Chapter 552: Spirit Spring System in a Qing Dynasty Transmigration (3)

Xie Yang ignored it; she already knew how to use this Spirit Spring System from the Main System.

Binding and entering directly, what came into view was a bubbling spring eye with a pool of spring water accumulated at the bottom; this was the initialized Spirit Spring.

At present, it did not have the heaven-defying effect of bringing the dead back to life or regrowing flesh and bones; at best, it could strengthen the body, alleviate pain, and treat simple illnesses like colds and diarrhea.

The Spirit Spring was surrounded by thick fog; to expand the Spirit Spring space and upgrade the Spirit Spring's grade, one had to complete the tasks issued by the Spirit Spring System.

【Gah? When did you bind with me? How come I don't know?】

Xie Yang asked it with a smile: "A wild duck? Or a wild goose?"

【You're the wild duck! Your whole family is wild ducks!】

"Oh, so it's a wild goose then."

【What wild goose! I am a noble among geese, a Lanyu Yan!】

"..."

Isn't that still a wild goose?

Xie Yang almost burst out laughing.

"Then shall I call you Xiao Lan?"

【Unhuh, that name isn't bad!】

Xie Yang couldn't help but laugh: "Then I'll have to trouble Xiao Lan to help guard the Spirit Spring."

The Spirit Spring System proudly puffed out its... well, goose chest.

As if the Host even needed to say that! Guarding the Spirit Spring and urging the Host to complete tasks was its primary job!

【Host, you must complete your tasks well! Otherwise, there are restrictions on collecting the Spirit Spring; it is limited to one pot per day.】

【Only by completing daily tasks can you unlock unlimited access for the day; completing extra tasks can upgrade the Spirit Spring's quality; completing hidden tasks will drop a Blind Box.】

Xie Yang nodded: "Then give me today's portion of the Spirit Spring."

One pot, right?

It would be perfect for boiling tea.

It was hot, so she would boil a pot of honeysuckle and mint tea to cool off.

【...】

The Sub-system's CPU was slightly overheating.

No previous Host had ever asked it for free Spirit Spring water right off the bat; they usually checked the task bar first.

But it didn't seem wrong; one pot of free Spirit Spring water per day was written in the rules.

The Sub-system held a small copper pot in its beak, squatted by the Spirit Spring, and laboriously filled a pot of Spirit Spring water, handing it to Xie Yang.

Xie Yang was looking at the task bar.

{Daily Task 1: At least thirty people praise the food cooked with the Spirit Spring; completion reward: 3L of Spirit Spring}

{Daily Task 2: At least sixty people praise the food cooked with the Spirit Spring; completion reward: 6L of Spirit Spring}

{Daily Task 3: At least one hundred people praise the food cooked with the Spirit Spring; completion reward: 10L of Spirit Spring}

{Daily Task 4:... }

{Extra Task 1: Use the Spirit Spring to treat and save people a total of one hundred times; completion allows the Spirit Spring to be upgraded to Level 1}

{Extra Task 2: Use the Spirit Spring to treat and save people a total of three hundred times; completion allows the Spirit Spring to be upgraded to Level 2}

{Extra Task 3: Use the Spirit Spring to treat and save people a total of one thousand times; completion allows the Spirit Spring to be upgraded to Level 3}

{Extra Task 4:... }

The daily tasks were still difficult for her at the moment.

Even for the first daily task—getting at least thirty people to eat food she cooked with the Spirit Spring... the masters and servants in the manor added up to over thirty people, but the key was, would the masters eat it if she made it? Would the servants dare to eat it?

Opening a food stall outside the manor could complete this task, and she wouldn't even need to be the cook herself; she could use the Spirit Spring to boil a sauce, hire a cook to use the sauce she boiled to make snacks for sale, and as long as they were cheap and delicious, getting praise from dozens or hundreds of customers wouldn't be hard, but the problem was, did she have the capital to open a shop?

The extra tasks were even more of a pitfall—where was she supposed to find so many sick and injured people? Unless she went to a hospital to see patients.

That was even more unrealistic than investing in a restaurant.

