Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel-Chapter 403 - 244: Worry-Free Artifact Refining Spirit Garden, Automated Workshop
The willow branches wove through the streets and alleys, connecting to every house and courtyard.
Yet, strangely, not a single person was in the city.
Even more puzzling was that despite the absence of people, some tools and furnaces in the courtyards operated autonomously, forging the delivered materials into various parts.
"Is this all the work of the Bamboo Wood Ants?"
"No, wait, I see my master’s Golden Horned Ants as well?"
Zhao He took a closer look.
Indeed, the tools and furnaces in the courtyards were transformed by the Bamboo Wood Ants, but how bizarre it was that they could now transform into objects of stone and metal?
Weren’t they only capable of turning into bamboo?
The celestial light of the Emotion Song still shimmered like a halo around the heads of each Bamboo Wood Ant and Golden Horned Ant.
He realized that all of this might be related to the Emotion Song.
Finally, guided by the Spiritual Mechanism Vine, he reached the city’s center, where all materials and parts converged, each beaver had its own small workshop.
They were nestled in their workshops, assembling parts and crafting magical artifacts at an almost unbelievable speed.
Li Ye sat nearby, holding a newly forged longsword, observing it carefully. He flicked his finger, and the sword’s surface immediately emitted a spiritual light and a sharp metallic energy, clearly a Third Tier magical artifact suitable for Foundation Establishment Stage use.
——Such a longsword was previously divided into several parts: the sheath, the hilt, the blade, and the spiritual patterns engraved on it. Once assembled by the beavers, it became a complete spiritual artifact, a longsword.
"Not bad."
"Still quite successful."
Li Ye nodded in satisfaction, his gaze drifting to a nearby almost ethereal willow tree, its branches moving without wind, their appearance nearly identical to the celestial light of the Emotion Song he played.
It was a Spirit Plant enlightened through the Emotion Song and the "Nine Songs Mountain Ghost" as a Holy Book.
[Name]: Emotion
[Mood]: Joyful
[Status]: A demon spirit enlightened through the Holy Book "Nine Songs Mountain Ghost" and the Emotion Song, capable of transforming its willow leaves into "Emotion Rings" to allow the consciousness of the wearer to communicate.
[Bindable]: Any Spirit Beast willing to accept the "Emotion Song."
Speaking of its creation, it was a sudden inspiration.
Previously, when Li Ye was planning to cultivate a new Spirit Garden, he considered whether the beavers could separately produce different parts and then assemble them.
He found it difficult after trying.
The main issue was that spiritual artifacts need to be "seamless," and even with the beavers sharing a common intent, it was challenging to achieve true seamlessness if they made different parts.
Upon realizing this, he attempted to solve the problem.
The Emotion Song naturally could address this.
With the aid of such Divine Techniques, achieving seamlessness or even identical production was not an issue at all. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Li Ye tried to see if the Emotion Song could be recorded with special magical artifacts or solidified through talismans, but it was exceedingly difficult.
The level of this Divine Techniques was just too high.
Moreover, it required a significant control over one’s state of mind, which magical artifacts or talismans simply couldn’t record. Thus, Li Ye had to find a solution through Spirit Beasts or Spirit Plants.
After a series of attempts and failures, he finally, in a fit of anger, tried using the "Nine Songs Mountain Ghost" and the Emotion Song to perform Enlightenment, which ultimately created this Spirit Plant.
With the help of this Spirit Plant, the entire Spirit Garden, from the initial selection of materials, could synchronize with the beaver craftsmen, preparing the most suitable materials from the start.
Then, after a series of procedures, components were made by Golden Horned Ants, which had almost merged with Spirit Vein Willow and interbred with Bamboo Wood Ants.
Assembled by the beavers afterward.
Of course, he provided binding aid for every Spirit Beast and Spirit Plant at each link of the Spirit Garden, making them more "perfect."
Ultimately, the entire nursery became an automated workshop.
Li Ye was quite satisfied with his creation.
Though it was just a preliminary structure, with perhaps many areas for improvement, as a Foundation Establishment Stage Spirit Garden, it was aptly named.
A completely new Spirit Garden, unseen in the world.
