Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

Chapter 274 - 183: Release the Wolf, Bamboo Wood Ant Divine Hall

"I... You... This..."-- Letting him go free, how could there be such a good thing? It’s probably to get rid of him completely, right?

Wasn’t it supposed to be eat for free, bed included? Why suddenly does it seem like they’re going to get rid of me?

"What are you thinking?" Li Ye looked puzzled, "You can’t be thinking I’m going to kill you and skin you, right? Although wolf pelt is nice, it’s not to that extent.

I want you to return to the Southern Domain Demon Race and help me gather information."

Shuang Li’s face turned from pale to flushed quickly, but in just one breath it became pale again. He shook his head, saying, "I have your divine technique mark on me, as soon as I return, it will definitely be discovered.

If it weren’t for this mark, you wouldn’t trust me."

"That’s not a problem." Li Ye looked at Shuang Li, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, forming a gentle yet chilling smile.

"It will just be a little painful."

"Only a little."

He took out a seed of the Demon-Suppressing Tree and bound it to the Demon Beast that now belonged to him.

"Hmm..."

An extremely terrifying force seized Shuang Li’s soul. That seed grew beside him, and although it didn’t pierce his limbs and meridians like other Demon-Suppressing Trees, a piece of his soul was indeed torn away.

Later, the Demon-Suppressing Tree grew slowly, and on the trunk releasing an ominous aura, there was a distinct projection of a frost wolf. Inside was where Shuang Li’s essence blood and soul were trapped.

If it were just an ordinary Demon-Suppressing Tree, it certainly couldn’t affect the "demon" suppressed beneath it from afar.

But this thing was bound by Li Ye, and that power had already penetrated deeply into both Shuang Li and the Demon-Suppressing Tree, becoming closer as time went by.

From this moment, Shuang Li knew he could no longer defy Li Ye.

"Not bad."

Li Ye nodded with satisfaction and took out some Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials: "When you go back, gather information on the Four Seasons Sect and Celestial Vein Sword Mountain. Also, look into other sects without exposing yourself."

"Alright, now leave."

"Once you teleport through our passage to the Southern Domain, you can remove the mark yourself."

He pointed directly to the nearby Teleportation Jade.

One moment wielding a stick, the next giving a carrot, after all, it didn’t cost much, and he used it well.

"Yes, Master!"

Taking the things Li Ye gave him, Shuang Li nodded heavily, then got up and left.

Li Ye watched him leave, not overly excited or anything. After all, this was just a casual move, it would be best if it worked; if not, it didn’t matter.

The main reason was that he found Shuang Li not very pleasing, and with the Spirit Pets opposing, he might as well find an Immortal-like or more handsome Spirit Beast as a mount.

He didn’t pay much attention to it and started organizing things in the cave mansion.

...

He originally thought it would require some effort, but in reality, when he left, the Spiritual Mechanism Vine had managed the cave mansion very well.

Also, he had only been away for a few months in total, which wasn’t long for Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.

The cave mansion hadn’t changed much either; what was meant to change had already changed.

So he decided to first handle his gains.

After walking around, as he reviewed the feedback information that the Potato Flood Dragon had sent back from its promotion activities outside during these months, he walked over to the Bamboo Wood Ant’s nest.

When he initially summoned the Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants to help, he merely summoned part of them, leaving the remainder to continue constructing their nest.

Nowadays, the nest of the Bamboo Wood Ants had become quite enormous, and it wasn’t just in the shape of the original ant nest but had truly transformed into a palace that could accommodate Li Ye’s entry.

-- Its height was about three feet tall, the surface in the shape of a pavilion, and even the carvings on the windows and the window papers were all complete, as exquisite as if they had been meticulously crafted by a cultivator.

When Li Ye arrived at the front of the ant nest, the originally closed portal opened straight away, and at the same time, a group of Bamboo Wood Ants immediately came out to greet him, leading him into this palace.

"Ho."

