Beside the blood-red Imperial Pool, a woman sat cross-legged.
Her skin was incredibly fair, the kind of cold white skin that seemed to glow.
This esteemed national preceptor of Moon Kingdom had a slender neck.
Her bearing was exceptionally graceful, making the curve where her neck met her jaw particularly beautiful.
But judging by her features, the Female National Preceptor was not the type who dazzled at first glance.
Her appearance matched her position. It was the sort of face associated with a benevolent mother figure—in other words, the so-called "peaceful and prosperous nation" face.
She was remarkably easy on the eyes. The longer one looked at her, the more at ease one felt.
At that moment, she had already stripped her upper body down to nothing but a bandeau.
Yet for some reason, she still gave off an air of dignity.
Only her jade feet, exposed year-round, emanated a hint of seductive allure.
This Female National Preceptor of Moon Kingdom was named Lin Qingci.
She was one of the few cultivators in the imperial capital who possessed the Power of Origin within her body.
She had been the one to resolve the third layer of the previous Origin Spirit Realm.
Now, her cultivation had reached the third stage of the Eighth Realm.
But because of the special nature of the Power of Origin, ordinary Eighth Realm cultivators simply could not be her match.
Before Qin Xuanxiao emerged, she had also been the only person in Moon Kingdom besides His Majesty the Emperor to possess an Emperor's Divine Sense.
At that moment, Lin Qingci had her eyes closed, yet a voice came from within her mind, as if someone were sending her a telepathic message from afar.
"Why go this far?" the person asked.
"I had to take it off