Chapter 658 (2/2)

Whenever she was ready to reveal it, she could do so.

Regarding Zhang Jian’s words, Lin Jue just smiled and offered no explanation.

It was at that moment a black shadow swiftly flew in.

The shadow was small, but its speed was extremely fast; it swooped in with a “whoosh” and landed directly on Lin Jing’s shoulder.

Only then did everyone see clearly that the shadow was Little Sparrow.

Little Sparrow’s speed had increased a lot compared to before, indicating that its cultivation had also improved significantly.

After flying in, Little Sparrow landed on Lin Jing’s shoulder, visibly excited and hopping around incessantly.

Shortly after,

Li Qingqing also walked in.

Li Qingqing was still smiling as before and said to Lin Jing,

“Lin Jing, you’re back.”

“I just finished refining a batch of Elixir Medicine and came straight here when I heard you had returned.”

“Hmm!” Lin Jing looked at Li Qingqing and smiled, nodding.

This time around, all the familiar faces had essentially gathered.

Subsequently,

everyone sat in Lin Jing’s small courtyard, sipping tea while catching up on recent events.

Yue Qiniang also took this opportunity to inform Lin Jing about some of the events that had transpired during his absence from Li Yan Island.

She also narrated the developments that had taken place on the island during this period.

Li Yan Island had been developing quite well.

Besides the maturity of Li Yan Marketplace, the number of Spirit Fields on the island had also increased significantly.

Even the existence of Li Yan Marketplace had precipitated many nearby islands to start planting Spirit Plants extensively.

Given that Li Yan Island’s area was quite limited, making it impossible to open up more Spirit Fields, the buzz around Li Yan Marketplace led to a situation where the demand for Elixir Pavilion’s medicines outstripped the supply.

Therefore,

Yue Qiniang began to aggressively purchase various Spirit Plants.

She even partnered with other island masters to have them cultivate Spirit Plants while Li Yan Island took responsibility for purchasing.

It was under these circumstances that they managed to just barely maintain the supply of medicines at Elixir Pavilion.

As for Zhang Jian’s Yuxing Island, there was no need to elaborate further; it could nearly be called the Spirit Field base for Li Yan Elixir Pavilion.

Beyond Li Yan Island, there was also the Li Family.

Not long after the Li Family arrived at Li Yan Island, they, with the help of Li Qingqing and Ye Yun, occupied a nearby island.

Their current development was also quite satisfactory.

After discussing these matters, the conversation among the group gradually shifted to their cultivation.

Zhang Jian had already reached the first layer of Nascent Soul, nearing the second layer.

While Ye Yun had reached the peak of Golden Core and was likely not far from preparing for his Tribulation.

Lin Jue and Li Qingqing were both at the ninth level of Golden Core.

Only Yue Qiniang, due to her exceptionally poor aptitude, had barely reached the fifth level of Golden Core.

Previously,

Lin Jing had refined several Cleansing Spirit Elixirs.

He had administered them to Li Qingqing, Lin Jue, and Ye Yun.

The chance for Supreme Grade quality of Cleansing Spirit Elixir was indeed not low.

All three of them successfully improved their aptitude.

It was only Yue Qiniang who remained with a four-attribute Spiritual Root, making her cultivation progress slow.

Yue Qiniang had been following him all this while.

Although Li Yan Island belonged to Lin Jing, it was Yue Qiniang who had always been busily managing the island.

She significantly relieved Lin Jing of many responsibilities.

Lin Jing himself had become more of a hands-off shopkeeper.

Presently, Lin Jing’s System Space contained White Jade Cleansing Spirit Grass and various materials needed to refine Cleansing Spirit Elixir.

If he wanted Cleansing Spirit Elixir, he could refine it anytime, as refining a batch of Cleansing Spirit Elixir was not at all troublesome for Lin Jing.

After some thought, Lin Jing decided that in the coming period, he would refine two more batches of Cleansing Spirit Elixir.

He would give them to Yue Qiniang, Zhang Jian, and Li Tangyu—the three of them.

Actually, Lin Jing also had other qualities of Cleansing Spirit Elixir on him.

But those of other qualities were intended for distribution through the Seven Seas Hall, and he did not plan to use them on those close to him.

Because the other qualities of Cleansing Spirit Elixir were too low, and the probability of successfully improving aptitude was also low.

If the use of Cleansing Spirit Elixir failed, then even if Lin Jing still had Cleansing Spirit Elixir, using it would not be effective.

With a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defy destiny, Lin Jing naturally would not skimp on his close ones.

…

The conversation this time lasted very long, and afterwards, they all went to Li Yan Marketplace together.

Zhang Jian originally came over to help strengthen the formation of Li Yan Marketplace.

It just happened that he ran into Lin Jing, which delayed things until now.

Zhang Jian was now a Fifth-Rank Array Master.

Strengthening the formation was a piece of cake for him.

It was not long before the formation was completely reinforced.

After the reinforcement was completed, perhaps still pining for the maids on Yuxing Island, Zhang Jian did not stay long.

After bidding farewell to the others, he left.