Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

It's raining.

The slightly cool raindrops fell on Li Ye's face.

He blinked his already sore eyes, yet his thoughts remained clear—he originally thought this transformation should be a good thing.

However, he saw the people who had already returned to human form with panic-stricken faces, the raindrops falling on them, making a "sizzle" sound as if water was hitting hot oil.

"It's the Spring Rain!"

"Why is it back again?"

"No, don't drown our crops!!!"

Everyone shouted loudly, the raindrops mixed with the ghost qi around them that hadn't dissipated, stirring up the resentment qi that they had managed to suppress.

If the resentment qi truly rose again, it wouldn't simply end by turning into Hungry Ghosts.

The despair that follows hope is the most terrifying.

"Is the Spring Rain harmful here?"

This discovery overturned Li Ye's previous understanding, as he always thought the Spring Rain was beneficial to Hungry Ghosts; there was even a stream of Purple Oil Spring Rain in the courtyard.

He immediately realized this might be information unknown even to his mentors, and could greatly affect the purification of the Netherworld.

Fortunately, the divine elders protecting him must have already noticed.

The most urgent thing now is to resolve this issue.

"I must not let my efforts go to waste."

He looked at the Heart Grass and white soil in the distance that had almost become contiguous, murmuring to himself: "Jianmu, ghost qi is also a form of power, right."

—The Jianmu leaves within his Dantian trembled slightly, transmitting a sense of pride.

So, Li Ye's lips curled into a slight smile.

"I know I can certainly do it."

He no longer resisted the approaching ghost qi, but actively began to absorb it. The wisps of gray fog coiled around the branches of the Jianmu within him, surrounding it.

This process was somewhat painful, as he was a human being filled with vitality.

Even with the help of Jianmu and the Luck Technique, truly controlling ghost qi was quite challenging.

Luckily, he had already used his consciousness to control his body, so a little pain didn't matter.

Soon, the ghost qi was controlled by the Jianmu.

He stretched his hand toward the sky, and the branches of the Jianmu grew out from his palm.

The emerald green branches were surrounded by ghost qi, the leaves glistening like jade, shining brilliantly under the gray and occasionally purple raindrops of the Heavenly Dome.

It soon grew into a large umbrella that could shelter everyone underneath.

Shielding them from the torrential rain pouring from the Heavenly Dome.

The people who were covering their heads, wishing they could smash into the ground, all stopped and stared blankly at the young cultivator holding one hand up to the sky, growing a giant tree that covered the sky.

Li Ye, though his expression remained well-controlled.

Honestly speaking, it was quite painful, as this was the first time the branches of the Jianmu had come into contact with the outside world. Despite its ability to accept almost all energies for growth, it was after all just driven by Li Ye, a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If it weren't for Li Ye constantly ingesting various Spiritual Materials to replenish his Spiritual Power and pre-emptively filling the Jianmu with Spiritual Power, it might have drained him the moment it grew.

"It really hurts to make contact with this world through my meridians."

He was quite good at finding amusement amid his suffering.

Experiences like these had once left his meridians in pain for several months, but he'd more or less gotten used to it.

"Chirp chirp!"

"Tweet tweet."

Not far away, the Beaver, Cyan Bird, and Red Bean all noticed what Li Ye was doing. They hadn't dared to disturb him earlier.

Once Li Ye was done, they approached cautiously, one jittering nervously, while another flew to his shoulder and touched his cheek with its beak.

"It's okay." Li Ye managed a smile, the Sun and Moon Ring on his wrist glimmering brilliantly, channeling pure Spiritual Power his way.

"Just a little more."

"Only a little left."

Once he was sure the Jianmu shielded them from the skies' torrential downpour, he suddenly felt much lighter; it seemed the Purple Oil Spring Rain was beneficial to the Jianmu as well.

Such opportunities to freely absorb the Purple Oil Spring Rain weren't common.

He called out to the people hiding under the tree, "Help me, just a bit more, and we'll save everyone."

The people glanced at the rain-covered sky, each biting their lips:

"Immortal, just order us!"

"Tell us what you need us to do!"

"You helped us, we will repay you!"

The memories the raindrops brought were not pleasant; the past pain emerged like a tide when the raindrops fell on them.

But even so, they were not ungrateful.

Right away, they grit their teeth and braved the rain, pulling the wandering Hungry Ghosts over, almost forcibly stuffing their mouths with steamed buns.

As they fed them, they kept saying: "There is food now!"

"Hurry up and remember!"

"There's food, eat, eat…"

When had the Hungry Ghosts ever encountered such a situation? Added to that, these people were essentially Hungry Ghosts too, so it was like distributing the food they had in hand.

They almost dumbly began devouring the steamed buns.

—The jade-like tree blocked the raindrops, its branches encircled by ghost qi, with people busily making steamed buns below and Hungry Ghosts being force-fed them.

The tree of the Immortal Dao shielded the natural rain, providing a piece of clean land under which spiritual beasts worked and Hungry Ghosts were fed.

Li Ye smiled with satisfaction.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, during which Li Ye spent his time maintaining the Jianmu.

Every time he couldn't hold on, a force would surge into him, helping him sustain the Jianmu.