"Next group: Si Ce and Hua Meiren!"
Han Zong immediately called out the next match.
At once, a woman with a graceful figure and endless charm walked onto the martial arena. Her opponent was a scholar wearing a scholar's cap and holding a feather fan. When the two met, they clasped their fists and smiled before beginning their fight!
Cold Sword looked toward the arena and continued, "Hua Meiren is a courtesan from the pleasure quarters of the Crimson Alliance. She stops at nothing. Many noble young masters from Badlands Prefecture and other prefectures have fallen beneath her pomegranate skirt, willingly taking large quantities of treasures from their Lineages to give her. That has allowed her cultivation to rise steadily!"
"The most famous incident involved the son of the Prefectural Assistant of Badlands Prefecture. He stole the Prefectural Assistant's seal and gave it to Hua Meiren, allowing her to play with it for several days!"
"That incident shook all of Badlands Prefecture. You must understand that possessing the Prefectural Assistant's seal allowed one to mobilize the Prefectural Assistant's troops within Badlands Prefecture. Moreover, seeing the seal was like seeing the Prefectural Assistant himself. That seal was extraordinarily valuable!"
"It was also because of that incident that Hua Meiren became a thorn in the eyes of the nobles of Badlands Prefecture and several surrounding prefectures. They ordered their disciples not to associate with Hua Meiren, or else they would be punished according to their sect rules. That is why Hua Meiren's cultivation stopped advancing all these years!"
"..."
"That scholar is named Si Ce. He was once a disciple of the Phoenix Pavilion!"
Cold Sword began speaking of Si Ce as well.
Lin Bai froze, then his eyes flashed. "A disciple of the Phoenix Pavilion? Then how did he end up