Chapter 44: Dark Horse

Chen Long slapped away Liu Chang's apprentice a few times, but made Shang Yuan complain.

From the moment he had just beaten Elder Feiliu, he could naturally see that Long Chen was definitely a cultivator above the Imperial Realm, and I was afraid that it was not only the existence of the First and Second Heavens, after all, even he, a master of the Eighth Rank of the Imperial Realm, could not see his strength.

This kid is young, he can have such a cultivation, he must be not small, he just beat Elder Liu, if he was outside, it has nothing to do with him, but he is a guest brought back by his daughter Shang Pinglan, and he also beat Elder Liu in his own business, this matter is a big deal.

Judging from the words that Elder Liu left before leaving just now, it was obvious that he had a grudge against his own business.

If this continues, when he inherits the position of the elder of Nanfeng Yu Danta, I am afraid that his business will be miserable.

Thinking of this, Shang Yuan didn't care if Chen Long had any background, and looked at Shang Pinglan with an annoyed face: "Pinglan, look at the good guests you brought back!"

Shang Pinglan on the side saw that Chen Long slapped Elder Liu away twice, and there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, but when he heard Shang Yuan's question, his breath suddenly stagnated.

"This ...... Dad, Chen Gongzi didn't mean to, he was just doing his daughter a favor. ”

"Do you a favor, do you want to harm our business?" Shang Yuan said angrily and annoyedly: "People came to propose marriage with good intentions, but they were slapped away by him, is there such a help?"

"Daddy......" Shang Pinglan looked at Shang Yuan with some resentment: "You still don't know, are they kind intentions?"

The business meta paused, and after a moment, sighed.

Indeed, Yu Cheng and Elder Liu seem to be proposing marriage, but they are actually aggressive, not so much proposing marriage, but rather forcing marriage.

And their purpose is naturally not just Shangpinglan, but the entire business.

Even if Shang Pinglan is beautiful, it will not be forced to marry at the cost of offending a big family, after all, in this world, as long as there is strength and power, what kind of beauty can not be found, and there are even means to change the appearance, as long as you pay some price, you can easily create a peerless beauty.

But behind Shang Pinglan, there is the entire merchant, the merchant is one of the best families in Zifeng City, maybe it is not the top among the ten cities in terms of strength, but the wealth accumulated by relying on the pill business for many years is definitely an astronomical amount.

Because it is not an ancient family that has been passed down for dozens of generations, the merchant Ding is not prosperous, and the heirs of this generation are only Shang Pinglan and Shang Pingzhen.

In the past, relying on the relationship between Shang Pinglan's master, the Sixth Rank Dan Emperor, and the Danta Elder Zuo Yuzuo Master, there were not many people who dared to fight the merchant idea in Zifeng City. But now that Zuo Yu is about to be transferred back to the upper domain of Nanyang, many people are starting to move.

Elder Liu seems to want to propose a marriage for Yu Cheng, but in fact, I am afraid that he also has a fancy to the merchant's family business.

"Well, Dad didn't know. Shang Yuan shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, Dad won't say much, it will be the Dan Yuan Club in three days, you have to prepare well, if you perform well, maybe you can be favored by the elders from the upper domain, and you can follow Master Zuo back to the Danta of the upper domain of Nanyang." As for this Chen Gongzi, our merchant really can't entertain him, otherwise after the Danyuan meeting, Master Liu will have an excuse to trouble our merchants. ”

His tone was very resolute, obviously unquestionable, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and left the pavilion, leaving only Shang Pinglan and Chen Long.

Shang Pinglan saw that Shang Yuan was resolute, and he had nothing to do, so he could only look at Chen Long with apologetic eyes: "I'm sorry, Chen Gongzi, obviously to help Pinglan break the siege, but my father blames you." ”

Long Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I came to Purple Maple City just to make peace with you, as for what your father thinks of me, it has nothing to do with me, but the two just now, they actually dared to beat you in front of me, just slapping them a few times, which is already very face-saving for your father." ”

Shang Pinglan thought of Elder Liu and Yu Cheng's embarrassed appearance, and immediately smiled, but soon frowned again: "It's just that I don't think they will give up so easily, and the Danyuan Conference in three days will be difficult." ”

The Danyuan Festival is a tradition that has been extended for thousands of years in the Dan Tower, from the main tower to the branch tower, all of which will be held regularly, generally speaking, every three years. It is an existence similar to the great competition of other forces, and the participants are all young alchemists under the age of twenty.

