Beauty That Took One's Breath Away!

Then, a terrifying scene unfolded.

"Hisss..."

It sounded like a balloon leaking air.

The Female student's delicate face began to shrivel and cave in at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wrinkles rapidly spread across her smooth skin, while her sleek hair instantly turned dry, yellow, and gray.

Her life force was vanishing at a frantic rate!

"Sa... save me..."

She tried to scream, but only a dry, hoarse sound came out.

In just three seconds.

A young girl in the bloom of youth had turned into a withered Old woman on the verge of death!

Then, with a bang, she was thrown onto the ground. She could only exhale, not inhale.

"Ah—! A ghost!"

The surrounding students were scared out of their wits, screaming as they scattered in every direction.

Yet the nightmare had only just begun.

Elsewhere, beneath the boys' dormitory building.

Another male student who had been saved among the three was sampling the food he had just bought.

The next second, he too was lifted by an invisible giant hand.

The same struggle. The same despair.

He watched helplessly as his palms shriveled like chicken claws and the muscles on his chest withered away until he was nothing but skin and bones.

It was not just those two.

Those students who had once treated Jiang Zhu like free labor, who had accepted her kindness only to mock her afterward.

No matter where they hid now, they all felt their bodies grow heavy.

To their horror, their hair began falling out, wrinkles formed at the corners of their eyes, and their strength rapidly drained away.

In the blink of an eye, they had gone from teenage boys and girls to middle-aged men and women in their forties.

The entire academy descended into chaos, terrified screams echoing through the night sky.

Meanwhile, when the honest boy among the three who had always visited Jiang Zhu arrived at her door with pastries, he found the room completely empty.

The next day.

The bizarre incident at the academy shook all of Heaven Dou City. Both the empire and the Spirit Hall branch sent people to investigate, but they found nothing.

Jiang Zhu had vanished. Two students had aged overnight and were near death, while more than twenty students had become middle-aged.

Their only common trait was that they had all wronged the girl named Jiang Zhu.

Thus, the life Jiang Zhu had given them was now being reclaimed, principal and interest included!

The scene shifted back to Xiachun Square.

The night was beautiful. A massive full moon hung high in the sky, casting down Silver-White radiance.

The Vague Man sat on the grass, holding a small, trembling figure in his arms.

It was Jiang Zhu.

She buried her face tightly against his chest, clutching his clothes with both hands as her entire body shook from crying.

She did not dare raise her head to look at him even once.

"Wah... don't look at me... please..."

"I'm so ugly now... so old..."

"I didn't dare come see you... I'm a monster..."

Her voice was crisp and pleasant, yet filled with boundless inferiority and despair.

The Vague Man reached out and gently patted her back, as though soothing a child who had been wronged.

He spoke softly, his tone carrying a tenderness he had never shown before.

"I thought you hated me, so you stopped coming."

The girl in his arms shook her head desperately, tears streaming down her face.

"I don't... I was just... afraid you'd hate me..."

The Vague Man smiled.

"To me, you're more beautiful than anyone else in this world."

He gently patted Jiang Zhu's back and said softly, "We won't sunbathe tonight."

"Let's bathe in the moonlight instead."

"Look, isn't the moonlight beautiful tonight?"

Jiang Zhu, who had been hiding in his arms, froze. After hesitating, she slowly turned her head and looked toward the enormous full moon in the sky.

Silver moonlight fell across her face.

Everyone watching the scene unconsciously widened their eyes.

Jiang Zhu was not old and decrepit at all!

She was a breathtaking young girl with exquisite features, skin whiter than snow, and a liveliness and dewy beauty even greater than before!

Under the Moonlight, she was stunning beyond words!

The image gradually darkened again, and a new scene slowly unfolded.

It was no longer the memory-filled Xiachun Square, but a Private Garden lush with greenery and blooming flowers.

The sunlight was perfect, and the breeze was gentle.

The Vague Man still looked lazy as ever, lying on the soft grass with his eyes closed in rest.

Beside him, Jiang Zhu had regained her youth and was even more radiant than before. She hugged his waist tightly.

Her eyes were closed, and her long lashes trembled faintly, as though she were dozing off.

"A Chen..."

Jiang Zhu's rosy lips pouted slightly as she murmured in her sleep.

"I like... you..."

"Don't... don't leave me..."

Her voice was Soft and Sticky, carrying such clingy affection that it could melt one's heart.

Hearing her words, the Vague Man's expression could not be seen through his blurred face. He merely reached out and gently stroked her Crimson long hair.

Feeling the touch atop her head, Jiang Zhu sleepily raised her head.

Her Big Eyes were still misty from sleep as she stared blankly at the Man before her.

The next second.

Still seeming half-asleep, she leaned forward and gave that blurred face a loud kiss.

Then, contentedly rubbing against his chest, she continued hugging him. Her breathing gradually steadied, and she fell asleep again.

The scene froze at that moment, preserving the warm and sweet atmosphere between them.

[Memory Recall]

This scene plunged the entire continent into dead silence for several breaths.

Then, it instantly erupted!

"That's it? Just one kiss?"

"She really recovered? That skin... that figure... she's even more stunning than before!"

But another voice soon emerged. "When Jiang Zhu regained her youth, those students were losing their life force!"

"She clearly forcibly extracted their life force and absorbed it into herself!"

"This is an evil technique! These are the methods of an Evil Soul Master!"

For a moment, quite a few Soul Masters who claimed to stand for justice began condemning her. "Too cruel! To use such a method!"

But even more people immediately sneered in rebuttal. "Cruel? Those ingrates repaying kindness with betrayal wasn't cruel?"

Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong stared at the girl who had regained her youth beneath the moon. Her Pupils contracted violently.

She had never even heard of such a method!

She turned toward Yue Guan below her, her voice low. "Yue Guan."

"If you treated that degree of aging with all your strength, or if we used all of Spirit Hall's precious herbs, could you achieve this?"

Yue Guan shook his head bitterly.

"Your Holiness, you think too highly of me."

"Her life force was exhausted, and all bodily functions had failed. Even if the Great Worship took action, I fear it would still be beyond saving."

Bibi Dong's mind was in turmoil. She had originally thought that the Dark Night Arena was merely a somewhat mysterious force.

But now, it seemed that the power they possessed had already exceeded the bounds of her understanding.

"Send another message to Ghostly."

Bibi Dong drew a deep breath. "Tell him not to let his guard down!"

"If anything feels wrong, retreat immediately. Do not confront them head-on!"

Spirit Hall's Training ground.

Compared to the panic among the higher-ups, the atmosphere here was far more relaxed.

"That's wonderful! She's all right!"

Qian Xiaosheng looked at the girl sleeping happily in the image, his eyes reddening with excitement.

Though the person beside her was not him, as long as she could recover, that was enough.

As for Hu Liena beside him, she was not watching Jiang Zhu at all.

Her beautiful brows were slightly furrowed, and her seductive fox-like eyes were fixed tightly on the Vague Man.

She muttered to herself, "Strange..."

"Why does he feel a little familiar..."