Volume 1: The Decline of the Yue Family Chapter 62: Sima Yan's Midnight

  "Bang" Yue Cheng raised his head and was looking at the signs of inns on both sides of the street when a figure suddenly collided with his body.

  "What's wrong with you? How are you walking?" Before Yue Cheng could react, the figure on his body quickly retreated and a soft voice shouted.

  Yue Cheng looked at the person who had just bumped into him, and although the night was already dark, Yue Cheng could still see clearly that it was an absolutely beautiful woman. Her black hair was styled in a high bun on her head, with bright eyes, snow-white skin, cherry-red lips, and delicate features. She wore a yellow long dress, and from afar, two soft places on her chest were prominently raised. Her waist was slender and delicate, her hips were round and high, and under the yellow long dress, a pair of jade-like legs were long and slender. However, Yue Cheng could sense that there was a hint of melancholy in the woman's eyes.

  "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." Yue Cheng apologized with a hint of annoyance, although it was clearly the other person who had bumped into him. Alone on Liuxing Island, however, Yue Cheng didn't want to stir up trouble.

  The woman in yellow clothes looked up at Yue Cheng and felt that she had just bumped into someone else, feeling a bit embarrassed. She said: "You're new to Zuoxing Island, right? If you come later, there will be law enforcement patrols here, so it's best not to walk on the streets to avoid some trouble."

  "Thanks for reminding me, Miss. I just arrived at Liuxing Island and haven't found a place to settle down yet." said Yue Cheng.

  "Is that so? Then you're an alchemist?" The woman in yellow suddenly asked Yue Cheng.

  "Well, I suppose so," said Yue Cheng doubtfully. "Miss, why are you asking this?"

  Just as Yue Cheng was puzzled, the yellow-robed woman's expression suddenly changed, and a white awn shot out from her brow, quickly condensing into a huge snake shadow in front of her that pounced on Yue Cheng.

  "The Alchemist's Soul Attack." Yue Cheng's face changed, he didn't expect the woman in yellow to suddenly attack, quickly forming a hand seal in his hand, and at the same time, a cyan light shot out from between his eyebrows, condensing into a huge cyan bird that pounced on the giant snake shadow that was attacking.

  Two soul creatures entwined in mid-air, a dazzling flame flickered in the air, and in an instant, the giant snake condensed by the yellow-robed woman was pecked out of several blood holes by Yue Cheng's azure bird. The yellow-robed woman's face also quickly turned pale.

  "Stop!" The yellow-robed woman suddenly withdrew the soul force that had condensed into a giant snake, and asked in shock: "You are a fourth-grade alchemist."

  "What's wrong, miss?" Yue Cheng was somewhat perplexed. This yellow-clad woman changed her expression too quickly, one moment fighting and the next stopping.

  "Can you help me with something?" The woman in yellow asked, her eyes gazing at Yue Cheng with a hint of pleading. She was a third-grade alchemist herself, but Yue Cheng had just easily defeated her soul force, which meant that he was at least a fourth-grade alchemist.

  "Miss, it seems we don't know each other." Yue Cheng said, looking at the woman in yellow.

  "My name is Sima Yanran, you can just call me Yanran. You haven't found a place to settle down yet, have you? Then come to my home." The woman in yellow clothes said excitedly, today she had tried several alchemists, but those alchemists were even worse than her, finally she found one who was stronger than herself.

  "Miss Yanran, can you first tell me what I need to help with?" Yue Cheng heard that there was a place to settle down and thought that if it was a small matter, he would have no problem helping out. At least for tonight, he wouldn't have to sleep on the streets.

  "You just win the game and marry me then." Sima Yanran said happily.

  "What? Marry you." Yue Cheng's eyes widened in surprise as he stared at Sima Yanran, thinking that he must have misheard or the other person had misspoken.

  "It's a long story, let's talk about it when we get back." Sima Yanran pulled Yue Cheng and walked backwards. As he was being pulled by Sima Yanran's jade-like hand, a faint fragrance wafted up to his nose, and Yue Cheng had no choice but to be led by Sima Yanran into a massive complex of buildings.

  "Miss, you're back!" The several doormen at the entrance stared at Sima Yanran pulling a young man in black robes, and they couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise. This was too strange, almost unbelievable.

  Simar Yanran may have been so excited that she didn't feel anything wrong with pulling Yue Cheng, and even pulled him through several courtyards into her own boudoir. And Yue Cheng was delighted to enjoy this ambiguous feeling of being intimately pulled by such an absolutely beautiful woman.

  Under Sima Yanran's indication, Yue Cheng sat in the room and listened to Sima Yanran explaining the cause and effect of things.

  After several hours, Yue Cheng finally understood that it was related to the relationship between several major forces on Zuo Xing Island. The Sima family wanted to find a representative for the Sima family to participate in the Alchemist Grand Prix, so they came up with the idea of marrying Sima Yanran to a genius alchemist from the Liang family, who might win the championship at the Alchemist Conference.

  "Miss Yanran, you mean to pretend to be your fiancé and then represent the Sima family in the Alchemist Grand Prix?" Yue Cheng asked Sima Yanran.

