The phrase did not describe her beauty alone; it also encompassed certain qualities, such as an air of someone untouched by the smoke and fire of the mortal world. She was somewhat different from the more down-to-earth Ning Rongrong and Ah Yin, yet not quite an immortal banished to earth. Thus, Leng Xiyue felt that "a woman from a painting" could not have described her better.
Seemingly sensing Leng Xiyue's highly aggressive gaze, Liu Qinghan grew somewhat embarrassed. She silently lowered her head, a blush rising to her face.
Seeing this, Leng Xiyue looked away as well and addressed everyone as though nothing had happened. "Everyone, from now on, we'll all be living together at Shrek Academy. Our academy may look simple, but its facilities are no worse than anywhere else. The entire academy is a major aid project funded by me... ahem, by the imperial family of the Jiuzhou Empire. In the future, Shrek Academy will also become one of the Jiuzhou Empire's representative teams in the next Soul Master Tournament."
As the Jiuzhou Empire and Heaven Dou established diplomatic relations, cooperation between them gradually unfolded. Heaven Dou urgently needed to send a young team led by Xue Qinghe to investigate the technological system, and in exchange, the Jiuzhou Empire received legal standing at Shrek Academy.
After these changes, calling it Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy outright would have been perfectly reasonable. But since it was operating on Heaven Dou territory, it retained Shrek's name to preserve Heaven Dou's dignity and keep the main storyline running harmoniously. Everyone understood what was really going on, which was precisely why those noble children flocked here. Families of insufficient standing were not even qualified to come.
However, apart from Ning Rongrong, basically none of the newcomers sitting here knew any of this.