Inside.
Jiang Ning sat beside the stove, the brush in his hand moving with effortless freedom, like a knife tip dancing, each razor-edged character leaping vividly onto the paper.
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
Beside him, Luyi quietly ground the ink, making fine, rustling sounds.
The black ink gradually spread out as well.
Once it was about ground enough, she went over to the small ceramic stove beside them and added some tiny pieces of wood.
Heat steamed up from the stove, bubbling and gurgling.
A moment later.
The hot water in the pot came to a boil.
Hearing the movement from the kettle, Luyi immediately stopped grinding the ink.
She went to the tea table, used a tea spoon to take out some tea leaves, then placed the leaves into a tea bowl and set the lid on at a slant.
After that, she picked up the kettle. The snow water inside had already been boiled to a rolling boil.
The tea in the tea bowl was old tea, and old tea needed water boiled to a rolling boil before the rich fragrance within could be steeped out.
The next instant, Luyi held the kettle and slowly poured water along the rim of the lidded bowl, making the tea leaves tumble under the impact of the water. This helped the substances contained within the leaves seep out.
At this moment, the tea-brewing technique she used was called "Phoenix Three Nods."
Phoenix Three Nods meant lifting the kettle high, letting the water pour straight down, then using the strength of the wrist to raise and lower the stream, pouring three times in succession, making the tea leaves rise and fall in the water and heat evenly.
From this alone, one could also see that Luyi had received much training at Myriad Blossom