CHAPTER 82: CHAPTER 81: MYCELIUM FEED SHOP PROPOSAL (PART 2)

He conveyed his plans to the Spiritual Mechanism Vine after speaking.

He wanted to see if he could get some suggestions; perhaps there were still unknown situations involved.

The latter nodded approvingly: "This matter is easy. There are several shops near the Four Seasons Tower. Choose one as my entrance gift for you.

Earth Emotion Fungus, in a certain sense, is indeed fertile land.

It’s just fertile land for nourishing Spirit Beasts. As the Earth Emotion Fungus undergoes transformation, its effectiveness in feeding Spirit Beasts will increase.

You’re lucky to have come across this thing. If you were in the sect, it would have been snatched away long ago without a trace.

However, you must remember to often use the Earth Emotions Technique to communicate with it.

Although it can convert Resentment Qi into food for Spirit Beasts, Resentment Qi is ultimately not as good as Spiritual Qi.

Once you can freely convert between Spiritual Qi and Resentment Qi, you’ll be able to feed the Flood Dragon in the sect."

"Senior Brother, you are truly knowledgeable. Brother, please teach me in the future if I don’t understand something!" Li Ye laughed.

"You little rascal, getting slicker with your words."

Despite saying that, the Spiritual Mechanism Vine was quite pleased; Li Ye’s formal induction meant it finally had a legitimate younger disciple!

Such an excellent younger disciple, at that.

When inducted in the future, it must boast to its kin.

After all, it was the one who discovered this jewel!

Growing happier the more it thought, the Spiritual Mechanism Vine brought out a token and handed it to Li Ye: "Hurry and tidy up your shop.

But remember not to leave things behind over there. I’ll grant you some permissions, and Earth Demon Ginseng from other mines will be driven to your side."

"Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Li Ye walked away with the token, quickly finding the shop—since it was only a short distance from the Four Seasons Tower, estimated to be less than a hundred meters.

From the outside, it looked like an ordinary three-story building.

"This is indeed a great place."

"So close."

He brushed the token lightly over the big lock at the door and stepped inside the shop after unlocking the array seal. Inside, it was as plain as it looked, but underground was a Grotto Heaven of ten acres.

Below was much like what he saw at the Four Seasons Tower, with magical array patterns on the ceiling that transferred sunlight and moonlight from the outside, making it indistinguishable from being outdoors.

Additionally, the lighting could be controlled here, very convenient.

Li Ye nodded repeatedly at the sight.

This was the perfect place to place the Flying Light Cyan Lotus’s lotus flowers, as they were infused with resentment. If constantly exposed to sunlight, issues might arise.

"However, to keep the lotuses growing, maintaining them requires some Spirit Veins."

"With my current Spirit Stones, buying Spirit Veins would be troublesome."

The ten thousand Spirit Stones from the last wheat harvest, plus the materials sold gradually, had mostly been spent, leaving only over thirty thousand Spirit Stones.

Three First Tier Spirit Veins would be hard to maintain this many lotuses.

Thus, some startup funds were lacking.

The Spirit Stones obtained from the Zhou Family Spirit Land must not be touched; they are to be reported fully to the sect, and having acquired a shop, he couldn’t resort to asking Senior Brother Spiritual Mechanism Vine for everything.

So.

"I can only ask Senior Brother Qian for help."

He thought and began having the Zhou Family cultivators transport the lotuses one by one inside. Zhou Qiumai, complying with all of Li Ye’s requests, didn’t interfere at all.

Zhou Qiumai’s ample help made Li Ye suddenly feel that bringing him in might be a good choice.

First, the Zhou Family was a local power here, making some matters easier to handle. Secondly, Zhou would eventually need entry to the sect, needing someone to look after things on his side. Moreover, his background ensured he wouldn’t dare greedily covet Spirit Stones.

The most solid relationship forever remains that of interests. Li Ye found Zhou Qiumai favorable and was willing to bring him on board.

With such thoughts, he approached Zhou Qiumai on the side and said, "I’m planning to open a shop here to sell feed made from those fungi.

I want you to help me; what do you think?"

