After the newcomer spoke, two people suddenly appeared, blocking Loulan Lin and Loulan Haiâs way.
âYe Ling?!â
Loulan Lin narrowed her eyes in shock and fury when she recognized them.
âThey had just been invited to the Loulan familyâs banquet, and yet they were currently ambushing them.
âMs. Lin, nice to meet you again,â said Ye Ling with a smile.
A beautiful girl was standing next to him, as elegant as an angel; she seemed absolutely clean and unsullied. The girl stared at Loulan Lin and Loulan Hai as if they were already dead.
âWanyan Shuang!â
Loulan Hai recognized the woman and slightly changed her expression. Ye Ling was third place on the Divine Lord Rank, and the woman was even more terrifying. Although she wasnât listed on the ranking at the moment, she had defended the fifth place on the rank ten thousand years prior!
Ten thousand years had passed; she surely was a lot stronger than before.
Seeing Loulan Haiâs shock, the woman asked casually, âDo you know me?â
âTâve studied every person who has made it to the Divine Lord Rank in the past 100,000 years,â said Loulan Hai gloomily.
âDid you have nothing better to do?â asked Wanyan Shuang.
Ye Ling was equally amused. âYou should have spent the time improving your cultivation.â
Loulan Hai remained silent, his face showing an awful expression.
Loulan Lin asked with a gloomy tone, âYe Ling, whatâs the meaning of this? The Loulan family considers you a friend.â
âIconsider you a friend too,â said Ye Ling with a smile. âBut we seem to be fighting for the true godâs legacy. What kind of friendship would spare me in such a situation? Do tell.â
Loulan Lin changed her expression and asked, âArenât you afraid of our familyâs revenge?â
âThat depends on whether or not you can leave this place. To uphold the fairness of the trial, even the Celestials are barred from interfering. Thereâs no way for you to reach out to anyone, unless you advance or the trial comes to an endâŚâ
Ye Ling chuckled. âBig families have their own shortcomings, even if the Loulan family is one of the top seven families of the universe. You can easily raise a genius at the cost of countless rare resources; but those geniuses can only make it to the Divine Lord Rankâs top fifty at best. To rise higher, they
have to be talented.
âUnfortunately, those who are talented in your generation have already risen to the Ascendant State because of your familyâs persuasion.
âYour newest, the one named Loulan Jinghong if I remember correctly, rose to the Ascendant State three thousand years ago, right? He had cultivated five thousand years before that. Itâs said that he was already capable of reaching the Ascendant State after two thousand years of cultivation, but he wanted
to consolidate himself.â
âUnfortunately, his family persuaded him in the end. Thatâs the flaw big families have. Youâre too shortsighted!â
Loulan Lin was indeed gloomy.
Ye Ling did have a point.
There had been remarkable figures in the family, who were among the top ten of the Divine Lord Rank. One of them had even been rated at the very top of the ranking; but all those people rose to the Ascendant State soon, and didnât stay for long in the Star Lord level.
âYe Ling, weâre willing to give you the token. Just let us go and we wonât blame you for what happened today!â said Loulan Hai all of a sudden, while standing behind Loulan Lin.
The latter changed her expression and looked at him. However, upong seeing his eyesâand because Loulan Jue was still fighting fiercely far in the distanceâshe realized why he had said that and felt sad because of it.
She had voluntarily applied for the trial because she wanted to win the legacy and surpass that guy through a shortcut!
It wasnât easy for them to acquire the token. If they lost it, it would be almost impossible to find another, unless they were to try their luck in the central continent, which would surely be a slaughterhouse; all the best geniuses in the universe would gather there. It was said that the ultimate treasures that
the Celestials had offered were exactly for the competition in the central continent.
They didnât stand a single chance of winning the unfair competition, at all.
Therefore, their only opportunity of winning the token was to get one there!
