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

Chapter 165 Jianmu White "Immortal"

A small boat made of bamboo and wood floated slowly on the lake. At this moment, the clouds in the sky parted and the mist on the lake dissipated.

The warm spring sun shone on Li Ye, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, as if she were being gilded with a layer of gold.

He slowly began to speak: "You should know about the Xuan Shui Jiao. They gradually change the aquatic environment in which they live, creating Xuan Shui in the water."

Consuming these spiritual plants and beasts grown or raised in the Xuan Shui water over a long period of time can increase a cultivator's perception of water spiritual power.

Unfortunately, this kind of spiritual power is still too stimulating for mortals. Many predecessors tried it, but eventually gave up.

However, I discovered that the Potato Dragon also has this effect, even better than pure Xuan Water.

Furthermore, these fishermen live by the lake for extended periods, spending more time in contact with the water. Over time, this might indeed grant them some special abilities.

Zhou Qiumai understood Li Ye's meaning immediately upon hearing this, and a glint of shrewdness appeared in her eyes:
"Is this...is this really something I can tell you? Shouldn't it be a secret?"

Slowly modifying the physique of mortals is something many people are doing, and many sects even consider it one of their most important matters.

However, the actual testing sites were kept strictly secret, since most ordinary towns were not allowed to be entered.

At this moment, Zhou Qiumai was even somewhat apprehensive.

Li Ye stared at him and said in a relaxed tone, "This is something I developed on my own. It hasn't stood the test of time, and I don't know what the outcome will be."

All I know is that these potato dragons are beneficial to them, but as to the specifics of how they benefit them, that's for you, the local tyrant, to observe and find out.

I believe in you, but I wonder if Brother Zhou believes in himself?

The sect's environment is too stable, and he needs to conduct experiments in an undisturbed environment. Many spiritual plant masters have nurseries outside the sect, where they conduct research that may or may not be useful.

Like seeds casually scattered by the sect, the sect doesn't inquire about them, yet unexpected harvests always come.

Zhou Qiumai felt a surge of heat flowing through her chest.

Meeting Li Ye's gentle gaze, he nodded seriously: "Leave this matter to me, Brother Li, rest assured, I will not affect the normal lives of these mortals."

No one else besides you and me will know about this.

"Of course I trust Brother Zhou. Speaking of the local feed store... Brother Zhou, do you have any plans to expand?"

Li Ye changed the subject: "I have seen the jade slips you sent before. All kinds of resentment have piled up like mountains, and there are quite a few families who want to cooperate."

Twenty thousand spirit stones a day is indeed a bit too little.

Zhou Qiumai had wanted to bring this up with Li Ye for a long time. Now, the local feed store is only open for one hour a day, and the daily quota is sold out immediately.

Sometimes when friends ask him if he can spare some, he can't even give a definite answer and just watches helplessly as the spirit stones slip away.

However, he always adhered to the rules set by Li Ye and did not overstep them in the slightest.

That's why Li Ye and Senior Brother Qian trusted him so much.

Senior Brother Qian mentioned this matter to Li Ye several times, roughly meaning that he wanted Zhou Qiumai to have full control over the local feed store—after all, he wouldn't dare to embezzle their share of spirit stones.

After all, Senior Brother Qian is currently so engrossed in puppetry that he even wants to study at the Mo family, so he sometimes can't keep up with the feed shop's affairs.

Originally, Li Ye planned to open more branches at some time, but now he has discovered that the earth-feeding mycelium can be worshipped by bamboo and wood ants and no longer absorb resentment to grow, so he plans to use up the resentment he has accumulated.

Then improve the current feed and reopen the gate.

After reopening, he handed over full management to Zhou Qiumai, and gave her an extra half percent of the profits, which he and his senior brother could then divide among themselves.

He told Zhou Qiumai his idea, and the latter thought for a moment and replied, "This is indeed not difficult. There are too many people who want to buy feed. In at most five days, I can use up all the resentment I have accumulated."

I will bring the local fungus ribbon to Brother Li then.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Come find me again in seven days, and we can go back together."

"Then I'll go right away."

Thinking of the resentment piled up in the basement of the local feed store, and how much feed it could produce, Zhou Qiumai couldn't wait any longer and immediately got up and left.

After watching him leave, Li Ye turned back to look at the water village.

Let's observe a bit more. After we finish things here, we'll head to Tianhe City.

……

For the next few days, Li Ye stayed at the water village.

He discovered that consuming the flesh of the yam dragon could indeed transform the cold energy accumulated in the fishermen's bodies into a special kind of spiritual power, and also increase their perception of water spiritual power.

However, after carefully studying this coldness, his complexion turned somewhat pale.

