Chapter 58, the first crystallization of Jinjiang Literature City
Yao Sisi looked at Yan Li's true form and noticed that the previously lush demonic plant was now half withered. At first, only the flowers withered and fell off, so she didn't pay much attention. But now the branches and leaves were also turning yellow.
They looked utterly miserable, as if they had been abused...
She handed over a drop of blood essence, not a drop of poison, right...?
Yao Sisi approached it and pinched one of its leaves. It was dry to the touch, like a weed that had been pulled up and sun-dried, with hardly any moisture left.
She asked anxiously, "Yan Li? Are you alright?"
The other party emerged weakly from the main body, his face showing obvious exhaustion. "I'm fine. The fusion of essence and blood requires a lot of life essence, which consumed a lot of energy, but it's all taken care of now."
Yao Sisi sensed that his transformed body was not as solid as before, and she didn't know exactly how much life essence he had consumed to cause this. "I thought that the growth of spiritual plants into fruit was closer to the laws of nature, but I didn't expect it to consume so much energy. Let me transfer some spiritual energy to you to help you recover!"
Yan Li smiled wryly, "But we're not of the same race, and we're not orthodox pollinators..."
As he said this, he gave Yao Sisi a meaningful look, his eyes filled with a mournful allure, which made Yao Sisi take a step back and wipe the sweat from her forehead.
"Ahem, I was in a hurry at the time, and besides, it wasn't appropriate to be too intimate... Anyway, as long as the goal was achieved, that's fine. I never expected you to end up like this..."
Yan Li posed a soul-searching question: "If you had known I would end up like this, would you have pollinated me intact?"
Yao Sisi hissed. This question had truly hit the nail on the head. "I don't like making assumptions. Anyway, it's all in the past, so let's not dwell on the details. Look at you, you're in such a dangerous situation. Let's not talk about romance..."
Shouldn't we at least show some respect for the hellish predicament that has been fought so fiercely?
Yan Li pursed his lips, his long green hair fluttering gently in the wind, a few strands brushing against his lips, making him look like a pure elf. He looked at his true form not far away and comforted him, "We don't have... so it will be more difficult to condense a complete crystal, but it's okay, I will recover slowly. You don't need to worry about me. Input your spiritual energy into the crystal on my true form, it needs you more."
Yao Sisi paused, her gaze falling on the crystal he had mentioned. It was a coating formed after the petals had fallen off. She didn't know what it looked like inside, but she could vaguely sense a connection to it.
This was truly strange. She stared at it for two seconds before saying, "The wrapper is so small, won't it be too tight?"
Will the seeds produced be malnourished?
Seeing her nervousness, Yan Li explained, "It's still in the early stages; it will gradually grow stronger."
Yao Sisi thought that this was at least her child. Although it was indeed a bit special, and humans and plant cultivators were different after all, she always felt that she was born to purify vengeful spirits, rather than growing up in real love, so she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Unlike Yan Li, she didn't take it for granted, but she also had no right to complain. Different species have different views, but responsibility must be taken. She adjusted her spiritual energy and slowly channeled it into the plant.
Then she said something she hadn't expected: "Will she be called a vegetative state person after she's born?"
The result of her mouth moving faster than her brain was that she immediately contradicted herself after saying it, "Look at me, my mind isn't clear right now, I actually said such stupid things, please don't laugh at me..."
Yan Li said, "The crystals might form a group... One name isn't enough, but I don't know how many seeds will survive."
Upon hearing this, Yao Sisi realized that the name was "vegetative state person," which was unacceptable; she would never give such a name.
"How can there be a survival rate? I remember that the higher the grade of the plant, the fewer seeds it produces, so wouldn't even fewer survive?"
Yan Li: "I don't know either. The memory inheritance doesn't say what would happen if it were incubated with essence blood."
Yao Sisi: "I read in a book before that the amount of sperm and blood produced during pollination is half that of normal pollination. How much does your race normally produce?"
Yan Li: "If it's only half, then it's probably only two or three seeds!"
Yao Sisi thought to herself: This kind of environment is really not good. If two or three seeds are removed and the ones that cannot survive, will there be only one left in the end?
It's so tragic that after expending so much energy, only one seedling remains.
"I want to renovate this place, and I must ensure that they all survive."
Yan Li turned her head to look at her and found that she was very different from the plant cultivators. Under normal circumstances, their clan did not care how many survived or whether the whole army was wiped out. They even hoped that many would survive so as not to compete for resources. Why did she seem to hope that everyone would survive?
