Three hours later.
The dust had all but settled.
After Zombie suppressed the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan and imprisoned them in the Wind Demon Tower, Ling Luochеn was kicked out of the tower and went with Feng Qingyang to Sea God Island-or rather-
What had once been Sea God Island, to rest.
Now they sat side by side on a jagged reef at the edge of the deserted island, each occupying a corner, with roughly a foot between them.
The sea breeze blew straight at them, carrying the evening chill and salty tang, setting their clothes and the ends of their hair fluttering.
Ling Luochеn braced both hands on the edge of the reef, her legs dangling and swinging below, her toes nearly touching the waves surging in with the rising tide.
She took off the wide-brimmed sun hat she had worn all day and casually laid it on her knees, revealing her cool, aloof face, tanned wheat-brown by the sun, and her beautiful azure eyes.
The sea breeze tousled her long black hair, pressing a few strands against her cheeks and neck, making her face look all the more serene and aloof.
Feng Qingyang sat beside her, one leg bent with his foot planted on the reef and the other hanging loosely. His elbow rested on his raised knee, his cheek propped on his hand, and his blue-green phoenix eyes were half closed as his unfocused gaze lingered on the distant sea, dyed red by the setting sun.
They sat in the sea breeze, watching the waves, and quietly waited three hours for Zombie.
The twilight sank inch by inch, and the sea shifted from pale turquoise to dark gold, then from dark gold to orange-red.
Just as the setting sun had nearly sunk below the horizon,