Liu Ruoshui had already stepped onto the sacrificial platform.
Huff.
Looking at the stone pillar within arm's reach, Liu Ruoshui took a deep breath.
Just as Luo Nanchen had said, the reason she was able to come here was because Luo Nanxi had specially recruited her.
And the reason she had agreed to come was Chen Wen.
Yes, she could not lie to herself about that.
If Chen Wen had not agreed to the Heavenly Ruins' invitation, she truly might not have accepted Luo Nanxi's offer.
Having also gone through the first round, she understood even more clearly the gap between herself and Chen Wen.
Even "unable to see his shoulders from afar" was not enough to describe that gap.
She knew that gap would only widen with time, until she finally vanished from his sight.
She did not want that day to come.
Therefore, this was an exceptionally good opportunity for her.
She had to obtain the Heavenly Chosen Mark.
Only then could she receive an inheritance and the greatest possible cultivation.
She also knew that no one thought highly of her.
But that did not matter. She did not care.
Only this once, she wanted to shine.
At that thought, Liu Ruoshui could not help taking another deep breath.
Come on.
Liu Ruoshui silently closed her eyes.
The instant she settled completely, her entire aura suddenly changed.
It became incomparably ethereal, incomparably elusive.
For a moment, it seemed that she had drawn apart from the mortal world, becoming someone impossibly distant.
The temperature between heaven and earth slowly dropped, and the entire space turned snow-white.
Snowflakes drifted down slowly, while frost flowers gradually condensed.
Hmm?
Li Tianyuan's pupils suddenly contracted.
As though he had recalled something, the confusion on his face turned into shock.
So that was it.