Though all twenty of them thought this way, believing Nie Qianyu was not the legendary beauty they had imagined, if they were asked to withdraw from the contest, none of them would be willing.
Why was that?
The reason was simple. Though Nie Qianyu looked ordinary, she was still delicate-featured and pleasing to the eye, hardly ugly. Besides, both her older sisters were stunning beauties. Once the youngest sister grew up, how bad could she possibly turn out? Their current disappointment was merely because the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
More importantly, Valley Master Nie of Hui Chun Valley had three daughters and no sons. Nie Qianrong and Nie Qianxiu had already married out and no longer lived in the valley. If this youngest daughter were to marry, whether she would marry out or bring a husband into the family was already obvious. What was more, Valley Master Nie had arranged this martial contest to choose a husband. Though he had not explicitly said he was seeking a live-in son-in-law, who in the martial world did not know? He wanted to find someone with formidable martial arts, someone capable of holding down the fort, to take charge of Hui Chun Valley!
Whoever won this martial contest to choose a husband would become Hui Chun Valley's future master. Thinking of Hui Chun Valley's foundation of several thousand years, who would not covet it? And who would give it up simply because Nie Qianyu was not "exceptionally" beautiful?
"A wife should be virtuous, a concubine should be beautiful. I can always take a few more concubines later." Everyone thought this way.
The Nie sisters rode to the rear of the platform and climbed up the stairs behind it. The guards hurriedly found three chairs and placed them beside Valley Master