Han Yiyu glanced back at the two girls and one young man standing behind her, her gaze finally settling on the other girl, who had remained quiet throughout.
She waved lightly and said gently, "Ruoxi, you take this match."
The girl called Ruoxi carried herself with graceful poise, her bearing cold and striking, as unapproachable as frost.
Her long, silvery-white hair cascaded like a waterfall. Dressed in plain white snow robes, she had an ethereal air, like an immortal banished to the mortal world.
At Han Yiyu's words, she offered only a slight bow in acknowledgment before stepping forward.
Watching this, Ji Bingyan revealed a mischievous smile on her radiant, lovely face.
She waved and said with a laugh, "Go, Ruoxi! Beat that brat's face into a pig's head for us!"
Chen Menglin studied her carefully, then asked tentatively, "Could this young lady be Zhan Ruoxi, ranked eighteenth on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and renowned as the 'Heavenly Snow Woman'?"
Han Yiyu's shimmering, starry eyes flickered at his words. She smiled prettily and said, "In recent years, outstanding young talents have emerged one after another from the Chen Clan, their fame spreading far and wide. Even in my remote corner of the north, their names thunder in my ears."
"For you to travel a thousand miles to serve as a guardian, Brother Meng Lin, this must be a rare genius of the Chen Clan."
"Our Ruoxi has a little talent, but exchanging a few moves with your clan's genius would teach her that beyond every heaven lies another heaven, and beyond every great person stands someone greater. It would keep her from setting her eyes above her head in this little patch of Heavenly Water Province."
Though her words sounded humble, the pride beneath them was easy to discern.