Chapter 499: Inspecting the Female Lords

As for Lu Hong, Zhao Chi had no impression of him.

He had never even heard the name.

But since he was also from the Eighth Academy, Zhao Chi might have met him before, just without knowing his name.

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No impression, never heard of him."

Zhao Jiao nodded: "It's fine, he'll definitely come too. You two can get to know each other in a bit."

Lu Hong has now joined the Zhao clan and is also a lord of the Zhao clan, so he'll definitely come.

Zhao Chi nodded without speaking.

Because they had already reached the entrance of the public hall, Zhao Mu was standing at the door with some soldiers.

Zhao Jiao also fell silent, and the two went in quietly.

There weren't many people inside.

After all, everyone who came this time was a lord.

Their eyes were blank, having no idea what was going on.

But they could sense it wasn't anything good.

Some even had disheveled hair, clearly dragged here while still asleep.

Zhao Quan stood with arms crossed, continuously surveying the crowd.

Zhao Tan stood beside him, also arms folded, watching those who entered.

Zhao Chi quietly went in and stood behind a group of his clan brothers and sisters, continuing to be an inconspicuous nobody.

After a while longer, everyone had arrived.

Zhao Chi deliberately counted—there were 39 people in total.

The clan originally had 33 lords, so the extra 6 must be the ones who had newly joined in the past few days.

One had to admit, regardless of strength, at least in terms of lord count it had instantly increased by 18%.

Although Zhao Chi and some of the clan's elders were unwilling to become Zhao Quan's vassals,

there were still plenty of people fighting to become his vassals.

The lower classes had it rough everywhere.

At this moment, a young man stepped to Zhao Chi's rear-left, and Zhao Chi glanced at him.

Familiar face.

Definitely seen him before.

Looks like this must be Lu Hong.

Plain-looking, with very short hair.

A very ordinary young man.

If he remembered correctly, Lu Hong was from Class 7.

Lu Hong clearly recognized Zhao Chi too.

When Zhao Chi turned his head, Lu Hong gave him a friendly nod.

After all, Zhao Chi had stepped onto the awards podium after the opening test.

Even those who hadn't known him before knew him from then on.

Zhao Chi wasn't very familiar with Lu Hong, having only met him a few times, but such an obscure student was probably quite ordinary in strength.

Participating in this Rookie Tournament, Lu Hong probably had no chance of winning any prizes.

Zhao Chi nodded back and turned his head again.

The tournament and all that could wait—first they had to get through the situation right in front of them.

After a few days of rest, group leader Zhao Shizhang had clearly recovered.

He said to Zhao Quan: "Your Highness Zhao Quan, the clan's 39 lords have all arrived. Please give us your instructions."

Zhao Quan didn't reply.

He only surveyed the lords present once more.

Then he said to Zhao Shizhang: "Have all the female lords in your clan step forward and submit to inspection."

Zhao Shizhang's old face stiffened.

Female lords?

What did this Zhao Quan mean?

He couldn't help asking: "Your Highness Zhao Quan, what... is going on?"

The other lords also exchanged uncertain glances, not knowing what he meant.

If it was about women, Zhao Quan certainly wasn't lacking.

Not only wasn't he lacking, there were plenty of women eagerly throwing themselves at him.

So it had to be something else.

Zhao Quan was getting a little impatient.

Although his attitude wasn't as explosive as before, he had no intention of explaining.

"Ask less about what you shouldn't. Knowing too much about noble affairs won't do you any good."

Zhao Shizhang quickly nodded: "Understood. You lot, step forward."

Soon, 12 female lords stepped forward.

Among them were 6 aunts, 5 sisters-in-law, and 1 newly joined unaffiliated member.

They were all equally bewildered.

"Zhao Tan, go ahead."

"Yes."

Although dozens of soldiers stood behind Zhao Quan, this time he did not have them step forward.

Instead, he had the female noble Zhao Tan come and inspect it personally.