Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

He was very puzzled, but continued with his mission.

——Those dams, or rather the Qi Fortune Array of the Water Turtle, all have the "connection ability" that Li Ye bestowed upon all Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts in the Cave Mansion when he played the Emotion Song.

This ability can link individual entities into a whole; his task was to use his own beaver dams to activate all the dams and completely trigger the Resentment Qi.

To see what was going to happen.

Time slowly passed.

Seven days later.

In this insignificant tributary of the Weichuan, stretching over five hundred miles, dams stood proudly in the water, with beavers raising their heads high on top of them.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

They waved to each other, whether residents of Weichuan or beavers from the Foundation Establishment or True Man Cave Mansions, they all had one goal at this moment.

To help their mother river!

The turbulent waters in this tributary were completely regulated.

And at this moment.

Li Ye said to the beaver sitting by his side, "It's ready."

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The five beavers who were the earliest companions patted their chests, lotus platforms emerged beneath them, carrying them away, upstream and downstream.

Every place they passed, every dam they crossed, it seemed to light something up as gray mist began to emerge from under the dams.

Their halos condensed into substance.

The sound "chirp chirp chirp" mingled harmoniously with the sound of the Weichuan river and the wind.

When all the dams began to emit gray mist with a "sizzle sizzle sizzle," Li Ye could feel something rapidly flowing out.

At that moment.

Originally just a place from where gray-black smoke was emerging with a "sizzle sizzle sizzle," suddenly, a viscous black liquid surged out fiercely.

With a deep hue like the night, it floated about one zhang above the dam.

It flowed slowly forward, like another river.

Unexpectedly, this black liquid showed no sign of filth; it was unexpectedly "clean."

Except for its color being a viscous black, it faintly emitted a wonderful fragrance.

But that's where the strangeness lay.

Both Li Ye and the distant Golden Core Foundation Establishment cultivators could clearly feel this was a form of Resentment Qi, yet why did it smell so fragrant and clean?

It was like petroleum or stone oil.

Petroleum...

Li Ye extended his finger to gently touch it, pinching a bit at his fingertip.

Somehow viscous.

Wasn't this petroleum?

A river of petroleum?

Did petroleum already form beneath Weichuan?

Why did it appear in the form of Resentment Qi?

"Huh, isn't this stone oil? I remember seeing it mentioned in Mr. Mengxi's writings."

"Yeah, Mr. Mengxi's writings say this is a very special spiritual material."

"Strange, there's stone oil beneath Weichuan?"

——from afar, the disciples' discussions were rampant.

Li Ye remembered there was a patriarch named "True Man Mengxi" in the sect, who left behind many anecdotes, which indeed mentioned petroleum.

The old ancestor used the three characters "stone oil."

Oil born from stone.

It's said that this stuff is often used for forging some special Magical Artifacts, and it's not a rare item within the sect.

Yet this still couldn't explain why this substance appeared here.

Just when Li Ye felt puzzled, a bold beaver sat on a Lotus Seat, slowly approached the "river" flowing in the air.

Its Lotus Seat touched the river water.

At the moment of contact, flames suddenly ignited.

"Wooosh!"

The flames immediately rose to three zhang high.

"Chirp!"

The sudden burst of fire startled the beaver, leading it to swiftly pilot the Lotus Seat behind Li Ye, peeking cautiously.

After igniting, the flame presented a very peculiar state, burning extremely stably, without any pungent odor, instead the peculiar fragrant aroma grew more intense.

At this moment, from afar, the tortoises within the Water Turtle Array sent out restless thoughts, pulling the gourd vine of the array, rushing hurriedly towards this place.

Fortunately, the design of the array initially considered that if the Turtle Spirit Gourd felt uncomfortable, the connection with the array would break, benefiting them by allowing their short legs to race here.

After the gourd vine tail plunged deep into the pitch-black petroleum river, the petroleum river slightly decreased a bit, then eagerly circled around Li Ye.

The meaning was that it wanted to go back.

Go back? Taking the petroleum back?

