Marquis Wu Ze gathered his scattered thoughts, his expression returning to calm.
After a brief silence, a slender figure slowly entered the ruined hall.
Gu Changqing raised his eyes. The newcomer was a woman with a pale, smooth face, devoid of mouth, nose, brows, or eyes. She bore not the slightest resemblance to an ordinary person, yet her graceful figure possessed an otherworldly elegance as she stood in the hall.
The woman bowed slightly, her voice clear and lilting, ethereal and soothing to the heart. "Greetings, my lord."
"We have known each other for years. There is no need for such formality."
Gu Changqing casually raised a hand, his tone gentle. "Give her a seat."
Her cultivation had already reached the seventh tier. Her bearing transcended the ordinary, yet there was also an exceedingly strange sense of nothingness about her.
She stood right before them, yet whenever their gazes touched her, she remained hazy and indistinct, like an illusion without substance, as though she might dissolve into the hall's light and shadows at any moment.
At her arrival, much of the anxiety hanging over Gu Feng's heart abruptly eased.
She was the holy maiden of the Silver Leech Clan, one of Azure Sea Lake's Three Upper Clans, and the ruler who held authority over the entire clan. Her name was Silver Consort.
The Silver Leech Clan possessed extraordinary innate gifts, naturally mastering illusion and disguise. They could change their appearance and physique at will, and this pale, faceless body was their true form-strange beyond measure.
Besides their supreme disguise divine ability, the Silver Leech Clan possessed a healing gift exceedingly rare in Azure Sea Lake. They could heal wounds to the divine soul and restore damage to the flesh. This unique mystical talent firmly secured their place among the lake's