White clouds and mist coiled around floating immortal islands.
Golden sunlight pierced layer upon layer of Auspicious Clouds, illuminating immortal mountains and ancient trees in wisps and strands. Weathered old trees, twisted like coiling dragons and crouching tigers, held up splendid parasol-like canopies as they stood quietly, gazing over the vast sea of clouds. Roots dangled from the cliffs, clutching scattered floating rocks.
Cloud and mist flowed like springs past one immortal mountain and island after another, while golden jade towers flickered in and out of sight.
Clad in silver immortal armor traced with golden patterns, Bai Yujun passed through scattered floating rocks and landed on the southern side of an immortal island, returning to the Female Guard Camp to collect a patrol assignment for the mortal realm.
She kicked the Immortal Crane blocking her path away. A perfectly good crane, yet it insisted on becoming toothpick meat. There were too many fools in the Immortal Realm.
When no one was watching, she slipped behind a flowering tree and stuffed a bite of cured meat into her mouth. She had not finished that enormous ham from last time and planned to buy several more in the mortal realm once she finished it, keeping them in reserve.
She was squatting in the grass behind the tree, eating meat, when she heard voices approaching. Fine, she crouched down tighter so no one would see her.
Her little mouth chewed slowly, her eyes narrowed into crescents. The fragrance of meat filled her with a deep sense of happiness.
It was the beautiful Seven Fairy Maidens.
"Tsk, tsk~ A bunch of Second-generation Immortals. So enviable~"
Six fairy maidens passed by together. Six... huh? Weren't they the Seven Fairy Maidens? Why were there only six left?
From the grass, dragon horns and pointed ears furtively