Chapter 584 Fruit Spirit 4

After leaving the shop, Ning Yan bought a set of painting tools and went home. She began to study her talent. Logically speaking, since the fruit spirits in this world are able to absorb spiritual energy, their awakened talents should also be able to be improved. It's impossible that they can only be used to make ice to exchange for money.

So she had her servants bring several buckets of water and set them up in the room to start her experiment. She observed the flow of spiritual energy in her body throughout the entire process of the water turning into ice. After studying it for half the night, she finally figured it out.

With the original owner's abilities, he could make two hundred ice chests a day.

In ancient times, ice was expensive, with some saying that its price in summer was comparable to gold and jade. In this world of fruit spirits, ice is not that expensive, but a single ice chest still costs one tael of silver.

Especially during the hottest days of summer, the demand for ice surges, and prices also rise.

Two hundred ice chests equal two hundred taels of silver. In the three months of summer, her talent for making ice alone could earn the Gou family more than ten thousand taels of silver.

In the latter half of the night, he began to meditate and cultivate, absorbing spiritual energy to improve his talent level.

When cultivating, one doesn't feel tired. Even if she doesn't sleep all night, Ning Yan is still full of energy.

At the beginning of Chen Shi (7-9 AM), a servant brought in breakfast. Ning Yan finished her cultivation, washed up briefly, and ate breakfast.

I changed my clothes and went to the study.

I took out the painting tools I bought yesterday and copied Su Wan's peony painting. After it dried, I placed it on my desk with a paperweight.

As for Su Wan's painting, she naturally put it away.

Gou Min'er arrived an hour later. As soon as she arrived, she took out the antique paintings and calligraphy to introduce to Ning Yan as if they were treasures. Then she hung these paintings and calligraphy in a conspicuous position. Afterwards, she pretended to accidentally dirty the peony painting on the desk.

"Oh dear, Brother Ning, what should we do? I... I really didn't mean to, what if the painting gets dirty?"

She looked anxious and took out a handkerchief to wipe the stains on the painting, but the painting only got dirtier and dirtier, and she even rubbed it until it was torn. She was happy inside, but she pretended to look guilty on her face.

Ning Yan quickly stopped her: "No need to wipe them, you'll just get your hands dirty. Let the servants clean them up."

Gou Min'er smiled slightly. See? Now that there's something better, how could Ning Yan still look at Su Wan's lousy painting?

She summoned a servant, and Gou Min'er washed her hands. The painting was then taken away by the servant.

Ning Yan then told Gou Min'er about her intention to quit her job.

"Why did you quit your job? Did you think you weren't earning enough?"

Ning Yan smiled at her: "How long will it take for me to marry the man I love with just the money I earn from working?"

Gou Min'er lowered her head shyly, "What are you saying?"

Ning Yan's gaze towards Gou Min'er seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words, "You know what I mean!"

Gou Min'er: I don't care whether you have money or not. As long as you come to my house to propose, I will definitely marry you immediately!

However, as a woman, she must be reserved, otherwise she will be looked down upon. Therefore, she would not take the initiative to express her feelings to Ning Yan.

Gou Min'er walked away with a blush on her face.

Watching her retreating figure, Ning Yan's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a deep and serious expression.

After getting into the carriage, Gou Min'er's expression changed.

The maid, Magpie, muttered softly, "Miss, this Ning Yan seems a bit slow-witted. When will he be able to come up with a suitable betrothal gift to propose marriage on his own?"

Even the house he lives in now is only because of the young lady's tip. He even quit his job. Does he want to fly to the moon?

Gou Min'er said nonchalantly, "At worst, I'll just ask Father to help him. As long as his heart is with me, I'll always find a way to make him devoted to me and willing to die for me."

Magpie couldn't understand why Miss insisted on Ning Yan. Although he was a Fruit Spirit, and Fruit Spirits did have a higher status in this world, compared to the Gou family's immense wealth, Ning Yan was just a useless man. She really didn't know what she could do by marrying him!

Of course, Gou Min'er wouldn't explain anything to a maid. She recalled a conversation she overheard between her great-grandfather and father when she was a child: "As long as the fruit spirit is willing to offer its spirit pearl, the spiritual energy on the spirit pearl will not disappear, and the person who takes the spirit pearl can transfer the remaining lifespan of the fruit spirit to themselves. Unfortunately, in my life, I have only managed to win the heart of one fruit spirit, and now my lifespan is probably coming to an end."

Her great-grandfather was over 150 years old at the time, but he looked only 70 or 80. Gou Min'er thought to herself, "My family is so rich, it would be great if we could live forever."

So she started to take care of the family's orchard. The orchard was specially selected and carefully managed by the head of the Gou family. After so long, a fruit spirit finally emerged this year.

Gou Min'er went to great lengths to achieve immortality, personally watering the fields, catching insects, weeding, and chatting with the original owner every day, so that the first time the original owner transformed into human form, she appeared as a man.

She was determined to have Ning Yan—no, she was determined to have immortality!

Therefore, she was happy to put in more effort!

...

Ning Yan cultivated for two more days in the manor and finally created a cultivation technique for this plant-transformed body, which she then recorded on paper.

As soon as she finished writing, a servant came to report that the shop had been renovated. Ning Yan went to the ice shop herself and used her special ability to make two hundred ice chests in just one hour.

People with talent are amazing; in just a few days of training, her efficiency has increased several times over.

Moreover, she had examined her inner self and found that the spiritual pearl in her heart had changed; the pearl was redder and slightly larger. Although the change was limited, it was still noticeable upon close inspection.

I wonder if Guo Ling will be able to ascend to the upper realm after cultivating to the end.

The shopkeeper's surname was Zhou. He had a smiling face and was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. He always had a smile on his face, making him the perfect person to entertain guests.

"Manager Zhou, take this recipe and study it carefully to see if you can make it. If you are confident, open another shop. If you don't have enough staff, you can buy more people. If you sell a lot, I will increase your monthly salary."

Upon hearing this, Manager Zhou's eyes immediately narrowed into slits with a smile. "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely manage the business well and not let you down."

What's there to be disappointed about Ning Yan? If she doesn't do a good job, we can just replace her.

After returning home, Ning Yan continued to immerse herself in cultivation. However, she no longer went to the shop every day. Instead, she made ice at home and had the servants transport it to the shop. In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and the shop's daily turnover increased from two hundred taels to more and more, eventually stabilizing at around three hundred taels.

In addition, Ning Yan had Manager Zhou open an iced drink shop next door, specializing in iced drinks.

The smooth, creamy, and refreshing taste of the ice cream captivated the hearts of many wealthy young men and women, and even as the temperature gradually cooled down, their daily income was still no less than a hundred taels of silver.

In just one month, Ning Yan's cultivation finally underwent a qualitative change. The spiritual pearl in her body, which was originally only the size of a fingernail, grew to the size of a quail egg, and its original crimson color had turned orange.