Chapter 407: The Long Clan's Conspiracy

At this moment, Feng Tiancheng and the group of Chief Alchemists from various nations had already approached with smiling faces.

"God of Gamblers, please take the seat above!"

Leading the group, Feng Tiancheng made a gesture of invitation; the God of Gamblers showed no politeness and immediately walked toward the seat of honor on the High Platform.

This scene shocked the crowd below, and soon a wave of discussion arose.

"Who is that person? How does he have such great face that even Feng Tiancheng and the Chief Alchemists from various nations must personally come down to welcome him, and even offer him the seat of honor?"

"I don't know; I've never seen him before. He must be some major figure who has emerged from somewhere."

"Feng Tiancheng addressed him as the God of Gamblers. God of Gamblers... the God of Gamblers Gu—that Gu Worm capable of gambling the luck of two tribes—could it have originated from him?"

"Nine times out of ten, yes. Haven't you seen how Feng Tiancheng is currying favor with him? Tsk tsk, the ability to gamble on everything is truly heaven-defying. The combat power of one who possesses this Gu must be at a heaven-defying level. I wonder, if he faced Fen Tian Old Ancestor or Qi Tian Lao Zu, who would prevail..."

At the rear of the crowd, gazing upon that familiar figure, Long Xuan was startled in his heart.

It is actually the God of Gamblers; I didn't expect him to come as well.

Then again, the Long Clan Alliance and the Feng Alliance are gambling their clan luck, and the Yan Ting Empire and the Huiyue Empire are gambling their luck; since this matter requires the participation of the God of Gamblers' God of Gamblers Gu, how could he not appear?

Long Xuan frowned deeply; he feared this character to the extreme and genuinely did not wish to see him.

"Long Xuan, you've arrived quite early; I thought you would wait to make a grand entrance as the finale."

Seeing Long Xuan, Long Yuyao walked over with a bright smile and offered a greeting.

"Ultimately, I cannot maintain a calm mind during the Finals, so I came out early."

Long Xuan turned to glance at her, then shifted his gaze toward the direction of the God of Gamblers.

Long Yuyao followed his gaze, and upon seeing the figure of the God of Gamblers, her expression immediately turned grave.

"This person is the God of Gamblers who possesses the God of Gamblers Gu. The God of Gamblers Gu is the most heaven-defying Gu Worm I have ever seen; it can actually gamble on everything, including a person's Lifespan, Luck, Aptitude, and so on!"

"Our tribe is precisely utilizing this Gu's ability to gamble our Clan Luck against the Feng Clan; the losing party will hand over half of their Clan Luck to the other."

"If half of the Clan Luck is lost, there is a very high possibility of the tribe facing extinction. Thus, the fate of the Long Clan now rests entirely in your hands; you must do your best!" Long Yuyao said seriously.

"I will do my utmost." Long Xuan nodded, then shifted his gaze to another direction.

Feng Jiu and Qin Dan approached side by side; it was long no secret that these two were Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Qi Tian Lao Zu respectively.

Therefore, upon seeing these two Old Demons approaching, the expressions of the crowd changed drastically, and everyone frightenedly cleared a path.

The crowd, originally dense as mountains and seas, immediately parted to form a wide road as the two appeared together.

"Let us go over as well!"

Since there was a path there, Long Xuan immediately walked over; Long Yuyao was also a bold person and proceeded in that direction as well.

Following behind the two, Long Xuan and Long Yuyao easily passed through the sea of people and reached the square.

The prominent appearance of the two on the square also stirred excited discussions among the people below.

"Is he Long Xuan, currently the number one in total score? Tsk tsk, so young."

"Is he Long Xuan? Is he the one who created the Big Pot Pill Refining Technique and the Pill Combination Technique? These two Alchemy Techniques caused an uproar throughout the entire Alchemy Realm and are still talked about enthusiastically today. This youth is truly a heavenly talent; I would call his alchemy aptitude the greatest in ten thousand ages."

"Alas! It is a pity his luck is poor; he has encountered Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Qi Tian Lao Zu, these two Fourth Grade Alchemists. Even if he, a Third Grade Alchemist, is no matter how monstrous, how could he possibly win?"

Ignoring the discussions of the crowd below, Long Xuan separated from Long Yuyao and walked toward the throne for the number one total score.

A total of ten contestants advanced to the Finals; their seats were arranged in a row, ordered by total score, and Long Xuan took the first seat on the far left.

