Chapter 409: Entering the Ridge (1/2)

Chapter 409: Entering the Ridge

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Guan Zhengyuan was livid when he left the Ridge Council meeting. A middle aged man drew up to his side from behind and spoke with regret, ”Zhengyuan, I tried!” This middle aged man was the super alchemist that Ye Chong encountered earlier.

Guang Zhengyuan smiled bitterly and said, ”Yan, please. The kid's life would've been forfeit if it wasn't for you. I haven't even thanked you for that.”

The middle aged man's cold face mimicked his bitter expression. ”Don't worry about that. We've grown up together, and I've always thought of Ling as a sister. I feel so guilty, now that I failed to ensure her student's safe passage into the Ridge.”

Guan Yuanzheng seemed to remember his sister's mean antics, and could not help but smile on his face. ”My dear sister, I wonder how she's doing these days. If it wasn't for the Shi Family this time …” The thought of the Shi Family brought down his mood once again, and his eyes burned with the fire of anger.

The Shi Family had interfered, causing the unexpected outcome from the Council meeting.

”The Shi Family!” The middle aged man humped coldly. The atmosphere turned tense as the man looked into the distance and said calmly, ”It's been a long time since I was in the field, people seemed to have forgotten about me!” As a close friend of his, Guan Zhengyuan could sense that the man was having the urge to kill.

Guan Zhengyuan knew exactly how powerful his good friend was. Before Guan Ling [1] became famous, Yan was the unchallenged number one alchemist amongst his peers of the younger generation. Guan Leng's entrance into the scene had robbed him of his glory. Later on, the Ridge Council had given him the position of Head Envoy, and so he was often away from the Ridge. With that, his fame within the Ridge fell. Nonetheless, Guan Zhengyuan knew that his good friend had grew to be extraordinarily capable during his many years away.

Besides that, Yan had the backing of the Hua Family, an aristocratic family that had a long history like the Guan Family. All these years, Yan and the Hua Family had assisted the Guan Family, or the Guan Family would have been pushed out of the Ridge by the newer residents of the place, led by the Shi Family.

Older aristocratic alchemy families such as the Guan Hua Families were more moderate in their actions, unlike the more arrogant and bombastic younger families. The Shi Family's actions had really offended his good friend this time. Guan Zhengyuan was not particularly talented in alchemy, but he was always better at grasping the bigger picture. That was why the last head of the family had entrusted the position to him, and not the then most talented alchemist in the family, Guan Ling.

Guan Zhengyuan understood that, once Yan made his move, it will ignite the war between the old and new forces within the Ridge. This war would be waged on an unprecedented scale.

However, that was not on the top of his priority list at the moment. He was now thinking about his sister's student, now staying at the Ridge Lodgings.

”Yan, do you think that the boy can enter the Ridge?” Guan Zhengyuan asked with concern.

Hua Yan's expression was odd when he replied, ”I don't know, but Ling's student is definitely not someone mediocre!”

Back in the Lodgings.

Guan Qingheng looked terrible. He never expected the Council's decision to be this.

”So?” On the contrary, Ye Chong was calm. He was used to all kinds of trouble. To him, there will always be a solution to the decision of the Council, no matter what it was.

”The Ridge Council wants you to enter the Ridge alone, without any guides,” Guan Qingheng forced the words out of his mouth.

”Oh,” Ye Chong still looked as composed as ever, without any emotional response.

”What do you think of the security around the Lodgings?” Seeing Ye Chong's response, Guan Qingheng asked him.

”It's excellent,” Ye Chong answered truthfully. In fact, it was the most powerful alchemy based defense system he had ever seen. Each trap was all well designed, packed with a mean punch, and the traps worked together in good combinations. Even with Ye Chong's smoke pearl, he would not even try to breach the Lodgings' walls by himself. Ye Chong believed it to be out of his league.

Guan Qingheng looked positively hopeless. ”Compared to the route that leads to the Ridge's entrance, these are child's play. The road to the Ridge is a hundred times more dangerous! You may not know it, but every new technique invented would be first tested on the route. Anyone who left the Ridge for a substantial amount of time would not dare to enter the Ridge by themselves. Ever since the day May's Night Ridge was founded, people have never stopped improving the security along that route.” In fact, Guan Qingheng himself had always took extra care when he made his way in or out of the Ridge, for fear of triggering any traps.

Wasn't this clearly meant to kill him? Looking at Ye Chong's indifferent behaviour, Guan Qingheng cursed inwardly at the people in the Ridge Council.

”I see.” Ye Chong thought about the situation for a moment.