Yao Race World, Nine-Tails Kingdom.
After the campaign against the Yanhuo Kingdom, the army of tens of thousands had returned in triumph.
Beside Bailing Spring in the Nine-Tails Kingdom's imperial harem, a woman with delicate, snow-white skin untied the long sash around her waist, loosening her pale blue dress.
The silk dress slid from her shoulders, as fair and smooth as milk, and pooled around her tender white ankles.
Stepping over her discarded dress, the woman pointed her smooth, delicate foot. Her plump toes, each distinct like grains of steamed rice, slowly dipped into the water, stirring gentle ripples.
The waters of Bailing Spring gradually rose over her long legs, her lower belly, her waist, and the lofty curves of her breasts.
"Whew."
The woman drew a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes, letting the spirit spring dissolve her fatigue.
Behind her, nine long tails drifted through the spring like silk ribbons, sometimes gliding underwater, sometimes breaking the surface.
"Your Majesty."
Half an incense stick later, a maid approached the edge of the spring and curtsied.
The woman opened her eyes. Her alluring, foxlike eyes could have held a thousand shades of charm, yet they conveyed only coldness and distance.
"Speak." The ruler of the Nine-Tails Kingdom had a clear, melodious voice, like the tinkling of spring water, yet it tugged seductively at the heartstrings.
"The Lord of the Four Seas' younger sister—Miss Bai Liuqing—is here to visit," the maid said.
"What do the Four Seas want with my Nine-Tails Kingdom?"
The ruler of the Nine-Tails Kingdom hooked a wine flask from a wooden board floating in the spring with her fluffy tail, then tilted her head back and drank.
A little wine trickled down her snow-white neck, disappeared into mountains of cream and seas of snow, and finally