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

Chapter 196 Simplified Cultivation Techniques and the Attack of Spirit Beasts

Inside the clam shell, a large portion of the uneven clam meat had disappeared.

To be precise, it has begun to melt.

Along with the Void Ore that was originally embedded in the clam meat, it slowly melted away.

Finally, it merges into a hazy gray color with a hint of silver, dripping and gathering, surging back and forth like ocean waves inside the empty clam shell.

"Whoa~ Whoa~"

Each strike landed precisely on the fleshy pillar where the only remaining bit of clam meat of the Void Grass was rooted.

This was the first time Li Ye had ever seen such a spirit beast. It actually used its spiritual power to create waves to polish its pearls. Moreover, through his senses, he could detect that the speed and force of the waves coming from every angle and direction were almost identical.

It doesn't resemble a spirit beast; rather, it looks like a sophisticated refining furnace.

But he soon realized something was wrong.

"No pearl nucleus?"

"I still intend to use the Void Grass as the pearl core."

Just as he was wondering, a tiny drop of sap began to seep from the tip of the Void Grass. As it dripped from the leaf, it condensed into a silvery-gray bead.

Each drop that falls is swept into the surging waves, swaying with the waves, and with each sway, a bit of force seeps from the waves into the bead.

—This process was actually very slow, with each drop taking a whole day to fall. Li Ye lay there watching for seven or eight days before thoughtfully withdrawing his divine sense.

"Truly amazing."

"What's so special about pearls?"

He was indeed very curious, but unfortunately, the production of such pearls could not be accomplished overnight. He could only bind the rest of them, and then, with a light sway, headed deeper into the Sea Spirit Land.

As he descended, a group of silvery-white fish, their bodies like sharp swords and even carrying a sharp edge, darted past him at incredible speed. If an ordinary person were to see them, they would only be gone in a flash.

This is a third-tier spirit beast called "Sword Pillar Fish".

Their shape resembles a long, slender, silver-white sword, with the beak serving as the hilt. They can be picked up and wielded as swords at will, and can even unleash some spiritual light similar to sword energy.

At the same time, they are also the most frequently used "sword-type" spirit beasts by the disciples of the Four Seasons Sect in their battles. They can not only swim in water, but also fly in the air, and even learn the Five Elements Escape Technique.

These peculiar fish have a unique characteristic: usually, when a male and female pair give birth to two offspring, they produce exactly eighty-one fry, with the first fry being stronger, smarter, and more intelligent.

Fish fry born at the same time share a unique bond; once the lead fish gives the order, the other fish will obey without fear of death.

They have indeed helped the cultivators of the Four Seasons Sect a lot. They are fearless and intelligent, and are spirit beasts that many cultivators like to keep. The Four Seasons Sect even has a rule about them.

The general meaning is that it is forbidden to abandon or kill animals at will.

The Four Seasons Sect even has a special grotto-heaven that was transported from the Eastern Yang Sea to raise these fish. However, they are ferocious by nature and can only grow best in the real sea.

Yang Ke's tribe paid a considerable price and used many favors to obtain the opportunity to raise this kind of spirit fish.

"Come."

He stopped and beckoned to the swordfish.

Then, with a "whoosh," the swordfish that had swum far away instantly returned, with the largest and strongest one swimming right up to Li Ye.

Its eyes are peculiar; they are not simply fish eyes, but rather a single eye resembling that of a dragon, extremely sharp yet not frightening.

An almost lively expression flowed within him.

After swimming around Li Ye twice, it offered its long, sword-hilt-like beak to Li Ye's hand.

It had a very peculiar texture, like warm leather, without any disgusting slime. The moment Li Ye grasped it, he could feel many wisps of spiritual energy wrapping around his wrist.

It truly felt like holding a magical sword that I had nurtured and cherished; the connection of magical power yet the vibrant rhythm of life was incredibly intriguing.

When Li Ye tried to infuse his magic power, the silver-white body of the sword pillar fish rapidly changed color, displaying different hues as his power changed.

Li Ye's understanding of the Sword Pillar Fish was limited to the sect's ancient texts. After he reached the Golden Core stage, he was able to access more texts, and the basic knowledge therein was the essence refined by the Four Seasons Sect over ten thousand years.

But honestly, even if you read those classic texts and firmly memorize the inherited knowledge, it's still not as good as trying it out yourself.

He casually swung the swordfish a few times.

