Like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, it plunged directly into the river, each one lying flat on its back, drifting quietly along with the river flow, enjoying the wash of the water and the shine of the sunlight.
Li Ye sat by the river and watched for a while.
He said with a heavy heart:
"I’m leaving."
"I’ll co back to see you all after I’ve dealt with so things outside."
"I’m off!"
Off he went just like that.
Though it could be said this place was always within reach, an inexplicable feeling of lancholy about the parting lingered in his heart, making him even want to recklessly take them away with him.
Why must this River of Cosmic Light require the effort of these few little fellows?
Can’t I co back to help it once I have the power?
But he didn’t do that.
Because he knew the beavers were looking forward to doing just that.
In earlier tis they even shared their food with that "Hungry Bone," knowing that food is crucially important to all living things and sharing it isn’t easy.
If he were to forcefully take them away now.
They might only remain trapped by their mission here, lanting day by day.
So he left directly.
He walked away quickly and didn’t look back.
The beavers instinctively ran a few steps after him behind.
"Chirp chirp!"
As if wanting to catch up, yet also seeming reluctant to leave.
Their plump little bodies eventually plopped down onto the ground, unable to see Li Ye’s figure any longer, they simply sat there and hugged their chubby selves with their little paws.
The vast space of the mural and the River of Cosmic Light outside now only had the presence of these five little ones, appearing small and lonely.
A silhouette of gray watched over them.
Unknown emotions flowed within its eyes...
...
Outside.
Zhuge Ya persisted for so long.
The mont he saw Li Ye erge, he imdiately smashed the Eight Trigrams Plate to the ground, and the poor magical treasure made of purple sand shattered into countless fragnts with a "crack."
The portal naturally could no longer be maintained and with a few twitches, it turned into a heap of Spiritual Light and vanished from sight.
Then he himself collapsed directly onto the ground.
The body within his Taoist Robe had beco exceptionally thin, almost skin and bones, his eyes sunken as if he’d been drained dry.
It even... looked a bit terrifying.
"Brother Li... cough cough." Zhuge Ya couldn’t even stand up, his voice weak and aged.
Li Ye feared he might cough so hard he’d spit out his organs.
He hurried forward to grab his arm.
Not even daring to exert force.
For so reason, grabbing his arm felt like holding onto a dried branch in the wind, as if a little strength might break it.
He carefully supported him to sit up.
Then his Nascent Soul erged from his body, the Sun and Moon Ring transford into a Star Curtain, the flas of the Treasure Lotus Lamp enveloped him, sending pure Vitality Power into Zhuge Ya’s body.
By this point, his body resembled parched earth; calling it a bottomless pit would be more apt.
Not only bottomless but tattered.
Even for a cultivator like Li Ye who was well-versed in the path of natural vitality and life, he had to nd cautiously.
It took a full forty-nine days.
Zhuge Ya’s body was only a little better.
At least he wasn’t a complete skeleton anymore and could stand up on his own.
His voice regained so strength.
With a sigh of relief:
"Phew."
"Finally ca back to life."
"It’s still thanks to Brother Li’s outstanding Divine Techniques!"
You must know Zhuge Ya had worked with other cultivators from the Four Seasons Sect before, but no one had such a profound Vitality Power as Li Ye.
To actually restore life to him with barely a breath left, and even to kindle a continuous recovery of vitality.
If that’s the case...
"Brother Li!" His eyes sparkled: "Can we collaborate more often in the future? With your help, I can certainly calculate more things.
With this, I can seize the upper hand amidst the great tribulation.
At least not being led by Tribulation Qi!"
Li Ye: "..."
Good heavens, take it easy!
Honestly, even Li Ye felt a bit frightened seeing him fight like this; it was different from Sword Cultivators who often were bloodied up, and this guy battled purely with his lifespan and essence.
If you insist on saying it, it’s as if lowering the HP limit, others might only lose HP.
But this ti Zhuge Ya had completely let go of his previous aloofness with an oscillating fan, even proactively pulling along, pitifully.
Intuition told him if he didn’t agree, this guy might cling forever, even scarier than Wei Qingye!
Making Li Ye sigh helplessly:
"I will help you."
"But let’s not calculate over excessively major matters too ticulously."
"Okay, okay!" Zhuge Ya nodded imdiately, then with curiosity in his eyes: "What exactly did you encounter in the River of Cosmic Light? I see you’ve brought back a Temporal Deviance Fish."
How have you turned from aloof to so familiar all of a sudden?
Li Ye was sowhat puzzled.
But he still told him so happenings within the River of Cosmic Light.
Of course, regarding Heavenly Venerate’s manifestation and Su Xing’s imprisonnt, those matters were not to be ntioned, too significant to speak of.
Yet even this knowledge left Zhuge Ya greatly amazed.
Especially when Li Ye brought out a little Amber Liquid, Zhuge Ya’s eyes nearly popped out, exclaiming:
"This..."
"This isn’t Cosmic Amber, is it?"
"Oh heavens, you can actually bring out these things?"
Li Ye was busy reviving the beavers and cats, asking without looking back: "Is it very precious? When I found their souls there was quite a bit in that place."
"...It’s very precious." Zhuge Ya circled around that bit of Amber Liquid several tis, rubbing his hands: "This object is extrely rare spiritual object from the River of Cosmic Light that can be taken to the Outer Domain.
If one must say, it’s akin to Tribulation Ash in the realm of Spiritual Qi.
For those practicing ti thods, it’s sothing they long to exchange their whole fortunes for.
Only it can solidify transient ti.
To prevent being backlashed by ti itself from practicing ti Dharma thods."
As a disciple of Qiongguan Mountain.
Now within the Tao Furnace Realm, the "Tao Furnace Library" storing the most history is actually on their side, reportedly having fought Bitter Journey Academy over this many tis.
After all, knowledge is indeed power.
But more often than not, knowledge represents various gossip.
For example.
Zhuge Ya said to Li Ye: "There is a great power in the Chaotic Outer Domain called the Eternal Cyan Pulse, and the world it creates is borne from an unimaginably massive tree.
Its offspring call it the Eternal Tree.
Its children and grandchildren are all sorts of Tree Spirits and tree creatures, known to have an incredibly unique ability to infiltrate various worlds unnoticed as a tree.
Our elders found after investigation that the giant tree is actually growing at a node of an overflowing River of Cosmic Light, with so Amber Liquid flowing out sustaining its nearly eternal lifespan.
But now, as the world-sweeping Tribulation Qi is depleting, that Amber Liquid is about to dry up.
If it dries up, the ancestor of all trees, the Cyan Emperor, would indeed perish, so they’re desperately seeking Amber Liquid to extend the ancestor’s life."
Upon reaching this point, Zhuge Ya stopped and gave Li Ye a aningful look: "As far as I know, hasn’t the Four Seasons Sect long sought to subjugate Cyan Emperor Race?"
Li Ye’s actions paused montarily.
Contemplating in his heart.
The statent was indeed correct.
It’s obvious how tempting a world and civilization system born entirely from a giant tree would be to the Four Seasons Sect.
Just the maintenance of so many trees developing spirituality is an imnsely complex and practical issue.
"But I only have this tiny bit of Amber Liquid in my hand, how can I subjugate them?" Li Ye certainly pondered it, but he had to be realistic.
Zhuge Ya surely had long sched before saying this.
He imdiately leaned close to Li Ye’s ear, whispering:
"Here’s how..."
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