With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill was of little use to Gu Qing, it didn't stop him from keeping it to give away, such as to Yuan Yao, to win the heart of the beauty.

Therefore, even though Gu Qing had Foundation Establishment Pills, he didn't give them to that dark-skinned boy Han Li.

However, a batch of Foundation Establishment Pill seeds have already been given to Han Li. Han Li can cultivate them using the small green bottle, which is no different from giving him Foundation Establishment Pills directly.

Gu Qing took the Foundation Establishment Pill given to him by Hong Fu and left the cave, where he saw Dong Xuan'er already waiting outside.

Upon seeing Gu Qing emerge, Dong Xuan'er immediately stepped forward to block his path, her voice tinged with grievance as she said, "Senior brother, do you dislike me?"

Gu Qing chuckled twice, then said, "Would you believe me if I said I didn't dislike it?"

"I believe you, Senior Brother never lies." Dong Xuan'er, whether genuinely naive or feigning ignorance, took Gu Qing's words as truth and hugged Gu Qing's arm tightly again, acting coquettishly.

Gu Qing smelled the woman's delicate fragrance, but ultimately said nothing. He simply took out the bottle of Foundation Establishment Pill and said, "Here you go. Hurry up and establish your foundation. Becoming my Daoist partner won't be that easy."

Foundation Establishment Pill? Dong Xuan'er didn't expect that Gu Qing would still give her the precious Foundation Establishment Pill under these circumstances. Her senior brother really cared about her.

"Hmm!" Dong Xuan'er suddenly launched a sneak attack, kissing Gu Qing on the cheek, and then shyly rode away on her magical artifact.

Gu Qing wiped the drool from her cheek, her face darkening. "You've even learned to stick your tongue out? You didn't learn it from me, did you?"

It seems I'll have to interrogate Dong Xuan'er properly when we get back, to find out if she's been involved with other men besides Senior Brother Lu.

And so, Gu Qing left Hongfu Cave and returned to his own courtyard. Seeing that a row of spiritual herbs was missing, he took out the seeds from inside the house.

Although Gu Qing did not use the Purple Gold Flute to accelerate the ripening of the spiritual herbs, he still needed to use his divine soul to activate the Purple Gold Flute in order to achieve the ripening effect.

This is why, with the same piece of music, Linghu Laozu couldn't achieve the desired effect of accelerating growth, but Gu Qing could.

Han Xiangzi - Purple Gold Flute

The sound of the flute brought life to all things, and even withered trees blossomed.

It can attract phoenixes and tame exotic beasts.

It can bewitch the mind and confuse the enemy.

The sound of the xiao (vertical flute) can break evil spells and dispel disasters and misfortunes.

This is the full effect of the Purple Gold Flute. Simply put, the first effect is that it can promote the growth of all things. Gu Qing can now accurately promote the growth of certain plants. With his current mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, he can promote the growth of spiritual herbs twice a month, with the best effect being one acre per time.

If you were to accelerate the growth of five acres of land at once, your spirit would be slightly fatigued and would need half a month to fully recover. If you had pills and techniques to restore your spirit, this time could be shortened.

This is the first effect of the Purple Gold Flute.

As for the second effect, it can easily subdue demonic beasts with lower cultivation levels than itself. Even demonic beasts with owners can be easily tamed, which can be said to be the nemesis of the Spirit Beast Mountain.

The third effect is that it can create illusions and immobilize enemies, which is very useful against enemies whose spiritual power is lower than his own. As for those with higher cultivation and spiritual power than Gu Qing, he has not tested them and naturally does not know how effective they are.

The fourth effect should be to calm the storm, but Gu Qing has not tested it in detail.

The four effects correspond to different tracks and notes; you can't achieve the corresponding effects by just playing randomly.

This is just a trace of the power of the Purple Gold Flute, a magical artifact. Because he wanted to keep something in reserve, Gu Qing had never used the Purple Gold Flute to play, so he didn't know exactly how powerful it was.

After planting the seeds, Gu Qing picked up his jade flute and began to play "High Mountains and Flowing Water." As the sound of the flute spread outwards, the planted seeds quickly sprouted, eventually flowering and growing.

As the performance continued, the age of the elixir also increased: one hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years... five hundred years!

The elixir finally stopped growing after five hundred years.

As mentioned before, ordinary medicinal herbs that are two or three hundred years old are considered top-grade and are worth around a mid-grade spirit stone.

Ordinary medicinal herbs that are four or five hundred years old are the best of the best, worth around two or three mid-grade spirit stones.

Any medicinal herb that is over 600 years old is a treasure, even a Core Formation cultivator can use it, and its value can reach five to ten mid-grade spirit stones.

Ordinary medicinal herbs that are over a thousand years old represent a different level; they are top-grade treasures that even Nascent Soul cultivators can use, with a value of over twenty mid-grade spirit stones.

Gu Qing, currently in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, can only use a trace of the Purple Gold Flute's power to transform ordinary medicinal herbs into the highest grade of the highest quality.

However, this grade is sufficient to cover all pills for the Foundation Establishment stage, and can even meet the pill needs of some Core Formation stage cultivators.

Gu Qing looked at his storage bag. He had only sold eighty-five spirit herbs this time, and there were still fifteen that he hadn't sold.

These fifteen plants are all rather special spiritual plants. What makes them special? They are spiritual plants with distinct attributes, such as Lingzhi with earth or fire attributes.

These rare plants are two to three times more expensive than ordinary Ganoderma lucidum in the same year.

A 400-year-old Fire Spirit Mushroom can easily fetch six or seven mid-grade spirit stones.

Gu Qing packed all the other spiritual herbs in sacks, but these fifteen herbs were packed in boxes.

"If it weren't for the rush, these fifteen medicinal herbs could have fetched a good price," Gu Qing thought to himself.

After some final thought, they decided to replant these spiritual plants in the field.

Thus, the night passed, and just as dawn broke the next day, Han Li stopped outside the courtyard, riding his magical artifact.

Not long after a talisman was cast into the formation, the formation was opened. After Han Li entered the courtyard, he saw Gu Qing processing the spiritual plants.

The observant Han Li noticed that the Dan Yuan ginseng in Gu Qing's hand had five large buds, and ten green strands could be clearly seen inside each bud, clearly indicating that it was a 500-year-old Dan Yuan ginseng.

"Sure enough, my master must have mastered some method to accelerate the ripening of spiritual plants, otherwise how could the Dan Yuan Ginseng, which was only four hundred years old before, have all become five hundred years old now?" Han Li thought to himself.

Then another terrifying thought came to mind: Could it be that Gu Qing sensed something similar in him, which is why he took him as his disciple?

Didn't taking the Foundation Establishment Pill seed expose his secret?

Thinking about this possibility, Han Li felt somewhat nervous.

"Master, I have done what you asked me to do yesterday," Han Li said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Hmm!" Gu Qing simply nodded, without stopping her work.

These Dan Yuan Shen (a type of ginseng) are the main ingredients for refining Pei Yuan Dan (another type of ginseng), so a batch needs to be sorted out to refine the pills.

"Master, I want to go to the Crimson Forbidden Land," Han Li suddenly said.

Gu Qing paused for a moment, wondering why Han Li was thinking of going to the Crimson Forbidden Land again. Didn't he get the main and auxiliary ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill?

"It's good for you to gain some experience. Once you're inside, remember to stay away from women." Gu Qing said in words that Han Li couldn't quite understand.

But Han Li finally nodded, never expecting his master to be so open-minded.