Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2308 - 2308 2298 Bandits

2308: Chapter 2298: Bandits 2308: Chapter 2298: Bandits Long Yan clearly heard breathing sounds above the roof, but upon getting up there, he found the entire rooftop empty, not a single person in sight.

“This is really strange.”

Could it be that he heard wrong?

Long Yan touched the back of his head, truly puzzled.

Perhaps it was due to recent mental strain that he misheard.

Just then, from the room below Long Yan’s feet, came even breathing sounds.

Long Yan breathed a sigh of relief, it looked like he had heard wrong.

The sound was coming from the room next door.

Seeing this, Long Yan couldn’t help but laugh to himself, thinking that peaceful living really wasn’t suitable for him.

Watching Long Yan return to the room, a pair of eyes, as if they had captured thousands of stars, were firmly fixated on the figure of Long Yan entering the house, while the corners of the mouth curled into an unnatural smile.

The maiden was originally secretly monitoring Long Yan from the rooftop, but because her position on the roof was very uncomfortable, she actually fell asleep out of fatigue and almost got discovered by Long Yan.

Had it not been for her strong perception abilities, she might have indeed been found.

“But…”

The maiden muttered to herself, that familiar Breath couldn’t be mistaken, it must be that person.

It seemed she had found the right place.

The normally cold and beautiful face now wore a smile like that of a cunning fox.

Long Yan still felt something was off, but didn’t dwell on it.

After resting for a while, he set off again on his journey, gradually entering the domain of the next city.

It had to be said that the Holy Domain was indeed a Holy Land for cultivation in the Human World.

Of course, Long Yan was currently enjoying his leisurely journey through the mountains and waters.

“Stop right there, this is a robbery!”

In a valley along the way, Long Yan glanced at the burly man blocking his path, whose huge butcher knife glinted with a cold light.

The burly man’s sparse stubble was thicker than his hair, and under the sunlight, his shiny bald head was even more dazzling than the Long Knife in his hands.

“You’re trying to rob me?”

Long Yan’s expression turned somewhat odd, this being the Holy Domain, how could there still be bandits around?

But right then, Long Yan understood, where there are people, there is the pugilistic world, and the Holy Domain was probably no exception.

“Of course!”

The burly man stroked his shiny bald head, extending the Long Knife forward a bit, which seemed quite intimidating.

“In these desolate mountains and wild valleys, how much money could you possibly make from robbing?”

Long Yan couldn’t help but shake his head, surrounded by narrow earthy yellow valleys, rarely traveled by anyone.

And besides, there was the official road on the other side.

Long Yan had deliberately avoided the main road to see the scenery here.

“Hmph, that’s none of your business.”

How would it feel to see such a rugged burly man’s face turn bashfully red?

Anyway, Long Yan was feeling a bit queasy right now.

But Long Yan had indeed touched upon the burly man’s true feelings.

To him, Long Yan was his first business venture since starting this line of work.

Of course, he believed that everything is difficult at the beginning, and perhaps this was his first step towards the pinnacle of his life.

“Enough nonsense, hand over anything valuable.”

The burly man placed the Long Knife on Long Yan’s neck, looking every bit the menacing bandit, but it only made Long Yan laugh.

According to Long Yan’s probing, this burly man was just an Ordinary person, not even a cultivator.

This was indeed somewhat interesting.

“Shouldn’t there be a phrase you bandits are supposed to say?”

Long Yan looked at the burly man teasingly, and without noticing the mockery in Long Yan’s eyes, the burly man seriously put down the knife and seemed to think deeply.

Now, if Long Yan were to just bend down and pick up the Long Knife, perhaps the roles of the bandit and the victim could be instantly reversed in one fell swoop.

But Long Yan didn’t move, just stood waiting for the burly man to finish considering.

After a while, the burly man as if he remembered something, slapped his bald head and said one line.

“I remember now, this mountain was opened by me, this tree was planted by me.”

“To pass through here, leave some toll money behind.”

These two phrases, coming out of the burly man’s mouth, sounded almost playful, devoid of any tension, as he simultaneously bent down to pick up the Long Knife from the ground.

Seeing the burly man bending over in front of himself to pick up a knife, Long Yan’s mouth twitched, the man actually exposed his back to him, really…

So Long Yan made a move, lifting his foot and fiercely kicked the burly man’s butt, sending him falling face-first and forcing him to spit out several mouthfuls of yellow soil when he got up.

“Kid, was it you who kicked me?”

The burly man’s eyes flashed fiercely, staring intently at Long Yan.

“Of course not.”

Long Yan appeared utterly harmless, as if he had nothing to do with what just happened.

“Is that so?

That’s really strange.”

The burly man touched his bald head, a bit perplexed; how did he fall overin the first place?

“Anything else?

If not, I’m leaving.”

Long Yan said casually, but who would have thought that the burly man would just wave his hand, signaling Long Yan to move aside.

Right now, the burly man was still pondering who had kicked him and couldn’t be bothered with Long Yan, forgetting all about the attempted robbery.

Crossing by the burly man, it really was a year full of strange occurrences, especially this year; Long Yan hadn’t expected to come across such a weird robber, as he vanished into the valley.

Meanwhile, at a high spot in the valley, a pair of beautiful eyes carried a hint of delight.

She thought that since Long Yan had left, there was no need for her to take action.

Qing Li was quite melancholic at the moment, having mustered the courage several times to approach Long Yan but never actually did, inevitably following behind Long Yan like a stalking creep.

After all, if Long Yan chose not to utilize his power, he would seem just an ordinary person to anyone looking, and in Qing Li’s eyes, he indeed became an ordinary person.

“How could that be?”

Confusion dawned on Qing Li’s delicate face; anyone with that kind of power should be a formidable cultivator, yet she couldn’t see any fluctuations of True Qi from Long Yan.

“Never mind.”

Clasping a piece of green jade pendant tightly with her fair fingers, Qing Li seemed to have made up her mind quietly as she followed the silhouette of Long Yan ahead.

However, he didn’t notice that the corners of Long Yan’s mouth revealed a faint smile.

After a long while, the burly man finally figured out the issue; at that time, there were only Long Yan and himself in the valley.

If it wasn’t Long Yan, was he kicked by some ghost?

“Kid, you dare deceive me!”

The burly man turned around grinding his teeth but found the figure of Long Yan, who was just there, had long since disappeared, without even a hair left around.

Remembering that Long Yan seemed to have greeted him earlier, and he was thinking about other things, so the burly man had just waved his hand, letting Long Yan go.

Now that he thought about it, his face turned green with rage.

“Damn kid, to play me like that, Niu Shan.

When I find you, I’ll definitely skin you.”

Niu Shan was panting heavily, his loud voice frightening away two birds that were resting on a dead tree nearby.