Symbiotic panel, I am cultivating immortality in the world of immortality

Chapter 137 Spirit Stone Gift, First Test River

"What happened?"

Because he was worried that Li Ye was using some kind of secret technique, Li Sui didn't even dare to release his divine sense.

He only needed to see Li Ye's changing expression to worry that something was wrong.

"There is something."

Li Ye directly controlled the soil to extract a Mystic Crystal Potato Dragon Pearl.

The crystal-clear, round beads floated in his palm, looking less like food and more like the product of polished spirit stones.

He stared at the beads and said:

“Generally speaking, spirit plants have the habit of storing spiritual energy. In areas where spiritual energy is scarce, they will hoard spiritual energy for later use.”

"But the spiritual energy here seems a bit special."

He circulated his spiritual power, and the Xuanjing Sweet Potato Dragon Pearl began to be decomposed by his spiritual power, with the surface sweet potato starch and algae separating in an orderly manner.

You can clearly see tiny, crystalline particles, like dust particles, between the potato starch and the algae.

It is these particles that emit a spiritual energy similar to that of spirit stones.

The spiritual energy within these tiny particles is extremely active, and they are even constantly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy to strengthen themselves.

"It's as if these spiritual energies have sentience."

Li Ye glanced at Li Sui, whose expression was very serious, withdrew his spiritual power, and asked directly:
"Is there something wrong with the spiritual energy environment here? Fellow Daoist should explain it to me clearly."

—This strange spiritual energy did not appear in the jade slip and river water that Li Sui gave us before.

It's okay if the environment is unusual, but you should let me know in advance if it is.

What if this strange spiritual energy affects the sweet potato vine? These two plants are quite precious.

He's not afraid of trouble, but he's afraid of being kept in the dark.

Li Sui was aware of this as well. After careful consideration, he had some doubts and spoke up:

"This matter should be related to the several spirit mines owned by our Enlightened Clan."

"The spirit stones in those spirit mines are all naturally formed spirit stones, not spirit stones produced by various sects."

"There may be some unusual spirituality among these spirit stones."

As he said this, he took out a spirit stone.

The shape of this spirit stone is somewhat different from the spirit stones that Li Ye usually sees.

Most spirit stones are perfectly round, but this one has an uneven surface.

The appearance is clearly not as good as the crafted spirit stones.

However, compared to the common spirit stones, Li Ye, with his extremely keen spiritual sense, could feel that its spiritual energy was significantly more spiritual, almost identical to that of the Xuanjing Potato Dragon Pearl.

"You mean the natural spirit stone vein affected the sweet potato vine?"

This was indeed the first time Li Ye had ever seen a natural spirit stone.

I've heard people say before that there is indeed a clear difference between natural spirit stones and manufactured spirit stones.

Indeed, it's easy to tell at a glance.

Moreover, he also felt that... the spiritual energy flowing in his previous spiritual veins and the spiritual energy of the spirit stones he made were very similar.

It also lacks some of the spirituality of natural spiritual stones.

Are spiritual veins also artificially created?
Li Ye suppressed his doubts, glanced back at the sweet potato vines that were still pushing downwards, and sighed softly: "It seems this place can't be used as a testing ground."

The spiritual environment is unique and different from the outside world.

Even if it manages to grow, it will definitely become special.

He really doesn't need so many special things anymore.

Originally, I just wanted to find a suitable place to plant it and see if it could be grown on a large scale in the outside world.

Then, inexplicably, another strange change occurred.

The special mutations that would make ordinary plant masters ecstatic were like cabbages he stockpiled for winter, piled up one after another.

He even felt a little tired.

Why can't things be a little more ordinary?

He sighed with emotion.

Li Sui overheard Li Ye's plan to change locations.

Everything went black for a moment, and I quickly advised:

"Brother Li, is there really no other way?"

"If all else fails, there are still a few mountains; the spiritual energy from the underground minerals shouldn't be transmitted over there."

“Our enlightened tribe has enough mountains; we should be able to find a place!”

If the plant expert he finally managed to recruit runs away because of this, he'll probably be furious.

Who could have imagined that the spiritual energy underground would suddenly undergo such a mutation?

Li Ye thought for a moment: "Other places are fine too, but are your spirit stone mines far from here?"

Or has the spiritual energy within already permeated this land?

"This mutated Mystic Potato Algae is not suitable for large-scale promotion."

However, being able to absorb and detect the spiritual energy within natural spirit stones is naturally quite useful.

