Chapter 163

Everyone in the hall revealed expressions of excitement, their breathing even becoming three parts heavier.

It was finally concluded!

All the clues were clearly presented before everyone's eyes.

Excluding the 'Nine Yin Manual' inside the Heaven-Reliant Sword of the Emei Sect.

There were currently three places where the 'Nine Yin Manual' was stored.

One was under the stone coffin in the Tomb of the Living Dead, which had the 'Nine Yin Manual' fragments carved into it.

Two was Mei Chaofeng, who was hidden in the mansion of the Jin Kingdom's Sixth Prince, carrying the second volume of the 'Nine Yin Manual'.

Three was the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi's territory, Taohuadao, which hid the complete 'Nine Yin Manual'.

In other words, if one wanted to obtain the complete 'Nine Yin Manual', one would have to challenge one of the Five Great Grandmasters, the Eastern Heretic.

Even if one only wanted the second volume, one would have to sneak into the mansion of the Jin Kingdom's Sixth Prince, the difficulty of which was extremely high.

Greater gains meant greater risks.

The various Jianghu heroes in the hall all began to ponder.

After all, this was a matter concerning their own lives.

……

"So that old man trapped in the cave is Zhou Botong."

In the corner, little Huang Rong muttered to herself.

She had discovered that cave when she was very young.

At that time, the old man inside was very fierce to her.

When she first learned culinary arts, she would send the food she made to this old man.

After going back and forth, the two of them could be considered to have become familiar.

But every time she asked about his identity, the old man would never tell the truth.

Now she finally knew the truth.

"Father trapped the martial uncle of the Seven Freaks of Quanzhen; I fear the Quanzhen Sect will not let this rest."

"There should also be many people in the Jianghu who covet the 'Nine Yin Manual' and want to go to Taohuadao."

"I must find a way to tell Father this news."

Little Huang Rong's eyes rolled around as she began to analyze the situation.

She still had some resentment toward Huang Yaoshi in her heart.

But when it concerned Huang Yaoshi's safety, she naturally had to distinguish what was important.

……

"Ding!"

"The host exposed several martial arts secrets in a casual talk, triggering shock throughout the venue; specifically rewarded with 18,000 popularity points."

"Storytelling popularity has exceeded 412,000 points."

"The host has accumulated four Golden Lottery Cards, one Silver Lottery Card, and two Bronze Lottery Cards."

"Please keep up the good work, host."

Listening to the system's notification sound, Su Chen's expression was extremely calm.

His mindset had already improved.

Even hearing that the popularity points had soared to 400,000, he was not moved much.

Because the place where popularity points truly increased had only just begun.

Su Chen took a sip of clear tea, and without waiting for the crowd's discussion to end, he said slowly:

"The subsequent locations of the 'Nine Yin Manual' have been commented on."

"Next, we proceed to the second theme of today's casual talk."

"The Great Ming Jianghu is full of beauties, yet the main Rouge Ranking only has ten spots, and the competition is fierce."

"Therefore, I am introducing a secondary Rouge Ranking to accommodate peerless beauties who failed to make it into the main ranking."

"All beauties on the ranking are self-respecting and as pure as white lotuses."

As Su Chen's voice fell.

Those voices that were still discussing the 'Nine Yin Manual' were immediately drowned out by a louder wave of sound.

Countless young masters in embroidered clothes, wealthy merchants, and big tycoons all had eyes shining with light.

It could be said that at least one-third of the people in the venue came for this secondary Rouge Ranking.

All of this was thanks to the main Rouge Ranking that Su Chen had ranked.

The gold content of that was truly too high.

The three beauties of peerless elegance were Dongfang Bubai, Yao Yue, and Qin Mengyao.

Those were all existences standing at the pinnacle of the Great Ming Jianghu, visible but unattainable.

As for the remaining beauties, they all had their own difficulties, making it hard to win their hearts.

Therefore, most people settled for the next best thing and set their sights on this secondary Rouge Ranking.

Although it was only a secondary ranking.

It was still the top twenty beauties of the entire Great Ming.

And each one was self-respecting and as pure as a white lotus.

No matter which one could be married, one would immediately become a prominent figure in the Great Ming, envied by all.

……

On the White Jade Platform.

Su Chen didn't sell the suspense much, directly unfolding his folding fan, and said with a smile:

"Let's first comment on the bottom five beauties."

"The tenth place is the female disciple of the Hengshan Sect, Yilin."

"She is innocent, pure, and kind, and even more steadfast in love; she could be considered the first choice for a virtuous wife and mother, but unfortunately, she has already entered the empty gate."

"It is best for everyone not to go and disturb her, otherwise her father, the Monk Buji, is merciless."

"The ninth place is the little junior sister of the Huashan Sect, Yue Lingshan."

"She is the only daughter of the Huashan Sect leader Yue Buqun and the heroine Ning Zhongze, deeply loved and protected by the Huashan disciples."

"The eighth place is Princess Yunluo."

"The own younger sister of the current Great Ming Emperor, she is loved by thousands, pretty, cute, and stunningly beautiful."

"The seventh place is the Ming Sect disciple Yang Buhei."

"Her father is the Ming Sect's Bright Left Envoy Yang Xiao, and her mother is the Emei disciple Ji Xiaofu; she entrusted her life to him, and until death, she had no regrets, hence the name Yang Buhei."

"The sixth place is the Saintess of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, Ren Yingying."

"Her father is the previous leader of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, Ren Woxing; she has a special status within the Sun Moon Divine Sect, is clever and agile, and is good at planning and layout."

…….