CHAPTER 74: CHAPTER 74: PLANTING YOU IN THE LOTUS

The situation was urgent, so before leaving, Li Ye returned home to take the Love Life and Death Beans and the long-sealed magical artifact, and he casually picked up the beaver.

He left everything else at home in the care of the Transporting Locust Spirit and the Love Life and Death Beans. If anything happened, Zhao He would go to the Four Seasons Sect’s shop to notify him.

Especially with the impending hatching of the Qingsui Silkworm, this matter was significant.

Leaving home at such a critical time always made him feel a bit uneasy.

Qian Fang watched Li Ye busying himself, unable to resist reminding him, "During sect missions, unless it’s particularly troublesome, the spatial array will keep operating.

If your servant comes to notify you, you just return to handle it."

"Is that possible?" Li Ye had not expected that he could return home anytime while on a mission.

"Of course it is." Qian Fang led Li Ye through the portal.

While walking, he explained, "On this land of the Eastern Domain, our predecessors have set up spatial arrays everywhere unless you want to explore the land personally; otherwise, you can teleport anytime."

"That’s indeed convenient. Ah, I took a summer task after all." Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don’t worry, you can return anytime if anything happens."

As they spoke, they had already crossed through the portal formed by the array.

On the other side of the door, Zhou Qiumai was waiting with numerous Zhou Family disciples, and at this moment, Zhou Qiumai’s expression was solemn, immediately saluting:

"Welcome, honored Dao Friends from the Upper Sect."

"Following the Clan Leader’s instructions, whatever you need, you can tell me. Please follow me."

He did not catch up on old times first, instead, he led the two through a long corridor to a vibrant spirit land.

This spirit land was filled with Spirit Rivers and Spiritual Springs, along with many Spirit Veins, covering around twenty acres, brimming with spiritual energy.

Usually, it was undoubtedly a picturesque and beautiful land, but now it had been tainted with a pitch-black hue.

From the bottomless pit in the center of the spirit land, countless Miner Ghosts were climbing out, using both hands and feet, from the sunless depths to the sunlit human world.

The scene was truly grotesque and eerie.

Zhou Qiumai said beside him, "According to the Upper Sect’s instructions, the array will gradually separate the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, along with any potential Golden Core Period appearances, and release them in batches."

Li Ye looked into the distance, nodding along with Zhou Qiumai’s words, "They carry the Resentment Qi of Earth Demon Ginseng, this Resentment Qi... truly indescribable."

"Soon, I will perform magic, and after that, carry my lotus petals. You must insert them into the spiritual power nodes of these Miner Ghosts."

He stepped forward.

The Cyan Lotus Flying Light seed clenched between his fingers was gently tossed to the ground, immediately bringing forth a crystal-clear cyan lotus that bloomed from the earth, emitting a hazy clear light.

The moment it finished growing, Li Ye felt his divine sense being enhanced.

Through the clear light and the lotus’s growing roots, he could already detect the surging malice in the distance.

His divine sense and consciousness vastly outmatched those Mineral Ghosts emerging from afar.

He couldn’t help but mutter internally, could he really handle this as a Qi Refining Spirit Plant Master?

Was this kind of hellish difficulty typical for Spirit Plant Masters?

But there was no time to ponder much; the Zhou Family cultivators and several disciples from the Four Seasons Sect were ready.

Li Ye could only sit cross-legged behind the lotus, closing his eyes.

The mana and divine sense amplification from the lotus enabled him to demonstrate the Cyan Lotus Flying Light Technique dozens of times in a short period, with petals grabbed by the gathered cultivators to start battling those Miner Ghosts.

However, the fighting process must not involve killing; the lotus petals cast by Li Ye should be placed into the spiritual power nodes of those Miner Ghosts, allowing Li Ye to sense them correctly.

This was indeed much more challenging than simply killing the Miner Ghosts.

Fortunately, those selected from the Zhou family were carefully chosen, and with the Four Seasons Sect cultivators’ support, it wasn’t overly difficult.

Thus, the scene was quite bizarre.

Of course, the Miner Ghosts intended to deliver fatal attacks each time, yet the cultivators maneuvered with the help of magic and magical artifacts, pressing petals onto the former’s bodies.

The spiritual power nodes on the Miner Ghosts differed, thankfully marked out by Qian Fang and his fellow disciples with magical artifacts as aids.

Various magical artifacts and magic emitted spiritual light amongst the pitch-black Miner Ghosts, accompanied by the dispersing cyan light halo—

Wherever petals landed, they would start to root, with one by one cyan lotus binding these Miner Ghosts to the ground.

No matter how they struggled in resistance, they couldn’t break free.

Simultaneously, the inherent glow of the Cyan Lotus Flying Light began soothing these Miner Ghosts.

The roots at the lotus’s base started growing, with crystal-clear threads spreading on the ground, connecting around Li Ye’s Cyan Lotus Flying Light like a cocoon wrapping him.

The Resentment Qi coiled around the Miner Ghosts naturally transferred over, presenting a tremendous challenge to Li Ye, despite the flying lotus’s assistance.

Each thread in front of him represented a strand of Resentment Qi, resolving these was the issue he faced.

Reaching out with his fingers, another small paw suddenly landed on his hand.

"Hmm?" Li Ye saw the beaver, originally nestled in his pocket, chirped twice towards him, emanating a Buddha’s Light almost tangible.

The Buddha’s Light gradually extended to Li Ye, as if he also exuded it.

Not even requiring magical communication, the beaver proved very intelligent, paired with Li Ye’s binding through his Vital Essence, it could act on his instructions freely.

"You turned out worthwhile to raise."

Li Ye’s lips lifted slightly, gearing himself up to face the resentment.

He was surprised that the resentments didn’t launch a fierce assault, rather the pain seemed subtle yet endless.

It felt as if tiny wounds opened on all limbs and internal organs, with every breath and step bringing ripping agony, harder to endure than intense pain.

The pain was unpredictable, neither its timing nor relief foreseeable, each breath and step potentially agitating the body...

"No wonder the Resentment Qi is so profound—it’s genuinely painful."

"Though it’s somewhat similar to when my meridians were injured?"

Truthfully benefiting him, as having experienced such pain, he could wholly embrace it.

Plus, the beaver’s Buddha’s Light filtered the intrusion of resentment qi, allowing the process to proceed unexpectedly smoothly.

Gradually, the resentment in his held thread got accepted, filtered, and dissolved.

The lotus connected to the thread shed its interior black hue, becoming clear, while the suppressed Miner Ghost slipped into a deep sleep.

Once the Earth Demon Ginseng’s Resentment Qi is eradicated, the flying cyan lotus will completely subdue them beneath, gradually transforming them back into genuine minerals.

This is the compensation Four Seasons Sect provided to the Zhou family.

In the following moments, Li Ye controlled the Cyan Lotus Flying Light Technique with his divine sense and spiritual power to continuously purify and dissolve resentments, with lotuses blooming one after another across the ground.

It was now that Li Ye understood why previous studies were about mental states and nature.

Without sufficient Mental Cultivation, patience to manage and dissolve resentments would be impossible.

Mana was less critical at this point, with enough mental cultivation, Cyan Lotus Flying Light could achieve divine results akin to transcendence.