The setting sun looked like it had been soaked in fresh blood, staining the entire sky of the Great Xia Kingdom a vivid crimson. Its remaining rays spilled over the bracket sets of the eaves, draping them in a faint caramel hue that made the ancient structures appear even more solemn and mysterious.
Third Princess stood quietly in front of the newly opened "Rice Fragrance Cottage", her slender figure looking somewhat fragile in the twilight. Her fingers tightly clutched the hem of her garment, twisting it back and forth as if that cloth were her inner anxiety, wringing it into a tangled knot.
Before her stood a sandalwood counter neatly piled with Spirit Rice of various colors. These grains emitted a faint fragrance that refreshed anyone who caught a whiff. Yet among the pile, the most eye-catching was the soft-glowing Wood Element Rice. This was no ordinary Spirit Rice; it was an "anxiety extinguisher" painstakingly cultivated by Third Princess using the "Flora Vitality Art". It was said that just a single bite could instantly calm a person's mind, as if all troubles and anxieties had been scattered by the fragrance of the rice.
Chapter 611