Chen Xiaojun gently picked up the picture album and slowly flipped through it.
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These portraits displayed each beauty's charm from multiple angles and in multiple settings: close-up shots, distant outlines, the beautiful contours of a side profile, the splendor of palace attire, the curves of tight-fitting dresses, and valiant grace in battle.
Each page carried a different image of a beauty, far beyond what a single monotonous poster could compare to.
However, different people did not have the same number of portraits.
Bo Saixi, ranked ninth, stood head and shoulders above the rest with nine exquisite portraits all to herself.
Her image was often linked to the sea. In some, she held the Golden Trident, displaying an air of grace and magnificence; in others, she stood with Sea God Hall behind her, a devout prayer on her face, bringing the image of the Sea God Island Saintess vividly to life.
Chen Yanwu's portraits, meanwhile, were inextricably tied to the moon.
There was the quiet serenity of her softly playing the zither beneath the moonlight, the heroic bearing of her sword dance under the moon, and the breathtaking beauty of her leaning against a Shui Yue reflection like Falling Moon.
The backgrounds of Moonlight Academy and petals filling the sky added no small amount of brilliance to her image.
There were eight portraits in total, and each one cleverly highlighted the characteristics of Moon Palace and Moonlight Academy, leaving one intoxicated.
Zhan Ruoxi and Hu Qianning each had seven portraits, likewise vividly displaying their own distinctive traits.
In Hu Qianning's portraits, there was the mystery of five tails gleaming with spiritual light, the fervor of "Fox Tail Burns Like Me," the majestic grandeur of "Fox Sky Vast Sea," and