The cold air might be the root cause of back pain and other ailments in ordinary people during rainy weather, but it is actually a rare kind of spiritual energy.

The spirit nurtured by the human body as its warm bed.

Human life force is absorbed and strengthened by this spiritual energy, gradually developing into an incurable lesion that eventually erupts, causing death.

Upon discovering this, Li Ye was at a loss for words—because this kind of spiritual energy was harmful to mortals, but beneficial to cultivators.

You must understand, this is spiritual energy that mortals nurture with their lives.

Although the spiritual power within mortals is certainly not as pure as that of cultivators, their lives are the same as those of cultivators.

The spiritual energy nurtured with one's life not only carries the chill of the marshland, but also the unpredictable changes that mortals are trying to reverse and heal themselves from, making it extremely resilient.

After sensing the characteristics of this spiritual energy, he immediately thought of many ways to use it.

What's even more terrifying is that if Li Ye hadn't discovered it through the power of the Potato Dragon, he wouldn't even have known that the spiritual energy, which is a symptom of illness for mortals, could have such an effect.

He took a deep breath and cleared his mind of distractions.

He said to a dark-skinned man who had his back to him, "It will hurt a little, but it will be fine soon."

"Hey!"

The man was actually quite uneasy, but the next moment he felt the aches and pains that lingered in his bones and would ache whenever it was cloudy or rainy gradually fade away.

The feeling of comfort made him groan, and at the same time he remembered something: "I think a doctor treated me like this before, and I felt just as comfortable then, but it started to hurt more and more afterwards, even more than before."

"Oh?"

Li Ye extracted a portion of the chilling spiritual energy and used his own pure spiritual energy to help him heal. Only then did he ask with interest, "Are you a cultivator like me?"

It was during the healing process that he discovered there were indeed traces of spiritual energy being used to remove this cold and yin energy, but that guy did it like cutting chives, cutting off a section and leaving a section behind.

Thinking about it carefully, it really makes one feel uneasy.

The man shook his head:
"I really don't know."

"However, he lived on Zhouhucheng Mountain next door."

“After we make money fishing, we ask him to prescribe some medicine for us.”

He pointed to a majestic mountain peak in the distance, which appeared somewhat gloomy even in the bright daylight.

"Then I really should pay him a visit."

Li Ye couldn't stand idly by and watch someone use mortals as medicinal fields. This was the territory of the Four Seasons Sect; how could such a thing, which was almost demonic, happen?

Moreover, given the Four Seasons Sect's control over its own territory, how could a cultivator living in seclusion here possibly appear?

He was curious.

After he said that, golden light appeared beneath his feet.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a blur and disappeared into the distance.

Before the fishermen could even react, Li Ye had already arrived at Zhouhu Mountain.

Before him was a very quaint courtyard, bustling with people, many of whom were seeking medical advice and getting medicine. Among them were not only fishermen living on the lake, but also ordinary people who depended on the water for their livelihood in the surrounding marshes.

Surprisingly, it was quite lively.

Instead of going inside, he chose to circulate his spiritual energy.

I gently blew a breath towards the courtyard.

"call--"

The spiritual energy, almost indistinguishable from that of a Golden Core cultivator, transformed into a gust of wind and swept across the courtyard. Inside, a cultivator who was sitting in meditation silently opened his eyes.

"Ugh."

The cultivator sighed softly, "They've come knocking after all. If I don't go out, I'll probably be met with Heavenly Thunder Punishment in the next instant."

He knew exactly where he was, so he dared not take any chances. He transformed into a streak of light and arrived in front of Li Ye.

"Fellow."

He bowed respectfully to Li Ye and introduced himself without waiting for any questions:

"My secular name is Bai, and I am one of the white spirits who came to this place from Jianmu Cave Heaven."

Li Ye narrowed his eyes.

The panel clearly displays the identity of this "monk"—

[Name]: Jianmu Bailing · Bai Shunfeng

[Mood]: Anxious, fearful, worried
[Status]: A being that has been nurtured by the power of the Jianmu world and transformed into human form, its true form is a white spirit hedgehog.

He's actually a "celestial being" from the Jianmu world?
Li Ye knew that in the Jianmu world, due to the existence of faith and vows, some spirit beasts would possess different powers and become mortal "immortals".

This is due to a legend passed down orally among the people, and it is also the result of the Four Seasons Sect's plan to create immortals.

Once they have achieved their goals in the Jianmu World, they can come to a wider cultivation world to continue their cultivation.

Generally speaking, these "immortals" cannot leave the sphere of influence of the Four Seasons Sect, becoming guards stationed in various places by the Four Seasons Sect, protecting the vast lands that the cultivators of the Four Seasons Sect cannot fully control.

