Flower of the Other Shore

Stars and moon wheeled on as night and day traded places.

A beautiful morning glow spread across the horizon, and a red sun gradually poked its head above the eastern sea.

Yunhai Dwelling lay silent.

On a rocking chair in the courtyard, a youth lay sleeping soundly beneath a loose white robe.

"Phew~"

The sea breeze swept by, gently rocking the chair.

"Mm." Lu Ran opened his bleary eyes, only to find his arms empty and the beauty nowhere to be seen.

After taking a moment to react, he softly asked, "Where is she?"

[Madam is in the backyard, practicing swordsmanship with two Guards.] A voice entered his mind.

"Oh." Lu Ran sniffed. Sure enough, a faint plum blossom fragrance drifted through the hall from the backyard into the front courtyard.

Xiao Ruyi was really diligent!

Getting up so early to practice her sword... who was she planning to dance it for?

Oh. So it was for me!

Then there was no problem~

Lu Ran smiled in satisfaction, looking utterly lazy as he pulled the loose robe tighter around himself.

He let the rocking chair gently sway him back and forth.

Slowly closing his eyes, he seemed ready to go back to sleep.

Just as he drifted into a haze, another Voice Transmission entered his mind: [Master, Elder Lu requests an audience.]

"Mm, Elder Lu requests—what?" Lu Ran abruptly opened his eyes, instantly wide awake. "Where is he?"

[In the forest outside the courtyard. Shadow Two stopped him.]

"Bring him in, quickly!" Lu Ran rose at once and looked beyond the fence courtyard wall. Sure enough, amid the lush mountain forest, he spotted a gray-robed old man with a head full of white hair.

Lu Ran was overjoyed!

Was that an old man?

No, that was a flower!

A flower