CHAPTER 75: CHAPTER 75: CHANGING SPIRITUAL GOLD AND EARTH EMOTION FUNGUS

Time swiftly moved from noon to the sunset dusk.

At this point, it wasn’t suitable to continue battling with the Miner Ghosts.

So the disciples of the Zhou Family began to withdraw in an orderly manner, and the Array surrounding the Spirit Land rose up, trapping all the Miner Ghosts chasing behind.

The disciples who had been engaging in magical duels for the entire afternoon leaned weakly on the ground, gasping heavily, lacking the elegance expected of a cultivator.

They clearly appeared to be very exhausted.

Which was quite understandable.

In fact, they had never really experienced such a life-threatening magical duel before, and some of them were even seriously injured.

The fact that no cultivator died already demonstrated their strength.

When the cocoon beside Li Ye cracked open, as he stepped out, what he saw was a scene akin to post-war devastation.

— Cultivators were leaning ungracefully on the ground, with blood seeping out of their arms and bodies, and physicians were busily attending to the Zhou Family’s disciples.

In the distance, the massive light curtain rose, blocking all the Miner Ghosts inside, while lotus buds spread across the ground, only a few dozen of them blooming, most remained tightly closed.

Those flowers were all he managed to achieve in half a day.

The price for that was, now as Li Ye stood there, he could still feel a ripping pain across his body, and his vision darkened intermittently, as if the black Resentment Qi never dissipated.

"Are you okay?" Qian Fang rushed over immediately, reaching out to support Li Ye.

"I’m fine." Li Ye shook his head, refusing his assistance, looking at the sky, he softly said:

"I understand now why a healthy and cheerful mindset is needed, it’s not easily resolved otherwise."

He found a place to sit down, first placing the exhausted beaver into his pocket, then with a wave of his hand, a white bell formed from spiritual power appeared before him.

He flicked the bell with a finger.

"Ding~"

The soothing bell sound transmitted outwards, and whether it was due to a subtle change in mood after spending a day dissipating Resentment Qi,

the light it emitted carried a hint of color, appearing more magnificent.

It was no longer merely a pure white glow.

In the pitch-black, moonless night, the colored sunlight gradually spread, causing the cultivators who were receiving treatment and resting to lift their heads, reaching out their fingertips to touch this ray of sunlight.

Of course, Li Ye’s spiritual power wasn’t enough to cover a large area with sunlight, but just being able to touch it, feeling a bit of warmth, made the cultivators feel very comfortable.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!" A cultivator was the first to rise and cupped his fist in gratitude.

"I didn’t expect to see the sun at night."

"The warmth of this sunlight is truly wonderful."

The other cultivators followed suit to express their gratitude, but Li Ye merely smiled mildly, reaching out to guide a strand of light into his pocket, like covering the sleeping beaver with a blanket.

"Hmm?"

"This is..."

He suddenly felt some spiritual power fluctuations in another pocket, so he took out the five silver buds placed inside, rubbing and observing them in his hand.

The originally lustrous silver buds now had a tinge of warmth on their surface, evidently a change after absorbing his spiritual power.

Seeing this, Qian Fang leaned in a little closer, lowering his voice, he said: "This is the Yin Yang Sympathy Spiritual Gold, when you can let it switch freely between Yin and Yang at will, that will be your mastery."

"It’s difficult." Li Ye knew as well; he tried to change it, but felt a severe sense of latency, obviously still incapable of doing it now.

"The beginning of everything is difficult, take it slow." Qian Fang extended his hand to Li Ye: "Let’s go, the Zhou Family has prepared a banquet."

— In the distance, a bell had already rung.

"Hmm."

Li Ye waved his hand to disperse the Xiguang Bell, and together with Qian Fang walked towards the grand hall where indeed a sumptuous feast with no lack of color, aroma, and taste had been prepared.

The cultivators were sensible enough not to disturb Li Ye and the other cultivators from the Four Seasons Sect.

This pleased Li Ye greatly, he happily enjoyed a delicious meal, and then temporarily stayed there.

Although he could go home, he was still on a task, and if any issue arose, it would be more convenient to handle it closer to the scene, so returning would have to wait until things stabilized here.

...

A good night’s sleep.

When Li Ye got up early the next day to freshen up, a disciple hurriedly approached: "Senior Brother Li, there’s an issue over there."

"Some fungi have suddenly sprouted."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye paused slightly in his movements, quickly finished freshening up, and followed him to the Spirit Land.

Just as the disciple had described, near the lotus born from the Flying Light Cyan Lotus, dense moving mycelia were growing.

These mycelia slowly covered the lotus, eroding the petals emanating cyan light.

More strangely, there were some humanoid shadows moving about within the mycelia, as if living within.

They even started constructing rudimentary structures like houses, and prepared cooking utensils, seemingly setting up camp in the area.

Li Ye observed the mycelia, and naturally a panel appeared—

[Name]: Earth Emotion Fungus

[Mood]: Painful, longing to be consumed

[Status]: Driven by Earth Demon Ginseng

[Bindable]: Can reside in any spirit plant that supports its living.

"Mycelia?"

Is this thing categorized as a Spirit Beast in the panel, hence needing a spirit plant as a host? Why is the name Earth Emotion so apt?

"Junior Brother." Qian Fang’s voice interrupted his thoughts.

"These should be at least Third Tier or even close to Fourth Tier fungal derivatives, and their appearance wasn’t anticipated by us.

I plan to use some magical artifacts from the Zhou Family to clear away these mycelia, what do you think?"

In such unforeseen situations, the best way is often to cut everything off directly, ensuring the matter stays on course.

"I’d like to wait." Li Ye shook his head: "I don’t sense any resentment or painful emotions from them, and look at their human-like actions."

Li Ye pointed to the distance, where those moving humanoid figures were clearly making some food.

Various food shapes like noodle stands, fried cakes, sugar-coated pastries, sugar-coated hawthorns... almost all were forms of food.

Considering the panel hint of "longing to be consumed," and the Earth Emotions Technique saying expressing emotions towards the earth could let beloved soil yield tender sprouts.

He speculated that rash action might lead to something unimaginable.

"Alright then." Qian Fang accepted Li Ye’s suggestion and planned to seek guidance from his martial uncle.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Ye had already retrieved a string of black sugar-coated hawthorns via the filament of the Flying Light Cyan Lotus.

This Junior Brother Li was looking down at that somewhat odd sugar-coated hawthorn, apparently pondering whether to take a bite.

Qian Fang’s brows twitched intensely.