Zhou Qiumai was thrilled. He monitored each entry of Spirit Stones, naturally knowing how great the interests were within. Coupled with Li Ye’s background, he agreed without hesitation:

"If Taoist Friend Li trusts me, I have some connections around Huiya Marketplace, plus your feed is excellent. There will naturally be no issues."

He almost guaranteed it with his chest.

"I naturally trust Taoist Friend." Li Ye smiled: "Then I’ll leave things here to you, and I’ll go see if Senior Brother has brought the goods."

The principle of not using the doubtful, and trusting the entrusted, applies. Since he wanted to cooperate with Zhou Qiumai, he would leave some matters to him.

"Goodbye!" Li Ye waved.

"Taoist Friend, walk slowly."

Zhou Qiumai watched Li Ye leave, calculating that if looked after here, the perceived weak one-half percent might be thin, but considering the Spirit Beasts’ consumption in the marketplace...

That would surely be a substantial amount.

The matriarch was inclined to guide him, needing Spirit Stones to rally support, so meeting Li Ye was indeed timely, sparking a fire within him.

"Meeting Taoist Friend Li and his guidance on the Wheat Pill matter—this is Qi Fortune."

"Working with people of such Qi Fortune, might great things be anticipated?"

He squinted, immediately re-entering the shop and getting busier, clearly more invested than before.

...

On the other side.

When Li Ye sent the Beaver and Cyan Bird home and returned to the Zhou Family Spirit Land, Qian Fang was already there gesturing with a cage.

Inside was the Earth Demon Ginseng.

Much like what he saw in the Memory Crystal before, this thing indeed appeared somewhat shocking, producing sounds like a baby’s cry.

"You’re fast, Senior Brother."

Li Ye praised while staring at the Earth Demon Ginseng.

[Name]: Earth Demon Ginseng

[Mood]: Extremely bad

[Condition]: Controlled by the Earth Wishing Spirit Fox’s stench, can be lifted by lotus fragrance.

[Binding available]: Any lotus lower than its tier.

Ah, controlled by stench?

No wonder its mood was extremely bad, being subjected to a fox’s control; it was indeed somewhat pitiful.

Li Ye glanced at it, deciding on binding the lotus... perhaps just bind it with the Spirit-Uniting Lotus at home.

Though there might be many choices of lotus, the ones he’d been nurturing could be controlled more easily.

"This Earth Demon Ginseng is captured, but Brother, how should we handle the Earth Emotion Fungus? Finding its core among thousands of fungi threads isn’t easy."

Qian Fang had tried just before but found nothing.

Though the fungus was piled over there, wanting to find the core was impossible.

"I have a way for this." Li Ye winked.

Finding the core for him was only needing a few glances; he wasn’t in a rush to find the core since there were other Earth Demon Ginsengs to deal with. With experience from before, he was sensitive to the Resentment Qi of Earth Demon Ginseng.

Handling more would be simple.

Qian Fang didn’t doubt Li Ye’s capability, following up: "Then let’s handle those Miner Ghosts swiftly and let the uncle-place more Earth Demon Ginseng here.

Once this officially ends and we report the task to Uncle Spiritual Mechanism Vine, we can take the Earth Demon Ginseng with us, so it’s complete from beginning to end; what do you think?"

"Certainly. But with me here, that’s sufficient. There’s something else I’d like to trouble Senior Brother with."

"I’ve brought Zhou Qiumai on board, so with his assistance, there should be no lack of customers. Additionally... over there needs Spirit Veins to sustain the presence of Flying Light Cyan Lotus."

Li Ye scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Spirit Veins?" Qian Fang paused, then noticed Li Ye’s expression and realized: "Haha, if it’s this matter, leave it to me."

"Then I’ll leave this to you, Senior Brother, while I check for improvements needed here."

"Farewell, Senior Brother."

Li Ye quickly sent off Qian Fang, returning to the root of the Flying Light Cyan Lotus to start working.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment and the stability of Jianmu within, his control over Flying Light Cyan Lotus rose to a new level.

Plus, with the fungus’s cooperation, Miner Ghosts were planted into the lotus one group at a time, the speed very fast.

He busied himself like this, and upon finding time to stretch, he suddenly noticed a change within his Jianmu seed.

Like the stirring of new shoots breaking through soil.

Threads shimmering like rain-brightened light surrounded the seed, noticed by him.