Symbiotic panel, I am cultivating immortality in the world of immortality

Chapter 3 Binding and Harvesting

The hustle and bustle of the market gradually faded away. Li Ye wrapped his thin outer robe tightly and looked up at the icicles hanging from the eaves.

Moonlight shone on the icy ridges, casting a faint blue luster. He gently exhaled a puff of white mist and pushed open the creaking wooden door.

A warmth surged out of the house, instantly dispelling the coldness from his body.

Although cultivators were supposed to be immune to cold and heat, that was limited to normal cultivators with robust Qi and blood. Someone with damaged meridians like him would ultimately struggle to withstand the chill of a winter night.

Trying to keep warm by relying on one's righteousness is a bit of a stretch after all.

Fortunately, this house is equipped with a "ground dragon" for heating. I don't know what kind of magic is used in it.

He simply threw the lit charcoal into the fire pit in the combustion room. Before long, the whole room became warm and the air was filled with an elegant fragrance.

After taking a deep breath, Li Ye brought the flint crystal worm to the silver moon grass in the yard.

The spirit insects in the box seemed to sense something and stopped moving. One of them arched its body, poked its head out, and looked out curiously.

[Do you want to bind the Flint Crystal Bug and Silver Moon Grass? Binding consumes 20 points of Vitality Essence.]

"..."

Twenty points for one plant?

Li Ye's eyes widened. After binding, his vitality would be directly reduced to zero.

At present, he does not know how difficult it is to obtain the essence of vitality. If the amount obtained is small, then he can only take the "quality" route, and he will definitely not be able to take both quantity and vitality into consideration.

After a brief thought, he made a decision:
'Bind.'

Following his choice, the multicolored light on the panel flickered gently—

[Binding successful: Flint Crystal Worm and Silver Moon Grass].

After the binding is completed.

A tiny flint crystal worm suddenly jumped out of the box and its whole body sank into the thick snow.

It crawled with difficulty, arched out a path in the snow, and slowly crawled towards the Silver Moon Grass.

It happily wrapped its body around the Silver Moon Grass, and wisps of heat rose from its body.

After absorbing the heat, the originally sluggish Silver Moon Grass's leaves gradually darkened in color, appearing more vibrant.

At the top of the tender silver grass buds, the grass seeds that looked like little moons oozed out a few drops of silver liquid, which was sticky and crystal clear, emitting a cold silver light in the cold night.

"!!!"

"Is this a moon-liquid bead?" Li Ye saw this and quickly pulled out a teacup, carefully collecting the liquid. The liquid wasn't sticky, and eventually gathered into three drops, round like pearls, shimmering faintly in the teacup.

Then he looked at the Flint Crystal Bug. It was domineeringly wrapped around a leaf of Silver Moon Grass and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The flying snowflakes were blocked by the leaves of the silver moon grass and fell gently, as if covering it with a warm blanket.

A spiritual plant with yin attributes and a spiritual insect with yang attributes should be incompatible, but at this moment they are extremely harmonious, as if they were born to be so.

A single bond had brought two lives that should have been dead back to life, radiating a whole new vitality. In the quiet, snowy night, Li Ye gazed at them, a sense of inexplicable emotion welling up in his heart.

He suddenly remembered an article he had read, which described a bird building a nest in a spider plant. The lush branches and leaves of the spider plant provided shelter for the bird, and the small bird flew among them - the harmonious picture made him feel extremely comfortable and even a little envious.

"Ugh."

Before traveling through time.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, he still felt a little melancholy when the memories came flooding back. After a brief sigh, he quickly adjusted his mood and brought his attention back to reality.

He looked at the remaining flint crystal worms and silver moon grass, and suddenly a bold idea popped into his mind.

"Try?"

However, when he tried to place the Flint Crystal Bug directly next to the Silver Moon Grass without binding it, the bug rushed around and almost knocked the Silver Moon Grass over. Seeing this, Li Ye quickly removed it, not daring to try again.

"It seems there is only one left."

"But there's no introduction to this binding. Do I have to figure it out? This cheat code is too stupid."

He muttered a few words but didn't notice any changes. It seems that he is really that stupid.

But that’s fine too.

In his opinion, the golden finger is just a tool, and he can just figure it out slowly in the future.

The binding was complete, but the cold wind outside was still biting. He took one last look at the spirited Silver Moon Grass and returned to the house with the teacup.

The silver beads in the teacup exuded a strange scent, as if urging him to enjoy it as soon as possible.

"Moon Liquid Pearl..."

According to the original body's memory, the juice of these spiritual plants is the main material for refining certain elixirs.

It is also the first task of the Four Seasons Sect's entrance examination - hand in fifty Moon Liquid Pearls before the Spring Equinox to complete the task.

"Normally, a Silver Moon Grass can only produce one Moon Liquid Pearl at a time...how come it produced three this time?"

"The mission jade slip mentioned that the Moon Liquid Pearl can be eaten directly."

Li Ye licked his lips. These Moon Liquid Pearls should also contain the essence of vitality, right?

He was full of curiosity about the spiritual plants and products in the world of immortal cultivation. In addition, he was weak at the moment and urgently needed to replenish his spiritual power.

Without much hesitation, he carefully picked up a moon liquid bead.

It feels very much like the pearls in milk tea, but it melts in your mouth, and strands of slightly sweet liquid slide down your throat and flow into your stomach.

Then a cool breath emanates, as refreshing as drinking a sip of ice water in summer.

Immediately afterwards, this energy automatically flowed into his meridians, temporarily suppressing the pain caused by the damaged meridians, while at the same time increasing the spiritual power in his body.

The spiritual power gained from just one Moon Liquid Pearl is equivalent to a month of meditation and hard practice!
Li Ye was a little stunned, but after thinking about it, this seemed reasonable -

After all, this is his golden finger. If he can't even solve the current predicament, he may only be able to think about how to travel back...

Compared with those who traveled through time and space to become ancestors, Mahayana monks, or those who made rapid progress in their cultivation through cheats, his golden finger seemed a bit "ordinary".

However, the most important question at the moment is: how long will it take for these lunar liquid beads to be produced?
Is it still the same as before, producing one every three days after maturity? Is the effect still as significant? And how much has his vitality essence increased?
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly occurred to him: [5].

A number came to his mind.

"..."

A Moon Liquid Pearl only increases five points of vitality essence?

If this were a one-time product, binding it once would cost twenty points, and a Moon Liquid Pearl would only provide five points, which would be a huge loss. Fortunately, this product can be produced continuously.

And since you can get it by eating... you should be able to get it by eating, right? The worst that can happen is that the ingredients are better.

He glanced at the two remaining silver beads in the teacup and casually closed the lid. While it was natural to enjoy the spiritual plants one had grown, one should always keep some in reserve.

After putting the teacup away, he lay back down on the bed, covered with a thin but warm blanket. In the distance, he heard the crackling sound of burning charcoal.

It sounds reassuring indeed.

Before going to sleep, he suddenly felt that time travel had some advantages - he used to rely on his phone to play white noise, but now he could just listen to it directly.

Perhaps this was what it meant to be content with whatever happened. He soon fell into a deep sleep, dreamless all night until dawn.

(End of this chapter)