She had hoped that by working for Liu Yu, she could quickly save enough spirit stones to buy pills for breaking through a bottleneck. Who would have thought that war would erupt in the Chu Kingdom's cultivation world? All she knew was that he had accepted an assignment to guard a location outside the Sects. Once he left, she heard nothing more from him.
She, meanwhile, had been sent to the front lines. Although she had narrowly survived two brushes with death, she had gained little from them. Several years later, she still had not saved enough spirit stones, and her cultivation remained at middle Qi Refining.
As she spoke, Jiang Qiushui picked up the Wooden Jar and began brewing the spirit tea.
Her slender, jade-white fingers moved deftly as she picked up the tea leaves and carefully worked through each step with practiced ease. Clearly, she had studied the art. Her movements were neither hurried nor slow, and, together with her beauty, every gesture naturally exuded elegance.
A woman absorbed in her work is quite charming, too.
Watching those fair, delicate hands with their jade-like sheen, Liu Yu briefly lost himself. Some "strange" uses for them suddenly sprang into his mind. Only when Jiang Qiushui finished brewing the Clear Lotus Spirit Tea, handed it to him, and called out to him did he return to his senses.
"Mm, thank you, junior sister."
Liu Yu recovered and thanked her, accepting the Blue-Patterned Teacup without any change in his expression. He gathered his mind and held fast to a single focus, reining in those "blasphemous" thoughts. After all, he had come on serious business.
"Please have a taste, senior brother. See what you think of my humble skills."
Jiang Qiushui spoke with a beaming smile. Whatever had crossed her mind, her