Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

Parasite

The head caretaker gestures Wu Song and Fangsu to follow him into a private room which was usually exclusive to only for high ranked caretakers, but given the situation, both juniors were allowed in the private room. The private room was brightly lit up which make the sheets of paper covered the walls categorises specific topics of new discoveries of species, new illnesses and recent discoveries of old topics being replaced due to more knowledge and technology. Wu Song was incredibly fascinated by such a privilege that was only granted to caretakers who has been in the industry for decades. But, Fangsu was more interested in certain plants that were toxic to animals. Many which Fangsu was familiar because of her work that is associated with botany made it much more enlightening.

The head caretaker opened the porcelain bottle that was given by Fangsu, shaking out the contents to see insect eggs. To be more precisely, parasite eggs which were an off white colour, oval in shape and they were clustered together. Once, the head caretaker saw these eggs beginning to hatch open. He quickly placed a cover over the egg to prevent them from finding a host, "This situation is very delicate," The head caretaker's eyebrows furrowed as the wrinkles in his forehead continued to deepen, "Parasite like these is quite troublesome to deal with." The parasite that was underneath the cover was the flesh-eating parasite known to be used by the people in the underground or black market to get rid of bodies. But, the younger the parasite the slower the death of the victim but the toxins released during the parasite's feeding process would go crazy.

Wu Song was fascinated by the parasites, "So the parasites would be eating the meat that we have lying out and then the leopard would eat the meat," But as he continued to read the notes on the walls filled with information on the parasite, seeing that there was such a minuscule amount, "The ideal conditions for Flesh-eating parasites are moist environments such as the Moon-Glade Swamps." This was by no means a simple problem but someone had intentionally planted Flesh-Eating Parasite eggs in the Empress's mount enclosure. Both Wu Song and the head caretaker were both startled that someone would have intentionally done such a thing. But, Fangsu was the only one that was bothered by the intentional act.

A pale ethereal glow came through the wall, Ming Yue's facial expression lit up having found Fangsu, "Master! I have found some information. Wah! This room is filled to the brim with papers!" Ming Yue who floated towards Fangsu staring at the massive amount of notes on the wall, "Master, I have found that the Su Hua Jing and Consort Hui were the ones who instigated the Empress to investigate your background but since nothing much came out of the investigation she wanted to test you." Ming Yue was waving at Fangsu trying to get her master's attention but then Ming Yue had forgotten if she was a spirit and that only Fangsu could see her. If Fangsu had begun talking to Ming Yue, the other two people in the room would have thought she was seeing and talking to imaginary things. So, Ming Yue quietly waiting for Fangsu to finish her business.

Fangsu nodded at Ming Yue which showed that she had noticed Ming Yue's presence in the room and turned her attention towards the two individuals in front of her, "Why not make some medicine that can kill the parasite but not the Leopard?" Fangsu took a note from the wall pointing to a plant that is toxic to the Flesh-Eating Parasite, the Dew of a Death Willow & Life's Persimmon. Life's Persimmon is grown in the more tropical or subtropical climates, thriving in the hotter temperature but Death Willow grows in much damper areas where there have been many deaths.

The head caretaker and Wu Song were troubled by both ingredients as one of them are hard to acquire but the other doesn't grow in the capital, "Retrieving the Dew from the Death Willow is hard to get but it's doable, ghouls and ghost protect it," The head caretaker released a heavy sigh looking the Life's Persimmon listed on the note, "But, to retrieve the Life's Persimmon... we don't have the climate that this tree grows in let alone the resources to gather it." The caretaker can only shake his head, seeing that the caretaking unit was fated to withstand the wrath of the Empress.