Fairy Lingyue gave Xu Taiping a faint smile.
For some reason, although the person in front of her was just a teenager, she felt that his resolve was stronger than that of many adults, very much like someone she had once known.
Fairy Lingyue suddenly beckoned to Xu Taiping.
"Is there anything else you need to instruct, Fairy?"
Xu Taiping stepped forward, a bit puzzled.
At that moment, Fairy Lingyue extended a finger and lightly tapped Xu Taiping's forehead.
Before Xu Taiping could react, he felt a refreshing coolness penetrate his mind, and then a white paper appeared in his mind, detailing a prescription and its preparation method.
"Bone Marrow Cleansing Decoction? There really is a potion that can allow bones to cultivate."
After reading the effects of the potion, Xu Taiping's face lit up with joy.
"Don't be too happy yet, little one. The Bone Marrow Cleansing Decoction is supposed to be used in conjunction with another potion. However, the ingredients for that potion are too precious, and giving it to you would be useless. Therefore, you will face some difficulties when soaking in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Decoction."
Fairy Lingyue poured cold water on Xu Taiping's head.
"What kind of difficulties?"
Xu Taiping asked immediately.
"Without the other potion, you will experience excruciating pain all over your body when soaking in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Decoction, as if you were being flayed and scraped."
Fairy Lingyue said with a serious expression.
"I'm not afraid of pain."
Xu Taiping thought seriously and then shook his head firmly.
Although Lingyue wanted to say that he hadn't experienced that pain and wouldn't answer so easily, for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
"Today, I am in a good mood. In addition to the potion I promised you, I will give you something else."
Fairy Lingyue suddenly smiled and then gently clenched her hand.
In an instant, Xu Taiping saw white light gather in Fairy Lingyue's palm like ribbons. When she opened her hand, three colorful, translucent beads appeared.
At the moment these beads formed, Xu Taiping clearly felt that Fairy Lingyue's figure became more transparent.
Before Xu Taiping could ask what they were, Fairy Lingyue suddenly raised her hand and threw the beads to three different spots in the medicinal garden.
After doing this, Xu Taiping heard Fairy Lingyue begin to chant a spell. At the same time, pale green light gathered around the beads, forming a mysterious rune pattern that enveloped the entire garden.
"This is the Small Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array. Although it is not as powerful as a true Spirit Gathering Array, it will ensure that your half-acre medicinal garden yields three times the harvest within a year."
After doing all this, Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping, looking somewhat weak.
Xu Taiping's face lit up with surprise. He then pulled out the four yellow bean spirit crystals from his pocket and offered them to Fairy Lingyue.
"Fairy, take these four beans. My grandfather said that in any transaction, fairness is the most important thing, otherwise it won't last."
Seeing Xu Taiping say this seriously, Fairy Lingyue couldn't help but laugh, but then she said seriously:
"You are right. Since it is a transaction, it should be fair. However, the cultivation you are about to undertake will require these spirit crystals, so consider them a loan. You can pay me back when the Earth Fruit bears treasure again."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping thought seriously and then nodded.
"Then when I pay you back next time, I will include interest, so I will give you five spirit crystals."
"Good, good, you must include interest."
Fairy Lingyue covered her mouth and giggled.
At this moment, Fairy Lingyue's figure became even more transparent, and her aura clearly weakened.
"Xiao Taiping, my residual soul is too weak and needs to rest and recuperate in the Earth Fruit. It will take at least one or two months before I can come out. From now on, the medicinal garden and your cultivation will depend on you. Don't hold me back, as I need the Earth Fruit to restore my true form."
Fairy Lingyue instructed Xu Taiping with a slightly playful tone.
"Fairy, don't worry. Cultivation is my own responsibility, and I will not hold you back."
Xu Taiping's eyes were very determined.
"You are right. Cultivation is a personal journey. The long road of cultivation can be helped by others for a while, but not forever. Ultimately, it depends on oneself."
Fairy Lingyue smiled in satisfaction and then pointed to the withered bean plant.
"Taiping, go inside and find a shovel. Dig out this bean plant and bury it in the center of the medicinal garden."
Xu Taiping nodded and went into the house without a word.
As he turned to go inside, Fairy Lingyue, who had been smiling warmly, suddenly became stern and turned to look at the wall behind her.
Following her stern gaze, one could see a pair of eyes glowing with a faint blue light, stealthily watching the courtyard.
The moment Fairy Lingyue turned her head, the eyes clearly noticed her and rolled off the wall.
At the same time, Fairy Lingyue's somewhat ethereal figure suddenly transformed into a gust of wind, rushing out of the courtyard and slapping the figure that had rolled off the wall.
"Spare me, Immortal, spare me! I am just a lowly ghost, coerced by the Tiger Lord of Qingfeng Gorge to harm others!"
Before Fairy Lingyue could speak, a ghost with a greenish face and a rotten body, revealing white bones, bowed to her.
"Being a lackey for a tiger, that's what scoundrels like you are."
Fairy Lingyue snorted coldly and then slapped the ghost away with a wave of her hand. At that moment, she seemed like a completely different person from when she was with Xu Taiping.
"Wait, my strength has not fully recovered, and I may not be a match for the tiger demon. Killing this ghost will only bring trouble. Instead, I will cast a mind-control spell on it, making it forget this incident. When Taiping becomes stronger in the future, he can subdue the tiger demon, which will be good practice for him."
Fairy Lingyue, who was about to kill the ghost, suddenly retracted her hand, muttered to herself, and then smiled happily.