"You always speak of 'our levels', but what's yours?" Yang Qinglan glanced toward Turquoise Pool.
"Definitely higher than yours, seeing as I am the Queen Mother in charge of all the fairies." Beneath Turquoise Pool, the clouds transformed into a cloud couch, on which she lazily reclined.
Rather than resembling any Queen Mother, she appeared more like an exquisitely graceful Honored Concubine of distinguished nobility.
The blazing sunlight shone mercilessly upon the desert, dazzling and harsh to the eyes.
The endless dunes sizzled under the scorching heat of the high sun, while the atmosphere on Cloud Platform was cool and pleasant, as Yang Qinglan had long mastered the Skill of controlling temperature.
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In the northeast, a 10-person squad from Xia Country.
A desert beast lay on the ground, its body covered with many insects each about 1 millimeter long.
Soon, the carcass shriveled up, looking like a flagpole wrapped in its banner, its blood completely drained.