âYouâd give me the token?â
Ye Ling smiled. âYouâre talking as if it were yours; you only grabbed OUR token before we found it, and youâre returning it to us at this very moment. Oh, right, itâs illegal to steal someone elseâs belongings; you should be punished for thatâŚâ
âThe expressions of both Loulan Lin and Loulan Hai changed. Ye Ling was obviously going to kill them and keep their mouths shut.
Ye Ling raised his eyebrows. Exactly at that moment, Loulan Lin threw a streak of light in Loulan Jueâs direction and said telepathically, âRun!â
Loulan Jue had already noticed Ye Lingâs presence, but he was too busy fighting two enemies. He had to grit his teeth and retreat upon hearing what Loulan Lin said.
âWhat a petty trick.â
âWanyan Shuang saw the flying streak of light, then raised her hand; the streak of light made a detour and flew towards her hand.
But then, the streak of light disappeared when it was about to reach her hand.
âHuh?â
âWanyan Shuang frowned and coldly gazed in a certain direction.
A person showed up from that same direction, then tossed a fruit core up and down. âWhat a lively place.â
Following right behind him, a few others walked out, and a handsome young man asked in surprise, âThat many people?â
It was exactly Su Pingâs team who had just arrived.
Loulan Lin and the othersâwho were about to run offâsaw them too, and immediately noticed Su Ping in the crowd.
The person playing with the fruit core was Shuai Qianhou; he stored the fruit core, and was at the moment staring at Wanyan Shuang with great interest.
Wanyan Shuangâs expression turned grim upon seeing Shuai Qianhou.
Ye Ling, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes when he saw Su Pingâs arrival. The former had noticed the latter when they gathered in the square, but Su Ping didnât bother to look at him.
That guy is still in the Star State. Shen Huang is truly trying his best. Heâs even sent the Star State disciple to fight for the legacy! Ye Ling sneered in his heart and looked at Su Ping angrily. But he managed to hide the killing intent in his eyes.
âMr. Su!â
Loulan Hai looked at Su Ping with a troubled expression. Loulan Feng had made the introductions back when Su Ping visited their family, but he was always taciturn and never liked making friends. So, he dropped the matter when Su Ping didnât show any interest in talking to him. In his eyes, even if Su
Ping grew to become a Heavenly Lord someday, he wouldnât need the guyâs help at all, given his lofty status as a member of the Loulan family.
However, Su Pingâs timely arrival had solved their crisis.
Loulan Hai had no time to care about his pride. Being a member of a big family, he knew when to bow down; he quickly greeted Su Ping and moved to approach him along with Loulan Lin.
On the other handâLoulan Jue forced the two men to retreat, and approached Su Ping too.
$u Ping looked at Loulan Lin, and saw that she kept her head lowered. He nodded and said, âIâm glad that youâre fine.â
âThank you for helping us, Mr. Su,â said Loulan Hai quickly.
Shuai Qianhou glanced at the man, not really caring about him. He wasnât interested in dealing with members of the seven families. He asked Wanyan Shuang, âAre you interested in joining us? Letâs make a scene in the central continent!â
Wanyan Shuang narrowed her eyes. âHow exactly are we going to do that?â
âWe kill anyone we meet, get the key, and win the legacy!â Shuai Qianhou chuckled.
Wanyan Shuang said, âThereâs only one key. Who will have it?â
âOf course, I will have it. Do you plan to compete with me?â Shuai Qianhou looked at her with a smile.
She stared at him for a long time, then said, âItâs too soon for you to say that. You havenât been the best Star Lord in the past 100,000 years.â
Shuai Qianhou smiled, not bothering to deny it. âWhat are you suggesting?â
âWe can go to the central continent together, but only the most capable person between us will have the key.â Wanyan Shuang drew a smile on her cold face.
Shuai Qianhou smiled in return. âFine then. Come over here. Weâre allies for now.â
Wanyan Shuang nodded and immediately flew over.
Ye Ling was stunned for a moment. He asked, âMs. Wanyan, youâŚâ
âSorry,â she replied casually, then flew away toward his new ally without looking back. She glanced at Su Ping and the others, and found them subpar.