I'll Dance for You, Fellow Daoist!

After Wu Chu released the lesser demons he had imprisoned in the valley and those trapped in the Mountain Terrain Formation Array, the White Ye King declined the invitation to visit Purple Jade Mountain. He excused himself by saying he had other matters to attend to in the mountains and hastily departed with a group of lesser demons.

Although the value of these gifts was nowhere near that of the lesser demons, Wu Chu did not make things too difficult for the White Ye King.

After all, a demon king at the Golden Immortal level couldn't extract much good stuff.

After Tianmu Daoist was Houtu by Yibao and Houtu, Wu Chu didn't gain any benefit from it. He only had a low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, which was a claw-shaped Spirit Treasure that Wu Chu didn't really value. It was not as valuable as the pair of giant centipede eyes and the giant centipede bones.

It is evident that while there are many famous Innate Spirit Treasure in this Primordial Land, not everyone is qualified to obtain them.

Even someone like Wu Chu, whose cultivation level isn't actually that great, is still far wealthier than most Golden Immortal, if you disregard his Merit Spiritual Treasure.

The fact that the White Ye King could produce two Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root at once was already considered quite generous.

Back at the Summit of the Sacred Tree, Wu Chu instructed Little Moon Spirit to organize the items. The Spirit Crystal Treasure King was placed in the treasure vault, the fruits and vegetables were shared, and seeds were kept for those who needed them.

He then planted the two Spirit Root he obtained on the cliff of Flower Valley Mountain.

There are two Spirit Root. One is White-Barked Pine, which is somewhat ugly in appearance, especially after the outer bark has peeled off, revealing grayish-white inner bark that is irregularly distributed on the trunk like scales.

Clearly, this cannot be the legendary top-grade Spirit Root Five-Needle Pine.

The pine tree is over a hundred feet tall, with several trunks branching off from near the base. Its branches are dense, forming a broad tower shape. Once thrown onto that cliff, it extends its roots into the crevices of the cliff, taking root on the mountainside and swaying in the wind.

Listening to the rustling of the pine trees, Wu Chu was quite looking forward to when they would start producing pine cones.

The other one is a vine, which was planted by Wu Chu not far from the White-Barked Pine.

As soon as it was planted, the vines began to climb up the mountain forest behind the cliff on their own, and soon they occupied a small patch of towering ancient forest behind the cliff.

The vine was covered with green bean pods, clearly some kind of bean, but the pods were as thick as his thigh, and he had no idea what kind of beans were inside.

Wu Chu picked a bean pod, broke it open, and examined it. He discovered that this light green bean with some pink spots was likely Imperial Beans, also called a sachet bean, Fish Beans, or emperor bean...

This is the best of the best among beans, Wu Chu is eagerly awaiting the day it ripens.

This bean was as thick as a bowl, and it grew from Spirit Root. Wu Chu was very much looking forward to seeing what special effects it would have.

After planting the two Spirit Root, Wu Chu secretly dreamed for a while before going to the Mulberry Tree to check on the two ancient silkworms, the Celestial Silkworm of these silkworms.

Over the years, those two Celestial Silkworm have grown considerably larger. If it weren't for the rapid growth of the Mulberry Tree, they wouldn't have been able to wreak havoc on it.

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you accompany me for a stroll on Flower Mountain?"

Qingqiu Li appeared beside him and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Wu Chu paused for a moment, then nodded.

The two strolled through the apricot blossom rain. Wu Chu sighed softly, "Fellow Daoist, are you bidding me farewell?"

Qingqiu Li smiled slightly, neither admitting nor denying it. She simply extended her slender hand, letting the pink petals fall onto her pale fingers. Then, with a flick of her fingertips, the petals fluttered up. She twirled around, and the petals on the ground floated up again.

"Fellow Daoist, you haven't seen my improved Celestial Fox Dance yet, have you?"

"..."

"Over the years, the Little Flower Fairies and I have improved this dance. With their performance, would you like to see it, fellow Daoist?"

"OK!"

Wu Chu smiled with narrowed eyes, but his mood was somewhat melancholy.

The departure of close friends is never a pleasant experience.

Wu Chu sat down on a huge rock in the sea of flowers. In the sea of flowers, petals danced in the air without wind, like graceful pink butterflies, converging towards Qingqiu Li.

Skirts fluttered and ribbons danced, and music began to play softly, starting with the sound of a pipa, like a silver bottle suddenly breaking and water gushing out. In the sea of flowers, Qingqiu Li's figure also moved, still in the same starting posture of bending her legs and bowing her body, drawing a circle with one hand, her black hair flying like a waterfall.

Then, the soft strains of the zither filled the air, petals fluttered down, and that graceful figure danced along with them. Although there was no Dao Resonance flowing through her, and although she was surrounded by a sea of flowers, her unparalleled figure remained the focus of this vibrant world.

Without the flow of Dao Resonance, Wu Chu would not have been misled.

He knew this was Qingqiu Li's way of showing him care. Otherwise, with his cultivation level, he would have been lost in the graceful dance from the very beginning of that opening stance.

Her figure twirled, her black hair and ribbons dancing in the wind, pink petals fluttering like butterflies in pursuit, the sound of the flute melodious and pleasant, yet seemingly carrying a trace of sorrow that could not be erased.

So beautiful!

Wu Chu propped himself up on his elbows, lay down sideways, bent his legs, and looked languid. Looking at that graceful figure, he couldn't help but admire her softly in his heart.

In the distance, Summit of the Sacred Tree, two small figures sat on the edge of Tree Platform, legs bent, hands resting on their chins. "Fox Ancestress Ancestor's dance was so beautiful! Xiao Yu's dance was beautiful too."

Little Moon Spirit was very kind; she added another sentence afterward, although it sounded a bit like a perfunctory response.

"Our ancestor... she might be leaving!" The Little Fox was somewhat melancholy, but her melancholy was slightly different from Wu Chu's.

"Huh? How did you know? Did your senior tell you?"

"Although she didn't, she had said before that once the Celestial Fox Dance was perfected, she would return to her clan for seclusion. Now that she's inviting Senior A Chu to watch the dance, it's clearly a farewell."

"Are you going back with Senior Fox Ancestress?" Little Moon Spirit tilted her head and looked at the Little Fox. "Are your parents still in Qingqiu? Do you want to go back and see them?"

The Little Fox shook its head, its little mouth pouting slightly. "I heard from our ancestor that my parents have gone to Mount Buzhou with my grandfather, and they will never return to Qingqiu."

"Oh? So we won't be able to see each other anymore?"

Grandfather said, "If fate allows, we will meet again!"

She paused for a moment, then continued, "When my grandfather sent me to this Purple Jade Mountain with the two seniors, he told me that I should not return to Qingqiu afterward, but learn skills from Senior A Chu. As long as I can learn even half of Senior A Chu's skills, I will have nothing to worry about."

"What Senior Seventeen said is not wrong. A Chu has quite a few skills. Just the Dao of Cooking alone is enough for me to study and understand for a lifetime!"

The Little Fox nodded slightly. "Although Senior A Chu's cultivation has not yet recovered, he is indeed very skilled. The Dao of Song and Dance he taught me has many similarities with the Celestial Fox Dance, the ultimate Illusion Technique of our Qingqiu Fox Clan. If I can master this art to its peak, it will certainly be of great benefit to our clan's Illusion Technique."

Little Moon Spirit giggled and said, "Let's work hard together!"

The Little Fox nodded silently, but its interest was not high.