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

Chapter 212 Stupid Crow, why did the lightning strike me?
A few days later.

Inside a house with blue bricks and red tiles in Dongcang Town.

Li Ye was holding a teapot made from red sand dug up from this place, slowly pouring tea for the two people sitting in front of him.

Meanwhile, a golden-haired rat would occasionally peek out from the silver spatial hole and bring over pastries.

"..."

Wei Qingye watched as the tea slowly flowed down, brewing the golden-red tea leaves, like a cluster of sunset light burning in the water. It was beautiful, but it felt too slow.

And is that teacup half an ounce?
Why is it that even drinking tea isn't enjoyable anymore?

With that thought in mind, he reached out and snatched the teapot from Li Ye's hand, pouring himself a large bowlful—for some reason, he was able to pull out a white porcelain jade bowl from his person.

Then he extended his finger and infused it with a wisp of icy energy, before drinking it all in one gulp.

Now, Li Ye was the one left helpless.

"Brother Wei, you really have a fiery temper." He shook his head, having long been used to Wei Qingye's mannerisms, and said nothing.

Instead, he looked at the other person and laughed, "So you've completely decided to come and pledge allegiance to me, Brother Qiu Mai?"

Qiu Mai, also known as Zhou Qiu Mai, immediately nodded, stood up respectfully and said, "My matriarch has agreed to let me be removed from the family register. From now on, you, Master Ling Ye, can order me around as you please, without any objection!"

Oops.

The family genealogy was moved out.

This is truly a do-or-die situation for the family's younger members.

However, the Zhou family only had a few Golden Core cultivators, which was nothing compared to the true inner disciples of the Four Seasons Sect and the Nascent Soul disciples.

Li Ye looked at him with admiration: "Then I will entrust the business of the brand new mycelium to you. This batch of mycelium is quite different from the original."

"Take a look."

He placed a plate of fruits and vegetables on the table.

These fruits and vegetables are very brightly colored, and some even have water droplets on them, making them look as if they were freshly picked, and they exude a pure fruity aroma.

"Huh." Zhou Qiumai picked up a plum in surprise. No matter how you looked at it, it was a plum. Even the feel and smell were the same, and there was no abnormality in the fluctuation of spiritual energy.

He had personally "tasted" the local feed before, so he didn't hesitate and took a bite right away.

As a result, the texture when you bite into it is exactly the same as a plum.

Looking at the bite mark, there was absolutely no trace of any fungal hyphae present.

He was truly shocked now and couldn't help but ask:

"Brother Li, is this a type of mycelium?"

Li Ye smiled slightly: "Of course."

Actually, he was quite surprised when he saw this thing. He didn't expect that the power of those bamboo ants could make the earth fungus look like this.

Unless one's spiritual sense has reached the Golden Core level, neither the naked eye nor spiritual sense can discern that this is actually a fruit formed by mycelium.

The reason for this situation may be that the bamboo ants have gained intelligence, and in addition, the production of various fruits and vegetables in his cave is so abundant that... even the bamboo ants have begun to carefully select them.

With the surplus food and the bamboo ants becoming increasingly intelligent after gaining sentience, they were able to exert their influence on the ground fungal mycelium, demanding that the texture and taste of the fungal fruit be gradually improved.

The reason they optimized the food according to human preferences seems to be because of Li Ye. When Li Ye returned to his cave for a short stay, the bamboo ants brought him mountains of food.

They had nothing to offer Li Ye except their own bodies and lives, and their most precious food.

Li Ye stated it directly:
"After testing, this brand-new mycelium is close to the level of a second- to third-tier spiritual fruit or plant, which is close to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"The special spiritual power formed by the mycelium can also help spiritual beasts to awaken their spirituality. Although the effect is negligible, the effect is not bad if consumed over a long period of time."

"As you know, spirit beasts have long lifespans, and the older they are, the more abundant their spiritual energy becomes—this is the brand I asked you to focus on: cultivating spirit beasts generation after generation."

He took out several different tokens.

From top to bottom are jade, gold, silver, copper, and iron.

"If any cultivator is willing, the Four Seasons Pavilion of the Four Seasons Sect in the market will conduct the certification and issue different tokens based on the number of years the spirit beast has been fed. The tokens also have different benefits and perks."

"Ten years, fifty years, a hundred years..."

"I'm just offering my own ideas; how to implement them depends on how you do it and how well you do it."

Li Ye handed the five different tokens and the jade pendant bearing his identity to Zhou Qiumai, and said in a deep voice:
"I'm leaving everything to you."

Zhou Qiumai looked at the token and jade pendant and was speechless.

