You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 364 The Storm Rises Again, Mountains of Spirit Wood Seeds
Demonic insects at the Nascent Soul level are already extremely rare in the Star Sea Continent, and those cultivated and contracted by cultivators are even rarer.

In the history commonly known in the Star Sea Continent, every cultivator capable of controlling demonic insects at the Nascent Soul level was a renowned figure. Those seeking Nascent Soul cultivators dared not offend such insect-controlling cultivators, which was enough to prove how terrifying high-level insect-controlling cultivators were.

However, the power of most insect-controlling cultivators is also limited, because cultivating a large number of high-level demonic insects requires too many resources, making it more difficult than cultivating a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, the number of high-level demonic insects is generally limited. Otherwise, daily food rations would be enough to bankrupt a cultivator. If they are struggling to cultivate, where would they get the resources to cultivate so many high-level demonic insects?

But Qi Ping, or rather, Feng Daoren.
Lin Yue and Wang He, the two powerful leaders of Qingyuan Academy, looked at Qi Ping with shock in their eyes.

Others may lack resources, but Qi Ping is beyond riches. As vice deans, they naturally know how terrifying the wealth Qingtian Domain can provide to Qi Ping every day.

Moreover, this is not all of Qi Ping, but only a part of him!

Because their dean's bee colony not only has superb farming skills, enabling it to grow crops and support itself, but it can also make money for Qi Ping! Other people's high-level demonic insects cost money, but the dean's are different; they even make money!

In addition, the spirit trees cultivated by the Dean produce many resources very quickly, especially those that produce the essence of the sun, moon, and stars.
This kind of resource, which was extremely scarce in the Star Sea Continent in the past, has now almost become a specialty of the Azure Sky Domain because of the dean!
This will bring Qingtian Domain a terrifying income every year!

Therefore, for someone as wealthy as Dean, who possesses top-quality spirit bees that combine production and combat, once he cultivates a Nascent Soul level demonic insect, he will definitely become an entity that can influence the entire Star Sea Continent!
The influence of Qingyuan Academy will not be limited to the entire Qingtian Domain, but will become the pinnacle of power in the entire Star Sea Continent!
"The Dean is mighty!" Lin Yue and Wang He exclaimed in unison.

A fire was burning in their hearts at this moment; they were determined to become the economic and trade center of the Star Sea Continent!
"Stop flattering me, isn't there a problem?" Qi Ping shook his head helplessly.

"There is no dean for the time being!"

"Okay! Then you all take some time to prepare for this. If you encounter any difficulties or risks, please communicate with me promptly. This matter won't be resolved quickly; it will take at least several decades. However, because this action is extremely important, you must strive to consider all aspects and try your best to avoid any problems."

Qi Ping gave earnest instructions.

Everyone has blind spots and habitual thinking patterns. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator or a Void Refinement cultivator cannot avoid them. In fact, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the habitual thinking patterns may be.

Qi Ping used to think that cultivators who had lived for tens of thousands of years must be incredibly wise. However, as his understanding of the path of cultivation deepened, he discovered that many high-level cultivators became increasingly stubborn and blindly confident because their Dao hearts were constantly improving. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to maintain the stability of their Dao hearts.

Qi Ping's Dao heart is relatively peaceful, which is much better than that of a stubborn Dao heart, but he still cannot completely avoid this situation.

Therefore, relying on everyone's wisdom is essential at this time, and Qi Ping becomes more cautious the bigger the matter.

"Okay! We will do our best to handle this!"

After bowing to each other, Wang He and Lin Yue took their leave.

Qi Ping didn't delay and immediately released the news about exchanging spatial magic.

This spatial magic is not limited to spatial teleportation arrays; Qi Ping also accepts all other spatial magic, whether for defense, escape, or attack.

The study of the Way of Space is of extremely high value, and it is worthwhile to spend a large portion of energy and time on it.

Moreover, as Qi Ping contracts with more and more powerful spirit trees, he is able to comprehend the attribute power of these spirit trees at an increasingly faster pace using the abilities of the Tree Shepherd [Plant Monarch].

Although he is currently cultivating the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao, comprehending the laws will not put too much pressure on Qi Ping, and Qi Ping also has enough time to cultivate the Dao of Space.

As Qi Ping had predicted, in the current Star Sea Continent, although spatial magic is precious, it is still far less attractive than the spiritual medicines at the Nascent Soul level.