On the High Platform, Long Xiaoyao, seated to the right of the God of Gamblers, looked at the two who had entered the square side by side, a slight smile appearing on his face as he thought secretly, "They truly are a perfect match of golden boy and jade girl; the two most outstanding alchemy geniuses of the Long Clan are indeed suited to unite."

Long Xuan's alchemy talent might even surpass that of Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Qi Tian Lao Zu; the Long Teng Empire absolutely cannot let go of such a genius.

The smile on Long Xiaoyao's face grew even brighter, and he turned to look at Feng Tiancheng, saying with a laugh, "Brother Tiancheng, how about we gamble once more on this round? I will give you another chance to win back your losses."

Feng Tiancheng turned to look at him, his gaze gloomy, and sneered, "I truly do not know where your confidence comes from; at this stage, you actually still believe you can win."

Feng Tiancheng tapped his fingers continuously on the table; the intelligence he had gathered indicated that after Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Qi Tian Lao Zu departed following the Fourth Round, they had been frantically collecting materials within the City.

The materials they collected were all the rarest Fourth Grade Spirit Medicines, and even included heaven-defying Spirit Medicines surpassing the Tenth Grade.

From this, it was evident that the two would definitely refine extremely heaven-defying Fourth Grade Pills during the Finals.

If the two Old Demons refined ordinary Fourth Grade Pills, Long Xuan might be able to win by relying on his four-point lead; but if the two demons refine extremely heaven-defying Fourth Grade Pills, then Long Xuan, this Third Grade Alchemist, would have no possibility of winning under any circumstances.

He truly did not know where Long Xiaoyao's confidence came from.

However, even if this round could be won with certainty, Feng Tiancheng did not intend to gamble again.

The previous four rounds were all certain victories, yet what was the result? This child is simply too uncanny, always able to break through what ordinary people cannot; an intuition from the unseen tells him that this round is not a certain victory either.

Precisely because he had lost too many times, he would not feel any subsequent match was a certain victory no matter how great the certainty, which was why he had arranged the assassination attempt the night before last, unfortunately failing.

Having grown afraid of losing, Feng Tiancheng decisively shook his head and said, "Forget it; my Gu Worms have been lost completely, and I no longer have the capital to gamble with you; you should seek someone else!"

Hearing this, Long Xiaoyao revealed a look of disappointment; while others become more eager to gamble the more they lose, unexpectedly this Feng Tiancheng becomes more cowardly the more he loses, leaving him with no further opportunity to make a fortune.

"Very well, since you are cowardly, let it be; consider yourself lucky to have escaped disaster."

Long Xiaoyao boringly shifted his gaze toward the direction of the square.

Since he dared to propose a gamble, he naturally held extreme confidence in this Finals.

It was not that he had confidence in Long Xuan's Alchemy Technique; he would not blindly believe that a Third Grade Alchemist could certainly defeat a Fourth Grade Alchemist.

It was entirely because he had a backup plan; as long as Long Xuan maintained a four-point lead, it would be completely sufficient for the Long Clan.

Although the Long Clan Alliance had not yet mastered the technique of having the Raincoat Gu carry the Gu King, the Space Hut created by the Raincoat Gu could transmit the Gu King.

A Long Clan Gu King had already sent the Space Hut to Gu Imperial City; if Long Xuan could create a miracle in the Finals, that would be one thing, but if Long Xuan failed to create a miracle, then his Long Clan would flip the table, directly transmitting a large number of Law Enforcers from Gu Imperial City over via the Space Hut.

Once the Gu Kings from Gu Imperial City appeared in Phoenix City, they would inevitably launch a encirclement and suppression against those two Old Demons; once warfare broke out, the Finals of the Alchemy Competition could not proceed.

At that time, with no scores from the Finals, the ranking would depend solely on the total scores from the first four rounds; in that case, wouldn't Long Xuan, with his four-point lead, naturally be number one in total score?

Perhaps there would be another possibility: although the Finals were interrupted, an extension match might be conducted following deliberations among the Judges.

However, even if such a situation arose, it would not matter; by that time, those two Old Demons would either have been killed by the experts from Gu Imperial City or driven away; how could they possibly remain to continue participating in the competition?

Whichever of these two situations occurred, his Long Clan would certainly win.

"Hehe!" Long Xiaoyao revealed a sinister smile.

Pity, the only flaw was that Feng Tiancheng actually didn't fall for the trap; truly a pity.

Long Xiaoyao once again turned his gaze toward Feng Tiancheng. (End of Chapter)