"If your clan is willing to continue supplying the spiritual energy of natural spirit stones to cause changes, collect data."

When I report to the sect, I will submit your contributions along with the report.

Brother Li, please consider this carefully. This change is probably not something that can be accomplished overnight; it will require a considerable amount of spirit stones.

Let it mutate if it wants to.

First, figure out what the mutation is actually used for. If all else fails, we can always dig up a couple more plants from the cave and plant them elsewhere.

After all, he was indebted to those who offered him gifts, and the enlightened tribe was also very cooperative. He really didn't want to change the location for the experiment.

"Natural gemstones don't matter."

Compared to some spirit stones, reputation is definitely more important.

But after Li Ye said that, Li Sui also felt that something was wrong.

Those natural spirit stone veins are treasures of the clan, and they are usually kept in operation by a spirit-locking array personally drawn by a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Four Seasons Sect.

This is to prevent the inner spiritual energy from dissipating outwards.

Moreover, this place is indeed very far from the spirit stone mine, so how could so much spiritual energy have gathered here so quickly?
The more he thought about it, the paler his face became.

Could it be that there's something wrong with the spirit stone mine?
That would be a huge problem.

"Brother Li."

He quickly clasped his hands in apology:
"Please wait here for a moment, Brother Li. I will go and ask the elders in the clan. I will give you an accurate answer in a while."

"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Li!"

After saying that, he quickly flew away on a cloud.

Judging from their hurried manner, Li Ye could roughly guess that there was a problem with the spirit stone mine.

However, that is ultimately a problem of enlightened peoples.

I've already given him a heads-up, so the rest is no longer his concern.

He didn't even think twice; he just waited for the person to return and then continued.

"Let's rest here for a bit."

He simply summoned the bamboo ants from his storage ring and ordered them to build a bamboo house.

The bamboo ants moved extremely quickly, stretching their bodies into planks, which they then pieced together on the spot to quickly form a verdant bamboo house.

Li Ye sat down inside the bamboo house, observing the changes in the sweet potato vines while waiting for Li Sui to return. He was leisurely enjoying himself.

But after Li Sui found the elders, things became quite urgent.

Upon hearing Li Sui's suggestion that spiritual energy might be leaking out, the elders dared not delay and rushed to the underground spirit-locking array to investigate.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that a piece of the Spirit Locking Array's base had developed a tear about an inch long.

A steady stream of spiritual energy is gushing out from the breach, permeating the earth's veins into the outside world.

If they don't come to inspect the spirit stone mine they worked so hard to buy this time, the spirit stones will probably be completely ruined by the time the spiritual energy has truly dissipated enough for them to discover them!

"It's all thanks to that young friend's reminder!"

"They want to designate a test field here."

"Hey, hurry up and thank them with something, don't leave yet, that would be too much trouble!"

The elders of the Enlightened Clan immediately began to reinforce the formation, while simultaneously conducting inquiries and inspections within the clan.

Li Han and Li Sui were sent to thank Li Ye with gifts.

If it weren't for Li Ye, it would have been a tremendous loss.

"Little friend!"

As soon as Li Han arrived, he called out to her with great enthusiasm.

The sound, like a tiger's roar, echoed through the mountains and forests, causing even the snow on the distant mountains to fall in a soft rustling.

Its power is comparable to some supernatural spells.

The sound startled Li Ye, who was meditating, and he almost choked. He quickly stood up and waved his hand, saying, "Senior, calm down!"

He was once again certain that this Golden Core cultivator's divine sense was damaged and his spiritual platform was not normal; otherwise, how could he be in this state?

Fortunately, there was a normal person named Li Sui next to him.

Li Sui grabbed the elder by the back of the neck and spoke to him in a gentle voice, as if coaxing a child, though it was unclear what he was saying.

Anyway, it took quite a while to coax Elder Li Han away.

Then he came over and briefly recounted what had just happened, his face full of gratitude:

"Thank you so much, fellow Daoist, for allowing us to stop our losses in time."

"This is a gift of thanks that our elders specially prepared after discussion. Fellow Daoist, you must accept it."

He took out a jade box and handed it over.

Li Ye didn't hesitate. Hearing what the other person said, he realized that he had indeed helped a lot. If he didn't accept the favor, the other person would probably feel uneasy.

"Then I'll accept it. May I ask what kind of treasure it is?"

"Brother Li, you'll see when you take a look," Li Sui gestured from the side.

"Oh?"

