After the golden marrow honey entered Qi Ping's abdomen, in just a few breaths, his Dantian and Meridians were filled with abundant spiritual energy.
At the same time, his Physical Body rapidly strengthened under the ample nourishment and cleansing of vital energy.
"How exaggerated!"
Feeling the astonishing effects of the golden marrow honey, Qi Ping couldn't help but exclaim.
Having grown used to coarse grains, this was also his first time witnessing spiritual energy of such high quality.
Not to mention the vital energy that continuously nourished and strengthened his Physical Body; compared to the spiritual medicines he had refined before, it was like heaven and earth!
"No wonder those Sect Disciples and Family scions Cultivate so quickly. The effects of this high-quality spiritual material are something you can never truly understand the difference of until you've experienced it!"
Because for bottom-tier Loose Cultivators, buying a single high-grade spiritual medicine might cost them more than half of their wealth!
Buying a little more would exhaust their entire fortune!
If their fortune was spent, it would take who knows how long to accumulate spiritual stones again.
So most people were reluctant.
Earning spiritual stones was too difficult!
For ordinary Cultivators, farming or raising spiritual chickens and spiritual ducks was considered the best channel, and it didn't earn many spiritual stones at all.
It wasn't at all like in many novels, where one could hunt various prey and obtain all sorts of opportunities with just a little effort.
Nor were there Secret Realms with treasures appearing frequently, giving ordinary Cultivators a chance to skyrocket.
The true reality was that the vast majority of core cultivation resources in the Cultivation World were firmly controlled!
Unless ordinary people had the Opportunity to learn a powerful skill, such as Alchemy, talisman crafting, or artifact forging, most could only farm, raise chickens and ducks, doing the kind of marginal work that the upper echelons looked down on, earning meager spiritual stones through hard work, and still facing risks like disease and beast disasters.
Engaging in commerce was even more unthinkable; without strength and connections, any high-level Cultivator could make an ordinary Cultivator disappear without a trace!
The rule of this world was that you enjoyed resources commensurate with your strength, unless you had a background or status!
Given how difficult it was to earn spiritual stones, one can imagine Qi Ping's joy at refining the golden marrow honey at this moment!
However, after the initial joy, Qi Ping cast aside all distracting thoughts and devoted his entire mind to cultivation.
While carefully comprehending the Cultivation Technique and wood-attribute spiritual energy, he continuously circulated the Wood Shield Skill to convert the spiritual energy from the golden marrow honey into wood-attribute spiritual energy in his Qi Sea.
At this moment, Qi Ping's Dantian and Qi Sea also expanded at an unprecedented speed.
Dense spiritual energy and vital energy continuously spread around Qi Ping, accompanied by his constantly growing Aura.
Just as Qi Ping was immersed in cultivation, a special power also rose from the ancient fir tree beneath him and the surrounding trees.
Under this special power, more wood-attribute spiritual energy, accompanied by this special power, surged into Qi Ping's body.
In terms of spiritual energy absorption efficiency, Qi Ping's current efficiency was already sufficient to meet the standard of a mid-grade wood Spiritual Root.
One must remember that Qi Ping was merely a Level 1 Druid; as his level increased in the future, this special effect would continue to strengthen.
After this special power surged into Qi Ping's body accompanied by wood-attribute spiritual energy, his speed of refining the blood ginseng spiritual energy also suddenly increased significantly.
Qi Ping, who was cultivating, was immediately surprised by this special power!
Under this special power, Qi Ping's speed of refining the blood ginseng was several times faster, and the conversion efficiency also improved considerably.
Furthermore, Qi Ping found that his comprehension of the Wood Shield Skill Cultivation Technique also became much easier; places that were previously obscure and difficult to understand could now be grasped with little effort.
"Is this the special effect brought by the Jungle Druid?"
"It seems choosing to Cultivate in seclusion in the mountains and forests of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range was indeed the right choice!"
This way, within the mountains and forests, the limitations imposed by his Low Grade Spiritual Root Talent would be significantly reduced.
