Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter 35

Chapter 35 Grandmaster Wei Cang

Following the announcement, eight ladies gracefully came out to support a woman down from the phoenix carriage .

Every single person kneeled down when that woman descended, respectfully calling, “Greetings Empress Dowager . ”

But Long Chen was not amongst the people kneeling . That wasn’t because of his arrogance or cultivation base . According to the empire’s customs, cultivators above the Blood Condensation realm didn’t have to kneel towards princes .

However, cultivation base didn’t matter when it came to the Empress Dowager . Any citizen of the empire had to kneel in front of her .

The exception that allowed him to ignore this custom was his status as a Pill Apprentice . As an alchemist, he had the option to now kneel . Furthermore, he was sitting amongst a huge crowd of people so he wouldn’t be noticed .

“Acknowledged . ”

The Empress Dowager merely glanced at these people before indifferently raising her hand .

Only then did everyone slowly get up . Long Chen closely examined this woman who held all the power of the Phoenix Cry Empire .

She only appeared around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, but it was said she was actually over fifty . Despite being called the Empress Dowager, she was not the blood mother of the Emperor, but actually the mother of the crown prince .

Since the Emperor had stayed in seclusion for so long, the chancellors finally decided that continuing calling her the Empress was becoming inappropriate . Since the crown prince had come of age, he was set to ascend the throne the next year .

Therefore her t.i.tle had changed from Empress to Empress Dowager .

With the ladies’ support, she slowly walked over to the central seat and sat down .

The seven princes also come out in succession, sitting beside the Empress Dowager . This was the first time Long Chen had seen all the princes together .

He looked over them one by one . He had seen the crown prince before, and he also recognized the seventh prince . The current seventh prince had become much better behaved now and didn’t dare mess around as much as he used to .

Long Chen finally found the one he was most interested in: the fourth prince . It went without saying the fourth prince was very handsome . His face always had a modest smile that was very friendly and powerful .

Looking over his surroundings, Long Chen noticed that many of the young women were already infatuated with this handsome prince .

Long Chen shook his head at the other princes . Although they were all very grand, the arrogance in their eyes could not be hidden .

Naturally he thought of Chu Yao at this time . Amongst these princes, how many of them weren’t wearing masks? Or more accurately, were they all wearing masks? And just how many masks were they wearing?

A sneer appeared on his lips . The more power the royalty held, the more difficult they would be to deal with when corrupt . It would be better to have them lead some wars and have them feel a bit of pain .

Long Chen turned his nose up at those people who killed others secretly without actually touching blood . If they had such intentions then why didn’t they just focus on increasing their own strength?

“Grandmaster Yun Qi has arrived!”

What surprised Long Chen was that grandmaster Yun Qi actually appeared at the chairs . His appearance immediately caused a commotion .

This was the first time a person like grandmaster Yun Qi had ever come to the Phoenix Cry Lantern Festival .

As soon as grandmaster Yun Qi walked up, the Empress Dowager quickly stood up and paid her respects to him .

“Greetings grandmaster . ”

“This old man doesn’t deserve such courtesy from Empress Dowager . ” Grandmaster Yun Qi also half rose out of his chair in respect .

After the two of them had greeted each other, grandmaster Yun Qi seated himself . His seat was right next to the Empress Dowager and at the exact same height, showing just how high his status was .

His gaze roved around the crowd, and he nodded slightly when he saw Long Chen practically hiding in the corner .

This slight movement of his immediately drew everyone’s attention . Following Yun Qi’s gaze, they immediately found Long Chen .

“Looks like the rumors are true; Long Chen really has been recognized by grandmaster Yun Qi . He might have already become his apprentice . ”

Some people couldn’t help sighing . It seemed like just moments ago that Long Chen was a bullied trash, but now his life had completely changed with grandmaster Yun Qi’s recognition . He had actually become a highly revered Pill Apprentice .

Long Chen swore when he saw grandmaster Yun Qi nod his head at him . As he expected, everyone immediately looked over at him .

He had no desire to become the focus of everyone’s attention, but now it was too late to be low-key .

Long Chen rose up and bowed towards grandmaster Yun Qi . Seeing that, the Empress Dowager smiled, “Looks like grandmaster’s closed heart has finally been moved after all these years . Are you planning on pa.s.sing down your legacy?”

The crowd immediately quieted . It was rumored that grandmaster Yun Qi was extremely prideful and would never take an apprentice within his life . They were all curious as to what he would reply .

“This child has a great future ahead of him . I truly do hope he becomes my apprentice,” lightly replied grandmaster Yun Qi .

Although he didn’t exactly say it explicitly, but his words still shocked everyone . He was such a prideful man that almost no one had ever heard him praise someone .

For him to look so highly upon Long Chen, then just how important was Long Chen to him? Countless theories popped up in people’s minds .

“I must a.s.sume Long Chen is an extremely talented alchemist, or an ordinary Pill Apprentice would not be able to enter your gaze like that,” said the fourth prince .