Chapter 2619: Chapter 2622: The Top 500
Lei Family.
As a Magical Beast Clan, the courtyard of the Lei Family is simple and rugged.
A stone table, a patch of grass, a stone path, and a crooked tree.
This is the environment of the courtyard where Jiang Chen resides.
At this moment, Jiang Chen is browsing a Jade Slip beside the stone table, with hundreds of Jade Slips piled on the stone table.
Since the tournament of the Five Great Families on that day, Jiang Chen has followed Lei Ling’er to reside at the Lei Family.
Lei Ling’er learned that Jiang Chen wanted to see information on the major forces of the Five Continents, and amidst the helpless smiles of the Lei Family, she plundered the Sutra Pavilion, taking all the information about the Five Continents to Jiang Chen’s residence.
Reading non-stop for two days and nights.
These two days of reading gave Jiang Chen a deeper understanding of the Five Continents, but he still did not gain a more detailed understanding of the Ice and Snow Temple.
"Brother Jiang Chen!"
A crisp call sounded.
Jiang Chen turned his head to look, and under the morning sun, a lively and lovely girl walked in from the courtyard gate.
"Ling’er, thank you!"
Jiang Chen said with a light laugh.
"Oh, Brother Jiang Chen, don’t be so polite with me."
Lei Ling’er waved her hand dismissively, glanced at the Jade Slips on the stone table, and asked softly, "Have you finished reading all of them?"
Finished!
Jiang Chen nodded lightly.
"Then let’s go, Brother Lei Cheng and the others are waiting in the front hall. Today are the group battles, and the Huo Family has signed up Brother Jiang Chen’s name as well."
Lei Ling’er reached out, took Jiang Chen’s hand, and turned to walk towards the courtyard gate.
"The Jade Slips."
Jiang Chen reminded her.
"Leave them there, someone will come to collect them."
Lei Ling’er replied without turning her head.
At this moment, Jiang Chen also saw a Lei Family elder walking in from outside.
"Senior!"
Jiang Chen clasped his fist and bowed respectfully to the newcomer.
Lei Wenbo, Lei Cheng’s second uncle, at the Integration Realm Peak stage.
"Haha, you go ahead, I’ll clean up!"
Lei Wenbo chuckled, looking at Jiang Chen with a gaze full of deep meaning.
In these two days, he already knew who Jiang Chen was and learned of his deeds. In his view, Jiang Chen came to the Lei Family seeking refuge.
In this Canglan Domain, having offended the Yan Family, Zuo Clan, and the Nether Hall of the Three Great Clans, and even killed the son of the Canglan Army commander, our Lei Family must not intervene unless...
Lei Wenbo glanced at Lei Ling’er, his eyes flickering.
"Then I’ll trouble the senior."
Jiang Chen said apologetically.
"Oh, let’s go!"
Lei Ling’er tugged at Jiang Chen’s arm and pulled him out. Jiang Chen, being only at the Divine Infant Realm, while Lei Ling’er is a powerful cultivator at the Unity Realm Stage, was almost pulled into the air.
With a helpless smile at Lei Wenbo, Jiang Chen allowed Lei Ling’er to pull him out of the courtyard.
...
Central Grand Plaza of Elixir Divine City.
This is the widest place in Elixir Divine City, usually a hub for trade, where many cultivators sell items at stalls, but since three days ago, it was cleared.
A high platform has been erected in the north, now adorned only with chairs but no people.
Below the high platform in the plaza, apart from the thousand-meter radius near the high platform, every other area is packed with people, forming a dark, dense circle.
Yesterday was the preliminary selection of the Alchemy Dao tournament, not everyone can participate, those below the rank of fifth-grade Pill Master are not eligible. Yet, over ten thousand, even those fifth-grade and above, participated yesterday.
Within one day, using Elixir Divine City’s Dao Instruments, over ten thousand were screened down to five hundred, and today these five hundred will have group battles against fifteen people from the Five Great Families.
Among the surrounding spectators are various forces of the Canglan Domain, alongside some defeated Pill Masters and forces seeking to recruit Pill Masters.
There are four such places for Alchemy Dao contests in the entire Canglan Domain like Elixir Divine City, which is near the Eastern Region, so only Pill Masters from the Eastern Region come here, and the forces watching are strong forces from the Eastern Region.
Of course, not all forces will come; such a tournament cannot attract the top forces, like the Six Great Academies, the Twelve Inner Sect, and the Six Great Clans, they have not come here, they all go directly to Canglan City to prepare for the upcoming major contests in various domains.
If all those forces ran to Elixir Divine City, Jiang Chen would truly be in danger; he has offended quite a few major forces.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Sounds of breaking through the air echoed, hundreds of people leaped from all directions and landed in that specifically left thousand-meter radius within the plaza.
"The top five hundred have arrived, the people from the Five Great Families should be here soon, right?"
"I wonder if the Five Great Families can still dominate the top five!"
"It hasn’t been dominant for a long time, okay? The Huo Family has failed to enter the top five for two consecutive times, and if they don’t enter again this time, they might be replaced by others!"
Bursts of discussions arose, as the five hundred winners from yesterday arrived, the atmosphere on the plaza was ignited.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Five teams leaped from five directions, directly landing on the high platform.
"The people from the Five Great Families have arrived!"
"It’s about to start!"
"I wonder this time whether the Huo Family will step down or a new family will retreat in obscurity!"
As the Five Great Families arrived, everyone around looked toward the group at the edge of the high platform.
The Five Great Families, upon arrival, directly took their seats.
There are eleven chairs on the high platform, respectively for the Family Heads of the Five Great Families, the elder Family Heads, and the City Lord of Elixir Divine City.
Huo Langran and Huo Laiwang sat at the far left, behind them stood Huo Langtian, Huo Qiong, and Fire Phoenix.
Next to the Huo Family is the Lei Family, where Clan Leader Lei Wenyuan and the old man of the Lei Family, Lei Tingfeng, took their seats, with Jiang Chen, Lei Cheng, and several others standing behind.
While seating, Lei Wenyuan even yielded to Lei Ling’er, which made Jiang Chen marvel at Lei Ling’er’s identity.
Yesterday at the Long Family, Lei Cheng was polite to Lei Ling’er, which could be seen as the reverence of branch family members toward main family members. However, a branch Clan Leader in such occasions yielding to a little girl is quite intriguing.
At this sight, many people began to speculate about Lei Ling’er’s identity.
"Jiang Chen."
Huo Laiwang’s voice softly called Jiang Chen, his gaze carrying a complex and guilty look.
Huo Qiong’s gaze toward Jiang Chen also showed an apologetic expression.
Standing behind Lei Wenyuan and not joining the Huo Family’s ranks, Jiang Chen turned toward Fire Phoenix and smiled lightly:
"The Huo Family is the Huo Family, you are you, Brother Huo Qiong is Brother Huo Qiong. This time, I promised to come, and I will leave with rewards. You owe me nothing; it is the Huo Family that owes me. If anything else happens, I won’t hold grievances toward you and Brother Huo Qiong, but I will hold it against the Huo Family."
As soon as these words fell, everyone from the five families on the high platform turned to look at Jiang Chen.
These words were candid and left no room for politeness, directly laying out the situation and subtly threatening the Huo Family.
