The night mist gradually dispersed, and dawn flowed beyond the mountains and sky, dyeing the east a clear fish-belly white. Before long, the morning light would pierce the clouds and cast down streaks of auspicious radiance reaching into the heavens.
"Why isn't Ice Block up yet?"
"She rarely sleeps in. Let's not wake her..."
Li Mo had not gotten up early—he simply had not slept at all.
As everyone knew, men had rather strong urges in the morning, and his urges had been no small thing last night either. He could not even turn over before it was already dawn.
He was already in the Fourth Realm. Missing one day of sleep was no big deal.
Since he was full of energy anyway, he planned to eat breakfast before heading to Divine Weapon Peak to repair Hammer Treasure.
"What are we having for breakfast today?"
Shang Qinqing came out of her room yawning, her tone so lazy that she did not treat herself as a guest at all.
"Clan Leader Shang, why are you still here?" Li Mo froze. Hadn't everyone from the Southern Border already begun their return journey?
"Me, Shang Qinqing, a pure-blooded Green Phoenix—how could I leave?"
Shang Qinqing raised one finger, looking thoroughly authoritative.
"You may not understand what a pure-blooded Green Phoenix represents. Back then, even imperial relatives were not worthy of having my ancestors witness their marriages. Only the enthronement of an empress would do. Every Shang Emperor married beneath the witness of the Green Phoenix. Though I am no longer in the Demon Saint Realm, arranging things for you and Little Bing will not be a problem."
Shang Qinqing said a whole lot.
Really, she just wanted to stay and feast on some sweetness.
But Clan Leader Shang might never have imagined that