Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Li Xingyu didn't look at the comments she had on. Her words brought up a lot of people around the same age as Li Manzhou, and most of them were names that she recognized slightly.

But Li Xingyu didn't see it, so she didn't know; she was still happily picking lotus root slices with Xinghe.

"Before we can harvest the lotus roots, we'll let them know and ask them to cut the lotus leaves and send them to our home. But that will be in December by then. We can harvest about a third of the lotus leaves now, so it won't have too much of an impact on the growth of the lotus pods and roots," Xinghe suggested while constantly picking lotus root fibers with her hands.

Xinghe just took a quick look and found that only a small strand of lotus root could be extracted from a lotus stalk. It could be rolled into a small ball that was easy to put in place, and it was less than a quarter the size of his little fingernail. How much would he need to extract to make ink paste? Even his whole lotus pond might not be enough.

"Ah~ We didn't have enough to begin with. I was planning to check on the StarNet to see if they sell any, or maybe just make a little bit to try it out." Li Xingyu shrugged, holding a handful of lotus root slices in her hand.

Because lotus root fibers are indeed very difficult to obtain, it takes 6,000 catties of lotus root stalks to produce one gram of lotus root fibers. To make Longquan ink paste, it would definitely require more than one gram of lotus root fibers.

"Making Longquan ink paste requires lotus root shreds, castor oil that has been sun-dried for more than five years, cinnabar that has been blasted and ground into powder, as well as expensive and some rare Chinese medicinal herbs such as musk, gold powder, saffron, borneol, rhinoceros horn powder, and pearl powder." Li Xingyu looked at Xinghe and the others with some doubts as she took out lotus root shreds.

Break the lotus stem into pieces about seven or eight centimeters long, cut them in half, and pull them to both sides at the same time, turning them twice as you pull to make the lotus fibers entangle together. Then pinch the entangled part and pull the lotus fibers out.

This method can remove as much of the lotus root fibers as possible from the lotus root stalk.

"What's with those expressions? It takes 6000 catties of lotus root stalks to extract just 1 gram of lotus root fibers. The most important part of making Longquan ink paste is the lotus root fibers. They hold the ink paste in place. Without them, the ink paste will fall apart. Moreover, the lotus root fibers need to be air-dried, which takes at least a year, preferably more than a year. Do I need to go into more detail?" Li Xingyu looked at the shocked expressions on the faces of the four people in front of him and helplessly waved the lotus root stalks in his hand, which had already been stripped of their fibers.

While Li Xile and the others were dealing with their own things, they were also keeping an eye on the movements of Li Xingyu and Xinghe. Yin Ni and the others had some understanding of this.

They were all extremely curious about the Longquan ink paste in Li Xingyu's mouth, which did not solidify in winter, did not seep oil in summer, left marks when burned, did not disappear when soaked in water, and was fragrant and did not fade over time, so they paid close attention to Li Xingyu's words.

However, the three of them were increasingly shocked as they listened. Li Xingyu's description of what it would take to make Longquan ink paste included too many things, a long time required, and many things they had never even heard of.

"Hmm..." Xinghe looked at the lotus root stalk in her hand and fell silent.

"Hey, take your time. You can't rush things. Besides, there's a time accelerator, right? But I still want to do it the original way, because I feel like items that have been processed by the time accelerator have no soul." Li Xingyu patted Xinghe's shoulder with his mental tentacles.

Because her hands were still stained, but seeing Xinghe looking a little disappointed, Li Xingyu still wanted to comfort him, so she released her mental tentacles.

"Okay, thank you, Little Feather." Xinghe gave Li Xingyu a gentle and bright smile, lowered her head slightly, and rubbed her cheek against Li Xingyu's mental energy tentacles.

"!" Li Xingyu was startled by the strange sensation coming from the mental energy tentacles. Taking advantage of the situation, she rubbed Xinghe's chin and hair with the mental energy tentacles.

Xinghe didn't speak, but her ears and face flushed red.

"Hey~ Xinghe, we can use our mental tentacles to extract the lotus root fibers!" Li Xingyu poked Xinghe's cheek with her mental tentacles, looking excited.

"Hmm? It should be possible." Xinghe looked at the pale golden mental energy tentacles beside him, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then released his own mental energy tentacles.

Xinghe's spiritual tentacles were pure white with blue lines and patterns on them, and were a bit thicker than Li Xingyu's, though they looked similar.

