Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Chapter 1370: Chapter 1370: The Beginning of the Consort Selection

Ye Fei also found the situation quite novel. Although he was a significant figure on Earth, he had never served as a judge for anything, let alone a beauty contest. He never expected to experience it in the True Emptiness Realm.

The Nuwa Palace’s decision seemed trivial, but held deeper significance.

Once Zhao Anguo ascended to the throne, his queen would be chosen collectively by the other major forces, which would subtly forge a bond of friendship.

Even without Zhao Zichen’s presence, the Nuwa Palace would likely be much safer. This seemingly heartless empress had indeed gone to great lengths for her nephew.

At this moment, several attendants entered from outside, distributing a paper talisman to each person present.

Zhao Anguo then said, ”Everyone, by activating the talisman, you will be able to see the virtual images and brief profiles of the twenty candidates, allowing you to familiarize yourselves with them first. They will then appear one by one, and finally, everyone will vote to select the most suitable one.”

Ye Fei immediately activated the paper talisman and began to review the profiles of the twenty women.

Each of them was incredibly beautiful, not inferior to the current disciples of the Cuiyan Sect.

Two of them could even rival the former Yin Hanyan and He Musnow.

All were under two hundred years old and at the Transformation of Spirit stage in cultivation. It seemed they had indeed been carefully selected from the entire True Emptiness Realm.

However, none of these women belonged to the ten major forces. It was unclear whether other forces had manipulated the selection process, as the Cuiyan Sect had done before, or if there simply were no suitable female disciples.

After all, appearance, age, and cultivation were three criteria that would eliminate the majority of candidates. Even within the Cuiyan Sect, only Ye Fei’s grandmother, Song Xueqi, had been suitable, and she was probably the Nuwa Palace’s top choice.

As for the other major forces, it was uncertain if they had suitable candidates. Of course, Tang Qinghe was one, but she was already a Great Perfection cultivator and the top genius of the True Emptiness Realm in a thousand years. Even as Zhao Zichen’s nephew, Zhao Anguo had no right to marry her.

After about half an hour, when everyone had finished reviewing the profiles, Zhao Anguo ordered wine to be served, and even Zhao Zichen personally stood up and toasted everyone.

Then, the consort selection officially began.

The first to appear was one of the two most beautiful women Ye Fei had seen in the virtual images. Although she was somewhat nervous under the gaze of so many experts, she still introduced herself gracefully and demonstrated her talents. However, Ye Fei noticed that she seemed reluctant, as if she had been coerced into participating.

Of course, the so-called talents here were not singing or dancing but a display of strength. After all, even among cultivators of the same level, combat power could vary greatly.

A woman with cultivation but no real strength would naturally not be suitable to become the next queen of the next Nuwa Palace.

As time passed, the candidate women entered one by one. They were truly the cream of the crop, selected from billions of women in the True Emptiness Realm, and each performed impressively.

The people present were not ordinary individuals, especially the Great Perfection cultivators, whose discernment was unparalleled.

These women only needed to speak a few words for the experts to discern much about them, even their true natures.

While some, like the first one, were reluctant, most were quite happy to participate.

This was understandable, as these women came from smaller forces.

If chosen by Zhao Anguo, it would be like marrying into a wealthy and powerful family. Moreover, Zhao Anguo himself was very handsome and destined to be a dominant figure. It was natural for these women to want to marry him.

”Good grandson, these women are all quite nice. Why don’t you just eliminate Zhao Anguo and take them all for yourself?” Wang Yueryao, sitting next to Ye Fei, whispered with a smile.

Previously, in the Heavenly Tribulation Valley, she had entertained the thought of monopolizing her beloved grandson, but later gave up on the idea for the sake of her daughter. However, seeing him with other women still made her a bit jealous.

But things were different now. After witnessing her beloved grandson take in over four hundred beauties from the Cuiyan Sect, Wang Yueryao had come to terms with it.

She even hoped, like Liu Yiru and Ye Yunqi, that her grandson would have more women, because the more women he had, the stronger his power would be.

Moreover, Zhao Zichen had just threatened her beloved grandson. Wang Yueryao was not about to let that slide and wished her grandson would immediately eliminate Zhao Anguo to teach Zhao Zichen a lesson.

Ye Fei shook his head slightly, ”Don’t speak nonsense. Zhao Zichen is not to be underestimated. Her strength is much greater than Master’s current level. Even I would have to exert considerable effort to defeat her.”

”No way!” Not only Wang Yueryao, but even Song Xueqi, who was listening nearby, was astonished. They had originally thought that after weathering the heavenly tribulation, Yin Hanyan’s strength had far surpassed Zhao Zichen’s.

They never expected Ye Fei to hold such a high opinion of Zhao Zichen. It was too surprising.

Even though they had absolute trust in their beloved grandson, they found it hard to believe at this moment.

”I won’t be mistaken. I’m afraid this matter won’t be so simple,” Ye Fei said with a grave expression. Like everyone else, he had initially thought that this gathering, filled with the scent of conspiracy, was orchestrated by Zhao Zichen.

Because he didn’t understand her as well as others did, his suspicion was even stronger. However, after witnessing her true strength, he no longer thought so.

With her power, dominating the True Emptiness Realm would be as easy as a word.

There was no need for any conspiracy.

But precisely because of this, Ye Fei became even more intrigued.

If there was a conspiracy this time, it seemed to include Zhao Zichen as well. He wondered who in the True Emptiness Realm would have the audacity and the skill to pull off such a scheme.

At this moment, fifteen out of the twenty candidates had already taken the stage.

Just as the fifteenth one was leaving and the sixteenth had yet to arrive, a cry of alarm suddenly came from the Qinglian Sect’s group.

A disciple at the peak of Transformation of Spirit said, ”Master, Mistress, I think I’ve been poisoned. I can’t gather any true energy at all!”

”What’s going on?” Tang Qinghe’s master quickly asked, while also trying to gather his true energy, only to find that he couldn’t summon any. He then shouted, ”Everyone, be careful. We seem to have been poisoned!”

The disciple’s cry had already drawn everyone’s attention. However, for some unknown reason, upon hearing Tang Qinghe’s master’s warning, everyone tried to gather their energy, and their faces turned pale as they realized the situation.