When Desmond arrived at the rest area outside the arena, he could immediately feel Mei Fei Long looking at him with some curiosity and concern but perhaps she also sensed how reluctant Desmond was to talk about it so she only glanced at him briefly before she start making her way to the arena.
Similar to how Lao Zo drew attention when he stepped onto the arena, Mei Fei Long also drew a great deal of attention to herself when she arrived, unfortunately, that attention was not due to her fame or her beauty and instead it was because she was the only woman in this competition.
Not to mention the fact that for many people present the mere notion of a woman marrying another woman was ridiculous and worthy of humiliation and rejection, the main problem was that in this tournament they were competing for the hand of the princess of the sect roaming cloud so the notion seemed even more absurd.
