His gaze pierced through illusion and concealment, looking straight at the essence.
A peerlessly beautiful face, breathtaking enough to suffocate, came into view, inspiring wonder.
Even Taiyi could not help inwardly marveling. The Jade Lake Holy Maiden truly deserved her reputation as one of the most beautiful women in the Eastern Wasteland.
No wonder even a Holy Maiden as proud as Yao Xi felt inferior to her.
In beauty alone, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden and An Miaoyi, the successor of Miaoyu Nunnery, could be called evenly matched.
In bearing, each had her own merits as well, making it difficult to rank one above the other.
Just then, the music abruptly faltered.
The beauty playing the instrument looked at Taiyi's utterly undisguised, blazing gaze, in which symbols shone.
Her lovely face flushed slightly, and she said with a hint of reproach, "It is truly the greatest honor that the Eastern Emperor would grace me with his presence..."
"But isn't it a little excessive for you to be so discourteous the moment you arrive, young master?"
"Please forgive me, fairy..."
Taiyi made no attempt to conceal anything.
He closed his Heavenly Eye and openly restored his true appearance. Looking at the peerless beauty before him, her figure hazy and her waterlike eyes seemingly tinged with annoyance, lovely enough to leave one dazed, he said with a smile, "Of the Eastern Wasteland's ten great beauties celebrated by the world, I've already met nine. Only you remained, fairy..."
"Rumor has it that the Jade Lake Holy Maiden possesses an immortal's peerless beauty and may be the most beautiful woman in the Eastern Wasteland. I am not immune to such worldly curiosity either. If I couldn't glimpse your true face today, it would be far too regrettable!"
"Is that so?"
The Jade Lake Holy