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"How come you all seem less than thrilled to see Lady Yan Ji?" Lady Yan Ji's seductive eyes swept over the crowd. After revealing her true form, her speech became entirely feminine, drastically different from the black-haired elder just before.
Elder Qian Xu and Qian Ming were grinding their teeth in anger. Their fellow disciple, Qian Shan, had been killed by Yan Ji. That not only meant they had incurred a blood feud, but it also significantly weakened Qingxu Temple's power to contend for the Township Stele.
"How could that be? It's just that Sister Yan Ji really took us by surprise. Who would have thought... the one disguised as a black-haired elder was actually Sister Yan Ji? Sister Yan Ji's transformation was indeed remarkably lifelike."
Nevertheless, Lady Yan Ji's gaze was fixated on True Master Yue Yan.