"Come on! Let's see just how capable Heavenly Capital truly is!"
Zhu Hanwei nodded slightly and said no more. Taking a step forward, he led the group toward the sect gate.
Before long, the group arrived at the sect gate, standing at the boundary between the Sect Protection Formation and the area beyond the gate.
Outside the sect gate.
A mountain-mist-colored flying vessel hung suspended in midair.
At the prow of the vessel, a woman in garments that half-concealed and half-revealed her figure reclined lazily against the bow, one hand holding an oil-paper umbrella Magical Treasure.
One jade-white leg rested over the ship's railing. From afar, she was the very picture of bewitching charm.
"Could this person... be Lady Tianyun, the ruthless-handed and merciless figure now spoken of throughout Azure Star's Cultivation World?"
"Hiss... Looking at her like this, she seems utterly harmless to man and beast."
"How could someone born so alluring and captivating be the female demon who makes people tremble at the mere mention of her name? Could the information we received have been wrong?"
Voices rang out in succession within the Sect Protection Formation.
Behind Zhu Hanwei, who stood at the forefront, several of his companions began speaking the moment they saw the female cultivator at the vessel's prow.
Before coming here, the mere mention of Lady Tianyun had filled every one of them with fear and deep wariness.
Yet upon truly seeing her in person, they found her so pitiably lovely that all that remained in their hearts was reluctance to harm her.
"Martial Brother, something isn't right. Lady Tianyun must cultivate some kind of seduction art, and her attainments in it are far from shallow."
Compared to the others, Su Ye, also a female cultivator, was clearly faring much better.
Her delicate brows