Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

"Fine, fine."

"You little guy quite suits my fancy. As long as you can catch that peach, it's yours."

As soon as the words fell.

The huge peach above Li Ye's head suddenly began to fall, practically like a meteor descending from the heavens, making Li Ye feel as if he were facing a great enemy.

He dared not be negligent, hurriedly gathering all his Spiritual Power and even mobilized the Spiritual Power of the Jianmu.

In the end, the peach instantly shrank upon nearing him, pierced through his Spiritual Power, and with a "bang," hit him on the head.

"..."

Li Ye grabbed the peach and rubbed his head with a grin, unsurprisingly hearing the gradually fading laughter.

The mist obscured by peach blossoms not far away also gradually cleared.

A jade bridge arched across the Heavenly Dome, leading to the distance.

"Didn't expect that ancestor quite likes to tease people." Li Ye muttered to himself as he walked forward, glancing down at the peach in his hand.

[Name]: Spring Beauty Spirit Peach

[Mood]: None

[Status]: The restriction of unplantability is lifted by the Spring Beauty Peach God, allowing the peach pit to be planted and sprout, growing into a Spring Beauty Peach Tree.

[Can be Bound]: To any Spirit Beast related to the "Four Seasons," with effects varying by season.

Spirit Beasts related to the Four Seasons?

Li Ye quickly ran through the types of Spirit Beasts he knew in his mind. There were indeed mentions of them, but they were mostly at the Golden Core Period.

And definitely impossible to buy through ordinary means.

He still had matters with the Enlightened Race to handle now.

So he just thought about it momentarily before putting it aside and stepped onto the jade bridge, taking out the Jade Pendant given by Li Sui and waving it ahead.

The jade bridge beneath his feet flashed with a light and began to grow.

Soon, he felt the bridge carry him forward, quickly reaching a mountain range covered with thick white snow.

Looking down from above, within the mountains were some extremely exquisite treehouses that almost merged with the natural scenery, surrounded by structures resembling bridges made of branches.

There were fierce-looking tigers with colorful patterns on their bodies excitedly jumping and playing on those structures.

It seemed like a tiger playground.

He murmured to himself, casting his gaze into the distance.

Further away, there were some men and women with long ears, wearing thin leather armor, busy in the forest, carrying all sorts of prey, ranging from rabbits to bears.

Even women who looked slender could easily lift bears weighing thousands of pounds with one hand while chatting and laughing.

No panel reminder was needed for Li Ye to know that these were the Enlightened—more precisely, the Enlightened Race with some true bloodline of the Enlightened Beast.

Before Li Ye could use the Escape Technique, a cloud bridge suddenly projected from the distant mountains.

A robust elder with tiger skin draped over him, scars on his face, stood on the cloud bridge, looking quite imposing.

The Spiritual Power on the elder's body... was even more formidable than that of ordinary Golden Core Period and likely already had one foot in the Nascent Soul.

"Senior." Li Ye gave a slight bow.

Originally, he thought the imposing elder might be difficult to speak with, but upon seeing Li Ye, the elder's face immediately bloomed into a smile brighter than a chrysanthemum.

"Friend Li."

"I am Li Han, the one who had Li Sui seek you out. Please follow me, I have everything prepared."

He enthusiastically rode the cloud, flying towards the distance.

Along the way, they passed by crystal-clear halls like crystal palaces, where Enlightened Race people were cultivating various Spirit Plants.

One could see Cave Mansion Spiritual Bamboo, Five Elements Ridge Tree, River Vine, and other Spirit Plants previously seen at Treasure Nest Pavilion.

This piqued Li Ye's curiosity.

He asked, "Senior, are these Spirit Plants cultivated by your noble clan?"

Li Han was secretly delighted upon hearing this.

He specifically did not travel quickly on the cloud for the disciple of True Man Suoxing to see the main industries of their clan.

He pretended to maintain a calm tone, saying, "Yes and no. These Spirit Plants were transmitted from Treasure Nest Mountain.

