Originally, before leaving Qing Shi Market, Qi Ping had the idea of selling everything he had to buy the Phantom Moon White Fox.
Because Divine Soul comprehension-type Talents and illusion-type spiritual beasts are quite rare, losing one would be quite a pity.
However, after considering the risks involved, Qi Ping still decided to give up.
Firstly, to gather another two thousand spiritual stones, he would have to take out the four sword array formation Magical Artifacts from that Qi Refining Late Stage Black-Robed Robber and the high-grade blood ginseng he cultivated.
Both of these items carried very high risks.
Secondly, if he spent over four thousand spiritual stones at Qing Shi Market in one go, it would definitely not escape the notice of some well-connected individuals.
Such a large amount of spiritual stones could potentially attract the covetousness of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Therefore, with these three risks present, Qi Ping decisively gave up the idea of buying the Phantom Moon White Fox, and he currently did not have the extra resources to Cultivate the Phantom Moon White Fox.
At this stage, he should still make good use of the Fire Crow's Talent, concentrate resources to improve his cultivation Realm first, and there was no need to take such a big risk.
Anyway, the Honeybees were self-sufficient, and the Fire Crow would be full just by basking in the sun. Besides focusing on improving his cultivation, Qi Ping only needed to Cultivate enough blood ginseng and Fire Spirit Grass.
Besides these, more important matters included researching things like the Fire Spirit Body Tempering Pill (Honey Version).
As for the Phantom Moon White Fox, he could only wait and see if there was a chance to obtain it in the future.
Moreover, there were still four more rare and powerful spiritual beasts within Qing Shi County. Qi Ping felt that when his strength was higher, he would have more choices.
Perhaps even more surprising spiritual beasts would appear in the future.
Within the dense forest of Peak Seven in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
A large number of High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees and Gold Marrow Bees were distributed throughout the entire peak, firmly guarding a handsome young man with a resolute face in the dense forest.
And in front of the handsome young man, there was a black crow whose feathers were like ink.
A ray of sunlight passed through the treetops and landed on the black crow, making the flame mark on its head reflect an extraordinary brilliance.
Occasionally, a wisp of Great Sun Power would also enter the black crow's body from the flame mark.
This person and crow were naturally Qi Ping and the Fire Crow, who had just returned to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range from Qing Shi Market not long ago.
"The contract is about to be formed, I wonder which Talent I'll gain?"
A hint of anticipation rose in Qi Ping's heart.
Wasn't a big reason for diligently searching for powerful spiritual beasts precisely for this moment?
As long as he obtained a Talent suitable for cultivation, his Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment would basically be stable!
Anyway, the Fire Crow's three Talents were all quite good, and any one of them would be of great help in cultivating the Wood Flame Art.
The three great Talents, Li Huo Body, Dazzling Fire Flame, and Perception of the Great Sun, were all rare Aptitudes for cultivating fire-attribute techniques.
"There's an 80% chance of obtaining a main Talent. As long as I'm not too unlucky and get one of the Fire Crow's other characteristics..."
With a slightly uneasy feeling, Qi Ping summoned the Druid's exclusive Animal Companion contract array formation. Amidst a mysterious power, a ghostly green, human-sized mysterious array formation slowly formed between Qi Ping and the Fire Crow.
Immediately after, Qi Ping controlled the mysterious array formation and it sank into the black crow's body.
As the array formation's energy entered its body, a ghostly green light burst forth from the Fire Crow, and a similar light also rose from Qi Ping.
This process took longer than the last time he contracted the Gold Marrow Bee. It actually lasted for over half an hour before this Animal Companion contract ceremony was officially completed.
Over half an hour later.
Qi Ping, who had been immersed in sensing the Talent, finally opened his eyes after the contract ceremony was completed.
When Qi Ping opened his eyes, they were already filled with pleasant surprise.
"Success!"
"Li Huo Body!"