Although he had never learned swordsmanship, he had spent some time at Tianmai Sword Mountain, and Wei Qingye would occasionally show off his newly learned swordsmanship to him, trying to persuade him to join the Sword Sect. So he still knew some basic knowledge about sword techniques and strength.

His power was absorbed by the swordfish and then unleashed through its blade-like fins, instantly causing turbulence in the seawater, which boiled as if it were being boiled.

Then other fish also circled around, vaguely forming an array with their bodies as the core, absorbing the sword energy into their bodies and then releasing it.

In an instant, hundreds of spiritual sword energies rose up, stirring up the seawater covering dozens of acres.

Its power is barely enough to reach the Golden Core level.

However, such power is not bad, considering that the Sword Pillar Fish Swarm is only at the Foundation Establishment level. Unexpectedly, under his control, it can reach the power of the Golden Core level.

After trying it, Li Ye released the swordfish's beak with satisfaction.

This batch of swordfish did not have any need to be bound, but Li Ye actually planned to bind them with Void Grass—after chatting with his third senior brother last time, he suddenly realized the special nature of Void Grass.

How special is a stable space that is at the mercy of spirit beasts?

Not to mention the subtle influence of spatial attribute spiritual herbs on spirit beasts, the inner core of a spirit beast alone can be nurtured in this space.

Li Ye has already applied to his master to use the world's elixir-cultivating method to conduct experiments on some spirit beasts. If it succeeds, it will be an unprecedented feat.

It should be noted that there are quite a few obscure and profound spells in the Four Seasons Sect, but those who can learn these spells and supernatural powers are no ordinary people.

Therefore, how to simplify the learning process for more cultivators is something that the Ginkgo Hall of the sect has been researching.

However, simplifying cultivation methods is no easy task. Even with the foundation of the Four Seasons Sect over thousands of years, they have only managed to research a few methods, among which is the "Five Elements Ascension Technique" practiced by Li Ye.

This method is the most widely spread, and anyone with any of the five elements' spiritual roots can cultivate it. However, it undergoes a qualitative change after reaching the Golden Core stage, gradually achieving the effects of the original version.

Of course, the original version was the secret of the Four Seasons Sect.

His current goal is to experiment with the Void Grass and the World Elixir Cultivation Method using various spirit beasts, to see if he can create a simplified version.

The swordfish was one of the spirit beasts he chose.

……

After releasing the swordfish, Li Ye continued downwards.

Soon he saw a patch of seaweed growing on the seabed, drifting with the seawater.

These seaweeds are beautiful; their leaves are exquisite creations shaped like dragon scales, and they are connected by branches that shimmer with a warm, emerald-green light.

From afar, the scales of various colors sway with the seawater and the light bands, which is truly a feast for the eyes.

【Name】：Yuanhai Qinglinye

[Mood]: Swaying with the seawater

[Status]: Adapted to the environment. Upon completion of adaptation, it will send out scales to take root around it, growing into a seaweed forest. [Can be bound]: Pumice-type spirit beast. Each scale can be bound independently, and its subsequent growth will change depending on the type of pumice.

Pumice.

That's just a sponge.

There are actually quite a few sea pumice-type spirit beasts in the Four Seasons Sect. These spirit beasts live in many fertile sea areas.

In particular, some densely populated breeding or planting areas play a role in purifying waters and providing habitats for small spiritual beasts and insects.

However, because there were so many types, Li Ye was quite hesitant about which type of pumice to choose.

But he didn't dwell on it for long.

Picking? Just pick whoever you like.

He took out the jade slip and began to select from the many pumice stones inside. He quickly took a liking to the most basic type, which was covered with holes of all sizes and had a deep yellow color.

This type of pumice is also one of the species unique to the Yanghai Sea in the East Pole, and its name is Golden Pumice.

When Li Ye bought a palm-sized ball of golden sea pumice and kneaded it in his hand, it felt soft and squishy, ​​like kneading slightly elastic tofu.

The creature twitched slightly, making a soft "plop" sound from the kneaded hole, then lay flat and lay still, letting Li Ye knead it.

"It feels pretty good."

Li Ye kneaded it a few more times, and for some reason, kneading the Golden Sea Floating Stone gave him a wonderfully pleasant feeling. But because this pleasant feeling came so quickly, he hurriedly took it to bind.

After all, you can't get too addicted to it.

The cost of binding was also a bit unexpected, costing a full 5,000 points. To put that in perspective, binding the Void Grass and the Sea Shell only cost 10,000 vitality points.

