Cultivation begins with harvest.

Chen Guang was fairly certain that he had gotten rid of the cold.

He decided to enter the ice mist array again to check how well he had handled the aftermath. The power of the cold energy was somewhat beyond his expectations, but he had only been infected with a trace of cold air, and with timely treatment, it was not fatal.

If one experiences a reaction after entering the ice mist array, it further indicates the presence of cold energy within the body, making it even more necessary and worthwhile to see a spiritual healer.

Upon entering the ice mist array, Chen Guang carefully sensed and examined his body, but found nothing unusual. However, he did feel a slight chill, which might be a sign that something had not yet been completely cleared away. This made Chen Guang's heart sink.

He glanced at it and saw that several of the white duckweed plants had matured, so he casually took away the reward orb.

All six mother plants were of ordinary quality, and the reward was a certain amount of Frost-Clean White Sand. Chen Guang was slightly surprised; what a coincidence!

I casually scattered them all into the pond where the ice-tailed shrimp lived. They feed on black algae and white duckweed. The environment with clean white sand is the most suitable condition for the growth of ice-tailed shrimp. Now that everything is in place, their quality will definitely be improved.

The reward orbs are all related, so this result is not surprising.

The Spirit Communication Technique is also effective on spirit beasts like the Ice-Tail Shrimp, which cannot make a sound. However, their responses are slower and less clear. It took Chen Guang some effort to figure this out. Although the Frost-Clean White Sand Ice-Tail Shrimp felt very comfortable, they still felt it was too little.

Chen Guang casually scooped up two ice-tailed shrimp that didn't look too good and weren't responding very actively, and tossed them to the ice-armored turtle. Only then did he leave the ice mist array, go home to feed the thousand-needle wrens, and head towards Xingfeng Market.

The mortuary is not only for training animals, but also for providing various medical treatments and recuperation services.

Cultivators are also a kind of living being. In addition to beast tamers and spiritual healers, there will also be some alchemists in this hall, but the proportion is far less than that of the Flame Hall.

Tracing back to the source, the gourmand, the spiritual healer, and the alchemist are all closely related. However, even today, the profession of spiritual healer is still closely associated with alchemist. Although it has its own system, it is not completely independent.

Since it wasn't his first time visiting the area where the spirit hall was located, Chen Guang easily found the small courtyard where the spirit doctor was and went inside.

Each of the nine halls of Ziling Peak has its own street, not in the most bustling area, so that some cultivators can come and seek help for specific needs. The true headquarters of the nine halls can only be entered by their own cultivators, and this street is specially opened to other cultivators.

The streets of the Hall of Life and Death are clearly marked with sections for healers on one side and animal trainers on the other.

The healers lived in their own courtyards, and each courtyard could be regarded as a clinic.

The small courtyard Chen Guang entered was called "Chunming". He had done some research beforehand and learned about the rules and procedures of the market in the Lingyi area, so as not to delay by asking about these things when he arrived.

These courtyards all have spiritual healers, and there is no particular distinction between them. Each courtyard is managed by at least one Foundation Establishment cultivator, so there is no need to worry about any diagnostic errors. Chen Guang asked the cultivator for advice on choosing a clinic that he felt comfortable with.

The courtyard was serene and elegant; after walking through the short courtyard, there was a simple pavilion.

Chen Guang entered the pavilion and quickly scanned the room. He found the first floor simply decorated with only an incense burner, a candlestick, a desk, a painting, a chair, and a man. It seemed empty. However, after seeing the middle-aged, refined man sitting behind the desk, engrossed in reading a book, Chen Guang no longer had any such thoughts.

The mere presence of the other person imbued the entire first floor, though spacious, with a sense of tranquility.

"Greetings, Daoist." Chen Guang bowed respectfully.

Although each courtyard theoretically has a Foundation Establishment cultivator sitting in the hall to oversee the overall situation, it is not necessarily the Foundation Establishment cultivator who comes out to treat patients; the opportunity is usually left to their disciples.

Of the nine halls on Purple Spirit Peak, only the Flame Hall, the Life Hall, and the Scripture Hall have a clear master-disciple system. The Flame Hall and the Life Hall are similar, with a Foundation Establishment cultivator as the master and many disciples. Before accumulating a certain level of skill, the disciples are respectively the fire worker and the medicine boy, and they cannot learn much real skill.

