Snow White also looked at the little girl beside Ning Fengzhi, dressed magnificently and pretty as a doll, yet with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes.
Two young girls of equally noble status and extraordinary talent met for the first time, their gazes meeting in midair.
Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance, both smiling.
The atmosphere in the hall fell quiet for a moment.
Ning Rongrong was still a child at heart and could not keep her thoughts to herself. She broke free from Ning Fengzhi's hand, ran up to Snow White, tilted up her little face, and looked at her with curiosity and suspicion in her eyes.
"You're Snow White, the princess who ate Immortal Herbs and suddenly became a Soul Grandmaster? Is that real? Are you really a Soul Grandmaster?"
Her question was blunt, even somewhat impolite.
Ning Fengzhi's expression darkened as he was about to rebuke her, but Qian Renxue stopped him with a look. Adults should not interfere too much in children's interactions.
Snow White looked at the girl before her, bright and vibrant as a flame, openly displaying her curiosity, and did not feel offended.
Compared to the people in the palace who always spoke in circles and harbored complicated thoughts, Ning Rongrong's frankness felt rather novel to her.
She nodded, her voice crisp and calm. "It's true. Teacher Liu took me into the Star Dou Great Forest, where we found a very special ice-element Immortal Herb."
She did not release her Soul Rings as proof, but her composed certainty was convincing on its own.
"Wow!" Ning Rongrong exclaimed, and her faint suspicion was instantly replaced by envy.
"You're so lucky! There really are treasures like that in the Star Dou Great Forest? I want to go see it too!"
She immediately forgot