Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

This...

After a brief shock, Li Ye quickly calmed down.

Could the situation have become so difficult in an instant?

True Man Zhou's meaningful hint before coming here probably indicated his knowledge of the situation. Perhaps he was even prepared in advance.

The trust in the sect made him feel that things couldn't be that simple. After all, this was the Mountain and River Grotto Heaven of the Four Seasons Sect, directly under the control of Jianmu.

So, the reason for doing this is...

Fishing?

Li Ye took a few steps back, away from the Land God Temple, and looked toward Tianhe City.

The city was still bustling with noise, seemingly unaffected by the change here, but an odd smell of fox odor had already appeared in the air.

"Fox odor."

He recalled the situation of the Earth Demon Ginseng being controlled earlier; it seemed that the state suggested being controlled by fox odor was why it was so eager to bind symbiotically with the lotus, and to this day, that strange fox odor hadn't completely dissipated.

Is it trying to control me, or is it that Mountain and River Grotto Heaven cannot directly attack me?

Should I be bold once more?

Li Ye quickly thought for a moment, first using his spiritual power to form a shield, pretending on the outside to resist, but unable to overcome the fox odor.

In reality, he had long maintained his clarity using the Lotus Pill stored within Jianmu. To ensure his disguise wasn't discovered, he even hid part of his divine sense within Jianmu.

After all, he had nurtured the Earth Demon Ginseng for so long, already knowing how this fox used fox odor to control others.

Under his good disguise, the fox odor around initially remained calm, merely lingering, but later, more pointedly surged toward him.

This smell was undoubtedly intolerable, carrying a drowsy force.

Like a furry tail wagging, injecting countless fine hairs into the body, penetrating everywhere.

If not for him using the Lotus Pill and Jianmu to help hide it intentionally, he might have really exposed himself.

Moreover, the other party seemed not to dare to infuse all its power into him. At a moment when the power was substantial, a fox suddenly appeared before Li Ye.

The fox was still wearing its fur robe, with a pink, fluffy tail swaying behind it. This time, however, it had only five tails, as three had already been knocked off.

So, it looked awkward and incomplete.

This time, she didn't hide her face—a protruding mouthed fox face, but her eyes still gleaming, as if they carried the captivating scent of peach blossoms.

[Name]: Earth Wishing Spirit Fox · Fox Smoke

[Mood]: Malicious

[Status]: Captured by the incense fire wish power of the Mountain and River Void Leaf, unable to escape, about to be permanently fixed as a Mud Fox Immortal Statue.

The fact that the panel can take effect means this is her true body?

Last time I met her, there wasn't any reaction on the panel.

Fox Smoke looked at Li Ye with a complex gaze and said:

"You act convincingly."

"But you clearly have the scent of the Treasure Lotus on you."

"Forget it. If you want to pretend, then pretend... Luring you here wasn't easy; no matter how domineering your Four Seasons Sect is, at least I achieved it."

She reached out a fair hand to grasp Li Ye's arm, pulling him straight down into a fox den that had somehow appeared below without notice.

The tunnel was dark and deep, like a bottomless abyss, but the cave walls hinted a strange, incense-burning grandeur.

Next to it, some large red silk extended downward.

Grasping Li Ye's arm, Fox Smoke teased, "Remember to tell your master when you return that even the gods in your Mountain and River Grotto Heaven recognize us.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a sinkhole here.

Look, behind these red silks are all the wives and concubines married by gods!"

Li Ye continued to feign being controlled, though he had long seen the skeletons behind the red silk—those slender bones and the bright red wedding clothes unmistakably belonged to young women's bones.

"..."

Seeing Li Ye speechless, a flash of urgency passed through Fox Smoke's eyes.

Her true body had already been anchored by the Grotto Heaven. If not for this place originally having legends, especially those about Fox Immortals, she would have been plucked out and planted in the tree long ago.

The wish power and legend within the Mountain and River Grotto Heaven were her talismans and now a death sentence.

"Heh."

"Then take a look at the others."

This time, Fox Smoke held Li Ye's arm tighter, her sharp pink nails nearly piercing his skin.

This guy... really is in a hurry.

Is she hastening to prove something's wrong with the Mountain and River Grotto Heaven?

But I'm only at the Foundation Establishment stage, without any major authority. What could she be planning?

Given the little-known information, he decided to continue playing the fool, regarding her actions...

Li Ye's eyes glanced across the nail marks on his arm, continuing to feign stupidity.

The descent didn't last long.

Approximately ten breaths later, they fell from above, and an extremely peculiar scene appeared in front of them—

On one side was a chillingly lit place, numerous souls living under eerie lights, selling all sorts of things like hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys...

Them laughing recklessly, drawing near-infinite copper coins from a pouch embroidered with an Evil Ghost, sweeping through all visible objects like revenge.