Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

Blue Carp Town

Fangsu, who was mounted up top Bai Xue, descended down the stairs to begin her travelling. Xu Yang handed Fangsu a bamboo woven basket filled with the bountiful harvest of the fruits that ripened in the springtime. Unwrapping a satchel filled with the bitter medicine downing it straight into her mouth. The bitterness lingered in her mouth as there were still a few pockets of the powdered mediocrity in her gums and cheek since she didn't chase the medicine down with water. Despite the bitterness of the medicine, there was no change in her expression. As they continued down the path, the saddle still remained untouched as it was hidden by the forest overgrowth.

As Fangsu placed her pinkies into the corners of her mouth, blowing. A sharp piercing whistle echoed through the plains and Fangsu waited for Tian to return, however, the sounds of multiple horses came running from the distance to Fangsu. Surprisingly, Tian had returned back with a relatively small herd of wild horses roughly about four including Tian. Tian came prancing towards Fangsu allowing her to place the saddle on his back. The small herd didn't seem hostile to Fangsu who cautiously approached them with her extended hand.

Reaching into the bag filled with fragrant fruits, Fangsu pulled out an apple feeding it to the smallest one who carefully ate right out of her small hand, avoiding her fingers. The rest of the herd came up to Fangsu wanting to eat the sweetly scented fruits in her basket. Strawberries, Mulberries, Cherries, Longan, Loquat and Dragon Fruit were the few names of the fruits in her basket but Fangsu was unsure whether some of the fruits would be harmful to the horses. Digging through the basket there were some vegetables which included carrots which Fangsu knew was the safest thing to feed horses.

The horses enjoyed the fresh carrot that Fangsu had given to them developing a favourable impression of Fangsu. Feeding all the carrots to the horse, Fangsu sent the basket of fruits into the spatial ring to avoid carrying too many things. Dismissing Bai Xue away and pulling out a map Fangsu wanted to travel to a tourist hotspot. Xu Yang gave out pointers to the most visited areas which were famous for certain specialities.

The closest one was Blue Carp Town which was a small fishing village which was well known for their fresh seafood and their famous carps which were an unusual blue colour. Fangsu nodded as she decided to travel to the fishing hamlet to eat some freshly fished seafood, however, as she motioned Tian to the direction of the fishing village. The small herd followed them and Fangsu couldn't shoo the herd away as they persisted in following Tian. These horses seem like they were quite familiar with humans since they were quite calm with her. But, if the herd continued to follow her into the fishing village, people would misunderstand that she was selling these horses so Fangsu decided to go under the guise of a small merchant. Using the small herd to carry the merchandise would be beneficial for Fangsu to earn so income on the road.

Surprisingly, the herd was calm as Fangsu set up blankets on their backs and secured her merchandise which was mainly the skincare and fresh produce. Fangsu had to produce the merchandise on the spot. Thankfully, she had brought her distiller with her otherwise she would be a tight spot. However, the only problem that still stood was that she needed to register as a merchant otherwise she would be illegally selling her own merchandise and she would need a permit from her business to be able to sell her own merchandise. The permit stamp was back at the capital and she couldn't go straight back because it was much too far to travel.

Fangsu turned back to the mountain rushing up the stairs to Xu Yang small hut who was preparing for the impending birth of a new generation of Qilins, "Fangsu? I thought you would have left for Blue Carp Town already," Placing down her equipment to wipe the sweat that was glistened on Fangsu's face with a cotton handkerchief.

Fangsu began gasping for air as she reached Xu Yang's hut, "Do you have a messenger bird or anything to send messages?" She leaned against a tree to support her exhausted body, "I need to send a message to Grandpa," The soft cotton handkerchief was gently dabbed onto her hot flushed cheeks.