The two seemed to have discovered a new continent, carefully manipulating their mental tentacles to try and extract lotus root fibers.

Xinghe had previously learned how to use the least amount of mental energy to achieve the greatest effect, and never used his mental energy on trivial matters.

Li Xingyu, on the other hand, had only just begun exploring the use of mental power and had not yet started formal systematic learning, so everything about mental power was new and exciting to him.

Besides, mental energy is one's own, so what's wrong with using it to help oneself? It can even be used to train mental energy.

The white and gold spiritual tentacles beside them sensed their mood and began to sway joyfully during the breaks when they were picking lotus root shreds.

The other four watched Li Xingyu and Xinghe's actions, then looked at the lotus leaves/lotus flowers/lotus pods in their own hands, exchanged glances, and realized that since they were at home, they didn't need to worry about consuming their abilities.

Then all four of them simultaneously unleashed their abilities:

The temperature around Li Xile and Li Qingshi dropped slightly, and several ice blades appeared in their hands. With a few quick movements, they separated the lotus leaves from the lotus stems. Then, they used the ice blades to support the falling lotus leaves, controlling the temperature to prevent the lotus leaves from freezing.

Many figures appeared faintly behind Tian Shu. He was a god-level summoning ability user who could summon all the creatures in his mind to help him. Then, a furry animal-type creature and a vine-type plant appeared beside him.

Li Yue uses the spiritual power talent of a nine-tailed fox, but unlike Li Xingyu and Xinghe's spiritual power tentacles, part of his spiritual power transforms into sharp blades and part into ropes.

The processing speed increased dramatically, leaving the viewers in Li Xingyu's live stream dumbfounded and bewildered.

No? You treat god-level mental power and abilities as mere tools for processing ingredients and materials? You're powerful, you're willful, we want to be like that too!

Li Xile and Li Qingshi quickly finished processing the lotus leaves, stacked them together, and placed them in a clean basket. They then came over to help Li Xingyu and Xinghe.

"Swish swish swish"

Li Xingyu looked at the neatly broken lotus root stalk in front of him, and the spiritual tentacles around him froze, without making a sound. Then, he awkwardly gave Li Xile and Li Qingshi a thumbs up.

"Pfft~ Haha..." Li Xile and Li Qingshi were amused by Li Xingyu and burst out laughing. Li Qingshi laughed particularly loudly. Then the two of them put away their abilities and sat down to help them collect lotus root threads.

Li Xingyu and Xinghe manipulated their mental tentacles to extract lotus root threads, a speed far exceeding that of their own two hands.

However, Li Xingyu glanced subtly at the mental tentacles wrapped around the other five people, feeling somewhat helpless.

Li Xingyu could indeed control his mental tentacles, even with just a thought, but because they were all his own people, he subconsciously didn't reject the five of them and even felt close to them.

So the current situation and scene is that Li Xingyu's mental tentacles are more or less wrapped around or attached to the five people, but it does not delay the action of picking lotus root silk at all, and even speeds up the process.

Li Xingyu twitched his lips, trying his best to control his mental tendrils from leaving Li Xile, Xinghe, Tian Shu and Li Yue, otherwise he would have to retract them.

'Hmm?' Just as Li Xingyu was about to retract the mental energy tentacles he had released, he received the message that the mental energy tentacles were returning. After carefully sensing it, he gave up the idea of ​​retracting them.

Because Li Xingyu has only just awakened, he needs a period of time to integrate with the mental tentacles before his consciousness can fully synchronize and accept the messages detected by the mental tentacles.

The mental tentacles also need to be used more often to increase their compatibility. Use them as much as possible in the early stages of awakening, which is why Li Xingyu released the mental tentacles.

The information that the mental energy tentacles fed back to Li Xingyu was that using the mental energy tentacles to sort out the men's mental sea and ability fluctuations would not only soothe their mental sea and make them feel more relaxed, but would also enhance their ability usage.

"Excuse me, did I bother you? Or should I put it away?" Although she knew that Li Xingyu and Xinghe were comfortable, Li Xingyu still wanted to ask for their opinion.

Don't make decisions for others casually. Even if you think the decision is for their own good and beneficial, that's just your opinion. You are not them and don't know their thoughts and ideas.

So Li Xingyu still asked Li Xile and the others for their opinions.

