Then he hurriedly went to find his third senior brother, Chen Mo, and anxiously said, "Senior brother, I need to return to the sect for a moment. If you and the other Taoist friends have time, please help me look after the things I've planted.

But there are some dangers in there, so please be careful, senior brother.

This is the token to enter the array!"

After saying that, he hurriedly left.

Chen Mo watched Li Ye leave with a strange expression, always feeling that this guy seemed a bit abnormal.

But Feng Yue and Ying Ying, who had long been curious about what Li Ye had planted, goaded him on: "Didn't Taoist Friend Li say we should look after it? Let's go take a look."

It's been mysteriously hidden for a full two years, and they're really curious about what it actually is.

After a while, three more people joined them.

They were still a bit reserved, but their curious eyes were almost bursting into flames, clearly urging Chen Mo as well.

"..."

Chen Mo still felt something was wrong.

But helplessly, he was indeed curious, so he could only say, "Junior brother asked us to look after it, but you must be careful when you go inside. Don't disturb the growth of the spirit plants."

"Alright!"

"Let's go!"

"Let's see what novelty it is."

Everyone immediately gathered around Chen Mo and arrived at the array. As the jade talisman opened a path, the conditions inside were revealed before their eyes—

It was a field gray and desolate, like ashes spread across the land after being burned.

"Tribulation Ash?"

"Can you really use tribulation ash for farming?"

"Wait, what's planted over there?"

Feng Yue noticed in the gray land that there were plants growing that looked like glass-colored lotuses, each with five colors, and it seemed each petal was nurturing different tribulation light.

Hearing her say this, the others were also puzzled.

—This Five-Colored Water Lotus, since its creation by Li Ye, has not been shown to anyone, so they naturally didn't know what it was.

They remained very cautious.

This unknown spirit plant couldn't be approached too closely.

They only observed from afar using their divine senses and eyes.

But Li Ye had long been prepared; suddenly, one of the lotuses began blooming slowly, and as the colorful petals opened, a carp with a dragon tail and an inverted triangle scale on its forehead leaped out.

Wrapped in a rain curtain and the unique spatial spiritual qi of Jianmu.

It went straight toward Ying Ying.

Even with their speed, they couldn't dodge.

Ying Ying was directly enveloped by the Water Spirit, and an impenetrable rain curtain appeared around her body, and within that rain curtain, thunder tribulation clouds were surprisingly forming!

"Ah? Tribulation Crossing?"

Ying Ying was stunned.

The cloud gathering above her was undeniably a cloud of the most basic Five Elements Thunder Tribulation. The cloud wasn't large, at most only one ten-thousandth of a true celestial tribulation's power.

But it was still a thunder tribulation.

"Roar!"

She didn't dare to be negligent and transformed into her true Yinglong form, charging into the sky.

"Boom!"

Lightning struck down one after another.

After nine bolts of lightning had struck, the rain curtain and Water Spirit around Ying Ying dispersed silently, returning to the Five-Colored Water Lotus.

All this happened quickly, even less than ten breaths of time.

Ying Ying, still bewildered, held a handful of pure spiritual qi from the tribulation in her hands, looking at the equally bewildered fellow Taoists.

"This..."

"Is there a spirit body inside the lotus that triggers tribulation qi?"

"No wonder he said we should be careful..."

After a brief moment of surprise, they suddenly realized the value of these lotuses, it's celestial tribulation!

Whether it's used as a magical treasure for duels or for disciples' trials, controllable celestial tribulation is very important. If this item is taken back to the sect, it might surprise the True Men.

But how could such a special spirit plant be cultivated, and what is the cost? How should they care for these spirit plants as Li Ye had asked?

Just as doubts arose.

They saw the tribulation ash at the root of the lotuses starting to boil, the ashes seemed to have a tendency to ignite.

The array on the ground lit up as the tribulation ash boiled, and from silver-gray pearl-like spheres scattered countless beams of spiritual light.

It was the same spiritual light they had seen before, belonging to the Treasure Lotus Lamp, temporarily suppressing the ashes from igniting again.