However, as long as one can stay in these two places and become a disciple of a steward, one will transform into a practitioner of a professional skill.

What is a steward?

Those who have a job and a position are called stewards. In the later stage of Qi Refining, they usually have fixed responsibilities, but they still need a lot of learning and accumulation. For Ziling Peak, even if one has reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage, one is still a disciple and is still in the "learning" stage. That is why there is the title of steward disciple.

Those above the rank of deacon are all talents who can be further trained.

Below the level of steward, all are replaceable laborers. This is especially evident in halls like the Flame Hall and the Life Hall. Their monthly salary is so low that it's almost nonexistent, while the amount of labor they learn and do is significantly higher than other halls. Both halls teach real skills from the start, so even if one becomes a rogue cultivator, they will have a reliable means of making a living. Rogue cultivators treat those who come from these two halls with great respect, and small families are happy to recruit them. Therefore, enduring some hardship is to be expected.

Because both halls have Foundation Establishment cultivators directly guiding them, even if the guidance is limited or arbitrary, it is still far better than the cultivation conditions that Chen Guang and the others had to figure out entirely on their own.

Generally speaking, the doctors in a Shenglingtang clinic are all in the late stage of Qi cultivation. They are responsible for examination, prescription, and treatment, and each step requires the permission of the Taoist priest in charge before it can be carried out.

Chen Guang was very familiar with this. It was equivalent to becoming a physician before being qualified to practice clinically. Before that, one needed to accumulate a lot of knowledge and the ability to discern, which was probably what the apprentices who had been practicing medicine before the late stage of Qi Refining did day and night. On this basis, there was also a three-year cultivation assessment. The Life Spirit Hall was divided into two parts: beast taming and spiritual medicine. The elimination rate of the spiritual medicine part was quite high, ranking among the top in the nine halls, even surpassing the Qi Hall.

To be able to directly encounter a Foundation Establishment cultivator is equivalent to directly meeting the supervisor of a master's or doctoral degree, which is a good thing.

Chen Guang felt that the methods he had learned in his previous life were not much different from what he was used to.

The Taoist priest behind the desk hummed in agreement, then slowly shifted his gaze from the book. Suddenly intrigued, a flash of white light appeared in his eyes, and he smiled, "Have you been tainted by the chilling aura of the Cold Fiend?"

Chen Guang was shocked, but his posture became even more respectful: "Senior's insight is indeed profound."

"Hmm, not bad," the Taoist priest nodded. "I have a suggestion. I can diagnose and treat you for free, but I need my disciple to take a look first."

Chen Guang suddenly had a bad feeling: "Senior, could it be that my symptoms are so typical that I'm being used as an example in your explanation?"

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad," the middle-aged Taoist was even more satisfied, but he also offered a few words of explanation, "Actually, I just took over this courtyard, and currently I only have one qualified disciple who can be considered a physician. How about letting her take a look?"

Hearing that it was just Chen Guang made him feel much more relaxed. If it was just one person pointing fingers at him, it would leave a good impression on a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was a spiritual healer.

Perhaps even if one's symptoms were typical enough in other courtyards, such an opportunity would not be available. According to the middle-aged Taoist, this might be his first disciple, which is why he is treating him with such care.

"I do," Chen Guang said.

"Alright, just cooperate and don't say anything else." The middle-aged Taoist nodded, and then, without anyone knowing what he did, light footsteps came from the backyard. A woman in purple robes ran in, with a bun on top of her head and long, black hair hanging down her back. Her face was oval, revealing a fair and bright forehead. Along with her, there was a faint but lingering scent of herbs.

"Master." The woman in purple robes first bowed to the middle-aged Taoist priest. The middle-aged Taoist priest pointed at Chen Guang before looking at Chen Guang, and seemed somewhat shy.

"This way, please." The woman in the purple robe's voice trembled.

Only then did Chen Guang notice that there was another desk by the window, but it was the same color as the wall, so he didn't see it at first glance.

Seeing the somewhat unnatural manner of the woman in purple robes leading the way, Chen Guang suddenly realized that this was not only the middle-aged Taoist's first disciple, but also the first time this senior disciple had treated a patient.

Well, I might be the first patient in this hospital after it changed hands.

Chen Guang relaxed considerably and quickly followed.