Chen Siyao was sorting Jade Slips in her room. Her table was covered with Document Discs, Jade Slips, bamboo slips, and stone rubbings, sorted into a dozen or so stacks.
"The Stargazing Platform."
"What's at the Stargazing Platform?"
“Astronomical Formation.” Chen Siyao did not even look up. “A technique the cultivation civilization of the Primordial Era used to lay formations with the power of the stars. I saw records of it in the Heavenly Pivot Array Sect, but no actual examples. The Stargazing Platform should have some.”
Yang Wanqing jumped down from the railing.
"All right, all right. You pick the places anyway. I'll just tag along."
She reached the door, then came back. "Oh, right. We're not streaming today either, are we?"
"No."
Chen Siyao had not streamed for three days straight. The reason was simple: she had already sent most of the material she needed to organize to the team of professors. There was no need anymore.
"Won't the fans get anxious?"
"I posted an announcement. Streaming is on hold while I organize the material. I'll go live again if there's a major discovery."
"Oh." Yang Wanqing thought for a moment. "The fans won't pester you about it?"
“No.” Chen Siyao finally looked up at her. “I showed them photos of the Nine-Turn Silverleaf Orchid. Now everyone in the comments is asking whether it can be mass-produced. Nobody's pestering me anymore.”
"Ha."
The two packed up and headed out.
On the evening of the fifteenth day, Chen Siyao visited Tusita Palace again.
This time, she was not just delivering food. She wanted to check on her brother's progress.
When she entered the Pill Chamber, Chen Hao was not in front of the furnace. He stood beside a wall covered with things.
Jade fragments, sheets of paper, and even