Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel-Chapter 731 - 408: Dowry and Heavenly Stars

So this is what perfection means.

Selfless, boundless, infinite.

Li Ye gazed at the Golden Crow perched serenely on the tree’s crown.

A sudden wave of reluctance surged in his heart.

This little one probably cannot stay by his side for long; it belongs to a wider world, and forcing it to stay in a limited world might cause it discomfort.

"Ah."

"I really wish to shelter you all under my wings."

He sighed softly.

The distant Golden Crow seemed to sense his helplessness.

The light it cast was warmer.

Yet, it also seemed unattainably high.

He was in a dilemma, unable to let himself feel this troubled.

So he raised his palm, and the Xiangshui Tree appeared.

A black veil gate formed from the hazy moonlight appeared.

Lang Yue, wearing a black robe, slowly walked out from within.

She was carrying a basket, seemingly woven by herself.

As she saw Li Ye, she was about to speak.

She suddenly noticed the Golden Crow sitting on the treetop in the distance, her eyes instantly brightened, and her voice carried a tone of anticipation:

"Is this your little one..."

"What a bright sunlight."

Then she handed the basket to Li Ye: "Here, this is my dowry, I’ll go over there first!"

After saying that, she transformed into a streak of black moonlight and confidently sat beside the Golden Crow, smiling: "Little brother, all alone?"

The Golden Crow blinked its eyes.

Its golden pupils were calm and unruffled.

It spoke: "You came at the right time. Your moonlight is useful to me. This region cannot have just my sunlight, it also needs moonlight."

Saying this, it landed directly on her.

Urged: "Hurry, don’t dawdle, the clear light of the Sun and Moon needs to be selflessly scattered upon all things under heaven and earth!"

"..."

Somehow, this didn’t seem quite right.

Lang Yue felt a bit reluctant.

Though her Spiritual Power was far more than that of an average Divinity Transformation, the issue was... Spiritual Power doesn’t just blow in with the wind.

Even if she had obtained it through some means, it was achieved through considerable effort!

The Golden Crow noticed her hesitance.

It tilted its head slightly.

Its pure golden eyes looked straight at her.

This was an understanding issue.

For the Golden Crow, with its near-limitless power, spreading sunlight was almost a natural instinct.

But for Lang Yue, it was something she felt a bit unwilling to give up.

Yet under its gaze, Lang Yue, elegant and aloof in her black robe, let out a slight sigh.

"Alright, alright."

"I’m doing this for you."

Very reluctantly, she reached out her hand.

Then she touched the outstretched wings of the Golden Crow.

As if their palms met, the somewhat dark moonlight emanating from her turned bright and clear, spreading over all things in the wake of the sunlight.

Yet, strangely enough, she didn’t feel "reluctant"; instead, she experienced a peculiar and very comfortable sensation.

Her power was indeed diminishing.

Even though losing that power would leave her lonely in the darkness.

Yet she felt she could release even more of it.

Because she was under the Sun’s embrace.

That small Golden Crow was now quietly perched on her shoulder, as the one closest to the Sun, she had long been bathed in the Golden Crow’s light.

Somewhat more special than others.

She gazed at the Golden Crow still looking into the distance, her gaze full of undisguised expectation.

Perhaps...

She might never possess the Sun alone.

But at least she was here, right?

Li Ye watched them, feeling it somehow wasn’t quite right.

He originally meant to find someone to share the helplessness this little one brought, yet after Lang Yue arrived, she quickly seemed enraptured, even appearing to allow anything to happen.

But he couldn’t argue with it either, possibly this was a case of one willing party succumbing to another...

Accompanying a selfless sun isn’t exactly easy.

He glanced down at the "dowry" Lang Yue brought.

The black basket contained round, gem-like "stars" that continued to twinkle faintly even in the dark, drifting like a starry river in deep space. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"This is..."

Li Ye’s expression turned slightly solemn.

There’s a saying that goes, "Celestial stars and Earth veins."

If within the world the Earth veins are the source of all Spiritual Power, releasing endless Spiritual Qi to nurture all things, in chaos, it would be the celestial stars.

The celestial stars here cannot simply be termed celestial bodies.

Because celestial bodies are related to worlds, even the smallest star in the galaxy could be a "world" of the Chaotic Outer Domain, the celestial stars here are a higher source of Spiritual Power than the Earth veins.

Starry Light Falls, and All Things Are Born.

Celestial stars can give rise to Earth veins.

Even Li Ye had never seen such things, because the stars in the Tao Furnace Realm differ, celestial stars only in the Chaotic Outer Domain can be born.

Unexpectedly, Lang Yue actually had so many.

Ninety-nine of them!

This indeed was an excessively generous dowry.

Which meant Li Ye certainly needed to provide a bride price.

This wasn’t about status or position, but a gesture of goodwill.

The question was, what suitable bride price should he give for such a valuable dowry, it seemed appropriate to exchange something of equivalent value.

Li Ye pondered deeply.

He had some ideas.

Yet his heart inexplicably felt a tinge of bitterness.

It’s one thing for my good friend to turn into a daughter-in-law.

But why should I pay the bride price! Raising a child is too troublesome, maybe I should return the dowry and send her back to the Xiangshui Tree?

He looked into the distance.

Perhaps his gaze was too intense, as Lang Yue had already turned back, loudly declaring: