After recruiting cultivators, Luo Haiqing did not reward them with spirit stones, but instead calculated their work hours as points, which could be exchanged for food from the main mountain of the Hundred Beast Garden.

At first, the cultivators didn't understand. Out of respect for the Water God's reputation, they endured the torment and wondered why the other cultivators seemed to have been brainwashed, so devoted to the Hundred Beasts Garden and praising the garden director they had never met.

It wasn't until they could exchange their meager working hours for food from the main mountain of the Beast Garden that they realized how wonderful the food was.

Almost everyone immediately changed their attitude and rushed to do the work.

Sect disciples rarely obtain resources, and the lives of independent cultivators are even more arduous. Only a very few people consume nourishing supplements like the Yuan Shen Pill, while most seek out natural caves to cultivate diligently.

The food at the main mountain of the Hundred Beasts Garden not only has effects comparable to the Yuan Shen Pill, but also tastes excellent.

An unstable state of mind can lead to mental instability and even demonic possession, but as long as you fill your stomach, your mood will inexplicably improve.

How can a person not eat?

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The natural spirit array in Linche is too magical.

The excrement of demonic beasts, after slight transformation, becomes food or nutrients for other demonic beasts. As long as the population of demonic beasts remains constant and a cycle is formed, natural spiritual energy will be generated.

Ordinary protective formations require additional setup, including filling them with spirit stones, exterminating any demonic beasts that might disrupt the formation, and requiring cultivators to reinforce the enclosure every few hundred years.

But this natural spirit array doesn't need it.

Sometimes you can even reap extra byproducts.

Just like if Zhao Xi wanted to pick a flower to suck nectar, it would starve the bee moths for a short time, but it wouldn't affect their population.

Of course, the current ecosystem is still very fragile, so we can't just pick them at will; we have to protect them.

The types of demonic beasts in Xuanwu Mountain have now been properly organized. If Lin Che can improve the other parts according to the illustrations, these small natural spirit arrays will become more stable. When the demons arrive, they will be alerted by the demonic beasts and attack the intruders in groups.

Zhao Xi thought she had only heard about it once yesterday, and although she found it amazing, she wasn't too surprised.

Everything in the celestial realm was amazing to her. She was constantly filled with surprise, fear, and delight. After a while, she got used to it.

She couldn't remember the names of those monsters at all; many of them were from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, things she'd only heard of but never seen, so she figured they wouldn't be of any help.

She was still worried, so early in the morning, while Lin Che was still asleep, she went to see Xiao Jia's relatives.

Behind the Five Spirits Hall is a natural cave nestled against the mountain and beside the water, with a faint spiritual energy and a tranquil environment.

In the past, outer disciples were allowed to breathe and practice meditation here, but now that the Five Spirits Hall cultivators have food and can exchange work hours for the opportunity to enter the cultivation room, no one comes to this place anymore.

Xiao Jia asked Luo Haiqing to take over this land, set up a spirit-gathering array and a protective barrier, and settle his relatives there.

They don't need to build the house themselves; Xiao Jia can spend spirit stones to hire cultivators to build it for them.

They no longer need to do any work.

They were brutally ravaged and will need a long time to recover and heal. Moreover, many of them are demon cultivators from the Middle Immortal Realm, whose demon cores are severely damaged and need to adapt to the spiritual energy here.

They just need to focus on their spiritual practice.

Zhao Xi wanted to go to the entrance of the cave, but did not go in. He listened to Xiao Jia's report and felt that his handling of the situation was appropriate.

She had no other hopes for the pangolin demon clan, only that they could cultivate quietly and not cause trouble. She also hoped that Ling Mu could take the lead in reflecting on his actions and stop self-destructing with such bitter resentment at the drop of a hat.

Not wanting to alert the enemy by going in and cause any misunderstandings, she went to the kitchen, found some yak jerky, and returned to the Crystal Palace.

bedroom.

The beautiful woman had already woken up and was lying on her side on the seashell bed, with a shimmering blanket covering her thin inner garment, flipping through a book of magical artifacts.

He would occasionally compare the contents of the ring with the contents.

He has already captured some of the demonic beasts and raised them in the Beast Taming Circle, but many more have yet to be found.

Zhao Xi wanted to put the food on the bedside table, but then she pounced on him and said, "Ache, I saw a new teahouse opened on the main street of Wulingtang. Let's go check it out later."

Lin Che readily agreed: "Okay."

He prefers quiet, but he will go out whenever Zhao Xi wants him to.

Zhao Xi wanted to happily bury her head in his chest and take a breath, but suddenly felt a chill on her forehead.

"Croak~"

"What is that?!" Zhao Xi instinctively grabbed the thing on her forehead. "Holy crap, why is there a toad here?!"

He casually swatted it away.

With a soft "smack," the little toad stuck to the wall, resembling a lump of slime.

Lin Che rested his head on his pillow, letting his long, black hair fall loosely on it. He straightened his collar, which Zhao Xi had tried to ruffle, and said without changing his expression, "We're underwater. Toads live in water, so don't be surprised."

The toad stuck to the wall let out a croaking sound, utterly dejected.

Zhao Xi was puzzled: "But this is our home, why would a toad get in?"

When Lin Che heard her mention "our family," he looked up at her, raised the corners of his mouth, and didn't reply.

Zhao Xi thought the more she looked at his expression, the stranger it seemed.

She knew Lin Che well; if he remained silent and didn't continue explaining, there must be something wrong.

She went to the wall and looked at the little red toad. The more she looked, the more familiar it seemed.

It wasn't a matter of physical familiarity, but rather an intuitive feeling of déjà vu.

Where have I seen this before...?

"You...you...you were born?"

Zhao Xi ran to the back hall and, sure enough, found a cracked pearl on a tidy low table. The pearl had a very thin outer shell and was hollow inside.

She carefully held the broken pearl in her hands, ran back to the large scallop shell, grabbed Lin Che and shook it vigorously, shouting joyfully, "That's our child!"

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