In the past, our clan helped the Four Seasons Sect with many things, and this Treasure Nest Mountain was a special reward from the founder of the Four Seasons Sect.

Spirit Plants appear daily on the Treasure Stone Tablets, and what we need to do is cultivate and sell them. It's precisely because of Treasure Nest Mountain that our Enlightened Race can sustain our livelihood."

Sustain a livelihood?

Even Li Ye had heard of the enormous profits of Treasure Nest Pavilion.

He wondered, "As far as I know, Treasure Nest Pavilion should be able to harvest many Spirit Stones; could it be that so many Spirit Stones still aren't enough to cover the noble clan's daily expenses?"

Li Han sighed lightly, "Though Treasure Nest Mountain continuously produces Spirit Plants, what is needed are Spirit Stones produced from natural Spirit Ore.

Ninety percent of our earnings are spent on this."

Li Ye felt more puzzled.

Why tell me this for no reason?

He truly could not understand the odd thoughts of this Enlightened Golden Core senior, so he simply smiled and nodded in agreement.

Li Han, seeing this, knew he was rushing too much and actively changed the topic, speeding up as well.

Before long, they reached a mountain range at the border of the Enlightened Race, this mountain was quite special, with a continuously flowing spring at its summit.

The water flowing from the spring spiraled around the mountain's streams, rushing along with numerous waterfall landscapes, resembling a jade belt around a green mountain from afar.

Most amazingly, all surrounding mountains were snow-capped, yet this one remained verdant, though the Spiritual Qi was very scarce.

Li Sui was already waiting at the mountain top; upon seeing his Third Grandpa bring Li Ye along, he carefully scrutinized Li Ye's expression and only relaxed after finding nothing peculiar.

He then warmly welcomed him and whispered, "Third Grandpa is old and was injured during Breaking Realm in his Divine Sense, so don't mind if he says anything odd."

Hearing Li Sui speak, the expression on Li Han's face became puffed and he stomped away.

Witnessing this, Li Ye felt even more certain of Li Sui's words.

Nevertheless, he advised, "The Four Seasons Sect has many mighty figures; treating Divine Sense injuries shouldn't be an issue.

Senior becoming a bit erratic due to Divine Sense issues with age would not be good."

Thinking about how he had just stood on the cloud with someone whose Divine Sense was impaired scared him.

Li Sui could only smile wryly, repeatedly apologizing, and assured him that a God from Four Seasons Sect was actually overseeing the place, hence there was no need to worry.

Li Ye felt somewhat relieved and took out the Potato Flood Dragon Vine from his Storage Ring, submerging it into the river to start planting.

During planting, he kept a close eye on the changes of the Potato Flood Dragon Vine.

Transplanted from the Spiritual Qi abundant environment of the Cave Mansion to here, the Potato Flood Dragon Vine was obviously not quite adapted, which was manifested in the roots desperately digging downward.

Even the hard stone riverbed couldn't stop its roots.

Thanks to the immense vitality of the Profound Water Flood Dragon, it drilled several hundred meters downward, gathering all the scattered Spiritual Power at the riverbed.

Then...

Small Profound Crystal Potato Flood Dragon Algae sprouted from its roots, beginning to take root and grow in the moist soil, with sturdy algae bodies pushing the surrounding earth away.

In no time, small caves formed in the earth.

"... What's this?"

Li Ye hadn't expected them to have such a reaction.

Even more bizarre was that his Divine Sense could detect the underground Profound Crystal Potato Flood Dragon Algae continuously digging around, accumulating Spiritual Qi into the caves.

During this process, tiny algae pearls were expelled from their bodies.

The crystal-clear Profound Crystal Potato Flood Dragon Pearls within the caves gradually crystallized completely, growing hard and heavy.

A scent akin to Spirit Stones emanated from them.

Spirit Stones...

Li Ye didn't know what expression to make; could it be they mutated yet again?