On Treasure Bottle Continent today, the same blue sky stretched overhead, yet what people saw when they looked up differed: the blazing sun or drifting clouds, birds or paper kites—or perhaps a Great Li Sword Boat as enormous as a mountain.
Cui Dongshan lay on a bench, propping his chin in his hand as he gazed at the distant mountains, a youth as beautiful as a painted portrait.
He traced circles with a fan in one hand. Chen Lingjun was long past finding this strange. As for what the big white goose was thinking at that moment, heaven alone knew.
The old cook had said there was a kind of person with an extraordinary power to influence others: simply having them present made those around them feel safe.
Cui Dongshan said with smiling eyes, "Patriarch Jing Qing, earlier in the county town, when you and Wen Two Gold were joking about the nickname Night Roamer, actually..."
Chen Lingjun waited a long while without hearing anything more and finally had to ask, "Actually what?"
Huo Dongshan said, "Actually, Wei was in the county town at the time. Seeing how much fun you were having, he was happy too. All smiles."
Chen Lingjun's scalp prickled. Then he realized that Wei Ye You of the Northern Mountain could not freely enter the Central Mountain Region. Besides, Wei and Jin Qing were not especially close; apparently, they had nearly come to blows before. Mountain grudges were not so easily turned to a fresh page. Even if their relationship had improved since his own master became the Great Li National Teacher, could someone as petty as Wei Bo really smile to his face without nursing a grudge inside? Rules on Treasure Bottle Continent were particularly strict these days. How could he casually wander around the