Chapter 291: The First Round of the Flower City Conference
It snowed heavily that day.
But before the snowflakes could even fall to the ground, they were dried up by the fiery atmosphere of Shenluo City.
Because on this day, the much-anticipated Huadu Convention began.
As the saying goes.
There were loud gongs and drums, blasting firecrackers, waving red flags, and huge crowds of people.
Li Chu sat quietly in the front hall of Deyun Temple. Although he was far away from the Flower Street, he could deeply feel the commotion over there.
However, the usually bustling temple was now empty and quiet.
Early in the morning, the fox girl came over.
"Master, you know me well."
She said a little embarrassedly: "I don't want to join in the fun, but the baby Thunder Dragon hasn't been out for a long time. I want to take it out to see the world."
As she said this, she patted the little fat dragon beside her, "Isn't that right?"
"Hmm?"
Little Feilong was stunned for a moment.
The fox girl quietly raised three fingers.
Little Fatty Dragon nodded immediately, "Hey, hey, hey!"
Li Chu nodded slightly: "Go if you want to, just be safe."
The fox girl took the little fat dragon out to play happily.
After a while, Lao Du came over.
"Master, you know me well."
Dulanke hesitated, "I have always been devoted to Taoism, and beauty cannot seduce me."
"But the neighbors in the south of the city are out having fun, and there are many thieves breaking into houses at this time of year. I have to go out on patrol to protect the interests of the neighborhood."
Li Chu was too lazy to expose him, and nodded: "Go ahead."
Lao Du also left happily.
After a while, Wang Longqi also came.
"Li Chu, you know me well."
He also said seriously: "I am lustful."
"If I don't look at a beautiful woman for a day, I feel uncomfortable all over."
Li Chu looked at this guy and nodded heavily, "Be honest."
Then Wang Longqi also went out with great anticipation.
In such a huge Taoist temple, Li Chu was the only one left.
The first round of the Huadu Conference is officially called the "first show" and is also commonly known as the "appearance".
Ten stages will be set up in Shenluo City, and all the courtesans who have registered for the Flower City Convention must perform on stage.
Before and after their performances, some time will be reserved for the audience to give tips.
At that time, the top 50 courtesans on the reward list will be shortlisted for the second round of competition.
However, in this round of competition, the most popular courtesans naturally don’t care. They just need to go on stage, show their faces and go through the process, which is enough to stand out.
Those little courtesans who have no hope of qualifying won't care and will just take this opportunity to make as much money as possible and become familiar to the public.
The ones who work the hardest are undoubtedly the middle-level courtesans.
If they work hard, they have a chance to be shortlisted. If they are a little unlucky, they may be eliminated. In particular, there is often a game between the brothels behind the scenes. In order to get their own good girls shortlisted, krypton gold is indispensable. Every year, some people make a lot of money, and every year, some people lose everything. In short, the competition is very fierce.
The "first show" segment will last for three days, and during these three days, the top three courtesans of the previous year will appear one by one.
That is, on the first day there is Xie Shirong, on the second day there is Hua Qiluo, and on the third day there is Wei Jiangli, making the popularity evenly distributed.
There will be no performance by Miss Jiang Li today.
So Li Chu had no interest at all.
In fact, even if Miss Jiangli performed, he would not be very interested.
However, thinking that he would have a share of every penny earned from Miss Jiangli's performance, he wanted to watch the ceremony live.
at this time.
Although Li Chu was in the Taoist temple, his mind had already covered the entire Shenluo City and its surroundings.
The Huadu Convention was a huge gathering of people, and there was a mix of good and bad people, so there might be some riots. On this day, Chaotianque's personnel would be dispersed to strengthen their vigilance.
But Li Chu was still worried.
He always suspected that the people from the Demon Sect would take advantage of the Flower City Conference to do something.
Although his mind-eye technique is not as clear as his spiritual consciousness, it is more intuitive at the level of "Qi".
Whenever evil spirits or cultivators appear, no matter how well they hide, they will always reveal their flaws once they try to take action.
So.
Li Chu will fall from the sky in the next second.
…
"Eh? Lao Du?"
Wang Longqi was walking through the crowd when he suddenly saw a cheerful black face in front of him that looked very familiar.
"Seventh Young Master?"
