After Su Mei took Kallen and Eleanor aside, the remaining five children became a bit distracted.
However, to be fair, the only two people who were truly distracted were Ma Feima and Qin Suyi.
Of the three remaining, the fifth sister, Cheng Lingshuang, had already mastered the Taixu Sword Qi.
Although the third and fourth sisters were far inferior to Cheng Lingshuang, they had at least begun learning the basics at the same time as her and now knew everything necessary, so they did not need Su Mei's guidance most of the time.
"Suyi, Xiao Ma'er, why are you staring at me?"
Tian Shi deliberately feigned a smile and then looked at Cheng Lingshuang.
"I don't know anything about this; if these two don't know something, you, Lingshuang, will have to teach them"
"Mmm"
Cheng Lingshuang nodded expressionlessly, then looked at her two younger brothers, Ma Feima and Qin Suyi, with an extremely imposing gaze.
Well, although they described it as extremely oppressive, Cheng Lingshuang was actually just staring at her younger brothers.
She didn't need to urge them; she simply had an expression that said: "Let's see what you do if you aren't practicing with the sword"
However, this expression, combined with Cheng Lingshuang's usual temperament, made people uneasy.
So, seeing the expressionless gaze of her fifth senior sister, Qin Suyi and Ma Feima immediately and sensibly began practicing their swordsmanship.
The Jiang sisters, who were nearby, were also sensible.
Although Tian Shi didn't tell them to, they also began practicing on their own.
"It's a true delight to the eyes"
Otto arched an eyebrow at the sight of the sword dance on the training ground.
If she weren't so sickly, she would have also liked to learn it.
However, just as Otto was thinking about this, she heard footsteps behind her.
Turning around, she saw Lin Zhaoyu walking toward her with several bundles of oil paper tied together.
"Um... Miss Lin, what is this?"
Otto looked at the paper bundle in Lin Zhaoyu's hand and immediately had a bad feeling.
"My Master sent me to the mountain to fetch medicine for you," Lin Zhaoyu replied respectfully.
"She has a three-day supply."
"Hey, isn't this a bit bad?"
Otto had a strange expression; she could faintly smell the bitterness in the wind.
And with such a large paper bundle, are you saying it's only a three-day supply?
It's almost like eating it as a meal!
"Miss Otto, do not worry; although it looks like a lot, it is only one large bowl of water after the infusion; you do not need the dregs"
As Lin Zhaoyu also had quite a bit of experience caring for girls, she immediately understood Otto's thoughts.
"If you want to eat something better, snakes, deer, tigers, and similar animals abound in these mountains; you can even find ginseng if you dare to look... Of course, that is on the condition that you take the medicine"
Because there are indeed immortals on Mount Taixu, even now in the 15th century, the ecology of Mount Taixu is still quite good.
Furthermore, nowadays it is common for beasts to outnumber humans.
"Forget the snake"
Otto's lips twitched slightly.
"I almost vomited from eating that as a child... like the things from Diyejia."
"Ah, I remember one of the ingredients was snake meat, right?"
Tian Shi seemed to remember it too.
In reality, Otto's "Diyejia" would be a kind of honey ointment in the future, but now... well, it's called a panacea.
From minor ailments like loss of appetite and insomnia to more serious conditions like rabies and epilepsy, this medicine is currently used as an official medication in several European countries.
Furthermore, it is one of the few medications that has been introduced and accepted in Shenzhou.
"It has a spicy and bitter taste, and it is non-toxic; it is used to treat various diseases, sudden ailments, external pathogenic factors, and abdominal masses"
While the simple version only requires four ingredients (aristolochia, pitch, rue, and wild peas), the complex version adds snake meat and a large number of complicated herbs.
As she was the youngest and sickest member of the Apocalypse family, Otto naturally ate the most complex version, but the fact of whether or not there was snake meat did not affect her taste at all.
However, this substance is bitter, and the reason it will be classified as honey paste in the future is that it must be taken with honey.
But... to be honest, some things simply cannot be suppressed by bitterness.
"Um... actually I was referring to snake gallbladders... okay, although those are more bitter"
Lin Zhaoyu sketched an ironic smile.
