"Jade Ginseng King Pill."
In the small courtyard of Taohua Village, twenty-four thumb-sized elixirs, shimring with white jade light, floated up from the pill furnace, spinning leisurely in mid-air before flying into the twenty-four cyan porcelain bottles that had been prepared under Liu Qingyan’s seal technique.
"Using the whiskers of White Jade Ginseng and Petal Nan Zhi Umbrella as the main ingredients, supplented with sixteen auxiliary herbs, forming twenty-four pills. They can connect soul and mind, nourish the spirit and transmit divinity, refine the body and temper the constitution, infuse Qi and apply techniques."
Liu Qingyan laughed and said, "What’s most wonderful is that because both White Jade Ginseng and Petal Nan Zhi have spirits, the elixir’s properties are mysteriously gentle, making it suitable for mortals to consu and change their constitution.
This is truly a divine dicine that can rejuvenate, extend lifespan, and has even more miraculous effects compared to ordinary millennial spirit dicine. After all, though spirit dicine is good, mortals cannot withstand its potency."
"Hiss—"
Everyone gasped collectively.
...
This was the third day since the Ginseng Doll moved into Taohua Village. After drinking Stalactite Spiritual Liquid and enjoying the Earth Vein spiritual power at Peach Blossom Plain, watching Zhi Ma skillfully shake its body and send a piece of umbrella from its back, she subconsciously plucked a few strands of hair to use as food money.
Causing Du Yueyao’s loving heart to swell, she hugged her for a long ti.
The Ginseng Doll blinked her big eyes and said nonchalantly, "I often give my hair away? Many grandpas and grandmas aren’t in good health, and I secretly give them a strand to eat."
After staying for three days, seeing that everyone was amicable and there was no danger in the village, the Ginseng Doll relaxed and started talking more.
"You’re just too adorable." Du Yueyao hugged the Ginseng Doll without letting go, "Anyone who wants to eat you is really a bad person!"
The Ginseng Doll pouted her little mouth and nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, exactly! That fat Daoist did cast a curse on when I went to see Yang Xiaoi!"
"Yang Xiaoi?"
"Mm-hmm!" The Ginseng Doll nodded and said, "Yang Xiaoi is very pitiful, with only an elderly grandma bedridden at ho relying on her to gather dicine to support the family.
This ti, when I went to deliver dicine to her, that fat Daoist suddenly appeared and scared so much that I quickly ran away."
Lin Wan was nearby, and upon hearing this, she couldn’t help but narrow her eyes slightly.
Then the Ginseng Doll looked at Du Yueyao, "Shall we go see Yang Xiaoi? Sister is a physician, can you help save the grandma?"
Du Yueyao glinted her eyes and smiled, "Sure, sister’s dical skills are very good, and even if sister can’t manage it, there’s Brother Lu and Sister Qingyan here."
"Alright, alright!" The Ginseng Doll nodded repeatedly.
"By the way, does Yang Xiaoi know you’re a spirit of White Jade Ginseng?" Du Yueyao said, imdiately realizing she asked a silly question, the Ginseng Doll’s form obviously indicating she’s a forest spirit.
"She knows, she even advises not to show my true form casually in front of outsiders." The Ginseng Doll said, "And she also cooked for , though I don’t like her cooking."
On the other side, Liu Qingyan put away the porcelain bottles but left two bottles out, and with a wave of her hand, Wang Xiaowan and Yi Xiaoqian each had one bottle in hand.
"Old Master Wang has sent food to us for years without anything in return; this Jade Ginseng King Pill suits him, so let it be the old master’s birthday gift this year." Liu Qingyan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Sister Qingyan!"
Wang Xiaowan grinned widely, nodding repeatedly, with harmonious relations between the two families she didn’t ceremoniously return the favor, but she kept the kind gesture in her heart.
"It’s the sa with Xiaoqian, let Young Master Ning consu it, and make sure he exercises every morning. Don’t let him be weak despite his youth."
Yi Xiaoqian held the porcelain bottle, excitedly bowing in gratitude, "Thank you, Sister Qingyan!"
That day, Zhu Yushan and his wife returned, while Ning Zhiqui was at the County Governnt Office handling duties, leaving only Wang Xiaowan and Yi Xiaoqian at Taohua Village.
After sending the elixirs, Liu Qingyan glanced over at Du Yueyao, "I’ll go too."
Wang Xiaowan and Yi Xiaoqian, who remained at Taohua Village, naturally joined, turning it into another group activity, excluding Si Lingxi, who quietly sat under the old peach tree with a book, gesturing for everyone to go without her.
Lu Zheng waved his hand, and a massive white cloud appeared out of nowhere, lifting everyone and flying straight to Rongzhou.
Rongzhou, bordered by Yizhou to the north and nestled against Ling Mountain to the south, is littered with Ling Mountain’s branches, teeming with dense forests, a humid climate, and its people live off the mountains as woodcutters, hunters, and dicine gatherers. Even the frail won can gather wild fruits at the forest’s edge to sell and supplent the household.
The place the Ginseng Doll ntioned, Yang Xiaoi’s ho, is a typical mountain village located at the foot of a ridge of Ling Mountain.
Lu Zheng controlled the cloud to descend, casually used a blinding technique, landing at Yang Xiaoi’s ho and found the small courtyard simple but with painstakingly crafted fences, items neatly organized, and beside it were several chicken coops with so free-range chickens.
Behind the courtyard lay a shabby earth house, with signs of repair but the roof was thickly thatched and the doors and windows woven with vines, impervious to wind and rain.
Currently, the door was half-open, and upon looking inside, it revealed an old bedridden grandma with a withered face on the bed and a middle-aged woman sitting beside feeding porridge to the old woman.
"This woman, is it not Yang Xiaoi?" Shen Ying asked the Ginseng Doll in her embrace.
"No, she’s Aunt Li from next door." The Ginseng Doll replied.
"Then where is Yang Xiaoi?" Du Yueyao queried with a changing expression, "Could she have been..."
"No way!" The Ginseng Doll hurriedly shook her head, "That fat Daoist chased after after casting the curse."
Lu Zheng surveyed the room but didn’t see anyone resembling Yang Xiaoi, appearing in his true form as he walked inside.
"Young Master..." Aunt Li heard footsteps and turned her head to see a handso young man dressed in blue entering the house, his attire and deanor ill-fitted to a small village like hers, leaving her surprised and full of questions in her eyes.
The old woman on the bed also tried to focus her cloudy eyes on Lu Zheng.
"Excuse , is this Yang Xiaoi’s ho?" Lu Zheng asked.
"Yes!" Aunt Li nodded instinctively, "You are..."
Lu Zheng displayed a harmless smile, "It’s like this, I was playing in the mountains before and was bitten by a venomous snake. It was Yang Xiaoi who happened to pass by and gathered snake dicine nearby to save my life.
I didn’t have money at the ti, nor could I repay her, so I asked Yang Xiaoi for her ho’s address, and today, having free ti, I decided to visit the village and personally thank her."
"Why, is Yang Xiaoi not at ho?" Lu Zheng glanced around, "Has she gone into the mountains to gather dicine again?"
Speaking of this, Aunt Li’s face revealed a trace of concern as she opened her mouth hesitantly, glancing at the old woman beside her before speaking, "Yes... she has."
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