Upon hearing this voice, Zu'an trembled, then a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

He looked around for a moment, then, carrying the worm-like Chiwen, flew directly towards the direction from which the sound came.

The remaining people looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tu Shanyu subconsciously looked at Yan Xuehen and the other two girls.

Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue were also completely confused, and subconsciously looked at Yu Yanluo, since she had a closer relationship with Zu'an.

Yu Yanluo was also completely bewildered; she didn't know either.

Who is that person?

"It's a woman's voice."

"Judging from how happy Zuan is, their relationship seems to be quite special."

The group exchanged a few words instinctively, then simultaneously fell silent.

Anger from Yu Yanluo: +233 +233 +233...

Anger from Yan Xuehen: +233 +233 +233...

Anger from Yun Jianyue: +233 +233 +233...

...

They really wanted to go and see what was going on, but they were all people of status and couldn't bring themselves to do it, so they could only stay there and sulk.

Seeing the expressions on the girls' faces, Tu Shanyu was momentarily stunned, unsure whether she should also get angry.

Meanwhile, Zu An flew to a lake a few miles away, and his attention was quickly drawn to a beautiful figure.

A woman in a plain dress sat languidly on a tree branch, leaning against the trunk, gazing blankly at the distant horizon, her index finger gently hooking a blue wine gourd in her other hand.

Zuan couldn't help but smile. Every time he saw her, the wine pot would sway gently with the movement of her fingers, as if it would fall to the ground at the slightest breeze, but it always stayed firmly on her fingertips and never fell.

"Sister Shang, what are you doing here?" He tossed the Chiwen aside and asked in surprise.

With a thud, Chiwen fell to the ground and twitched, but ultimately did not wake up. Clearly, the beating he had just received was too severe.

The woman on the tree branch was none other than Shang Liuyu.

She didn't even glance at Chiwen, but instead looked at Zuan with a gentler gaze: "It's been so long, you don't even call me 'teacher' anymore?"

Zu An didn't back down and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I was also a teacher at Mingyue Academy, and I used to call you 'sister' for a long time."

"Is that so? Drinking too much alcohol can make you forgetful." A smile appeared between Shang Liuyu's brows, clearly indicating that he hadn't really forgotten.

Zuan looked at her wine gourd: "It's been so long since I've had your Zhaotian Shao. I really miss it."

"Want some? Come on up." Shang Liuyu waved to him.

With a light tap of his toes, Zuan flew up into the tree.

Shang Liuyu, whose legs were naturally bent on the branch, deliberately pulled back to make room for him.

Her skirt fluttered, and a pair of flawless white feet were faintly visible, truly more lustrous than jade and smoother than silk.

Zuan couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Shang still doesn't like wearing shoes."

It must be said that he knew many female confidantes, but when it comes to perfect and exquisite feet, Shang Liuyu is undoubtedly the best.

He looked down and was surprised to find that there were no shoes there.

Shang Liuyu hooked the wine gourd and handed it to him: "I'm not used to wearing shoes. Back in Bright Moon City, I had no choice but to wear shoes to avoid being seen as an oddity. Now that I'm here with the demon race, I don't have those concerns... Ah, what are you doing?"

At that moment, Zu'an gently lifted a section of her skirt and looked at her foot.

Zuan exclaimed, "I'm very curious, you're always barefoot, so why are your feet so spotless?"

Shang Liuyu slapped his hand away and quickly pulled her foot back. A blush rose on her usually calm and elegant face: "You're too reckless. You can't just touch a girl's feet like that."

Looking at her shy appearance, Zu'an found it particularly novel: "I thought you wouldn't be shy, it's rare to see you like this."

"No wonder you have so many female confidantes, you're really good at flirting with women." Shang Liuyu spat, but he wasn't really angry.

Zuan cried out that he was wronged: "I was just curious, purely academic, and had no other intentions."

"If you had any evil intentions, I would have taught you a lesson long ago," Shang Liuyu finally regained his usual calm and composure. "It's not difficult to stay clean. Just use water element to keep your feet away from the earth."

Although she spoke lightly, the level of control over the water element required was far beyond what most people could achieve.

Zuan raised the gourd and took a sip. The strong liquor flowed down his throat like a ball of fire, and he felt a surge of energy: "It still tastes just like I remember."

He returned the gourd to the other person and asked, "Is it because you are a mermaid that you can do this?"

Shang Liuyu took the gourd of wine, but instead of wolfing it down like Zu An, he took a delicate sip before replying, "So you already knew."

Zuan hummed in agreement, as if recalling or sighing: "The strange jade pendant you gave me back then, I later learned that it was a protective scale of the mermaid clan, and only royalty possesses it."

Shang Liuyu was somewhat surprised: "Since you know, it seems you've already used it. Was it that dangerous back then?"

"Yes, it was a near-death experience, so you saved my life, sister. I don't know how to repay you," Zu An said solemnly.

Shang Liuyu smiled and said, "I've heard it said in those plays that in this situation, you should say that you have no way to repay the life-saving grace, and you can only repay it with your body."

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