Riverheart Isle! Thanks to [Shattered Dreams Across Three Thousand Floating Worlds] for the character summon!

When Xu Changqing returned to Red Maple Valley, everyone was already up.

Qingyao, Sun Shangxiang, and Lin Feng were squatting along the ridges between the fields, watering the newly cultivated spirit seedlings.

At the sight of Xu Changqing, Qingyao was the first to rise. She waved with a hand still smeared with damp soil, then cried excitedly, "Master!"

Xu Changqing nodded approvingly. "Good. In our line of work, you ought to be diligent.

Next, I'll teach you how to identify spirit plants. It will be very important when you cultivate them on your own in the future."

They had been through Initiation for so long already; it was time to teach them some real skills.

Sun Shangxiang and Lin Feng could handle the work for her, but it ultimately was not quite the same.

Though Qingyao's future ending had already been decided, her life was not yet over.

She should live however she ought to live during that time. That was plain to see.

Xu Changqing squatted on the field ridge, pinching a spirit herb that had just sprouted as he patiently explained, "This is Lunar Yin Grass. It prefers shade and moisture, and there are three faint white veins along the edges of its leaves.

It looks ordinary, but it is actually the primary ingredient for refining the Taiyin Baleful-Cleansing Pill.

It has one characteristic: if it is tainted by too much yang energy, it will wither. So when cultivating it, you must avoid noon."

Qingyao held paper and brush in her hands, recording everything earnestly.

The brush tip scratched across the paper, occasionally making a soft rustling sound.

After writing it down, Qingyao frowned and asked, "Master, if it accidentally gets tainted by yang energy, is there any way to remedy it?"

A trace of admiration