A Druid Also Can Cultivate-Chapter 341 - 325: Master Lingfei: Bixia Earth Dragon, Earth Core Stone Turtle

According to the exploration of the Earth Vein Ants, currently, three races are facing ecological crises, all of which are Spirit Beasts with extraordinary bloodlines.

The reason Earth Vein Ants can uncover such matters is because they are beneficial underground insects in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Although they possess formidable combat capabilities, they generally do not harm any living creatures unless they encounter those that would damage the Earth Vein.

This is why most underground creatures have a good impression of the Earth Vein Ants, instinctively welcoming their presence in their habitats due to their bloodline.

As a result, the Earth Vein Ants can easily communicate and establish rapport with other underground races.

This discovery made Qi Ping quite happy, affirming his choice of the Earth Vein Ants. Their characteristics also facilitate Qi Ping in locating Spirit Beasts that need assistance and solving ecological dilemmas. Otherwise, it would have taken him ages to search on his own, wasting much time.

In addition, over these decades, with the support of a Tier Three Spirit Vein, the number of Earth Vein Ants has surpassed 100,000! Their rapid underground movement makes them highly suitable for swift underground exploration.

Although most possess the lowest Tier Two bloodlines, they are more than sufficient as an exploration legion and for managing ordinary Earth Veins, significantly increasing the speed at which Qi Ping explores the Underworld.

Consequently, Qi Ping has garnered a considerable number of fortuitous Spiritual Objects, some of which he intends to give to friends and acquaintances such as Old Zhou, Han Li, Zhang Daniu, Wang He, and Sister Nan...

These people have aided Qi Ping significantly in the past, and now these resources are easily accessible to him through exploration. Once the Earth Vein Ants reach a population of millions or even tens of millions, the entire underground world of the Immortal Cultivation Realm would be open for Qi Ping to explore, ensuring he never runs short of resources.

For Qi Ping now, ordinary resources are no longer an issue. The real challenge comes from the top-tier Spirit Plants, Cultivation Techniques strictly controlled by the higher echelons, and mysterious forces like those that annihilated the Bichuan Realm, which pose genuine threats to him.

In the memories of the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers, among those who harvested the Bichuan Realm into the Barbaric Realm, one group’s aura was familiar to Qi Ping—it was the Immortal Alliance!

Now, a concern arises for Qi Ping: if he develops the Qingtian Realm well, will this group harvest it just as they did with the Bichuan Realm?

Upon considering this issue, Qi Ping decided to shift his focus to the Underworld!

Starting from the Qingtian Realm, he aimed for silent prosperity, nurturing groups that could amplify his power and the Power of the Living, while also strengthening the Qingtian Realm!

In this way, even if a great battle occurs one day, Qi Ping can relocate all important people into underground fortresses, transforming combat into his most familiar and advantageous underground warfare!

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Following the information provided by the Earth Vein Ants, Qi Ping soon arrived at a settlement of a Spirit Insect tribe. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

A group of Bixia Earth Dragons, resembling worms, the size of arms, frail and dry-bodied, appeared before Qi Ping.

The Bixia Earth Dragons are Tier Two Corpse-eating Spirit Beasts in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, surrounded by a colorful glow, feeding on dead leaves, tree roots, decaying matter, corpses, and excrement.

Despite being Tier Two Spirit Insects, their combat power is rubbish: slow, with low intelligence, and poor physical defense...

The reason they are classified as Tier Two Spirit Insects is due to their superior biting and digestion capabilities compared to the same tier, and their keen sense of smell that allows them to find food even in the hardest and least valued of materials, like tough, dry bones, which they can slowly erode and digest.

The reason these combat-inept Bixia Earth Dragons survive is primarily because their bodies are filled with highly mixed toxins and minimally contain Spiritual Power.

Importantly, during their digestion process, they excrete a type of Wood Spirit Qi, which accelerates the growth of Spirit Plants, making them highly beneficial insects of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

During Ancient Times, Bixia Earth Dragons were quite numerous, contributing to the abundant and flourishing Spirit Plants in the Immortal Cultivation Realm...

Unfortunately, with the decline of the world, everything imbued with Spiritual Qi has been utilized, leaving the Bixia Earth Dragons with no scraps, causing them to slowly vanish from history. Only some major Sects still maintain a few, though Bixia Earth Dragons are easily startled, making them difficult to keep, a challenge even for the Cyan Origin Sect.

Now, the frail and desiccated Bixia Earth Dragons before him can barely survive on meager leftovers. Were it not for meeting Qi Ping today, they might have vanished completely after thousands of years.

If encountered by some Spirit Beast in desperate hunger, their demise could come even sooner.

Looking at this group of beneficial insects that could convert the discarded and difficult-to-decompose wastes of the Immortal Cultivation Realm into nurturing forces, Qi Ping felt a surge of admiration.

Such wonderful creatures should not just disappear!

"Come with me, little ones!"

Qi Ping observed the startled Bixia Earth Dragons before him, which began to scatter upon sensing the presence of a strong life form.

In response, Qi Ping enveloped them with his Druid aura.

The Druid’s effect was immediate, calming these low-intelligence, naturally amicable Spirit Insects.