Overnight, a rumor from the Gathering of Sages Residence swept across the land.
A prodigy participating in the marriage contest had specifically sought out other contestants to challenge them. His cultivation on the Cultivation Way was unfathomably profound, his poetry and ci unmatched beneath heaven, and with stratagems pouring from his mind, he had actually gathered seven tokens!
His name was Zhuge Qingfeng.
He came from the Poet Sage Sacred Family.
He was the one and only dual cultivator of the Poet Sage Sacred Family, a supernova who had risen to fame the moment he entered Zangzhou.
Everyone seeking marriage remembered that name.
The elders of Muye Manor remembered that name as well.
Even in a boudoir in Muye Manor's rear courtyard, three or four maids surrounded a woman in white, chattering nonstop about Zhuge Qingfeng.
"Young Lady, he wrote three poems last night, and every single one was exceptional! His poetic path truly turns poetry into the Dao."
"Young Lady, he is also a prodigy of the Cultivation Way. I heard he has already reached Heavenly Phenomenon Manifestation."
"Young Lady, your beauty surpasses all of Zangzhou. Only a prodigy like him is worthy of you..."
"Young Lady, I secretly went to take a look. This is his projection..."
The jade pendant in the maid's hand projected a sequence of images. Within them, Zhuge Qingfeng cut a graceful and dashing figure...
If there had been a vote at that moment to decide who would make the list, Zhuge Qingfeng would likely have received more than half the votes.
But all that was merely a prelude.
The true contest would begin after entering the manor.
At noon the next day, heaven and earth were clear and bright.
The gates of Muye Manor slowly opened, and two lines of scholars filed inside.