Out on the sun-drenched front deck of the [Galactic Flying Courtyard] hovering above the newly thawed, blossom-covered valleys of Ice-Throne Star, a crisp, rhythmic CLACK-CLACK-CLACK echoed from Grandpa Fu’s [Jade-Abacus Cane]!
Kneeling in two neat rows across the wooden deck were:
1. Former Frost-Sword Supreme Patriarch Luo Wushuang (Rank 9 Early Peak -> locked at Rank 8 Early with his right arm thawed just enough to hold a heavy iron pipe-wrench);
2. Frost-Sword First Elder Luo Han and the thirty-five mink-coat elders who had just been chipped out of their giant blue-raspberry popsicle blocks;
3. And Grand Council Head Luo Bing along with the ninety-nine Frost-Sword Council Elders who had flown up from the bisected halves of the [Solid-Diamond Floating Immortal Palace] with their hands raised in unconditional surrender!
Every single one of the 137 former Frost-Sword rulers was now wearing an indestructible. Neon Sky-Blue [In-Law Debtor & Central-Heating Pipe-Welding Apron] embroidered on the front pocket with a cartoon penguin holding a radiator wrench and the words:
[EASTERN QUADRANT PUBLIC HEATING & BLACKSMITH SUPPORT CREW — 10,000-YEAR COMMUNITY SERVICE TERM]!
“Listen up, Debtor Crew #2!” Grandpa Fu tapped his golden abacus cane against Patriarch Luo Wushuang’s sky-blue hard hat. Meanwhile, chief Envoy Gu Biao (in his three-star pink head-waiter apron) handed out toolboxes, welding goggles, and stacks of spirit-copper heating pipes.
