only the forms of the black little bee, Golden Marrow Bee, and mutated bee species, even if he knew the form of the Qilin, he'd be unable to transform successfully.

The energy and strength disparity is too vast between the two; the power of the transformation target cannot exceed Qi Ping's own strength by too much, or transformation becomes impossible.

Although High-speed Ring-cutting Bees surpass Qi Ping greatly in Realm, their size compared to Qi Ping is incredibly small, hence transforming into them poses no difficulty.

"Not far from level 3 now..."

[Druid Level: lv2 (83/200)]

"117 more level experience points to reach level 3—a month at most, and I'll be able to upgrade to Level 3 Druid!"

"Or even faster if I can get a Centennial Blood Ginseng and fifty-year Flowing Light Grass..."

Previously, Qi Ping gained 47 Druid experience points after successfully cultivating the High-speed Ring-cutting Bees, Balanced Bees, and Big Belly Bees!

So as soon as the High-speed Ring-cutting Bee swarm expansion is complete, he can simultaneously enhance level experience through Spiritual Medicine cultivation and create a Bloodline Mutation Potion for further transformation of the Golden Marrow Bee.

This could allow Qi Ping to earn double the experience from the same activity—perhaps less than a month, and Qi Ping could officially upgrade to level 3!

Once Wilderness Transformation is acquired, Qi Ping's survival capability will soar; even if he doesn't provoke those super-strong opponents, perhaps even the three major families can't take his life!

The anticipation of soon acquiring the Wilderness Transformation skill fuels Qi Ping's confidence in the future.

He just needs to endure this most dangerous period.

"First step: fully nurture Spiritual Medicine, expanding the High-speed Ring-cutting Bees..."

"Second step: utilize Bloodline Mutation Potion to rapidly elevate Druid Level to 3, gain Wilderness Transformation skill, achieve metamorphosis into the bee form of the High-speed Ring-cutting Bees..."

"Third step: confidently seek Boss Gao for Spirit Beast information—with Wilderness Transformation skill and High-speed Ring-cutting Bee Legion as trump cards, even if targeted due to purchasing a good Spirit Beast, there are measures to counter—future animal companion potential becomes more vital..."

Animal companions should have high potential or rare Talent, which immensely aids Qi Ping's cultivation, worth risking.

If suitable, contracting two animal companions at once is possible with the right Spirit Beast.

Qi Ping believes completing these three steps would provide a foothold no matter how chaotic Qingshi County becomes.

...

On the way back after sending Old Man Zhou off, Qi Ping visited Sister Nan to inform her about the Blood-patterned Locust.

Sister Nan was momentarily silent upon hearing the news, but her resolve to stay remained unwavering.

Qi Ping considered Sister Nan to be wise; her actions must have compelling reasons, so he refrained from urging further.

If able, he'd lend a hand when necessary.

Additionally, he inquired whether her Crisis Sensing Talent sensed anything, receiving a negative response.

This mildly reassured Qi Ping; with her unaffected, a large-scale Demonic Insect attack seems unlikely.

Small-scale raids could be handled by the Golden Marrow Bee.

Finally, Qi Ping advised Sister Nan to immediately alert him if her Crisis Sensing Talent indicated anything, to which she promptly agreed.

Upon returning to the mountain, Qi Ping's Spiritual Power was replenished considerably, so he immediately went to the Blood Ginseng cultivation site to nurture them.

Now, regarding Blood Ginseng as a resource, Qi Ping cultivates as much as possible, as this determines the soldier expansion limit.

Once some Blood Ginseng is amassed, he can turn to cultivating Centennial Blood Ginseng and fifty-year Flowing Light Grass, further mutating the Golden Marrow Bee to hasten the gain of Druid experience.

Qi Ping's [Plant Growth] skill has now reached level 2, significantly increasing the accumulation speed of Spiritual Medicine and reducing the difficulty of nurturing high-aged Spiritual Medicine.

Thus, in the upcoming period, Qi Ping dives wholeheartedly into cultivating Blood Ginseng, besides necessary rest for recovery of Spiritual Power and Spiritual Energy, spending all other time in relentless cultivation.

Despite extreme exhaustion, Qi Ping dares not slacken, fueled by strong belief and a grave sense of crisis.

Under such extreme conditions, Qi Ping's harvest is extraordinary!

Not only is the Blood Ginseng produced rapidly, continuously refined into honey by the Golden Marrow Bee, or temporarily stockpiled for when the Big Belly Bee Legion completes to start honey production.

Even Qi Ping's Druid Level Experience is obtained at two to three times the usual speed!

[Druid Level Experience +1]

[Druid Level Experience +1]

[Druid Level Experience +1]

...

Every time he saw this experience notification, a deep sense of satisfaction arose in Qi Ping's heart.

Yet this state lasted only three days before Qi Ping faced an unwelcome visitor stronger than Blood-patterned Locust... Blood Armor Beetle!

"Damn... it's definitely no coincidence that Demonic Insects found their way here!"

Though Qi Ping couldn't confirm before, now the Blood Armor Beetles are headed straight to where Blood Ginseng grows!

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