Only three seconds? He's already the Lord of All Realms, so it doesn't matter.

Longevity, bathing, and crowning.

A newly sprouted willow sapling is like a newborn baby, which should be in the first stage of life - longevity.

Ye Xuan remained calmly there, letting the breeze brush aside the few thin willow branches clinging to his body, swaying freely in the moonlight.

"This feels great!"

The novelty, freedom, and vibrant vitality captivated Ye Xuan, but he didn't become overly obsessed. He immediately began to try out the path of cultivation.

When he was still human, cultivation emphasized "the path comes naturally, and can be used to plan and scheme," while comprehending the spiritual energy of heaven and earth relied on his current state of mind.

So he cleared his mind, scattering his senses and consciousness onto each tender willow catkin, which drifted in the breeze.

After a while, Ye Xuan indeed sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him, which was the cultivation path, slightly different from before.

For example, previously it followed the body's natural circulation, but now it is based on the root system embedded in the soil.

He used the swaying willow branches to absorb spiritual energy, and after a complete cycle, he exhaled it through the willow catkins.

This back and forth was effortless, and Ye Xuan could clearly feel the accumulation within his body increasing.

After successfully cultivating his spiritual power, Ye Xuan began to ponder his superpower.

According to the immortals' teachings, when a person is transformed into a willow seedling, they should only retain a trace of consciousness. It is only during the "bathing" stage that their consciousness from their previous life can gradually awaken.

But he was an exception; not only did he retain his consciousness, but his superpowers were also restored...

"My superpowers have affected a magical technique?"

Of course, limited by the shape of the willow seedling, his perception can only observe this world at most. Not to mention the transit station outside the heavens, Ye Xuan can't even find the world of immortality right now.

"His previous cultivation level should have been at the peak of Qi Refining."

He recalled what the Immortal Willow had said, and combined it with the bottlenecks he frequently encountered while cultivating in the historical world, the idea of ​​perfection seemed quite reasonable.

However, Ye Xuan's cultivation level after transforming into a willow was not perfect. If each stage of cultivation had levels, he would now be at the third level of Qi Refining.

Ye Xuan stopped thinking about it and continued to cultivate peacefully throughout the night until the next morning.

"Giggle giggle!"

The cries of livestock awakened the entire Shuitian Village.

Farmers went out to work in the fields, while the women in the household were responsible for starting the fire, feeding the livestock, and preparing breakfast...

The two children of the Chen family got up a little later. As soon as they got up, they found that their father and mother were not at home. There were only two bowls of vegetable porridge left on the table. Chen Qinghe then took his younger brother and wandered around the yard.

"Look, brother!"

"What?"

Chen Qinghe looked in the direction of Chen Xunjiang's voice and saw that there was a small willow sapling in his backyard.

The seedling had just taken shape, so much so that they hadn't noticed it yesterday. Chen Qing and his two brothers curiously examined the willow seedling.

Chen Xunjiang said, "Brother, were all the big willow trees this small when they were young?"

"Of course, even the tallest trees have grown for many, many years."

Chen Qinghe stared intently at the willow sapling. He usually loved catching insects and observing plant seedlings, and he always felt that this willow sapling seemed somewhat peculiar.

He stretched out his small hand and held a thin willow twig in his palm. The warm and smooth feeling it had to his touch was indeed extraordinary!

"Let me try it, let me try it!"

Chen Xunjiang also curiously came closer and, imitating his brother, used his small hands to hold up a willow branch. However, he was a little slow to notice and did not notice anything different.

"What? There's nothing there."

His little face puffed up slightly. After raising the willow branch, he went back into the house on his own and started eating the vegetable porridge on the table.

Chen Qinghe did indeed sit beside Liu Miao until the morning, when Chen Hong and Jin Yan returned home from the town's clinic, but he was still there watching Liu Miao grow.

"Qinghe, what are you looking at?"

Jin Yan came to Chen Qinghe's side and also noticed the willow seedling that had suddenly sprouted.

"Mother, these willow seedlings seem a bit strange... I can't quite put my finger on it."

Jin Yan was puzzled. What was so special about a willow sapling? She bent down and picked up a willow branch. The warm and smooth feel of it surprised even her.

She quickly called Chen Hong over, "Look at these willow seedlings..."

Chen Hong, leaning on a wooden cane, limped over to the mother and daughter, bending down to look at the willow sapling.

I saw that the willow seedlings growing in my own yard were very green, and their tiny catkins were faintly shimmering with a precious light.

"Something's not right, these aren't ordinary willow seedlings."

Chen Hong lowered his voice, glanced around to make sure no one was outside the courtyard, and then pulled his wife and Chen Qinghe back into the house.

"What's wrong?"

The two had been married for many years, and she rarely saw Chen Hong talk about other things like this. She figured that the willow sapling in the yard must be something special.

Chen Hong sat seriously at the table and said, "That might just be a fairy willow."

Immortal Willow? Neither the mother nor the daughter, nor Chen Xunjiang who had rushed over, had any concept of it.

Only Chen Hong, who had traveled extensively in his youth, solemnly stated:

"When I was young, I worked as a handyman in the county magistrate's mansion and saw many spiritual things."

The sheen on the branches and leaves of this willow sapling seemed to possess a spiritual quality.

The Chen brothers were immediately surprised. "Dad, did you have these experiences when you were young?"

The two children's eyes were full of curiosity. They had only ever lived in Shuitian Village since they were little. They had only ever heard of the town, let alone the county government.

Chen Hong nodded, then pulled up his sleeve, revealing a knife scar on his left shoulder.

He pointed to the scar, but his eyes were fixed on Jin Yan.

"If it weren't for this injury, your lives would be much better than they are now."

Recalling the past, Chen Hong's face showed some worry, but he also said seriously:

"In short, the arrival of this celestial willow in our backyard is a mixed blessing..."

Jin Yan only vaguely understood what Chen Hong was saying, but she stepped forward to help her husband pull down his sleeve and silently stayed by his side.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Hong thought, "I hope this willow tree is not a source of trouble, but rather a blessing."

He came to the backyard with his cane, and after making sure no one was outside, he bent down and carefully lifted the willow branch.

A tiny wisp of spiritual energy emerged from Chen Hong's palm, involuntarily drifting towards the willow catkins and eventually disappearing into them.

Ye Xuan was genuinely surprised that Chen Hong actually had some cultivation, which explained why he was hired by the county magistrate's office; however, his cultivation was too low, probably not even reaching the threshold of Qi Refining.

Looking at the Chen family and Chen Hong's behavior just now, he decided to give a response.

A willow branch moved swiftly without wind, as if it were consciously raising itself, and touched Chen Hong's injured thigh.

Then, a cool sensation traveled along the willow branches and pierced Chen Hong's skin, causing his wounds, which he had sustained just yesterday, to heal rapidly.

At the same time, a few glints flashed in Chen Hong's eyes. A quarter of an hour later, as the saying goes, "it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone," and the injury that originally required rest and recuperation miraculously recovered.

Chen Hong threw away his crutch!

He looked outside the courtyard again, then knelt down with a thud and kowtowed several times to the fairy willow in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Jin Yan and Chen Qinghe, who were hiding inside the house, immediately ran over, both staring at the young willow sapling in disbelief.

"It truly is a celestial willow! Thank you, Celestial Willow!"

Chen Hong spoke softly, and Ye Xuan was quite satisfied with this, immediately forming a plan in his mind.

Before implementing this plan, he decided to help the Chen family, not for any other reason than—

Fate is truly wondrous!