Welcome Back Victorious, Your Imperial Majesty! (4K) (Continued)

The echoing sound grew louder and louder, suddenly putting her on alert.

"Common, decaying beauty—how could it stand before 'the Honored One'..."

Suddenly, a lonely, chilling voice sounded faintly beside her ear, like an illusion.

Hearing it, she was startled and hurriedly looked toward Tan Lin, only to find him still deep in meditation, utterly unaware of what was happening outside.

At this,

her bewitching gaze fell upon Li Qingjue once more.

This time, it held a measure of scrutiny and a trace of barely perceptible chill.

Was it her?

But seeing that Li Qingjue was still unconscious, she immediately turned the question upon herself, realizing that perhaps her own "inner demon" was at work.

Yet she had already been affected by the Demon Obstacle. By the time she realized it, it was too late.

At that moment, the earlier "thought" of planning ahead surfaced once more. She could not help holding her breath, her gaze fixed firmly on Li Qingjue before flicking toward Tan Lin, who remained seated quietly not far away.

Her slender fingers slowly rubbed the cool porcelain bottle as heaven and man warred within her heart.

In the end, her ambition for her future path of cultivation, along with an unspeakable reason she gave herself, overwhelmed her rationality.

However, at that very moment—

"Common, decaying beauty—how could it stand before 'the Honored One'?"

The voice she had previously mistaken for an auditory hallucination born of her own Demon Obstacle sounded again. This time, it was even colder and lonelier, as though carrying endless indifference and a trace of mockery.

This time, it was no longer a vague whisper. It was incomparably clear, as though it had exploded directly in the depths of her Immortal Platform!

Buzz!

Shao Hanyun's alluring jade body trembled violently.

It was as