Back Mountain.
As Mu Ruyue followed Lu Zhen into the courtyard, she saw the village woman cleaning with a broom.
The woman wasn’t very good-looking, but her figure under the coarse cloth robe was exceptionally slim, yet covered entirely in dust, concealing her original appearance...
"Lu Zhen, have you brought the person?"
The village woman wiped the sweat from her brow and, upon turning, her gaze fell on Mu Ruyue.
She scrutinized Mu Ruyue from head to toe, her eyes sharp and unreadable...
Under the incisive gaze, Mu Ruyue felt so pressure, but soon, the oppressive sensation disappeared.
The village woman withdrew her severe stare, her face breaking into a smile: "Not bad, not bad! Truly a rare talent, Lu Zhen, you may leave, I would like to speak with her."
"Yes, Dean."
Dean?
Mu Ruyue was taken aback.
This unremarkable woman is the founder of the Divine Academy, the mysterious Dean?
"Haha, are you disappointed?"
The woman chuckled: "Did you not expect the Dean of the Divine Academy to personally sweep the courtyard?"
"No," Mu Ruyue shook her head, "Doing things personally is simply a ans of cultivating oneself and pushing for further breakthroughs."
The woman looked at Mu Ruyue in surprise, unexpected that she would say such things, she couldn’t help but laugh softly: "You truly don’t possess the usual disposition of your age group. If other young disciples saw in such light, they would likely... only doubt. Yet only you would say such words..."
Mu Ruyue remained silent but stepped forward to take the broom from her, gently brushing away the dust in front...
"Cultivation is inherently mundane! It requires a calm mind and slow advancent. At tis, these seemingly neglected tasks precisely allow one to find peace."
The woman’s eyes softened, her voice light as the breeze: "You are a promising young person, it is a pity for you to be obscured within the Divine Academy."
Mu Ruyue raised an eyebrow: "You are the Dean of the academy, yet you speak of belittling your own academy?"
"Haha," the woman chuckled twice, "I am not belittling the Divine Academy, rely speaking the truth. My Divine Academy is naturally imnsely powerful, but for you, it indeed buries your talents. Young girl, as a cultivator, your character is crucial. You possess endurance against loneliness and maintain calm and composure, thus I believe one day, your na will be known throughout the Divine World... However, I don’t know why, but you remind of soone from the past..."
Mu Ruyue’s fingers trembled, she ceased her actions and turned to look at the woman behind her: "The person from the past you ntioned is..."
"A person I loved," the woman smiled, her smile held no sadness, only a gentle lightness like the wind, "But he loved soone else. Even though that woman died, she remains the only one in his heart. Yet for , being a confidant behind him was enough. All these years, I’ve never wished for him to glance my way, because for a man like him, only a beauty like her could match..."
"What about that man, what happened to him later?"
"That man..." the woman gave a bitter smile, "disappeared. I’ve searched for years but couldn’t find any trace of him. Perhaps he has already reunited with her in another world, and thus, I can only bless them to remain together for eternity..."
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