  "Just call me Yanran, that's all. To be honest, I really don't want to marry that Liang Yu. This way, I can save the Sima family and also not have to marry that Liang Yu." Sima Yanran said to Yue Cheng.

  "Sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to help with that." Yue Cheng wasn't a fool; this matter involved several major powers on Zuo Xing Island, and if he got mixed up in it, he would definitely get into trouble. He'd better just sleep on the streets instead.

  "You are a fourth-grade alchemist, you have a good chance of entering the top three in the Alchemy Master Competition, and the top three will have many rewards. Didn't you come to Zuoxing Island just to participate in the Alchemy Master Competition?" Sima Yanran asked.

  "I didn't come to Left Star Island to participate in the Alchemist's Competition, but to find something. And I'm not even an alchemist, so I really can't help you." Yue Cheng shook his head and said, he couldn't get involved in this matter, or else who knows what kind of trouble would arise.

  "What are you looking for on Zuo Xing Island? If I help you find what you want, will you agree to help me?" Sima Yanran said, she had already tried and found that Yue Cheng's soul power was much stronger than hers, she would rather die than believe that Yue Cheng was not an alchemist, thinking that he was just putting her off.

  "I'm here to find the Wan Nian Xuan Gang. If you can help me find it, I might be able to help you try something out, but I can't guarantee that I can get the Sima family into the top three." Yue Cheng said, if Sima Yanran could help him find the Wan Nian Xuan Gang, then he would really be able to participate in the Alchemist Grand Prix on behalf of the Sima family. Who cares what kind of trouble it would stir up? Once he got his hands on the Wan Nian Xuan Gang, he would leave the Twin Seas and no one would be able to do anything to him.

  "Wan Nian Xuan Gang, are you a man of your word?" Sima Yanran's expression changed as she gazed at Yue Cheng.

  "Of course, it counts." Yue Cheng said to Sima Yanran, actually Yue Cheng was also very interested in the Alchemy Master Competition.

  "Wan Nian Xuan Gang, is it this one?" Sima Yanran suddenly took out a half-person-high blue crystal stone from the storage ring on her wrist and handed it to Yue Cheng.

  "This... is great, it's the Thousand Year Xuan Gang." Yue Cheng's expression changed, and he hastily carefully examined the cyan crystal that Sima Yanran took out. The surface of this cyan crystal had a layer of faintly shining cyan fur, was extremely hard, and still emitted threads of heavenly spiritual energy. It was exactly what Yue Cheng needed to find - the Thousand Year Xuan Gang. He hadn't expected that Sima Yanran would have it on her person, and in such large quantities.

  "Alright, I'll give you this piece of Wan Nian Xuan Gang now, but you must keep your word." Sima Yanran directly handed the Wan Nian Xuan Gang to Yue Cheng. This piece of Wan Nian Xuan Gang was also something she had obtained with great difficulty, although it was very valuable, as a member of the Three Clans and Two Houses, she didn't particularly care about a single piece of Wan Nian Xuan Gang. Generally, this kind of Wan Nian Xuan Gang could be refined into some extremely high-quality weapons, but she was an alchemist and had no use for it.

  "Alright, I promise you." Yue Cheng said with delight. The Wan Nian Xuan Gang was too important to him, and with it, he could start refining puppets.

  Yue Cheng quickly put the Wannian Xuan Gang into his own spatial storage bag, as if afraid that Sima Yanran would regret it. He didn't expect to get the Wannian Xuan Gang with such ease and was overjoyed in his heart. However, Yue Cheng did not know that although the Wannian Xuan Gang was valuable, it was not particularly precious or cherished in the Shuangzi Sea Domain, because people often found Wannian Xuan Gang in the sea area of the Shuangzi Sea Region, and some large shops on Zuoxing Island also sold them.

  The importance of Wan Nian Xuan Gang to Yue Cheng is still unknown on the left star island, but in any case, this Wan Nian Xuan Gang is indeed very important to Yue Cheng.

  "Alright then, from now on you are my fiancé. You must not tell anyone about this matter, otherwise the Sima family will be disqualified from participating." Sima Yan said to Yue Cheng.

  "I know, but for the Alchemist Competition, I can only try my best. As for whether or not I'll make it into the top three, I'm not confident," said Yue Cheng.

  There will definitely be many talented alchemists appearing in the Alchemist Competition, and Yue Cheng currently only has the cultivation of opening the light in the middle period. It's really not possible to enter the top three if he doesn't reach the stage of avoiding the valley or the golden elixir. If he can make six-grade medicinal pills, entering the top three will be absolutely easy.

  "No one has absolute certainty, just do your best." Sima Yanran said. A 30-year-old fourth-grade alchemist is not many, at least among the opponents that Sima Yanran knows, it seems that there are only Liang Yu of the Liang family and that demon of Danmen who have already become fourth-grade alchemists. The two of them are also hot contenders for this championship.

  "Yanran, it's already very late, where should I rest? Pretending to be your fiancé doesn't require me to sleep in your boudoir, does it?" Yue Cheng said.

  Simar Yanran only then realized that she had actually brought a stranger, whom she didn't know or had just met for a few hours, into her own boudoir. Except for her father, no other man had ever entered her private chambers.

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