The seventh day of the third month.
A Spirit Boat came from the direction of the Dongyuan Sect, speeding toward the Lingyang River.
Five people sat inside the Spirit Boat.
Song Yan and his disciple Xiao Ju were playing on a jade chessboard. Qin Yue leaned over the boat's viewing platform to look at the scenery below, letting out cries of wonder from time to time.
Perhaps because he was attending a wedding feast, Li Yi had made the rare choice of changing out of his fitted combat clothes and armor today. Dressed in a brand-new brocade robe, he looked quite presentable, leaving Song Yan somewhat unaccustomed to the sight.
He sat beside Qin Yue, pointing things out to the child. "Look over there. That's Yan'ou, my hometown."
"Wow, Senior Brother Li Yi, where's that?"
"That's Yunxi City."
Bored out of her mind, Qin Xijun lay on her side beside the chessboard, watching Song Yan and Xiao Ju play and occasionally offering her grand pronouncements.
"Why didn't you play here? If you played here, wouldn't this whole group of Ju's be dead?"
"Tsk."
Song Yan rolled his eyes at her. "Master, a true gentleman watches chess in silence. Please stop talking."
"I'm not a gentleman. I'll say what I like."
"-Then you play Xiao Ju."
"I don't know how."
"-"
Watching her master and grandmaster, two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, bicker like three-year-olds, Xiao Ju could not help smiling.
For a fleeting moment, the scene before her seemed to take her back to when she had traveled with her master.
After their bout of fooling around, Song Yan and Xiao Ju resumed their game.
Master and disciple chatted as they played.
Xiao Ju had now reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and lately she had been searching everywhere for