Everyone watched Li Xiang lose her composure on-screen.
Still, she found it in the end.
With the medicinal herbs safely in hand, the first step toward curing Ruri could finally begin in earnest.
Next came the most crucial part: brewing the medicine.
On-screen, Li Xiang took the cleaned and sorted herbs and headed straight for Grandpa Fossil's home.
Since she needed jars and an earthenware pot to grind the medicine, Li Xiang asked Grandpa Fossil for help, and he readily agreed.
Li Xiang listed the full set of tools she needed.
Heat-resistant ceramic medicine pots, a stone mortar, wooden spoons for portioning out the medicine, and so on.
Grandpa Fossil got straight to work after hearing her out.
The veteran craftsman worked with astonishing efficiency. In no time at all, he had made a complete set of specialized grinding tools and handed them to Li Xiang.
Everything was ready. Time to get to work.
Next came Li Xiang's own medicine-making session.
The girl on-screen moved briskly and precisely, carrying out each step in an orderly fashion.
She prepared the medicine by adjusting the heat and brewing time.
At first, everyone in the audience watched with perfectly serious expressions.
But as the brew simmered, the liquid in the pot gradually changed color.
The clear medicinal liquid slowly turned cloudy, then settled into a thick concoction with an eerie, dark green tinge.
Its color was so murky that merely looking at it made them feel half-dead.
On-screen, Li Xiang stared at her finished brew. Even she could not help twitching the corner of her mouth as she muttered to herself.
"Uh... this stuff looks bitter enough to kill someone."
"I'd better make some candy in advance."
On-screen, she used sugars from plants to quickly boil up a few sweet pieces of candy,