Chapter 557: Plant Growth and Mountain Lord Transformation

Deep in the mountains and forests.

On a patch of grass, a wild mountain goat was leisurely eating grass.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a fishy wind whistled, and a huge black shadow with yellow and black fur pounced out, pressing the goat to the ground, opening its mouth wide, and biting the goat's neck.

The goat's four hooves twitched continuously, bringing up turf and mud, but that was all; it gradually stopped struggling and turned into a corpse.

This hunter was a mountain tiger.

Then, it didn't open its mouth to feast, but instead roared towards a spot in the mountain forest.

"Coming."

A human figure flashed, and Fang Xing walked out.

He was now well-equipped, wearing animal skin clothes and deer skin boots. Although he still looked like a wild man, he was much better than before when he only had a grass skirt.

Fang Xing took out the paper dagger and skillfully gutted the mountain goat, throwing the most tender internal organs to the tiger.

The big tiger lowered its head to swallow, making a satisfied whimpering sound.

Fang Xing took a few pieces of goat ribs and began to roast the meat.

"Does this... count as 'acting as a tiger's accomplice'?"

While gnawing on the roasted goat ribs, Fang Xing thought silently.

With the 'Druid' profession, he was like a fish in water in the wilderness, and this period was simply as easy as a tour.

Even when encountering this big tiger, the other party wasn't hostile at first, but instead seemed very kind.

It even took the initiative to escort Fang Xing for a long distance.

"Alright, Big Yellow, we must part eventually..."

After eating and drinking his fill, Fang Xing stroked the tiger's head: "Let's part ways here..."

"Awoo!"

The big tiger roared, turned its head reluctantly, and ran into the mountain forest.

Not long after, it brought back a few rabbits.

"Haha... don't worry, my hunting ability is no worse than yours!"

Fang Xing laughed, his eyes glancing at the attribute bar:

【You gained multiple 'Wild Enlightenment' from animal companions, you gained some 'Natural Knowledge'! 】

【Your 'Wild Shape' talent gained an extra form—Mountain Lord Transformation! 】

In nature, druid experience grows very fast, and Fang Xing felt that he was not far from Level 3.

And the reason he mixed with Big Yellow, besides having an extra free thug and bodyguard, was most crucially to observe and learn from the other party to gain a brand new wild shape form!

Just now, after accumulating multiple 'Natural Knowledge,' Fang Xing finally got his wish.

He pounced forward.

Roar!

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a mountain lord with hanging eyes and white forehead, looking majestic, moving like the wind, jumping in the mountain forest.

Big Yellow was stunned there, even rubbing its eyes with its tiger claws, looking like a husky.

The two tigers played and frolicked together for a while, Fang Xing roared back, and chose to leave.

Swish swish!

He traveled through the mountain forest, the natural evil spirit making all small animals and even weak ghosts retreat actively, and the speed was astonishing.

'Even an ordinary tiger's striking power is ten times that of an ordinary adult! The bite force is even more unimaginable...'

'The mountain lord of this world is even a notch higher...'

'When I reach Level 5, the 'Mountain Lord Transformation' will definitely gain spell-like abilities; that will be a demon tiger...'

Night.

Fang Xing found a mountain cave, slightly radiating tiger power, and the snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the cave all fled.

He restored his human body, took out the grass-woven bag carried on the tiger's back, and put on animal skin clothes: "Still must get some space equipment as soon as possible, otherwise it's too troublesome..."

"'Druids' also have the ability to craft curios, but that requires a very high profession level..."

Splash!

Outside, the wind howled, and the heavy rain followed.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged and ran the 'Green Wood Art.'

The Vegetation Essence Qi between heaven and earth instantly swarmed over, and the concentration was even higher than in the paper slave valley.

Not long after, he felt his internal magic power reach its limit, and the magic power in his meridians was restless, wanting to open up brand new acupoints and routes.

It's a pity that without the next level of technique, he couldn't succeed.

"If only I had the second level of the technique. It's fine without it, but if I create it myself, first, it takes too long, and second, it's easy to go into Qi deviation... Of course, with my experience and vision, Qi deviation isn't much of a problem, but the time and energy consumed would be better spent finding a casual cultivator market and buying it directly..."

Just looking at how easily he got it before, he knew the value of these introductory techniques for the Qi-sensing realm was just average.

However, although his Qi-sensing realm cultivation couldn't be improved, druid experience had no limits.

As the Vegetation Essence Qi was continuously absorbed and refined... the experience points were also growing rapidly:

【You performed a cultivation session and gained 'Natural Baptism'! You gained some 'Natural Knowledge'! 】

【Druid profession promoted to Level 3! Gained 'Plant Growth'! 】

"It's here... the core ability of the druid plant domain!"