This is the true power of the Four Seasons Sect's Golden Core Jade Pendant. Although Li Ye always felt that he was just slacking off every day, his reputation had actually surpassed that of some ordinary Golden Core cultivators.

Not to mention that he was also a disciple of Master Su Xing.

If he were to take this jade pendant to any market for help, he would receive countless resources—it was a symbol of his status, and even the most demanding cultivators would treat Zhou Qiu Mai with kindness upon seeing it.

Identity is the biggest obstacle for these cultivators.

Zhou Qiumai almost couldn't help but kneel down in a moment of impulse, but fortunately he was still clever enough to know that the Four Seasons Sect didn't like people kneeling all the time.

He simply held the token and jade pendant in his hand.

He said earnestly, "Brother Li trusts me so much, I can only repay you with all my might."

"I believe you," Li Ye said sincerely.

But Zhou Qiumai became even more grateful, and her eyes even filled with tears.

After he left, Wei Qingye, who hadn't said a word, pursed his lips and poured another bowl of tea: "It's only been a few years, Brother Li, and your methods of winning people over have become even more skillful."

"Ok?"

Li Ye was puzzled at first, but then he understood.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"If I trust him, I will naturally give him more convenience. After all, he was a friend of mine when I was in a humble situation. Would my friends be any different?"

Wei Qingye was also amused by Li Ye's words.

This statement praises both oneself and others.

And that is indeed the case.

He exhaled softly, and the chair behind him transformed into a recliner at his will, allowing him to lie down and gaze directly at the sunlight in the sky.

For some reason, perhaps because the spiritual energy here at the Four Seasons Sect was truly peaceful, he felt much more relaxed, and even the murderous aura on his body had softened considerably.

No wonder the elders in the sect like to visit the Eastern Region whenever they have free time.

After a while, he finally said:

"Brother Li."

"I've made all the preparations for what we agreed on before. How's it going with Brother Li?"

"This matter will likely be accompanied by a calamity."

Although he was still half-lying down, his eyes were already flashing with a sharp sword light—creating a physical body for a soul that had lingered in the mortal world for too long was a heaven-defying act, and without reincarnation, it would surely face heavenly tribulation.

Wei Qingye wasn't afraid, but he was worried that the lightning tribulation might have some impact on Li Ye, since Li Ye was clearly following the path of human nature and the way of heaven.

"Heavenly Tribulation?" Li Ye thought about what he had experienced recently and asked without hesitation, "What level of heavenly tribulation will it be? Golden Core or Nascent Soul?"

"Could we have more lightning tribulations?"

He was currently lacking the tribulation energy to replenish his Five-Colored Water Lily, and he wondered what kind of heavenly tribulation it would be that would create a physical body for the soul and allow the soul to remain in the world.
"Uh." Wei Qingye asked in confusion, "Did I hear you wrong? Brother Li, do you want more heavenly tribulations?"

Is it possible to get more of that stuff?

They're not spirit stones, so the more the merrier.

"Actually, it's this." Li Ye casually took out a lotus flower with about one-thousandth the power of a lightning tribulation: "I haven't sold this outside yet. Apart from the cultivators of our sect, Brother Wei is the first person to do so."

"Oh!" Wei Qingye immediately perked up.

As soon as he held the lotus in his hand, he immediately felt the aura of calamity emanating from it—an aura capable of triggering a heavenly tribulation.

"This thing is quite valuable."

"That's perfect. I was worried that the heavenly tribulation might affect you, but it seems there's no need to worry."

"So when do we start?"

Knowing that there were no more worries, Wei Qingye couldn't wait to start his plan, something he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Otherwise, given a cultivator's long lifespan, a few years would pass in the blink of an eye, and he wouldn't have to work so hard to find suitable materials; he could have taken his time.

"Then let's get started."

Li Ye had indeed been preparing for some time.

He took out the scroll and hung it aside.

On the scroll, a pure white fox is seen pressing its paw against a black cat, with an exquisitely crafted circular pavilion behind it.

"Let's go."

The two entered the painting one after the other.

The white fox and black cat, who had been waiting for a long time, came to greet them. The fox was alright, since it was similar to a dog, but the black cat was also wagging its tail wildly.

"Owner!"

"You've finally arrived!"

"I've been waiting for you for so, so long."

The white fox subtly kicked the black cat backward with its hind paws, then used its tail to block it. Its pure white fur gave it an ethereal, fairy-like quality in this black and white ink-wash world.

It's actually quite intimidating.

At least Wei Qingye was a little surprised: "I didn't see such a strange spirit beast in that cave at the time."

