6 The Bizarre Beauty Contes

The announcer clears his throat, look at the large audience. He didn't want to say this but; he gives up in the end, "The third contest is an arm wrestle between each beauty. The most difficult of this arm wrestle is not using qi or their spirit."

After saying so, he regretted being put in charge of this year's beauty contest. The audience was looking at him as if he was a fool. Even the beautiful woman wearing pink was staring at him as if he was crazy.

The 10 contestants walk up onto the stage in their combat dress provided for them. Bai Mingyu was dressed in all green which wasn't her style at all. However, she still gives out the same aura as always, full of elegance. Shen Qing wears a pink combat dress, with a hood. With the lighting around them, the hood seems to cover her whole face, leaving only her rosy lip; delicately rounded and feminine chin out in the open. From all the 10 contestants, you can see that she stands out from all and the pink combat dress give her a tender aspect. Not seeing her face, only makes the everyone focuses on her and to pare off the hood to see her gentle contour.

Shen Qing and Bai Mingyu didn't match up in the arm wrestle. Shen Qing's match was with another girl in pink while Bai Mingyu's match was with another girl in green. In conclusion, everyone is match up with the color they wear.

"Little Zhilan, will Mingyu win. Her opponent looks stronger than she?" Bai Meili asked after arguing with one of the judges and taking off her cosmetic.

Bai Zhilan turns her head towards Bai Mingyu. Examining her face, Bai Zhilan digs into her interspatial ring and pulled out a white porcelain bottle. She passes the bottle onto Bai Meili indicating her face, "How did Mingyu get poison on her face?"

"P...po...poison? How? I didn't do anything though. ...The makeup?" Bai Mingyu's eyes widen in shock.

"..." Bai Zhilan silence indicates her annoyance towards someone who has no intellect. Comparing these two with Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan is like the night sky while they are just faint stars, flickering in her palms. She can decide when, and where to ends their life without anyone finding out anything. Even she who's a transmigrator would have a hard time dealing with someone like this. So before Bai Yuan become stronger and spread her own wings, she (BY) will have to die.

The fourth prince, Lan Wuyou gaze didn't leave the spotlight or the girl in pink with the hood. Scanning her more clearly and the strength she uses to fight against her opponent was different, he concluded that the woman wasn't her; but fill like the woman is connected with her.

Back on stage, Shen Qing was struggling hard to win this round, she keeps repeating 'just one more until the final. Just one more!'. She was resolute to win even if it means breaking her arm or using all her strength.

The audience looks at all the beauty trying so hard to win, they were touch by the contestant's spirit. But they somehow felt that something is wrong with this scene.

"I...I can't watch this anymore. Little Xia?" Xiao An faces Ling Xia but he wasn't looking at her whether at the stage where the girls are competing.

Ling Xia felt someone pinching his shoulder making him turn towards Xiao An. Xiao An was pouting at him and making a very anger face at him.

He asks, "What's wrong?"

"Why is Little Xia, sooo interested in those beauties. They aren't as beautiful as me and they are even older than me."

"I'm watching an interesting show with Master."

Feeling frustrated Xiao An hug his arm, not letting go; with a happy smile. Ling Xia saw her hugging his arm but he can only sigh at Xiao An's actions. Glancing back up, the arm wrestling which was supposed to be friendly turn into a catfight between women. Ling Xia's eyes open wide, he was kind of expecting something like this happening but not to this extent.

All the women were having mix feelings. They know that their strength is weak without using qi but they really want to win the rewards. They don't know who started but one woman shouted out about her opponent cheating than the others starting shouting too. Then the fight just started; the announcer try to calm everyone down but he was launch away and ended up miserably.

"You alright?"

"Hehehe. Sorry, I'm fine. But how to calm everyone down."

"How about my help."

"And you are?"

"I am Miss Shen Qing's personal maid and cosmologist."

"Oh! So this is the reason why your makeup was different from usual," the announcer realized.

"Is it bad. ...Does it not suit me, Hu Wan?" Shen Qing asks worriedly.

"No. It suits you more than before." Hu Wan said with a grin, "So how are you going to help me."

