Chapter 44 (1/2)

Chapter 44 – Scarlet Tailed Fox DemonTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA

Yesterday was the demonic beast hunting compet.i.tion, and today was the announcement of results for the mayoral position in Poplar Town.

A big ceremony like this should be held in front of the various factions and families. The sun had just shone its first rays of light, but there were already tens of thousands of people gathered in the Poplar Town Square.

These people were all well-known people in Poplar Town, and they included all the influential n.o.bles within the five kilometer radius of Poplar town.

The mayoral position of Poplar Town was determined by the younger generation of Bai Family and Yang Family during the demonic beast hunting compet.i.tion, and from this, one could see that the Lingwu Family held the individual abilities of each family in high regard.

Poplar Town’s two biggest families had not arrived yet, but those who were present were discussing the huge commotion yesterday.

This incident had already been spread throughout Poplar Town.

The two subjects that greatly astonished everyone were the evil schemes of the Bai Family and the youth from the Yang Family who had such heaven-defying abilities.

“You guys didn’t see it so you wouldn’t know about the blood red scales armour that had covered his whole body, and those spikes that are even sharper than your saber. Bai Zhanxiong couldn’t even take one blow from him. [Dark Heavenly Finger – Nine Orbits Yellow Spring], had been completely crushed by the Yang Family’s [Seal of the High Profound Dragon], and now everyone is saying that this fellow is already ranked as the 3rd expert in Poplar Town.

“One of the three top experts at the age of 16? He really is a devil. He is even more astonishing than Long Qinglan.”

“The two so-called geniuses of the Bai Family naturally pale in comparison against such a talented genius……”

“Everyone, please stop talking. The Bai Family has arrived.”

At this point, the crowd split and allowed a path between them. The Bai Family’s Master was at the forefront, wearing a dark expression as he walked into this huge field.

Seeing the Bai Family look so ferocious, the numerous factions kept quiet due to fear. However, they were secretly snitching behind the Bai Family’s back.

After all, everyone idolises righteous heroes. For someone who planned to kill his own brother, they were destined to be disdained by everyone.

Once the Bai Family had arrived, the atmosphere of the crowd became extremely gloomy. Then, someone shouted suddenly: “The Yang Family members are here!”

The crowd split and opened a path to welcome them, calling out to Founder Yang and the others with pleasantries. Founder Yang and the others returned the courtesies, and at this point, most of the people had cast their gazes on the rumored talented genius. Seeing his appearance, they all had praises and exclamations for him.

“He looks to be sixteen years old, but has such accomplishments…..”

“My child has only reached the fourth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. He has been arrogant this couple of days. If I let him see this youth, he will then know that there is always someone stronger no matter how strong he is. A true genius should look like this.”

The Bai Family members noticed that the crowd was silent when they came, but everyone cheered and called out when the Yang Family members arrived.

Originally, this glory should have belonged to the Bai Family, but they never thought that the Yang Family would have taken it from them. The expressions of the Bai Family members suddenly darkened even further, as if they were turning into cast iron.

This Bai Family had become such a ‘black’ family.

[TLN: (Wordplay) Bai is white, and mentioning Black means total opposite, signifying the drastic changes and perception surrounding the Bai Family]

Long Chen’s current gaze was focused towards the Bai Family. There weren’t a lot of people from the Bai Family that came today. Only Bai Sheng, Bai Zhanlong and another aged elder who had a sharp featured face, which had startled Long Chen.

“Huh, isn’t that the old fellow who was guarding the Soul Diffusion Fruit Tree?” Lingxi asked suspiciously.

Long Chen had only caught a glimpse of the features of this old man, but he believed that both he and Lingxi would not recognise the wrong person.

After sizing up the elder’s appearance, Long Chen realized that there was a red dot between his eyebrows.

There was also a red dot between Long Chen’s eyebrows, but that was the 1/1000th drop of Inherited Blood Essence that resided between his eyebrows and had formed a faint coloured mark. If one did not scrutinise it closely, it would be hard to notice it. However, the red dot on this old man’s face was painted on with some special ink, and was extremely eye grabbing even under the sunlight!

Long Chen previously saw that Bai Zhanxiong had used women from Emerald Jade House to make deals with a couple of people who had a red dot between their eyebrows. Those people had a red dot between their eyebrows which was identical to that of the elder’s!

Yesterday night, Long Chen had heard Bai Zhanxiong mention Second Uncle and Crimson Blood Sacred Sect. This old fellow has pretty similar features to the Bai Family’s Master, so he must be the so-called Second Uncle. Furthermore, he was the one that was guarding the Soul Diffusion Fruit Tree……

After linking up the recent events, Long Chen immediately had a much better understanding.

“Just before the Soul Diffusion Fruit ripens, it will give rise to a strange phenomenon. At that time, there will be battles to get the fruit held near it. The Soul Diffusion Fruit will be very crucial to both the Yang Family and the Bai Family. The Bai Family was afraid that Grandfather will be able to s.n.a.t.c.h the Soul Diffusion Fruit or that the news of the Bai Family obtaining the Soul Diffusion Fruit would spread, so last night they carried out their plot to eliminate the Yang Family.”

Previously, Long Chen had still thought that every move of the Bai Family was for the mayoral position, but the explanation had been rather implausible. Today, he finally understood the truth behind this matter.

At this moment, the old fellow looked at Long Chen after the Bai Family’s Master pointed at his position. The old fellow looked surprised as if he had recalled something, and he frostily gave Long Chen a death stare.

Long Chen knew that the old fellow was able to recognise him as he was actually the person that discovered the Soul Diffusion Fruit yesterday. After Long Chen knew about the Soul Diffusion Fruit, he would naturally tell the Yang Family so the gaze from the old fellow was instantly filled with killing intent!

He lowered his voice and whispered some words to Bai Family’s Master, and Bai Sheng’s expression changed abruptly!

They had never guessed that Long Chen had stumbled across the Soul Diffusion Fruit during the demonic beast hunting compet.i.tion. Now, the news regarding it had most likely reached the ears of the Yang Family!