"?" March 7th narrowed her eyes.
"Didn't you stay up all night? You've finished what Jing Yuan asked you to do. Aren't you going to catch up on sleep?"
Yan Qing scratched his head and said sheepishly,
"Haha, maybe everything that happened today has left me wide awake."
"I'm fine. Let's go."
At Ling Sha's invitation, they made their way toward the Alchemy Commission.
The Alchemy Commission.
Beneath the great tree in the medical market.
"I am She Hong, a messenger sent by Dragon Master Tao Ran." A Vidyadhara man cupped his hands to a female alchemist.
"When the Dragon Master heard that one of our own had become Divisional Head, he was overjoyed. He wished to come congratulate her in person, but his health would not permit it."
"So today, I have come on his orders to pay my respects to the new Divisional Head, Lady Ling Sha, on his behalf."
"Chief Alchemist, would you be so kind as to announce me?"
The new Chief Alchemist was named Yu Luo. She glanced at She Hong and said evenly,
"Lady Ling Sha has only just arrived on the Luofu. She hasn't settled in yet, and the handover of her duties is still incomplete. She is far too busy to receive visitors."
"Please leave."
She Hong looked up with a smile.
"Then... would you pass this modest gift on to Lady Ling Sha?"
He took out an exquisite long wooden box and offered it with both hands.
Yu Luo eyed the ornate box, her brow furrowing slightly.
"The Dragon Master's 'modest gift' must be quite valuable."
"I'm only a humble Chief Alchemist. I wouldn't dare deliver it on his behalf. If anything went wrong along the way, I couldn't take responsibility."
At that, She Hong paused, then slowly put the