"But to be honest, I can also make Noga"
The mention of Diyejia is found in various ancient Chinese herbal medicine books, from the "Revised Materia Medica" of the Tang Dynasty to the official herbal medicine books of various dynasties, and even in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" a hundred years later.
It is no wonder Lin Zhaoyu achieved it.
"Let's forget it, it's better to try something different"
Otto looked at her God and smelled the bitter aroma gradually spreading in the air, then immediately decided to accept her fate.
Even if everything is difficult, at least we should find something new and interesting in it, right?
At least it wasn't the kind of medicine that Diyejia took and vomited as a child.
"However, I think Otto, perhaps you are underestimating traditional Chinese medicine"
After spending so much time with Otto, Tian Shi had a vague idea of what Otto was thinking.
But honestly, you find honey too bitter and you want to try this?
Hmm... Tian Shi is really waiting for Otto's reaction.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, that's true"
Tian Shi nodded.
"You have to have faith in my student; the medicine she prescribes might be better than what you have taken before"
"..."
What should I do if I have the subtle feeling that God is trying to trick me?
"Then I bid you farewell; I will now deliver the medicine to Miss Otto"
Lin Zhaoyu looked at her younger brothers and sisters, who were still practicing with the sword, smiled, and said goodbye.
Well, that ominous feeling is getting stronger.
Otto couldn't help but bring her hand to her face.
Now she felt that she probably shouldn't have agreed... Well, as long as God wanted her to drink the medicine, she would drink it no matter what.
After all, it isn't poison, but an authentic tonic.
Although Otto looked down on Hua's skills as a human being, she could still trust her medical skills.
"Ah, speaking of which, there is no record of this person knowing medicine in my database; this scholar is actually an expert in technologies such as weapon modification"
"..."
Could you please not hurt my feelings at a time like this?
"By the way, doesn't your vast knowledge base contain any recipes?"
"Don't I have a recipe to cure the plague and the Honkai?"
Void Archives responded with a question, but the implication was that, while she possessed many crucial medicinal formulas, she shouldn't expect to have any that weren't of great utility to humans.
Honestly, Otto's physique would have been disproportionately optimized in a primitive society.
"What is the use of a good brain? Scientific research demands working until exhaustion; if you work until exhaustion for two days and then die, do you even deserve to use your brain? "
"..."
Otto was surprised to feel that Void Archives was looking down on her.
But speaking of health...
Otto's ideas were becoming more and more dangerous.
She remembered that Void Archives possessed the technology of the Soul Steel dolls... or rather, Soul Steel bodies? Only that God herself also needed to recover them...
Otto instinctively looked at her God, and then...
"My Lord, what are you doing?"
"Eating something"
Tian Shi is now gnawing, looking like a hamster.
She wasn't familiar with The Book of Fuxi from the original timeline, but the current The Book of Fuxi... was originally modified from his personal Soul Steel puppet.
Well, his special Soul Steel doll has one characteristic: it has a physiological structure.
"What is that?"
Otto's eyelids twitched and she looked at Cheng Lingshuang, who seemed completely impasive, by her side.
The only one who has the opportunity to feed God is the fifth sister of the Taixu Sword Sect.
"Dried venison"
Tian Shi opened his hand, revealing a piece of dried meat the size of his index finger.
Although this might not seem like a large size for an average person, it is quite large for a head-sized Soul Steel doll, approximately one-third the height of a human doll.
It would take two hands to hold it while eating, so the scene from a moment ago looked remarkably similar to a hamster.
"So cute."
"Did Lingshuang give you this?"
Otto asked the question while observing Cheng Lingshuang's expression.
"Yes"
Tian Shi nodded while continuing to nibble on the food.
Although the dried meat had almost no seasoning and was basically just salt, Tian Shi didn't mind at all.
After all, he rarely eats, and the Soul Steel puppet is not available every time he simulates... and even if it is, Tian Shi might be too busy to eat; it's not surprising that he forgets to eat when he isn't hungry.
That being said, this is probably the reason why Tian Shi and Reanna have such a good relationship.
After all, once you become a ghost, you won't have many opportunities to enjoy delicious food.
Otto watched as Tian Shi, with his head down, devoured jerky like a hamster, with his cheeks puffed out from the food.
