Blood Spring Advancement, Lakeside Mortal Realm (Seeking Monthly Votes, Seeking Monthly Votes)

Within the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, the spring breeze once more brushed across the lakeshore, while sunlight spilled down in gentle warmth.

The Peachwood Demon's true body was covered in pink peach blossoms, the Floating Cloud Tea tree was laden with pale camellia flowers, and even the Star Pear Tree had begun to bloom with pear blossoms, their fragrance fresh and pleasing.

The Gold-Quenching Origin Fruit wood demon had become obedient now, following behind the Peachwood Demon and receiving its teachings all day long.

Its gaze was full of helplessness and dejection.

Unlike in Long Elephant Valley, where it could act as recklessly as it pleased, even controlling its flowering season and fruiting.

Inside this grotto-heaven, let alone controlling anything, it had to tread carefully even when looking at the other living creatures.

It could not approach Spirit Mountain and could only take root beside the spirit lake at the end of the Spirit Eye Spring. Yet there were quite a few third-rank great demons and fourth-rank demon kings here.

It had to yield to every one of them, and even then, the Peachwood Demon would find all manner of reasons to lecture it.

For example, if its flowering came a few days late, that meant it did not respect its master.

If its roots crept even one step closer to Spirit Mountain, that meant it was threatening its master's Blood Spring.

If the shape of its leaves did not bow toward its master's Spirit Mountain, that too was an outrageous act of rebellion.

And it knew clearly that all of this was because Ye Jingcheng had not formed a blood pact with it.

"Alright, I need to cultivate now. Today's instruction ends here. You must humbly seek guidance from every one of your master's spirit beasts and wood demons!" After