Aunt Tang and Zhao Liansheng stared at the Black Lotus, unable to look away. Their barely contained emotions spread across both their faces.
Then Aunt Tang said,
"To extract the seeds from the Nine Nether Black Lotus, you must first sever the roots, then cut the stalk, separate the petals, open the seedpod, and finally use jade tweezers to remove the lotus seeds and store them in a jade vessel."
After Aunt Tang finished, Zhao Liansheng nodded as well.
"That's right, Fellow Daoist Tang. Why don't you lend me some of your tools? We can dissect the Black Lotus together."
Aunt Tang did not refuse and nodded.
"Sure!"
After saying that, she turned to Master.
"Old Song, you and Xiao Jiang guard the entrance. Don't let anyone come in.
This process may take more than an hour."
Master nodded.
"Don't worry. Forget people—even zombies won't get in today."
With that, Master stepped aside.
Aunt Tang nodded at Zhao Liansheng.
"My tools are all here. Let's begin!"
Zhao Liansheng nodded too.
Then they took out a great many tools from the toolbox.
It was like preparing for surgery, with all kinds of instruments.
Some were made of iron, some of copper, and some were even made of stone.
They then put on leather gloves and took out blades resembling scalpels, except they were black and appeared to be made from some kind of wood.
Next, they began cutting the Black Lotus's roots.
They were extremely careful, like doctors performing minimally invasive surgery in a hospital.
They worked with exceptional caution and precision, placing every Black Lotus root fiber into small stone bowls at the side.
This was traditional Chinese medicine surgery—dissecting a single Black Lotus required this much care.
I figured that if they were asked to perform an actual surgery,