Song Xiaodong glanced meaningfully at Boss Feng, who was so frightened that even his breath was cold. He quickly bowed his head to see off the troublemaker, saying: "Yes, yes, thank you, Mr. Song, for your mercy!"

Song Xiaodong, Su Lie, Dragon Six, and the Dragon Gate Warriors then filed out.

Song Xiaodong and Su Lie led the way, and Song Xiaodong said: "This old guy sure has some nice stuff!"

"Of course, I've known him for many years. This box of Qin half-taels is something he picked up at Panjiayuan. I wanted to buy it, thinking it would be useful for our Dragon Gate. But at that time, I was busy contacting the research experts on the Han Dynasty Tower Ship to identify which ship was genuinely from that period, and ended up forgetting about it. By the time I remembered, he'd already bought it. By sheer coincidence, he offended the Sect Leader today. For him, this stuff is just an antique, but for us at Dragon Gate, it's top-notch alchemy material!" Su Lie replied.

Song Xiaodong nodded in satisfaction.

"Sect Leader, I have many things waiting for me to handle over there, so I won't accompany you. Please return to Ming River quickly!" Su Lie bid farewell to Song Xiaodong.

Song Xiaodong returned to his residence. It was still morning, and Sun Yiyi and Chu Xianling weren't there. Song Xiaodong called Sun Yiyi: "Hello? Yiyi, where are you guys?"

"We're at the beach!" Sun Yiyi answered on the other end.

"You really went, huh. Isn't it cold?"

"No, the weather is good today. It's even a bit sunny at the beach!"

Quanzhou is located in the south, with a warm climate. Even though it's late autumn, the climate remains warm, and the beach isn't as bleak with autumn winds as Song Xiaodong imagined.

Thinking about it, Song Xiaodong said to Sun Yiyi: "Wait for me!"

"Hurry up then!"

Song Xiaodong headed directly to the beach. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

On a weekday, the beach had very few people. Sun Yiyi and Chu Xianling, two beauties, stood out and could be easily spotted with an entirely different aura than passersby.

The two were frolicking and playing in the water, while on the beach many creeps were secretly taking photos.

"Alright, you two! Cut it out!" Song Xiaodong saw people taking pictures and shouted at Sun Yiyi and Chu Xianling, not in a good mood.

"What's wrong? All of a sudden?" Chu Xianling asked Song Xiaodong, pretending not to know.

"You know perfectly well, I'll deal with you tonight!" Song Xiaodong sized up Chu Xianling, causing her to instinctively take a step back upon seeing his gaze.

"You come too. Weren't you saying it was cold?" Sun Yiyi teased Song Xiaodong.

Song Xiaodong looked up. It was near noon, and the sun was casting its scorching white rays.

"Quanzhou is warmer than Ming River," Song Xiaodong said.

"Exactly, that's why we came here," Sun Yiyi replied.

"Ah, I feel like I have a psychological shadow from last time. Now I get scared when I see seaweed, and I'm also afraid of glowing billboards," Chu Xianling complained.

"Me too. Last time we almost got swept away by the sea," Sun Yiyi and Chu Xianling recalled the incident on Bozhaojian Island when they were "tempted" by the glowing blue seaweed.

"Who do you think did that? So strange," Sun Yiyi asked.

"It was definitely the Dark Night Sect," Song Xiaodong answered.

"Hey, why didn't you fall for it?" Chu Xianling looked at Song Xiaodong with sideways eyes.

Seeing Chu Xianling's unconvinced look, Song Xiaodong laughed: "Your martial power is too shallow, easily tempted. I'm a Qi Refining Master; how could I fall for such low-level psychic means?"

"Bragging, as always!" Chu Xianling rolled her eyes at Song Xiaodong and turned away.

"Stop joking. Really, what's it all about?" Sun Yiyi tapped Song Xiaodong on the back.

"Speaking of, I should thank Teacher Wang..." Song Xiaodong replied to Sun Yiyi with a mischievous grin.

"Is your Teacher Wang really that good?" Sun Yiyi asked Song Xiaodong, still skeptical.

"She's no good at fighting, but her Qi Refinement is decent. Her Stillness Practice is impressive, unlike you guys who chatter on all day," Song Xiaodong began praising Wang Xinyi.

"Who are you calling chatterboxes?" Chu Xianling turned back around, raising her hand to hit Song Xiaodong, her voice rising three degrees in pitch.

"See, you don't like being called chatterboxes,"

Song Xiaodong sarcastically glanced at Chu Xianling and said: "She can enter meditation, can you?"

"I..." Chu Xianling swallowed her words halfway, lowering her head and muttering: "Only monks enter meditation."

"Hahaha!"

Song Xiaodong chuckled and replied to Chu Xianling: "Don't you remember Teacher Wang taught me the Nourishing Spirit Technique? I've been meditating every chance I get these days, you guys know it!"

"You call that meditation, either you're asleep or daydreaming about heaven." Chu Xianling mocked Song Xiaodong.

"Well, never mind, just say whether it works or not." Song Xiaodong said again.

"I guess it does..."

"Hey, what did you guys see in the illusion?" Song Xiaodong suddenly asked out of curiosity.

"I saw myself Becoming an Immortal," Chu Xianling replied.

"Really, you believe in that stuff!" Sun Yiyi nudged Chu Xianling's arm with her body.

"I... ever since seeing the Dragon Gate Great Array, I've believed," Chu Xianling said.

"Hmm..." Sun Yiyi also fell silent.

"I saw myself Becoming an Immortal; my whole body was transparent, clothes were transparent, even my body was transparent, standing on clouds, glowing all over, staring at the ants on the ground below, feeling so free!" Chu Xianling reminisced about her illusion, still looking dreamy.

"What did you see?" Song Xiaodong asked Sun Yiyi.