Chapter 44

Yesterday was the monster hunting competition in Baiyang Town, and today is the day to announce and transfer the management rights of Baiyang Town.

Such a grand ceremony requires the participation of all the forces in Baiyang Town, as well as representatives from each family. At this moment, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, tens of thousands of people had already gathered in the square of Baiyang Town.

These people are all well-known figures in Baiyang Town, and also the top figures of all the forces within a ten-mile radius of Baiyang.

The management rights of Baiyang Town are decided by the performance of the younger generations of the Bai and Yang families in the monster hunting competition. From this, it can be seen that the Lingwu family values the potential of the family more.

At this moment, no one from the Bai and Yang families has arrived, and the crowd is discussing the major events of last night.

This matter has already spread throughout Baiyang Town.

The two most shocking things for the crowd are, first, the vicious plot of the Bai family, and second, the emergence of a superhuman descendant from the Yang family.

"You haven't seen it, but that blood-red scale armor all over his body, and those bone spines sharper than your sword, Bai Zhanxiong couldn't even block one move from him. The Netherworld Cave Heaven Finger of the Yellow Springs Nine Turns was completely defeated by the Yang family's Supreme Dragon Seal. Now everyone is saying that this little guy is already the third greatest expert in Baiyang Town."

"At the age of sixteen, the third greatest expert? Truly a world-class prodigy, even more shocking than the young Long Qinglan."

"The two so-called geniuses of the Bai family, of course, pale in comparison to such a young genius..."

"Everyone, stop talking, the Bai family has arrived."

At this moment, a path opened up in the crowd, and the head of the Bai family led the way, his face dark, walking into the vast square.

Seeing the fierce appearance of the Bai family members, many forces were silent. However, in secret, they still cursed the Bai family.

After all, everyone respects righteous and powerful people, while those who use schemes to harm their own brothers are destined to be despised by the masses.

As soon as the Bai family arrived, the scene became very gloomy. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "The Yang family has arrived."

A path also opened up in the crowd, and everyone greeted the Yang family's ancestors and others with smiles, and the Yang family's ancestors also returned the greetings warmly. At this moment, more people focused their attention on the legendary prodigy, admiring Long Chen's appearance.

"Indeed, he looks to be around sixteen years old, but has achieved so much..."

"My son reached the fourth level of the Dragon Vein Realm and has been acting arrogantly these few days. If he could see this young man, he would know that there are always greater things and people out there. A true genius should be like this."

When the Bai family arrived, no one spoke, but when the Yang family appeared, everyone greeted them or praised them.

This honor originally belonged to the Bai family, but unexpectedly, it was taken by the Yang family today. Instantly, everyone's faces became even darker, as if they had turned into black iron blocks.

The Bai family was about to become the Black family.

Long Chen's gaze also turned to the Bai family on the opposite side. Today, not many people from the Bai family came, only Bai Sheng, Bai Zhanlong, Bai Zhanfeng, and another sharp-eyed old man, which surprised Long Chen greatly.

"Huh, isn't that the old man who guarded the Deren Fruit?" Ling Xi asked in confusion.

Although Long Chen only glanced back briefly, he was sure that neither he nor Ling Xi would mistake this old man.

At this moment, as he observed the old man, Long Chen found that there was a red dot on his forehead!

Long Chen also had a red dot on his forehead, but it was the one-thousandth part of the inherited blood, which had retreated to his forehead and appeared, very faint, almost invisible unless looked at closely. However, the red dot on the old man's forehead was painted with special materials and still appeared glaring in the sunlight!

Long Chen had also seen Bai Zhanxiong trade with a group of people with red dots on their foreheads at the Jade Green Tower. The red dots on those people's foreheads were basically the same as this old man's!

Last night, Long Chen heard Bai Zhanxiong mention his second uncle and the Crimson Blood Holy Sect. This old man had a slight resemblance to the head of the Bai family, so he must be the second uncle they mentioned. And he was guarding the Deren Fruit...

Connecting a series of events, Long Chen suddenly understood a lot.

"The Deren Fruit will produce unusual phenomena before it matures. At that time, only the Yang and Bai families will compete for it. The Deren Fruit is very important to any family. The Bai family probably feared that Grandfather would seize the Deren Fruit or spread the news of the Bai family obtaining the Deren Fruit, so they plotted to harm the Yang family last night!"

Long Chen had previously thought that the Bai family's actions were due to the management rights issue, but this explanation was too far-fetched. Today, he finally understood the truth.

At this moment, the old man, under the instruction of the head of the Bai family, also saw Long Chen. After a brief moment of recollection, his face was full of surprise, and his cold gaze fixed on Long Chen.

Long Chen knew that this old man had recognized him, the one who saw the Deren Fruit yesterday. Knowing about the Deren Fruit, Long Chen would naturally tell the Yang family, so this old man's eyes were filled with murderous intent!

After whispering a few words to the head of the Bai family, Bai Sheng, his face also changed dramatically!

They didn't expect that Long Chen would intrude there during the monster hunting competition, and now they believed that the Yang family had likely learned about the Deren Fruit!

After discovering the Deren Fruit, they planned to eliminate the Yang family as an obstacle, but unexpectedly, Long Chen's appearance made the Yang family learn about the Deren Fruit in advance today!