Du Lanke turned around and saw Wang Longqi, and he also laughed.
The two of them smiled at each other, showing a sense of mutual respect and appreciation.
"So you are here to patrol." Wang Longqi said mischievously.
"Seventh Young Master, please don't tell my master." Du Lanke said nervously.
"Hey, don't worry." Wang Longqi waved his hand: "Li Chu probably feels the same as Ming Jing'er. He grew up in Deyun Temple and is used to it."
"No way, our Deyun Temple is a famous and upright sect, and my master is also a gentleman." Lao Du said hurriedly.
“Ha.” Wang Longqi smiled again: “Then you have never met your master.”
As he said that, Wang Longqi was about to walk towards another street.
Du Lanke said, "Where are you going, Seventh Young Master? This is where Ma Shengxi and Miss Ma will be making their debut. She was also one of the top ten courtesans last year."
"You don't understand this." Wang Longqi said calmly, "What's the point of looking at the most beautiful courtesan at this time? Thousands of people are giving her tips, but no matter how much money you spend, she won't show her face."
"It's a time like this, the more you have to go and show your support to the little courtesan. Spend a little money and get number one on the list, and she won't remember your kindness. This way, things will be different."
"Seventh Young Master, it's OK."
Dulanke had a smile on his face that said, "I have learned something but I have no money and I envy my brother every day."
This pair of good friends strolled around the Flower Street for most of the day and were overwhelmed by the sights.
Then, after noon.
Suddenly, half of the people in the city gathered at a stage in the middle of Flower Street, and the other nine stages were suddenly empty.
Because no other courtesan wanted to appear at this time.
Because this is the time when last year's Flower Kingdom champion Xie Shirong will make his debut.
Du Lanke had watched the Huadu Conference in the past two years, and Wang Longqi had participated in Xie Shirong's discussion meeting, so he was even more looking forward to this stage.
Not only them, many literati and scholars from the surrounding area gathered here, and there were also many women.
I heard people talking loudly: "This Miss Xie, there was a poem praising her: 'The skillful hands of nature are hard to make bones, the snow falls on the ice and dims her skin by three points'. This kind of person, my brother must meet her today."
Someone else asked, "My dear, what is the meaning of this poem?"
"Hey, this first sentence, it is said that our Heluo Dynasty's number one painter, Zhao Xiangji, Master Zhao, once came here to paint a picture of a beauty for Miss Xie, and Miss Xie gladly agreed."
"Who would have thought that after seeing Miss Xie, Prime Minister Zhao took up his brush for three days without making a single stroke. In the end, he said that he couldn't paint Miss Xie's beauty!"
"The second sentence means that Miss Xie's skin is so fair that even snowflakes falling on it would make it look a little duller."
"In short, I am praising Miss Xie's beauty, which is rare in heaven and unique on earth!"
Half of the people watching around had never seen Xie Shirong. These discussions aroused people's curiosity about her appearance.
At this time, the host walked onto the stage and said with a smile, "Miss Xie said that she would use the method of throwing a ball to select an audience member to come on stage and perform with her."
The audience suddenly became excited!
This is actually an old trick used by the courtesans. They say they are drawing a lucky audience member, but in fact they are just choosing a good brother who works hard to give rewards.
It's called a joint performance, but in fact it's mostly just playing the role of a prop or something, interacting with it, showing off, and getting to know the oiran, that's all.
But it also makes many literati and scholars enjoy it.
In particular, it was Xie Shirong's first time to appear on such a program.
Even though they knew it was a trick to get rewards, there were still many literati and scholars willing to be deceived by her.
As soon as these words were spoken, the reward spots below the stage were immediately filled up. The wealthy and powerful asked their followers to shout out the amount of their rewards, hoping that the others would give up.
"Manager Liu from Xishanju! Give me eight hundred taels of silver!"
"The leader of the Yunshan Wuzhao Sect offers a red jade worth a hundred taels of gold!"
"The young master of Baiyun Villa is offering twelve priceless East Sea Night Pearls!"
“Wow——”
At that moment, a shout immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.
A handsome and extraordinary young man suddenly stood out from the crowd.
Instantly became the focus of thousands of people.
Bai Lingchen smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Miss... I am determined to win!"
(End of this chapter)
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