Weichuan.

The name suggests it might not be a large place.

Yet, even before Li Ye entered the sect, he had often heard of its fame—starting from the smallest trickles, converging all waters to form streams, hence Weichuan.

It's said the source of Weichuan is a spring inside the cave mansion of the Four Seasons Sect's founder.

Due to the unique water source, it flows and gathers countless streams, ultimately forming an immensely vast water series.

The area Li Ye arrived at was merely a tributary of Weichuan, which is also where most beavers reside.

The main channel is actually a forbidden area of the Four Seasons Sect, only accessible to Nascent Soul cultivators, and some larger tributaries are leased as cave mansions by cultivators.

After all, despite the cave mansions in the Celestial Inquiry Mountain Range trying their best to mimic real natural scenery, they still differ somewhat from this spirit river made up of countless water veins converging together.

Honestly, when Li Ye arrived here, he initially expected to see a lush river landscape, but what he saw was…

Indeed, the water plants were lush, various Spirit Plants grew in the river.

Rather than a river, it was more like a shallow beach and wetlands, Spiritual Insects danced in mid-air, and the rising Spiritual Qi scattered like mist.

Above the river, one dam after another was very noticeable.

Those dams divided the vast river into sections, and there were many Weichuan beavers busy within, seemingly farming and breeding fish inside the dams.

It was as if he had arrived at a beaver kingdom.

"Chitter chitter!"

The few beavers following by Li Ye's feet chittered hesitantly.

"Isn't this your homeland?"

"Count the time, it's been just a few months with me, not even a year, and you've forgotten your home?"

Li Ye teased.

Looking at this lush and beautiful Weichuan spirit land, he suddenly felt that the Spiritual Spring he prepared for the beavers was indeed quite rudimentary, they were born into an endgame here.

With the protection of a great power from the Four Seasons Sect, and such a spirit land to live in…

Could he reincarnate as a beaver?

Perhaps his voice startled the beavers busy in the distance.

The obviously segmented beaver clans all turned their gaze towards here.

Soon, teams of beavers wearing Taoist robes marched out of their nests.

They all held up some flags.

Some of them held up flags saying, "Pure beaver bodies, proficient in all affairs."

Others had inscriptions like "Sow in spring, harvest in autumn, skilled in the festival of four seasons," "Measure clearness and rain, versed in the suitability of all things,"... and such.

Weichuan beavers circled around Li Ye without chittering wildly, just shaking their flags, clearly conveying the meaning—choose me, choose me!

This scene made Li Ye's mouth twitch slightly.

These beavers were really smart, even learning self-promotion and advertising.

Why are they so cultured, did they write these themselves or get a cultivator to help?

He truly felt spoiled for choice.

They all seemed smart… and the status panel showed [Bindable] for all of them.

No particularly special ones.

Just then, the five beavers by Li Ye's feet suddenly chittered.

Then, they all took a few steps forward in unison.

The leading beaver's body emitted a colorful halo.

Instead of a lotus light aspect, what appeared were various foods.

The foods hovered around them, and due to the unique nature of the Heart Lotus Suffering Relief Method, they were incredibly colorful.

Bright red barbecue, red and white pastries, glistening fried sticky cake…

They looked lifelike, as if real.

With their well-fed glossy and sleek fur, standing there, they formed a stark contrast with the wild beavers in the distance.

"Plop."

"Plop."

"Plop."

The little flags the beavers were tirelessly holding up dropped to the ground, their small eyes filled with great surprise, envy, and longing.

This had to mention the special nature of Weichuan beavers.

Their ancestors had long been used to eating all kinds of food, especially those made by the Human Race, with the founder of the Four Seasons Sect.

For some Spirit Beasts who find fireworks and seasonings like oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar distasteful, such dishes were sheer delicacies to them.

Moreover, although Weichuan's structure could support even twice as many beavers, they very much wanted to go out and explore.

This is why so many beavers were eager to sign contracts with cultivators to leave.

——And now.

Right in front was a group of extremely well-off beavers from outside, with glossy and sleek fur, clearly living very well suddenly standing here.

Moreover, they were very powerful!

The teams of beavers originally competing for opportunities to work outside exchanged glances, then their small eyes flashed fiercely.

"Chitter chitter"

They waved sharp little claws and bared their big teeth.

It looked like a fight was about to break out.

Fortunately, the beavers standing in front of Li Ye "chitter chittered" a few times, their voice carrying a hint of benevolence.

Then they leisurely walked forward and meticulously picked among their own kind, chittering twice for every suitable one they picked.

The selected beavers showed an expression of surprise and delight, vividly animated.

In no time, they had picked around a hundred beavers.

It presented itself in front of Li Ye, chirping twice at its master as if to claim credit.

"..."

Li Ye was amazed by all he had witnessed.

This beaver was truly smart, directly procuring, or rather selecting, a group of high-quality laborers.

At that moment, ripples spread across the distant Weichuan.

