Yu Xunge did not stay at the Alchemy Shop for long. She left as soon as the Minotaur alarm clock started telling jokes again.
Although Maple Syrup and the others were busy, she did not dare get complacent. What if she got surrounded...
Besides, she wanted to check out Dawn's instance. She wanted to know how Dawn's descent progress and restrictions differed from Zelan's descent upon Zaijiu.
Almost as soon as she left, Mist Blade Moon Empress arrived at the Alchemy Shop.
Hechipa had just lit the Zaijiu cigarette her apprentice had given her, and Little Maki had just opened a bottle of cola chilled with magic. A thin mist appeared over the newly vacated seat, and within it, a nine-tailed black shadow slowly emerged.
The mentor and apprentice both stiffened.
Mist Blade Moon Empress's voice revealed neither joy nor anger. Just as it had during her lessons, every intonation and pause carried elegance and nobility. She asked, "Was the food she gave you good?"
Hechipa coughed for quite a while after getting choked by the smoke before calming down. "It stank."
Little Maki did not dare joke around like Hechipa. Before Mist Blade Moon Empress explicitly addressed a question to her, she was not even qualified to respond to the Moon Empress's words. She bowed to Mist Blade Moon Empress, quietly cleared the table, served a drink favored by moon foxes, then hurried away.
Mist Blade Moon Empress did not press the matter. "With Dawn's invasion, every potion you make from now on must be supplied to the military. Can you do that?"
Though it was phrased as a question, Hechipa had no right to refuse when it came from Mist Blade Moon Empress.
Yet for Mist Blade Moon Empress to personally come and ask her was already an