Lin Jingge sat cross-legged under the giant tree, closing her eyes to regulate her breathing.
When the pain in her chest subsided, Lin Jingge opened her eyes. A flash of green light appeared in her eyes, so fast that it was almost imperceptible.
"Is this the Cloud Cauldron Continent?" Lin Jingge stood up, leaning against a tree trunk, and murmured to herself as she looked around.
She took a deep breath and felt herself enveloped in spiritual energy.
Immediately, I realized that the Cloud Cauldron Continent truly lived up to its reputation.
Xiao Shi jumped off Lin Jingge's shoulder, and Lin Jingge instinctively caught Xiao Shi with her palm facing upwards.
"Xiao Shi, can you find any trace of Gan Lan?" Lin Jingge held Xiao Shi in her hands, raised her hand to her eyes, and looked at her at eye level.
Xiao Shi waved its paw, its tail swaying leisurely: [I haven't found any trace of Gan Lan here; it probably fell somewhere else.]
Xiao Shi communicated with Lin Jingge using its consciousness. After speaking, it flicked its tail and easily leaped onto Lin Jingge's head, perching there: [It's common for one-way teleportation arrays to fail to reconnect, Gege, don't worry too much. You arrived safely at the Cloud Cauldron Continent later, and Gan Lan even arrived before you, so everything will be fine.]
“Sigh…” Lin Jingge sighed and sat down again against the exposed tree roots.
"I'm not worried about whether she can teleport over. You know Gan Lan's personality."
Since she brought the person to this place, she must be responsible for them, but now the person can't be found.
Gan Lan knew nothing, and Lin Jingge was more worried that the other party would suffer a loss.
Gan Lan is simply too naive; she hasn't experienced the harsh realities of society and believes everything strangers say.
You don't even need candy to lure her away; a single word is enough to get Ganlan to follow you.
Perhaps she had been a maid for too long, Lin Jingge was worried, and she had already imagined several scenarios in her mind where Gan Lan would be tricked or get into trouble with someone and be killed.
"Gege, don't worry about these things now. I don't think Ganlan is destined to die young; she'll definitely be alright," Xiaoshi comforted her, then revealed the purpose of their visit to the Cloud Cauldron Continent: "We came here mainly to find spiritual plants for Grandma."
Lin Jingge responded, forcing herself to stay alert: "I remember there are six types of spiritual plants missing, right?"
The main ingredient for refining the Life-Giving Pill, the Life-Giving Fruit, has been obtained; now, all that is needed are some auxiliary spiritual plants.
Several flavors were found in the secret realm, but only the six specialties of the Cloud Cauldron Continent remained.
"Dripping Pearl Fruit, Fire-Born Flower... these are often auctioned by the larger auction houses on the Cloud Cauldron Continent. The only thing that's hard to find is a hundred-year-old Green Wood." Xiao Shi said, recounting the detailed information about the spiritual plants.
It was only then that it discovered that after it set foot on the Cloud Cauldron Continent, the pages of the Heavenly Book had been updated. The Cloud Cauldron Continent, which originally only had a few pages of simple explanations, now had a lot of new information updated.
[Gege, the Heavenly Book has changed, do you want to see it?] Xiaoshi jumped down from Lin Jingge's shoulder and landed steadily on Lin Jingge's knee.
"What changes can the Heavenly Book undergo?" Lin Jingge asked, staring at Xiao Shi standing on her knees.
[The changes are huge! I just learned that the Heavenly Book changes according to the region. I've really struck gold!] Xiao Shi said with great surprise.
While it was talking to Lin Jingge, it also managed to flip through the Heavenly Book.
Previously, four-fifths of the Heavenly Book described the local customs and specialties of the Canglan Continent. Now that it has arrived at the Yunding Continent, the Canglan Continent section has been put away. When it tries to flip through it, it turns into just a few pages of very concise introduction.
All of these factors suggest that the content of the Tomorrow Book was presented according to regional characteristics.
No wonder it's called a heavenly book.
"Then show it to me." Lin Jingge's interest was piqued by Xiao Shi's words. After saying that, she stared intently at Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi didn't keep anyone in suspense and conjured up the Heavenly Book out of thin air.
The Heavenly Book was surrounded by a dazzling golden light. It floated above Xiao Shi's head. Xiao Shi couldn't remove the Heavenly Book from his body, so he could only move it closer to Lin Jingge.
Seeing how energetically the other person was jumping, Lin Jingge simply stretched out her hands and held Xiao Shi up to her face.
Xiao Shi resignedly lay in Lin Jingge's palm.
Looking at the book wrapped in gold that was floating on Xiao Shi's body, Lin Jingge didn't find it unfamiliar. She had flipped through it before, so it didn't feel strange.
She held Xiao Shi in her left hand and touched the heavenly book covered in gold with her right.
Unlike last time, when Lin Jingge touched the Heavenly Book, it did not automatically turn the pages immediately after she touched it.
This time, the Heavenly Book not only didn't turn the page, but it also made a slight commotion.
Lin Jingge couldn't quite describe her feelings, but she felt as if the book in front of her was expressing a longing to her.
How can a book that hasn't developed sentience have emotions?!
The Heavenly Book is now bound to the Lesser Knowledge; roughly speaking, the Lesser Knowledge is equivalent to the book's spiritual wisdom.
After sensing that inexplicable emotion, she subconsciously looked at Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi lay lazily in her palm, even stretching languidly, showing no other intentions whatsoever.
So, that's the reason for this book?
She lowered her eyes, and after realizing this, immediately withdrew her hand.
However, this very contraction led to an accident.
The pharmacopoeia, which had been obediently residing within Lin Jingge's body, suddenly erupted out of Lin Jingge's consciousness due to some unknown stimulus.
It should be noted that this pharmacopoeia is something that Lin Jingge has already contracted, and given the absolute control that the Lin family bloodline has over it, if Lin Jingge doesn't want to take out the pharmacopoeia, it will absolutely not appear.
But now, something that seemed almost impossible has happened.
The pharmacopoeia seemed to be attracted by something and flew directly towards the celestial book.
Lin Jingge reacted quickly, reaching out and grabbing.
She held the pharmacopoeia firmly in her grasp.
The captured pharmacopoeia shimmered with a green light. Lin Jingge felt as if she had caught a ball of green light and wanted to put it into her body, but she found that the pharmacopoeia was not as obedient as before. It was as if the golden book in front of her had an irresistible attraction to it.
As the pharmacopoeia's green light flickered, the celestial book seemed to respond, radiating golden light.
"Xiao Shi, quickly take that book back!" Lin Jingge exclaimed, grabbing the medicine book that was struggling to get closer to the Heavenly Book with all her might.
Lin Jingge instinctively wanted to stop the pharmacopoeia, feeling that if she let it touch the heavenly book, she would lose it.
She hadn't shown the pharmacopoeia to the old woman yet; she absolutely couldn't let the pharmacopoeia be absorbed by the celestial book!
Xiao Shi was also jolted awake. After a flurry of fumbling, he managed to retrieve the Heavenly Book.
With the disappearance of the Heavenly Book, the Pharmacopoeia in Lin Jin's hand also fell silent, returning to its original state like an inanimate object.
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