The maid grin and bow towards him then went up the stage to where the beautiful women's were having their catfight. Glancing around the whole stage, she walks over to the first row of stage light and with one hand untie the ropes causing the lights to fall. With a crushing sound and glass breaking, everyone's attention shifted to where the maid stand.

"You and you and you and you and... are all out," the maid said.

"You! Who are you to say that!" one woman protested.

"This is a beauty contest, not a catfight. Isn't that so judges?" she stares at the judges and they nodded their head in agreement, she turns back to the woman, "Do you think you are beautiful enough now to win?"

"Of course," the woman proudly said.

The maid smirk and through a disgusting look at her, "You should look at yourself first before spouting such nonsense or you'll lose faces. Your appearance doesn't match your confidence. Disheveled hair, disoriented makeup, dirty clothes, and even daring to fight on stage. Those aren't aspects the audience are looking for in a beauty. So please leave, before things get slovenlier."

The one to be called out left the stage in anguish but they can't really violate the rules that have been set throughout time.

"Thanks so much. What is your name, miss," Hu Wan asks feeling surprise at the maid's courageous spirit.

The maid only said, "This maid is no miss, so this maid has no name to be told." She walks away and Shen Qing follows along, rushing to keep up with her. Hu Wan thought the master and maid is weird, it's more like the master listen to the maid than the other way around.

"Is this alright. This dress seems more revealing than those before." Shen Qing blushes; looking at herself in the mirror.

"It's fine. Your maid said that the battle this time is an eating contest. Wear this half cloak over your clothes to hide what you don't want others to see," the maid who just made a show a while ago said.

[I think this isn't a beauty contest anymore, host. It's more of a random shame to please some peoples' eyes.]

The maid, Bai Yuan ignore the system but she was thinking the same things too.

"Is the beauty contest each year like this?"

"Of course not. They can change from time to time but not to were it's a laughing stock," Shen Qing's maid said.

Placing her hand on her chin, Bai Yuan thought a bit. She said, "Miss, should just eat as miss has always."

"Why should the miss..."

Shen Qing straightens out her hand shouting her maid's words in halve and indicating she'll follow the girl's suggestion. She has won so far due to girl's decisions and cosmetic. She walks out of the room and into the stage where the remaining women are.

"Now then. This time the contest would be an eating contest. What you do will depend on you to see who will win!" the Hu Wan shouted out.

Just as the bell ring symbolizing the start, all the women speed eat the food put in front of them. Amount 10 minutes later, one was dangling left and right, another crying from the torture, two were fuming from their mouth. From one of the two, one was even lying on the ground not moving. In the beginning, the crowds were looking forward to seeing more interesting scene but not to the point where beautiful women were chowing down their food like animals and having no shame. The only two that are still sine is the Bai young miss, Bai Mingyu and another girl who have shown them interesting things throughout the performance.

Hu Wan cleared his throat and wipe off his sweat before announcing the winner for this round, "Um...um... The last two standing, Bai Mingyu, and Shen Qing are the winner for this round." He has a thought that some woman is very scary. He didn't even say that they have to finish the food to win, only to eat to win. The hidden meaning was to eat as elegant as you can, was what Emperor Lan Qin wanted.

The last contest was very simple, play a music piece that can attract everyone in the area. The first one to go up was Bai Mingyu, she wore a white dress that stand out from all the lighting and the dark night. The music from the guqin gives them a piece of mind at the same time it gives away the owner's feeling of loving someone. It was calm but at the same time intense with each note she strings. The crowds were in awe at Bai Mingyu's performance and the why she position herself making a beautiful picture to look at.

"What should I do this time. She plays the song and even dresses like me, how am I going to win." Shen Qing was at a tearing point. She has lost all hope, through all four stages, the girl has helped her in every one but this last one is about her talent at music.

"What other music can you play?" the girl asked.

"I can play the leiqin more than the guqin," she answered back nervously.

"If you can't play that in front of others than just follow my lead," Bai Yuan smile calmly at her to assure her, she got everything handled. But inside her head, she was asking the system clues to play the leiqin. While conversing with the system, she changes Shen Qing's dress a bit. The sleeves were long and clear, weighing to nothing and the skirt of her robe was long flowing into four directions. She wraps a snow-white muslin loosely on her (SQ) arms then instructed Shen Qing's maid to position the dress and how.