Chapter 309: Chapter 248: Spirit Plant Seedling Breaking Through the Soil
A moment later, Zhou Tongtong finished her ice cream. She threw the empty container into the trash can, then got up from the sofa to say goodbye to Lin Li.
"Lin Li, I’m going home now. I’ll come play again next time..."
"You can come over to play whenever you want. We’ll eat ice cream together," Lin Li said as he walked Zhou Tongtong to the door and opened it for her.
"Mhm." Zhou Tongtong nodded vigorously. Her fondness for the big brother next door had just gone up another level.
After seeing the little one from next door off, Lin Li went to the bathroom for a cold shower, then headed back to his bedroom for an afternoon nap.
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CLICK.
THUD.
The door opened and closed. Zhou Tongtong was home. Just as she was about to head into the living room, she saw her mother walking toward her.
"Tongtong, what took you so long just to take out the trash?"
"After I threw out the trash, I went to Lin Li’s place to play for a bit," Zhou Tongtong explained to her mother, her little mind whirring.
As for the ice cream, the little one wouldn’t bring it up unless her mother asked.
"Eh?!!!"
Xia Qing, dressed in a loose white housedress with her soft, long hair tied in a ponytail, was stunned to hear her daughter had been playing at Lin Li’s. ’When did my daughter get so close to Lin Li?’ she wondered. ’She actually went over to his place to play.’
She knew that at their old complex, where they had lived for two or three years, Zhou Tongtong had never once thought of going to a neighbor’s house to play.
Now, they had only been in this new complex for just over a month, and Zhou Tongtong was already going over to her neighbor’s...
"Mom, I’m a little sleepy. I’m going to my room to nap for a bit," Zhou Tongtong said with a yawn.
"I cut up some oranges. Have a few slices before you go to sleep," Xia Qing said.
"Mhm." Zhou Tongtong nodded and headed for the living room.
She picked up a sliced orange from the fruit platter on the coffee table and started slurping it down.
After quickly eating two or three slices, she left the living room, washed her hands in the bathroom, and went to her room to sleep.
With her daughter gone for her afternoon nap, Xia Qing was left alone in the living room watching TV.
Just then, the phone beside her started ringing. Xia Qing glanced at it. The caller ID showed the name of her sister-in-law.
Ever since that couple had been taught a lesson by Lin Li and warned by the Security Officers, they hadn’t come to bother Xia Qing again.
After all this time, just when Xia Qing thought they would never contact her again, a call came through.
RING RING RING...
The phone continued to buzz, but Xia Qing just stared at it, not answering the call.
Finding the noise annoying, she silenced her phone and set it aside, ignoring it.
After being deceived by that shameless couple multiple times over the years, Xia Qing’s heart had hardened. She had made up her mind not to be as indecisive as she used to be.
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YAWN~
A lazy yawn suddenly echoed through the dim room.
Waking from his afternoon nap, Lin Li let out a yawn, then reached for the phone on his nightstand to check the time.
It was 3:15 PM. He had napped for nearly two hours.
Lin Li threw off the covers and got out of bed. After leaving the dim bedroom, he first went to the bathroom to splash his face with water, washing away the last traces of sleep.
Coming out of the bathroom, he went to the living room, picked up the kettle, and poured himself a full glass of plain water.
GULP GULP GULP...
In the summer, sleeping in an air-conditioned room always left him incredibly thirsty upon waking. Lin Li chugged the entire glass of water in one go, finally soothing his dry mouth.
Afterward, he went to the balcony and gathered the clothes that had been drying there for a long time. Without bothering to fold them, he tossed them directly into his closet.
He was a guy, after all! Especially one living alone. Few would take the time to fold their clothes before putting them away.
After carelessly tossing the clothes into the closet, Lin Li returned to the living room and glanced up at the clock on the wall.
About ten minutes had passed since he woke up.
’Time to head to the Mysterious Small Island and water the crops.’
With a thought, Lin Li vanished from his living room.
