The torrential rain on Mount Zhongnan arrived without warning. Huwa hugged his carving knife and hid under a desk in the Yi School, while Abacus Bead stared at the pouring rain outside the window like a waterfall. Zhang Yifan shook Abacus Bead as he blocked the doorway under the eaves, watching Daoist Master Yuqing rush into the classroom holding a coir raincoat. The hem of her grey robe was completely soaked, and the abacus bead miniature on her wooden hairpin dripped with water, making her look like a drowned chicken.
"Is the Daoist Master planning to visit the Dragon King's palace?" He chuckled softly, and Abacus Bead bounced into the shape of the character for "wet" on her raincoat. Yuqing glared at him and tossed the raincoat to the pupils. "The roof tiles of my temple need replacing!" Before her voice faded, a column of water suddenly leaked through the roof, splashing right onto her hair, and Abacus Bead took the opportunity to roll down her wet hair and into her collar.
"Brat!" She fumbled frantically to fish out Abacus Bead, drawing loud laughter from the pupils. Huwa immediately carved a "roof-repairing ghost face" right where the leak was, and Abacus Bead licked the gap between the tiles with its tongue. "Brother Fan said that if we use glazed tiles from the Sogdian merchants to patch the leak, they'll reflect the light when it rains!" Zhang Yifan raised an eyebrow, and Abacus Bead bounced into the shape of a glazed tile amidst the rain curtain. "I've already had…
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