"..."
Lu Wan fought back her dizziness and accepted the Imperial Edict with both hands.
"Thank you, Elder."
She knew his congratulations were sincere.
Being chosen as the Supreme Clarity Palace's future Saintess and allowed to remain beside its future Palace Heir to serve him was indeed a rare blessing.
The Palace Heir had a chance of reaching Path Opening in the future, or even Fortune-Mastery.
Just a few resources slipping through his fingers would be enough to sustain an ordinary cultivator for years.
Countless female cultivators within the Mountain Gate could only dream of such an opportunity!
Lu Wan briefly bade everyone farewell, then returned to her residence alone.
Creak!
The door closed, and the air around her quietly settled into stillness.
"Ah..."
Lu Wan placed the blue-green Jade Talisman on the table, leaving it unopened for a long time.
Her residence was quite simple.
Aside from a few implements needed for cultivation, there were only the many volumes of cultivation insights arranged on her bookshelves.
She had personally compiled all of them over the years.
Lu Wan was always willing to help the palace's disciples resolve their doubts.
Partly because the Supreme Clarity Palace had indeed given her a place where she could cultivate in peace.
And partly because only at those times could she feel that her fellow disciples respected her as Lu Wan.
Not as the bearer of the so-called divine yin body.
Yet in the Palace Master's eyes, she ultimately could not compare to the future Palace Heir.
Wasn't... that only natural...?
Lu Wan lowered her eyes.
The very purpose of the Saintess was to help the Palace Heir attain higher realms.
Once she formed a Dao Pact with the Palace Heir.
The first thing affected would be the cultivation she had gained through countless