Master was an enigma.
Alchemy Child had no concept at all of common knowledge everyone else knew.
For example, whenever Zhang Xiaokai handed her a meat pie, she always ate it together with the oiled paper wrapping, as if the two were meant to go together, and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Zhang Xiaokai was terrified watching her, but he did not dare say anything.
It was still his senior sister Shali who spoke up. "Master, Sand City's paper can't be eaten. It's bamboo paper, but it isn't thin enough, and it has no texture to speak of. I ate it when I was little. Only some candy wrappers from Xiangke City taste good. They're made from flour paste."
"So that's why. No wonder it didn't taste good."
Zhang Xiaokai could somewhat understand why Shali had become his senior sister.
She was relatively close to Master.
Alchemy Child wore a long green robe, and because Alchemy often dirtied it, Shali would take it away to wash.
Sand City had laundry workshops equipped with Water Elemental Crystal Structures. For just a little money, one could get a laundry tub and scrub clothes with the Water Element. If one wanted it to be more convenient, one could also hand everything over to the laundry workshop to wash and even hang dry, though that was much more expensive.
The strange thing was that Alchemy Child did not care at all about taking off her long robe in public.
At the time, Zhang Xiaokai was so frightened he had no time to turn around. She undressed too quickly. With a light tug of her belt, the entire garment slid down.
However, underneath it, Alchemy Child was wearing another identical green robe.
No matter how she took them off, no matter how many she removed, there was