"It's alright, Little Feather, don't worry about us. It won't bother us. We're very comfortable." Li Xile and the others shook their heads, knowing that Li Xingyu was asking because she was afraid of causing them trouble.

Moreover, although Li Xingyu's mental energy tentacles seem reckless, they are actually quite measured. They stay on Li Xile and the others' shoulders or wrap around their arms and wrists a few times. The most outrageous thing is that they put them on their heads, but that's not a big deal. There are also some mental energy tentacles wrapped around Li Yue's ears and tail.

Li Xingyu's mental tentacles perfectly embody the thoughts in her mind and her personality:

Be polite: only on the arms and wrists or shoulders;

They love fluffy things: everyone has them on their heads, especially Tanuki Moon's fox ears and tail.

Hearing what Li Xingyu said, and seeing the expressions and actions of Li Qingshi, Xinghe, Tian Shu, and Li Yue in agreement, Li Xingyu continued to let his mental tentacles do their thing, as long as he could get the lotus root silk out.

After a while, Tian Shu and Li Yue finished dealing with their lotus flowers and seedpods and came over to help Li Xingyu extract lotus root shreds.

After the six of them had been eating lotus root slices for a while, Li Xingyu felt that it was getting a bit quiet, so she turned on her personal computer and started playing music.

These days, whenever Li Xingyu has free time, she goes to play with the instruments in her music room and records a lot of songs, which are all stored in her personal computer and StarNet.

"How many kilograms of lotus stems will our pond have?" Li Xingyu asked curiously, looking at the nearly finished lotus stems, and used her mental tentacles to tug at Xinghe's clothes.

"Hmm... my initial estimate is probably around one ton." Xinghe Xinghe tossed the lotus stem he had just been supporting with the lotus leaf and gave a rough estimate.

Now, apart from the lotus stems on the lotus leaf umbrellas held by the four of them, all the lotus stems have been cut into short sticks of about ten centimeters by Li Xile. Their lotus stems also became short sticks of about ten centimeters after Xinghe Dian.

The lotus stem in Xinghe's hand was about the average length of the lotus leaves they had picked. He even released his levitation ball and let it fly around the lotus pond.

Tian Shu leaned closer to Xing He's optical computer screen and watched the images fed back from his levitating sphere with him.

Upon hearing Xinghe's words, Tian Shu nodded in agreement, as his estimate was roughly the same.

"Hmm! Is our lotus pond this big? Maybe enough to make a few batches of Longquan ink paste." Li Xingyu was pleasantly surprised to hear Xinghe's words.

She only knew that the lotus pond was large, but she didn't know exactly how large it was. She didn't expect it to be so vast, which was quite a pleasant surprise.

"We can start preparing the castor oil now, so we don't run out of time. Castor beans should be easy to find; we can buy them online. After pressing them into oil and drying them for five years, the lotus root shreds should be ready to use by then." Li Xingyu took the lotus root shreds from the last lotus root stalk in her hand and told Xinghe and the others about the next steps in their preparations.

"Okay, I'll look for it on the StarNet then." Xinghe agreed earnestly.

“Okay, but the most important thing now is to go home and prepare dinner.” Li Xingyu nodded in response, then looked at the three lotus leaves that Li Xile, Tian Shu and Li Yue had prepared, her expression full of longing.

Thinking of the food made from lotus flowers, lotus leaves, and lotus seeds that Li Xingyu had mentioned to them before, the other five people present couldn't help but swallow.

"Alright, alright, Feather Sister, when are we going back?" A pair of snow-white, fluffy ears emerged from Li Qingshi's gray hair, and a thick, pure white wolf tail appeared behind him.

Li Xingyu looked at Li Qingshi's big white tail swaying back and forth and his white furry ears standing up and twitching on his head with some surprise.

How did his ears and tail come out? Why didn't Li Qingshi's pants tear? Did his pants all have a hole? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if his tail didn't come out?

Li Xingyu's thoughts wandered freely, but he didn't show it on his face.

When Li Qingshi met Li Xingyu's gaze, he thought she wanted to touch his tail, so he wagged his big tail and stood in front of Li Xingyu, stuffing his tail into Li Xingyu's hand.

"Feather Sister, you can pet me. I know you love fluffy things. You can pet my tail however you like." Li Qingshi controlled his tail to keep it still, patted his chest, and looked excited.