Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

Establishing a Contract with a Qilin

After weeks of studying with her Grandpa and experimenting with her own spare time. Fangsu was depleted of energy, she slammed herself into her bed instantly falling asleep. Screams filled with torment echoed in her mind, they sounded familiar. Familiar to her family member who had recently deceased. The walls of the her childhood house was stained with blood, piles of dead bodies covered the grounds as their blood spilled to Fangsu's feet. The scene of the death of her wet nurse replayed constantly and she could do nothing but watch it happen, her mother and sister were slaughtered by the mysterious men dressed in black. The bloodied arms of mother and sisters wrapped around her arms and legs.

"Fangsu why didn't you help us?" Her younger sister creepily stared at Fangsu, frozen with fear she could not answer back.

"You left us!" Her eldest sister shouted Fangsu whipped her head toward her, scared.

"You grateful little child! You could have repaid me by saving the family." Her mother insulted her. Tears began streaming down Fangsu's eyes. They dragged her into dark waters, Fangsu struggled against their grip and it was futile she could not fight back. Fangsu's heartbeat quicken, her breath turned shallow, a chill enveloped her while she was submerged into the dark water unable to breathe. A fiery pain surrounding her heart as it probed at her weakened heart from the pain of loss.

Fangsu awoke from the shaking of her grandpa staring worryingly at her, "Child you are awake!" Wrapped by the embrace of her grandpa she began crying, tears flowing indefinitely as fear gripped her weakened mind. Fangsu was afraid to sleep now, afraid of her family members and afraid of being alone. "Don't scare me like that."

Fangsu continued to cry in her grandpa's arms, scared of losing another loved one in the midst of her carelessness. Parting from each other, her grandpa wiped away the tears from Fangsu's eyes, "Tell me child what scared you?"

Fangsu shook her head, unwilling to reveal what her nightmares were about. She did not want to speak about the horrifying nightmare. Her grandpa looked at Fangsu worriedly, "Child how am I suppose to help you if you don't tell me what is troubling you?"

Fangsu's lip quivered, she was reluctant to share her inner conflict.

Seeing that his granddaughter wasn't going to speak out her nightmares, he decided to let it go, "Child you know you still have me, " He walked out of the room but before he did, "Fangsu sleep I will ensure you won't have to experience that dream again."

Fangsu eyes drooped heavily. Eventually, she fell asleep. Her grandpa hovered over her body and used his Qi to view Fangsu inner thoughts. He saw the terrifying scene that Fangsu had experience and he shuddered. He understood the reason for his granddaughter unwillingness to share her troubles with him. However, for Fangsu who has a weak constitution since birth, she could not utilise Qi as easily as most people and she could not overuse Qi otherwise it would have repercussions. Due to her weak constitution, she would get sick easily and she was also susceptible to internal heart demons. For many years of her early life, Fangsu wouldn't be able to cultivate normally like her other two sisters, so she took up the Chen family work. Being the one to have mastered the art aromatic dews, they could enhance the conditions of people's skin such as even skin tone, smoothen one's skin texture, lessen redness, improve acne and many other ways to improve the condition of the skin.

Fangsu had also been the one to be able to perfect the prescription for perfumes which was a complicated and laborious process. Perfumes that were created Fangsu always had flowers or herbs that could complement each other, depending on the number of plants required in the perfume it would require more time and experimenting.

He was proud of her accomplishments with aromatic dews and perfumes, however, she lacked the knowledge about medicinal plants. Their family was well-known for the exponential quality of the plants they distributed to the alchemist community. They kept the secrets of plant cultivation that made the plants evolved to another level away from prying eyes.