After a round of conversation, Li Ye finally understood why these senior brothers and sisters were eyeing him so eagerly — it turned out to be because of the gourd oil incidents.

With the unanimous agreement of a few True Men, they were surprisingly going to set up a dedicated hall for him, where the unique spiritual objects produced would be jointly researched and used by the brothers and sisters in the hall.

That's why these senior brothers and sisters wanted to get close, the advantage of being the nearest to the water gets the moonlight first.

Heaven knows how bizarre his expression was when he heard this news.

But after thinking about it carefully, he didn't feel much pressure.

Since the True Men thought the gourd oil and the produced spiritual objects were worth such a price, should he modestly say, "No, no need?"

That would indeed be over-the-top modesty.

After understanding these senior brothers' intentions to cozy up, he politely declined certain issues and obediently pretended to follow all the True Men's arrangements.

Just kidding, he didn't want to get involved in such disputes, even if these disputes were because of his importance, he definitely didn't want to. Who knows if there are complex relations behind this?

If he could get along well with these senior brothers and sisters in the future, they could drink tea and discuss the Dao; if not, never mind.

A few senior brothers and sisters saw Li Ye's determined attitude and probably understood the reason, so they wisely changed the subject to talk about the construction of Island No. 5632.

And on this, Li Ye was quite serious.

This was his first task upon entering the sect, and he couldn't afford to fail!

...

After a while, the flying boat landed on the island.

The disciples of the Array Master, upon landing, directly took out some jade stone panels from their storage rings, which floated beside them.

Those jade stone panels shimmered with a faint light of spiritual power, and as they stepped, they measured the land, leaving behind some array patterns that only the Array Hall cultivators could understand on the surface.

As they walked forward, they communicated with Li Ye:

"Currently, this island is purely piled up with loess and gravel. If you want circulating earth veins and spiritual power structures, you need the help of spirit plants."

"Junior Brother Li, you saw the scroll earlier; if there is anything you need, we will adjust according to your requirements at any time."

In fact, their task is quite heavy. According to the Four Seasons Sect's treatment for outer disciples, each person's courtyard must have a First Tier spiritual spring, a First Tier spirit vein, and an acre of spirit field.

One should know these are for a full ten thousand cultivators, which means ten thousand spirit veins, spiritual springs, and spirit fields.

Even with the help of sect treasures, building arrays in this Four Seasons Sea is not easy.

More importantly, they cannot merely finish setting up the arrays.

They also have to consider future development, leave enough space, and communicate with the Spirit Plant Master to establish the "natural cycle" of Island No. 5625.

Li Ye knew they had a lot of work, so he nodded decisively:

"As discussed earlier, senior brothers and sisters should first build the main framework; I will walk around the island and see where it is appropriate to plant the spirit plants."

"Go ahead."

Thus, Li Ye, carrying a storage ring filled with basic spirit plants, began to stroll around the island.

This storage ring contained the three types of spirit plants currently used by the Four Seasons Sect for constructing the outer disciples' residences, starting with the "Micro Spirit Grass" meant to be spread all over the land.

Next, there's the Guardian Willow Tree, with extremely developed roots strong enough to stabilize the soil and the entire island.

Lastly, there are spirit plants like the Green Wave Grass for purifying moisture and the Starlight Wood for drawing in sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, meant to be planted in water veins and various places.

This was the most fundamental ecological construction.

With each step he took, some seeds would fall, while the Xiguang Bell hung on his left rang softly, spreading warm, gentle light onto the earth.

And on his right was a small Jade Purification Bottle, from which spiritual-water with spiritual Qi endlessly flowed, providing nourishment and spiritual energy to the ground.

Those seeds, upon landing, would instantly take root, using stored spiritual Qi and the spiritual liquid from the Jade Purification Bottle to quickly form expanses of grasslands, which connected with each other.

Among the grasses, Li Ye left pathways in accordance with the array requirements.

With the aid of boards, Jianmu, and the ability of the Emotion Song, Li Ye could know exactly where each seed wanted to grow, sowing according to their ideas and needs.

Thus, the seeds he scattered grew with extraordinary vigor.

— From afar, a halo of bright sunlight seemed to encircle Li Ye, and he appeared to be radiating light.

A lush green meadow quickly spread around him, interspersed with light blue trees speckled with starlight on their branches and tall white willows rooted in the soil.

Everything was so smooth and free.

Li Ye was immersed in this experience, feeling that his "Emotion Song" seemed to have undergone some changes.

Senior Brother He watched from afar aboard the cloud boat, scratching his head with his claw in puzzlement: "Why does this junior brother's planting seem so pleasing to the eyes? The grasses and trees look as if they were swept here by nature's mighty power."

He had seen many Spirit Plant Masters handle the spirit plants for the outer disciples' residences, but none gave such a relaxed and natural impression like Li Ye.

