The introduction of a Late Core Formation Nether-Realm Shadow Leopard into the master courtyard fundamentally altered the local ecosystem.
For one, Su Mei the fox maid had entirely stopped walking upright. She now navigated the garden by pressing her back flat against the walls, sliding from pillar to pillar, her fluffy tail wrapped tightly around her waist in a permanent state of high alert.
For another, Yan Shuo finally had a heating pad that actually moved.
It was a crisp, clear morning in the sixth month of his house arrest. Yan Shuo reclined comfortably on his jade cushion beneath the peach tree. Sprawled aggressively across his lap, belly-up and dead to the world, was Sesame.