The damp moisture from the marsh and the breeze from countless vegetation and Spirit Beasts wafted towards Li Ye, transforming into a voice:

"I have seen you at the Temple of All Gods."

"Take good care of these children."

"If they are disobedient, send them back, and do not bully them."

Along with the gentle voice, a contract appeared before Li Ye.

The terms on the contract were very simple: the beavers would help Li Ye with work until he no longer needed them.

It was also directly stated that Li Ye must not harm these beavers, or else the Weichuan Water God would come looking for him.

"I understand," Li Ye unhesitatingly left his mana imprint on the contract, then beckoned to the beavers:

"Let's go, I will take you home!"

"Chirp chirp!"

His five beavers waved their paws, taking one last look at the river that nurtured them, before boldly following Li Ye with their kin, leaving together.

...

Over a hundred beavers arrived at the Cave Mansion, and Li Ye didn't have to worry at all.

These beavers were noticeably much smarter than the ones Li Ye initially purchased.

They glanced around and quickly understood the nature of the work inside the Cave Mansion, then started to get busy.

Building dams, sorting waterways, preparing nests...

They were quite adept at these tasks, clearly having been trained.

Since Li Ye had already communicated with the Profound Water Flood Dragon in the river and the Wen Yaoyu flying in the sky, of course, they would not harm the beavers.

In no time, the beavers were bustling about.

"They seem to be more capable than you," Li Ye teased the beaver nestling on the cushion beside him, "Didn't you learn these skills?"

The only response he got was a lazy "chirp chirp" from the beavers.

"... Truly getting lazier," he shook his head helplessly, "Remember to teach them cooking in the kitchen later."

As he spoke, Li Ye made his way to the core of his Cave Mansion, where he found the reward of one hundred taels of Merit given by the sect.

It was a large, gleaming golden yuanbao.

Weighing it in his hand, he found it indeed weighed one hundred taels.

"Merit can be quantified like this, huh."

Li Ye mumbled, and began trying to absorb it.

The result was very smooth, the golden yuanbao quickly turned into streams of light under his power's influence, flowing into his meridians, heading straight for the Jianmu seed.

The amount was roughly ten times the Merit he had earned from the Hungry Ghost Evil Bone, and settling the Earth Demon Ginseng and Miner Ghosts.

Under the irrigation of these Merits, the Jianmu seed trembled slightly.

Yet ultimately, it still couldn't break through the soil and sprout.

"Hmm, still about ten taels short."

This time, he could clearly feel the amount of Merit needed for the seed to sprout, it was still ten taels short.

Seems like he'll have to find more ways to gain Merit.

"Oh well, there's no rush."

"Better to first assimilate all the gains from this time."

Though a bit disappointed, he wasn't overly anxious, quickly letting this matter go.

He purchased some Five Elements Spirit Gourd seeds through the Cave Mansion's jade screen, binding them with the remaining Gourd Spirit Turtles.

Then he took the successfully bound gourd seeds and Spirit Turtles to the Spirit Field.

The ten acres of Pure Spirit Field along with the two acres of Spirit Field he had developed over time unfolded before him.

——The Pure Spirit Field was a type of somewhat sacred white soil with a hint of golden light, resembling the Golden White Spirit Soil that grows the Love Life and Death Beans, but not as unique.

He decided to plant all of these fields with gourds.

Gourds are good things, and along with cultivating Gourd Spirit Turtles, this is his first step to making a mark in the sect, and he must handle it with care.

Proving his capabilities to obtain more resources.

Especially Merit, Jianmu sprouting and growing probably requires sufficient Merit to catalyze.

To gain Merit, one must demonstrate ability.

The Pure Spirit Field and his own Spirit Field are well-suited for growing gourds and nurturing turtles, without needing the sect to provide additional Spirit Land.

"I heard the Pure Spirit Field can be controlled with the Earth Emotions Technique, let me try..."

Li Ye sat cross-legged, slowly inserting his fingers into the soil.

At that moment, he felt the "goodwill" of the Pure Spirit Field, his Spiritual Power flowed effortlessly and freely within.

The Earth Emotions Technique directly spread to the Spirit Field——

The gourd seeds were wrapped in the surging soil, and through Li Ye's perception of the seeds' inherent desires, they were planted into the soil seemingly at random but actually with careful selection.

Then water was guided by Li Ye's control to flow through the Spirit Field, giving the gourd seeds their first watering.

The Gourd Spirit Turtles had already settled into the Spirit Field, slowly seeking the gourds they were bound to.

Of course, the Five Elements Spiritual Spring Jade was also buried at the center of the Pure Spirit Field by Li Ye, ensuring the gourds and Gourd Spirit Turtles could always draw Spiritual Power from it.

Over the span of two days, everything was properly organized.

Thus, the arrangement of his Spirit Field was officially concluded.

Next, he planned to carefully peruse those books, the Jade Scroll his master gave him, and work on crafting the Xiguang Bell and handling the Eight Trigrams Celestial Plate.

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