It was as if he were witnessing the grass and wood spirit race living in the sect's grotto heaven.

But those of the spirit race consume divine sense and spiritual power to perceive nature, unlike Li Ye's ease and leisure.

"Oh! Nearly forgot!"

After watching for a while, he remembered the instructions from the leader of the Spiritual Mechanism Vine and quickly took out the Memory Crystal to record the scene of Li Ye scattering seeds.

...

This is the most challenging part, and also the one with the most workload.

Li Ye needs to traverse this land of one hundred and twenty acres by himself, planting all the Spirit Plants.

For other Foundation Establishment Spirit Plant Masters, this would be quite a difficult challenge, because Spirit Plants are not something you can just plant and forget about.

But for Li Ye, it's quite easy.

He really just uses the panel and his Divine Sense to scatter seeds randomly, grabbing a handful of seeds and tossing them out directly.

With the assistance of the sect's Magical Artifact, Thousand Miles Shuttle, it took only five short days to completely sow one hundred and twenty acres of Spirit Plants.

The Array Masters were all amazed by his efficiency.

Who could finish planting one hundred and twenty acres in just five days?

So when Li Ye moved onto the second task in the area temporarily occupied by outer disciples, the Array Masters were still tirelessly setting up the Array.

Strangely, this time the array setup was exceptionally smooth, every blade and tree planted seemed perfectly situated, creating a naturally beautiful feeling that fascinated the Array Masters.

"Why do I feel like this vegetation is like a natural array?"

One Array Master couldn't help saying, "Has Junior Brother Li studied arrays too?"

His companions also found it quite curious.

"I feel like we're not setting up an array on a barren island, but on a real piece of land. The atmosphere here is remarkably harmonious."

Others nodded in agreement:

"Indeed it is."

"Could it be that Junior Brother Li learned arrays in his spare time?"

"Could he have chosen arrays as one of the arts to learn?"

—The last person's comment instantly brightened the Array Masters' eyes.

If that were true, wouldn't it be a joyful thing?

A Spirit Plant Master willing to study arrays, that would mean more opportunities to interact. Although they might not understand the way of Spirit Plants, the way of arrays is certainly not inferior to disciples from Qiongguan Mountain in the Central Domain!

They couldn't help but glance towards the area where outer disciples were enthusiastically building their own courtyards, but they didn't see Li Ye's figure.

They could only continue working.

Meanwhile, Li Ye was already having an enjoyable conversation with an outer disciple—

"Junior Brother, where did you bring this soil from?"

He bent down, gently brushing his fingers over the soil, which was so black it seemed to drip oil, surprised at the spirituality contained within and the vigorous Spirit Plants growing from this soil.

"Oh, that." The disciple talking to him seemed a bit simple-minded, about thirty years old.

This disciple looked at the soil with pride in his eyes: "This is the soil that my Liu family has farmed and cultivated for generations, personally dug out for me by my father from the ancestral land."

"And the Spirit Orange Tree from my home."

"My father said, as long as this soil is here, I can rely on my own skills to create a world within the sect!"

Li Ye looked at this Spirit Field, which was quite out of sync with the surrounding Spiritual Power environment, thought for a moment, and then smiled: "That's true, I can feel the emotions you've poured into this land."

"Emotions that connect through the blood."

Unfortunately…

The spirituality in the soil and Spirit Plants, once far from their native land, will rapidly diminish, and this Spirit Land that Junior Brother Liu is so proud of will eventually be assimilated by the Spiritual Power here.

The Spirit Orange Tree uprooted from his family will likely yield bitter rather than sweet fruit.

—Before chatting with Junior Brother Liu, he had visited dozens of outer disciples one after another, discovering that many of them brought Spirit Plants from their original Cave Mansions and families to plant.

The environment needed by those Spirit Plants was fine.

After all, the Four Seasons Sect can provide various arrays for planting, but the "Earth Qi" within the soil cannot be preserved for long.

It's a different environment, after all.

Moreover, even with the power of the Four Seasons Sect, it is absolutely impossible to construct arrays that can stabilize Earth Qi for each outer cultivator's courtyard.

He could even see a "lost homeland" state present in the panels of these Spirit Plants.

The soil and Spirit Plants are all emitting a painful emotion, as if being washed away by the currents of this island, losing their colors.

This situation is even affecting him because it is he who planted and planned all the Spirit Plants on this island.

So, does this count as a kind of illness?

Or as a trial in his task?

He vaguely felt that solving this matter would greatly benefit his practice of the Emotion Song.

Whether he can quickly condense his Heart Song, will depend on this time.

—It's indeed a strange thing, but he inexplicably feels it will certainly help with the Emotion Song.

Could this be the legendary 'Blessed with a Good Heart'?

So he decided to go ask Senior Brother He.

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