Several equally lavishly dressed lackeys surrounded him, making him look every bit the grand young master.
It was Lan Tuo Xing.
Ever since Lan Tuo Kang had advanced to Quasi-Emperor, Lan Tuo Xing's status at Qingtan Academy had risen accordingly, and he had become unbearably arrogant.
Those noble young masters and young ladies who had once shared his distinguished background and therefore paid him little heed now scrambled to curry favor with him.
"Young Master Xing, I heard that Innate Dao Embryo has gone missing. Is that true?"
One of his lackeys leaned over and asked in a low voice.
"Gone missing?"
Lan Tuo Xing frowned. He knew his family had always been determined to acquire her.
How had she suddenly gone missing?
He still did not know that his family's ancestor had visited Dawn Ancient last night, only to leave in disgrace.
Feeling unsettled, he swept his gaze across the plaza before it settled in another direction.
A girl in a white lace dress stood there.
Audishiya.
The divine maiden still wore a white lace dress today, its hem embroidered with pale purple bauhinia patterns.
Her platinum-blonde hair glowed softly under the sunlight, while her violet eyes were clear and bright, as though they could see through everything.
The two Half-Saint female guards were not accompanying her at the moment.
Yet the girl's gaze was not fixed on anyone. Instead, she looked toward a building in the distance, seemingly lost in thought.
As Lan Tuo Xing watched her back, an inexplicable burst of brutality rose within him.
Whenever he had encountered this divine maiden in the past, he had always carefully tried to please her, terrified of offending her, even though she had once humiliated him.
But now...
His granduncle was already a Quasi-Emperor. Even the Bauhinia Imperial Clan