[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 129

Chapter 129 - The Stronger, the Better

"Congratulations, Miss Lu! You've succeeded in the challenge!"

Baisheng Martial Arts Hall's arena announcer announced the winner of the competition.

The spectators cheered and clapped loudly for her.

Tons of items were thrown up on stage – jewelry, gold, silver, fruits, and more. The clerk from Baisheng Martial Arts Hall carried a bamboo basket up to the stage and started putting the items into the basket one by one.

These were the rewards from the spectators. The martial arts hall would take twenty percent of the rewards, and the winner would get the rest.

However, the newly appointed host did not look happy at all. She thanked the crowd with a straight face and stepped off the elevated stage.

"Miss Lu, you will be turning up tomorrow, right?" the boss smiled widely at Lu Mingshu, anxiously waiting for her answer.

Looking at Lu Mingshu and her expression, the boss pointed at the two big baskets, which were full of rewards, "If you turn up, we won't take any of the rewards. It would be all yours!"

To no avail, she only replied with a single sentence, "No need. I'll show up if I feel like it."

But the boss was unwilling to give up. He continued to pester her all the way to the exit, "No matter what kind of opponent you desire, I'll get them here for you!"

Lu Mingshu kept a straight face as she shook her head.

The boss added, "You really don't have to go to another martial arts hall. I can even get disciples from the Seventh Truth Platform here for you!"

Lu Mingshu gave him a tight smile and put her rewards into her pocket, "Goodbye."

Over the past few days, she had gone to five martial arts halls consecutively.

The martial arts halls she went to were the most famous and crowded in all of Tianyun City. When she won at the first arena, people took her as a minor hidden talent who got lucky and thus paid no extra attention to her. After the second arena, some people started to admire her. The third and fourth arena made her more famous... and now, she was the biggest topic in Tianyun City.

All of the martial arts halls she went to were enough to prove one's ability because they were the best. Furthermore, Lu Mingshu went to many different martial arts halls, not just one!

A powerful, young, icy beauty. Not only did she have the ability, she had the looks too. These past few days, every martial arts hall in Tianyun City hoped for her to turn up, for two reasons; one, if they could defeat her, they would be famous in no time, and secondly, even if they lost, she brought them lots of spectators, and thus lots of money.

However, no martial arts halls had managed to convince her to stay for more than a day as a host.

In the middle on Tianyun City, in the Imperial Amethyst Palace, a candlelight lit up the room and shone onto a woman who was sitting behind her desk with a list of names in her hand.

She threw the list of names onto the desk and turned to the female officer next to her.

"Ling Wuxia still hasn't turned up?" she asked in annoyance.

The official nodded, "Correct."

The officer wore the same purple gown as Xiahou Shan, but the aura she gave off was way different form Xiahou Shan. Xiahou Shan always had a smile on her face, but not this woman – she was petite, delicate, and pretty, and her eyes were full of worry.