...
On the Mysterious Small Island, shrouded in a vast white mist, a figure materialized at the edge of a five-hundred-square-meter field.
Appearing on the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li checked on the corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and watermelons he had planted in the field.
Although it hadn’t been long since he planted them, they had all sprouted.
Lin Li nodded in satisfaction. He then grabbed a bucket, instantly appeared at the edge of the island, filled it with water, and returned to the field in the blink of an eye.
After a few trips back and forth, he had watered all the crops in his five-hundred-square-meter field.
Once he was done with the field, he picked a fresh cucumber from the vine, rinsed it in the bucket, and took a bite.
CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH...
He could never get tired of these crisp, tender cucumbers. The refreshing scent of cucumber filled his mouth.
While eating the cucumber, Lin Li looked toward the southern side of the island and vanished once more.
CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH...
Munching on his cucumber, Lin Li arrived before the Spirit Plant laden with Spirit Fruits that looked almost identical to cherry tomatoes.
Seeing no unusual changes in this Spirit Plant, Lin Li averted his gaze and turned to a spot not far away, where he had planted what he suspected was a Spirit Plant seed.
"Huh?!!!"
Still eating his cucumber, Lin Li saw that a vibrant green seedling had sprouted where he had planted the suspected Spirit Plant seed.
The verdant seedling had just broken through the soil, with only one centimeter of it visible above the ground.
If Lin Li hadn’t looked closely, he might not have even noticed it.
Lin Li approached the verdant seedling that had just recently emerged.
He crouched down, staring intently at the seedling before him, a look of pleasant surprise on his face.
’Spiritual Energy! So it’s just as I suspected. That thing really was some kind of Spirit Plant seed!!!’
Within Lin Li’s Perception, he could sense a very faint Spiritual Energy Wave coming from the verdant seedling.
Although this Spiritual Energy Wave was incredibly faint—so faint that if you didn’t perceive it carefully, you might mistake it for an illusion.
However, as long as a plant could emit a Spiritual Energy Wave, no matter how weak, it was a genuine Spirit Plant.
Besides, just because the Spiritual Energy Wave from this Spirit Plant Seedling was extremely weak now didn’t mean it would stay that way forever.
After all, it had only just broken through the soil and was still a seedling. Once it grew, it should become much stronger.
Take the Spirit Plant next to it, the one covered in Spirit Fruits. Before it was brought to the Mysterious Small Island and planted, the Spiritual Energy Wave it emitted wasn’t very strong either.
Back then, it was only at the First Rank Initial Stage. But now, after a sudden growth spurt, the Spiritual Energy Wave it emits has reached the strength of the First Rank Middle Stage.
Lin Li believed that once this verdant Spirit Plant Seedling grew up, the Spiritual Energy Wave it emitted would gradually strengthen.
The only uncertainty now was whether this Spirit Plant would bear Spirit Fruits.
Of course, if it couldn’t produce Spirit Fruits, he would be a little disappointed, but it wouldn’t be a total loss.
A Spirit Plant was a Spirit Plant, after all. Even one that didn’t bear Spirit Fruits had many other uses.
For example, some Spirit Plants could be used in medicine and were essential ingredients for certain special remedies.
The materials of other Spirit Plants could be used to craft Spiritual Artifacts.
Even if it couldn’t be used for medicine or crafting Spiritual Artifacts, at the very least, a Spirit Plant could increase the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the air within a certain range.
For some low-level Cultivators, this was a cultivation accelerator they would fight to the death for.
’The Spirit Realm really is a great place! I’ve only been there a few times, and I’ve already obtained a second Spirit Plant.
Grow up quickly! Let me see what you’ll look like when you’re older. Will you bear Spirit Fruits?’
Lin Li muttered expectantly as he looked at the verdant Spirit Plant Seedling before him.
Afterward, he stayed on the Mysterious Small Island for a little while longer, ate two more cucumbers, then left and returned to the real world.
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