There were very few cultivators in the area where Lin Jingge was, and she didn't even know the most basic way to use spiritual power.

She sat in the room, and Xiao Shi took the opportunity to jump onto her lap.

According to Xiao Shi, Lin Jingge poured spiritual energy into the seed for a long time, but there was no change in the seed.

Just before her spiritual energy was almost completely drained, she finally saw the seed sprouting from its shell. To call it a sprout was an understatement; it was merely a tiny, pale yellow tip.

"It's sprouted!!" Xiao Shi was seeing this scene for the first time. Looking at the sprouting seed in Lin Jin Ge's hand, his jewel-like cat eyes widened.

"Quickly, plant it in the soil." Xiao Shi tugged at Lin Jingge's hand, urging her to do as written in the Heavenly Book.

It is essentially one with Lin Jingge; when it speaks, it doesn't open its mouth, but its voice is transmitted directly through the brain.

Lin Jingge planted the seeds at the doorway, and to avoid stepping on the tender sprouts, she specially brought some sticks to surround them.

Nourished by Lin Jingge's spiritual power, the seeds slowly sprouted, grew vines, and blossomed. After the flowers faded, tiny grapes fell onto the vines.

Lin Jingge built a wooden frame, and the grapevines twined around it. She suddenly noticed that after the grapevine frame was built, the spiritual energy in the air was much richer than before.

"Ah!! I finally know why I can absorb the spiritual power of spirit stones, but not the spiritual power of the air!" Xiao Shi's excited voice rang in Lin Jingge's mind.

Lin Jingge was already used to Xiao Shi's jumpy reactions, so she calmly stroked the cat's back and asked, "Why?"

"Because the spiritual energy in the air is too thin, I can't extract this little bit of spiritual energy. But Gege, after your grapevine grows, although I still can't absorb it, I can feel the concentration of spiritual energy in the air."

"My spiritual power is insufficient, and planting this grapevine took all my energy, but I can plant more things." Looking at the green grapevines in front of her, Lin Jingge sighed.

"The spiritual energy here is too thin, it's not a good place for cultivation. Gege, you need to recover your meridians quickly and take Grandma to a place with abundant spiritual energy, otherwise it will be difficult for both of you to improve your cultivation." Xiaoshi has been immersed in the Heavenly Book for the past few days since he woke up, and after reading so much, he knows these things.

Seeing that Lin Jingge hadn't been paying attention to her cultivation, it subconsciously reminded her.

Lin Jingge knew this place was unsuitable for cultivation, but she had no money and her and her grandmother were too weak to leave Qingyun Village.

As the grapes ripen, their deep purple color is so pleasing to the eye that it soothes the mind and body.

Lin Jingge and her grandmother couldn't finish the grapes, so she thought of selling some to Miss Qian and went to the city that same day.

The Qian family in the north of the city.

After being informed, Lin Jingge entered the Qian residence.

"Miss Qian, I have a batch of grapes here. I wonder if you'd be interested?" Lin Jingge, still carrying the same basket on her back, took out a bunch of grapes and handed them to Miss Qian.

Upon seeing the grapes in Lin Jin's song, Miss Qian was surprised to find that the grapes possessed even more spiritual energy than the spiritual rice.

"Yes, yes, yes!" After saying that, she worried that she didn't have enough money: "But I wonder how much your grapes cost?"

She spends money extravagantly and hasn't saved much over the years. Plus, she bought a batch of Lingmi from singer Lin Jin last time, so she's a little short on cash.

However, Ling had no intention of refusing such a potent glucose solution.

After agreeing on the price, it was Qian Suisui's father who paid the money. Just as the two were discussing when to go to Lin Jingge's house to pick fruit, someone came from outside.

"Oh, big brother, you have a guest." The man looked to be about the same age as Qian Suisui's father, a middle-aged man, wearing a dark long robe. Just one glance, Lin Jingge knew that the man's clothes were not cheap.

The man entered the house, his gaze lingering on Lin Jingge for a moment. Seeing her impoverished appearance, he felt contempt for her: "I say, Sui Sui, don't bring just anyone into your home."

"Who I bring home is none of your business!" Qian Suisui disliked her second uncle, Qian Guo, ever since she was a child. He was always being sarcastic and scheming.

"Sui Sui, you mustn't be rude to your second uncle." Qian Sui Sui's father gave her a symbolic reprimand, but there was no real reprimand in his eyes.

Qian Guo wanted to make a few more sarcastic remarks, but suddenly he sensed a gentle spiritual energy in the air. His gaze fell directly on the place in the house where the spiritual energy was most concentrated, which was the basket on Lin Jingge's back.

Although the spiritual energy in the air of Lingyun City is denser than that of Qingyun Village, it is still too thin for cultivators. If they want to cultivate, they still need to draw more spiritual energy from external sources. Relying solely on the spiritual energy in the air, it would take forever to cultivate.

"Brother, what good stuff have you gotten? Don't keep it a secret!" With that, he stepped forward and lifted a tattered cloth covering Lin Jingge's basket.

Before his hand even touched the basket, Qian Suisui swung it at him.

Qian Suisui blocked the way in front of the basket, glaring angrily at Qian Guo.

"Big brother..."

Qian Guo was about to speak again when Qian Suisui's father interrupted him: "Alright, you've seen good things before. These are just snacks my daughter bought herself. If she doesn't want you to see them, then she doesn't want you to see them."

In the end, Qian Guo didn't see what was in the basket, but his intuition was right. Something with such rich spiritual energy couldn't possibly be a child's snack; it must be his older brother who had secretly hidden cultivation resources.

Being a clan leader is great; you can have as many cultivation resources as you want. It's a pity about his daughter; she has such good talent, but she's always stuck at the mortal cultivation level.

Qian Guo thought jealously to himself. As soon as he stepped out of the main house of the Qian family, he sent someone to keep an eye on him.

Lin Jingge accepted the money, made an appointment with Qian Suisui to pick fruit the next morning, and then planned to leave.

Qian Suisui saw her off from the Qian residence.

As she was leaving, Lin Jingge suddenly remembered the spirit stone Qian Suisui had given her and asked, "Where can I buy spirit stones?"

"In the city center, there is a place specifically for exchanging spirit stones. You'll see it when you get there, but it only offers some low-grade spirit stones, and the quantity is limited."

Having received the answer she wanted, Lin Jingge nodded, planning to exchange a few more coins for Granny Lin once she had more silver in hand.

Although her meridians were damaged and she couldn't absorb the spirit stones, both Granny Lin and the space needed them.

On her way home, Lin Jingge walked in a hurry.

"Gege, we're being followed." Xiaoshi's voice rang in my mind.

"Xiao Shi, show me the map of the area, let's shake them off!"

Although Lin Jingge was not familiar with this area, she had Xiao Shi, whose scanning function was powerful. It could scan the terrain within a hundred miles of any place she had been.

Following Xiao Shi's instructions, Lin Jingge darted into the tall grass and led the people behind her in a large circle through the dense forest, successfully shaking them off.

Afterwards, Lin Jingge quickly returned home.

...

"Sir, we've lost them."

"Useless!" Qian Guo cursed angrily.

He initially thought the other party was just an unarmed girl, so he didn't pay much attention to her and just asked a servant to follow her. Who knew that he would lose her!