Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2096 - 2096 2086 The Battle for the Transport Ship

2096: Chapter 2086: The Battle for the Transport Ship 2096: Chapter 2086: The Battle for the Transport Ship Gazing at the canal water shimmering with ripples, Long Yan felt the heaviness in his heart swept away.

Today was the opening day of the All Heavens and Earth Ranking tournament.

Normally, numerous small stages would be set up for the martial arts matches, but today, some new twists had been added.

Surveying the dense crowd around him, Long Yan felt a wave of helplessness rise within him.

It seemed that today would inevitably be a fierce battle of dragons and tigers.

This year, the Fengyun List was divided into three preliminary levels, with people being eliminated at each level until the last one, which was the original contest.

The person in charge of the Fengyun List was Bai Xiaosheng, a man of average talent on the Immortal Path, but with quite the knack for writing.

His articles on the Immortal Path, including news from the various star regions, were well-known.

Yet, the daily results of the All Heavens and Earth Ranking were what the many cultivators looked forward to the most, which made the annual Fengyun List one of Bai Xiaosheng’s biggest selling points.

“Fellow cultivators, hello, I am Bai Xiaosheng.”

A slightly overweight man stood on the ring, with a fleet of canal boats behind him.

Although the cultivators did not quite understand, they still closed their mouths and waited for what Bai Xiaosheng would say next.

“There are some minor changes to our competition today.”

Seeing the silence below, Bai Xiaosheng smiled amicably and pointed his plump finger toward the big ship behind him.

“This year, we are divided into three levels, and this first level is right behind me, these canal boats.”

“There are no restrictions on forming teams and techniques.

Anyone who boards the ship will be considered to have passed the level.”

A sly smile spread across Bai Xiaosheng’s face.

Each of the large ships behind him could only accommodate one person, meaning that only one-tenth of the young talents participating could pass this level.

One must realize that at least a thousand people stood below, and just this level alone would cut out the majority.

“This is too difficult.”

Those who were only participating for fame complained among themselves.

They had originally thought that they would fight if they could win and simply admit defeat if they couldn’t, but those who failed the first level would miss the chance to make an appearance.

“To the cultivators who fail, I can only say it’s a pity, and you can only wait for next year to try again.”

As if he couldn’t hear the numerous complaints from the cultivators, Bai Xiaosheng squinted his eyes and smiled.

“Then, next, the competition shall begin.”

With a wave of his big hand, the many cultivators rushed towards the large ships like madmen, with the light from their True Qi shining in all directions.

Many ships of different sizes floated on the canal, which also symbolized the status of the younger generation, some high, some low.

People kept falling into the water, continuously losing their eligibility to compete.

Long Yan had not yet moved.

However, Chu Bei beside him seemed eager to try; he found this sort of competition very interesting and was keen to give it a shot.

“Brother Long, why are you stopping me?”

Long Yan simply smiled without replying to Chu Bei, pointing towards the side.

Not everyone had rushed out; a considerable number of people remained on the shore.

Of course, they hadn’t given up.

In Bai Xiaosheng’s speech just now, he did not say that the large ships of others couldn’t be seized.

The ones who charged out first were mostly rash individuals; even if they managed to take a ship, they couldn’t defend it, rendering their efforts futile.

Chu Bei’s gaze swept over the people who still stood on the shore: the Blood Sha from the Sky Ghost Sect, Ling Yu from the Carefree Sect, Yin Linglong, the Nine Heavens Goddess, and Hua Wulian, the Baihua Sect Saintess.

Many more were famous geniuses from the various star regions.

Now, they were all observing from the shore and had not yet made a move.

Long Yan also spotted a woman he least wanted to see.

Saintess Luo Pin from the Shengdao Alliance.

Seeing Long Yan’s gaze, Luo Pin smiled at him, sending all the surrounding men into a daze, Chu Bei by Long Yan’s side was no exception.

“Hmph, such a fox spirit,” someone muttered under their breath.

The Baihua Sect Saintess saw Saintess Luo Pin flash a smile that enchanted all the surrounding men, yet she merely snorted coldly, forgetting that the Heart Method of the Baihua Sect was itself an enchantment technique of the nine-tailed fox.

Long Yan, amid the envious gazes of those around him, felt utterly at ease in his heart, thinking, “Do you really believe being favored by Luo Pin is something good?

If you get closer to her, you’ll realize she is the High Toxic black widow.

By the time you react, you won’t even have any remains left.”

“Young Master Long, have you been well lately?”

Seeing Long Yan avoid her gaze, Luo Pin was not angered, but approached him with a trace of a smile between her brows.

Chu Bei clearly did not expect Long Yan to know the Saintess of the Shengdao Alliance, and his facial expression was somewhat comical.

If that incident was shocking enough for Chu Bei, what Long Yan said next was truly explosive.

“Thanks to you not troubling me recently, things have been rather not bad.”

People around them began whispering among themselves, after all, Long Yan was somewhat of a celebrity, and many recognized him, like Blood Sha and Ling Yu in white clothes, who were representatives of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Now seeing Luo Pin so close to Long Yan, their hearts burned with annoyance.

“It looks like Young Master Long doesn’t really miss her, does he?”

A look of sorrow appeared on Luo Pin’s face, a gaze that made Long Yan’s skin crawl.

“What exactly do you want?”

Long Yan’s tone was somewhat helpless as the angry stares of the cultivators around him seemed almost lethal, and he could only respond in resignation.

Luo Pin’s expression was a bit like that of a sly fox, revealing a confident smile as she said.

“Just join the Shengdao Alliance.”

Her temptation was devilish, but Long Yan’s expression remained calm.

“Not possible.”

“Why?”

Luo Pin’s voice was somewhat shrill, her emotions extremely agitated.

How many people desperately wanted to join the Shengdao Alliance, yet here Long Yan had rejected it without hesitation?

“No particular reason, just that I dislike you.”

After saying that, no matter what Luo Pin said, Long Yan acted as though he hadn’t heard a thing.

“This damn guy is truly detestable.”

Luo Pin felt as if she would explode, herself being the pampered belle of the Shengdao Alliance, and yet today, she had been scorned by Long Yan, rejected, he even disliked her.

Luo Pin really wanted to twist Long Yan’s head to make him see the reactions around him, that drooling man beside him, that’s how he should be reacting.

Chu Bei didn’t know what to say anymore, knowing that compared to the Shengdao Alliance, Seven-Star Hall was barely worth mentioning, yet Long Yan had just turned them down.

Luo Pin took a deep look at Long Yan, this man who always surpassed her expectations.

“However, this makes things more interesting.”

Luo Pin chuckled lightly, those easy to deal with were not at all interesting to her, and in her eyes looking at Long Yan, there shone a glint of greed.

She was also curious about just how far Long Yan could grow, surpassing expectations is what made it interesting.

The men around them felt their hearts might leap out at Luo Pin’s expression, was this the alluring Saintess of the Shengdao Alliance?

But Luo Pin paid no mind to the gazes of the others; she was like a black widow lurking in a dark corner, watching Long Yan’s profile.

“You will never be able to escape from the palm of my hand.”