Old Acquaintances in the Small Tower, Cloud Skiff Heading North (Middle)

Yu Ci nodded at Flower Lady in acknowledgment. Just struggling to preserve our lives, what incense could there even be left? If there is any, it's only Life and Death Incense... treating oneself as raw material is truly quite tedious. Both Duanmu Senqiu and Ji Yuan understood only vaguely, because these words were actually derived back then in Yinan Garden from the conversation between Jiu Yan and Flower Lady. In order to rescue Bao Yun at that time, Yu Ci had claimed he needed to brew incense using humans, which had bluffed quite a few people. Whether Flower Lady believed it or not, bringing it up now indeed closed the distance between the two of them. Jiu Yan gave a small laugh, then asked, "How is the White Lotus Fairy?" "Quite well, currently in seclusion within her sect. She has always felt deep regret for failing to aid Master Jiu Yan back then, and upon hearing that the Master is safe and sound, she must surely be overjoyed." Overjoyed? It was more likely she had requests of her own. Although Ji Yuan did not quite understand, he was still very happy to see Jiu Yan exchanging pleasantries with Flower Lady. This was far better than looking at that perpetually gloomy expression of his. He thus chimed in playfully, "So Master Jiu Yan and Flower Lady truly do have past ties, and to meet now a hundred million miles away, one could say our affinities run quite deep. No wonder Flower Lady agreed so readily when I made my request that day." Duanmu Senqiu chimed in with a dissatisfied tone from the side, "Brother Jiu Yan truly hides his brilliance—not to mention Nineteenth Lang's hospitality, in the blink of an eye you've also hooked up with the peerless Flower Lady. As