Under the eyes of thousands, a lifelike giant male member stood in the center of the circular platform, pointing toward the dark heavens!
With their expectations raised so high by the opening, the sudden, unexpected sight of this damned thing made over twenty of the thirty-odd contestants implode on the spot.
The other spectators were embarrassed and indignant too, clicking their tongues all around.
Of the two young Daoist nuns who had come from the Directorate of Celestial Observation, one flushed scarlet at the sudden sight, and the Echo Drum beneath her bottom thundered. The other's eyelashes stirred slightly, but she suppressed the ripples in her Heart Lake.
Though Wei Lu and Zhang Huaiyu had not exactly lost their composure, they dropped their joking attitudes and sat a little straighter.
After all, if even the appetizer was this outrageous, someone really might suffer social death on the spot in today's contest...
Xie Jinhuan, however, remained as steady as an old dog. He even shrugged slightly, apparently meaning:
That was it?!
Did they know what a peerless sixteen-foot luxury carriage was?
Did they know what a white-haired giant spider bigger than a bed was?
Of course, he also glanced at Momo beside him.
Ripples had indeed stirred in Linghu Qingmo's Heart Lake, but he was used to being frightened all day long by that lunatic young lady from the Chongming River. Knowing these wastrels had no bottom line when dreaming up ideas, he had anticipated something beforehand. Although the Echo Drum beneath him still stirred, he forcibly kept his heart rate within the threshold, his face expressionless as he silently recited a heart-calming incantation.
Thump, thump, thump...
The drumming gradually subsided. As everyone else left, only seven people remained in the formerly bustling arena, each possessed of considerable composure.
Zhang