Upon seeing Lingyue Fairy again, Xu Taiping could distinctly feel that the human aura about her had grown much denser, no longer possessing the ghostly chill of their first enter.

  "Lingyue Sister, your spirit seems to have healed quite a bit."

  Xu Taiping was genuinely happy for Lingyue Fairy.

  "Although the spiritual energy of this nd is still insuffit, thanks to the i power of the Earth-Hiding Fruit, my spirit has indeed recovered a lot. At least now it be sidered half a remnant soul."

  Lingyue Fairy smiled and nodded, clearly satisfied with her progress.

  "By the way, Little Taiping, this gourd not only serves as my dwelling but also tains a universe within. You store yical tools and other belongings i."

  She then poio the green gourd in Xu Taiping's hand.

  "How much it hold?"

  Xu Taiping asked with pleasant surprise.

  "Hold the gourd and el a breath of True Qi into it to try."

  Instead of answering directly, Lingyue Fairy enced him to try it himself.

  "Alright."

  Xu Taiping nodded, eled a breath of True Qi into the gourd, and immediately, a space filled with misty clouds appeared in his mind, about three meters square in size, roughly as big as his kit.

  "This big?"

  Xu Taiping withdrew his focus, looking at Lingyue Fairy in front of him with some astonishment.

  Clearly, this area was the space taining a universe that Lingyue Fairy had mentioned.

  "That's not sidered rge."

  Lingyue Fairy chuckled and shook her head.

  "This gourd is the first magical treasure nurtured by the Earth-Hiding Fruit. Unlike ordinary treasures, its power will grow with the strength of its owner. So as long as my power tio recover, the spaside this gourd will expaually being vast enough to form its own world."

  She then introduced this to Xu Taiping with great enthusiasm.

  "A world of its own."

  Xu Taiping was somewhat moved.

  Even the small space he had just witnessed was beyond his imagination.

  "Lingyue Sister, I put things like the yellow sheep I hunted in the mountains, or that Fire-Patterned Python from before, ihis gourd?"

  He sought firmation from Lingyue Fairy.

  "That's right," Lingyue Fairy nodded, "from small Talisman Scrolls to the bodies e demonic beasts, as long as the gourd aodate them, you put them inside."

  Hearing this, Xu Taiping was overjoyed. The body of the Fire-Patterned Python st time had been te to carry, and he had regretfully only been able to skin it, leaving behind many valuable parts.

  "Not just living creatures, once my power recovers further, even spiritual beasts and demonic beasts be collected ihis green gourd ily possesses the same abilities as a demon-refining pot."

  Lingyue Fairy added.

  Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping was surprised and couldn't help but look forward to Lingyue Fairy regaining more of her strength.

  "Ctter!~"

  Just then, the sed gourd fell from the vine.

  This time it was a red-skinned gourd, and its surface was adorned with fme-like patterns that were quite attractive.

  After falling from the vihe gourd floated towards Xu Taiping's embrace as if it had just woken up, then became motionless, seemingly falling asleep again.

  "This Fire Gourd was formed by abs the nutrients of the Fire Spirit Ganoderma as a catalyst, then seizing treasures simir to the Fire Spirit Ganoderma from these mountains and rivers."

  Lingyue Fairy expio Xu Taiping.

  Xu Taiping wasn't too surprised, as Lingyue Fairy had already expio him that the Earth-Hiding Fruit could seize treasures buried within the nd.

  "e, take a look and see what kind of treasure has been nurtured ihis gourd."

  Lingyue Fairy prompted Xu Taiping with some anticipation.

  "Bang!"

  With a geap at the mouth of the gourd, the top of the Fire-Patterned Gourd automatically split open, and a mass of scorg and dense spiritual energy, apanied by a low roar resembling a "dragon's t," burst forth from the gourd.

  "There was a dragon in these mountains?"

  Lingyue Fairy excimed in shock.

  Although she had not yet seereasure ihe gourd, the mere dragon's t was enough for Lingyue Fairy to ascertain that the treasure within was definitely reted tons.

  The only possibility for nurturing a treasure reted tons was that the mountains and rivers beh their feet had once been home to a dragon, possibly thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago—a true dragon, not a Floon like the Bck Dragon Elder.

  "Dragons? So there really are dragons in this world."

  Xu Taiping had e across such beings more than on the texts he had read.

  However, most of the texts he had perused stated that sihe initial camity ten thousand years ago, there were no more true dragons in the world, only false dragons like serpents and Floons.

  "Of course, there are dragons in this world, there were in the past, and there are now, but they have all goo the higher realms. As early as ten thousand years ago, the spiritual energy of the lower realm had beeed, making it difficult for true dragons to exist. Even the few remaining in our realm have not been seen for nearly a thousand years; whether they are dead or alive, no one knows."

  Lingyue Fairy replied somewhat wistfully, then eagerly poio Xu Taiping's gourd, "Quick, pour it out and take a look."

  "Okay."

  Only then did Xu Taiping remember that there was still a treasure ihe gourd.He flipped the gourd over, and then all he saw earl the size of a chi egg, apanied by rolli waves, p out from the gourd. In an instant, the entire spiritual medie garden became scorgly hot.

  "Is this... Could this be the Dragon Gallstone refined from the gall of a true dragon?!"

  Fairy Lingyue excimed once again in surprise.

  "What is a Dragon Gallstone?"

  Although just by seeing the fervent look in Fairy Lingyue's eyes, Xu Taiping had already guessed that this pearl was certairaordinary, he still couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

  "Put it away first."

  Fairy Lingyue signaled Xu Taiping with a cautious face to secure the Dragon Gallstone.

  Only after Xu Taiping had put the Dragon Gallstone bato the gourd and covered it with the lid did she finally breathe a sigh of relief and said:

  "Although the Dragon Gallstone refined from the gall of a true drago possess any particurly miraculous powers, if used to brew wine, just one sip double the speed of a cultivator's practice. Besides, Dragon Gall Wine also nourish the spirit. It is a treasure that high-level cultivators dream of obtaining. However, because true dragons are hard to find in this world, and their galls are extremely difficult to refihe Dragon Gallstone has bee exceedingly rare."

  Saying this, Fairy Lingyue's eyes revealed a helpless expression, and she tinued with a bitter smile:

  "I had searched through ten provinces in my younger years and never found a single one. I never expected that today, in this of spiritual energy, I would actually find one."

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