After spending some good time with Yunru.. They had remained pressed against each other.
"The investiture is over, but your true mission is only just beginning."
BaiShe did not turn around immediately. He adjusted his sage monocle with calculated slowness, his heterochromatic pupils fixed on the horizon. ... "This young scholar appreciates the calm of this pavilion, Elder Yunru. However, I sense that your presence here is not motivated solely by the desire to contemplate the landscape at my side."
Yunru let out a small stifled laugh, coming to press herself against BaiShe's arm. The heat of her breast against his shoulder was intense. "You are as perceptive as ever, Lord Executor. The Council of Elders has deliberated. The threat of the Devourer seems to have calmed on the surface, but a shadow persists in our karmic records. It is imperative that you proceed to *Immortal Grave."