It's just that Danyuan will be compared to alchemy rather than cultivation, and Danta's alchemy book is not limited to the inside, whether it is a person from Danta or not, as long as it is a young alchemist, you can participate. And if you can win the genius who can beat Danta, you will also get an extremely generous reward from Danta, and you can join Danta directly.

Even the Qingyun Dan Holy Feather Ion, two thousand years ago, stood out among the Dan Yuan Society in the headquarters of the Dan Pagoda in the Upper Domain, and only then did he enter the sight of the alchemy world of the Doufa Continent in one fell swoop, and the last disciple of the Dan God on that continent was also the second tower master of the Dan Tower, and he was also the last Qingyun Dan Saint to accept as a disciple.

The title of Dan Sheng is not the same, for example, the title of Wu Danzi, Chen Long's best friend, is the Lingxin Dan Saint, which originated from the fact that he once refined a Lingxin Pill at the peak of the ninth grade, which damaged the divine soul, and the strong man who fell from the eightfold of the Holy Realm to the fifth level of the Holy Realm was able to return to the peak, and thus became famous.

However, the title of Qingyun Dan Saint is different, but passed down from generation to generation, and the earliest is the title of the last Dan God in the continent, the Qingyun Dan God.

The symbol of Danta is a green cloud.

After the fall of the Qingyun Dan God, Qingyun's title was inherited by his personal disciple, that is, the first Qingyun Dan Saint, and Yu Ion was the second.

If the current Danta Tower Master, the Dan Emperor at the peak of the eighth grade, breaks through to the Dan Saint, he will be the third Qingyun Dan Saint.

After a long time, by now, this Danyuan meeting has basically become a grand gathering of all alchemists on the mainland, although Nanfeng Domain is only a lower domain, but where the alchemists are is a profession that countless people look forward to, and three days later, the Danyuan Meeting, naturally there will be countless young alchemists to participate.

And Shang Pinglan, as the personal disciple of the elder of Nanfeng Danta, will also preside over this Danyuan meeting, and as a genius representing Danta, he will accept the challenge of other young alchemist geniuses from the outside world. At that time, there will also be alchemy masters from the Upper Domain Danta to watch, give rewards to the winners, and select outstanding geniuses.

This event can be said to be very important for Shang Pinglan.

Originally, when Zuo Yu returned to the Nanyang Upper Domain Dan Tower, he would naturally bring his own disciples, but the Upper Domain Dan Tower had a rule that the alchemists of the Lower Domain Dan Pagoda could only enter the Upper Domain Dan Pagoda if they were geniuses who broke through the five-rank Dan Master before the age of forty, even if they were the disciples of the Danta Elders, they were no exception.

With Shang Pinglan's talent, he was already a fourth-rank Dan master at the age of twenty, and if he wanted to break through to the fifth-grade before the age of forty, there was naturally no pressure, but it was not a matter of a few days, at least before Zuo Yu returned to the upper domain of Nanyang, it was impossible no matter what.

However, if you can perform well at the Danyuan Meeting, you may be able to be directly valued by the masters of the Upper Domain, and you will be selected to enter the Upper Domain Danta Cultivation in advance.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, don't worry, Pinglan, with me, that old onion wants to hit your attention, but it's just killing yourself. "Long Chen wasn't worried, if it weren't for the fear of implicating the merchants, it would be nothing if he directly killed Elder Liu just now, anyway, his predecessor Jia Shu was originally at odds with Danta.

Shang Pinglan smiled slightly: "Yes, then thank you Chen Gongzi, but there are still three days left in the Danyuan Society, what are your plans for the next few days?"

"I don't have any plans, the scenery of Purple Maple City is good, I'll take a good look at it in the next few days." Chen Long said with a smile, he originally came out to distract himself, so it naturally didn't matter where he was.

Ten minutes later, Chen Long, who had temporarily said goodbye to Shang Pinglan, came to the lively streets of Purple Maple City alone.

As the city where the Nanfeng Danta is located, Zifeng City is at the peak of alchemy, and you can see the shops of pills everywhere on the street, and you can see the disciples of the Danta with Qingyun embroidered on their chests everywhere.

Seeing that it was almost dusk at this time, Chen Long decided to find an inn to stay in first.

After walking not far, I saw a large inn in front of me with people flowing in and out, and the plaque read "Yuelai Inn".

"Damn! Yuelai is really the largest inn chain in the world of three thousand, and there are all of them here!" Chen Long said in surprise as he walked towards the door of the inn.

As soon as he walked to the gate, a thin figure bumped into him.