Zhuo Rusui was still in secluded cultivation, while Guo Nanshan, Gu Han, Jian Ruyun, and the other disciples of Twofold Forgetting Peak were unable to attend for various reasons.
Among the Green Mountain masters and disciples attending the Plum Gathering this time, Zhao Layue was naturally the focus of everyone's attention, followed by Jing Jiu.
They were disciples of a disciple of True Person Jingyang, and despite their youth, they were already second-generation masters of the Green Mountain Sect. No one could rival the legendary nature of their experiences.
Beyond that, two other things people said about them had made them even more famous.
Zhao Layue paid no attention to her appearance. She had casually cut her hair short, leaving it utterly disheveled, and often appeared before the world covered in dust. She could even be called slovenly.
What people said about Jing Jiu naturally concerned his face.
It was said that he was too beautiful to look real.
Others said that he was outrageously beautiful.
Jing Jiu stood behind Zhao Layue, keeping a low profile.
But as he had told Zhao Layue, however thick the clouds might be, they could never hide the sun forever. Besides, the sky above Chaoge City was cloudless today.
Attending the Plum Gathering today, he could no longer wear his bamboo hat, much less a mask.
Countless gazes fell upon his... face.
Quiet exclamations and soft gasps filled the Plum Garden, humming like a flock of birds flying past.
"He's so beautiful..."
"How can there be such a beautiful man?"
"You mean, how can there be such a beautiful person!"
"Huh, what's that on his back? Is it a sword?"
"Surely not. I heard he made quite a splash at the Green Mountain Sword Trial. Has he still not entered the Golden