The woman in a resplendent yellow gown slowly emerged from the side hall. Her long, curved brows, shaped like silkworm moth antennae, made her eyes seem large and bright. Beneath her delicate, jade-like makeup, she appeared three parts more approachable, as though she needed no further refinement at all to be flawless.
When I looked at her, I was stunned, because she looked almost exactly like Zhao Qian. Even her bearing and those slightly curved, smiling eyes were uncannily similar!
"Zhao Qian..." I nearly blurted out, but it was clearly pointless at that moment. There was no way she could hear me, because everything here seemed to be a replay of an illusion.
The woman was noble and elegant, every step graceful and enchanting. She soon passed straight through me, then walked toward the pillar standing in the middle of the courtyard. Afterward, she gently placed her hand on the pillar and softly recited several incantations.
I narrowed my eyes and looked closely. I had already understood what she was saying. It was obviously a spell to open the gate—she was activating the Grand Array here!
I looked at the completely unchanged Grand Array, and my expression tightened as well. It would have been strange if she could successfully cast the spell, after all. She was an illusion, while the Grand Array was real!
Sure enough, the woman's eyes slowly closed as she stood before the stone pillar, seemingly waiting for something. Yet she made no further move. I immediately said, "The formation can't be opened. Do you really not know that?"
However, just after I finished speaking, she suddenly opened her eyes, then quietly sank beneath the ground. My expression changed at once!
"Master, why don't you sink down like Big Sister Qian?" Linglong hurriedly asked.
I quickly stamped