>>5972060>>5972084>>5972096>>5972126>>5972137>>5972338>>5972345>>5972354>>5972381"It's not your fault, LienWen. It is mine and you know it.
It was my fault from the start where I was just slacking from going to a higher realm, not only that but I also made the call of going sideways when I wasn't obviously qualified to do so.
I was just a deadweight making the calls, and I'm so sorry for it.
- <span class="mu-g">Yeah, you're right. But I hold responsibility too - our realms are similar so that's mean I'm slacking too and didn't even realized it.
And it was really comfortable hiding behind your choices...</span>
- What could I have done better, except not chosing the obviously wrong choices?
- <span class="mu-g">I lack the insight...</span>"
You'll need to salvage this. And you might have just the thing for it.
"I might have a secret to show you. But for that I'll need a quiet spot, tea leaves and two cups...Oh, and boiling water, too."
Capitalizing on the perks of owning the place, <span class="mu-s">LienWen YanEr</span> gather the things in a turn of hands, then lead you to an empty room.
She present a teapot, and take a handful of dry leaves.
"Wait!"
She stops, hand over the normal teapot.
You unfurl your Treasured Teapot, ask her to put in the dry leaves, and fill, for the first time, the teapot with water.
You wait the required time for the hot drink to brew.
Progressively, the claystone seems to shine in a white and gold hue, the characters are especially bright.
You <span class="mu-i">feel</span> the timing to pour the tea in the cups. The drinks seems brimming with energy.
Your teapot can currently serve water to two people - no more, and you intuitively know that less would be wasteful.
Both of you drink. It's a bit more bitter than you expected but you thouroughly enjoy the high-quality herbs : you're more used to the common variant.
The teapot dulls. The once-colorful character now appears grey.
"<span class="mu-g">So... What does the teapot do?</span>
- Honestly? I don't know. Maybe help with our future cultivation?
- <span class="mu-g">Oh. It felt special. That might be it so.</span>"
And with that, you regain the courtyard, waiting for other kids. Most have pulled some materials from the secret realms, lucky ones met spiritual beast and treasures. Stable Lotus Clan members are delighted, other are invited to the sect's treasury for trading. This reminds you harshly that you missed out on that encounter.
And that concludes the day. You head for the sect, sympathizing with the Young Mistress who would certainly get a hard time following your collective failure.
Now, all that remains for you is diligent cultivation. However, you hesitate about pills : are they a good call this week? Won't they interract weirdly with whatever the teapot have done?
Or, contrairwise, would they let you increase the benefits of the tea drinking?