Store house

The manly scent assaulted his nose making him feel awkward. If not for the fact that he knows she didn't go anywhere else, he would speculate that she met with a man who carried this scent.

Just thinking about it gave him a strange feeling.

The girl disguised as a boy was sleeping so peacefully. There was no trace of the nightmare that troubled her earlier.

With a wave of his hand, all of the lamp lights in the room were extinguished. Only the moonlight entered through the cracks of the window illuminated them.

One arm on the side and the other on her back, securing her so she doesn't fall to the floor, Sun Xun closed his own eyes as well.

For the first time, Song Jia went to sleep and dreamt of being in the forest. But instead of feeling afraid of being lost, she was at peace. In her dream, she was hugging a tree, feeling all her worries dissipate, being absorbed by the tree.

Midnight came and Song Jia's grip on him became slack, she easily rolled to his side, her head resting on his arm. This startled Sun Xun as he thought she had fallen to the floor. He was about to get up to check when an arm and leg pulled him back to the bed.

He stiffened, realizing that he couldn't move.

His brows furrowed.

'Master, why not just pull her away from you? She doesn't seem to be strong. She's using you too much, master. How will you be able to rest peacefully?' A voice inside his contract space uttered.

However, Sun Xun didn't reply.

His contracted beast was right. With his strength, he could easily extract himself from this position. But he wasn't sure why he didn't do it before.

After a while, he lifted her arm and leg off of him and left her bed. He covered her with a blanket.

Glancing at the daybed, his brows knitted together. It's too short for his tall form.

Ditching the daybed, he disappeared from the room into thin air.

The room was quiet with only the girl's soft snores. She was basked in the moonlight as she pulled up the blanket covering her ear, her hand searched around.

In her dream, she could still faintly smell the tree but it disappeared from her sight. Disappointment filled her as she couldn't hug the tree anymore.

She sighed, resigning herself that not all good things are permanent. Her eyes fluttered open. Unable to sleep anymore, she went back to the Spirit Artifact in her half-conscious state. She was still clueless about Sun Xun having slept on the same bed as her earlier.

"Jia? You're back again.." Crystal held a little shovel and her white dress was dirty.

"Mm.. What were you doing just now?"

"I found some seeds from the previous masters' collection.."

"Oh? I didn't know there was more.."

"There was.. But your cultivation rank before made it unavailable for use. When you advanced, the storehouse appeared. It has a lot of agricultural products collected by the previous masters.."

"Oh.." Now that Crystal mentioned it, there really was an additional building next to the mansion. She walked towards it to have a look. "Eh? These are a lot!"

"Yes. When it was first here, it was only a small storage room, then it expanded to this. Also, since the mansion had its own storage room for its gardening, I put it together."

It was the size of two garage rooms put together. There were sacks of grains, shelves full of seeds that were categorized into herbs, flowers, vegetables and trees. On the side, there were shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, hoses, mowers, and others.

After she checked the storage house, she went back to the laboratory and checked on the perfume. Crystal noticed her keep staring at the mason jar. Song Jia was tapping her fingers against the tiled table. Then as if she had a Eureka moment, her finger pointed up, her eyes brightened and her mouth opened in an 'Oh'. Next moment, she was rummaging through the drawers and cabinets.

"You need help, Jia?"

"Ah! Yes! Can you get me these…" She listed the ingredients she needed and both of them rummaged through the laboratory.

Crystal could guess that Song Jia is planning to make more of the perfume. Last time it took her a while to do it.

"Do you want me to help Jia? You can teach me how to do that, that way you'll have more.."

Jia was surprised but was happy that she offered her assistance. Now that she thought about it, an idea popped in her mind again. 'If I could produce more of these then I'll be able to sell it!'

"Alright! I'll teach you how to do these.."

After saying that, she showed Crystal the process once while explaining it. Then the two worked on making the perfumes, Song Jia worked on one table and Crystal worked on the other, with Jia checking on it every now and then.

They only stopped when it was almost dawn outside of the Spirit Artifact and there were already piles of mason jars on both tables. They have put labels on the mason jars with an ingredient list, time and date it was made before putting it away. Sniffing herself, she took a quick shower and changed into a similar looking sleepwear.

She went back to her room to catch some sleep. Dawn came and the sound of the birds chirping could be heard.

Just before Song Jia opened her eyes, Sun Xun reappeared, only to leave the room.

"Master, you're awake! The little sister has made breakfast! Where is little brother?" A huge smile was plastered on Wan Yan's face.

But before Sun Xun could answer, the door to Song Jia's room opened. A tinge of pink on her cheeks appeared.

"Little brother! How was your sleep? Ah! Little sister made breakfast!" He sniffed her. "Eh? Little brother, you smell good! What do you use? I want to smell like that too!"

He moved his arm to rest on her shoulders but he felt his master's aura on him, making him freeze in place.

When he looked at Sun Xun, he saw his glare, immediately making him withdraw from Song Jia.

"Hahaha.. If we see each other again Big Brother Wan Yan, I will sell it to you for half the price!"

Sun Xun turned his glare on the back of Song Jia's head. The latter felt it.

'Huh? Did I do something wrong?'

"Ah! But Big Brother Wan Yan, I'll give you a different one okay? I got something else that will suit you more!"

"Oh? Then I'll have that then! Many thanks little brother!"

Sun Xun then left them and went outside to sit on the bench with a table of food in front of him. He was quiet the whole time.

When the others sat down, they began to eat.