Li Yan slowly opened his eyes.
This was an extremely spacious house, draped with red cloth everywhere; beside him was a half-human-height bronze chime, and from a crane-shaped incense burner, residual smoke wafted lazily; there was no one around.
A flood of memories overwhelmed Li Yan's mind. He closed his eyes to recuperate for a while, then immediately his brows furrowed.
The situation was more dire than Li Yan had imagined!
It had been a full six years since the bandits of the South Seas had lifted the siege on Guangzhou. The government took advantage of this to extend an olive branch to pacify the outlawed groups. The former great pirate Yishi Zhufen was the first to respond, quickly transforming into a deputy general for the government.
