The Black-Armored Earth Turtle poked its head out and gently nuzzled Lin Changheng.
"Haha, good boy!"
Lin Changheng stroked it a couple of times, then took out a low-grade first-tier elixir and slipped it into the turtle's mouth as a reward.
The Black-Armored Earth Turtle immediately looked delighted and began chewing slowly.
It seemed to be a greedy little turtle, too.
"Little Black ate all the low-grade pills you left behind, Brother Lin. Perhaps it ate so many that it got used to them-it seems to treat elixirs as snacks now."
Tantai Feiyue suddenly remembered something and spoke to Lin Changheng with a smile.
"It's fine. Its owner may not have much of anything else, but he certainly has plenty of elixirs."
Lin Changheng thought nothing of it. He simply put the turtle back into the mud pool and watched it splash about, dirtying itself all over again.
"Oh, right. Come with me, Brother Lin."
Tantai Feiyue slapped her fair forehead, pulled Lin Changheng into the house, and pressed his shoulders to make him sit down. Then she turned away, apparently going to fetch something.
"What is it? Why all the mystery?"
Lin Changheng watched the female cultivator's lovely figure from behind and waited with a smile.
Before long, Tantai Feiyue returned carrying a jade box. "Guess what this is?"
Lin Changheng took it at once. His nostrils twitched, his exceptionally keen sense of smell catching an exceedingly faint scent. "An elixir," he said with a confident smile.
Tantai Feiyue's starry eyes widened slightly. "As expected of a High-Grade Pill Master, Brother Lin. I'm truly impressed."
Clearly, Lin Changheng had not concealed this from the princess. He had told her about it in bed the previous day.
Tantai Feiyue's expression then had been quite a sight. For a moment, even