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Chapter 119 The Magnolia Tree's Evolution: Devouring and Assimilation

The main spiritual material that Li Ye is currently selling to the public, and the first thing he needs to increase production of is honey.

Whether sold internally to the Alchemy Hall or externally to the Merfolk, the honey was in high demand and short supply.

Moreover, at this trade fair on Cloud Island, quite a few alien races expressed their desire to make purchases.

However, the number of magnolia trees that can withstand dew is limited here.

In addition, the magnolia trees that were sent over later were all in good condition and did not require symbiotic bonding.

Therefore, Li Ye had to think of other solutions.

"I now have a total of 130 magnolia trees that produce honey every day. The amount of honey produced is decreasing, now only 130 catties, but the quality is much better than before."

Li Ye looked at the spirit forest, which had been almost completely connected by the crystal spirit bees with beeswax and was shining brightly in the sunlight, and began to think.

According to his thinking:
The first method is naturally to use the cutting method to increase the number of Dew-Bearing Magnolia Trees. With the Life-Giving Water of Jianmu, as well as Xuan Turtle Shell Powder and Earth Vein Spirit Milk, it should be enough to make the saplings grow instantly.

The second approach is to help the Crystal Bees advance in rank and, incidentally, integrate the bee colonies, preventing them from fighting amongst themselves as they do now, which should further increase production.

However, both methods have drawbacks.

The drawback of the first method is that simply increasing the number of magnolia trees that collect dew will inevitably lead to a surge in the number of bee colonies.

Bees reproduce very quickly, and even with the best efforts, it is difficult to completely control them.

The drawback of the second method is that it may affect the binding effect.

—Now, each Magnolia denudata tree is actually bound to the queen bee of each bee colony. The queen bee's commands are transmitted to each bee, which has created the special situation we see today.

If the bee colonies are integrated, will it lead to the queens killing each other? After all, as far as he knows, each colony of these Crystal Spirit Bees can only have one queen.

However, not integrating the bee colonies would be very troublesome because they reproduce very quickly, and there are already cases of them competing for nectar. Simply increasing the number of trees and bee colonies is obviously not enough.

"Alright, let's give it a try."

This can be seen as an attempt to expand upon his "golden touch".

In the future, he will definitely raise more of these large groups of spirit insects, spirit plants, and spirit beasts to bond with.

This problem is inevitable and will definitely be faced.

Instead of worrying about it later, why not give it a try now?

After making the decision, he randomly selected two bee colonies to merge.

These spirit bees don't have much trouble swarming together, especially with his powerful divine sense and ability to control the crystal bee swarm.

So you can simply break down the barriers between their hives and force them together.

In this process, the bee colonies inevitably engaged in a fierce battle.

The bees began to buzz and fight each other, shooting sharp stingers from their wings and tails. Before long, swarms of bees began to fall, struggling and dying on the ground.

Li Ye watched silently from the side.

This is a normal struggle, because the queen bee, the owner of the hive, already knows his intention: the hive must be merged, so a group of weaker bees need to be eliminated.

The struggle between spirit insects is inherently brutal; survival of the fittest is the only natural course.

After the two originally large bee colonies fought each other, only a quarter of them remained in the end.

The queen bee was carried by her worker bees to the jade cup of the same dew-collecting magnolia tree.

There were no longer any barriers between them; they seemed to have communicated, and in any case, they got along quite well.

The remaining Crystal Bees were busy repairing the damaged hive.

This time, when they repaired the hive, they did not separate the two colonies, but connected them directly.

It appears to have been a success.

"Will it have any impact?"

This should be considered a crucial moment.

The queen bee, after joining the colony, has left the magnolia tree she was originally bound to. Whether this will affect the binding remains to be seen.

"Ok?"

He suddenly sensed that the magnolia tree that had lost its queen bee was conveying a desire for his help—meaning that it hoped he could help it grow quickly.

Is this sudden emergence of this awareness due to changes brought about by conformity? Or has something else happened?
"Then as you wish."

After a brief moment of thought, Li Ye decisively poured out a handful of life-giving water.

With the help of the life-giving water, the dew-collecting magnolia tree began to grow wildly, its branches instantly bursting through the original honeycomb, causing it to fall to the ground.

