Hearing her call him Uncle, Bai Xun felt a warmth spread through him. "Mm," he said.
"So if I need anything, I can come straight to you?"
"Of course."
Ye Chuqi promptly handed Bai Xun a list of all the resources she needed, without the slightest hesitation.
Bai Xun stared at the enormously long piece of parchment she had produced. His expression froze for a moment—not because he thought she was asking for too much, but because he wondered when she had found the time to prepare it.
Ye Chuqi certainly couldn't tell him that San San had assessed the situation and secretly prepared it in the space.
"Oh, Uncle Bai Xun, if anyone in the family is interested in Formations, they're welcome to come take a look. This Formation could be used in all sorts of ways."
"A Formation?" Bai Xun was puzzled. If Ye Chuqi wanted to improve the growing conditions for these medicinal plants, why start with a Formation?
Ye Chuqi smiled. "Uncle Bai Xun, you've probably heard that I came back from another world. They grow medicinal plants differently there. The Formation I'm setting up can improve the plants' medicinal properties at the root."
It would be slow, but it was a good start.
While Bai Xun gathered supplies and contacted people, Ye Chuqi made another circuit of her hill. With the materials she had on hand, she set up a small Spirit-Gathering Formation for a few pitiful-looking, precious medicinal plants. For its Formation Eye, she used a Purified Beast Core produced by the space and Crystal Stones that had mutated there. As soon as Spiritual Energy appeared, the plants stretched out their leaves, eager to breathe in more and restore themselves.
Then she heard San San say, "Qi Qi, the Giant Clam is awake!"
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