Fang Xing's eyes lit up:

【Plant Growth: You can cast druid spells to promote plant growth. The range and growth years are positively correlated with the druid's own profession level and the plant's own characteristics...】

"Before the legendary druid level, the two most critical domains are 'Plant' and 'Animal'... and the core talent of the 'Animal Domain' is 'Wild Shape,' while the talent of the Plant Domain is 'Plant Growth'!"

Fang Xing's eyes lit up: "With this, I am the best spirit planter; I can make a living anywhere... No, that's too low-level. I can definitely live in luxury." The 'natural affinity' that comes with the druid itself allows him to communicate with plants, understand how to treat plant diseases and pests... and combined with 'Plant Growth,' it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a spirit planting master!

Such a person can get absolute preferential treatment anywhere.

Of course, Fang Xing didn't really want to bind himself to the sects outside the territory, even those orthodox sects that seemed okay.

After all, whether it's the orthodox or evil sects outside the territory, they are all labeled as 'evil paths' by the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao. Although there's a sense of 'winner takes all,' it's also a fact that both orthodox and evil sides join forces to resist the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao.

Therefore, one cannot easily trust the conduct and bottom line of those so-called orthodox sects.

He glanced at the attribute bar:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Age: 16/31】

【Profession: Druid Level 3】

【Realm: Qi-sensing Level 1】

【Talent: Natural Affinity, Wild Shape, Plant Growth】

【Skill: Ten Thousand Perfect Hands (Introductory 89/100), Paper-Folding Technique (Introductory 6/100)】

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"The lifespan limit has increased again... But I can only live to be thirty-something. Damn Blood Shadow Sect! I will definitely avenge this!"

The Blood Shadow Sect harmed him so much, Fang Xing remembered this hatred.

"As for lifespan? When I reach Level 5 Druid and get the 【Eternal Youth】 talent, it will be relieved a lot... If the cultivation path breaks through to the Dao Foundation Realm, it can increase lifespan by more than a hundred years. Nine levels of Qi-sensing, three grades of Dao Foundation... even a low-grade Dao Foundation can easily live past two hundred years, not to mention a high-grade Dao Foundation..."

"As for the paper-folding technique? It's better to practice less until the lifespan is extremely abundant... As long as I live, and live until my original body wakes up, that's success!"

Morning!

The rain stopped, the air in the mountains and fields was fresh, and it was muddy.

Fang Xing walked out of the cave, picking berries, preparing to use them for breakfast.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, his eyes moved, and he found a few plants similar to rice.

This was normal; after all, the rice and wheat planted by humans were originally selected from wild plants.

He opened his hands, and a layer of green light fell on the plants.

In an instant!

Those few wild rice plants matured rapidly, their color turning golden, bearing fruitful rice ears.

"After all, they are just mortal plants. If they were spirit herbs beneficial to cultivation... I might not be able to ripen them directly with one spell."

Fang Xing muttered to himself: "However, this way, as long as I carry some seeds, I at least won't starve anywhere..."

He reached out to pick the rice ears, communicated with the plants through natural affinity, and could even find the fullest, and even the seeds most prone to mutation.

"I feel like if I do this a few more times, with multiple cross-breedings... I might be able to select better grain seeds. This is a merit that can save countless lives. If one can become a saint through merit in this world, I might be able to ascend on the spot..."

Fang Xing thought with some amusement.

However, the ability of a great druid is indeed a perfect match for agriculture.

Even, after the druid reaches the legendary stage, it's not impossible to awaken some abilities like 'changing the weather.'

For example, Fang Xing, his 'Jiao Dragon Transformation' can ride the clouds and drive the rain.

'By then, it will be a model of agricultural deification...'

Fang Xing thought aimlessly for a while, sowed another round of rice, and prepared to harvest it to make porridge.

After all, he had been in the mountain forest these days, and he was tired of eating roasted meat.

However, after he pulled out these withered rice straws, he found that the land here had become somewhat barren.

"Plant growth is good, but it shouldn't be abused..."

He felt the warning from nature in the dark.

"Otherwise, I might deviate on the druid path and walk onto another path of the dark druid..."

"Of course, withering and barrenness... are also nature! But it has a sense of evil path, easy to be shouted at by everyone!"

In the following days.

Fang Xing continuously rushed on his way in the mountain forest.

He could only identify a general direction, confirming that he was getting further and further away from the paper slave valley.

As for where he actually went, he didn't know.

However.

He gradually found that the surrounding vegetation became sparse, knowing that he was finally about to walk out of the wilderness area.

This day.

"Ah!"

Fang Xing had just hunted a small deer when he heard a scream not far away.

He jumped lightly, crossed a distance of several feet, and came to a mountain rock.

He saw two guys dressed as herbalists, one with a painful expression, a bloodstain on his back, and the other with a greedy look, holding a sickle in his hand.

Not far from both sides, an old mountain ginseng could be seen.

"Big worm?!"

Seeing Fang Xing, the two who were originally scheming against each other were startled.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 558 =====