A loud "whoosh" sound was heard.

Then... it actually started attacking another Magnolia denudata tree!
"This is."

The battles between spiritual plants are actually quite simple and brutal.

Under Li Ye's divine sense, he could clearly see that the roots of this Magnolia dew-collecting tree were entangled with the roots of another Magnolia dew-collecting tree.

It began to coil around like a python, tightly binding it.

Thanks to the life-giving water and spiritual power provided by Li Ye, it quickly surrounded its opponent's roots, and its own roots also penetrated into the tree trunk.

But this time it was quite gentle, and it didn't even affect the two queen bees living in the jade cup of another tree. As for the rest of the spirit bees, well... they could only fly around aimlessly.

"..."

Things have really changed!

A glint of light flashed in Li Ye's eyes.

At this moment, what is displayed on the panel is—

【Name】：Dew-Collecting Magnolia Tree Spirit
[Mood]: Impatient, expectant, pleading...

[Status]: Consuming more of its own kind's spiritual energy and evolving.

Its movements were incredibly fast; it devoured the spirit of its own kind in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

Then it replaced the other tree's roots with its own, forcibly merging the two trees into one!
Inside the tree trunk, visible only to the divine sense, the tree's meridians were rapidly merging, without any rejection reaction whatsoever.

The original spirituality of the other tree did not disappear, but was instead enveloped within its own spirituality, essentially becoming a relationship between a queen bee and a worker bee.

This is actually a form of evolution for trees.

And it's not over yet.

From its fluctuations in consciousness came a pleading voice, hoping that Li Ye could give it more help.

In other words, it needs to assimilate more of its own kind.

Li Ye stared at it for a while and actually saw a "determined" emotion on a tree.

"Then do it."

He showered all the spiritual energy, life-giving water, turtle shell powder, and earth vein essence onto the transforming magnolia tree.

Since he was going to do it, he would give it his all. He believed that the magnolia tree would give him a pleasant surprise.

After receiving Li Ye's full assistance, the latter frantically extended its roots in all directions, and actually began to attack all the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Trees at the same time!
To be honest, even Li Ye was a little taken aback, thinking that this guy was really crazy.

But he was genuinely curious about what this madness could actually create: a miracle or a collapse?
Therefore, he supported the dew-collecting magnolia tree's actions even more wholeheartedly. As a result, the already lively dew-collecting magnolia grove became even more bustling, with branches on the ground piercing like sharp blades, while roots entwined and devoured everything underground.

Time passes like this day by day.

During this time, Li Ye sat in meditation next to the woods.

Seven days later, the dew-collecting magnolia tree had assimilated all its companions, and from a distance, the magnificent scene of interconnected beehives was long gone.

Countless branches intersect with each other in different trunks, making it look like a battlefield, with roots and withered branches everywhere.

It could even be described as desolate and bleak.

In stark contrast are the flowers at the top of each magnolia tree.

That's where the queen bees live; even the hive is very well preserved.

It appears exceptionally beautiful and dazzling amidst this mess.

Although the queen bees were well protected, the other bees were too afraid to stay there and hovered at a distance, only daring to land after everything was completely over.

Li Ye stood before the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree, which had completed its assimilation of the spirits of its kind and was now fully evolved, and extended his palm toward it.

His fingers were fair, long, and slender with distinct joints.

On her wrist was a ring that constantly changed color, along with a white bell and a small Bagua disc that swayed gently.

“I know that you have truly given birth to spirituality.”

"As a reward for helping you, offer your true spirit."

Li Ye's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable air of authority.

He knew very well that once plants truly developed a spirit, their yearning for freedom would lead them to make some rather irrational decisions.

To avoid this situation, he had to take a hard line.

He just finished speaking.

A small flower, composed entirely of divine consciousness and spirituality, emerged from the dew-collecting magnolia tree in front of him and floated onto Li Ye's palm.

Those tiny flowers contain the very essence of this dew-collecting magnolia tree. If they are crushed or destroyed, the magnolia tree will immediately collapse or even wither.

"Hmm, that's a good girl... uh."

Just as Li Ye was about to put the flower away, it flowed directly through his meridians into the vicinity of the Jianmu tree in his dantian, then landed on the top of the Jianmu tree and stuck to it.

