On Benevolent Heart Academy's side, facing the uninvited guests led by forces such as the Six Harmonies Sect and Exquisite Pavilion, Qian Xin did not show herself this time. Instead, she retreated behind the scenes together with Shao Yang and the others.
Near the mountain summit, beneath the "Benevolent Heart Academy" archway.
Ruo Shui stood there quietly, a pure white veiled hat draped over her head and a soft face covering concealing her features. Dressed in a snow-white robe, she gazed toward the mountainside with eyes full of watery charm, faint displeasure showing within them.
"Everyone, stop there!"
Ruo Shui's gentle yet chilly voice carried toward the group carefully climbing up from the mountainside, halting Zhai Kui and the others in their tracks.
Hearing the call, Zhai Kui looked toward the summit and noticed Ruo Shui. Her snow-white robes fluttered in the wind, and from afar, she looked like an immortal maiden descending into the mortal world, ethereal and untainted by dust.
Such bearing, such grace—though he could not see her full face, merely those moist, lustrous eyes were enough for Zhai Kui to be certain that she was a beauty rarely seen in this world.
Zhai Kui could not help swallowing, as lewd greed rose uncontrollably in his eyes.
Looking again at the beautiful woman beside him now, he found her as hard to stomach as bran and swallowed vegetables.
Tian Lingzi of Exquisite Pavilion gave a light cough.
Zhai Kui came back to his senses. Awkwardly, he coughed as well, then circulated his inner breath and called toward Ruo Shui, "I am Zhai Kui of the Six Harmonies Sect, here to pay my respects to the mountain!"
Though stunned by Ruo Shui's beauty and bearing, Zhai Kui had lived for over a hundred years. He would not lose