Anyway, since she could get a pot of free Spirit Spring water every day without doing these tasks, Xie Yang decisively gave up.

Exiting the Spirit Spring System, she looked at the copper pot in her hand; the craftsmanship was quite exquisite, but the capacity was a bit small, with one pot holding only about 500ml.

It was a good thing she didn't complain in front of the Sub-system, otherwise it would definitely have caused the goose steward to bristle and jump: You think 500 milliliters isn't enough?

This is Spirit Spring, Spirit Spring! Not creek water, lake water, or rainwater!

Xie Yang put the copper pot into the Aircraft Cargo Hold, then logged into the Main System interface to check the point rewards from the previous plane.

The Main System looked at the Host with a guilty conscience: 【Host, the task completion in the previous plane was mediocre, and the reward points were deducted by the Jump Administration; 7500 points of debt were deducted, leaving 2500.】

Xie Yang: "..."

She kind of wanted to curse.

In the previous plane, she hadn't hoarded much stuff at all.

Because she didn't have the points to purchase a Cargo Flying Vehicle.

Since she knew that taking supplies from a task plane would result in points being deducted by the Jump Administration, she tried her best not to borrow points from the Main System unless absolutely necessary, and at most, she just filled up the empty cargo hold.

Even so, 50% was deducted? It really wasn't as good as that plane in the Great Ye Dynasty.

At least back in the Great Ye Dynasty, she had truly hoarded a wave of good things, almost all of which were gold, silver, jade, and precious treasures; a single stalk of Immortal Grass could be worth the value of the hoarded goods from that entire plane.

But in the previous plane, what she hoarded were almost all ordinary daily necessities: rice, flour, grain, oil, cotton, Fabric, various ingredients...

At most, she hoarded a few advanced technological products after retiring, like a smart floor sweeper, vegetable washer, dishwasher, multi-functional cooking machine... but because there wasn't enough space, she only hoarded one set as a token.

What standard does this Jump Administration use to deduct points anyway?

Main System: 【...】

It didn't know how they were deducted either.

Perhaps, possibly, probably... it also collected a wave of interest, just like it did.

So it dared not say anything and dared not ask anything.

Xie Yang pondered for a moment and guessed it, letting out a cold snort in her heart.

However, thinking of the pricing in the System Mall for storage-type props like the Space Button, she felt much more balanced.

After all, there were six large cargo holds, roughly equivalent to eighteen shipping containers of supplies, that could travel with her to different planes; isn't that much better than spending 50,000 points to buy a one-cubic-meter Space Button?

But she would not tell the Main System; let it remain guilty. When she encounters thorny problems in the future and needs to borrow points, she can still extort it, right?

Looking at the remaining 2,500, it seems she cannot buy the Physical Fitness Potion in this plane.

Fortunately, there is the Spirit Spring; it is said that drinking this stuff every day has an effect on improving one's physique that is not much different from the Physical Fitness Potion, though the strength increase is not as great.

But she can practice the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Technique.

In the previous plane, hindered by the thin spiritual energy, she had barely broken through to the third level by the time she retired.

But in this plane, she felt abundant spiritual energy similar to that of the Great Ye Dynasty, even if she could not travel everywhere to break through rapidly like in the Great Ye Dynasty period, reaching Great Perfection in just over a year.

But she believes that after practicing for three to five years, breaking through to the sixth or seventh level should be no problem.

Currently, living deep in the inner courtyard, the requirement for combat power is not that high.

However, various inner-courtyard intrigues need to be guarded against more strictly.

Thinking of this, Xie Yang flipped through the medical books she had copied while at Shenyi Valley, as well as the medicinal herbs and pills she had hoarded.

She had copied over ten medical books at the time, mainly including "Shennong Materia Medica", "Materia Medica Harm and Benefit", "Complete Compendium of Herbology", "Hundred Herbs of the Human World", and so on.

Needless to say, she had hoarded both mature plants and seeds of the medicinal herbs.

As for the pills, besides life-saving miracle drugs like the Rejuvenation Pill and Detoxification Pill, she also had some poison pills for self-defense.