Su Xiaoyu sat in her wheelchair beside the Diorama Box.
When she saw Tong Shishi appear, a thought struck her: what would happen if she put the facial cleanser into the Diorama Box?
She wanted to use the facial cleanser as a reward for the Qixi Festival Sect’s Grand Competition, but before that, she needed to understand what kind of effect it would evolve into. If the effect was unsuitable, she might have to change the reward.
Inside the Diorama Box, Tong Shishi spoke respectfully, uttering the words, “Please give your instructions, Heavenly Maiden.”
Su Xiaoyu told Tong Shishi to wait a moment. Then, she pushed her wheelchair over to the nightstand. After taking the facial cleanser from Wen Wanru earlier, she had placed it there.
This facial cleanser was called Youth Restoring Facial Cleanser. Su Xiaoyu opened the packaging and then went to grab a bottle cap.
Over the past few days, she had been keeping the beverage bottles she finished drinking, feeling they might produce some interesting effects inside the Diorama Box.
Holding the beverage bottle cap in one hand and the facial cleanser in the other, Su Xiaoyu squeezed a tiny bit into the cap.
Though it was just a tiny bit, it filled about half of the bottle cap.
Su Xiaoyu put down the facial cleanser and returned to the Diorama Box. She looked inside at Tong Shishi, who was still waiting on the mountain, and lowered the bottle cap in her hand.
A silver moon hung high. A cold, fierce wind blew through the mountains.
Tong Shishi stood on the mountaintop, listening to the rustling of the surrounding trees in the wind. It was a sound like nature’s melody, a sound she very much enjoyed. In the past, listening to such natural melodies always calmed her mind and spirit.
But today, her emotions could not settle. Her heart was filled with tension.
After all, the Heavenly Maiden had said she had something for her to see.
But what did the Heavenly Maiden want to show her?
‘Come to think of it, the Heavenly Maiden previously bestowed Divine Medicine. Now, she wants to show me something else. Where does the Heavenly Maiden get these things? Is the Heavenly Maiden not the embodiment of the heavens? If not, then could she be an Immortal from the legendary Immortal Realm?’
Tong Shishi’s mind began to wander again.
She had long held various speculations about the Heavenly Maiden’s identity, though previously, she believed more that she was the embodiment of the heavens. But now, other thoughts surfaced. She felt other possibilities existed.
However, as Li Yidan had once said, the true identity of the Heavenly Maiden was not for her to speculate about. She should not dwell too much on this matter.
Facing the Heavenly Maiden, it was enough to simply ensure the proper respect was maintained.
Just as Tong Shishi was mulling over various matters, she heard a whooshing sound from above. She subconsciously looked up.
Then, she saw a red cap, held by a giant hand, descending. It landed right before her. When it touched the ground, it caused a strong tremor that made her body shake along with it.
Tong Shishi looked up at this red cap, not knowing what it was.
Su Xiaoyu’s voice came at the right moment: “Tong Shishi, come and take a little to use.”
Hearing Su Xiaoyu’s words, Tong Shishi immediately flew up. Only when she reached the air above the cap did she clearly see what was inside.
It was a milky-white liquid she couldn’t identify, emitting a delicate fragrance. Just smelling that scent made her feel refreshed and invigorated.
What is this?
Before Tong Shishi could ask, Su Xiaoyu’s voice came again: “This is Youth Restoring Facial Cleanser. Tong Shishi, take a tiny bit and wash your face to see the effect. Just use a little, no more than the size of your fingertip.”
Tong Shishi nodded repeatedly: “I understand, Heavenly Maiden.”
She immediately descended and carefully took a dab about the size of her fingertip from the white liquid. Then, she flew back out of the bottle cap.
Su Xiaoyu’s voice came again: “Add water, rub it into a lather, then apply it to your face. Of course, your face must be dampened first. Apply it to your face for about twenty breaths, then rinse it off with water.”
Inside the Diorama Box, one breath was roughly equivalent to three seconds in the real world.
Hearing Su Xiaoyu’s instructions, Tong Shishi immediately used her free hand to cast a spell, conjuring a ball of water in the void. She then dampened the facial cleanser and rubbed it into a foam with both hands. After dampening her face with the water ball, she applied her hands to her face, massaging it in like that.
A minute later, Tong Shishi thoroughly rinsed the foam from her face.
After rinsing, Tong Shishi felt clear-headed and refreshed. She felt her face seemed somewhat different. This made her subconsciously cast a spell called the Water Mirror Technique and looked at her reflection through the water mirror.
With one look, Tong Shishi’s eyes widened.
She had become more beautiful!
“What is the result?”
At that moment, Su Xiaoyu’s voice descended.
Hearing the voice, Tong Shishi quickly bowed to the sky: “Thank you, Heavenly Maiden, for bestowing the facial cleanser. After using this facial cleanser, my appearance has undergone a visible change. I have become more beautiful.”
Su Xiaoyu: “???”
Become more beautiful?
Outside the Diorama Box, Su Xiaoyu couldn’t help but bring a magnifying glass closer to look at Tong Shishi.
But she had never carefully observed Tong Shishi’s face before. Now, observing Tong Shishi again, she simply thought she was as beautiful as a lotus flower emerging from water. However, she couldn’t judge how it compared to before.
After a moment’s thought, Su Xiaoyu asked, “Are you sure there has been a visible change?”
Tong Shishi answered respectfully, “Yes, Heavenly Maiden. This change is truly astonishing. It is as if rouge and powder were applied, yet it is different from the temporary beautification they provide. This is a permanent beautification.”
Su Xiaoyu understood.
So this is the effect of the facial cleanser inside the Diorama Box?
Although it sounded somewhat amusing, wasn’t it reasonable for a facial cleanser to make people look better?
Su Xiaoyu asked again, “Tong Shishi, what do you think about using this facial cleanser as the reward for the Qixi Festival Sect’s Grand Competition?”
Tong Shishi quickly asked, “Can I participate?”
Su Xiaoyu felt a little speechless: “As the Sect Master of the Qixi Festival Sect, you naturally must act as the judge and preside over the event. How can you participate? Moreover, you are the only one at the Foundation Establishment stage. If you participated, wouldn’t you be bullying the others?”
Tong Shishi’s entire demeanor immediately wilted.
Youth Restoring Facial Cleanser—only those who have used it truly know its worth. Having used it once, she naturally wanted to use it many more times. But she couldn’t participate in the Sect Grand Competition?
For the first time, she despised her Foundation Establishment cultivation. If only she were at the Qi Refining stage, how wonderful that would be.
Though helpless, Tong Shishi answered Su Xiaoyu’s earlier question: “Heavenly Maiden, if this object is used as a reward, I believe the many disciples in the sect will be overjoyed. There is no one who doesn’t wish to look a little better.”
From Tong Shishi’s eagerness to participate in the Sect Grand Competition, Su Xiaoyu could also see that using the facial cleanser as a reward was indeed a good idea.
However…
