A Beauty Who Could Topple a City

The gate was gently pushed open, but the visitor had not yet stepped into the courtyard.

A fragrance more alluring than flowers drifted in on the breeze.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Xian's surroundings—not just the space before him, but the entire little courtyard—were filled with that faint, mysterious fragrance.

Then his vision brightened, and a lantern appeared before him.

Wang Xian couldn't help opening his eyes and looking ahead. Suddenly, he noticed flowers dancing in the wind.

Flowers wafting with a faint fragrance drifted down from the sky and floated in through the courtyard gate. As he watched in silence, they fluttered down before him.

It was as if a long carpet of flowers had been laid across the courtyard, stretching all the way to his feet.

A woman carrying a lantern walked in through the gate, one step at a time.

She came from beyond the gate, beneath the heavens.

Wang Xian had seen countless people, but never a woman so breathtakingly beautiful.

A long, ink-black dress of embroidered brocade draped over her, making her as lovely as a flower—and lovelier still.

Her jet-black hair fell over her shoulders like a waterfall. Her face was pale, touched with a faint blush, and her dark eyes shone like stars in the night.

This woman, dressed without much adornment, appeared before Wang Xian.

He was struck by the illusion that the dazzling flowers scattered across the ground had suddenly lost their color.

Her beauty seemed beyond the mortal world, ethereal and otherworldly. Even in Dragon City in the Demon Realm, he had never seen a woman like her.

The woman before him reminded him of someone.

Nalan Qiuqiu, whom he had met at an inn outside Lu City.

The Nalan Qiuqiu who had appeared that night had given