He felt that his connection with the Dew-Collecting Magnolia Tree had become even closer, and he could even vaguely sense the nascent spiritual essence within the tree.

"The Jianmu tree has such an effect."

It was precisely because of the dual connection provided by the Jianmu tree and the vitality essence of the panel that he finally understood why the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree could devour its own kind without any adverse reactions and directly assimilate them.

It turns out it was because of his vital essence and his will.

Because he needs to collect dew from the magnolia tree and the bee colony to change.

Therefore, the magnolia tree that had gained spirituality controlled the entire forest in the most convenient and quickest way.

It is precisely because of its vital essence that it was able to assimilate all its kind so quickly.

This provided Li Ye with an incredible idea—

Since the magnolia tree that collects dew can...

Then other spiritual plants should also be feasible, right?
He glanced at the gourds he was growing in his spiritual field from afar. Those gourds were grown from countless seeds and had the yin and yang aspects of the five elements.

If they could be completely merged and managed by a unified spiritual consciousness, wouldn't that be equivalent to merging all five elements and yin and yang?

However, the situation over there is far more complicated than here.

Just those gourds alone would require an unknown amount of life-giving water and spiritual resources. It seems I need to accumulate some more things before trying again.

As for now.

Of course, the goal is to help the magnolia trees and bee colonies restore their honey-producing areas.

……

After Li Ye continued to provide more spiritual power and offered all the materials to help, and with the hard work of the ray fish and beavers in cleaning and organizing.

The once desolate grove of magnolia trees quickly recovered its original lushness, and even went a step further—

The magnolia trees are interconnected by their branches, which means that they have transformed from a single tree into a huge collection of spiritual trees.

Also, because of the presence of the tree spirit, each flower can better receive sunlight and distribute it evenly.

There will be absolutely no situation where they compete with each other.

When the sunlight of this sacred place shines on this forest, the branches even move with the changing sunlight, making the spirituality of the entire forest even stronger.

Meanwhile, the spirit bees, under the command of their respective queens, began to rebuild their hives. This time, the hives were connected in one piece, and based on the spirit and consciousness of the magnolia tree, they built the hives in an increasingly unique way.

Almost the entire upper layer of the dew-collecting magnolia forest was covered with honeycombs built by the Crystal Spirit Bees, connecting all the trees and flowers into one large area, large enough to accommodate all the bees flying around inside.

Even Li Ye found it amusing and lent a hand.

This has resulted in the hive now being completely transformed into an array capable of attracting and transporting sunlight, storing honey, and transferring spiritual energy for all the Crystal Bees.

He even wondered if this continued for a long time, would the beehive itself develop a spirit?
However, this is just speculation.

When everything had settled down, Li Ye held a bottle of freshly produced honey, his eyes filled with obvious surprise and joy.

Compared to the original honey, this bottle of honey contains more than three times the amount of spiritual energy.

Not to mention that the tree spirits themselves blend and nurture it, imbuing the nectar with their unique spirituality.

In the world of cultivation, spirituality generally refers to a special power naturally generated.

The generation of this power cannot be controlled; generally, only spiritual plants that have developed sentience can produce some of it.

The rest is entirely up to fate; even the Four Seasons Sect has not mastered a method to make materials stable and imbued with spirituality.

Materials imbued with this power are highly sought after by cultivators, and they are in high demand whenever they are produced.

Some even say that cultivators who frequently consume spiritually imbued foods will benefit from their understanding of the universe and nature.

His gourd oil contained some spiritual energy, which is why it was highly regarded by his fellow disciples.

He shook the spiritual honey in the jade bottle and muttered to himself, "After this batch of new spiritual honey is handed in, I'm afraid my senior brothers and sisters will be happy again."

I might as well solve the breeding problem of the Potato Dragon first, and then hand it over along with the Potato Dragon's meat and the Space Silkworm Silk.

I hope my fellow disciples can withstand it.

Thinking this, he drank all the honey in one gulp.

Feeling the sweet warmth and the nourishing energy of the plants, I got up and went to the riverbank.

The second spiritual creature whose production needs to be increased is the Potato Dragon. If it can produce more meat, it could even create a completely new type of staple food out of thin air.

This can bring him profits and fame.

It's unimaginable.

(End of this chapter)