Clear daylight poured down through the window lattice.
Su Yi sat at the table, leisurely drinking tea.
From time to time, his gaze drifted toward the bed, where a girl of peerless, pure beauty was sleeping heavily, a rosy flush lingering on her pretty face.
A moment later, Su Yi rose and prepared to leave the room.
"Where are you going, brother Su?"
A gentle, mellow voice rang out.
Su Yi turned and smiled. "Breakfast."
"Wait for me."
Ye Yu struggled to sit up from the bed. The quilt slipped from her fragrant shoulders, accidentally revealing a broad expanse of snowy white skin.
Su Yi's eyes went slightly blank.
Ye Yu, meanwhile, was somewhat embarrassed. She hurriedly covered her lovely body and said, "Turn around."
Su Yi gave a disdainful laugh.
It was not as though he had not seen it last night.
Still, he thoughtfully turned around.
As he listened to the rustling sounds of the girl dressing, certain scenes involuntarily surfaced in Su Yi's mind.
It had to be said that Ye Yu possessed an exceptionally beautiful figure.
Before long, Ye Yu was fully dressed.
Her black gown, layered with rose-petal-like embellishments, outlined her snowy, crystalline skin and the exquisite contours of her lovely face, making her appear breathtakingly pure and beautiful.
When facing Su Yi, the girl no longer had the forcefulness and boldness she had shown last night. She seemed somewhat bashful and uneasy.
Su Yi smiled. "Let's go."
Seven days later.
The first day of the ninth month.
The eastern frontier of the Hundred Rivers Territory.
A colossal Cloud Tower Treasure Ship, vast as a mountain, skimmed above the clouds toward the shores of the Bitter Sea.
The treasure ship docked at a coastal city adjacent to the Bitter Sea, a place called "When