Preparing to Go Home

After deciding to return to the canyon, Lin Yan didn't rush to leave. Instead, he took Mo Xuan with him and began to selectively revisit some of the areas they had cleared and repaired over the past century.

He had long wanted to bring back some of the spirit beasts or spirit roots he had discovered over the years.

Firstly, it was to complete the remaining tasks released by the system. Secondly, he wanted to further improve the ecological level of his own canyon.

His first target was the Jade Spirit Deer herd he had saved. Jade Spirit Deer had gentle temperaments, beautiful appearances, and a talent for stimulating the vitality of plants and trees. Crucially, one of the deer in the herd had already developed intelligence, making communication much easier.

When Lin Yan and Mo Xuan's auras appeared before the deer herd, there was a moment of commotion. Mo Xuan's faint Qilin Pressure made them uneasy.

But upon seeing Lin Yan, they quickly calmed down. They even lowered their heads and let out soft calls, expressing their gratitude for Lin Yan saving their lives.

When the leading Deer King understood Lin Yan's intentions, it soon let out a series of gentle calls, expressing its willingness to comply. The spirit beast's instinct told it that following Lin Yan would lead to a better life than their current one. As for whether Lin Yan would deceive them, with its level of intelligence development, it couldn't think that far ahead.

"What's the use of spirit beasts with such timid temperaments and weak strength?" Mo Xuan said with a pout after Lin Yan placed more than a dozen Jade Spirit Deer into the Clear Spirit Space of the Primal Chaos Plate.

As a top-tier innate divine beast, he naturally disdained spirit beasts of the Jade Spirit Deer's level.

Lin Yan's standards weren't as high as a Qilin's. The Jade Spirit Deer were already considered high-level spirit beasts within a radius of ten thousand miles. He was overjoyed to have successfully brought them under his wing.

Next, they went to the Emerald Bamboo Forest. They moved a Bamboo King, which had already developed a faint spiritual sense, along with the entire bamboo forest and the Spirit Soil beneath it, into the Primal Chaos Plate. There was a newly sprouted Vajra Bamboo in their canyon, which would be perfect for them to grow together.

Afterward, the two found other creatures in the wilderness.

The "Colorful Cloud Sparrow," small in size with brilliant feathers and a clear, pleasant call, could gather clouds and bring timely rain. Their original habitat had been destroyed by fierce beasts, and they were currently wandering in search of a new home. So, when Lin Yan invited them, they happily flew into the Primal Chaos Plate.

There was also a nest of "Hundred Flower Bees," which originally fed on the nectar of various flowers. However, the surrounding Spirit Flowers had been corrupted by malevolent energy, and their numbers were dwindling. The Bee Queen, having developed intelligence, was worrying about the survival of her colony when she encountered Lin Yan. Grateful for Lin Yan's past help, they immediately led their colony and willingly expressed their desire to follow him.

Lin Yan and Mo Xuan collected a total of over a dozen spirit beast tribes and spirit roots of good quality. This was not a large number relative to the population of living beings within a million-mile radius. He couldn't cause another ecological disaster due to his own momentary greed.

Seeing that Lin Yan was only choosing weak creatures, Mo Xuan couldn't help but say, "Lin Yan, why are you going through all this trouble? These little things, apart from being a bit pretty and having some strange abilities, have almost zero combat power. They aren't even qualified to guard the house."

Lin Yan explained, "I don't want them for guarding the house, nor for fighting. I want them to help me build my home. Besides, with my cultivation, if I really brought back a few Heavenly Immortal Realm spirit beasts, would I be managing them, or would they be managing me?"

Mo Xuan thought for a moment and scratched his head, "That seems to be the case. Your Mid Earth Immortal cultivation is indeed a bit... low-key."

Lin Yan: "..."

The spirit beasts and spirit roots chosen by Lin Yan were all placed in the Clear Spirit Space of the Primal Chaos Plate.

Over the past century, the Primal Chaos Plate had continuously absorbed malevolent energy and transformed it into a considerable amount of spiritual energy. This spiritual energy, besides nourishing itself, was largely stored in the Clear Spirit Space on the fourth layer. The layer closest to the Primal Chaos Seed had its spiritual energy compressed into a viscous liquid, with some even solidifying. Ordinary creatures dared not stay there for too long, for fear of absorbing too much spiritual energy and exploding.

Even the uppermost layer, where the spiritual energy was the sparsest, had a spiritual energy concentration more than a hundred times greater than outside. The spirit beasts and spirit roots that entered the Clear Spirit Space were all overjoyed, thinking they had arrived in some extraordinary Grotto Heaven, and each found a place they liked to bury themselves in cultivation.

"That's enough," Lin Yan said contentedly, looking at the various spirit beasts and spirit roots in the Primal Chaos Plate's internal space. He nodded with satisfaction. "Xiao Mo, let's go home!"

Lin Yan had been away from his Canyon Home for nearly three hundred years and missed the home he had built with his own hands, as well as his nine younger brothers. He wondered what changes had occurred at home over the years and how his younger brothers were doing.

With his heart set on returning home, Lin Yan didn't walk back slowly on foot as he had on his way there. Instead, he used the divine ability "Earth Vein Resonance" that the system had rewarded him with and his latest comprehension to speed up his journey.

With the boost from this divine ability, he could utilize the intertwined network of earth veins beneath the ground to perform short-distance, rapid movements. Traveling with this ability was much faster than his Earth Escape Technique, let alone his clumsy flying skills.

Mo Xuan's journey was much more leisurely. His four hooves seemed to stir up clouds, and he trod on auspicious light. He appeared to be moving at an unhurried pace, yet he always managed to stay by Lin Yan's side. This made Lin Yan sigh once again at the profound heritage of a top-tier divine beast. The abilities they casually displayed were superior to his own most advanced skills.

The distance of hundreds of thousands of miles, covered by one person and one beast, took only a few dozen days before they arrived at the edge of the canyon.

When a seemingly ordinary, continuous mountain range appeared before them, Lin Yan pointed at the mountains and said to Mo Xuan beside him, "This is it. Inside, is my home."

Mo Xuan's eyes widened. He found that this was just an ordinary mountain range, its surface shrouded in a faint, almost imperceptible mist. When he looked closer, he noticed a subtle, inexplicable rhythm seemingly drifting within the swirling mist, but it was easily overlooked if one didn't investigate carefully.

Compared to the magnificent scenes of famous mountains and great rivers, bathed in myriad rays of rosy clouds and auspicious qi, that Mo Xuan had seen, such a small mountain was truly a bit too... humble.

Lin Yan smiled without speaking. He formed a hand seal and pointed at the empty space in front of him. An earthy yellow light shot out from his fingertip.

Hum!

A faint, almost imperceptible hum sounded. The scene before them rippled like water. The mist in a certain part of the mountain suddenly parted to the sides, revealing an entrance covered by a pale yellow light shield. Within the entrance, lush greenery was faintly visible, and spiritual energy was as thick as mist, a stark contrast to the "barren mountain" scene outside.

"Huh? A formation?" Mo Xuan, being from the Qilin Clan, had considerable knowledge and immediately saw through it. "This formation's... aura is connected to the earth veins of this place, making it extremely hidden. If one doesn't investigate carefully, it's truly hard to discover. Lin Yan, your home's formation is quite profound; even I almost didn't find it." Mo Xuan praised sincerely.

"Just a small means of self-protection, nothing too advanced," Lin Yan replied humbly. Then, he made a gesture of invitation. "Xiao Mo, please come in. Welcome to my Canyon Home."