BDSMST -Chapter 133 The Lost Workshop

After Jiang Suisui used the spirit spring water to temporarily resolve the crisis of the Guardian Clan, her prestige within the clan rose to an unprecedented level. When she proposed holding a blessing ritual, in which the “Power of the Spring Master” would be integrated into the Spring of Life to bless the entire clan, the idea was immediately supported by everyone.

The ceremony was scheduled for three days later. The whole village became busy preparing for it.

Meanwhile, Jiang Suisui took advantage of the opportunity to free herself from the complicated affairs and decided to check on the recent “research” of the two children.

Ever since arriving at Medicine King Valley, Gu Xuan and Bai Ling’er had been like fish returning to the sea. Everything here held endless fascination for them. In particular, the abandoned workshop left behind by the Medicine King—which they had discovered—had become their secret base.

When Jiang Suisui arrived at the workshop, she could already hear the clanging sounds of hammering from inside, mixed with the intense arguing of the two children.

“No! The meshing angle of this gear should be tilted another three degrees! If you install it like that, the torque will lose at least twenty percent!” This was Bai Ling’er’s crisp and confident voice.

“But if you tilt it three degrees, the stability of the connecting rod will decrease! Look at the blueprint here—Senior Medicine King specifically marked that ‘stability’ must come first!” Gu Xuan argued back logically.

Jiang Suisui smiled and shook her head before pushing the door open and walking inside.

The workshop had already been tidied up neatly by the two children and several young members of the Guardian Clan. All kinds of strange tools were neatly categorized and hung on the walls. Several large wooden tables were covered with various parts, blueprints, and half-finished mechanical devices.

Gu Xuan and Bai Ling’er were leaning over one of the tables, arguing with flushed faces around a complex linkage mechanism. The device looked like an automatic medicinal pounding machine, but it was a hundred times more complicated than an ordinary mortar and pestle.

When they saw Jiang Suisui enter, the two children finally stopped arguing.

“Mother!” Gu Xuan excitedly brought over a blueprint from the table. “Look! Ling’er and I have repaired most of the blueprint for the ‘Hundred-Turn Medicine Pounding Machine’ left by Senior Medicine King! If we can build it, our efficiency in processing herbs will increase by more than ten times!”

Jiang Suisui took the blueprint. It was filled with dense drawings of gears, connecting rods, and cam mechanisms. The ingenious design left even her—someone from the modern world—astonished.

“You two are amazing,” she praised sincerely.

Bai Ling’er then pointed to another half-finished item on the table and said somewhat proudly, “Madam, look at this too. I improved it based on the ‘kite’ blueprint left by Senior Medicine King. It’s a ‘Reconnaissance Kite.’ Its wings can adjust their angle, and we installed a small ‘far-seeing mirror’ on it. If we release it high into the sky, we’ll be able to see what’s happening outside the valley!”

Looking at the oddly shaped kite, Jiang Suisui felt a stir in her heart. If this thing could truly succeed, it would have immeasurable value for scouting terrain or even future military operations.

She realized that during their time in Medicine King Valley, the two children had grown incredibly fast. They were no longer merely imitating and manufacturing—they had begun truly digesting, improving, and innovating with the knowledge they had learned.

“Have you run into any difficulties?” Jiang Suisui asked.

“Yes!” Gu Xuan said immediately. “Materials! Many of the metals required in the blueprints don’t exist here. Uncle Wang from the blacksmith shop isn’t here either. Even if we had iron ore, we wouldn’t be able to smelt the proper steel.”

Bai Ling’er nodded as well. “Some of the precision parts also need special tools for polishing. The tools we have right now are still too crude.”

Jiang Suisui made a mental note of their problems and said, “I’ll find a way to solve the materials and tools issue. When we return to Woniu Village, I’ll assign the best craftsmen to assist you.”

At that moment, Bai Ling’er suddenly remembered something. She rummaged through a pile of messy blueprints and pulled out a very ancient-looking parchment scroll.

“Madam, we also discovered this.” Bai Ling’er spread the parchment scroll out on the table. “This blueprint doesn’t look like it was drawn by Senior Medicine King. It’s much older than the others, and we can’t understand what’s drawn on it.”

Jiang Suisui leaned closer curiously.

On the parchment was an extremely complex circular diagram composed of countless concentric circles and radiating lines. At the center of the design was a strange symbol that looked somewhat like an eye, yet also like a swirling vortex.

Around the diagram were many annotations written in characters she could not understand. They were neither the seal script of the Great Xia nor the ancient script of the Guardian Clan.

“I feel like I’ve seen this central symbol somewhere before…” Bai Ling’er frowned, her small brows knitted together as she tried hard to recall.

Gu Xuan also leaned over to take a closer look. As he stared at the symbol, it too seemed strangely familiar to him.

As Jiang Suisui gazed at the symbol, she also felt a peculiar sense of familiarity. After concentrating for a moment, a sudden flash of realization passed through her mind.

She remembered!

Back when she had first fused with the Medicine King Token and glimpsed the internal structure of her bracelet, she had seen a similar rune flash past for a brief instant.

Could this blueprint be related to the Spring Heart Bracelet—or perhaps to the very origin of the space itself?

Without revealing anything, she carefully memorized every detail of the blueprint in her mind.

“This blueprint is indeed very special. Keep it safe for now. When I return, I’ll ask the High Priestess. She might recognize the writing on it,” Jiang Suisui said.

She stayed in the workshop a little longer, thoroughly praising and encouraging the children for their research achievements before finally turning to leave.

But as she walked along the stone path back to the village, her heart could not calm down.

That mysterious blueprint had fallen into her mind like a stone thrown into a quiet lake.

She had a strong intuition that what it recorded might be a secret far more fundamental and ancient than even the Medicine King’s medical arts or mechanical techniques. The vortex-like eye symbol seemed like a key—a key capable of unlocking even greater unknowns.

She recalled the prophecy left behind by the Medicine King:

“Grasp the changes of Yin and Yang, and hold the power over life and death.”

The power she possessed now seemed to be far more than just a space for planting and storage.

The secrets hidden behind Medicine King Valley and the Spring Heart Bracelet might be far deeper than she had ever imagined.

She looked up at the patch of blue sky framed by the sinkhole above the valley, and for the first time, she felt a powerful curiosity about her own origins and the truth of this world.

Who exactly am I?

Why did I come to this place?

Besides what I can see, what else is hidden in this world?

One question after another circled through her mind. She knew that the answers might very well lie within that ancient blueprint.