Seeing Lingyue Fairy again, Xu Taiping could clearly feel that the human aura around her had become much more intense, and the cold, ghostly feeling from their first meeting was gone.
"Lingyue Sister, your divine soul seems to have been repaired quite a bit."
Xu Taiping was very happy for Lingyue Fairy.
"Although the spiritual energy in this land is still insufficient, thanks to the power inherent in the Dizang Fruit, my divine soul has been repaired quite a bit this time. At least it can now be considered a half-fragmented soul."
Lingyue Fairy smiled and nodded, clearly very satisfied with her gains this time.
"By the way, little Taiping, this gourd not only serves as my dwelling but also contains a vast inner space where you can store things like magical artifacts you carry with you."
She then pointed to the green gourd in Xu Taiping's hand and continued.
Xu Taiping asked in pleasant surprise.
"Hold the gourd in your hand and try to channel a breath of true qi into it."
Lingyue Fairy did not directly answer Xu Taiping but asked him to try it himself.
Xu Taiping nodded and, as instructed, channeled a breath of true qi into the gourd. Immediately, a misty space about ten feet square, roughly the size of his kitchen, appeared in his mind.
Xu Taiping withdrew his focus and looked at Lingyue Fairy in surprise.
Clearly, this area was the inner space Lingyue Fairy had mentioned.
Lingyue Fairy shook her head with a smile.
"This gourd is the first spiritual treasure conceived by the Dizang Fruit. Unlike ordinary spiritual treasures, its power increases as the owner's power increases. So as long as my power continues to recover, the space inside the gourd will grow larger, and it might even become a self-contained world eventually."
She then introduced it to Xu Taiping with great enthusiasm.
"A self-contained world."
Xu Taiping was deeply moved.
To think that even this small space was hard for him to imagine.
"Lingyue Sister, can I put things like the yellow goats I hunted in the mountains and the fire-patterned python from before into this gourd?"
He asked Lingyue Fairy for confirmation.
"Yes." Lingyue Fairy nodded, "From small talismans to large demon beast bodies, as long as the gourd can contain them, you can put them in."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping was delighted. The last time, he couldn't fit the fire-patterned python's body, so he had to peel its skin and leave many valuable items behind.
"Not just living things, but once my power recovers further, even some spiritual beasts and demon beasts can be stored in it. This green gourd has the same ability as a Demon Refining Cauldron."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping was surprised and couldn't help but look forward to Lingyue Fairy's further recovery of power.
At that moment, the second gourd on the vine fell down.
This time, it was a red-skinned gourd, and on its surface were flame-like patterns that were very beautiful.
After the gourd fell from the vine, it floated lazily into Xu Taiping's arms and then remained still, as if it had fallen asleep again.
"This fire gourd has absorbed the nutrients of the Fire Spirit芝 and other similar treasures from this mountain range."
Lingyue Fairy explained to Xu Taiping.
Since Lingyue Fairy had already explained that the Dizang Fruit could extract treasures buried in the land, Xu Taiping was not too surprised.
"Let's take a look. See what kind of treasure has been conceived inside this gourd."
Lingyue Fairy reminded Xu Taiping with anticipation.
Xu Taiping lightly tapped the opening of the gourd, and the top of the fire-patterned gourd automatically split open. A dense and scorching spiritual energy, accompanied by a deep roar like a "dragon's cry," rushed out of the gourd.
"There are... dragons in these mountains?!"
Lingyue Fairy exclaimed in surprise.
Although she hadn't seen the treasure inside the gourd yet, just the dragon's cry was enough for her to determine that the treasure inside was related to dragons.
The only possibility for a dragon-related treasure to be conceived was that a true dragon, not a black dragon elder, had appeared in this mountain range thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago.
"Dragons? There are really dragons in this world."
Xu Taiping had seen this existence in the ancient texts he had read.
However, most of the texts he had read indicated that after the Dragon-Han Initial Calamity ten thousand years ago, there were no more true dragons in the world, only snake-like pseudo-dragons.
"There are naturally dragons in this world, both in the past and now. However, they have all gone to the Upper Realm. The Lower Realm's spiritual energy has been depleted for ten thousand years, making it impossible for true dragons to exist. Even the few remaining in our world haven't been seen for nearly a thousand years, and no one knows if they are alive or dead."
Lingyue Fairy answered with a touch of melancholy and then pointed to Xu Taiping's gourd with impatience. "Pour it out and take a look."
Xu Taiping then remembered the treasure inside the gourd.
He turned the gourd over and saw a pearl-sized bead, accompanied by a wave of heat, fall out of the gourd. Instantly, the entire medicinal garden became scorching hot.
"This is... Could this be a Dragon Gallstone refined from a true dragon's gallbladder?!"
Lingyue Fairy exclaimed again.
"What is a Dragon Gallstone?"
Although Xu Taiping could tell from Lingyue Fairy's intense gaze that this bead was extraordinary, he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Lingyue Fairy, with a cautious look, gestured for Xu Taiping to put the Dragon Gallstone away.
After Xu Taiping put the Dragon Gallstone back into the gourd and closed the lid, she sighed in relief and said:
"Although the Dragon Gallstone refined from a true dragon's gallbladder doesn't have any special mystical abilities, if used to make wine, just one sip can greatly increase one's cultivation speed. Additionally, Dragon Gall Wine can nourish the divine soul, which is a treasure that high-level cultivators dream of obtaining. However, because true dragons are hard to find in the world and the dragon's gallbladder is extremely difficult to refine, the Dragon Gallstone is incredibly rare."
At this point, Lingyue Fairy's eyes showed a sense of helplessness, and she continued with a bitter smile:
"I searched all ten states and never found one, but I never thought I would find one in this spiritually barren land."