"Creak!!~~~"
The gates of Listening Waves Courtyard opened, and under the expectant gazes of Beigong Mo and the others, two figures slowly emerged from within.
One was tall and slender, with a face like carved jade, sword-like brows, and starry eyes. Though his aura was restrained, making him seem like an ordinary man, he faintly possessed the bearing of an abyss standing firm and a mountain towering high. It was as though what stood before them was not a person, but an ancient divine mountain that had endured for eternity, filling everyone present with awe and making them dare not look at him directly.
Beside him, Shen Qinglan was exquisitely beautiful and utterly refined, her brows suffused with gentle warmth. Her slender jade hand lightly looped around his arm as they walked side by side, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, a perfect pair.
"Buzz!!~~"
Before anyone could react, an incomparably terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from Chen An. Like a colossal mountain descending from the heavens, it instantly filled the space before Listening Waves Courtyard.
Even the air itself seemed about to freeze solid!
"Thud!~~"
"Thud!!~~"
In an instant, before Listening Waves Courtyard, aside from Shen Qinglan at Chen An's side, as well as Beigong Mo, Shen Canglan, Su Ningyan, Pei Yunshu, several chief seats from the prefectural academy such as Mo Xuanchen, and those who had not left earlier, including Zhang Xuanming and Fan Suiyun, everyone else's expressions changed. Their breathing caught, their legs went weak, and they involuntarily dropped to their knees.
They only felt the blood and qi throughout their bodies congeal, while the circulation of their true qi and even astral essence within them slowed to an extreme. They did not even have the courage to raise their heads.
The terrifying heavenly might of the