[One has to say... as expected of a courtesan.]

It’s best if he doesn’t look.

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"She’s very good at showcasing her strengths, and she knows ancient Sword Techniques... Although she can’t channel Spiritual Power, the spectacle is indeed excellent," Li Zhibai gave a fair evaluation.

"Ah Qing, this girl..." Zhu Pingniang’s eye twitched slightly, "Who did she learn these seductive skills from..."

Even though her Swordsmanship is exquisite, her attention, even hers, was more on her figure.

She paused in her tone, mumbling.

"She’s naturally a good candidate for this line of work... Such good talent in Swordsmanship is really quite wasted on her."

Compared to Cultivation, Ah Qing is clearly more suited to be a courtesan, so such great Swordsmanship talent feels wasted on her.

"Ah Li, what do you think?" Zhu Pingniang looked at Wen Li, who hadn’t said much from the start.

Speaking of Sword Dao, Wen Li was the most authoritative one present.

Even Li Zhibai couldn’t compare.

So if Ah Qing could receive Wen Li’s praise, she would be very delighted.

"..." Wen Li didn’t speak for a while; she just continued watching the Sword Dance on stage, her gaze so earnest that both Zhu Pingniang and Li Zhibai were taken aback.

"Ah Li?"

"...Ah."

Wen Li, belatedly coming back to her senses, nodded and said, "A very formidable person, indeed."

"Eh?"

Zhu Pingniang was once again taken aback.

She just wanted Wen Li to give a compliment, not to force her... yet Wen Li’s response seemed somewhat exaggerated.

No matter how talented, Ah Qing shouldn’t warrant Wen Li saying ’formidable’, but Wen Li’s nature isn’t one that flatters.

In other words...

Wen Li truly thought Ah Qing was formidable?

How could this be?

"Oh..." Zhu Pingniang gazed at Wen Li’s extraordinarily beautiful profile, suddenly realizing something.

Recently, Wen Li had been learning how to apply makeup, how to show off her allure, and had grown her hair long... If not from a Swordsmanship perspective, but from a woman’s beauty standpoint, Ah Qing, who could leverage her own looks, was indeed formidable.

"They only have a few tricks to lure men; they can hardly deserve your praise." Zhu Pingniang waved her hand, scolding her daughter without mercy.

"...?"

For a moment, Wen Li didn’t understand what Zhu Pingniang meant.

She honestly thought Ah Qing was formidable.

She closed her eyes, attentively feeling the trajectory traced by Ah Qing’s sword tip on stage; the sword marks seemed like musical notes, leaving an imprint of melody.

Long and lingering.

This was Wen Li’s first impression; she couldn’t even sense Ah Qing taking a breath, even though she pretended to be out of breath, yet every breath and swing of the sword didn’t match the rhythm, creating an odd sensation.

Yet, the rhythm of Ah Qing’s sword swinging remained steady from beginning to end.

It was a very mysterious feeling.

If expressed as a musical score, Ah Qing’s sword melody’s bass was melodious and resonant, with endless reveries and thoughts, gradually ascending.

The whole scene tugged at Wen Li’s heart.

It was the first time she was so easily moved by someone else’s Swordsmanship; Wen Li seemed to see two Yin-Yang Fish shapes rising beside Ah Qing.

After repeatedly observing, she confirmed that her observation of Ah Qing was not an illusion. This woman harbored extraordinarily odd, even vast, power.

Initially, Wen Li didn’t notice anything special about Ah Qing, but her Sword Dao Talent was so excellent, almost connecting to the roots of the Sword Dao. Consequently, she still captured that fleeting opportunity on Ah Qing.

Hidden beneath clumsiness was something new to Wen Li, a new hierarchy of power or even possibly a new set of rules.

It was very strange, even exaggerated to say.

Because even Li Zhibai, whom Wen Li revered the most, hadn’t evolved into rules essentially... so how could this feeling appear on Ah Qing?

The so-called rules were a term for a power system, or everyone’s unique ’Dao’. Each path, when pursued to the limit, evolves into its own rules, so her master taught her.

Yet now, Wen Li found herself faintly sensing a complete ’Great Dao’?

She had never seen a complete Great Dao before.

Qiankun Realm?

Impossible.

Even Wen Li began to doubt whether there was something wrong with her Sword Dao Talent, but once aware of the other’s uniqueness, a slight perception could detect that Ah Qing’s Sword Intent was extraordinarily strong and mysterious.

"...How could this be." Wen Li couldn’t help but frown.

Could Ah Qing possibly be at the Qiankun Realm?

No way.

This possibility never even occurred to Wen Li.

So, could her Talent be wrong, like sensing the wrong aura...

Also impossible.

If Wen Li, after all her Cultivation, couldn’t even recognize Sword Intent stronger than hers, then she might as well stop cultivating.

"..."

Thus, Wen Li couldn’t help but form a hypothesis.

Not in the Qiankun Realm doesn’t mean the person couldn’t receive Qiankun Realm resources.

Below Chaoyun...

Sect Leader?

Could it be an opportunity bestowed by the Sect Leader?

Instinctively, Wen Li glanced at Li Zhibai and Zhu Pingniang, contemplating whether to tell them her discovery.

After pondering for a while, Wen Li temporarily gave up.

She ultimately couldn’t guarantee her observations to be completely correct... further detailed observations were needed.