"No! How could Snow Sister have received the news so quickly? It was the divine arks from several other Immortal Courts and Immortal Regions coming to rendezvous with us! Several of those sisters are Snow Sister's trusted aides!" Zhu Daoyun immediately wore an amused expression.
"Oh... all right. I thought Qingcheng had come." I gave a wry smile.
Seeing that I seemed a little disappointed, Zhu Daoyun hurriedly said, "Don't be like that. If they found out you only wanted Snow Sister, we wouldn't mind—we've monopolized you for so many years anyway—but wouldn't they be terribly disappointed?"
"I didn't say anything. All right, tell me who they are," I asked.
Zhu Daohe was just about to announce their names, but Zhu Daoyun hurriedly shook her head and stopped her. "Let Husband go and see for himself. I'll introduce them now. If Husband knows who they are before seeing them, there won't be any surprise, will there?"
"True!" Zhu Daohe immediately took my hand and floated with me from the place where I had been secluded toward the palaces of the Immortal Court.
Amid the ethereal clouds and mist, a group of female immortals seemed woven from moonlight and morning dew, carrying an indescribable elegance and nobility.
Some wore skirts as light as gauze, their hems fluttering in the breeze, dreamlike and illusory.
Some were as deep as the night sky or rippling like blue waves; every skirt seemed carefully cut from the most delicate clouds at the edge of heaven.
Some had clear, refined beauty, their brows like distant mountains veiled in green.
Others had eyes brimming like autumn waters and lips moist as cherry blossoms holding dew.
When they saw me, even in their quietness, every smile was like a spring breeze brushing the face, warm and intoxicating.
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