Han Yu’s First Day in Alchemical Hell

Han Yu regretted everything the moment he stepped into Li Mei's hut again the next morning.

Technically, it wasn't even a hut anymore. It was more like a shack that had suffered repeated alchemical accidents and adapted to them through pure trauma. The wooden walls were scorched in artistic patterns. Several of the support beams looked slightly melted. One of the windows blinked at him for some reason.

He took a deep breath.

"Okay, Han Yu," he muttered to himself. "You survived the soup. You survived the spontaneous breakthrough. You can survive this. Probably."

The door opened before he could knock.

A puff of pink smoke escaped the threshold, accompanied by a small girl wearing goggles.

"Morning!" Li Mei chirped, poking her head out from behind a stack of cauldrons. "You're just in time. The Slumbering Vine accidentally woke up again and now it's trying to eat the broom."