Li Ye opened the jade box directly.

I thought the jade box would contain common spiritual plants found among the Kaiming tribe, but to my surprise, it contained rows of spirit stones neatly arranged inside.

The box had clearly been refined with spatial runes.

A quick glance revealed ten thousand natural spirit stones neatly arranged inside.

The moment the box was opened, the overflowing spiritual energy made Li Ye feel refreshed all over.

"..."

"Nobles are really direct, and quite generous."

At present, one natural spirit stone can be exchanged for about one hundred ordinary spirit stones, so this box is worth one million spirit stones.

Moreover, given the importance of natural gemstones, their price may rise further.

This gift was indeed "full of sincerity".

It's understandable to think that way; after all, they are a powerful family that controls the Treasure Pavilion, so their wealth must be substantial.

Now that we've accepted their money, we might as well just go along with it and make a deal.

Li Ye carefully put away the jade box containing the spirit stones and simply said:
"Although the situation here has returned to normal, I still hope that the nobles can provide some natural spirit stones to feed a sweet potato vine."

I will place them in different bodies of water to see the effect of the natural spiritual stones on the sweet potato vine.

If the experiments proceed smoothly, the task of promoting this crop will be entrusted to the nobles.

Li Sui's eyes lit up: "Don't worry! I will definitely arrange for someone to take good care of them and set up a magic array to transmit the data to Brother Li's cave!"

It's important to know that when this is promoted to various regions, there will be substantial merit rewards, and it will also leave a good impression on the higher-ups of the Four Seasons Sect.

The potential benefits alone are immeasurable.

It seems that the 10,000 natural spirit stones were really worth it!
that's it.

Li Ye quickly used the contract in the Deacon Hall to designate the nameless, barren mountain of the Kaiming tribe as the "First Experimental River of the Potato Vine".

Its abbreviation is Shujiaoteng Mountain.

The sweet potatoes produced here will be transported to the outside world by the Enlightened Clan. After inspection, they will first be released into the Four Seasons Market, and then gradually distributed to other areas.

During this process, Li Ye will not receive any spirit stones. He will also be responsible for transporting more sweet potato vines here for planting, and he will be responsible for resolving any problems with the sweet potato vines in a timely manner.

Until the number of sweet potato vines was sufficient to support their survival in the river outside the Four Seasons Sect, they transformed from a rare commodity into a crop that could be purchased from outside.

Of course, it's not that he didn't get any benefits at all.

—Li Ye, the person who cultivated the sweet potato vine, will become more and more famous as the sweet potato vine spreads and thrives in the outside world.

He can also receive some merit from the sect and the benefit of implicit resource allocation.

The merits and benefits that the sweet potato vine could bring him far exceeded those of previous products such as gourd oil.

A new type of food crop that suddenly appears in the cultivation world will benefit all sects and even countless mortals.

It may seem like there's only the effort involved, but there are actually many benefits, including benefits that cannot be obtained through ordinary means.

……

After finishing this task, Li Ye did not return directly to his cave. Instead, he went to the Four Seasons Market to help Yuan Yan perform the Love Song for the third time.

After all, it's a million spirit stones.

This time, Yuan Yan and he persisted for a long time.

The radiance of the Deer God's divine body enveloped Yuan Yan, and through Yuan Yan's power, it was transmitted to the enormous banyan tree.

The banyan tree, named "Worry-Free Spirit City," absorbed enough spiritual energy and stretched out all its branches underwater.

The water was absorbed into its branches and roots, allowing it to stretch freely and grow rapidly. Exquisite pavilions and towers gradually took shape on the banyan tree.

Even from its very beginnings, it's clear that this is truly a city of banyan trees.

However, it will probably take two or three more communications to bring it to a complete form.

Li Ye was looking forward to what would happen when it finally took shape—he had a vague premonition that it would be the time when he learned about the relationship between the Tongqing Melody and the Yuan Shenglu Clan.

To create some anticipation, he didn't even ask his senior brother Lingji Teng or his master, wanting to uncover the mystery on his own.

After all, we can't ask our teachers about everything.

You have to solve it yourself eventually.

After he finished performing the ritual, he bid farewell to Yuan Yan and left.

Using the Love Song once again brought him another million spirit stones, which, combined with what he had accumulated before, brought him to several million.

He decided to go back and further improve his cave dwelling, and buy everything he needed.

The five elements within the cave must be balanced.

After everything was completed, we began planting the Spirit Vine.

(End of this chapter)