"Brother, brother, I heard you're Number One Under Heaven now! Is that true? Why didn't you tell me first? Are you tired? Was it hard? Do you miss me...?"
After a whole string of questions—
"So I'm the sister of Number One Under Heaven? Me! Jiang An'an! Number One Under Heaven's little sister!"
(She had drawn a little figure laughing with its hands on its hips.)
"They all say you're incredibly amazing. I told them you've always been this amazing! You won first place ages ago!"
And the last line said—
"Brother, when are you coming to see me?"
Jiang Wang had received this letter, sent by Cloud Crane, on his way back to Qi. From the moment he unfolded it, he couldn't wipe the smile off his face.
As it happened, the Cloud Crane Letter technique secretly passed down by the High Heaven Pavilion really was wondrous.
The letters rode the drifting clouds, silent and unseen. Along the way, they looked like ordinary clouds, passing information only from cloud to cloud. Only when they reached their destination did they gather a wisp of cloud qi, briefly taking the shape of a crane before swooping down.
Its greatest advantage was its secrecy. Its ability to carry messages over ten thousand li came partly from the unique nature of cloud qi, and partly from the core formation in the High Heaven Secret Realm that supported the Cloud Cranes. Of course, given the level of its users, the security of the messages could not be guaranteed.
Still, Jiang Wang and Jiang An'an usually talked about everyday trifles, so there was nothing confidential between them.
Though Cloud Crane letters made almost no sound, they certainly couldn't escape the notice of Cao Jie and the others traveling with him. But Jiang Wang had never