Allure and Lewdness

"Hahaha..."

At the sight of Li Qingyue's adorable expression, the Tianquan Saint burst into laughter for no particular reason.

Even the Saints of the other Holy Lands could not help chuckling softly.

Everything the girl did was so amusing.

She had been eating heartily without the slightest concern for appearances.

Yet when she noticed them watching, she shyly hid herself behind the food.

Even then, she did not forget to keep stuffing food into her delicate little mouth.

It was as though she feared they would snatch her food away.

Paired with her lovely, adorable face, those little gestures made her seem like an immortal blossom swaying bashfully after being touched.

Everyone's spirits inexplicably lifted.

Seeing that the laughter had made the girl lower her head even farther, he stopped.

The Tianquan Saint quickly fell silent and said gently, "Attendants, take this roast meat and these fruit platters to Fairy Qingyue's table!"

As his words fell, several lovely figures emerged, carrying the roast meat and fruit platters from his table, and walked softly over to Li Qingyue.

"Thank you, Tianquan Saint!"

Only upon seeing this did Li Qingyue raise her eyes to thank him.

Her clear voice, like the tinkling of a mountain stream, rang through the estate like an elegant melody.

Everyone paused in unison and looked at Li Qingyue once more.

Her voice was simply too beautiful.

Cool and pure, it made them feel as though they stood amid heaven and earth, bathing in nature's music.

Yet she had a particular fondness for food.

Especially the roast meat and fruit, of which she left almost nothing.

She even remembered to suck the grease from her fingers.

In that instant, she brimmed with countless charms.

Her satisfied expression, touched with a faint smile, told everyone almost instantly that Fairy Qingyue truly loved eating.

She was a foodie through and through.

"Hahaha... think nothing of it. If you enjoy the food, Fairy, please help yourself!"

The Tianquan Saint laughed heartily, his eyes fixed on Li Qingyue as though he had just heard celestial music.

Beside her, Yan Wushuang and Yang Wuzheng reacted as though facing a formidable enemy.

They kept feeling that the Tianquan Saint harbored ulterior motives.

It was as though they feared he would deceive Li Qingyue.

"Tch... what an act!"

Where some liked her, others loathed her.

At that moment, a trace of disgust flashed through the eyes of the magnificently dressed fairies seated to one side.

Normally, as fairies whose beauty ranked among the finest in the Eastern Wasteland, they never lacked people eager to lavish attention on them.

Even the Saints of those Holy Lands would flock around them.

Yet now, all their attention had gone to a mortal who had appeared from who knew where.

Since when could a mortal be called a fairy?

An inexplicable flicker of jealousy rose in the fairies' hearts.

Especially since this estate was filled with gifted disciples from the Eastern Wasteland, Northern Plains, and Central Province.

Some even possessed the legacies of ancient emperors.

A future Great Emperor might well be among them.

How could they let Li Qingyue monopolize everyone's attention?

At that thought, some Saintesses and fairies began imitating Li Qingyue, eating heartily in hopes of attracting attention.

But they were accustomed to holding themselves above others, always maintaining an elegant, dignified bearing in company, and simply could not lower themselves as Li Qingyue did.

Now, as they ate, they lacked Li Qingyue's natural ease and instead seemed affected and coy.

In particular, they discarded most of the food disdainfully after only a few bites.

Their unnatural behavior was apparent at a glance.

Some fairies even pretended to be rough-mannered, lifting their skirts and rolling up their sleeves to expose snow-white legs and jade-like arms, hoping to draw people's eyes.

Though they succeeded in attracting attention, almost all the Saints and young men involuntarily frowned.

Li Qingyue's expressions and movements as she ate were utterly natural; even as she bit into roast meat and ate fruit, there was not a trace of affectation.

She left not a scrap of food, her face full of satisfaction and contentment.

One glance was enough to tell anyone that she genuinely loved eating.

Those fairies and Saintesses, however, seemed extraordinarily affected.

"Outrageous!"

Seeing the behavior of those Saintesses and fairies, someone angrily rebuked them through voice transmission. "As a Saintess, how can you behave so disgracefully?"

