Song Wen wandered leisurely through the streets of Phoenix Plume City, occasionally entering a shop to purchase spirit herbs or pills he needed for cultivation.
About an hour later, Song Wen reckoned he had done enough "keeping up appearances" for the day. Just as he was about to return to the inn, he suddenly sensed a messaging jade slip trembling faintly inside his storage ring.
Song Wen extended his spiritual sense into his storage ring and discovered that it was Ye Bing's messaging jade slip.
He did not immediately take it out to read the message. Instead, he strolled back to the inn at an unhurried pace.
Only after returning to the courtyard he had rented at the inn did Song Wen take out the messaging jade slip.
[Gou Jun, where are you? I have something to discuss with you.] This was Ye Bing's message.
[Prosperity and Peace Inn, courtyard thirty-two.] Song Wen sent his reply.
After Song Wen sent this message, Ye Bing did not reply again.
Yet only a few dozen breaths later, she appeared outside his courtyard.
Ye Bing had deliberately disguised herself somewhat. She wore a bamboo hat, with gauze hanging from its brim to conceal her face.
Rather than the long white dress she usually wore, she was dressed in a gray robe.
The courtyard gate stood ajar, so Ye Bing pushed it open and walked straight in.
The first thing she saw was a large tree in the courtyard, with a stone table and several stone stools beneath it. Song Wen sat at the table, drinking tea.
Ye Bing strode over to the stone table and sat down opposite Song Wen without ceremony.
She removed her bamboo hat, revealing her exquisite face. Then she lifted the teapot, picked up a cup, poured herself some