The voice sounded surprisingly familiar. Long Chen turned around and saw a beautiful young girl, her big, watery eyes staring straight at him.
"Wanqing, you actually came here?" What Long Chen didn't expect was that he actually ran into Wanqing here.
When Wanqing stood in front of Long Chen, he wanted to affectionately ruffle her head, but now Wanqing was no longer the young girl she once was; she was now a young lady. This gesture seemed a bit too intimate and inappropriate.
"Our Dan Valley has exchanged some points with the Divine Clan. I'm here on behalf of Dan Valley to select some rare medicines.
I just had a discussion with the alchemy masters of the Divine Clan, and after it ended, I came over. Wanqing looked at Long Chen, her eyes filled with a hint of joy, but also filled with bitterness and complexity.
"She didn't come?" Long Chen asked.
Wanqing shook her head and said, "Sister has been in seclusion all along. Originally, this discussion was supposed to be her, but she refused."
The Valley Master had no choice but to send me. There are too many alchemy experts among the Divine Clan, and this time, I feel like I've embarrassed the Pill Valley. Wanqing
looked a bit dejected; clearly, coming to the Divine Clan to discuss alchemy techniques had caused her some setbacks.
In alchemy, she had reached an extremely high level, but compared to the Pill Fairy, she was still far behind. After all, she wasn't a daughter of Dan Valley and started much later.
Although later promoted by Dan Fairy and began to improve, his foundation was much thinner than Dan Immortal's.
"The Divine Clan wants you to spar?" Long Chen said in surprise.
"It's not really a competition, just a discussion. But the alchemy techniques of the Divine Clan are truly powerful, and there are so many talented people. The most terrifying thing is, the ones communicating with me are all young disciples.
Moreover, their knowledge is extremely profound, and they each have their own unique insights into alchemy. Some have even found many strange laws within the path of alchemy.
In the end, in a simple exchange and competition, I only managed to get second place. I could tell that three of them had secretly held back, deliberately letting me win. Compared to them, I was still far behind. Wanqing said somewhat helplessly, clearly this exchange had shaken her confidence.
"Silly girl, how could you be worse than them?" Long Chen shook his head and smiled.
"But I..."
Long Chen waved his hand and said, "How old are you? How old are they?" When did you start getting started, and when did they get started?
What kind of background are you, and what is their background? If you swapped positions, they would definitely be weaker than you, and you would definitely be stronger than them. "
Hehe, Brother Long Chen, you really know how to comfort people. Now that you mention it, my mood has suddenly improved a lot." Hearing Long Chen's words, Wanqing actually giggled, the worry on her face instantly vanished, like a blooming peach blossom—exceptionally beautiful and charming.
Long Chen's words struck a chord with her. The reason she was outmatched wasn't because of herself; that made her feel much better, and the weight weighing on her heart was finally lifted.
"Brother Long Chen, are you here to pick out rare medicines too? Let's go together. Wanqing said with a smile.
"Sure."
"Will you still hold my hand like before?" Wanqing looked at Long Chen, a hint of shyness in her beautiful eyes, her pretty face slightly flushed. As she spoke, she didn't dare meet Long Chen's eyes.
"Of course, no matter how time passes or the years change, our feelings before will never change." Long Chen smiled and took Wanqing's small hand, and the two walked forward together.
Held by Long Chen's large hand, Wanqing felt waves of emotion in her heart. Long Chen was still the same as before, unchanged at all. His hand was as warm as ever, and his people remained persistent as ever. Unfortunately, some people have changed.
Thinking of this, Wanqing's eyes reddened slightly. Long Chen stopped, gently rubbed her hair, and said softly, "
In this world, there are many things beyond our control. No matter how high your cultivation or how strong your martial arts, it's useless. Perhaps this is what the secular saying goes: in the martial world, you are not in control of your own fate."
But no matter how the outside world changes, we can keep our true selves unchanged, and as for everything else, let it be.
Life is short. When you feel happy, don't think about anything else—take a moment to savor the taste of happiness.
So that when happiness fades, you complain about not cherishing it well. Since you cherish everything, even if you lose it later, there will be no regrets. Hearing
Long Chen's warm voice, Wanqing's sadness eased slightly. She nodded and was about to speak when suddenly a group of people in purple robes walked over.
There were more than a dozen people in this group. On their chests was a pill furnace, with a pill on top, and golden threads weaving patterns resembling light.
On their purple robes were also painted the insignia of the Divine Clan, suggesting they were from the Divine Clan's Pill Hall.
"Who are you?"
The young man leading the group saw Long Chen patting Wanqing's head with an affectionate expression, his face icy as he barked.
"Young Master Ye Qian, this is ...," Wanqing quickly introduced the man upon seeing him.
"Who am I? What does it have to do with you?" Long Chen saw the jealousy burning in this man's eyes and had no idea what was going on. Long Chen couldn't be bothered with someone like that.
