Chapter 34 (1/2)

Chapter 34

Chapter 34 Start of the Lantern Festival

In the midst of that sneak attack just now, Long Chen had realized his opponent’s true intentions . Although he had appeared to be trying to kill him, that was just an act .

What kind of a.s.sa.s.sin would reveal his killing intent before striking? No one would make such a basic error .

And that person hadn’t had any true killing intent, only a murderous aura . Although each attack was powerful, he had obviously been holding back .

It was a completely different style from an a.s.sa.s.sin . So at the last moment, Long Chen deliberately lost and was sent flying . He concealed how much spiritual energy he had and pretended to be injured .

As he had expected, this killer immediately left . Did they think he was idiot? Those people who had been coming over were just ordinary people who he could easily kill first before leaving .

But the ‘a.s.sa.s.sin’ had acted startled and retreated hastily . Long Chen snorted disdainfully at such shoddy acting .

Even without thinking, he knew that person definitely had to have a high status who was too prideful and believed himself infallible .

Although he didn’t know why he had been tested, Long Chen knew there would definitely be a follow-up . Otherwise all of this would have been meaningless .

“Brother Long, you really are early haha . ”

As he was considering this, he ended up walking into the public plaza and Shou Hou shouted out to him excitedly .

The plaza was several miles wide and countless lanterns dozens of meters tall had been set out . But since it hadn’t turned dark yet, they hadn’t been lit .

Crowds of people were bustling in the plaza . All kinds of constructions were being finished .

Despite not being lit, the countless varied lanterns were still a spectacular sight .

Young men and women were all over the plaza and starting to play . The sound of conversation filled the air, and occasional bell-like laughter would ring out .

But some of those laughs were extremely unpleasant to listen to . Who knew whether those braying laughs were always like that or whether it was due to this being a special occasion, but they caused one’s hair to stand on end .

The women were holding hands and having fun, while at the same time secretly stealing glances at the men . Although it was almost autumn, the plaza gave off a fresh feeling of spring .

Some of the men truly were doing as Long Chen’s mother had said and had picked a high spot early on . Some of them were on high rocks, some on bridges, their hands waving a fan in front of them in a flirtatious manner .

What shocked and caused him to be most speechless was that some of them were acting like roosters and being excessively lewd .

“Shou Hou, this is the legendary Phoenix Cry Lantern Festival with handsome men and beautiful women?” Long Chen almost couldn’t believe his eyes .

“Uh… brother Long, we’re early . The truly beautiful women haven’t come out yet . Only those people without confidence come this early,” he awkwardly explained . But as soon he said it he backtracked . “But brother Long is definitely an exception . ”

Long Chen truly had come too early . He blamed it all on his mom and had an urge to cry . But as the sky gradually darkened, more and more people started to show up .

These new additions were definitely a grade better than the ones who had got there so early . At the very least their laughs were not so frightening . It was pretty good in terms of both numbers and quality .

“Haha, brother Long, you really came . ” s.h.i.+ Feng had just arrived, quickly noticing Long Chen and Shou Hou who were hiding in a corner .

“Haha, brother Long, you really are das.h.i.+ng today . ” Fatty Yu and the others also came in succession and came to greet Long Chen .

“Fatty Yu, you aren’t bad either . You’re lost quite a bit of weight . In the past we didn’t even know how you managed to squeeze into places,” joked Shou Hou . Everyone also laughed .

As they were having fun, more and more people ended up showing up and the plaza became completely full .

The young people were all in small groups within the crowd and quietly chatting . But all of their gazes were roving around, looking for targets .

“Long Chen, let’s join them . It’s almost time for the lantern festival to begin,” said s.h.i.+ Feng .

Fatty Yu and the others were already feeling a bit pressed . But since Long Chen never said anything, they had only waited beside him patiently .

Actually, Long Chen really didn’t want to go into the crowd . But not wanting to be rude, he still resolved himself to enter the huge crowd of people .

As soon as Long Chen’s group entered, they attracted many people’s attention . One reason was because they were one of the last groups to join .

But this group of people was also very special . Tall, short, fat, skinny, there was someone for anyone’s taste .

“Huh, who’s that? How handsome! How come I’ve never seen him before?” One woman immediately let out a surprised shout .

Long Chen was definitely not bad in terms of looks, but it definitely hadn’t reached the point of amazing and awing people . But as for whether a flower was pretty or not was decided in the eye of the beholder .

Beside Fatty Yu, Shou Hou and the others, even the dark-faced s.h.i.+ Feng appeared much more handsome .

“You don’t know? That’s Long Chen, Zhenyuan Hou’s Long Chen . ”

“Heavens, he’s Long Chen? The Long Chen praised as the capital’s number one in the junior generation?”

“I heard he’s even a Pill Apprentice and might even become grandmaster Yun Qi’s first disciple . ”