At the top of the massive, translucent tree at the Opposite Shore Realm.
A woman sat on a tree branch with her flowing, black hair spilling down to her slender waist like an inky-black waterfall.
Her disposition was as soft and gentle as the moon, and she supported her chin on one hand as she held a newspaper in the other. Her eyes lingered on the image on the newspaper, and her intricate brows furrowed with a hint of distress and exasperation.
There was a bold caption on the newspaper:
[Shock! A man did something like this to the daughter of the Pill Sage following the Rookie Pill Refinement Competition!]
This was, of course, referring to An Lin's feats at Pill City. Not only had he won the championship title, but he had also used a bet to set up a relationship between his own disciple and the daughter of the Pill Sage, Fanny! And he succeeded!
The woman then pulled out another newspaper with another massive headline:
