Dawn.

A pair of slender, jade-like legs emerged from beneath the blankets. The backs of a woman’s feet quivered like taut bowstrings, then paused in midair.

Then, as if exhausting all of their power, the feet sank back into the mattress.

On the other end of the bed, Cha Jin poked her head out from beneath the thin blanket.

Her dark hair was disheveled, and she was drenched in sweat. Her beautiful, goose-egg shaped face was flushed red, and her rosy lips parted, gasping for breath. Despite her stupor, she was a living example of the word “charm.” 

“The sun’s up….” Su Yi extracted himself from the blankets, then gazed out the window at the hints of warm light appearing over the horizon. Despite himself, he felt a bit dazed. Did we just spend all night dual-cultivating? Again?

“The flow of time sure is heartless. We were just enjoying ourselves, yet dawn’s already here….” He sighed ruefully, then turned and got out of bed.

After washing up, he put on clean, loose robes, then stood beside the pond and began practicing the Pine and Crane Body Refining Technique, as was his custom. 

Not bad. Daoism’s ‘Little...