"So, just now I..."

After learning about her own actions of crying and worshipping just now, Hu Tong forced herself to gulp down a pot of scalding tea to finally regain a bit of composure.

Li Ye quietly looked at her.

He said calmly,

"Taoist Friend Hu."

"I want to obtain this divine technique — this should require your help."

As soon as these words were spoken,

Hu Tong, who was initially dazed due to embarrassment, instantly snapped to clarity, her willow eyebrows furrowing.

This calm tone meant that Li Ye was determined to get it.

Actually, it was normal too.

That strange flower had already grown on his parasol tree, and he couldn't just do nothing, waiting for this thing to bloom, could he?

He had to prepare something.

And if a high-ranking Qingqiu Fox or a Phoenix really emerged from that flower, the significance for Hu Tong's lineage was beyond words.

Seniority and bloodline are very important aspects within the Spirit Race.

This was not only benefiting Li Ye alone but Hu Tong, and the branch of the Qingqiu Fox Race he represented, would benefit together.

Thus, Hu Tong quickly thought it through.

If this matter could be properly collaborated with Li Ye, not only could they gain a high-ranking Fox Granny, but they could also clarify the situation of that inheritance and even deepen their relationship with Li Ye.

It was simply three birds with one stone!

The clever Qingqiu Fox instantly made a decision.

She glanced at Fu Yue and Hu Mei enjoying flowers hand in hand in the distance, nodded, and said, "Brother Li, I shall give you a reply soon on this matter.

However, regarding that divine technique...

There might be some troublesome aspects.

It requires Brother Li's assistance."

After making this decision, she didn't hesitate anymore and revealed some secrets of the current Qingqiu Fox Race.

As it turns out,

In the Qingqiu Mountain where the Qingqiu Fox Race resides, its sunny side contains Spiritual Jade, while the shady side is abundant with Qingwo pigment—these are two special spiritual objects the Qingqiu Fox Race relies on for survival. The sunny side produces the precious jade, while the shady side has this mystical pigment known as Qingwo.

The Spiritual Jade is an essential material for the Four Seasons Sect to refine Golden Core and higher Jade Scrolls; its warm and yang-type spiritual jade can remain imperishable for millennia, allowing divine senses to be housed and magical divine techniques to be practiced in the jade environment for a long time.

While the pigment Qingwo possesses spatial divine power, it's said that Qingqiu Mountain was stained by this color to become an independent Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

Moreover, it directly draws color from the heavens and earth; it's said to be deeply related to "Sky Blue."

Using this color to depict drawings made into Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands, the lands created naturally embody the Dao, and for cultivators, cultivating within would be very smooth.

Even... back then, the Painting Path senior from Bitter Journey Academy sought collaboration with the Four Seasons Sect for largely this reason: needing this material as the base of their paintings.

"But now the output of Qingwo is dwindling day by day."

Hu Tong sighed softly, "In our clan, we have a mural, left by that ancestor back then, painted entirely with Qingwo pigment. I speculate her inheritance lies within it.

With Qingwo's declining output, it's almost impossible to use enough to fully cover the mural."

Li Ye frowned upon hearing this, "I've also heard that your noble Qingwo material can be used to create portable Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands—many Nascent Souls want to find one for their descendants.

The price of a Qingqiu Fox painting is about a million Spirit Stones.

It's considered your second largest income.

But with declining output, the nobility should have long been trying to salvage it. Although I consider myself somewhat skillful, solving this should still be beyond my ability."

"No!"

Hu Tong looked passionately at Li Ye's wrist.

A hint of cyan was faintly visible on the glass bead bracelet, long connected with Li Ye's divine soul, even gathering into a form instinctively.

"..."

"You mean this thing."

Li Ye glanced at the bracelet and felt as if a mystery in his heart had been wondrously answered—back at Bitter Journey Academy, he had used this bead from the Heavenly Color Stone Carving to dye the lotus blue.

That can represent the color of "Sky Blue."

If said like this, it makes sense.

The Heavenly Dome is vast and itself possesses boundless Power of Space, a very unique Power of Space indeed.

He still had a Cyan Bird after all.

"Right!" Hu Tong got even more excited, "If you could help us cultivate a special Spirit Plant with this item, it would surely restore the production of Qingwo.

Then I would be willing, on behalf of my lineage, to sign a contract with Brother Li, giving you sixty percent of future Qingwo production!"

—That sixty percent is quite a lot.

Bear in mind that while Qingqiu Fox Race's Qingqiu Mountain naturally produces Qingwo, it requires a significant amount of spiritual power to nurture; it equates to Li Ye helping them restore it and then directly receiving Qingwo.

He wouldn't need to expend much vitality; after one investment, he could just wait to reap the rewards.

This is indeed a good deal.

"What kind of Spirit Plant do you need?" he asked straightforwardly.

After all, he had nothing else to do here, cultivating Spirit Plants was nothing significant.

"Please wait a moment!"

Hearing Li Ye agree, Hu Tong knew he was consenting, and quickly got up, transforming into a fox with four tails, and bounced away, disappearing into the peach blossom forest.

At a glance, one might mistake it for a large white dog running away.

It completely lacked the agility and elegance of the Fox Race.

Clearly, it was in a hurry.

"Looks like it feels nice, if this flower could produce a Qingqiu Fox as a pet, it wouldn't be too bad either."

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