Once the demand for space spells was released, top-tier forces from the Star Sea Continent began to send exchange requests to Qi Ping. Within a short period of time, no fewer than ten space spells were requested, including space teleportation arrays.

This level of popularity has exceeded Qi Ping's expectations.

"It seems I underestimated the allure of Nascent Soul level spiritual herbs!"

"The corpse of a Nascent Soul demon insect is still somewhat useful. For certain cultivators with compatible attributes, its effect is no less than that of a Nascent Soul level spiritual medicine. However, spatial magic, which can be copied, is only valuable and needed by a very small number of people. It's really all show and no substance, and it can't compare to a Nascent Soul level spiritual medicine at all."

The scarcity of medicinal herbs on the Star Sea Continent ironically became Qi Ping's greatest asset in exchanging rare spells and knowledge.

However, this also forced Qi Ping to spend his days painstakingly cultivating resources at the Nascent Soul level in the fifth-tier spiritual land he had created.

Fortunately, with the healing properties of the Earth Immortal Druid, Qi Ping was able to concentrate fully on researching spatial magic while simultaneously cultivating spiritual herbs at a high intensity.

Such days pass quickly.

Starting with the [Spatial Teleportation Array], Qi Ping gradually researched and developed one spatial spell after another.

Qi Ping's combat power also surged once again as a result.

At this moment, within the Azure Sky Domain, Qi Ping had already mastered the Yin-Yang Five Elements magic combined with spatial magic, elevating his combat power to a level that even he himself could not fully and accurately predict.

With the addition of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation that Qi Ping has set up, which covers the entire Azure Sky Domain, Qi Ping's combat power will only increase by another level.

Qi Ping even planned to thoroughly study the remaining spatial spells and then add another spatial array to the Azure Sky Domain, which would further enhance its stability.

Qi Ping also spent resources to exchange for this knowledge of formations. Like spatial spells, in the face of Nascent Soul level spiritual medicines, the knowledge of formations that can be copied is not worth any spirit stones at all, and is even inferior to spatial spells.

Over the years, Qi Ping has thoroughly studied and mastered the Yin-Yang and Five Elements-based spells and techniques. He has practiced almost all common spells and even developed his own set of techniques and spells, covering all aspects from body refinement, defense, attack, and support, enabling him to maximize his combat power.

The same applies to formations. With the special advantages of Earth Immortal Druids, the formations in the Azure Sky Domain have long been set up by Qi Ping to the point of being "armed to the teeth". Even if Qi Ping is not there, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator who rushes in will have no chance of survival. This is Qi Ping's confidence now!

Just as Qi Ping had almost finished comprehending spatial magic, something else caused a huge stir on the Star Sea Continent!
Thanks to Lin Yue's years of planning, Qingyuan Academy acted swiftly and decisively, acquiring all the spiritual seeds on the market of Xinghai Continent in less than half an hour!
After the acquisition was completed, these spirit seeds were quickly returned to the Azure Sky Domain by the Netherworld Bees and the Heavenly Emperor Bees.

On that day, most people thought it was just an ordinary event, because most spirit seeds weren't particularly precious; it was just that some people had a lot of them and were in a hurry. However, as the matter gradually escalated, it became clear that most of the spirit tree seeds accumulated over the years across the entire Star Sea Continent had been bought up in a very short period of time!
The action was incredibly fast, giving those merchants absolutely no chance to raise prices.

In fact, due to the large volume, most merchants offered very large discounts.

By the time most people realized what was happening, it was too late. The price of spirit seeds skyrocketed several times over, and the price of some rare spirit tree seeds even increased more than tenfold!
This wave has directly turned the Spirit Wood Seeds from being in oversupply to being a scarce commodity!
However, this doesn't actually have a significant impact on the Star Sea Continent, because spirit wood seeds aren't considered a necessity, and they won't affect everyone in the short term.

Qi Ping did this mainly to prevent those merchants from raising prices arbitrarily. Although he has money now, the amount he is buying is so large that even a few cents increase in price would result in an incredibly terrifying figure.

Such a large-scale action naturally caused quite a stir on the Star Sea Continent.

"The Bee Daoist and Qingyuan Academy have kept a low profile for so many years. Is this a big move for them to acquire all the spirit tree seeds in the entire Star Sea Continent in one go?"

