You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 198 Changes in the world
After completing the spell engravings on the four third-level spiritual trees, Qi Ping focused his main energy on the research of formations.

In addition, Qi Ping never stopped cultivating four third-level spiritual trees using plant growth skills.

With the help of plant growth skills and the power of the sun, moon and stars, their upgraded levels can reduce their dependence on spirit veins. This is the key to Qi Ping's ability to use the essence of four third-level spirit trees to upgrade the level of his spirit veins.

"In addition to cultivating spiritual wood, we should focus on researching formations!"

As for the formation secrets, when Qi Ping went out to find Meng Yan before, he asked him to help him buy a set of second-level formation basics.

Because he didn't have enough spirit stones on him, Qi Ping only asked for a second-level basic formation, as well as several gold-attributed killing formations and defensive formations.

Now that Qi Ping has a body of gold and stone with extremely high gold attribute talent, it is estimated that he will be able to comprehend the true meaning of the law of gold within one or two years.

With the true meaning of gold and fire as the foundation, Qi Ping is confident that he can set up multiple extremely strong second-level killing formations and defensive formations.

With these formations protecting his territory, Qi Ping is confident that he can kill them all even if ten foundation-building monks come to besiege him!
Only then will his territory have a certain degree of defensive capability!

"Then, in addition to studying the formation, I will first comprehend and practice the foundation-building technique "Golden Flame Technique" and the foundation-building spell "Sword Controlling Technique" to perfection!"

"Sword Controlling Technique" is the only foundation-building level spell that Qi Ping currently possesses. It was found in the storage bag of a foundation-building cultivator.

Although this spell involves the art of controlling swords, some of the techniques used to control objects are similar.

Qi Ping wanted to use this as a basis, and combine it with the Qi Refining level's object control technique to create a [Ghost Stone Armor Control Technique] suitable for use with the [Ghost Stone Scale Armor].

When the time comes and he combines it with the Foundation Establishment-level Golden Killing Formation, his combat power and combat methods will surge to another level.

I don’t realize how much time passes during my cultivation, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Apart from occasionally meeting Old Man Zhou for a drink, Qi Ping spent most of his time in his own territory, practicing and studying spells and formations.

He really enjoys this kind of life where he can farm and practice.

There was no disturbance to disturb his peaceful practice.

You can farm, raise bees, practice cultivation, and also study magic and the vast and mysterious laws and principles.

When you feel bored, you can take your animal friends for a walk around the Yunwu Mountains, and occasionally you can have a drink and chat with Old Man Zhou.

Every time at this time, Qi Ping was often influenced by Old Man Zhou's open-minded attitude towards life and his mellow state of mind.

One is not disturbed by external things, and yet one knows joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

A pot of wine and a book were quite enjoyable. Sometimes Qi Ping even suspected that Old Man Zhou was going to attain enlightenment.

But in a blink of an eye, he realized that this was just an ordinary old man.

But in the past five years, Qi Ping watched Old Man Zhou grow older day by day, and the aura of decay on him became more and more intense.

Qi Ping wanted to find a way to extend the life of Old Man Zhou, but Old Man Zhou refused and asked Qi Ping not to mention this matter again. Qi Ping could only respect Old Man Zhou's choice.

Enjoying his old age is Old Man Zhou's last and only wish. Qi Ping has grown into a powerful cultivator, and he no longer needs to worry about Qi Ping's future practice and career.

During this period of time, Qi Ping's territory underwent earth-shaking changes.

For example, the little flower demon successfully advanced to the second level. The whole demon has grown a lot and is almost as tall as Qi Ping's waist.

For example, the spirit vein was successfully promoted to the second level
However, the biggest change is in the outside world. The war between Qingyuan Sect and other sects has finally ended!
But the final result was more tragic than anyone expected!
Meng Yan told Qi Ping all these things in the communication talisman.

Year 1: [Brother Qi, this war seems to be coming to an end. I have a feeling it should be almost over. It is finally over. If we continue to fight, I don’t know how many brothers will die. I may not even survive.]

The second year: [For some unknown reason, the intensity of the war suddenly increased by several levels. Many senior brothers, sisters, and junior brothers died, and many people were affected. I was also seriously injured. Fortunately, I escaped in the end. Many people died. Only the core disciples of the sect did not suffer too many casualties. Many families were uprooted.]

Year 3: [A strange blood-colored mist filled the entire Qingtian Region and only dissipated after several days. I thought something big was going to happen, but after several months, everything was fine.]

Year 4: [A terrifying explosion occurred in a secret realm, and a terrifying demon insect in the Nascent Soul stage escaped. It is now missing. Rumor has it that it might be the legendary forbidden creature Demon Insect King.]

[After the explosion in the secret realm, my master returned with injuries. I heard from him that many Jindan cultivators died, and a Yuanying cultivator from Tianhuo Pavilion also died. My master was very angry and went into seclusion to heal his injuries, feeling like he had been cheated.]

Year 5: [The war is completely over this time, and all the people from other sects have completely withdrawn from the Qingtian Territory.]

[The Skyfire Pavilion has ceded two large spiritual veins to our sect. Now there are few cultivators in the Qingtian Region, and everything needs to be rebuilt! The sect is preparing to open up some policies to attract cultivators from other places to develop in the Qingtian Region. Brother Qi, you can consider seizing this opportunity. With my mediation, you can find many opportunities to earn spiritual stones.]

When Qi Ping learned about everything that had happened in the outside world in the past five years, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Too many people died!

It is also suspected that a Nascent Soul-level Demon Insect King, which is known as a forbidden existence, escaped!
What’s even more terrifying is that even Meng Yan doesn’t know the root cause of this war. He only knows that several major hostile sects are threatening Qingyuan Sect, and they can only rise up and resist according to the rules.

After this battle, more than half of the Qingyuan Sect’s disciples were killed or injured, and three Jindan elders were killed, not to mention the ordinary cultivators and families. Countless families were wiped out!
In the world of immortal cultivation, people can still make a living during peacetime, but during wartime, they are as lowly as ants.

But a war of this magnitude seems to have not happened for thousands of years. Who could have known it would be so brutal?

Fortunately, the war is completely over, and Qingyuan Sect has once again resumed strict public security management, and various rental and preferential policies have been promulgated one after another.

If it were in the past, Qi Ping might have seized the opportunity to develop his farming business.

Like Sister Nan, she has seized the opportunity to go out and rent a piece of good quality intermediate spiritual field at a low price. With her current cultivation level in the late stage of Qi Refining, it is enough for her to do something good with it.

But now Qi Ping’s own territory has developed extremely well, even surpassing the best spiritual land in the Yunwu Mountains!

In terms of the quality of spiritual land and the richness of spiritual energy, his territory is currently the uncrowned king of the Yunwu Mountains and the well-deserved number one!

(End of this chapter)