High Heaven Secret Realm.
A three-zhang-long, single-horned beast with cloud-patterned fur plummeted from the sky at breakneck speed. Just before reaching the ground, it suddenly halted in midair, then shot back up, soaring straight into the clouds.
"Hee-hee-hee..."
A clear, bright laugh rang out like silver bells, like jade shattering, scattering freely through the sky.
If anyone had been close enough to look carefully, they would have seen a little girl, as delicately carved as a doll, sitting on the beast's back.
Her tiny body sank into its long, cloudlike fur. If not for her clear, melodious laughter, it would have been hard to notice her at all.
The only Cloud-Treading Beast in the Present World swooped up and down through the air, even doing a few cloud-high somersaults from time to time.
The girl clutched a handful of long fur in each little hand, her small face tense and excited. Whenever the beast dived or surged upward, she grew nervous; whenever it flew smoothly, she burst into laughter. A faint glow of clouds circled her, keeping her safely on its back no matter how wildly she was tossed about.
Aside from the father and daughter, Ye Lingxiao and Ye Qingyu, the only person in the world who could play around on Achou's back was Jiang An'an.
Big and small, the two were having the time of their lives.
Achou suddenly slipped aside, shrank down, and returned to the pavilion, gently setting Jiang An'an on a cloud bench as well.
"Someone's coming!" Achou whispered. "Level-B alert!"
The pavilion held only a cloud table and two cloud benches, with the breeze passing through and an open view in every direction.
Jiang An'an put on a solemn face, swiftly crossed her legs, and danced her little hands in front of her, drawing