"Although the Azure Sky Domain has seen a surge in the planting of spirit trees several years ago, it is not particularly remarkable compared to the entire Star Sea Continent. But the seeds that the Azure Origin Academy has acquired this time could probably fill the entire Azure Sky Domain and still not be used up, right?"

"Something unusual must be going on. I think the Bee Taoist may have discovered something extraordinary!"

"That's right, otherwise even if he's rich, he wouldn't spend money like this. He bought up everything publicly available on the entire Star Sea Continent. How much money did that cost?!"

"I think Bee Taoist might be up to something big!"

"Over the years, he's been dealing with the corpses of Nascent Soul demonic insects and spatial magic, and now he's getting all these spirit tree seeds. I don't believe he's not up to something. The only thing we don't know is what he's trying to do."

Immediately, countless cultivators across the Star Sea Continent began discussing this matter.

Those Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation cultivators, and even the hidden Void Refinement stage elders, all paid attention to this matter.

Because it's just too bizarre!

It's understandable that Bee Taoist collected knowledge about Nascent Soul level demonic insects and formations before; he was just cultivating Nascent Soul level demonic insects and researching formations.

Even the previous collection of spatial spells only proves that Bee Taoist wanted to research spatial spells.

But what is Bee Taoist trying to do by collecting so many spirit wood seeds all at once?

Unable to understand!

It is precisely this unknown that arouses a lot of curiosity, and even fear!

At this moment, in a mysterious place on the Star Sea Continent, powerful cultivators standing at the pinnacle of the Star Sea Continent gathered here to discuss this matter.

"What do you all think of Bee Daoist's action?" a cultivator whose stomp could make the entire Star Sea Continent tremble asked.

"The Bee Daoist promoted a spirit tree planting policy a few years ago, seemingly searching for some special spirit tree. The reason why he bought up all the spirit tree seeds on the surface of the entire Star Sea Continent in one go this time is obviously because the previous test was effective, which is why the Bee Daoist went to such lengths and spent so much money to do this?"

"But what secrets lie within the spirit tree seed that are worth such a high price from the Bee Daoist?"

"It's hard to guess, but the potential profits are estimated to be even greater than those from the Nascent Soul Elixir."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange light appeared in the eyes of everyone present.

The fact that Bee Daoist possessed a special fourth-order spiritual vein and could provide spiritual medicines at the Nascent Soul level had already made them somewhat eager, and the enormous benefits that the spiritual wood seed might contain this time made them even more excited.

If the reason for the hesitation in taking action was that they couldn't fathom the strength of the Bee Daoist, and that the backlash from killing someone carrying such fortune would be too terrifying.

However, the immense opportunity that Feng Daoren's actions might contain made them all uneasy.

"Does anyone have any ideas?"

As soon as those words were spoken, fierce gazes immediately appeared on these people.
Just as the group was discussing animatedly, a terrifying figure, not belonging to the Star Sea Continent, descended, followed by a voice imbued with terrifying pressure:

"Gentlemen, are you preparing to attack Bee Daoist? But do you know that Bee Daoist is a rare Earth Immortal, a feat unmatched throughout history? Even if you all joined forces, you might not be able to kill him."

"What? A terrestrial immortal?"

"Yes, there is only one way to kill him."

At this moment, Qi Ping, who was in the Qingyuan Mountains, was unaware that the powerful figures at the top of the Star Sea Continent had already begun plotting against him.

However, even if Qi Ping knew, he wouldn't care. He had already discussed the possible consequences with his trusted senior executives, such as Lin Yue, and was prepared for them.

His solution was also very simple.

Just do it!

Within the Azure Sky Domain, he is invincible!
Moreover, he himself is about to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, and the transformation of the bee swarm can begin soon, so he can just accept whatever moves come his way!
Now, looking at the mountain of spirit wood seeds brought back by the bee swarm, Qi Ping's face was filled with an extremely excited smile.

The phrase "piled up like a mountain" here is not an adjective; it refers to the fact that the collected and purchased spirit tree seeds have truly formed an enormous mountain of spirit seeds!

"With so many spirit seeds, it would be enough to plant them ten times over in the entire Azure Sky Domain!"

"I wonder how many spirit trees with the potential to become immortals will grow from so many spirit tree seeds?"

(End of this chapter)