"Dragon Sages breathe out tides, sanctifying seawater and forming Dragon Tides. If a school of Heaven-Listening Conches lives within a Dragon Tide, they will secrete a Rare Object that clings to seaweed like transparent glue wrapping around it. It is called Heaven-Listening Conch Paste. Over the years, that Heaven-Listening Conch Paste seeps into the seaweed. After the seaweed dies, it settles on the ocean floor, and after an unknown number of years of gestation, it becomes Heaven-Listening Paste. Refined from the seabed, it becomes this very item."
As Fang Yun explained, he first took out two teacups. They were no ordinary cups, but two of the Eight Bowls from the Light-Brewing Set.
Fang Yun plucked two Tea Fish and placed one in each Light-Brewing Bowl. Holding a jade bottle, he poured water into the bowls to brew the tea.
When the Heaven-Listening Paste water first flowed from the bottle, it was still slightly cool. Midway through, Fang Yun called upon the power of the Starfire Armillary Mirror and made it boil in midair.
The rolling water fell into the Light-Brewing Bowls, startling the two Tea Fish into swimming through the water, though they could never leave their cups.
At last, the scales of the two Tea Fish unfurled. Like two little fish carved from green leaves, they lay quietly in the teacups and slowly shrank.
Fang Yun lifted a cup of tea and said, "At this moment, the tea is pale green, with an elegant, delicate flavor. When it turns grass-green, its fragrance will become rich and mellow. If the Tea Fish finally vanishes and the tea becomes dark green, it will first taste bitter, then turn sweet, its aftertaste lingering for a long time. After the tea is finished, pour in another cup of plain water, and it will