Once inside, Li Ye realized that this thing wasn’t limited to just the surface; it extended underground, with stairs leading downward, going to different depths and rooms with different functions.

Except that the furniture like tables and chairs inside was all very small, Li Ye thought he could even move in right away.

A team of Bamboo Wood Ants was currently walking on a bridge being constructed nearby, orderly transporting the food they had collected, categorizing it into different warehouses for storage.

They had even gathered some Ice Spirit Plants and Spiritual Stones and Spiritual Jade scattered within the cave mansion, placing them in their warehouse, forming a structure similar to an ice storage.

Additionally, there was a burning "kitchen," located in the depths of the underground, as well as rooms for egg-laying and incubation and the critical area where the Ant Queen resided.

This level of intelligence astounded Li Ye.

To be honest, if these Bamboo Wood Ants hadn’t been raised by him, he would even find them a bit terrifying. How long has it been? And already they’ve managed to build their "palace" this way!

How did they learn all this?

"I provided them some books on construction."

The Spiritual Mechanism Vine appeared and explained: "They are very interested in architecture, so I gave them some construction books that you regarded as unimportant.

Roughly twenty books, perhaps."

Li Ye looked even more surprised: "Over twenty books?"

Isn’t that the equivalent of all the architectural books he casually skimmed through in the cave mansion? Each one had millions of words, and they finished reading them in just a few months? And learned from it?!

-- The Four Seasons Sect’s books are such that even the illiterate can read them, thanks to cultivators’ special divine techniques, to prepare for special circumstances.

But even so, ants being able to read that many books amazed him, forcing him to take another glance at the Ant Queen.

Sure enough, he discovered that the Ant Queen was lounging on her soft cozy throne, directing a number of Bamboo Wood Ants to turn pages.

She looked very content and engrossed.

"...Impressive, she seems to be more studious than me."

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The Spiritual Mechanism Vine proudly lifted its vine body, "I played a part too, helping to interpret parts they didn’t understand; I’ve read most of the books you left."

"Then I might need a few hundred more, it’s convenient now that my Golden Core can access more books; when it’s necessary, I’ll ask you."

Li Ye said as he continued walking downward.

"...Ugh, okay." The Spiritual Mechanism Vine felt like it had created a predicament for itself but still obediently followed Li Ye, nearly wrapping its entire vine body around him.

Li Ye didn’t mind it and soon arrived at the Mycelial Divine Hall located at the bottom of the ant nest.

Though called a divine hall, aside from those structures with sacrificial significance and incense burners, there were more fields here.

On this land spanning dozens of acres, Earth Emotion Fungus grew in dense masses, with Bamboo Wood Ants constantly patrolling to correct the fungus’s growth direction.

At first glance, the tidiness of these fields even surpassed his own.

The fungus grew on the bamboo wood formed by the Bamboo Wood Ants, with various items imbued with spiritual qi piled around, growing exceptionally lush.

The Bamboo Wood Ants’ method of harvesting was also unique; they only collected a few tiny, bean-sized mushroom fruits produced by the Earth Emotion Fungus.

"These mushroom fruits."

"Hmm..."

Li Ye’s eyes gleamed with odd light as he plucked one and felt a surge of Wish Power.

"I see."

He retrieved the Sealing Spirit Box containing the original Earth Emotion Fungus that he had brought back after selling the feed and opened it.

The fungus inside immediately started climbing outward and seamlessly fused with the growing fungus here, becoming indistinguishable from each other.

After these fungi fused, the resulting movement caused the entire ant nest to shake, with all the accumulated Wish Power in the nest flowing into the Earth Emotion Fungus at the depths, reverently worshipped by the Bamboo Wood Ants.

All the Bamboo Wood Ants stopped their work and bowed their antennas towards this place, seemingly in devotion.

All of a sudden, a tendril of the Earth Emotion Fungus stretched towards Li Ye, presenting him with a transparent and flawless mushroom fruit.

Its name was

The Fungus God’s Fruit.