This man was fairly fair-skinned, but the pride in his eyes was uncomfortable, as if there was no one in the world he respected.
"How dare you! You dare to be powerless against the chief disciple of the Divine Pill Hall. Do you not want to survive in the Divine Clan?" The person beside the man shouted.
"Damn, Chief Disciple?" Judging by how you look at people through your nose, I thought the Divine Clan chief had arrived. If you put on airs any more, I doubt this grand hall could hold you. Long Chen looked the man up and down and curled his lips.
Wanqing, standing beside Long Chen, almost burst out laughing. Long Chen was still like he was back then—whenever he spoke, he could knock someone against the wall.
Wanqing had no fondness for these geniuses from the Divine Pill Hall. Although they were powerful, they were too arrogant. Their tone and manner of speaking deliberately tried to be polite, but the harshness and disdain deep within made people very uncomfortable.
Especially when they kept talking about the Divine Clan, as if everyone else, except for the Divine Clan, was a garbage dump, disdainful and dismissive. In fact, during their discussions, some disciples even commented on some alchemy techniques of the Pill Valley, showing great disrespect.
But Wanqing was naturally calm and endured everything. But that didn't mean she wasn't angry. Now that Long Chen was talking back to them, she was overjoyed: Brother Long Chen was the nemesis of all evildoers.
"Who exactly are you?" Ye Qian's face turned extremely cold and fierce, murderous intent surging in his eyes.
Ye Qian is the most renowned alchemist among the Divine Clan, highly regarded by them. Moreover, because of his noble status, his fame is almost no less than Feng Fei's.
In the entire Divine Clan, he was the only one who was not of direct bloodline but was addressed as a 'lord' to signify his special status.
Ye Qian was known as a once-in-a-millennium alchemy genius, and with the Divine Clan's full training, his alchemy skills were unparalleled. Of course, this title was his own claim.
Looking
across the world, he believed the only person qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with him was Fairy Dan.
This exchange meeting was originally meant to invite Dan Fairy, but Dan Fairy didn't give her any face and let Wanqing come.
Originally, Fairy Dan hadn't come, which made them quite unhappy, but when Wanqing arrived, her unique graceful aura and gentle affection instantly moved the hearts of these people.
Especially Ye Qian, who was the first time he had met such a beautiful woman with such grace, and he immediately felt the urge to pursue her.
Therefore, at the exchange meeting, he asked others to go easy on her, allowing Wanqing to win second place, all to take care of her and leave a good impression.
But now, seeing the beauty he wanted to pursue being so intimate with a man, he immediately felt a surge of anger. What he couldn't stand most was that this man didn't take him seriously.
In the entire Divine Clan, there were hardly any people who dared speak to him like this—even Feng Fei wanted to ask him for pills. Long Chen's attitude made him furious.
"Who exactly are you?"
Ye Qian's voice turned into a roar, and for a moment, all the powerful figures who had been buying pills around were instantly drawn over.
"Oh my god, Ye Qian from the Divine Pill Hall, why is he here?"
"Could it be that she's going to bully someone again?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Be careful not to mess with the people of the Divine Pill Hall."
For a moment, everyone in the grand hall turned their gaze to that side. Someone whispered among themselves, but even so, they were cautious, afraid of provoking Ye Qian and the others.
"Huh, who is the person in black?" He looked so cocky—didn't he know the famous Ye Qian? This unlucky guy is probably going to suffer a big loss. Seeing someone dare to meet Ye Qian's gaze with such a carefree attitude, people couldn't help but find it strange.
"Wait, this man in black looks familiar. I think I've seen him somewhere before. Why can't I remember right now?" Someone rubbed their head, trying hard to recall.
"No need to think about it. The person at the top of the Tianwu Continent's Wind and Cloud List is him—Long Chen." Someone spoke up.
Within the Divine Clan, they have a very clear understanding of the movements on the Tianwu Continent. Some of the top figures on the continent are marked by the Divine Clan.
Some disciples also went to check on the movements of the Tianwu Continent, but few paid attention, because in their eyes, the people of Tianwu Continent were nothing more than frogs at the bottom of a well, insignificant.
Only now did someone recognize Long Chen, and even Long Chen didn't know he was ranked number one on the Divine Clan Leaderboard.
One person shouted, "Yes, I remember now, it's him, it's him. Wow, no wonder he's so proud—turns out he's a prodigy of the Tianwu Continent." "
Tch, what's wrong with the prodigies of the Tianwu Continent? When he comes to the Divine Clan, he's a dragon coiled and a tiger has to crouch. Arrogant here, his life is probably over. Someone said disdainfully.
While everyone was discussing, Shen Chengfeng, who had just walked over to watch the commotion, turned pale with fear upon seeing the scene. He was nearly scared out of his wits, and dashed over like a bolt of lightning, shouting hysterically:
"Long Chen, no killing is allowed here!"