Li Ye suddenly thought, could it be that they want to give it to the Lamp Wax Flower?

"Senior Brother! Please help me look after things here, I have to make a trip back to the cave mansion!"

He shouted a few times into the distance.

Third Senior Brother immediately appeared and reliably nodded at him, "Go ahead."

Only then could Li Ye hurriedly take these Turtle Spirit Gourds, which absorbed quite a lot of petroleum, back to the cave mansion.

And at that moment, the beaver insisted on following him back.

He glanced at the beaver and decided to take it along too.

But unexpectedly, the Turtle Spirit Gourd and the beaver, upon returning, did not go towards the Lamp Wax Flower, but headed straight to where Li Ye planted the Earth Demon Ginseng.

The Earth Demon Ginseng was still half sunken into the ground, but atop its head sat the pristine Spirit-Uniting Lotus, whose petals exuded an ethereal translucence untouched by the mundane.

And then... it got sprayed in the face with petroleum from the Turtle Spirit Gourd.

The beaver even ran over and rubbed a bit of brilliance from its paws, directly throwing it at the Spirit-Uniting Lotus.

The brilliance touched the petroleum and naturally began to burn immediately.

The Earth Demon Ginseng seemed to react only then, shouting loudly:

"What are you doing!"

"What is this... petroleum?"

"Ah! My lotus!"

The creature actually pulled its roots out from the ground, and the thick roots were like human legs, stumbling around everywhere, even trying to dive into the river.

But Li Ye stopped it.

Because he saw that the burning flames did not harm the Spirit-Uniting Lotus itself but were gathering towards the lamp in the lotus bud.

The pale golden lamp seemed to become somewhat translucent, with the engraved patterns of the Lotus Pill Method growing brighter.

The flames at the center of the lamp burned, emitting circles of radiant flames.

This radiance was magnificent, carrying a sense of benevolent gentleness.

"Chirp chirp..."

In the beaver's eyes appeared circles of lotus patterns, and it unconsciously flew over, as if sleepwalking, extending its paw to grab the lamp deeply embedded in the lotus.

Then it pulled hard!

Without any sound, the translucent lamp was held in its hand.

It raised the lamp high.

Circles of radiant flames emanated from it as the center.

The original Buddha's Light suddenly acquired an extraordinary sacredness, clearly very gentle flames, yet carrying an unstoppable mighty power.

It's no longer Buddha's Light!

"Treasure Lotus Lamp?"

The sense of déjà vu with this thing was overwhelming.

"Beaver's Treasure Lotus Lamp..."

This moment, Li Ye was completely stunned, wondering why this lamp, combined with Weichuan's petroleum, could exhibit such terrifying power?

He looked at the beaver and suddenly recalled what the beaver, named "Bai", had told him back at the East Pole Yang Sea—that Li Ye's beaver was actually studying the divine techniques of the Celestial Venerate of Deliverance.

Back then Li Ye was quite concerned, but later got busy, and since nothing happened with the beavers, he forgot about it.

Thinking about the Celestial Venerate of Deliverance now, could it be referring to Taiyi Suffering Celestial Lord?

What relation does that have with Taiyi True Man...

While he was in a daze, the beaver flew in front of him, as if showing off, and stuffed the lamp into his hands.

But when the lamp reached Li Ye's hands, it shed all color, reverting back to the appearance of a lamp, with the sacred, transcendent flames all retracting.

Just like... it didn't recognize him.

Thankfully, the panel was as reliable as ever:

[Name]: Treasure Lotus Lamp

[Mood]: Indifferent

[Status]: When activated by the mana of "Compassion," it burns Weichuan's gathered petroleum resentment qi, emitting a uniquely special lamp light.

[Bindable]: Weighing thirty jin, standing one chi two cun, native to Weichuan, belonging to Li Ye, learned "Heart Lotus Suffering Relief Method" beaver.

"..."

Isn't this binding requirement a joke?

It just doesn't have a name, right? Otherwise, you'd surely bind it?

Also, you've become a magical treasure now?

Li Ye really didn't know what to say, this is not an assignment but practically a setup!