"You said you had sensed its spiritual power?"
Li Ye gently stroked the turtle Azure Bird had transformed into. "At the Myriad Gods Shrine..."
Now that it was far from the mother plant of the Love-Sickness Life-Death Bean, its spirituality had weakened somewhat. Communication was a little sluggish, but it could still convey what it meant.
Li Ye spent some effort figuring out its meaning.
Simply put, when it had undergone purification at the Myriad Gods Shrine, it had absorbed the Spiritual Energy of the Flint Flame Divine Tortoise and perfectly replicated it—in its eyes, leaving the Myriad Gods Shrine had also been a parting.
It remembered every parting deep in its heart.
"Does that mean that if we encounter another god from the Four Seasons Sect in the future, you'll be able to transform again?"
The turtle nodded.
Though it wanted to proudly raise its head, the structures of a turtle and an Azure Bird were ultimately rather different.
After a long silence, it suddenly turned back into a red bean and burrowed into Li Ye's pocket.
"..."
"You little thing, are you actually embarrassed?"
Li Ye shook his head helplessly and patted his pocket. "Thank you. Get some good rest—we should be able to go back soon."
So the situation now was that Li Ye was connected to it through a crystalline thread of Divine Sense, while it could control the pinecone.
That meant the pinecone was also within Li Ye's control.
"So that's how it is."
Li Ye beckoned to the pinecone once more.
It immediately fell into his palm. As he circulated his mana, the fragrance of Pine Resin stored inside instantly spilled forth, turning into clouds of mist that tightly coiled around Li Ye.
"Is there anything else?"
He tried activating the power of flint