Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel-Chapter 144 - 124: Hungry Ghosts? Just Feed Them!
The hungry ghosts, once they got their hands on the buns, couldn’t wait to start devouring them. Ordinarily, it would be difficult for a hungry ghost to swallow a bun down its throat.
But the marvel lies in the fact that the buns, after being chewed by them, transform into a mixture of ink and Purple Oil Spring Rain, smoothly passing through a throat smaller than a needle’s eye, entering the belly that constantly burns with flames.
Then, the flames within their bellies were truly extinguished.
The hungry ghosts who had swallowed the buns seemed as if all their strength had been drained from them, collapsing directly onto the ground.
Some black air rose from their bodies, as if shedding a layer of skin, revealing the forms of the Human Race underneath.
"We..."
"Where is this place..."
They, no, it should be said they slowly stood up, their eyes full of confusion and an unnoticeable joy.
However, even though they temporarily shed the Ghost Qi from their bodies, this world is inherently filled with endless Ghost Qi, and sooner or later, they would be assimilated by it and turn into hungry ghosts again.
Fortunately, Li Ye is here—
"You all come and help!" Li Ye called out unceremoniously, then distributed Heart Grass to them, "Hurry up, plant these around!"
"Coming!"
Although these people did not know why they should listen to Li Ye, they obediently picked up the Heart Grass and began planting it around.
For each plant they cultivated, about a zhang of land was purified, turning into land that glowed faintly white.
The Heart Grass could stabilize and keep the Ghost Qi at bay, ensuring they wouldn’t turn into hungry ghosts again, allowing them to continue assisting the Beavers in maintaining order and distributing buns.
But as they continued planting the Heart Grass like this.
Li Ye could feel the Mo here rapidly diminishing, and around them, there were many hungry ghosts waiting for the buns.
More hungry ghosts were being attracted by the aroma of the buns.
If the buns couldn’t keep up, they would likely riot immediately.
It was time to leave here.
He couldn’t just move around freely, so he needed a means of transportation.
Li Ye thought about it for a while, then simply used Mo to mold some vines, weaving them into carts, and then linking the carts together.
"Hurry, put your stoves on the carts!"
He really couldn’t spare any more energy, so he had to let the Beavers do it.
But before the Beavers could get busy, the people who had shed their hungry ghost skins rushed over and loaded all the stoves and steamers onto the carts.
Then they used vines to tie themselves and the carts together.
They wore smiles on their faces:
"Rest assured, leave it to us!"
"We can’t let you do all this for us!"
"Let’s go!"
With their shouts, the carts were pulled forward slowly.
Others helped push the carts, while the remaining people planted Heart Grass, harvested wheat, ground it, and steamed it.
Some stocky women looked particularly deft at this, even taking over the work of the Beavers.
The Beavers, however, were not dissatisfied; they just continued exchanging Spring Rain and Flint Fire, ensuring no mistakes.
"Creak, creak."
The carts moved forward on the road.
From a distance, it looked as if this simple cart was trailing a long white light behind it, steaming with the heat of buns, and the ground it passed was turning completely white, with not a trace of Ghost Qi left.
...
While Li Ye was busily at work.
In the outside world.
True Man Suoxing couldn’t help but laugh.
He laughed heartily, "Haha! This kid Li Ye really exceeded my expectations in his actions.
He actually used this method to disperse the Ghost Qi of the hungry ghosts, then got them to help him plant Heart Grass; after all, the true hungry ghosts are denizens of the Netherworld, so they are much more effective at planting it than he is!"
Sitting beside him, True Man Shen Xue also wore a very obvious expression of appreciation, "This kid really did well, but... can he manage to feed all the hungry ghosts here?"
It was easy to imagine how exhausting a Divine Technique like this would be to perform; even if the Heart Grass provided infinite Heart Power and Divine Sense, it was not to say he could use it without limit.
"Your concern is not without reason, but you have forgotten where these hungry ghosts from the Netherworld came from.
The cultivator responsible for the lineage of hungry ghosts on the Hell Path is a Divinity Transformation who turned away from Xiangkong Temple, and what he valued most was letting go.
Our Patriarch gave up a petal of that treasured flower, which led to such a result, indicating that letting go still works in the Netherworld.
Li Ye is now giving up something, and the more he gives up, the easier it is for him to gain.
The Beavers are the same. Although they destroyed the treasures I gave them, they will definitely gain more.
The Netherworld and those people will help them."
At this point, he couldn’t help but sigh, "I originally thought that even for Li Ye, it would take several months to slowly figure things out inside.
Yet this kid used a method we couldn’t foresee to solve it, and it’s quite effective."
He truly grew more fond of Li Ye the more he looked at him.
Many people follow the rules, and many walk the paths planned by their sects—he once thought of helping Li Ye plan his path.
But it now seems that some people may not need any planning at all; they can grow well by themselves.
It’s like a lucky star that always shines with a distinct brilliance.
"Then you better reward Li Ye well, I suppose this little fellow will be exhausted after this," True Man Shen Xue said.
"Do I need you to tell me?"
True Man Suoxing stood up, his expression turning serious, "Li Ye did so well, we elders can’t drag him down."
"Let’s go."
...
The small cart continued forward.
Li Ye blinked his somewhat sore eyes, feeling that his usually light body had become a bit heavy.
He knew it was because of his lack of energy; the Heart Power and Divine Sense provided by the Heart Grass couldn’t compensate for the feeling of fatigue; now the best would be to have a good rest.
But in this situation, it was impossible to stop now.
More and more hungry ghosts gathered around.
"This is the path I chose for myself." He let out a light breath, "Since it’s what I chose, I can’t give up no matter what."
He continued to mold wheat and Heart Grass.
His mind remained clear, and Divine Sense was continuously provided, but his body started to disobey him, and even his nose began to bleed.
"Hmph."
"Isn’t my body my own to command?"
Li Ye directly activated the Jianmu within his body and used a Divine Technique to help Jianmu extend countless branches, piercing into his own meridians.
A drop of blood fell to the ground, splashing into a blood flower.
A hungry ghost noticed that drop of blood—of course, it was also food.
Yet, before it could struggle forward, a bun plugged its mouth, and between the bun and the blood, it chose the bun.
Time slowly passed.
One day, two days, three days...
Li Ye and the Beavers had formed a reflex.
Molding wheat, creating Heart Grass, summoning Flint Fire and Spring Rain.
The numbers of the people busying around began to surpass the number of hungry ghosts; there were fewer hungry ghosts and more people.
They all looked at the young cultivator who sat there with lowered eyes, deftly molding wheat and Heart Grass with his fingers, his hair slightly floating in the Ghost Qi, with a glance full of concern.
They were the original inhabitants here and were very sensitive—this sensitivity was even something the cultivators of the Hell Path had given them especially so they could sense the taste of hunger more clearly.
And now, this perception allowed them to vaguely sense the fatigue of Li Ye and the Beavers.
They didn’t know any cultivation secrets; even if they turned into hungry ghosts themselves, they couldn’t use any of the power within them.
They could only curse loudly, just like in life, hoping that the damned heavens that once gave them a chance to free themselves would not torture their hope again.
"We’ve already been pushed to death once! Do you want a second time?!"
"Blind heavens!"
"Damned heavens!"
The voices of curses gradually spread, and almost everyone’s inexpressible Resentment Qi reached up to the sky.
The gray sky seemed to absorb some changes, a whirlpool slowly forming.
It was unclear how many days had passed.
Suddenly—
Rumble!
Droplets of purple rain began to slowly fall after a flash of lightning and thunder.