Can……

"Among the immortals near Huiya Market, I remember there were two snake immortals registered."

The reason he hadn't considered it to be a "celestial being" was because celestial beings in every region are registered, and generally, wild celestial beings don't appear.

So who is this wild "fairy"?

Bai Shunfeng gave a wry smile: "You must have come here because you've discovered what I'm doing."

Please follow me.

The rather plump and well-off-looking Bai Xian extended his hand in invitation, leading Li Ye deeper into the mountains.

Before long, we arrived at a nursery.

The nursery was planted with... ginseng plants.

Moreover, it was a very familiar Earth Demon to Li Ye—or rather, Earth Spirit Ginseng.

The earth spirit ginseng was translucent, and its interior had veins that grew like those of a human. Even its roots resembled human limbs and had human faces.

"Li Erniu, Wang Dagou..."

Li Ye saw the small wooden tag tied to the red thread of the Earth Spirit Ginseng, and it actually had a person's name written on it.

This matter truly baffled him, so he turned to Bai Shunfeng and asked, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"

Bai Shunfeng did not hide anything and replied, "I want to use the illness caused by the fusion of human vitality and spiritual energy to cultivate this thing, and use its roots to make a spiritual medicine that can eradicate this disease."

In the world of Jianmu, spiritual energy has the power to turn decay into magic. It can even cure all diseases and prolong life for mortals by blowing a breath of spiritual energy on them.

At the time, I wondered if it was possible to cultivate spiritual energy specifically to deal with these diseases, so that mortals could completely develop resistance to them?

If possible, this would eradicate the root cause of generations of ordinary people's arduous struggle for survival on the lake, ultimately leading to aches and pains.

The more he talked, the more excited he became—back in the Jianmu World, he was the White Immortal who brought health and wealth, and cured the illnesses and disasters of mortals. Even in the vast cultivation world, he was still trying to find ways to continue researching medicine.

"..."

Li Ye never expected this to be the case. Wasn't this equivalent to cultivating a vaccine, or rather, cultivating some rather magical vaccines?

It is well known that most backaches and leg pains are caused by wind and cold entering the body. If he can really figure it out, even the sect will give him a considerable reward.

But speaking seriously, he said, "In order to cultivate this elixir, you only removed half of the disease that should have been cured."

Ultimately, it still caused many people to suffer from illness—something that could have been avoided.

Do you admit to this?

This is actually a very dangerous thing. Even if it was originally done with good intentions, in the long run, if one wrong step is taken, it may turn into the extreme act of raising "drug people".

It's just a simple disease now, but what if it becomes more serious in the future? What if we can't find more test subjects?

Will he do something?

—If we think about it more deeply, in order to obtain something, we have to make people who should have recovered or not have to suffer suffer and tormented by illness...

Indeed, such things are recorded in the sect's scriptures.

These things are still unknown, but it is precisely because they are unknown that we must avoid them.

Therefore, even if Li Ye understood, he still needed to speak sternly beforehand to prevent this White Immortal from doing something foolish.

Otherwise, if someone else were to take his place, he would probably be even more unlucky.

Bai Shunfeng's excited expression vanished completely. With drooping eyes, he replied dejectedly, "This is indeed my fault, Master... could you grant me some more time?"

Once I have completed the cultivation of this spiritual plant and confirmed its efficacy, I am willing to accept any punishment.

I am aware of my mistakes,”

He tried to kneel down in front of Li Ye, but Li Ye stopped him with her magic, her tone softening slightly:
"Although what you did was wrong, you can still make amends for it."

"But I can't forgive you on behalf of those people. As a doctor, can you really sacrifice one person to protect thousands?"

Before he could speak, Li Ye added, "Nobody wants to be the one who gets abandoned."

"I hope you can remember your original intentions now, and not make the same mistakes in the future."

He patted Bai Shunfeng on the shoulder and handed him a jade pendant:
"I see that this Earth Spirit Ginseng needs more of this spiritual energy to grow. I'll give you permission to go and heal more people."

"And will also cure all the people you have treated."

"When you achieve your goal, bring this item to the sect and find me. Remember my name is Li Ye, and my master is the Nascent Soul Star Tracing True Person of the sect!"

Bai Shunfeng was so excited that he couldn't contain himself as he held the jade pendant that exuded the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The reason he left a way out for treating patients was because he couldn't go to more places, and he struggled with this decision every time.

Sometimes he even thought, what if more people got sick...

The thought flashed through his mind, and he was so frightened that he trembled and gripped the jade pendant, which still retained a trace of warmth.

Unexpectedly, a disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator is now willing to grant him passage.

In his excitement, he decided to tell Li Ye a secret.

"In the world of Jianmu, there is a village called Baolian Village..."

(End of this chapter)