In fact, automated production wasn’t something novel—the Mo Family and Four Seasons Sect had plenty—but the issue lay with Li Ye’s creation, wholly based on the mutualistic symbiosis of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, producing artifacts completely in unison.
The quality was undoubtedly not inferior to that created by an individual Artifact Refiner, with rapid production; a Foundation Establishment grade spiritual artifact from raw material to finished product only took seven days!
Excluding the cost of materials and the Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, the profit was several times over.
Moreover, the organs and mechanisms left for maintenance weren’t required for Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants, which became more adept over time and could even pass their skills to future generations.
According to Li Ye’s speculation, if they could indeed live and thrive through dozens of generations within the Spirit Garden, they might achieve seamless spiritual artifact production even without the aiding Emotion Song.
Of course, this was just his conjecture, which needed more time for verification.
And the person to verify it for him was right before his eyes.
At this moment.
He looked towards his disciple.
His gaze lingered briefly on the book page always in the disciple’s hand, revealing a demon spirit that appeared like a fish but was more akin to a tadpole—
[Name]: Duyu Spirit · Yu Shichen
[Mood]: None, Asleep
[Status]: A demon spirit born from the enlightenment of intelligence through "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio·Suoqiu," it possessed two forms. As an ink fish, it could produce an ink-like blood that polluted the world.
When in bookworm form, it could spew out "Immortal Silk" used for crafting brocade.
It’s merely an illustration of Yu Shichen from the actual "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio."
[Bindable]: Suqiu.
Immortal Silk?
Suqiu... this binding is rather vague.
Must I find Suqiu from within "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio," but could it be that Suqiu is a Spirit Plant; could these two bind?
In an instant, many thoughts flashed by.
"Never mind."
"Let’s first have him willing to completely submit to me."
Li Ye beckoned.
The book sealing the Duyu Spirit immediately slipped from Zhao He’s hand and came to him.
Layer after layer of seals upon it gradually vanished.
The once motionless fish gradually transformed into a scholarly figure, dashing in appearance, even with an immortal-like grace.
He cupped his hand towards Li Ye, a gesture naturally elegant, his voice imbued with the elegance of books and academia: "Yang Ke Dao You, I am Yu Shichen."
"Hmm." Li Ye casually nodded: "Dao You may play with my Spirit Pet for a while first; once I’ve finished the present matters, we will speak in earnest."
Saying this, Li Ye wore a warm smile.
Then he unhesitatingly sent the book into the Small Thousand World, placing it beside the Tribulation Fire Spirit.
Feeling the presence of a "playmate," the Tribulation Fire Spirit immediately perked up, circling around the book.
A book.
Is naturally quite fearful of fire.
Let alone the Tribulation Fire.
Handsome Yu Shichen, with the grace of a scholar, visibly turned apprehensive, yet bound within the pages, he had no means of action, merely curling up and shielding his head, avoiding the caresses of the Tribulation Fire.
Li Ye looked on from outside, nodding in satisfaction.
Then he queried Zhao He: "Did anyone give you trouble at Bitter Journey Academy this time?"
"No." Zhao He shook his head honestly, then scratched his head: "Grandmaster gave me a treasure."
He produced a Jade Pendant from the Storage Ring.
Within the pendant was a ceaselessly flowing starlight, seemingly boundless.
"Your master actually bestowed you this treasure." Li Ye immediately recognized it as a Substitute Treasure, a high-tier artifact allowing low-tier cultivators to borrow power.
It contained mana equivalent to a Nascent Soul.
Which meant Zhao He could borrow enough mana anytime from within it, potentially injuring even a Nascent Soul trying to kill him, thanks to power left inside by the master.
This gift was indeed most suitable for Zhao He.
After all, as Li Ye’s disciple, his cultivation was somewhat lacking.
"You should keep it safely."
"There’s something I need you to do next."
Li Ye withdrew his gaze, pointing at the Wuyou Spirit Garden.
"I entrust this Wuyou Spirit Garden to you; all the spiritual artifacts produced here should be sent to the guild for sale."
"I just need you to record the entire production process here and submit it to Ling afterward."
Ah?
This...
Zhao He was taken aback.
This incredible Spirit Garden, unexpectedly left in his care.
