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Chapter 99 Immortal Peach Official, One of Me is Enough
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Heavy rain fell on the protective shell of the giant black cloud.

Wu Yun sat on the sofa, leaning forward, staring intently at a wisp of spiritual energy on the table.

Seeing this spiritual energy is like seeing graceful, agile fish swimming and swaying in mid-air.

He then looked at a wisp of cloud beside him.

These clouds were quite obedient, remaining suspended in the air as if they were painted there, motionless.

He then looked at Diao Yaya, who was also peeking out with wide eyes.

"Tell me, how should spiritual energy and clouds be combined?"

A look of confusion flashed in Diao Yaya's small eyes.

Is the boss asking it?
But it's just a mink!
"Waaaaah, aww aww aww..."

Wu Yun sighed.

"Don't you know?"

"I do not know either……"

Wu Yun had just tried mixing, rubbing, and kneading the two things together... but neither of them reacted at all.

Diao Yaya shrank to the side, looking at the clouds and then at the boss, not knowing what to say.

Wu Yun lay back on the sofa, reached out and grabbed the wisp of spiritual energy, then squinted and observed it carefully.

He already held the official position of garrison commander of the floating island, and with six hundred years of cultivation, he possessed extremely strong observational skills.

After staring at it for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, I actually managed to see some clues.

"Look, isn't there a small hole in this spiritual energy, which then closed up again?"

He asked Diao Yaya, who was standing next to him.

"Aww, waaaaah..."

I didn't see Diaoya.

"I was just thinking that it's too difficult to let spiritual energy blend into the clouds."

"But since there are gaps in the spiritual energy, perhaps we could try to let the clouds absorb the spiritual energy?"

The biggest challenge with this approach is controlling the cloud!
The openings of spiritual energy are too small, and fleeting.

But controlling the cloud is not a problem for Wu Yun.

He sat up straight, with a wisp of cloud in his left hand and a wisp of spiritual energy in his right, and began to try.

……

In the canyon shrouded in thick fog.

Song Xiaowei bent down, picked up the hundredth peach, and put it into the full shopping bag.

Then he looked at the short tree not far away.

The radiating tree roots extend in all directions, and every root and every branch entangles and binds a person.

These people are either future corpses or future immortal officials on the path to immortality.

He lifted his foot and walked towards the sapling, stepping over one raised root after another, and bypassing one unconscious celestial official candidate after another, gradually approaching the trunk of the sapling.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

It turned out to be a tall, thin, and straight-haired celestial official who had appeared out of nowhere, standing at a distance and looking at Song Xiaowei.

Song Xiaowei's expression remained unchanged.

"I...I want to hug this short tree."

"Sir, is that alright?"

Zhi Chang paused for a moment, looked at the short tree, then at the sapling on Song Xiaowei's shoulder, and nodded.

"Wanting to get close to the mother tree... that's normal."

"Go ahead."

After saying that, he turned and left, disappearing into the mist.

Only Song Xiaowei remained, carrying a large bag full of peaches, and slowly walked to the mother tree.

When he was in college, he heard about a phenomenon in the plant kingdom called "allelopathy," which said that some plants would release chemical substances to inhibit or kill neighboring plants in order to compete for living space and nutrients.

He once thought that this kind of thing sounded vicious.

But now, he reaches out and hugs the mother tree.

The sapling on his shoulder also embraced the mother tree with its branches and leaves. The sapling's roots quietly reached out and penetrated the crevices of the mother tree, injecting special plant toxins into the mother tree's sieve tubes.

This plant toxin can be transmitted through the root system of the mother tree to other candidates for the celestial official position, causing them to become poisoned, weak, and eventually die.

After hugging the mother tree for a while, Song Xiaowei finally let go of it.

The sapling, which had taken root in the mother tree, slowly withdrew.

This seems to be a talent.

He was the first to awaken from the tree roots, the first to successfully plant a tree on his body, the first to connect with the sapling, and the first to become a ninth-rank official in charge of the spirit garden in the Peach Garden. That's when he discovered his unique talent.

"Everything is just a perfect arrangement."

"With me on the Xiantao route, that's enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, the candidate whose neck was entangled by tree roots near the trunk fell silent.

brush……

The rules of the celestial realm immediately drew new candidates from the mortal world!

The candidate was a young woman in her pajamas, her face filled with panic. She looked around and, upon seeing Song Xiaowei, before she could say anything, a snake-like tree root wrapped around her throat.

"Cough cough cough... Help... Help me..."

Pfft!
The girl was pulled down by the tree roots, struggling and twisting, her whole body bound by the roots. She whimpered and moved around, her eyes desperately turning towards Song Xiaowei, hoping he would save her!
Seeing this, Song Xiaowei merely glanced at her before turning around and hugging the mother tree again, transferring new toxins to it.

……

"It's really good!"

On the giant black cloud, Wu Yun and Diao Yaya were both overjoyed!

The wisp of spiritual energy just now had four small holes appear on its surface, all of which disappeared in an instant.

Wu Yun precisely controlled the four even finer strands of cloud and carefully stuffed them inside!
Diao Yaya couldn't see the cloud threads or the hole, but it could see that the wisp of spiritual energy seemed to have grown larger!

"Waaaaah, woof woof woof woof!"

Although I don't know what this is for, the things the boss makes must be really amazing!

Wu Yun smiled as he adjusted the sofa made by Yun, transforming it into a taller, more supportive ergonomic chair. He then raised the peach wood tabletop, placed his hands on it, and began his focused work.

"Let's fill this wisp of spiritual energy first and give it a try."

……

Click...

Carrying a large bag full of peaches, I left the iron gate.

What greets you is warm lighting, comfortable air conditioning, and a familiar office.

Song Xiaowei sat back in his chair, lay down comfortably, put on his mask and hood, grabbed the sapling from his shoulder, put it in the flowerpot next to the table, and gently fiddled with its leaves, teasing it.

"Hehehe, we both did a good job today."

When, when, when...

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Director, are you there?"
"The director of Huaiyin wants to see you."

Director of Huaiyin Bureau?
Li Huaiyin, the deputy director of Pulin Bookstore?
Song Xiaowei was slightly irritated.

This guy's here again, scouting the spot!
He hid a bag of peaches in the cabinet next to his desk and called for Li Huaiyin to come in.

The newcomer was fair-skinned, tall and thin, wearing a white jacket, and sat down opposite his desk.

He took out a scroll of imperial edict from his bosom and unfolded it to show him.

"Director, I've come to collect today's peaches."

The decree clearly stated the distribution plan for the immortal peaches.

[The celestial officials in the lower realms gradually comprehend the spiritual mechanism, understanding that gathering Qi is like cultivating clouds, and using Qi is like riding dragons. This is all thanks to the efforts of Lingbao Investment Supervision Office in spreading its teachings throughout the mortal world and Pulin Hongwen Bookstore in enlightening the nine realms.]

[Today, ripe peaches from the Jade Pool are specially bestowed as a reward—Pulin Bookstore will receive 30%, Lingtou Office will receive 30%, and the remaining 40% will be distributed among mortals.]

[Gather the essence of spring at the spring equinox, and gather the essence of autumn at the autumn equinox.]

[May all immortals together receive the grace of Heaven!]

Song Xiaowei finished reading the imperial edict and nodded.

"Alright, the decree says you get 30%, so 30% it is."

He opened the drawer and took out three peaches: one broken, one worm-eaten, and one rusty... He placed them in front of Li Huaiyin.

(End of this chapter)