Twenty thousand li east of the coast, a colossal treasure ship cleaved through the waves, sailing across the boundless sea.
The ship was a full hundred zhang long and more than thirty zhang wide, with twelve towering masts. Its imposing bulk was beyond compare.
As the treasure ship advanced, currents converged at its stern, churning up surging waves. Flocks of gulls followed, calling out in clear, ringing cries.
On the treasure ship's deck, song and dance painted a scene of peace and prosperity.
In a broad open space, several Earth Rank Spirit Tamers sat cross-legged before their tables. Between them, a group of seductive dancers wore gauzy veils, their curves half-hidden, half-revealed. To the slow, decadent music, they struck one alluring pose after another.
One Earth Rank Spirit Tamer was bloated, with a fat head, large ears, and a mostly bald scalp, over which a few sparse strands of hair lay limply. With a woman in each arm, he laughed loudly. "Hahahaha! Fellow Daoists, drink!"
"To you, True Person!" the guests on either side replied.
This Earth Rank Spirit Tamer was none other than the renowned Golden Toad True Person of the Eastern Sea.
He paid no heed to the eyes of others. As the beauty in red gauze nestled in his arms gave muffled moans of pain and embarrassment, his large, fleshy hands slipped beneath her clothes and kneaded at will. All she could do was watch him carefully, offering an ingratiating, seductive smile whenever Golden Toad True Person happened to glance her way.
Golden Toad True Person conversed expansively with the Spirit Tamers beside him, seemingly in excellent spirits. After three rounds of wine, a trace of drunkenness gradually appeared on his face.
Just then, the other woman in his embrace, dressed in green gauze, seemed unable to