"Have you heard? Two geniuses have emerged in our batch of new disciples. One has blue-level talent, and the other even destroyed the testing crystal! I heard she's a young girl."

Ouyang Chen sighed, "I don't know who this girl is, but... with such high talent! She can definitely become an elder's last disciple! I'm so envious!"

"Miss Jun, aren't you curious?"

Ouyang Chen looked at Jun Liuyue with curiosity, but the other party remained calm and composed.

"What's there to be curious about?" Liu Yue played with the foxtail grass in her hand.

"A genius! I've heard that the highest talent in the Wentian Academy in the last hundred years is Empress Nalan!"

Ouyang Chen clicked his tongue in admiration: "The Empress Nalan back then was truly amazing! She had already reached the Spirit Emperor Realm in her teens. If I were Empress Nalan, I would never have chosen to get married!"

"So what if she's royalty? With Empress Nalan's talent, ascending to the Upper Realm wouldn't be a problem!"

Ouyang Chen said with a longing look on his face.

"Empress Nalan?"

This wasn't the first time Liuyue had heard this name.

Her body... is that of a mother in name only.

They share the same blood.

"Yes, don't you know? Empress Nalan was simply a legendary woman!"

Ouyang Chen said admiringly.

"Even the current genius princess doesn't possess the charisma of Empress Nalan back then!"

Liu Yue was uninterested, but a glint of light flashed in her eyes. Through Zhu Que's narration, she roughly understood what had happened.

Back then, Nalan Yao was bullied and on the verge of death. She sacrificed her soul to attract Long Li, who then possessed her body and reversed Nalan Yao's reputation as a useless person, achieving great military exploits.

However, Nalan Yao's soul somehow managed to regain control of her body.

Why didn't Nalan Yao choose to continue cultivating?

It wasn't that she didn't want to, but she could only enjoy the blessings brought by Long Li. If she were exposed to the public eye, she would become the useless person she was back then.

The Vermilion Bird in the space was furious.

"Oh, isn't this the second young master of the Ouyang family?"

A few people stepped out from the noisy crowd, looking at Ouyang Chen with sneers.

Upon seeing these people, Ouyang Chen's expression changed.

"Young lady, you must never stay with this good-for-nothing, or you'll bring bad luck!" the blond-haired man in the lead said with ill intent.

"Zhou Ren, shut up!" Ouyang Chen's expression changed.

"Oh, this good-for-nothing's throwing a tantrum." Zhou Ren crossed his arms. "Tsk tsk tsk, this good-for-nothing wants to join Wentian Academy? He should take a good look at himself in the mirror! You don't actually think that just because you passed the first round of tests, you can get into Wentian Academy, do you?"

"Tsk tsk tsk—"

Ouyang Chen clenched his fist.

"Girl, don't be fooled by Ouyang Chen's appearance. He's all show and no substance! He has nothing but a good family background."

"Oh?" Jun Liuyue raised her head, her shimmering eyes falling on Zhou Ren.

The moment Zhou Ren met the girl's gaze, his eyes lit up; they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen.

The face beneath the veil... must be exceptionally beautiful.

Thinking it over, Zhou Ren subconsciously reached out his hand.

He tried to remove the veil from the girl's face, but just then, a sharp light flashed, and with a thud, his arm fell to the ground.

"who……!"

The change happened so fast that Zhou Ren only realized he was in pain after seeing his arm fall to the ground...

ah!

He let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

Blood was sprayed all over the ground.

Even Jun Liuyue was taken aback; she didn't seem to have made a move yet.

In the shadows, spiritual energy surged.

"You...you just wait! Go find my second uncle right now!...Ah!!!"

The henchman next to Zhou Ren picked up the arm from the ground, lifted Zhou Ren up, and hurriedly left.

“Miss Jun, what you just did…”

Ouyang Chen wiped away the blood splattered from the corner of his eye.

He gasped, realizing he hadn't seen Jun Liuyue make a move.

"Perhaps someone couldn't stand it anymore," Liu Yue said calmly.

She looked in a certain direction and met a pair of dark blue eyes—

My heart skipped a beat. Yin Ming!

Jun Liuyue stood up.

She chased after it at lightning speed, but when she got to the locust tree, it was deserted.

Did she see it wrong?

"That damned man! Wait!" Jun Liuyue's heart skipped a beat.

How could she be emotionally affected by a man?

Yin Ming is the Demon Lord, and his true form must have returned to the Nine Provinces Continent.

Given his status and cultivation level, if he were to appear on the Canglan Continent and be discovered by the Heavenly Dao, he would be subject to divine punishment.

In any case, Yin Ming could not possibly be here.

With this in mind, Liu Yue suppressed the turmoil surging in her heart.

"You are Jun Qing?"

Just then, their path was blocked by several girls, and Lu Tingting, who was in the lead, raised her voice.

Liu Yue raised her eyes.

Their eyes met, and Lu Tingting involuntarily took half a step back. How could she have such a powerful aura, even stronger than Princess Wan!

Realizing her lapse in composure, Lu Tingting took a step forward. "I've heard you have quite a bit of talent. How about we have a little spar?"

"Not interested." Liu Yue said lightly, walking past them.

But Lu Tingting and her group wouldn't give up, completely blocking the already narrow cobblestone path.

"What? You haven't even been admitted to Wentian Academy yet! And you're already so arrogant, do you really think you're a genius?"

"I heard that you're the one who caused the testing crystal to explode, maybe even by some underhanded means! I don't believe you have such high talent. Today, let me investigate the truth!"

Lu Tingting's cultivation level is at the Spirit Saint Realm, which is not low.

However, what she didn't know was that she shouldn't have chosen Jun Liuyue as her opponent.

*Smack!* Just as Lu Tingting rushed over and was about to touch Jun Liuyue's shoulder.

The girl grabbed her wrist and slapped her chest with her palm, without even using any spiritual power.

Lu Tingting's body flew out like a parabola and crashed heavily to the ground.

ah!

"I've already said, a good dog doesn't block the way." Jun Liuyue withdrew her hand, and despite the large movement just now... her dress didn't even have a single wrinkle.

She raised her hand, patted her scarlet dress, and coldly swept her gaze over the remaining people.

Those people originally intended to help Lu Tingting and stop Jun Liuyue.

But when he met the girl's cold gaze, he trembled and forgot... what he should do next.

He stiffly took a step back—

The already narrow gravel path had nowhere to retreat, so he stepped into the ditch, making way for Jun Liuyue.

Lu Tingting lay in the middle of the road, the pain from her fall preventing her from standing up for a moment, as she watched Jun Liuyue walk towards her step by step.

Lu Tingting's eyes widened, a sense of inexplicable fear rising in her heart. Then—Jun Liuyue stepped on her broad palm and walked past as if she were nothing.

Arrogant! Overbearing! Insolent!

ah!

Realizing what was happening too late, Lu Tingting let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

"Tingting."

The women quickly surrounded Jun Liuyue and helped her up.