Chapter 250: The Appearance of the Divine Dragon (6)
“Lady Ximen... you’re just... breathtaking. Truly... how can someone be so...”
Gongsun Yoye couldn’t take her eyes off Qing.
She stared so hard it felt like she was trying to drill a hole in her with her gaze. Her eyes brimmed with awe and jealousy—so much so that even Qing was starting to feel embarrassed.
“Wait... why is your face bare?”
“Well, I mean... stepping out in front of the public as a martial artist, putting on makeup just felt kinda girly and—I wasn’t talking about you, Lady Ximen! I mean, you’re beautiful with or without it, I’m just a mess who’d get laughed at even if I did wear—”
“Oh come on. So what if a martial artist wears makeup? A female warrior pretending to be a man is just copying someone else’s act. You know what my master always said?”
Qing recited the gospel according to Ximen Surin, her former master and an infamous female elder of Murim: beauty and presence were weapons every high-level martial artist needed.
“I—I wouldn’t dare call myself a representative of female masters. That’s way too generous...”
“Why not? I mean, look at you—aren’t you the strongest among the young elites?
Well, I am still around, so that’s a bummer for you. Heh.
Anyway, come here. Just in case, I brought this. Hey! Just a second! One moment!”
Trained in the “Way of Beauty” by none other than Ximen Surin herself, Qing was already a master of hair and makeup.