Li Ye extended his hand towards the swarm of bees: "Give me some honey."
As soon as he said this, before the bees could respond and bring the honey over, a mischievous locust tree with legs directly grabbed a handful of honey and offered it eagerly to Li Ye.
"Transporting Locust Spirit?" Li Ye looked at this legged locust tree and almost forgot its existence.
After returning from Tian He City earlier, Li Ye had entrusted it to Red Bean for management, and did not expect it to be trained only now.
The Cyan Bird landed on Li Ye’s shoulder and chirped at the Locust Spirit.
Immediately, the latter rushed into the house in a panic and brought out a cup of warm honey water, holding it carefully with both hands and offering it to Li Ye.
Li Ye stroked the Cyan Bird’s head playfully and then took the cup of honey water to savor it.
The taste was unexpected.
Very faint, almost tasteless, like a cup of plain warm water, but after finishing it, as he smacked his lips, a trace of aftertaste emerged.
The flavor was delicate yet lingered, with a hint of warmth.
The spiritual power within it was also quite gentle, so much so that if Li Ye wasn’t paying attention, he wouldn’t even have felt the spiritual power entering his body.
It was as if it were simply a cup of regular honey water, leaving a fragrant taste in the mouth.
Being familiar with Su Ya, Li Ye naturally knew such a gentle spiritual object was excellent Alchemy material and could even be used as a catalyst.
He shook his head and drank the rest of the honey water.
Then he looked at the Queen Bee feasting on honey within the flower that resembled a jade cup.
He planned to observe how much honey the swarm needed to sustain its development and take the rest away.
Furthermore, given the rate of the swarm’s development, he wondered whether the honey from the Mist-Imbibing Magnolias would be sufficient; he might need to purchase a few more trees.
"Never mind, I’ll nap first."
"After I wake, I need to cultivate my land."
Li Ye didn’t dwell too much on the origin of the honey, knowing that in time, discoveries would be made.
This nap lasted until dusk.
When Li Ye stretched and came to the courtyard, the sun was already gradually setting in the distance.
The daylight was no longer as bright as in the morning, but the few Mist-Imbibing Magnolias in the courtyard still glowed as bright as daylight.
"No need to install lanterns here."
He watched the busy Crystal Spirit Bees for a while and scanned his courtyard.
After spending three full days in the mine, the courtyard hadn’t changed much.
The silkworms were being cared for by the Beavers, and the Bright Shining Mulberry Tree was placed in the most spiritually abundant spot in the courtyard, also shining brightly, somewhat similar to the Mist-Imbibing Magnolias.
The Cyan Bird and Red Bean, as usual, landed on his shoulder, and soon the still timid Locust Spirit offered him a cup of honey water at just the right temperature.
This time, Li Ye did not take the honey water but gently patted the soft-feeling Locust Spirit: "Work well for me, there’s no need to worry about anything."
After saying that, he picked up the honey water and savored it slowly, then returned the cup to the Locust Spirit upon finishing.
He then proceeded to the area where wheat was originally planted and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Indeed, it had been some time since he paid attention to the land.
Thanks to the ample spiritual energy in the courtyard and the Earth Vein Comprehensive Plate he had purchased earlier, he did not need to worry too much about the land.
However, during his time in the mine, Su Ya and Qian Fang told him it was crucial to cultivate his own land.
Having one’s own land made using Magic much easier.
It allowed a more accurate sensing of the Spirit Plant’s condition, and even the future Earth Vein Comprehensive Element’s Taoist Technique was based on such fundamentals.
Earth Emotions Technique was a magic that could cultivate the land.
——Li Ye sat on the ground, slowly channeling his spiritual power and Divine Sense into the soil layers, enveloping each grain of soil with spiritual power, then using the Earth Surge Technique to till the land.
One could liken it to frying chestnuts; the Earth Emotions Technique is the flame, Divine Sense and spiritual power are the sugar, and the Earth Surge Technique is the skillet.
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This process was quite a significant test of his spiritual power control ability.
Because for a qualified Spirit Field, the distribution of spiritual power within must be very even, with no excess in one area and deficiency in another.
"To bestow emotion upon the land, then nourish it with some special Spiritual Materials... is there a chance of a land spirit forming?"
He gazed at the soil enveloped by his spiritual power, a faint glow on its surface, feeling that this was indeed a long and arduous journey.
So in the following days, whenever he had free time, he would sit on the ground, burying his hands in the soil.
The land naturally rolled over, each grain of soil infused with the spiritual glow of mana.
Until Zhao He cautiously informed him from outside the courtyard that Qian Fang and several Immortals had come to visit, he rose from the ground, brushing off the inevitable dust on his casually worn cloth shirt.
Qian Fang did not come alone; a few Qi Refining Cultivators followed him, whom he introduced one by one: "This is Junior Brother Wang, Junior Brother Ye, and Junior Sister Yue..."
These cultivators exchanged pleasantries with Li Ye.
It seemed they were newcomers, their eyes curiously scrutinizing the "Senior Brother Li" as spoken by Senior Brother Qian.
But Qian Fang seemed rather troubled by these junior brothers and sister.
After the introductions, he directly sent them off to mine in the tunnels, then sighed to Li Ye:
"These are all junior brothers and sisters who just joined the Celestial Craft Institute, and though from decent families, they are somewhat dull.
The main reason I brought them to Huiya Marketplace is to have them forge some basic Magical Artifacts.
Each one dreams of building castles in the sky without laying a proper foundation; truly, they aim too high.
But it’s the way it is; as Inner Sect Disciples, we must take on the responsibility of teaching the junior brothers and sisters. Junior Brother Li, you’ll have this experience once you enter the sect!"
The Four Seasons Sect has a great many resources and numerous affiliated Cultivator Clans and small sects.
Some cultivators, with effort, could secure an entrance opportunity for their family’s juniors, but just as Outer Sect Disciples.
This Junior Brother Li standing before him had acquired Autumn Harvest Tokens through the Spiritual Mechanism Vine given by Nascent Soul True Man Jiang from within the sect, completed many tasks, and received another Nascent Soul’s teachings; as long as nothing went wrong with the Temple of All Gods, he would enter as an Inner Sect member.
It was quite similar to starting on equal footing with him.
Li Ye gathered from Qian Fang’s words that he might directly become an Inner Sect Disciple upon joining?
That was indeed fortunate.
But as he opened his mouth to ask more, Qian Fang directly took out an Inch-Sized Mountains and Rivers Box, smiling:
"Junior Brother, this is the box I won betting with the Mo Family."
Senior Brother Qian was clearly delighted, patting the box, saying: "Inside this box are the mechanisms crafted by our Celestial Craft Institute and the Mo Family. You should take a look."
With a light press, the surface of the box immediately gleamed with square spiritual light. As the gears turned, it began to expand!
This box could change its form?