"You care about them that much?"
Yao Sisi: "Of course, don't you care?"
Yan Li thought to herself: It's alright, after all, she wants to purify the vengeful spirits, but she's not as concerned about it as she is.
If you care, then I care.
Yao Sisi lowered her head and took out a spirit-gathering array from her spatial storage, then disdainfully dug out a cubic meter of soil from it. "What nonsense are you talking about? You yourself expended so much of your life essence to grow a few seeds, how could you not care?"
Seeing that she really cared and had carefully set up the magic array, Yan Li naturally wouldn't say anything unpleasant to make her uncomfortable.
"Yes, I do care."
Seeing his pitiful state, Yao Sisi muttered to herself, "The time for the secret realm to close is not far off. I won't be able to stay for long, and I'll have to rely on you to take care of me from now on." I can only do my best and leave the rest to fate.
Yan Li: "A secret realm?"
Yao Sisi explained, "I don't know much else. I only know that this place opens once every once in a while. I only managed to get in by chance. I have to leave before it closes."
Yan Li wasn't completely clueless: "So you entered the secret realm to explore for resources, right..."
Yao Sisi nodded in agreement, her hands continuing to channel spiritual energy into its body, and adding some soil to its roots. Fortunately, she was focused on cultivation and didn't date much, nor did she want to cross species; it felt too strange. If it slept with her at night, what would she do? If she found a plant-cultivating boyfriend, wouldn't she just stand there like an idiot with it at night and accompany it through photosynthesis during the day?
Oh, right, I also need to water it occasionally...
If you're arguing, will you put a few leaves on your hips and then slap a few more leaves across your face?
Yao Sisi quickly interrupted her terrifying conjecture and, taking advantage of her greatly increased cultivation, poured a large amount of spiritual energy into the small garment on Yan Li's main body.
Yan Li: "I'm sorry, I've taken up a lot of your time and even received a drop of your precious essence blood..."
Most people who enter the secret realm return with a full load of loot, but she, on the other hand, has spent countless resources and gained nothing.
Yao Sisi comforted me, "It's alright. My cultivation has increased a lot, so it's not a loss. Besides, you were able to nurture more seeds and purify those vengeful spirits, which is remarkable. You don't need to apologize to me. Anyway, I did it voluntarily, and you've helped me accumulate some merit. It's said that merit has wonderful uses in lightning tribulations, but I don't know if it's true."
A large amount of spiritual energy was poured into his body. Although it did not alleviate his deteriorating appearance, his spirit was better than before.
Yan Li: "It's useful, but it requires a lot of merit to work. We plant cultivators are also very afraid of lightning tribulations, which basically mean certain death."
Yao Sisi: "That's true. After all, it's a tribulation of lightning, and it's not something that can be easily overcome. Perhaps only Buddhist cultivators with profound merit can overcome it!"
Yan Li nodded: "Well... your cultivation is a bit weak after spiritual cultivation. While the spiritual energy here is plentiful, my wife, you should focus on stabilizing your cultivation and not waste your energy on me."
Yao Sisi pursed her lips, initially wanting to correct his form of address, but then thought better of it. Anyway, she was leaving soon, so she decided to let him be unrestrained for a while.
Yao Sisi set up a spirit-gathering array around his main body, and then, instead of listening to his advice to consolidate her cultivation, she ran out and started mining with a small shovel. She could consolidate her cultivation after she went out, but the spirit stone mine in front of her was not always available.
With vast, untouched spirit stone mines right in front of us, how could we possibly leave empty-handed after entering such a treasure trove?
Soon, Yao Sisi was covered in sweat, but she had gained a lot!
She spent the rest of her time mining, and her storage bag was soon full. A trip to the secret realm made her a little rich woman!
Just as she was getting excited, the cries of vengeful spirits echoed around her again. The man in black, who was under the spirit-suppressing array, was about to get up and cause trouble. He found that he would react as soon as the vengeful spirits appeared, but he could be quiet for a while if the vengeful spirits did not appear.
Yao Sisi retreated to Yan Li's side; it was too dangerous outside the magic array at this moment.
"You're so weak right now, how will you deal with him after I leave, since he's always exploding?"
Don't let yourself die at the hands of a vengeful spirit, only to fall victim to him instead.
Yan Li asked cautiously, "Would you be willing to spend more time with me?"
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Author's note: It's been so cold these past few days!
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