The white fox raised its head with great poise.

"I am the spirit beast of Master Li Ye. It's normal that you haven't seen me before."

"..." Wei Qingye turned his head and whispered to Li Ye, "It really is exactly like you."

It is the same?

Li Ye is absolutely unwilling and will never admit it.

He calmly said to the white fox, "Take me to the place with the Spirit Bamboo and the Delicious Coconut Tree, that one..."

He paused here, unsure whether to call it a chicken or a crow, and could only say, "Is that spirit beast still with the Spirit Bamboo?"

"Here I am."

Even the white fox felt a headache coming on when the spirit beast was mentioned: "It's a bit unruly, and right now it's probably wandering around aimlessly..."

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, a golden "sun" appeared in the distance.

To be precise, it was a ball of light. A one-legged golden raven stood solemnly on a bamboo stalk, flying swiftly as if riding a sword. Its speed was so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Then it seemed to have spotted Li Ye, and quickly flew over, making a rather affectionate but unpleasant "quack" sound towards Li Ye before pouncing on him.

Its little short wings flapped many times but it couldn't take off. Finally, it fell to the ground with a "plop" and was flattened to the ground. It was flattened to the naked eye.

It's as flat as a piece of paper.

Wei Qingye looked surprised.

"You."

"They just rely on the fact that they are spirits to fly around like this."

Li Ye was quite helpless. He reached out and grabbed it, then casually used his spiritual power to help it recover.

This creature, which looks much like a golden raven but is slightly clumsy, is what hatched from that egg.

After hatching, Li Ye wanted to find a flying spiritual plant for it, but the little guy ran into the ink painting world hanging in the yard and stuck to the Spirit Bamboo.

It can even... bind to something.

Li Ye was surprised and helpless, and had no choice but to comply.

After being bound, it became this monstrous creature. It would ride the Spirit-Binding Bamboo around aimlessly every day, still in the form of a soul, yet its cultivation level would increase day by day.

It's now even a Foundation Establishment level spirit beast.

However, after this guy came along, Wanlingzhu's abnormally gloomy spiritual power clearly showed a weakening trend, which was obviously a good thing for Wanlingzhu.

After Wei Qingye and others helped it recover, they asked curiously:
"This spirit beast is really interesting."

"It carries the aura of the Spirit Bamboo. Is it some new type of spirit beast that you, Brother Li, have cultivated?"

Li Ye nodded: "Yes, with this spirit beast present, the body created could probably be more perfect."

"Thank you."

Wei Qingye was deeply moved.

He thought that this was a spirit beast specially bred by Brother Li to help him. As expected of Brother Li, he always prepared things perfectly.

Li Ye could only smile at this, and then led Wei Qingye to the place where the delicious coconut and the spirit-retaining bamboo were planted.

Thanks to the help of the golden ravens, the golden coconut trees and the gray bamboo are almost intertwined, and there is even a small nest at the intersection, enough for the golden ravens to live in.

Li Ye had already set up the magic array in advance according to the method described in the Bamboo Spirit Scroll—it was a very strange magic array that was derived from the Bagua but only had a simple yin side and no symbiotic yang side.

At the very center of the magic circle is a coffin surrounded by ink and silk, standing upright, with a stream of ink flowing inside.

"Go ahead," Li Ye said, pointing to the coffin.

"Ah."

Wei Qingye took a deep breath, then drew his longsword. A small black jade stone hung from the tassel on the hilt, and a figure could be vaguely seen inside it.

That jade was a fifth-tier spiritual object called Soul Nourishing Jade.

Each tassel around the jade was woven from the spiritual essence of a spirit, and at a glance, they appeared to be made from the souls of high-level demonic beasts such as foxes and wolves.

This shows just how much effort Wei Qingye put in to preserve his junior brother's soul.

He placed the jade directly into the coffin.

Almost the instant it was inserted, as the ink-wash silk threads began to entwine around the jade, acting as roots—

"Boom!"

A very familiar voice rang in Li Ye's ears.

Wei Qingye gripped his longsword, his expression resolute.

Originally, Li Ye was thinking that the heavenly tribulation was coming quite quickly, and how he would use his supernatural powers to interfere with the tribulation.

Unexpectedly, a jet-black, chain-like bolt of lightning appeared and struck his shoulder.

"Snapped!"

His clothes ripped instantly, revealing his shoulder, which was covered in raw, torn flesh.

Blood flowed slowly under his expressionless gaze and Wei Qingye's dumbfounded stare.

So why me?
Shouldn't you have chopped up the coffin or Wei Qingye?

And why does he seem so angry?

(End of this chapter)