Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

Bird Nest Harvester

Fangsu remained using her merchant alias to continue travelling, however, Xiulan and Sung Chong were the only ones who knew her real identity. Xiulan came running from behind, "Fangsu, where are you heading?" Setting up her small herd with all her luggage but she was able to leave.

As she fastened the saddle on Tian, leaping on the saddle as she stared at the middle mountain ranges, "Heading to the mountain ranges to eat some delicacies" The thought of delicious food caused rumbles in her stomach. Both of the girls laughed at the sudden interruption of Fangsu's stomach.

Xiulan laughed at the gluttonous nature of Fangsu, "How about travelling with us for a bit?" Beaming a smile that shone brightly, "It would be safer because you know numbers?" Xiulan scratched her head, embarrassed trying to make an excuse to stay with Fangsu even if it was just a little bit longer.

Fangsu smirked at the shy Xiulan, "What are you going to be lonely without me?" Leading her herd to the mercenary group before introducing herself as her alias and the entire group began moving to the middle mountain ranges. Fangsu was atop Tian to search for any interesting plants that she could find within the mountain ranges, "Ling Zhi! Black Wood Ear Fungus! Snow Fungus! This forest is a botanist literal dream treasure trove," Fangsu rummaged through the heavy undergrowth of the forest digging all the precious plants but leaving some to allow for the play to regrow.

The mercenary group decided to set camp in a somewhat safe location to rest up and fuel themselves with some food. Fangsu set up her own camp and began prepping for a snack; soaking her freshly harvested snow fungus and peach gum in a bowl of water. While waiting she began to deseed the jujube. Summoning out some dried logans and peeling the skins of the hard shell with the back of her knife.

Xiulan came over to Fangsu, "What are you making?" Handing over some meat dishes and Chinese yams that were leftover from the distributed resources.

Fangsu coyly tilted her head, "Something to make you more beautiful," Teasing the flustered girl which caused a round of cheers from other mercenaries thinking that Fangsu was flirting with Xiulan. Continuing with her cooking, Fangsu took the yams and began peeling the skin and slicing them into manageable pieces. After the snow fungus had finished soaking the water and were very plump from the water. She began cutting the smiley fungus in smaller pieces. After finishing all the prep work, Fangsu summoned out a clay pot and poured all the ingredients into the clay pot, filling it up with water and adding some rock sugar.

At first, the pot was cooked at high heat before letting it simmer for 20 minutes. Fangsu extinguished the fire, covering the pot for another 20 minutes to bring out the gelatine from the snow fungus and thicken the soup. The sweet scent wafted through the air and all the mercenaries gulped at the sight of the glistening soup with the sweet jujube, chewy peach gums and snow fungus and filling yams. Fangsu scooped a bowl of the soup, "One beautifying soup for one beautiful lady," Handing the sweet bowl of soup to Xiulan with a smirk.

Fangsu began serving bowls of soup for everyone to eat since it had health benefits but also was quite suitable for summery weather as everyone was sweating like dogs. As Fangsu was happily drinking her soup with Xiulan, another mercenary group came stumbling into the Black-Winged Leopard's temporary camp and it was the notorious Horned Viper Mercenary group who wasn't very welcomed by the Black-Winged Leopard. Sun Chong gently nudged both Xiulan and Fangsu to a more isolated part of the camp to avoid the radar of the members of the Horned Vipers, "What's going on?" Fangsu had just finished off her soup and was about to clean up but Sun Ching had taken her away from the camp.

Xiulan skulkingly obeyed Sun Chong's silent orders to remain out of the sights of the Horned Vipers, "It's because the Horned Vipers have a vicious and perverted appetite for young females," She paused before looking around the camp before approaching Fangsu's ear, "And especially young-looking boys," Fangsu's appearance fit both those requirements which sent shiver down her spine as disgust filled her gut.