Speaking of the requirements for the true Sea Spirit Land, they are quite high. At minimum, it requires an open area of one hundred acres, and a rent of one million Spirit Stones needs to be paid upfront, with an additional one thousand Spirit Stones to be paid every month thereafter.

Fortunately, over the past six months, Yuan Yan has been sending Spirit Stones intermittently. The treasures sold by the sect have also started generating income, allowing him to afford such lavish modifications to his Cave Mansion.

He stood on the soft, white sand and gazed afar.

In the distance was a hundred-acre expanse of blue sea, with intricate Array patterns at its edge preventing the surrounding land from being eroded by seawater.

The pure marine scent brought by the sea breeze and waves could only be experienced within this one hundred acres, and if one were to take even a single step back, the scent would instantly vanish without a trace.

"One hundred acres of sea..."

Li Ye was extremely curious as to how this stretch of sea was anchored here. One hundred acres, it could be considered a medium-sized lake, but to call it an ocean seemed a bit exaggerated.

He simply leapt into the sea. The sea area purchased was required to be consistent with the East Pole Yang Sea’s waters, so upon entering the sea, the water was very warm.

The water was incredibly clear, almost excessively so.

After all, within these one hundred acres of sea water, only a tiny amount of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants had been added, the rest was vast, empty waters.

But after swimming for a while, he suddenly found himself surrounded by a group of plump, grayish creatures—Beavers, happily swimming in the water.

Well then, Beavers had become Sea Beavers.

He did not disturb them, letting them play freely in the water, while he dove deep to inspect the sea floor, discovering that there are indeed Arrays here too.

Moreover, the patterns of the Array bore some resemblance to the branches of Jianmu, indicating it’s a Spatial Array. Essentially, this "Sea Spirit Land" was directly embedded into his Cave Mansion.

Rather than calling it a sea, it would be more accurate to say it’s a hundred-mile space.

"No wonder the internal environment is maintained so well."

If it were truly a sea, it would certainly impact the interior environment of the Cave Mansion; this arrangement indeed seemed more suitable.

His doubts were dispelled, and he began examining the Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts he had purchased, focusing first on the Sinking Sea Shell.

Unexpectedly, the Spirit Beast was quite huge.

Each of them occupied an acre of space, standing two or three zhang tall, remaining motionless on the sea floor, their shells wide open, Spiritual Qi flowing into them as if converging rivers.

Inside the shells, star-like Spiritual Power Crystals were embedded within the clam meat, giving off an inexplicable shimmer, forming a neat arrangement, akin to stars encircling a center.

"What they sent me were Sinking Sea Shells preparing to bind pearls!"

Li Ye couldn’t help but praise Yang Ke for being efficient.

The pearls of Sinking Sea Shells are priced extremely high, each one worth at least fifty thousand Spirit Stones, depending on the quality.

Meaning, after some time he could recoup fifty thousand, having spent only half the cost to obtain Sinking Sea Shells.

But what’s the point, really? He wasn’t short on Spirit Stones; could this little thing really compensate?

Thinking this, he took out the Void Nether Grass, examined it and started binding it with the Sinking Sea Shell.

[Binding requires 10,000 points of Vital Essence.]

Ten thousand points?

What was the last thing that required ten thousand points?

Li Ye didn’t think twice; he had an abundance of Vital Essence lately, so he wasn’t worried at all.

With that, he proceeded with the binding.

Soon, the Void Nether Grass integrated into the clam meat and, after a while, emerged right at the center of the clam shell, perfectly occupying the position illuminated by countless crystal star lights.

Precisely the spot for pearl nurturing.

The Void Nether Grass, well, its size seemed negligible in the one-acre clam shell, but Li Ye quickly realized that the Void Nether Grass was faintly transmitting a sense—

Hunger!

Well, then give it the Void Nether Stone.

An opulent Li Ye flung several Void Nether Stones, but the Void Nether Grass didn’t absorb them; instead, the clam meat squirmed and replaced the crystals originally embedded within the clam meat.

Several crystals fell.

Those were painstakingly accumulated Spiritual Power Crystals over decades!

Seeing this, Li Ye’s heart stirred.

If the Void Nether Stone replaced the Spiritual Power Crystals... what would the pearl be like?

With this thought, he simply gritted his teeth and threw the Void Nether Stones, each worth fifty thousand Spirit Stones, into the clam meat, as if money didn’t matter.

One, two, three...

After throwing a full eighty-one pieces, the original Spiritual Power Crystals in the clam meat had all fallen—they were smaller than the Void Nether Stone to begin with.

After completely replacing the Spiritual Power Crystals, the Sinking Sea Shell suddenly began to tremble, its shell slowly closing.

Li Ye hurriedly swam out.

In the moment he exited, the shell shut tight, simultaneously enveloped by Spiritual Power, isolating the clam shell from any external Spiritual Qi intrusion and probing.

Even his Divine Sense as a Golden Core True Man couldn’t penetrate.

But luckily, he still had the connection with the Void Nether Grass, so after a bit of effort, he still managed to see what was happening inside.