Lan Tian was reviewing this month's medicinal herb accounts in the study of the City Lord's Mansion when a faint ripple suddenly reached the depths of his consciousness.
It was Xiao Mei's mental link. The little dragon's voice rose from deep within his consciousness, brimming with excitement she could not conceal. "Daddy! That blood mountain ginseng has transformed! I've been watching over it all this time. Last night, it suddenly started glowing, and the whole plant turned deep red. Its medicinal power is so strong I don't even dare get too close!"
Lan Tian set down his pen and stood up.
Louise, who was leafing through a ledger beside him, looked up at him. "What's wrong?"
"The blood mountain ginseng has transformed. It's reached immortal grade." Lan Tian shared the news with her and Xiao Li, who was crouching by the window, playing with Lan Li'er. "I'll go over to the basin and take a look. I can bring some back to make a pot of soup while I'm there."
Louise closed the ledger at his words. "I brought back a few supplementary herbs from the Blue Medicine Hall a few days ago. They'll go perfectly with it. You fetch the ginseng, and I'll get things ready in the kitchen."
Xiao Li handed Lan Li'er to Shui Hanyi beside her, then stood up and said she wanted to come along and have a look.
Leaning against the back of her chair, Shui Hanyi waved them off. "Go ahead. I'll watch the children here."
Lan Tian took Xiao Li through the passage in the rear courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion and entered the underground Teleportation Array.
A flash of purple-gold light later, the two of them stood in the center of the Icefire Basin.
Overhead, the canopy of the golden