Refining Success, Journey to the Black Market (Requesting Monthly Passes)

Azure Dragon Province, Gu Family.

Within a pavilion stood a breathtakingly beautiful woman, with a sword-bearing girl at her side.

Gu Qingcheng wore a flowing white dress, her sleeves drifting like those of an immortal maiden among the clouds. Her skin was fairer than snow, gleaming with a luminous sheen, as though it might break at the lightest breath or touch.

Her brows resembled distant dark hills, slightly raised. Her eyes were as clear as cold pools, while her cherry-red lips were gently pursed, carrying a trace of innate nobility and reserve.

Gu Qingcheng's expression was cool and distant as her gaze rested quietly upon the letter not far before her.

The letter had already been opened, and several lines at the top of the paper could faintly be seen.

"To Qingcheng."

"My dear, as though I were meeting you in person: several months have passed since we parted. I trust all has been well."

The letter had been sent by Chen Ping'an.

"How shameless! And he was this direct in his very first letter!"

The sword-bearing girl said viciously, though a faint blush still lingered on her face.

When Gu Qingcheng had been reading the letter just now, she had stood beside her and stolen a few glances as well.

"I have heard that beyond Thunderclap City, a thousand peaks vie in splendor and ten thousand ravines flow with springs. If you enjoy wandering, perhaps we may admire the rosy mists together and listen to the pines roar beside the cloud cliffs."

"Th-this-this..."

When she saw those lines, the girl's eyes widened round, as though fire might burst from them, yet they also carried several shades of shyness.

"Apricot blossom rain beyond Thunderclap City—I await sharing an umbrella with you for part of the journey."

Gu Qingcheng lowered her