White clouds drifted leisurely across the sky.
She did not know whether she would get the answer she wanted.
Tap... tap...
Just then, a jumble of footsteps came from outside the bamboo grove.
Chi Yao frowned slightly, drew back her thoughts, and turned to look toward the path beyond the bamboo grove.
Several figures were walking this way.
They were a group of boys and girls as well, around ten to thirteen years old.
They wore the standard uniforms of Dawn Ancient Welfare Institute. Their expressions varied—timidity, curiosity, scrutiny, and a faint, barely perceptible greed...
"Junior Chi Yao, there you are..."
At the front was a boy of twelve or thirteen, tall and broad-shouldered, with the deep-set eyes and sharp, high-nosed features typical of Eternal Main Star.
At that moment, a shadowy glint flickered in the boy's eyes as he looked at Chi Yao.
His name was Jueluo Chuan. He was a ninth-year student at the Welfare Institute, yet his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
To have developed his potential to such a degree at his age, even in Heavenly Origin City, a place overflowing with geniuses, made him one of the best among his peers.
"Do you need something?"
Chi Yao spoke calmly, though there was a trace of distance in her tone.
"Nothing major."
Jueluo Chuan smiled.
"We merely heard that you possess an extraordinary constitution. As your seniors, we came specially to see you, get acquainted, and grow a little closer to you...
Young Master Lantuo from Qingtan Academy is hosting a banquet at Everlasting Joy today. Why not come along and have some fun? Orphans like us, whose parents died young, can only benefit from getting to know the bloodlines of those upper-class nobles..."
"Yes, Junior. How boring must