Before this, Otto had always considered herself someone who didn't have a very feminine heart.
After all, while other young girls sought beautiful outfits, Otto spent her days in the laboratory with her own God.
And coincidentally, her only friend was also someone who didn't have much of a girl's heart... well, Kallen has one, but it's not as vulgar as the others.
And to be honest, Otto felt that Kallen's love for food was much stronger than her girl's heart.
So before this, Otto always thought she wouldn't have the urge to pick up anything, but now, seeing the small and delicate deity who could even be held with both hands...
"Hey! That's a dangerous idea! And you are too unconscious of your own girl feelings! This old man behaved adorably yesterday!"
"Even if I can't do it, you can't even let me think about it, right?"
Distracted by Void Archives, Otto's mind calmed down.
This matter definitely needs to be considered carefully...
"It's not even a question of whether it's longer or shorter!"
Void Archives felt from the bottom of her heart that her database, abandoned by a previous civilization, seemed to be becoming an intelligent machine... Heavens, who is the problem here?
To be honest, Otto thought Kallen had mental problems, but Void Archives also thought Otto was not much better; she also had mental problems, at most an intelligent mental problem.
But the really annoying thing is that Void Archives cannot beat Otto.
Aside from her physical strength and her relationship with Tian Shi, Otto is practically invincible, and her conscience is a bit abnormal...
But it is precisely because of this abnormality that Void Archives firmly believes that Otto, that bastard, is also an idiot.
However, since she could not defeat Otto, Void Archives did not mention this idea.
Mmm... well, to be honest, seven years ago, if Void Archives had gotten serious, she could have defeated Otto at only 14 years old.
But back then, Tian Shi was there to control her, so she didn't dare mess with her.
Now, seven years later, Otto can control Void Archives without Tian Shi.
To be honest, even Void Archives doesn't understand if she is more afraid of Tian Shi or Otto.
However, Otto had no interest in paying attention to Void Archives and stared intensely at Tian Shi.
"Is there something on my face?"
Tian Shi finished chewing a stick in silence and then looked at Otto with a strange expression.
Although the beautiful girl Otto was the type of girl who could stimulate an appetite, even Tian Shi felt quite strange being watched so intensely.
"Yes... cough, no"
Otto looked away guiltily.
That being said, why did the deity only speak ill of me, when this process was clearly...
"..."
Otto suddenly realized that Cheng Lingshuang was not looking directly at her God.
Instead, she pretended to supervise the cultivation of her younger brothers and sisters, but out of the corner of her eye, she watched him so intensely that she almost squinted her eyes.
This seemingly expressionless little girl is actually quite shrewd.
And it turns out this guy has white hair... tsk, why do I have such a problem with white hair?
Why do all these people give me high blood pressure?
Wait.
After Otto finished her reflections, she suddenly realized something.
Since Cheng Lingshuang, who is in charge of teaching her younger brothers and sisters, is looking at them sideways, then...
Otto looked expressionlessly at the group of people on the training ground... Heavens, they were all looking suspiciously, and even their swordsmanship was weak and flimsy.
If that Hua were not disoriented, Otto would definitely denounce all these guys one by one.
Tsk, does it seem like the one keeping my blood pressure stable right now is actually that lady Hua?
"After all, you two are roughly the same size... no, that one might even have pectoral muscles."
"..."
Otto had no idea who Void Archives was insulting.
However, on the other hand, regardless of other factors, at least in physical terms, Otto could still see some lumps on the other person's body.
Chest muscles... Ha!
It must be said that Otto really agreed with the joke about Void Archives.
Otto had wanted to share the joke with the lady Hua... but given her current state, she thought it wouldn't provoke any reaction and she would only be making a fool of herself.
Meanwhile, after Otto calmed down, she realized that Tian Shi had somehow produced an even smaller piece of jerky.
This made Otto look silently at Cheng Lingshuang, who seemed completely impassive.
How much jerky did this woman give to God?
Could it be that they are actually keeping God as a pet?
Don't feed him!
Sensing Otto's gaze, Cheng Lingshuang looked at Otto without any expression, then at Tian Shi, before finally turning her gaze to her younger sister, Qin Suyi.
"Younger sister, do you have any more dried meat?"
"Are you still feeding him?! "
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