At first light, Yu Sui set the Fusang Wood she had carved with Secret Text on the forging table. The furnace below had been burning for a long time. As soon as she placed the wooden pieces covered in Secret Text on the table, they began to curl.
The wood grew sticky, and the pieces clung together one by one. Yu Sui kept watch as the carved pieces fused, then carved them in greater detail.
The finished product was a concealed earpiece, small as a dewdrop and small enough to fit in the ear. It could connect to a Listening Wind Ruler, and the Secret Text Yu Sui had carved into it let it bypass the Communication Institute's restrictions on transmission time.
Yu Sui had made six of them. They were all shaped like dewdrops, with a few strands of dark red light drifting through their transparent forms.
While she was recovering from her injuries, Shi Yuezhen had asked what she wanted to do to stave off boredom. Yu Sui said she wanted to read, so Shi Yuezhen and Mei Chengyu found her a great many books.
They were both Grade A Disciples, so they could enter Taiyi's advanced library. They borrowed all sorts of strange books for Yu Sui to read.
Yu Sui had found inspiration in the books. She had also heard Mei Chengyu talk about building mechanisms, so once her injuries had healed, she came to the outer city and asked Black Beard to prepare the materials she needed.
Now that she had finished making them, all that remained was to test how well they worked.
Yu Sui put away the six Fusang Dewdrops and looked outside. The morning light was dazzling.
She lowered her eyes to the Listening Wind Ruler and saw that her Senior Martial