Chapter 106
Having made her preparations, she staked out the area outside the Jade Pool, waiting for the Queen Mother of the West to leave her home.
The water of the Jade Pool was formed from the Essence of Heaven and Earth absorbed by the Cloud Piercing Stalactite; it took a hundred years to condense a single drop and was known as Holy Water.
From a distance, the surface of the Jade Pool was as calm as a mirror, while a towering Rainbow Tree by the lake was colorful and splendid, with seven-colored petals fluttering to the ground with the breeze, layering the earth. Beneath layers of petals laid the delicate, seven-colored soil.
This was the hard-earned result of the ceaseless daily collection by numerous palace maids.
Lan Xi had waited an entire afternoon without seeing the Queen Mother of the West leave, feeling increasingly anxious within her heart and contemplating whether to go in first and figure out a plan afterward.
