"I shall await your arrival."
Lin Ke smiled and nodded, then walked straight into the next space.
The Gu Tribe Space.
The Gu Tribe's Heavenly Prodigy was a young woman wrapped in a black robe, her features hidden from view.
Still, he could tell that she was very slight.
The moment he entered the space, the young woman opposite him dropped to her knees.
"Lord Lin, please save me!"
She raised her head. Unlike Lin Ke's steward Fang Yuan, her face was not pitted with insect holes. Instead, she wore a stud in her nose.
"Miss, what is the meaning of this?" Lin Ke was somewhat taken aback. "Is this part of the contest? Get up first, or I'm leaving!"
At his words, she immediately rose and sighed. "Lord Lin, I know Lord Fang Yuan serves as your steward, and I know you bear no prejudice toward our Gu Tribe. That is why I resorted to this."
"What exactly is the matter? You can tell me." Lin Ke was curious too.
For this young woman to stand out among the Gu Tribe and come here to compete as a Heavenly Prodigy, she had to be formidable, at least in terms of strength.
Yet under these circumstances, she had asked Lin Ke for help outright. That alone showed how serious her problem was.
"I am to marry the Miao Frontier High Priest's grandson!" She spoke each word distinctly, her expression solemn and grave.
Lin Ke froze.
A "major affair" like that? And she had come to him?
"The grandson of the Miao Frontier High Priest, one of the eight kings under the Southern Pole Blazing Sun Emperor, took a fancy to me." Her solemn expression turned sorrowful. "So the Gu Folk King offered me to the Miao Frontier High Priest."
"Sorry,