After giving his orders to the Blood Rain Tower's pawns, Xie Jinhuan did not linger aboard the ship. He turned back, and along the way saw old Lü Yan standing on the ferry's deck, showing off the fragments of Mo Yuan to his many admirers.
There was still some risk involved in leaving Dragonbone Shoal, and he might need Lü Yan's help if necessary, so Xie Jinhuan did not go over to confiscate his gains toward his debt. He went straight to the Northern Darkness Sect's ferry.
The ferry had already cast off. To deliver him safely to Jingzhao Prefecture, Sister Guo would not return to Northern Zhou, but would accompany him to Luojing instead. Once there, she would decide whether to head north with them to help the White-Haired Immortal settle matters.
Sister Guo was upstairs teaching Sister Bu, and he did not disturb them. He had intended to check outside Big Ice Lump's room, but as he passed a guest room, he found its doors and windows open, with a full-grown heroine standing by the window.
The heroine had changed into a very plain pale-green dress, her hair coiled behind her head. From behind, she looked like a lady from a scholarly household who paled at any mention of sex, yet her ripe, round buttocks and waist exuded astonishing feminine allure, involuntarily stirring the urge to lure a respectable woman into the sea of vice-
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Over the past few days, Senior Sister Milk Melons had seized every opportunity to give Xie Jinhuan essential-oil "account-opening" treatments. Now that she had suddenly turned proper, he found it a little hard to adjust.
He walked silently up behind her and looked her over. Seeing Senior Sister Ye staring blankly at the receding riverbank, he assumed the bearing of a graceful