The State Preceptor came out of Changsheng Hall and walked all the way to the western chambers of the Imperial Palace. Above the hall door hung a plaque of Wushang Palace, which belonged to his quarters.
Inside the palace, a faint scent of medicine lingered. Upon seeing him approach, a little Immortal Child with red lips and white teeth, dressed in a Daoist robe, hurried to greet him: "The State Preceptor has returned."
"Hmm." The State Preceptor walked to the Pill Furnace, flicked the snow-white horsetail whisk in his hand, and said: "Watch the fire carefully, don't waste these materials."
"Disciple understands."
Only then did the State Preceptor return to his cultivation hall. He first took a jade bottle from the shelf and poured out an elixir pill with a ginseng fragrance. He sniffed it before putting it into his mouth and swallowing it.
