At that moment, hearing Chen Heng's challenge, Shi You's eyes flickered slightly. Whatever he was considering, neither joy nor anger showed on his face, and he did not rise first.
Though He Lizi's expression remained unchanged, fighting spirit surged in his chest, and his interest was roused.
But before he could unfurl his sword light and rise with his robes shaking,
Gang Wind suddenly howled, and a sea of qi surged.
Cloud light curled left and swept right, like startled snakes and dancing ribbons. Spiritual energy and earthly qi rose, filling the air with a vast, misty vista!
Just then, an exceedingly cold, clear voice came from within the mist:
"Good! I'll fight you!"
Seeing someone beat him to it, He Lizi raised his brows almost imperceptibly. He said nothing, merely focusing his gaze on Chen Heng.
Chen Heng looked toward the voice and saw Wei Daofu fly up and stand amid the haze.
Gleaming clear qi seemed to stream toward her from every direction in the sky, slowly swirling around her like river tides, brilliant and many-hued, drifting and rippling, grand and solemn.
"Wei Lingjiang?"
Jiang Daolian began, "But once your master joins the Yuchen Upper Sect, with both Crimson Luminary and Jadechen in Eastern Maitreya, they'll inevitably have dealings.
Elder Zou glanced at him and spoke.
"Who is this Wei Daofu? Is she very powerful?"
Within the Jadechen Four Academies, aside from Chen Heng's sudden rise,
it drew the attention of everyone.
And just as the cultivators' thoughts stirred and discussions abounded,
a man wearing a royal scion's crown first made a teasing remark, infuriating Huang Dalun.
Her beautiful face, which bore a seventy- or eighty-percent resemblance to Wei Lingjiang's, now radiated a compelling heroic air. An undisguised aura of divine grace shone dazzlingly between her brows.
Until