NOVPUB"Oh?" Li Fan looked up at Daoist Baihua.
This guy always managed to startle people when he spoke.
"What do you mean by ’different’?"
Daoist Baihua slowly explained, "Perhaps, Envoy, you are the first person to come into contact again with the True Immortal Stone Statue, or maybe the first to make the statue ’resuscitate’."
"In any case, you must have noticed, compared to others, you possess different powers."
"This may very well be a sign of the True Immortal regarding the Envoy with special favor."
Daoist Baihua tried to come up with explanations and reasons.
Li Fan responded with a chuckle.
"Alright, the intentions of a True Immortal are not something we can speculate on."
"I am a person who knows to repay kindness. Since the True Immortal has created me, no matter the final result, I shall take it upon myself to revive the Tao Lineage of the True Immortal."
Li Fan said righteously, thus ending their discussion on the subject of True Immortals.
"I still do not know what you specialize in. Now that you’ve joined the United Federation of All Realms, we can’t bury your talents."
"Don’t worry, currently, our Union is still in a phase of secret growth and development, and I also know that your actual combat ability isn’t strong, so I won’t make you go into battle and fight with others," Li Fan asked with great consideration.
Seeing Li Fan’s smiling face, Daoist Baihua couldn’t help but suddenly feel an ominous premonition, but still braced himself to reply, "Now that I have transformed into a Liuli Body, there are two things I am particularly skilled at."
"First, soothing and repairing spirit consciousness and Divine Soul injuries. However, this requires consuming my essence, so I can only do it occasionally."
After paying respects to the True Immortal Stone Statue, Daoist Baihua knew that a connection had formed between himself and the statue. Li Fan could also sense his emotions through this.
Thus, Daoist Baihua did not dare to conceal anything and honestly confessed, "The second would be to nurture and care for spiritual plants and herbs. Not only can I make them more vibrant, but there is also a certain chance to engender Spirit Essences in them."
"However, I have observed that the Spiritual Energy of this realm is all being absorbed by the Central Spirit Tree, hence the scarcity of spiritual plants."
Li Fan nodded, "Indeed, the Spirit Tree Realm has become quite barren."
Daoist Baihua breathed a sigh of relief.
"Not to worry, our Union still has another base, which will surely meet Daoist Baihua’s requirements."
Li Fan replied with a slight smile.
The next moment, Daoist Baihua’s vision blurred.
When she managed to see clearly, her body involuntarily started trembling slightly once again.
Before her stood a Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree that was even taller than those of the Spirit Tree Realm.
Instead of depleting Heaven and Earth of its nutrients, the giant tree had around its roots, and even on the branches of the Spirit Trees, formed numerous miniature ecosystems.
Countless grasses, spiritual plants, and Spiritual Medicines were packed within them.
Dense and spreading all the way to the horizon.
Even with her Divine Soul, she could not see the end in an instant.
The extremely dense Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy almost suffocated Daoist Baihua.
She had never seen such a magnificent scene before and, in a daze, thought she had found herself in the legendary Immortal World!
"This... where is this?"
It took a long while before Daoist Baihua regained her composure.
Not seeing Li Fan, she looked around and asked.
"This place is one of the Secret Bases of the United Federation of All Realms, the Spirit Tree Cave Heaven."
"I believe the richness of spiritual plants here is sufficient for Daoist Baihua to handle, right?"
Li Fan’s voice boomed across Heaven and Earth.
Daoist Baihua opened her mouth, then hesitated to speak.
With Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy so rich in this place, what need was there for her to manage it? Any plant she picked at random was a top-grade material!
However, sensing the veiled threat in the other’s tone, Daoist Baihua could only say bitterly, "Enough, it’s enough."
"Haha, that’s good. Although the resources here in the Cave Heaven are a bit richer, it has been abandoned for too long and is somewhat disordered. I’ll have to trouble you to pay extra attention. After all, it’s going to serve as a logistics base for the Union in the future, so we must be meticulous," Li Fan said with great earnestness.
Daoist Baihua looked at the boundless expanse of the Cave Heaven and nodded woodenly.
"To thoroughly manage this place, even with my current abilities, it would take at least a decade," Daoist Baihua sighed.
"This Envoy seems to be a smiling tiger," she thought.
But her true body had already been bound by the True Immortal Stone Statue, and the Liuli still remained under the other’s control. She was like a fish on the chopping block and Daoist Baihua had no choice but to start laboring diligently.
Luckily, she was actually fond of dealing with these spiritual beings, and this Cave Heaven had not been disturbed by cultivators for who knows how many years. All the spiritual beings were growing well, evoking a sense of pity at a glance.
Daoist Baihua went through each area one by one, and her mood gradually improved.
She didn’t know how much time had passed when her movements were interrupted by a thunderous noise from the sky.
Daoist Baihua looked up and saw a vast expanse of land suddenly appearing and floating at the halfway point up the giant tree.
It was like a dark cloud, obscuring the sky.
Li Fan’s voice came again, "Oh, by the way, there are also many spiritual plants in another base. I’ve moved them all here for you, so you don’t have to run back and forth."
"If convenient, you might as well transplant all of them into this Cave Heaven," he added.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fan’s presence disappeared again.
Daoist Baihua was stunned for a moment, then flew up into the sky to take a look, and almost didn’t catch her breath.
She saw that the continent was still covered with spiritual medicines, far and wide.
And all of them were of extremely old age.
"They are categorized by Array Techniques, all planted for at least a few thousand years. They can be called the finest quality..."
"Did this Envoy empty some ancient Immortal Gate?" she wondered.
"Dealing with these will be even more troublesome," she mused.
"Will the work schedule increase by another five years?"
Daoist Baihua said to herself, filled with helplessness.
...
Li Fan, sensing Daoist Baihua in his own Wood Attribute Cave Heaven, nodded slightly.
Although Daoist Baihua seemed to have completely submitted, after all, she was an Immortal Cultivator who had been asleep in the outside world for who knows how many years.
Li Fan still couldn’t completely trust her.
Keeping her suppressed in his own Cave Heaven, while also having her help manage the disorderly spiritual plants, truly was killing two birds with one stone.
Ever since Li Fan devoured the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, his strength had further improved.
The Five Elements Cave Heaven also continued to grow slowly, and the Wood Attribute Cave Heaven, in particular, continued to fall into a state of wild growth.
Daoist Baihua’s arrival was just perfect!
As for the continent filled with spiritual plants that Li Fan later brought over, it was the Medicine King Sect’s Secret Realm, the Valley of Eternal Life!
Since it was destined to be Li Fan’s possession, it was only right to move it into the Wood Attribute Cave Heaven for concurrent processing.
"The return of the Medicine King Cauldron is not far off," he thought.
"The lack of manpower issue at the United Federation of All Realms will soon be relieved."
Li Fan’s gaze seemed to pierce through the barriers of the Small World, reaching directly into the skies of the Xuanhuang World.
The turbulence caused by the appearance of Daoist Baihua gradually settled down.
One month later, Mo Rubing finally contacted Li Fan quietly.
"Brother Xingwang, the exotic treasure capable of deducing Array Techniques has been found."
