After Chen Ming and Zhang Mingyu entered the Governor's Mansion, a servant led them to an enormous garden filled with pavilions, towers, artificial hills, and flowing water. An open stretch of ground lay ahead. It truly was a fine place for a gathering.
Quite a few people had already arrived, chatting in twos and threes.
Chen Ming swept his gaze over them and did not recognize a single one.
Zhang Mingyu had said that Qingfeng City only had four people qualified to attend the Martial Meet. Aside from the two of them, there were Gu Yuantao of the Gu Family and He Da of the Four Seas Trading Company.
Qingfeng City truly was somewhat bereft of talent. There were only a handful of Seventh Rank martial artists under thirty.
Of course, there was one other person qualified to participate—Sun Shicai. But he held an official post, so he would not take part.
"Why are there so many women?"
Chen Ming noticed that, among the thirty-odd people present, women made up more than half. Most of them wore beautiful dresses that clearly were not suitable for fighting.
Did they need to change into another outfit later?
Given the habits of these young ladies from wealthy families, it was not impossible.
Zhang Mingyu said, "Today, half of Jiangzhou's young talents have gathered here. If your family had a daughter of marriageable age, wouldn't you find a way to get her in?"
"Oh."
So they were here to find marriage prospects.
Chen Ming glanced around. The quality was not bad at all. Two of them were especially outstanding, prettier even than Huo Qianqian. He could give them an eight out of ten—unquestionably great beauties.
It had to be said that this world truly had beauties. Ordinary people simply did not get to see