After the beavers arrived, they were quite bewildered.
—Why were these people having so much fun playing with mud?
Back at the sect, they had heard Teacher Bai Shi say that the scholars of Bitter Journey Academy were all rigid and meticulous. Even after finishing a Magic Treasure or formation, they would inspect it repeatedly before approving it.
And yet...
They were playing with mud here?
Hm?
The beavers suddenly noticed the white-clad young woman who was having the most fun playing with mud.
The young woman seemed utterly ordinary.
Yet for some inexplicable reason, they found her somewhat familiar. Or rather, she carried an air that made them want to draw close to her.
"Chirp?" The beavers turned back to look at their master. After hesitating briefly, Li Ye nodded.
Only then did they head toward the white-clad young woman.
As they approached her, the young woman raised her head and glanced at them. A glimmer of divine light, dazzling as flowing radiance, flashed through her eyes.
"Beavers from Weichuan."
"Come, come to big sister."
The young woman was exceptionally friendly toward the beavers.
She beckoned to them, directly grabbed a lump of mud made by mixing Sea of Learning Water with Calamity Ash, and patiently explained:
"The essence of Calamity Ash is material that forms the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth. Don't add too much water, like this..."
"Splash!"
Around ten-odd pounds of Sea of Learning Water were poured into the Calamity Ash. Naturally, that was rather too much, leaving it excessively runny.
"Uh."
Without changing her expression, the white-clad woman grabbed another handful of Calamity Ash and added it in. Only then did it barely become a lump of mud that could be shaped.
"There, just like this."
She shook that large lump of still somewhat