Hou Jinxuan

"Why are you?"

Yang Zhengyu's face immediately flashed with a fleeting trace of surprise as he looked at the woman standing not far before him. She was dressed in luxurious yet fitting attire. Though she looked only around forty, with her charm still lingering, her entire body faintly exuded an air of twilight years.

He knew her.

And precisely because he knew her,

he found this especially surprising.

He understood that under normal circumstances, there was no way she would come to seek cooperation with him over something like this.

Facing the surprise on his face,

the noblewoman named Hou Jinxuan replied calmly,

"What is there to be surprised about?"

"At the end of the day, I am human too, am I not?"

"In order to gain greater power and a longer lifespan, it is inevitable that one might do things that do not fit the established impression others have of them."

As a True Form Realm cultivator,

throughout her long life,

Hou Jinxuan had used many identities—too many to count.

She alone had dozens of false names.

However,

she had only ever possessed one most important identity.

She was an official member of Wenying Tower, and one with an extremely high standing at that!!

As one of those who had clawed her way up from the bottom to near the top of the pyramid,

Hou Jinxuan's status within Wenying Tower was genuinely high.

Whether in terms of seniority,

ability, or strength,

she was one of Wenying Tower's pillars. Even the Tower Master of Wenying Tower had to show her respect.

In the past,

although Yang Zhengyu knew her,

to be honest,

they were not familiar with one another.

They could only be called acquaintances who nodded in passing.

Overall,

in Yang Zhengyu's eyes,

Hou Jinxuan had always been a