"Wait a little longer! My daughter will be out shortly!"
City Lord Bai then gestured for Su Mo to wait a moment, and Su Mo quietly waited.
Su Mo stood outside the gates as countless gazes fell upon him. Many people from Yangwu City who had gathered to watch knew that he was an outsider, and a heaven-defying figure whose strength rivaled the City Lord's.
Quite a few people whispered among themselves, sizing him up and passing judgment.
Su Mo ignored them and carefully examined the convoy.
Yangwu City had nominated ten women for the selection. Including Bai Yin'er, there were eleven in total.
Powerful cultivation auras emanated from each of the ten carriages behind the first. All of them belonged to True Profound Realm martial artists.
It seemed Bai Yin'er still had the highest cultivation!
A short while later, a slender figure in gray emerged from the City Lord's Mansion.
When Su Mo clearly saw the gray-clad figure's face, he froze for a moment, then nearly burst out laughing.
This gray-clad figure was none other than Bai Yin'er.
Yet where was Bai Yin'er's former dashing, vibrant air?
She wore a coarse hemp robe, with heavy rouge smeared across her face and powder caked over her brows. Whether her makeup skills were truly abysmal or she had deliberately applied it carelessly, she looked like a clown.
Even more exaggeratedly, her high ponytail was gone, replaced by a neat, capable crop of short hair.
Su Mo was not the only one stunned. City Lord Bai, the guards and maids, and the countless onlookers were all dumbfounded as well.
Th-this was the City Lord's daughter, Bai Yin'er?
Everyone stood there agape. Bai Yin'er was actually going to the Emperor's Concubine Selection looking like this?
City Lord Bai's face twitched, but he sighed