"Do not disgrace the Tianji Holy Land! Restrain yourself!"

"As the Wang family's divine maiden, how dare you act like this!"

"You have utterly disgraced our Peng family of the Eastern Wasteland!"

Hearing those angry rebukes through voice transmission, the fairies and Saintesses all froze.

Then anger rose within them. When that so-called Fairy Qingyue behaved this way, the men laughed heartily; why were they scolded for doing the same?

But when they saw the disciples of the Ten Great Families of the Northern Plains looking at them with strange smiles, they froze again.

Their faces instantly flushed crimson with shame.

The Northern Plains were barren and bitterly cold, naturally breeding families full of rough, hulking men.

Almost everyone understood those smiles; they clearly meant no good.

They were filled with something that could hardly be spoken aloud, and quite a few men were even licking their lips.

Their gazes kept lingering on the women's breasts and buttocks.

"Hmph!"

As though fully aware of what those Saintesses and fairies were thinking, someone angrily rebuked them through voice transmission again. "When someone else does it and delights the heart, that is allure!"

"But you... putting on an act with your clothes in disarray-that is lewdness!"

At those words, the Saintesses and divine maidens all went still, their expressions changing drastically as they hurriedly lowered their heads to straighten their clothes.

Seeing this, the members of the Ten Great Families of the Northern Plains all laughed, their expressions inscrutable.

But soon, everyone's gaze returned to Li Qingyue.

Compared with the other women, Li Qingyue seemed utterly unconcerned with what anyone thought of her.

She had eyes only for food.

Her two small, jade-like hands held roast meat in one and fruit in the other, constantly delivering them to her mouth.

Her face was full of satisfaction.

Her smiling eyes kept blinking beneath curved brows, her adorable, natural charm filling others with delight.

And her appetite left them slightly astonished.

They could not help wondering how that flat belly managed to hold so much food.

Looking at the girl, one Saint said, "Take my roast meat and fruit over to Fairy Qingyue as well."

"Fairy Qingyue, I haven't touched these yet."

Hearing him, Li Qingyue raised her eyes slightly and said, "Thank you, Saint."

She still could not tell these Saints apart, but she knew they were all outstanding talents of their generation from the Eastern Wasteland and Northern Plains.

Thanking them was essential.

"You're welcome, you're welcome!"

A smile appeared on the Saint's face as he looked at Li Qingyue with delight.

This girl was so different from everyone else.

"If you don't mind, Fairy, let me give you mine as well!"

Another Saint spoke, his voice brimming with delight.

Each table had three platters of roast meat and three platters of fruit. They had only sampled the food, touching just one platter of each and leaving the other two practically untouched.

Seeing Fairy Qingyue eating with such relish, they inexplicably wanted to offer her their own food.

"Thank you, Saint!"

Li Qingyue thanked him softly, turning down almost nothing.

None of this food was ordinary; normally, she would never have the chance to eat it.

"I have some here too!"

"Take mine to Fairy Qingyue as well!"

"..."

People kept speaking up, until almost every Saint at the banquet was doing the same.

This made the Saintesses and fairies who had just been feeling indignant even angrier.

"Thank you, Saints!"

Li Qingyue thanked them softly, seemingly oblivious. She accepted everything offered; as long as it was food, she did not turn up her nose at it.

As long as she ate, she could feel herself growing stronger. How could she possibly disdain it?

"Hahaha... no need to be polite!"

The Saints all laughed heartily.

Growing up in Holy Lands and great families, they had been steeped in all manner of etiquette and rules since childhood.

When had they ever encountered such a distinctive girl, brimming with endless charm?

It was as though her every movement could scratch just the right spot in their hearts, perfectly and naturally.

Like an adorable, greedy little kitten, she made them unable to resist feeding her.

Inexplicably, several Saints looked toward Yan Wushuang and Yang Wuzheng together, a trace of jealousy stirring within them.

"Why does such a beautiful, amusing girl have to be by those two fellows' sides?"

P.S. A pretty young lady only has to act cute to get whatever she wants. I'm different. To get what I want, I need a knife and a bowl: "Spare a few votes!"