The Resplendent Farming Apothecary

It was quiet in the courtyard, with a simple thought Gu Ye entered her dimension.
It was still the same dimension, the ten or so well fertilized black soil was filled with herbs she had collected for years in her previous life.
Over a hundred different species of herbs including some very rare ones.

Dozens of herbs that were over a hundred years old, but that was common in a dimension, even hundred or upward of hundreds years old ginseng or fleeceflower root.
The lifecycles of herbs were much shorter inside the dimension so she has never ran out of material when she was experimenting with new poultices.

After going around and surveilling the entire herb field once, Gu Ye, now in a great mood, went inside her poultice laboratory – a very elegantly-built wood structure.
Boxes and boxes filled with all sorts of potions and poultices gave Gu Ye a strong sense of security.
Her fingers slid through bottles and bottles of medicines of all colors as though she was stroking her own children as she took a trip down memory lane.

Exiting her laboratory, she glanced over at the pile of “garbage” on the empty field.
These were all the materials she had collected before her previous world plunged into chaos.
Some of them might be more useful than others; she needed to find some time to organize them.

Suddenly, she smelled a small hint of lotus flower.
Following the fragrant, she arrived at that small pond situated in the middle of the dimension and was surprised by her discovery of a half blossomed red lotus.
It had neither leaves nor root, like a fairy who had abandoned the world around her and stood proudly in the middle of the shallow, blue pond.
On one of its pedal was a drop of jade-like petrichor, sparkling in the light.

Picture: Lotus Flower
Source: www.ba-bamail.com

Picture: Lotus Seeds
Source: zhuanlan.zhihu.com

Picture: Lotus Seeds
Source: indiamart.com

Picture: Lotus Root (very yummy!!)
Source: drhealthbenefits.com

“Eh? When was the lotus planted? But hey, at least I will have lotus seeds and lotus roots to eat in the future,” Said Gu Ye to herself.

As she looked at it with a gluttony look, the fire like red lotus shook almost unnoticeably, as though it was scared, or a feeling of disdain.
Gu Ye rubbed her eyes.
Did she just feel human emotions in a red lotus? What she thought she had seen must be a mistake!

She would have plenty of time in the future to figure out where this red lotus come from.
For now she should go back out before her brother returned and found her missing and be worried all over again.
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Note:

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older sister.
Again, not necessarily related, just someone a few years old than you of the same generation.

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