Xin Dayuan had no choice but to step forward and do as Li Ling instructed.
Li Ling watched from the sidelines throughout, rather astonished. "How exactly do you ensure that this incense essence is distributed evenly, without other cultivators noticing anything wrong through their spiritual consciousness?"
Xin Dayuan answered, "I can grasp the changes in the spiritual substance within. It seems to contain some kind of medicinal qi with unique effects."
"Medicinal qi?" A puzzled look appeared on Li Ling's face.
Xin Dayuan explained, "Perhaps my ancestors accumulated enough virtue for me to be born with an unusual gift. I can identify spirit medicines, but it doesn't seem to be of much use in refining pills or preparing medicines."
At this point, he could not help looking rather troubled himself.
If that ability could have become a talent for alchemy, he would have prospered long ago rather than falling to his present circumstances.
"You have an unusual gift too? Could it be an earthly incense talent for controlling plant-derived incense essence?"
Even perceptual talents came in different grades. This man's ability fell far short of his own or Daoist Hao's.
Even so, it was an exceedingly rare and valuable gift.
Low-level incense products required no profound talent. Having any at all was already a blessing.
I could already leave seventy percent of the rough work to Min Lian, but I still couldn't entrust the remaining thirty percent at the beginning and end to anyone else.
With Xin Dayuan's help, I would only need to control the initial Dream Essence Qi. Everything afterward could be left to them.
At this thought, Li Ling immediately took a portion of previously prepared crude incense extract from his bag and told Xin Dayuan, "Use this as your material and make a few more incense