Threads of Destiny 431-Snowblossom 3 (Edgbaston 1932).
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Yrsillar Wrote:Ling Qi drew a small glass bottle from her storage ring. It was only a finger’s length long, but filled with foggy mist with a small amount of clear and sparkling water at the bottom. "As you suggested, my lady, we looked into the cultivation materials first, in case they represented any unintentional danger toward the citizens. Together with Meng Duyi, I discovered this material. We are calling it Clearwater Mist, and it is generated from the mist created when the main falls strike the surface of the lake. However, the mist only gains special properties at the exact hour surrounding daybreak and sunset."
"Interesting!" Gan Guangli peered at the bottle held in her hands. "It has a bit of the same scent about it as your muse, no?"
"It has some small properties of dreaming qi. Meng Duyi said it would be quite potent as a reagent in crafting cultivator-grade alcohols, in addition to being useful for alchemy in general, as a base for separating and distilling the essence of mixed reagents."
Xia Lin narrowed her eyes. "The reason you used expensive glass cleansed of all residual fire qi instead of ceramic is that, isn't it?"
Ling Qi nodded in acknowledgment. "It is very difficult to bottle. If the container has more than a single qi alignment, the mist will break it down over time. In addition, the material does not like to stay in liquid form and very easily becomes mist at the slightest disturbance, requiring firm sealing methods."
"Noted." The brush and paper that had appeared before Cai Renxiang was already being put to use. "Any danger to our construction?"
"We will need to make a small adjustment to the maintenance wards, but the breakdown effect is most potent when the mist is contained like this. Meng Duyi has already drawn us up some notes for the adjustment."
"Excellent. I will have them copied and distributed to the work crews by evening." Cai Renxiang made a note. "We will consider plans for how to gather the mist at an effective cost. Is it toxic to mortals?"
"It would only be toxic if they remained immersed in it for some time. For the single hour in which it naturally exists? No."
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