This way, the Deren Fruit, which they thought they could easily obtain, might now have some unexpected twists, which made the two brothers of the Bai family hate Long Chen even more!

At this moment, the Yang family's ancestor also saw the old man and frowned, saying, "This is bad, this person... Bai Sheng has a half-brother named Bai Li, who has always been in Yuanling City and had little interaction with Bai Sheng. He has come to Baiyang Town this time... Two experts at the ninth level of the Dragon Vein Realm..."

He could still deal with one Bai Sheng, but with this equally strong Bai Li, the Yang family's ancestor had no confidence.

However, thinking about the prodigy Long Chen in his family, he felt relieved.

He didn't know Long Chen's current strength, but since he could kill Bai Zhanxiong, he believed Long Chen could hold out for some time against Bai Li!

The Yang family's ancestor didn't know about the Deren Fruit, so he didn't understand the significance of Bai Li's appearance. He also didn't know why the Bai family was targeting the Yang family.

However, Long Chen frowned. With Lord Wolf present today, the Bai family wouldn't dare to cause trouble, but Long Chen knew that the competition for the Deren Fruit would definitely involve Bai Sheng and Bai Li!

He had some confidence in these two, but the Crimson Blood Holy Sect mentioned by Bai Zhanxiong made him worry.

In Yuanling City, the young Lord Wolf had such power, indicating that the people of Yuanling City were much stronger than those in Baiyang Town. Bai Li, who mixed in Yuanling City, must know many strong people. If they intervene in the competition for the Deren Fruit, the Yang family...

Originally thinking it would be easier, Long Chen suddenly felt pressure.

He knew that after the Deren Fruit matured, there would definitely be another battle. The Bai family's schemes were endless, and Long Chen had several people to protect in the Yang family, which added a lot of worries. If he had to fight to the death with the Bai family, Long Chen knew that his current strength might not be enough to protect everyone.

At least for Yang Xueqing, after last night's events, although Long Chen couldn't say he had completely forgiven her, he wouldn't allow anyone to harm her.

But Long Chen had killed so many people from the Bai family, and the Bai family wouldn't easily show mercy to the Yang family. This was the heavy pressure in Long Chen's heart...

"The Deren Fruit will mature in about eight days. In these eight days, how can I prepare to win a complete victory..."

Just as the two brothers of the Bai family were staring at Long Chen with murderous intent, and Long Chen was not backing down, suddenly the crowd burst into noise. Long Chen immediately noticed that a person had appeared on the previously empty platform!

Indeed, it was the representative from the Lingwu family of Yuanling City, the mysterious Lord Wolf.

Today, he was still wearing a hood, hiding himself.

Actually, everyone in Baiyang Town knew that Lord Wolf's voice was very young, and he was probably not much older, likely an even more prodigious genius.

The first time Long Chen met Lord Wolf, he couldn't tell if he was male or female. At that time, he found that Lord Wolf had a good heart, was very warm, and even a bit shy. However, when they met yesterday, it might have been for official business, so he deliberately acted coldly while wearing the hood.

Later, when Long Chen kidnapped a few of the Bai family's younger members and went down the Great Wasteland Mountain, the time hadn't actually arrived, but Lord Wolf clearly favored Long Chen and ended the monster hunting competition early.

So Long Chen was very grateful to Lord Wolf.

Although Lord Wolf might not think so, Long Chen considered him a very important person in his life. That feeling in his heart should not be wrong.

At this moment, everyone focused their attention on Lord Wolf, and his calm voice came from under the hood.

"Head of the Bai family, Bai Sheng, and head of the Yang family, Yang Cangkong, come up."

Bai Sheng and Yang Cangkong did not dare to disobey Lord Wolf's order and obediently went up to stand in front of him, but they did not look at each other.

"Now I will announce the results of the younger generations in the monster hunting competition."

Lord Wolf extended his right hand, and everyone watched nervously, only to see a small yellow bean-sized demon core, which made everyone burst into laughter.

"Yang family... a demon core from a first-rank yellow-grade demon, the Red-Tailed Fox, one!"

Everyone was stunned. The younger members of the Bai family had lost so badly yesterday, and seeing this pitiful single demon core, they thought it was the Bai family's, but unexpectedly, it was the Yang family's. Everyone looked at each other, secretly thinking, "Could the management rights of Baiyang Town still belong to the Bai family? This..."

Thinking that they would be managed by the ruthless Bai family in the future, they felt a chill, knowing that their days ahead would not be easy.

At this moment, Lord Wolf was about to speak again, and everyone quickly closed their mouths, which were still discussing.

At this moment, Lord Wolf scanned the crowd and then extended his left hand. Everyone watched nervously, only to find that there was nothing in his left hand.

"Bai family... zero demon cores!"

Everyone's faces were incredibly colorful.

This competition between the younger members of the Bai and Yang families had been estimated by everyone. They all guessed that the Bai family would obtain an eighth-rank yellow-grade demon core, and the Yang family would at least get a seventh-rank yellow-grade demon core. Unexpectedly, the final result was that the Yang family obtained a first-rank yellow-grade demon core, while the Bai family returned empty-handed.

Long Chen smiled faintly. The monster hunting competition basically had no one hunting monsters. The demon core of the Red-Tailed Fox was just something Long Chen obtained on his way down the mountain.