"Husband, you're amazing! You can actually grow trees out of thin air!"
Watching the seed sprout a three-inch root and a pale green shoot, Zhu Yu Yan couldn't help but gasp in admiration.
Her divine sense could only penetrate the seal by a single zhang, and even then, she could only observe, unable to move anything, not even a strand of hair.
Yet, Yang Hong could already grow trees from nothing.
She, along with Li Li Zhi and the others, once again witnessed Yang Hong's terrifying talent for farming.
"When it comes to other things, I can't say, but when it comes to farming, your husband is absolutely the best."
Yang Hong tilted his head back proudly, accepting all the praise from his wives.
There was no need for him to be modest; those with a system were not allowed to be low-key.
Especially after he had further comprehended the Dao of Creation, Yang Hong would have been a master-level farmer even without the system.
"Husband, now that we have the first plant, I imagine it won't be long before this snow mountain is filled with vegetation. What kind of formation do you plan to set up?"
Li Li Zhi looked at the newly sprouted seedling and was already thinking about what formation Yang Hong would deploy.
The others also looked over with curiosity. They weren't worried about the plant's growth; they had witnessed Yang Hong's planting techniques.
What they were more concerned about was what formation Yang Hong would set up, and whether it could help them escape this cage-like seal.
"To escape this seal, we naturally need to set up a teleportation formation. However, we don't have Xuanjing stone, Kongjing stone, Wangkong tree, or other spatial treasures. It will be very difficult to set up a teleportation formation, and it will take a long time. Everyone needs to be mentally prepared."
"Husband, just take your time planting. We believe in you. Sooner or later, we will get out."
Although anxious to leave, Li Li Zhi was not unreasonable. She held Yang Hong's hand and comforted him instead.
"Yes~ We'll get out eventually. That old nun Puji, just you wait. One day, I'll kill her."
"It would be a waste to kill him, Husband. It's better to capture her and make her a slave."
"That's fine too. We'll capture her then and let you all torment her properly."
"Okay~ Okay."
With the first plant outside the sealed space, the entire Yang Hong family was in high spirits, joking about the Puji Bodhisattva from the Upper Realm.
Little did they know that in the Buddhist realm, Puji had sneezed eight times consecutively during Maitreya Buddha's dharma assembly and was confined by Maitreya Buddha for 800 years.
After a bout of laughter, Song Yu Zhi suddenly asked.
"Husband, what kind of plant is this? Is it a flower, a grass, or a tree?"
"I don't know yet. But judging by how it was planted and its current state, I suspect it's a poplar or a willow. However, it's just sprouted, so I can't be sure."
Yang Hong didn't answer hastily but analyzed based on the available conditions.
"I see. Then what grade is it?"
"Third grade. The seed was third grade, but with my cultivation, it has a high chance of advancing further."
"You're still amazing, Husband."
Song Yu Zhi smiled and praised Yang Hong again.
Yang Hong chuckled but said nothing.
In the following days, Yang Hong daily poured divine power into twenty nine-grade spiritual plants. Afterward, he would come to the sealed wall, carry the Dao of Creation with his divine sense, and irrigate this plant with the Dao of Creation.
With Yang Hong's careful nurturing, although the plant grew slowly and was clearly malnourished, it stubbornly persisted.
After a month, it only grew a third leaf, measuring only six inches from the tip of the leaf to the end of the root.
In the fourth month, it grew a fourth leaf, and the entire plant finally surpassed one foot in length.
"It's not easy, it's really not easy. It took a full four months to grow to one foot. It's truly the slowest-growing plant I've ever seen."
Despite his complaints, Yang Hong did not give up on caring for this plant.
This was because even though he had carefully nurtured the other two seeds, they hadn't survived the rooting and sprouting stage, their life force dissipating one after another.
Therefore, he naturally had to cherish this remaining plant. As long as he had time and his divine sense was sufficient, he would envelop this plant with the Dao of Creation.
Finally, after ten months, the plant grew to two feet, and its original species could finally be discerned.
This plant was originally a willow tree.
The reason for saying "originally" was that its current appearance was somewhat magical.
The two-foot-tall plant was now a second-grade spiritual plant. Although it was a bit of a pity for a third-grade seed to produce a second-grade spiritual plant, being second-grade from birth was still considered good quality.
The two-foot-tall spiritual plant had slender leaves and was beginning to grow into branches.
When the four leaves first emerged, they were a verdant green. However, as they grew, they gradually turned an icy blue. Now, the earliest, thickest, and longest leaf had largely turned icy blue.
The main trunk, influenced by the environment, had completely turned white like snowflakes, and small ice crystals would occasionally form on it.
The willow tree, which originally grew in warm regions, had gradually adapted to the cold weather and begun to change its state under the influence of Yang Hong's Dao of Creation.
Most importantly, this willow tree also possessed a faint spatial attribute!
"Husband, how about we call it the Ice Willow Tree?"
Having grown to this extent, Li Li Zhi and the others could also recognize the prototype of this plant.
"That's very fitting. From now on, this plant will be called the Ice Willow Tree.
This little guy, modified by the Dao of Creation, has become a new species. We should indeed give it a name."
Yang Hong pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. The name "Ice Willow Tree" might not be entirely accurate, but it was quite fitting.
From afar, the willow tree looked as if it were carved from ice.
"By the way, have you discovered any new seeds?"
Yang Hong then thought of another issue.
"We haven't found any new seeds. Perhaps the willow tree's flowering season is over. Husband, you haven't forgotten the time, have you?"
"Hmm~ Calculating the time, it should be September now. The willow tree's flowering season has indeed long passed. Time flies so fast."
Yang Hong counted on his fingers and realized the exact time. He also realized that he and his wives had been sealed here for ten years!
"Don't worry, Husband. Willow trees grow very quickly, and they produce a lot of seeds each season. We will definitely be able to quickly plant a large area of Ice Willow Trees, and then we will have enough materials for the formation."
"Mm~"
Yang Hong nodded and looked at the two-foot-long Ice Willow trunk and its slender branches, feeling a surge of excitement in his heart.
A good start had been made; now it was time to see the results.
Whether it was the inherent trait of the Ice Willow or due to the environment, even with Yang Hong's daily nurturing of the Dao of Creation, its growth was exceptionally slow.
It took three years for it to grow to sixteen feet, and it also began to flower for the first time.
After three years of growth, the Ice Willow Tree had six branches, which had developed into a trunk, and sparse icy blue leaves had grown on the branches.
These newly grown leaves did not slowly turn from verdant green to icy blue. Instead, they were icy blue from the beginning, and their color gradually deepened.
It was clear that the mutation and evolution of the Ice Willow Tree had stabilized.
Under Yang Hong's care, snow-white flowers bloomed on the branches of the Ice Willow. The tiny willow catkins persisted on the tree for a full three months before beginning to fall and scatter.
[Finally, my forest will begin to be planted.]
Yang Hong sighed at the difficulty of planting a single tree, yet he eagerly anticipated the trees forming a forest and then setting up the formation he envisioned.