Little Four Provinces, Thunder Pool Lake.
On Mei Peak Island, the plum blossoms were sparse as poetry.
The female Daoist Yang Qing strolled among them, breaking off a plum branch to carry in her hand. The ground was covered in white clouds condensed from water transport. Most miraculous of all, these clouds, large and small, had naturally formed into petal shapes.
Beside her stood Lei Yu, one of the two lake lords. Born of the Demon Race, she had nevertheless gained a firm foothold in the Little Four Provinces and risen step by step to become one of its two lake lords, mistress of the vast Thunder Pool Lake.
Earlier, the two women had joined hands in traveling beyond the heavens to congratulate Talisman Yu Xuan on successfully merging with the starry river.
Lei Yu smiled. "That Xu Xuyuan certainly wasn't subtle with the way he looked at you. So? Want to become official Taoist Companions, or have a little dew-drops romance?"
Yang Qing smiled and shook her head. "Don't drag me into the fire pit with you."
Lei Yu curled her lip. "Matters between men and women are the perfectly natural Yin Yang Great Dao. You two are so restrained that you're missing out on so much pleasure for nothing."
Yang Qing said nothing, merely lost in her Heart's Matter.
As the highest-realm Daoist of the Hongnong Yang Clan in Youzhou, Yang Qing bore the Daoist name Mirage Tower. She was also the vice Mountain Lord of Shoushan Pavilion.
That put her in an extremely difficult position.
So she had no choice but to leave her Daoist grounds and come here to seek peace and quiet.
Yet she had run into Xu Xuyuan, that self-proclaimed romantic young man, and still found no peace.
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