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Zong Zhao suddenly realized and said, "No wonder there hasn't been any news. Given how the Min clan operates, they certainly wouldn’t disclose such matters to avoid drawing ill-intentioned people towards Lady Di."

Although Shangzhou Island is the most powerful in the Inner Sea, not to mention the most chaotic Xiazhou Island in the Inner Sea, as well as the ever-present pirates. Many pirates hold grudges against the Min clan, after all, the Min clan's formations have foiled many pirates' schemes, and others simply have a dislike for the Min clan...

Speaking of which, the Inner Sea is even more chaotic and darker than the Central Continent. The pirates alone are a major headache, which is also the reason for the maritime restrictions on Shangzhou Island, primarily aimed at those pirates.

After discussing the Min clan, Liu Zizi dragged Wen Qiao to register.

Qin Hongdao and the others were free, so they accompanied them.

Also accompanying them was Senior Brother Liu, essentially the Liu family's bodyguard, at the Yuanzong stage of cultivation. He was cautious and meticulous, sharing a trait with his junior sister—always more lenient with attractive people.

When they arrived at the Sea Immortal competition registration site, from a distance, they saw three long lines.

The lines were filled with female cultivators, all young and beautiful. Their bone ages were quite young, rarely over a hundred, and even then, few.

Though Liu Zizi's grandfather was the Zhanhai Pavilion Master, she didn’t pull any strings, dragging Wen Qiao into line.

Since the surroundings were filled with female cultivators, Ning Yuzhou and the other male cultivators didn’t join in. They went to sit in a nearby tavern, from where they could see the long queues.

After sitting down, they found that the tavern was filled with male cultivators, most of whom were companions of the female cultivators queuing to register for the Sea Immortal selection, though some were purely there to admire the female cultivators. After all, the once-in-a-century event of the Inner Sea gathered most of the beautiful and talented female cultivators of the Inner Sea here, allowing them to feast their eyes.

There were also a few male cultivators watching and commenting, holding a booklet in their hands, waving their pens, recording the beautiful female cultivators they saw.

"Look, here come three strong competitors."

Everyone looked over.

Ning Yuzhou also looked in the direction they pointed, finding that they were talking about Wen Qiao, Liu Zizi, and Qin Hongdao, who was accompanying them.

Then they saw those male cultivators with booklets and pens frantically recording while making comments about them:

"The fairy in front with the round face and round eyes is very cute, like a kitten, probably appealing to many men; hmm, the one behind, heroic and imposing, with a red robe and long sword, equally charming, just a bit older in bone age..."

"And the one in the middle, why aren’t you saying anything?"

"That fairy in the middle—ethereal and beautiful, like a goddess from the heavens, I don’t know how to comment. It seems this year’s Sea Immortal competition will be fierce. I’m afraid the throne of the first beauty of the Inner Sea will change hands."

"You’re so optimistic about her? Is she really more beautiful than that lady from the Min clan?"

"I’ve seen Min Sulin. Although she is indeed beautiful, compared to this fairy, Min Sulin is nothing. And this fairy’s bone age is very young, much younger than Min Sulin. You know, bone age is also an advantage in the competition—the younger, the more advantageous."

Hearing this, Ning Yuzhou and his group finally understood why the female cultivators queuing in front were all under a hundred years old, and those over a hundred were rare, unless they were exceptionally beautiful to the point of making age negligible.

Shi Wuming was very interested in these people with booklets. He went over to ask and only then found out they were from the Guiyuan Pavilion.

Yi Xuan and the others were very familiar with the Guiyuan Pavilion. They never expected the Guiyuan Pavilion to do business in the Inner Sea—that’s quite impressive.

The information recorded by these people would be sent to the Guiyuan Pavilion branch stationed on Wushuang Island, compiled into a "Sea Immortal Ranking" of the Inner Sea, which not only included the information and rankings of past Sea Immortals but also the top ten beauties of this year’s Sea Immortal competition...

"Ah, the Guiyuan Pavilion is actually doing this kind of thing?" Shi Wuming said with interest. "Will many people buy into it?"

"Why wouldn’t they? There are plenty of male cultivators supporting it. After all, who doesn’t like young and beautiful female cultivators? If one could gain their favor, it would bring both fame and profit."

Every Sea Immortal selected is both talented and beautiful and can also receive generous rewards, even being allowed to stay on Shangzhou Island to cultivate.

Such female cultivators are very popular in the Inner Sea, with many suitors, and male cultivators take pride in gaining the favor of a Sea Immortal.

Although there were many people queuing, the registration speed was not slow at all, and it was soon Wen Qiao and their turn.

The female cultivators responsible for registration were specially arranged by Wushuang Island, smiling warmly and asking in a friendly and gentle manner, "Are all three of you signing up?"

Liu Zizi didn't answer immediately but instead turned to ask, "Sister Qin, are you joining us too?"

Qin Hongdao laughed, "I’m a bit too old to join in with you youngsters."

Her detection skills were also quite good; she could instantly tell the age of the female cultivators there. Compared to them, she, being over a hundred years old, felt like an old lady.

"What’s the big deal? There’s no rule saying older people can’t join," Liu Zizi said. "Besides, we cultivators don’t judge by age. No matter how old we are, we stay just as beautiful, like we’re forever twenty. It would be too much to limit by age."

The receptionist couldn’t help but smirk at this, having to admit that Liu Zizi had a point.

But the problem was, older female cultivators would feel too embarrassed to compete with young girls, wouldn’t they?

Liu Zizi always had a knack for twisting logic, but Qin Hongdao really wasn’t interested in these things, so Liu Zizi regretfully signed up with Wen Qiao.

During the registration, there was an item for identity registration.

Liu Zizi was the little princess of the Zhongzhou Thirteen Hongs, quite famous, and the registering female cultivator understood why this girl spoke so freely—she had the confidence to do so.

When it came to Wen Qiao, she said, "From the Zong family of the Zhongzhou Thirteen Hongs, Wen Qiao."