It's still the familiar small courtyard.

Li Ye lay on the recliner, placed the Jade Scroll left by True Man Suoxing on his forehead, and read it carefully.

He initially thought this would be the "homework" left by his master.

After all, he was definitely going to take the Spirit Plant Master examination, so it's normal for homework to be arranged in advance for him to study.

But it turned out that inside it wasn't the Divine Techniques and magic needed for the Spirit Plant Master assessment, but a Qi Nourishing Technique called "Emotion Song".

The emotions communicated here are the emotions of the world, as well as those of all things.

Simply put, it means using one's own Heart Song to communicate emotions, learning deeply to the point where one can even communicate with everything in the world and perceive the changes of the seasons.

Li Ye held the Jade Scroll, surprised:

"A Qi Nourishing Technique to perceive the world?"

"...Such a Divine Technique was directly given to me?"

He took a deep breath, excitedly saying, "Master is generous!"

This is exactly one of the Dharma Methods he most desired to obtain.

Because with the help of the interface, he could already sense some emotions of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, and with this Dharma Method, it's like adding wings to a tiger.

Previously, he wanted to see if he could learn some magic to communicate with Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants, and ended up getting such a powerful Divine Technique.

Could it be that his master saw that he could communicate with Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants without the help of a "Dharma Method", and specially gave him such a Divine Technique?

He truly felt warmth in his heart, although he has only met his master once, both his master's care and his senior brother's attitude made Li Ye feel warm.

"Then I must study seriously."

He closed his eyes and began to immerse himself in the knowledge of the Jade Scroll.

Time passed second by second.

Day and night alternated, sun and moon replaced each other.

Since he was already in Foundation Establishment, he could naturally fast for an appropriate time, and this learning spanned a full half-month, until his body even gathered some dust.

Only then did Li Ye finally open his eyes.

He seemed a bit tired.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "So difficult."

The learning difficulty of this Divine Technique exceeded his imagination.

According to the description in the Jade Scroll, this Divine Technique is divided into five levels, with the first level requiring the condensing of "Heart Song" through one's own Divine Sense and Mana.

By playing the Heart Song, emotions can communicate with emotions.

But the result...

Li Ye extended his hand and lightly grasped.

A slender leaf of Spiritual Light appeared in his hand, he brought the leaf to his lips and gently blew, but the leaf only managed to emit a peculiar sound and then instantly vanished like smoke.

"I can't even maintain the Heart Song for a long time."

"It seems my Divine Sense and Mental Cultivation are still lacking a bit."

However, he wasn't particularly disappointed, considering he had some comprehension after all, yet the fact that he couldn't learn such seemingly mystical Divine Technique quickly was indeed normal.

If he really got trapped in the obsession of wanting to learn rigidly, he might truly go astray because of obsession—that was something he had already experienced once and did not want to experience again.

So he decisively gave up on studying, and didn't even read other books, deciding to change his mind.

He turned to take out the East Monarch Sun Gold obtained from a previous trial and summoned the Xiguang Bell, using sunlight to melt the metal and cover the white bell with it.

Although termed as crafting a Magical Treasure, it was merely forming a solid entity of the Xiguang Bell with East Monarch Sun Gold, requiring no aid from an Artifact Refiner, as he could complete it himself.

This time it went very smoothly, far simpler than learning the Emotion Song.

It only took him a day to have a small white bell in his hand, which when gently shaken, emitted a warm sound like sunlight.

Its potency was several times stronger than the bell sound previously condensed merely with Mana and it could also gather sunlight anytime and anywhere as his own method.

"Not bad."

He was very satisfied as he hung the brand new Xiguang Bell on the side of the Sun and Moon Ring where Yang Qi was abundant, and then took out the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate.

Thinking for a bit, he called over a Beavers.

"Stand still and don't move."

He aimed the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate at the Beavers, infusing it with Mana, the brilliance on the plate flickered slightly, and then a small Eight Trigrams mark appeared on the Beavers.

The Beavers blinked at Li Ye in confusion.

"Is this considered completed, so easy."

Li Ye instructed the Beavers to stay in place, while he went far away from the small courtyard, injecting Mana into the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate.

Instantly he sensed the presence of the Beavers.

With just a thought—

The Beavers appeared directly before him, a Eight Trigrams mark slowly fading away on its body.

"Chirp?" The Beavers had a bewildered expression.

Even Li Ye was a bit surprised, it was somewhat too simple, and it hardly consumed any Spiritual Power, easily summoning the Beavers over.

"Then on what Spiritual Power is it energized?"

Li Ye carefully examined the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate, noticing the Eight Trigrams on the plate slightly darkened and rotating slowly, probably accumulating Spiritual Power.

This time, summoning the Beavers barely used any Spiritual Power, only two turns, and the Eight Trigrams patterns on it had already restored Spiritual Light.

