Was Lan Xiaoxi really someone who could be pushed around?
Someone who had survived to this age as an orphan without letting others twist her true nature could hardly be simple, even if she was innocent. At the very least, she possessed an exceptionally steadfast heart.
But A Jing did not understand that.
Only after Lan Xiaoxi's barrage of words left her scalp tingling did she finally realize that the girl before her was not to be trifled with.
When she left, her face kept shifting from livid to flushed and back again, and the colors took a long time to fade.
After being eliminated, Lan Xiaoxi had little interest in staying any longer, so she turned and went back.
Only Su Jiu and Chu Luohen remained where they were.
Nearly another half day passed before the competition finally reached its end, with the Holy Maiden and her nine attendants selected one after another.
Much to Su Jiu's surprise, the final Holy Maiden was the outsider named A Jing.
When A Jing ascended the Sacrificial Altar to receive the baptism of Divine Light, she did not seem particularly surprised. Only the upward curve of her lips betrayed her feelings.
Su Jiu watched the golden beam descending from the sky with a strange expression, doubts stirring in her heart.
Chu Luohen frowned slightly. "It's one of the Fortune-Transferring Pearl's effects."
Su Jiu pressed her lips together, a flicker of surprise crossing her eyes. Wasn't the Fortune-Transferring Pearl with Zheng Qilong? How had it appeared here? Could Zheng Qilong have a hand in this as well?
Su Jiu activated her Otherworldly Eyes and looked above the Holy Maiden's head. Sure enough... just as she had seen at the Goddess Temple, a great deal of fortune had been poured into A Jing, yet