Chapter 201 Book 5 Growing Concerns
The hush of the tide echoed through the tunnels of the pirates' underwater sanctuary. Bioluminescent moss and crystal lanterns lit the way with flickers of dull blue and green, illuminating the moist stone walls like ghosts dancing in the deep. Hidden behind one of the algae-covered columns, Li An pressed her fingers together in a fluid pattern, the Air Glyph technique humming faintly across her skin. A whisper of wind shimmered around her, cloaking her from sound and sight.
She moved with the patience of a drifting leaf, unnoticed among the bustling activity of the pirate base. All around her, men and women went about their business—some with barnacle-crusted arms, others with gills fluttering on their necks. These were the Golden Carp pirates, a crew of warped bodies and fanatic eyes, who believed they had been blessed by the river itself. But not everyone here shared that belief.