After the surprise, Qi Ping quickly focused his mind again and cultivated wholeheartedly, seizing this hard-won Opportunity.
After about two quarters of an hour, the spiritual energy from that mouthful of golden marrow honey was completely refined by Qi Ping.
Qi Ping's Aura increased by a noticeable amount, roughly equivalent to the effect of his cultivation over the past half a year.
"Wealth, companions, location, and techniques; wealth truly deserves to be the first! One moment just offset half a year of my cultivation."
After sighing with emotion, Qi Ping took another large gulp of golden marrow honey and then resumed cultivating with full concentration.
Qi Ping planned to take advantage of his good cultivation state and see if he could use this bottle of golden marrow honey to break through to Qi Refining Level 2 in one go.
With the experience of the first refinement, Qi Ping was much more familiar when refining the golden marrow honey again.
Even though the second amount of golden marrow honey swallowed was larger, Qi Ping still handled it with ease.
Dense spiritual energy surged within Qi Ping's body once more.
When this dense spiritual energy was refined by Qi Ping, his Aura increased by another segment!
Following this were the third and fourth mouthfuls...
Qi Ping's Aura also climbed steadily during this process!
Several hours later.
When Qi Ping finished refining the second to last mouthful of honey, his Aura surged violently!
As a rather extraordinary Aura swept across the surroundings, it also signified that Qi Ping's Realm had officially broken through to Qi Refining Level 2!
"I've broken through!"
Feeling the power that was several times stronger, Qi Ping was exceptionally joyful inside.
Nearly exhausting this bottle of golden marrow honey allowed his cultivation to rapidly complete the Breakthrough!
Otherwise, according to Qi Ping's estimation, it would likely take him another five or six years to break through to Qi Refining Level 2!
In other words, this bottle of golden marrow honey directly saved him five or six years of time!
"My Talent isn't good, so it really does require spiritual items to Cultivate!"
However, this bottle of golden marrow honey also consumed a considerable amount of the Gold Marrow Bees' reserves; this was accumulated over a long time, so it's not surprising that it had such effects.
"My comprehension of the Wood Shield Skill is also close to the Proficient level. With the Jungle Druid's enhancement in the mountains and forests, the speed of comprehending wood-attribute Cultivation Techniques is at least several grades higher than before."
"Choosing the Jungle Druid profession was indeed the right choice. For me, who Cultivates wood-attribute techniques, it's simply perfect!"
Next, Qi Ping, excited by his cultivation Breakthrough, immediately jumped down from the ancient fir tree and couldn't help but take out his Magical Artifact long saber and practice.
He wanted to see how much his strength had increased.
The next moment, saber shadows filled the dense forest, a truly exhilarating sight.
The saber technique Qi Ping was currently performing was called Wind Breaking Saber Art. Its Moves were not profound, it was just an ordinary, utterly ordinary Qi Refining saber technique.
But judging from the proficiency of the saber technique, it could be seen that Qi Ping had put in a lot of hard work into this technique.
In fact, after arriving in the Cultivation World, Qi Ping had been quite diligent and persistent in his cultivation, but his Talent wasn't high, and he had never achieved much in cultivation.
This was the norm and a microcosm of bottom-tier Loose Cultivators.
If Qi Ping hadn't fused with the Druid profession and coincidentally contracted the Gold Marrow Bees, how could he have broken through to Qi Refining Level 2 so quickly?
After finishing a set of saber techniques and overall testing, Qi Ping was very satisfied with the results of this cultivation session!
Not only did his cultivation level increase by one layer, his strength and spiritual energy intensity increased dramatically, his comprehension of the Wood Shield Skill improved, and his life-saving ability also significantly increased.
"The effects of the golden marrow honey are truly astonishing... Is this the effect of brewing with blood ginseng as the main ingredient?"
"Then what kind of effects would it have if other spiritual medicines, such as those that enhance the Physical Body, heal injuries, or help break through Realms, were used as the main ingredients to brew honey?"
After experiencing the effects of the golden marrow honey, this idea suddenly emerged in Qi Ping's mind.
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