Before long, the Locust Spirit Courier returned carrying a candle.
That was right.
This spiritual plant that looked like a candle was none other than the third-rank Primal Spirit Plant, the Lamp-Fat Flower.
It looked like a vertical white candle, with raised ridges on its waxy surface that resembled flowing candle wax. Those were actually its branches.
Unlike spiritual plants that produced oils themselves, it was used to absorb oils. Different oils allowed it to produce different "fat flowers," each with different effects.
The Earthy Balm Aroma Ore Li Ye had obtained from the mine was once one of this Lamp-Fat Flower's favorite oils.
For a certain reason, Li Ye chose this spiritual plant.
Once he held it in his hand, he had intended to bind it immediately.
Only to discover—
The binding required 3,000 points of Vital Essence.
Three thousand points!
A third-rank Lamp-Fat Flower definitely would not cost that much. The bulk of the cost had to come from this lotus.
The amount surprised him, but that surprise quickly turned into joy.
Three thousand points meant it was worth three thousand points. The greater the cost, the more miraculous the changes it might undergo.
Even if this thing demanded ten thousand points, Li Ye would grit his teeth and scrape them together. Cultivators occasionally stuffing themselves silly was perfectly normal, anyway.
"Good thing I have it."
Li Ye spent three thousand points on a symbiotic binding.
The instant the binding was complete, the lotus bud slowly bloomed, revealing its seedpod before directly enveloping the Lamp-Fat Flower within it.
—This scene somewhat resembled when Li Ye had previously used the Harmonious Spirit Lotus to refine Lotus Pills.
That was precisely why he had specifically chosen this Lamp-Fat Flower.
The surrounding Gourd Oil was swiftly absorbed by the Immaculate Lotus,