Chapter 95: One Fell Swoop
Wan Ai was at the orphanage deeply engrossed in studying the Body Cultivation scripture Master had given her when Zou Tian came for her. It felt like she’d barely even scratched the surface of everything she needed to understand, and the distraction was not welcome.
“This one was able to find a perfect lab for you, Senior Sister,” he said.
Wan Ai blushed. No one had ever referred to her as a senior before. She certainly didn’t feel qualified to give orders to anyone other than small children, much less someone who had the ear of Master.
Hiding her face, she silently started gathering her items.
“There’s too much there for us to carry by ourselves, Senior Sister. Just grab the most important items, and this one will have laborers carefully pack up and transport the rest.”
She cupped her hands and bowed.
The boy escorted her to a house not too far away from the orphanage, and while she explored the multiple rooms, he left to arrange for her alchemy equipment to be transported over. There were a few tables set up in the largest room, located in the back corner of the house, and she spread out the herbs she’d carried with her onto them.
Master expected her to prepare hundreds of baths. Hundreds. Each required cutting many herbs in a way that preserved whatever essence the dried material still retained. Then the various essences had to be mixed in hot water and combined with a spirit beast core.
Wan Ai had no idea how to do any of that. She didn’t even know where to start. Beyond some basic cooking duties, she’d never used a knife or mixed things. Besides learning how to access Master’s jade slips, she knew nothing about beast cores.
How in the world was she supposed to do any of it? And Master was counting on her. He kept saying over and over how important her task was.
The two techniques and the cultivation method were supposed to help her, but the information held within them was so overwhelming. Her head felt like it was about to explode. She’d never held a cultivator technique prior to the day before but was expected to learn two of them fast enough to get the baths prepared as soon as possible.
She didn’t want to let anyone down, especially not Master. And not her new sect Brothers and Sisters. They were counting on her. What if they got in a fight and got hurt or killed because they weren’t strong enough because she hadn’t figured out the baths fast enough?