[Douluo Continent · Ranking of the wronged] [Third place—]
The moment the image lit up, everyone saw a woman.
She stood at the entrance to a small courtyard, her hair gray and her back slightly stooped, holding a bowl of medicinal broth. A few old locust trees grew in the courtyard. Most of their leaves had fallen, piling up on the flagstone path with no one to sweep them away.
Deep wrinkles lined her face, and her eyes were sunken, but her features still held traces of her youthful looks—slender brows and eyes, a pointed chin. She had been a delicate beauty.
Words appeared on the Sky Screen:
[Bai Chenxiang] [Speed Clan · Daughter of Bai He] [Wife of Ma Hongjun]
On the field, Ma Hongjun was sitting in Shrek Academy's section, half a chicken drumstick still held between his teeth. When he saw the white-haired woman on the Sky Screen, the drumstick fell from his mouth, hit the table, and bounced.
He knew Bai Chenxiang.
Of course he did. She was his wife. But that old woman on the Sky Screen... he blinked hard twice. Something in his mind refused to line up.
"Why is she so old?" Ma Hongjun's voice sounded weak.
No one answered him.
The scene began to rewind.
A young Bai Chenxiang appeared. Seventeen or eighteen, dressed in the Speed Clan's white gown, she stood among her clansmen, her eyes curving when she smiled.
Her martial soul was a white crane. Her talent for soul power was not exceptional within the clan, but it was respectable. She had reached level forty before turning twenty.
Then Ma Hongjun appeared.
The scenes flashed through their first meeting and marriage. The Sky Screen did not linger long on these moments. The barrage of comments,