Chapter 1969: The Academy Alliance Leader • Qingwu's Proposal (Part Two)
The attendant respectfully pushed open the exquisite carved wooden door and stepped aside.
A slender figure appeared in the doorway.
In an instant, the Elegant Garden seemed to brighten.
Donghuang Xiuyi walked in.
She still wore a simple, elegant blue-green dress, its hem swaying gently with her steps, as though tender shoots and fresh leaves were quietly unfurling along its edges.
Her long purple hair fell smoothly over her shoulders, setting off skin fairer than snow.
The slight pallor she had worn before had now vanished completely.
Her features were so exquisite that she hardly seemed of the mortal world. Her clear eyes seemed to hold the vitality and stillness of an entire forest, and as her gaze swept over those in the room, it carried an almost divine serenity and detachment.
She released no fluctuations of soul power, yet the moment she stepped into the room, her pervasive affinity with vines and the aura of nature silently filled every corner of the Elegant Garden. Even the fragrance of tea in the air seemed imbued with fresh vitality.
Kent Edwin unconsciously straightened his back, wonder flashing in his eyes. Compared with watching her during the competition, seeing her at such close range truly was different.
It seemed her absence from the arena for the past six or seven days had not been due to injury, but to her cultivation level reaching new heights. Gui Qingwu's narrow, squinting eyes abruptly widened a little as well. He stopped picking his teeth altogether, and an indescribable emotion crossed his plump face-awe, curiosity, and a barely perceptible trace of... wariness?
The soul power within him seemed to fluctuate instinctively, only for him to suppress it at once.
"Xiao Yi pays her respects to