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"Am I seeing things?" Ning Yan muttered. She was perched alone in a cozy, secluded corner. Her delicate cheek gracefully rested against her palm, as she peered out of the window. A calm wash of the Azure Kite Sea filled her vision before it was pierced by a sudden, unexpected fright.
A bird, an Azure Kite of the third rank, fluttered before being swallowed up, as if charmed into the Sword Soul of the gentle white-clad youth with an almost mischievous ease.
"I've been stressed, but I didn't think it'd cost me my sight," she mused, bitterness knitting her brow ever so slightly. Yet, the ambiance of the place curiously mirrored her solitude; an eerie, undisturbed quiet held the air.
Swiveling her gaze, she scanned faces—Ning Que, Patriarch Fan, Lin Chen, and several others—all frozen, wine cups hovering mid-lift, as if time itself played a jest upon them. Their eyes were locked, unblinking, on the youth basking in the cloudy sea, faces not just stoic but statuesque.
“Brother, did he... did he just cheat again?" Lin Lin whispered, a haze of confusion over her.
Lin Chen's voice scraped through his throat, "It's impossible to cheat in the Azure Kite Sea."
The ghost of a begrudging respect shadowed Ning Que’s voice, "That Star grade Sword Soul of his… it's truly something else."
Lin Chen shook his head, a sigh deflating him, "If he manages to snag a Rank 10 Azure Kite today, Father will sing his praises and elevate him to Ye Guying’s...



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