The Broken Moon Realm Semifinal Round changed the format of the Preliminary Round. Beneath the neon lights of Luo Family Jewelry, thirty beauties made a dazzling entrance together. Their avant-garde fashions struck everyone present like a bolt of lightning. Because of the Flower Queen Ranking Booklet, far fewer spectators had come to watch the Semifinal Round, but those who stayed felt they had made a wise choice.
The flashing neon lights made the stage seem transcendent. When Yin Quanyin rose from beneath it, deliberately brooding like a vampire, thunderous applause broke out across the venue. Beneath it ran a murmur of discussion: the judges were debating whether such clothing violated the purpose of selecting a Fairy for the Heaven-Sacrifice.
The audience disagreed. They loved the women onstage. Each beauty had a presence unlike anything ordinarily seen in the Immortal Realm. The fashions might have been ahead of their time, but it was much the same in the lower world: what appeared on the runway was never what people wore in the streets, yet everyone was happy to admire such beauty.
Before Luo Qian knew it, someone had appeared beside him. He turned and found Yun Xi, Yin Quanyin's wife. He smiled. "Sister-in-law, you came too!" Yun Xi said irritably, "If I hadn't come, who knows how many lonely women's hearts that wretch would have stolen!" Luo Qian glanced around. Whenever Yin Quanyin appeared onstage, the girls below were the most excited. Suppressing a laugh, he stole a look at Yun Xi. Every cheer the fairies gave Yin Quanyin brought an angry flush to her face.
"Brother Yin is a famous beauty in the Immortal Realm," Luo Qian said, trying to soothe her. "That reaction is only natural." Yun Xi was still awash in jealousy. She gave a cold snort, said