Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Treasures from the Land, Cyan Bird Transforms into a Turtle?
As Li Ye pretended to calmly drink tea, the piles of wheat in front of the Land God Temple and the heap of Spiritual Materials beside them began to glow with a lustrous jade light.
A gust of wind roared through, sweeping up the wheat.
The wind wrapped around the golden wheat and directly crushed them all.
Not just the wheat heads, but even the wheat stalks were crushed as well. These were Spiritual Materials nourished by Spiritual Qi, valuable to mortals.
The people immediately fell silent, watching eagerly as the wind blew the heaps of flour in all directions—
They knew that this flour would end up in their homes, with varying amounts according to each family’s situation.
If a household received more wheat, it would be worthy of offering incense to the ancestors, showing they have a clever person recognized by the land.
In the past, they would surely discuss which home the wheat would fly to, and who got the most.
But compared to before, today they were more concerned about the heap of "Immortal Materials" beside the wheat.
Who would ultimately receive them?
As the wheat was sent away by the howling wind.
Finally, the wind began sweeping up the lotus roots, lotus leaves, lotus seeds, water gourds, and fish scales, but this time did not send them to people’s homes.
Instead, they landed in front of different individuals!
Living in Heavenly River City, the land was very familiar with their circumstances, so the distribution of Spiritual Materials was not divided by gender or age; the choices were always the most suitable.
Those who received the "Immortal Treasures" were incredibly excited:
"I am favored by the Immortals too!"
"Hahaha! Lotus leaves! I have the largest ones!"
"A gourd! It’s actually a gourd!"
"Wonderful! I will use these lotus seeds as a betrothal gift! She’s sure to agree to marry me!"
—The last young man was immediately glared at by the surrounding crowd. This was a treasure bestowed by Immortals, and instead of thinking about improving himself, he wanted to use it as a betrothal gift!
The young man’s father blushed with shame among the crowd, wishing he could take off his straw sandals and enforce family rules on the spot.
But some of the men and women secretly envied him; using Immortal treasures as a betrothal gift meant the woman was very fortunate!
Overall, the atmosphere remained heated.
"Ah!"
"Zhao He, look quickly!"
As Zhao He was feeling envious among the crowd, a stream of golden-red light suddenly fell straight in front of him, wrapped with three crystal-clear scales.
Unexpectedly, these were the only three fish scales in this batch of "Immortal Treasures"!
He reacted swiftly, grasping the three scales with joy on his face, speaking without any modesty:
"The Immortal has gifted me treasures! That’s because I’ve been learning diligently and working hard, while the others didn’t work hard enough!"
These words were clearly provocative, causing the boys who usually studied and trained with him to become agitated, gathering around to teach him a lesson.
In the teahouse, seeing this scene, Li Ye squinted his eyes.
He felt the sachet he kept at his chest becoming slightly warm—it contained the earliest drop of Qi Fortune Shining Gold, which he had kept stored away.
Why was it suddenly heating up now?
He thought about it briefly and said, "Wasn’t it said interference wasn’t allowed? Senior Sister Liu, is this truly a coincidence?"
Senior Sister Liu smiled and replied, "He is the most suitable, though his physique is not particularly robust, it is resilient enough after honing. Receiving the treasure gifted by the land is natural.
I intend to have him help me communicate with the junior brother and bring back the Spiritual Materials the Yang Ke Dao You wants to send. How does that sound?"
"Certainly." Li Ye also had a plan in mind by now, he indeed needed someone who belonged to him.
Zhao He may seem average in talent, but he’s clever. Keeping him as an assistant nearby is useful.
At the very least, small errands couldn’t be handled personally.
He could definitely understand some of Senior Sister Liu’s intentions. Having someone by his side would ensure he didn’t forget about Heavenly River City.
If Zhao He did well, Li Ye would naturally pay more attention to Heavenly River City.
They were indeed quite eager to establish contact with Spirit Plant Masters outside.
"Then I’ll have him pack up later and leave with the junior brother."
"Hmm, it’s also time for my daily meditation and cultivation. I kindly ask Senior Sister to find me a quiet room where I won’t be disturbed."
Li Ye felt he had seen enough and it was time to refine the pine resin given by the Flint Fire Divine Turtle earlier. He also wanted to see what changes there were in the sachet.
So he made up an excuse.
"Alright."
Senior Sister Liu immediately led Li Ye back up the mountain to a Taoist Temple and found a quiet room for him, watching as he entered inside.
Once inside the quiet room, Li Ye took out the sachet from his chest and gently untied the thin rope.
The Qi Fortune Shining Gold inside, shaped like an ellipse, seemed to glow even brighter.
Its golden color purer and emitting a calming aura.
He stared at the drop of golden metal inside and muttered to himself:
"Qi Fortune Shining Gold."
"Could it be that my recent actions have brought about fortune?"
"This kind of fortune... comes rather easily."
But it should be a good thing.
After observing a little longer, he put away the sachet and then took out the Flint Fire Divine Turtle’s pine resin, roughly the size of a head, igniting a strand of Flint Fire with his fingertips to start burning it.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"
As the flames burned, the resin began to drip droplets of liquid.
But before falling to the ground, it transformed into smoke swirling around him, as the glow of flames faintly appeared within.
He did not need to exert effort to absorb it; it directly seeped into his body through his skin.
The sensation resembled soaking in a warm spring, soothing any latent pain from previous injuries in his meridians.
This feeling of complete relaxation made Li Ye almost want to moan.
The resin’s burning smoke had a calming effect. With his body relaxed and his mind alleviated, he quietly channelled his energy, quickly entering a deep meditative state.
Meanwhile, the sachet containing Qi Fortune Shining Gold on his chest flickered intermittently.
Even the nearby pine cone he had casually placed began to shimmer, followed by the red bean in his pocket.
"Tweet~~~"
Accompanied by a long chirping sound.
A graceful and majestic Cyan Bird suddenly appeared, landing on his shoulder.
The bird first rubbed against Li Ye’s hair, then vigorously spat out a deep, black-colored flame onto the resin.
The resin that was slowly melting began to melt rapidly, filling the room with swirling smoke, resembling flowing water, all rushing into that pine cone.
Content, the Cyan Bird chirped and settled comfortably on Li Ye’s shoulder, quietly preening its feathers.
Time passed slowly.
When Li Ye opened his eyes, he immediately noticed the pine cone he placed not far away wrapped in strings of Divine Sense—these lines were clearly the "Scattering Beans into Soldiers" Divine Sense threads!
He tried to wiggle his finger.
The pine cone literally flew into his hand.
The stunning feeling of the Divine Sense connection, as if he could control the pine cone to strike someone and then summon it back.
"Alas, what have you done," he said, reaching out to touch the Cyan Bird feigning as a statue, curiously:
"Why can my Divine Sense threads extend to this pine cone?"
The Cyan Bird proudly raised its head, its body gradually changing into... the shape of a turtle!
The turtle looked extremely valiant, with clusters of crystal-like growths on its shell resembling boiling flames.
Li Ye was utterly shocked.
This, wasn’t this precisely the same turtle he saw as the Flint Fire Divine Turtle earlier?