What’s she doing here? Su Yi drained his cup and set it down, a bit surprised.

The familiar silhouette scurrying down the alleyway was none other than Lan Suo.

Su Yi had a deep impression of the woman.

Her features resembled the work of a master sculptor; she was a natural beauty. Furthermore, she was the closed-door disciple of the Donghua Sword Sect’s high elder, the Cloudstone Venerate.

Back in the Great Zhou, Su Yi had once personally cured her of a devilworm parasite.

Furthermore, when he and Hua Xinfeng—or rather, Xia Qingyuan—visited the Sea of Chaotic Spirits, they saw Lan Suo and her master at the banquet at Celestial Waters Mountain Villa just outside the Dongfu Prefectural Capital.

There, a group of the Great Qin’s cultivators forged an alliance to venture into the Sea of Chaotic Spirits and take Su Yi down together. They invited Lan Suo and the Cloudstone Venerate to join them.

However, the Cloudstone Venerate refused and left, taking Lan Suo with him.

It was fair to say that Su Yi thought well of this master and apprentice duo.

“Hm?”

Before Su Yi could give the matter any further thought, he saw a group of...