This girl had tremendous potential for cultivation.
Moreover, she was only twenty-three, yet already at the Qi Refining Realm, Third Layer. Though this cultivation was inferior to that of the clan's bloodline descendants, the gap was not very large. Her talent was clearly decent, and she must have worked exceedingly hard as well.
Wang Zhong, standing nearby, took quite a while to recover his senses. He smiled bitterly. "Wang Mei, I've seen you use makeup before, but never anything like this. Impressive, truly impressive."
"Uncle Zhong, it's only because Meimei was plain-looking since childhood, so I gradually came to like makeup and entertained myself behind closed doors." Wang Mei's voice was crisp and melodious. Her lovely eyes even cast Wang Zhong a coquettish glance. "Such a petty trick is hardly fit for the grand stage."
Wang Zhong's heart immediately thundered, and his breathing quickened. He turned away. "Wang Mei, don't speak like that again. I already have a wife and children."
A middle-aged man in his thirties or forties like him, if he had not been so familiar with Wang Mei, would probably have fallen for it just then.
Wang Shouzhe found it secretly amusing. So if you did not have a wife and children, you would be ready to give in?
"Fine, then this task will be entrusted to Wang Mei." Wang Shouzhe coughed twice and said solemnly, "Wang Zhong, you have always been steady by nature. You will oversee the overall intelligence operation this time. You may apply to mobilize the clan's manpower as needed. You will coordinate from the center, and you must remember Wang Mei's safety. Do not take excessive risks merely to complete the mission."
"Wang Zhong accepts the order." Wang Zhong clasped his hands solemnly, his bearing incomparably serious.
"Wang Mei," Wang Shouzhe continued,