"This thing is really good, not requiring me to expend any Spiritual Power, able to summon my Spirit Beast anytime, anywhere."

"But how many Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants can be bound?"

With this thought in mind, he attempted one after another, recording all Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts in his cave mansion that matched his Spiritual Power.

The number was quite astounding, even down to each individual Golden Horned Ant and Crystal Spirit Bee, he left none out.

As for the result…

After a flurry of activity, all the Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts were recorded, yet the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate was far from saturated.

It's estimated that even if there were ten or a hundred times more Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, they could still be recorded.

This left Li Ye secretly tongue-tied, "What grade level is this treasure, it's just too powerful."

With a sigh, he shrunk the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate and hung it on the Sun and Moon Ring as well.

Then he looked at his cave mansion, feeling as if he had forgotten something…

After thinking it over carefully, he suddenly remembered he had asked Zhao He to bring some harvest back to Tianhe City and buy a Mist-Imbibing Magnolia, so many days had passed, why hadn't he returned?

Could something have happened on the road?

After all, Zhao He had been around for several months, the boy was quite diligent and hard-working, and he did things very much to his liking. If something really happened, it would be a bit regrettable.

He thought of asking over at the Steward Hall.

But before he even reached the Space Transmission Array of the cave mansion, he saw the array light up, and the figure of Zhao He, unseen for more than ten days, appeared in it.

The boy had a large bundle on his back, appearing somewhat travel-worn, but his overall mental state was quite good, energetic.

"Immortal Li." Zhao He, seeing Li Ye here, quickly put down the bundle and saluted.

"Hmm, come with me."

Li Ye signaled Zhao He to follow, and once they reached the courtyard, he let him find a chair to sit before asking.

"In all these days, did you encounter any trouble on the road?"

"If anyone dared to bully you, just say it; people under my protection, Li's, can't be bullied casually."

After all, with an identity and backing, Li Ye felt his words had become much more assertive.

"No!" Zhao He quickly shook his head, smiling shyly, "After returning to Huiya Marketplace, both Fairy Teng and Immortal Qian helped me a lot.

The reason I returned slowly was because…"

He fumbled in his large bundle and pulled out something, "This is what Immortal Liu asked me to bring back to you."

"Hmm?"

"What is this?"

Li Ye took the item that looked like a tablet and examined it, only to find it inscribed with the words "Dedicated to Immortal Li."

The tales he was praised for in Tianhe City instantly surfaced, leaving his mood intensely complicated; those people actually set up an Eternal Life Tablet to honor him?

All he had offered was some…

Unwanted Spiritual Materials.

Even Li Ye felt his face warming up at this moment, and what made it warmer was the very evident flow of Merit within the tablet, gently seeping into his body.

Though this Merit was far less "pure" than the Merit he gained from the sect, it came with Incense Smoke and seemingly carried the earnest wishes of daily prayers.

This slender flow of Merit entered his Dantian, pushing forward the Jianmu seed that was about to sprout.

It was probably only short of three or four liang before sprouting.

"Immortal Li."

Zhao He continued to dig out items, this time revealing food like cured meats and sausages, as well as pastries made with Spiritual Grain flour.

The large bundle was surprisingly full of food for Li Ye, and each item was made from Spiritual Materials.

This further complicated Li Ye's feelings, Tianhe City's Spiritual Materials…

"These are all sent by the elders and folks of Tianhe City for you."

"Also, I've completed the task you assigned to me, there are over one hundred twenty Mist-Imbibing Magnolias in this Storage Pouch."

"Here are the remaining Spirit Stones."

He took out all the items and explained each one carefully and in an orderly manner.

Li Ye looked at Zhao He, and then at that pile of food.

After considering for a moment, he suddenly spoke, "From tomorrow onward, take a scale from the Golden Red Dragon Carp every seven days.

Soon, pick a gourd from the Spirit Water Phoenix Eye Lotus and hang it in your room, absorbing Spiritual Power inside daily. I will later teach you some Body Forging Dharma Methods.

You are the hope of Tianhe City, and as my subordinate, you also need to have some capabilities."

"…"

Zhao He, who could be eloquent, suddenly became stupefied, how could he not understand what Li Ye meant?

Wasn't this actually the beginning of nurturing him?

He was so excited he couldn't express it in words, quickly kneeling down to pay his respects.

"Thank you, Immortal Li!"

Li Ye calmly accepted the ceremony before speaking, "I hope once you've advanced in Cultivation, you won't forget your hometown."

After saying this, he looked at the pile of food and the Eternal Life Tablet.

Even knowing it may be guided behind the scenes by Senior Sister Liu, the fact it could bring him happiness and joy meant he didn't want to think too much.

He believed that Senior Sister Liu understood this principle as well, cultivators who could stay that long and almost integrate with the land couldn't be simple.

Besides, the sincerity within the tablet couldn't be faked.

The emotions within it left him deep in thought.

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