"I have the materials, but your body still needs time to recover. The injury is too severe, so it's best not to overexert yourself. I'm not in a hurry."
The flow of time here is completely different from that outside. So Jian Ning wasn't in a hurry to go back and planned to slowly explore what secrets this place held.
With the abundant spiritual energy from the mid-grade spirit stones, the formation has begun to operate normally.
Xiao Wuyu finally felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders.
During this period, he devoted all his efforts to protecting the ordinary villagers from harm.
"Let's go, Da Bai. You take Brother Xiao back to rest first, I'll wander around."
"After you get back, take another pill."
This time, Jian Ning didn't give him a Rejuvenation Pill; those were too expensive. It was just a bottle of ordinary healing pills, but the effect was still quite good.
"Thank you," Xiao Wuyu said without standing on ceremony, taking the pill and opening it to take out one and glance at it.
In his eyes, this pill was rather crudely made; it lacked the characteristic halos of a pill and contained many impurities. After putting the pill in his mouth and swallowing it, he smiled slightly and said to Jian Ning:
"Beyond this mountain, there are many spiritual herbs. If you wish to learn, I can teach you alchemy."
"You can refine pills too? I was just worried that once these pills were used up, they would be gone. I didn't expect Brother Xiao to be so talented."
Jian Ning was overjoyed; her strength lay mainly in drawing talismans.
Everything else is second-rate. They've only scratched the surface and aren't proficient at all. Now that Xiao Wuyu is willing to teach her, he must be quite capable, at the very least much better than her.
"I am now unable to walk properly, and I can only use one or two tenths of my strength. I am guarding a treasure mountain, but I am powerless to do anything about it."
Actually, what I truly envy is you. Freedom to come and go, carefree and unrestrained. Xiao Wuyu sighed deeply, looking up at the sky.
Sometimes, a person can't fight against fate. He was once a powerful and influential figure, but he never expected to fall so low.
She waved to Da Bai, who carried her back to the study. Jian Ning slowly walked back.
After walking for a short while, Big White came running over quickly, gestured with his hands, and then led the way, running swiftly up the mountain on the other side.
The mountainside on this side is extremely steep, impossible for an ordinary person to climb without equipment; it is full of jagged rocks and overgrown with weeds.
Jian Ning followed behind Da Bai on her sword, and soon they crossed to the other side of the mountain.
Upon arriving here, Jian Ning couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature.
This area turned out to be a garden of medicinal herbs. Due to neglect, these herbs grew alongside weeds, but this did not affect their growth rate at all.
The flowers are in full bloom, displaying a variety of colors and emitting a rich, exotic fragrance.
At a glance, Jian Ning recognized several rare medicinal herbs, such as Blood Spirit Grass, Purple Monkey Flower, Heavenly Spirit Fruit, Seven Star Grass, Earth Mushroom Flower, and Silver Horn Tree.
Each one looked over five hundred years old. She was truly thrilled and jumped off the Ruoshui Sword without saying a word.
It didn't dare land directly on the ground, but instead lightly touched the herbs and flew to the nearby silver horn tree.
She stopped, her eyes fixed eagerly on the herbs on the ground. With these, she could learn more advanced alchemy techniques and never have to ask for help again.
Although Da Bai couldn't speak, it was extremely intelligent and immediately sensed Jian Ning's joy.
It squeaked twice, patted its chest with its paws, and looked very proud.
"Big White is great, here's a roast chicken for you. You can go back now, I'll gather herbs here. Tell Xiao Wuyu not to worry about it."
Jian Ning wished she could transplant all the spiritual herbs here into her own immortal abode, but she also knew she couldn't just sell them all at once.
With so many medicinal herbs, someone else might find their own opportunity here if they fall into this trap. She only needs to collect half of them; the immortal abode is lush with spiritual energy, and they reproduce quickly.
Watching Da Bai run away with the roast chicken in its mouth, she released Huang Fugui from her spatial storage.
"Master, where is this? There are so many spiritual herbs, even more varieties than in the Immortal Abode!"
Huang Fugui is a discerning person; he spotted the Ice Spirit Fruit not far away at a glance. With such a large patch, he was in for a treat.
It ran straight over, picked one, and popped it into its mouth. The flesh was sweet and juicy, and the icy spiritual energy it contained made it feel refreshed all over.
Jian Ning knew the fruit was delicious, so she went over and dug up a few plants and put them into her space. Then she picked the rest of the fruit, each one crystal clear, just like pearls.
He patted Huang Fugui on the head and handed it a storage bag: "Get to work, don't just eat."
"I know, Master. I just wanted to try something new since I haven't had any for a long time," Huang Fugui said, without slowing down the speed at which it stuffed fruit into its mouth.
Jian Ning took a small shovel and carefully dug up the precious medicinal herbs that were not found in the Immortal Abode and had been around for over a thousand years. These were all good things.
After staying here for more than half a month, he had basically collected a portion of all the valuable spiritual herbs into his spatial storage before reluctantly flying back on his sword.
When they returned to the treehouse, Xiao Wuyu had recovered most of his health and looked just like when Jian Ning first came to see him.
"How was it? Did you have a good harvest? I don't know which ancestor planted these spiritual herbs. It's a pity that the villagers are all ordinary mortals without spiritual roots. We are guarding a treasure mountain but can't make use of it."
All these years, I've been hoping that a talent capable of cultivating immortality would emerge, even just one, but they've all disappointed me so much.
"You've been waiting for me, haven't you? I'll make sure these medicinal herbs are put to good use."
Let me rest well today. Tomorrow, you can start teaching me alchemy. We can learn formations later. Now, let's have a good meal first.
These past few days, Jian Ning has been so busy digging for medicinal herbs that she hasn't even had time to eat. Even after taking the fasting pills, she wasn't very hungry. But once she came back and relaxed, she suddenly started craving food.
They took out a lot of delicious food from the space and laid it out on the whole table.
The lobsters, crabs, and mantis shrimp were all cooked, along with some local snacks that Xiao Wuyu had never seen before.
"These dishes are quite exquisite, and they don't seem to be local food. Miss Jian, would you mind telling me where you're from?" Xiao Wuyu had always been curious about this.
"Well, it's a long story."
To put it simply, I live in China now, which you probably haven't heard of. Just two years ago, it was a very prosperous country, but recently natural disasters have been frequent, and everyone is struggling with suffering.
However, I am an exception, because I foresaw what was going to happen, so I stored up a large amount of food, enough to feed me for decades, even centuries.
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