His luck was finally good this time. Not only did he avoid the 20% chance of getting a crappy random characteristic, but he also obtained the most desired Li Huo Body!
Although the three Talents, Li Huo Body, Dazzling Fire Flame, and Perception of the Great Sun, could all enhance Qi Ping's fire-attribute cultivation Aptitude, the enhancement from Dazzling Fire Flame and Perception of the Great Sun was not as direct as that from Li Huo Body, and the effect on cultivation was also the most direct.
This was because Dazzling Fire Flame required learning how to use one's innate fire for cultivation, and Perception of the Great Sun required sunlight, while Li Huo Body only needed to exist!
[Li Huo Body: A trace of Solar True Fire is fused into your blood, granting you a higher fire-attribute cultivation Talent. Refining fire-attribute spiritual items can quickly increase your strength.]
"Compared to the Fire Crow's Talent, there's quite a change."
After sensing the Talent information in his mind, Qi Ping quickly discovered that the shared Li Huo Body had undergone a significant change.
The original information for Li Huo Body was like this:
[Li Huo Body: A trace of the ancient Golden Crow's thin Bloodline flows within your body, granting you a higher fire-attribute cultivation Talent. Devouring fire-attribute spiritual items can quickly increase your strength.]
"Perhaps it's because I'm human that a trace of the thin Golden Crow Bloodline turned into a trace of Solar True Fire?"
"This is good too. After all, having Demon Clan Bloodline in a human body is always a bit troublesome."
"However, the effect is similar. Both grant a higher fire-attribute cultivation Talent and allow for rapid strength increase by refining fire-attribute spiritual items."
Qi Ping was quite satisfied with this change. Solar True Fire was also more widely applicable to him than the Golden Crow Bloodline.
Next, Qi Ping checked his Druid attribute panel:
[Name: Qi Ping]
[Level: lv3 (33/400)]
[Profession: Beast King Druid (Main), Jungle Druid (Sub)]
[Talents: Animal Companion, Nature Affinity]
[Animal Companions: (2/3) Gold Marrow Bee, Fire Crow]
[Wilderness Transformation: (1/1) Gold Marrow Bee (Gold Marrow Bee, High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee, Big Belly Bee, Equilibrium Bees, Poisonous Bee, Mo Jia Bee)]
[Shared Talents: Grand Brewer, Li Huo Body]
[Skills: lv2 Plant Growth (86/200), lv1 Beast King's Grace (17/100), lv3 Tree Skin Art (312/400), lv1 Healing Art (2/100)]
[Skills (Constant): Animal Communication, Turning Beasts into Friends, Heart of the Wild]
(Level EXP +25, Plant Growth EXP +19, Beast King's Grace EXP +2, Tree Skin Art EXP +44, Healing Art EXP +2)
"Level EXP and Skill EXP are steadily increasing, not bad!"
Seeing that he had gained an Animal Companion and a Shared Talent in the attribute panel, and that his level and skill EXP were steadily increasing, a sense of satisfaction couldn't help but rise in Qi Ping's heart.
It was a very happy thing to see his various attribute data constantly increasing.
After the contract was completed and he obtained the Shared Talent, Qi Ping suppressed the urge to immediately Cultivate the Wood Flame Art and first went to check the Fire Crow's condition.
After confirming that the Fire Crow was fine, Qi Ping went to plant the two Fire Spirit Grass he had just obtained and the five seeds separately, and cast the [Plant Growth] skill four times.
Only then did he take out the Wood Flame Art to study it.
Qi Ping did this to ensure that he could continue cultivating blood ginseng and Fire Spirit Grass while having enough Mental Energy to research the Wood Flame Art.
Currently, both the Gold Marrow Bees' rapid reproduction and the Fire Crow's recovery of Bloodline Power required a large amount of spiritual herbs. Qi Ping's own cultivation also had a considerable demand for spiritual herbs.
For this reason, as a poor person, Qi Ping could only carefully calculate to maximize the efficiency of his Mental Energy.
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