Based on the principle that the more you spend on binding, the more peculiar the effect becomes, he was looking forward to the surprises that the Golden Sea Floating Stone and the Abyss Sea Clear Scale Leaf would bring him.

He initially thought it wouldn't be a quick result, and he planned to check on Coral's situation first, as binding too many at once wouldn't yield any results.

However, just as he took a step to leave, the Golden Sea Floating Stones he had placed behind him suddenly bent over in an extremely exaggerated way and tightly wrapped around the bound scale of the Abyss Sea Clear Scale Leaf.

It was as if an octopus had found a rock on the seabed to live on; its soft, yellowish body pressed the piece of Abyss Clear Scale Leaf down to the ground.

The two are inseparable.

then……

"Whoo~"

"call……"

A strange, breathing-like sound emanated from the Golden Sea Floating Stone, which Li Ye detected with his divine sense.

Surprisingly, I saw that the scale-shaped leaf was being washed and broken by the water flow while being absorbed by the Golden Sea Pumice, and then absorbed by it.

Li Ye stood aside, staring at them, and a sense of unease arose in his heart, as if he were watching the roots of the Demon-Suppressing Tree break off one by one, and the demon trapped inside was about to be released.

"interesting."

"It makes me feel uneasy..."

His lips curled slightly upward as he took a small step forward.

Immediately, lines resembling willow branches appeared beneath his cloud-patterned shoes, extending outwards along the seabed and quickly enclosing an area of ​​one acre, along with the Golden Sea Floating Stones, at its center.

This is the power of the Earth Wish Technique.

When he is in the outside world, the Earth Wish Technique can sense the spiritual changes of heaven and earth. In this cave dwelling that Li Ye has carefully cultivated and built, he can mobilize all the power to help him do things.

Even the Earthly Wish Technique is one of the supernatural powers within the "World Elixir Cultivation Method".

With this layer of insurance, Li Ye was able to relax completely. Before long, the beavers swam over one after another, and the few with Void Grass on their heads even pulled out a group of bamboo ants from it.

The bamboo ants worked tirelessly to build a small pavilion on the seabed, urged on by the chirping of beavers, and finished in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Then, one of the beavers solemnly took out a lotus lantern from the storage bag hanging around its neck, raised it, and let out a cry—

"grumble!"

The lotus lanterns immediately ignited, isolating the surrounding seawater and perfectly enveloping the pavilion. The beavers enthusiastically tugged at Li Ye's robes and pulled him inside the pavilion.

Then various fruits, teas, and pastries were served.

Li Ye: “…”

His lips twitched. Looking at the simple and exquisite pavilion, and then at the steaming freshly made pastries, fragrant tea, and fruits on the table, he suddenly felt like he was being spoiled rotten.

No wonder the young masters and ladies of wealthy families are so easily waited on hand and foot.

Their servants don't even have the abilities of beavers. If they wanted to eat something else, the beavers could probably whip up 1,800 dishes on the spot and build them several magnificent palaces.

But this feeling is really comfortable.

Even someone as powerful as him occasionally wants to relax like this.

"Great job!"

"I'll reward you with some spirit stones later."

He showered them with praise, making the beavers hold their heads high, chests puffed out, and you could even see their necks...

As he sipped his fragrant tea and ate his pastries, the golden floating rocks in the distance had completely absorbed the scale, seemingly sinking into silence.

However, its status displayed on the panel is: Abnormal symbiosis.

An anomaly? A mutation?!

Whether it was his thoughts that startled the creature, the Golden Sea Floating Stone, which should have been unable to move on its own, suddenly began to wriggle forward, with parts of its surface being rubbed off.

Its body gradually became longer and longer, and the original holes were covered by dense scales... It even looked somewhat like a yellow dragon.

However, this dragon was not friendly. During its transformation, it frantically absorbed the spiritual energy from the surrounding seawater, and in a short time, it had absorbed all the spiritual energy in the surrounding area.

As its body changed, it began to expand.

In the end, it even grew into a giant yellow "dragon" that was tens of feet long and tens of feet tall.

Then, its eyes, disguised as scales, seemed to gleam with an inscrutable light, staring at Li Ye like eyeballs.

Next breath——

"Boom!"

The enormous yellow pumice dragon exploded with a deafening roar.

The spiritual energy it absorbed carried the seawater out, instantly creating a turbid current on the seabed. The beavers were terrified and hurriedly gripped the Lotus Lantern, chirping loudly.

And the target of that flowing water...

It was none other than Li Ye, sitting upright and holding a jade porcelain cup!
(End of this chapter)