Competition (Part 10/15 - The Perception of the middle-aged lady)

"Enough" said a middle-aged lady

'Oh' thought Feng Zhen as he moved his eyes toward the room. When he saw the middle-aged lady that spoke, he was at lost for words. The middle-aged lady wore a red garment, her garment and wrist were decorated with ornament; she also had her hair held up by a hair pin, and on her forehead was a blood-red dot mark.

'How much beauty does the world posses' thought Feng Zhen, as he continued staring at the lady.

"Lin Zheng, is the winner of this year's competition" said the middle-aged woman as she slowly stood up.

Looking at her slender waist, and her well curved shaped, Feng Zhen instinctively licked his lips.

'System, view her status' thought Feng Zhen.

Just as the system was about to scan the middle-aged lady, the bracelet the middle-aged wore vibrated. The moment the bracelet vibrated, the middle-aged woman immediately turned and looked towards Feng Zhen direction, and instantly spotted Feng Zhen's sit.

'Am I being too sensitive, or was someone trying to prey into my cultivation" thought the middle-aged lady as she stared at an empty sit.

...

Somewhere within the field in the area of the audience, a figure appeared mysteriously on a chair. That figure is Feng Zhen.

"Hew!" muttered Feng Zhen as he used his hand to clean the cold sweat that was on his forehead.

'That was close' thought Feng Zhen.

...

Few minutes earlier, before Feng Zhen disappeared from his chair.

Just as the system was about to scan the middle-aged lady, a bracelet the middle-aged lady wore vibrated.

[ Ding! An error occurred due to the use of an artifact.]

[ Ding! Trace detected...]

[ Ding! The host presence has being discovered by the target...]

'What the--' thought Feng Zhen as he saw the middle-aged lady reaction.

Just as the middle-aged lady was about to turn her head.

{Shadow Movement}

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Present Time...

'Who the hell is that lady, and how the hell did she detect the system' thought Feng Zhen as he looked at the middle-aged lady in amazement.

[ Ding! Assisting the host, the system wasn't detected by the lady...]

'Huh! System, I don't understand'

[ Ding! Assisting the host, Whenever the system tries to scan its target, some Qi is released from the host to the target--]

'So when my Qi was released to the lady, it rebounce. That was how she traced the Qi back to me' thought Feng Zhen, before the system could complete its statement.

[ Ding! Indeed, the host is correct...]

'Such terrifying percept' thought Feng Zhen as he stared at the middle-aged lady.

...

Looking again at the chair, she detected the Qi from, the middle-aged lady who stood in the room saw Feng Zhen sitting on the chair. She gazed at Feng Zhen suspiciously, but when she discovered the Feng Zhen had no aura, she retracted her gaze.

'Just a mortal' thought the middle-aged lady.

Then she turned and looked at the crowd and said, "This year's winner of the Emperor's competition is Lin Zheng, Disciple of the Divine Sword Sect".

When the crowd heard what the middle-aged lady said, they neither cheered nor spoke, the crowd were completely quiet.

Perceiving the odd from the crowd, the middle-aged lady said, "Now let's call all the participant to come to the stage.

"Ling Zhen, Divine Sword Sect"

"Qin Xia, Phoenix Pavilion"

"Lou Xing, Huan Sect"

"Ge Ronghui, ..."

...

A few minutes later, all the participants came on the stage. Then the middle-aged lady assigned each participant a special sits to beside the stage, according to their position.

"Alright, It's time to begin the selection" said the middle-aged woman.

As expected, the crowd cheered out loud.

Then the middle-aged woman walked to the stage. When she got to the stage, she took out a 6ft cylindrical crystal from her spatial ring.

The cylindrical crystal is subdivided into seven parts with lines separating them, starting from the top to the bottom.

"Just like last year, Each top sect would choose five disciples, depending on the aptitude of the person. Without any further ado, let's begin the selection." said the middle-aged lady.

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