But something was off, perhaps there wasn't enough of the Treasure Lotus Lamp's light, the tribulation ash began to resist, even showing a hint of bright flame!

Seeing this, their expressions changed.

So this is what Li Ye meant by taking care! It's to prevent rekindling!

"Not good!"

"Quick, act!"

"Just suppress the tribulation ash, don't disturb the array!"

They hurriedly acted, each displaying their divine techniques to forcefully suppress the tribulation ash, but in doing so, they accidentally touched the still-unopened lotuses, and their spiritual power seemed to attract the attention of different lotuses.

And then... they were each pulled into the tribulation cloud in the rain curtain by the Water Spirit.

A moment of chaos ensued.

They had to be cautious in suppressing the tribulation ash, avoiding igniting it, and at times dealing with sudden celestial tribulations...

Fortunately, crossing the celestial tribulation had some benefits.

Although there were not many, it was still considered a reward for passing the celestial tribulation.

It was truly a blend of pain and pleasure.

Meanwhile, Li Ye, hiding in a mouse hole, was recording with a jade scroll:

"The tribulation qi trapped by the glazed bracelet has only a ten-thousandth of its original power, but there is indeed a reward after passing the celestial tribulation."

"The tribulation ash only recognizes my spiritual power, but becomes unstable when stimulated by external spiritual power. The tribulation ash can nourish the Five-Colored Water Lotus, enhancing the internal Water Spirit and tribulation qi."

"The pearl of the Sinking Sea Shell has almost no attenuation in transmitting and storing spiritual power, and can even transmit spiritual power between one another through the array..."

He quickly recorded the results of his experiment.

It must be said that this was his most daring attempt yet. When adjusting the celestial phenomena, he could trigger celestial tribulation with the glazed bracelet, and incidentally collect a strand of tribulation qi.

Then he bound the Water Spirit of his East Lake with the Five-Colored Water Lotus, injecting tribulation qi into the lotus, and infused the Power of Space from the Xiangyun Zither and Jianmu into the Water Spirit.

The Five-Colored Water Lotus, with the "Sea Calm and River Clear" great divine technique formed by Weichuan's spiritual power, could naturally suppress the tribulation qi.

Then he used the tribulation ash as a field to cultivate the Five-Colored Water Lotus, nourishing the tribulation qi within, and used pearls filled with the light of the Treasure Lotus Lamp to set up an array to suppress the tribulation ash that might become unstable due to spiritual power fluctuations.

In this way, the tribulation qi could be nurtured in the Five-Colored Water Lotus, growing gradually stronger, and also create a small tribulation crossing space through the Water Spirit, allowing cultivators to cross tribulations within.

"It truly forms a closed loop."

Li Ye put down the jade scroll, rubbing his sore brow. Although it was only two years, it felt like he'd been exhausted for decades.

"Phew, this cultivation can be considered a success now."

"It's just that the cost is really high; it requires tribulation ash to nurture them, and this over a thousand jin of tribulation ash can only plant fifty Five-Colored Water Lotuses."

This can't be optimized any further.

Tribulation ash is essential for sustaining tribulation qi and enhancing the qi of celestial tribulation.

Thus, the price of these lotuses must also rise, estimating that each would need to sell for at least thirty thousand spirit stones to break even, and it also requires collecting tribulation qi.

But even so, in the tribulation ash, it's primarily the tribulation qi that's consumed, not spiritual qi, meaning it's not directly consuming the tribulation ash.

This tribulation ash can continuously plant lotuses as 'fields,' otherwise the price would be even higher.

Yet, the question remains whether it can really sell for that much?

He was confident in his cultivation methods and his Golden Finger, but ultimately everything must be tested by the market; lest it turns out to be something rare yet useless.

With this in mind, he decided to head back to the sect through the tunnels dug by the Brocade Rat and submit his cultivation record to see what the sect had to say.

However, just as he emerged from the hole, he saw many tree branches appearing in the heavenly dome, each branch condensed by different thunders, and growing Thunderbolt Nuts.

That is...

The Celestial Sound Thunder Tree within the sect.

Also the Celestial Sound Thunder God.

Why has he suddenly come here? Could it be because of him?

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