Chapter 62: The Shocked Su Wanyue

Several students from the student council quickly moved out the props needed for the performance, then glanced toward the direction where the performers would take the stage before leaving with some reluctance.

When Luo Yexi took the stage, the breath of everyone in the audience hitched. Unlike her usual simple attire, today Luo Yexi was wearing a bright red palace gown embroidered with a phoenix spreading its wings in the fire, revealing a breathtaking beauty.

"I never imagined Ye Xi would actually take this dress out. The Guangxiu Fengwu Skirt—this is a garment Ye Xi hand-stitched herself, stitch by stitch, modeled after the Guangxiu Liuxian Skirt. It can be called a treasure of the highest level." Gazing at the dazzling Luo Yexi on stage, Lingyun's eyes were also slightly lost.

After Luo Yexi finished embroidering the Guangxiu Fengwu Skirt, she had worn it once for Lingyun to see, and after that, the palace gown was locked away by her and never worn again. According to Ye Xi, although the skirt was beautiful, it was not suitable for her to travel the world.

Backstage, Su Wanyue said with some emotion: "No wonder Sister Ye Xi said we didn't need to prepare a costume for her; it turns out she was prepared all along. This dress is peerless."

"Mm, Sister Ye Xi is truly beautiful today!" There was a trace of envy in Chen Jing's tone.

Bowing slightly to the people offstage, Luo Yexi sat down, placed her hands on the strings, and began to play. As her hands plucked the strings, a melodious sound arose, and those present were soon lost in this ocean of music.

Backstage, Su Wanyue was listening to the music when she suddenly felt the Inner Strength within her body surging, and her expression changed drastically. She steadied her mind, wanting to adjust the flow of her Inner Strength, only to find that it was completely beyond her control.

Chen Jing felt a somewhat chaotic aura appear beside her and immediately regained her senses, looking in the direction of that aura.

"Wanyue, what's wrong with you?" Chen Jing supported Su Wanyue, whose body was swaying.

"This piece of music is strange; it actually stirred the True Qi within me. Now I can't control the True Qi in my body!" Su Wanyue's face was very pale.

Chen Jing's expression also changed slightly: "Didn't your Inner Strength enter the Nirvana stage and lie completely dormant? Why would it still be stirred?"

"I, I don't know either." Su Wanyue's voice grew softer, and her eyes became vacant, as if she had fallen into some kind of illusion.

"Damn it, what is going on?" Chen Jing quickly grabbed Su Wanyue's hand and probed the situation inside her body. Soon, her expression became strange: "Didn't Wanyue's Inner Strength just enter Nirvana? How could it reach the stage of Rebirth so quickly?"

At this moment, Su Wanyue only felt her body floating, as if standing on the clouds. Just then, she heard a crisp cry from above her head. She looked up and couldn't help but open her mouth wide; in the clouds, a beautiful large bird was flying, and the cries were coming from its mouth.

Looking closely at this large bird, it had a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a turtle's back, a fish's tail, and five colors, standing about six feet tall. Who else could it be but the legendary phoenix?

"This, why would a phoenix appear here? Could it be... Phoenix Chant in the Nine Heavens?" Su Wanyue said in shock.

Looking closely at that phoenix, Su Wanyue felt that there was an inexplicable Dao rhyme on its body, and she couldn't help but become immersed in it. At the same time, the Inner Strength in her body seemed to be influenced by the phoenix and began to flow along a brand-new trajectory.

"Ye Xi's Phoenix Chant in the Nine Heavens has already reached the level of mastery." Listening to the melodious music, Lingyun couldn't help but sigh.

On a seat not far from Lingyun, a man looked at Luo Yexi performing on stage, a terrifying light flashing in his eyes, as if he wanted to swallow her whole. This person was none other than the suitor of Luo Yexi whom Lingyun had encountered earlier in front of the Music Academy—Ji Moyuan.

"Truly a natural, top-tier beauty. If I can obtain her primordial yin, my cultivation will surely take a great step forward." Gazing at Luo Yexi on stage, a trace of greed flashed in Ji Moyuan's eyes.

In another location, Shui Yunyue looked at Luo Yexi on stage, the light in her eyes flickering. Although she and Luo Yexi had previously had a contest of musical skill, she had not used her full strength at that time, and even though the other party had hidden something, the two had ended in a draw. However, Luo Yexi's performance on stage this time clearly told her that in terms of musical skill, Luo Yexi was likely streets ahead of her!

Sitting beside Shui Yunyue was her brother, Shui Cloud Sea. Shui Cloud Sea looked at the woman on stage, a flash of amazement in his eyes. Although the information Ahao had given him was already very comprehensive, seeing Luo Yexi for the first time, he was still stunned by her.

"Truly an outstanding woman. No wonder my little sister would come out to meet her at such a critical juncture in her training. Perhaps, as Ahao said, if I were to marry such a woman, the elders in the family would not object," Shui Cloud Sea whispered in his heart.

In the audience, a woman in pink looked at Luo Yexi performing on stage, her eyes flashing with joy: "I never imagined that in this mundane world, there would be someone with such high talent in the way of music. If I could introduce her to my Tianyin Sect, perhaps in ten years, my Tianyin Sect would have one more peerless expert."

Setting aside the various thoughts in the minds of the people offstage, Luo Yexi had finished her performance, stood up, and bowed to the audience. There was a moment of silence offstage, followed by a sudden burst of loud applause. Everyone clapped their hands as hard as they could, offering Luo Yexi the most enthusiastic applause.

After the music stopped, the vacancy in Su Wanyue's eyes slowly dissipated, and she leaned on Chen Jing to stand straight.

"Wanyue, are you alright?" Chen Jing asked with some concern.

Su Wanyue shook her head: "I'm fine. Xiaojing, do you know what I just saw?"

"What did you see?" Xiaojing asked curiously, feeling that Su Wanyue's tone was a bit abnormal.

"A phoenix, I saw a phoenix, a real phoenix!" Su Wanyue whispered to Chen Jing.

"A phoenix? How is that possible?" Chen Jing gave a low cry. "By the way, Wanyue, your Inner Strength seems to have undergone a huge change!"

"Inner Strength change?" Su Wanyue was startled and immediately began to probe the changes within her body.

"This, how is this possible?" After finishing the probe, she couldn't help but look shocked.

Originally, her cultivation had entered the Nirvana stage, and her Inner Strength had completely lain dormant. During this period, her Inner Strength would undergo a brand-new transformation, but her strength would also drop to its lowest point, making her an ordinary girl. As long as she survived this period, she would enter the Rebirth stage, during which her strength would leap significantly, rising to Mysterious Tier Peak in a very short time and becoming a master of a generation. However, now the power in her body had somehow bypassed the Nirvana stage and stepped directly into the Rebirth stage.

"Wanyue, your strength..." Chen Jing's expression was somewhat complex.

"It seems I must find an opportunity to have a good talk with Sister Ye Xi." Watching the fire-red figure walking toward her, Su Wanyue thought to herself.