?39: Chapter 39: Open and Aboveboard Robbery 39: Chapter 39: Open and Aboveboard Robbery “Look quickly, the Emperor has arrived, as have the heads of the Three Major Families.”

    At this moment, in the sky above, four figures soared through the air and with just a single step, they covered a distance of tens of meters, arriving above the square in the blink of an eye.

    Among the four, the leader was a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe and a crown, with an imposing air about him.

    He was the current emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty, Qin Tianshi.

    The other three were the heads of the Three Major Families: Bai Family Patriarch, Bai Tianlong; Xin Family Patriarch, Xin Chongyang; and Luo Family Patriarch, Luo Yunjiang.

    “One at Heavenly Martial Seventh Level and three at Heavenly Martial Fifth Level.”

    Long Yan also looked up at the sky and with one glance, he saw through the cultivation of the four people, who represented the peak power of the Tianwu Dynasty.

    “Greetings to the Emperor Father.”

    Qin Wuque, Qin Wudi, and Qin Shaoyang bowed respectfully at the same time.

    “Greetings to the Emperor.”

    Following suit, others bowed as well, with Long Yan and Ah Man mimicking the gestures.

    “Everyone, rise.”

    Qin Tianshi’s imposing voice rang out, and then he took his seat along with the other three heads of the families on chairs specially arranged on a high platform.

    Next, Qin Tianshi began to deliver a lengthy speech, which went on and on, making Long Yan’s ears sore.

    But eventually, he announced the start of the hunting competition.

    Immediately after, everyone took out their tokens for the competition and entered the Misty Forest.

    In just an hour, tens of thousands of contestants had entered the Misty Forest.

    The Misty Forest was vast, with some natural formations and powerful demonic beasts dwelling inside.

    Venturing through the forest was already a dangerous task.

    The Royal Family had long placed specially crafted tokens inside some of the demonic beasts, so to obtain a token, one must slay the beast.

    The rules of the hunting competition were simple; no matter what tactics were employed, as long as a token was obtained within two days, it was acceptable.

    The total number of tokens was ten thousand.

    After two days, rankings would be determined by the number of tokens obtained, and the participant with the most tokens would be the champion and receive the Pure Yang Fruit.

    After entering the Misty Forest, everyone started looking for demonic beasts, but Long Yan and Ah Man were in no hurry.

    Ah Man was not interested in the Pure Yang Fruit and would not have participated in the hunting competition if not for helping Long Yan.

    “What are we supposed to do now?”

    Asked Ah Man.

    “We have two days for the hunting competition, so there is no need to rush.

    Let’s find a place to sleep first, regain our energy, and then start working.”

    With a smirk at the corner of his mouth, Long Yan didn’t plan to search for tokens personally with a powerful ally like Ah Man present.

    Soon, he found a small natural formation.

    In his past life, he had also studied formations and, although cannot consider himself an Array Master, he was not troubled by simple formations.

    The natural formations found within the Misty Forest were child’s play to him.

    The two entered a formation, and Long Yan fell asleep straight away since there was no point in cultivating without the Pure Yang Fruit.

    On the other hand, Ah Man was cultivating earnestly, with her body bathing in a golden light.

    Time went by, and within the Misty Forest, tens of thousands of participants were vigorously collecting tokens.

    Powerful individuals went around slaying demonic beasts alone, while weaker ones joined groups to do the same.

    Numerous others killed beasts while also stealing other participants’ tokens.

    The entire Misty Forest was filled with the scent of gunpowder and blood, as many demonic beasts and participants of the contest lost their lives.

    Before long, a day had passed.

    Long Yan awoke from his slumber with a wicked smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

    “Ah Man, let’s get to work.”

    Then the pair left the formation, walking toward the depths of the Misty Forest.

    .....

    In a small valley surrounded by mountains, more than ten young men and women were gathered together.

    In front of them, a Profound-level fifth-grade black bear lay dead in a pool of blood.

    “We’re pretty lucky, this black bear actually had two tokens inside its body.”

    Leading a small group of more than ten people was a young man dressed in a silver robe.

    “Big Brother, we already have twenty-six tokens.

    If we can gather fifty, maybe you can make it into the top 100.”

    These people were clearly from the same family, working together to collect tokens and handing them all over to the young man in the silver robe.

    “Hmm, making it into the top 100 is my goal.”

    The silver-robed young man was quite confident.

    However, at that moment, an abrupt voice sounded.

    “Robbery.”

    Two figures stepped out of the Lin Family, Long Yan was grinning at the group of more than ten people, and Ah Man had a serious expression.

    “What?”

    Struck by lightning, the silver-robed young man sat directly down on the ground.

    “Twenty tokens are mine.

    Hehe, let’s find our next target.”

    Walking out of the valley, Long Yan smiled with satisfaction.

    As expected, this is the fastest way to get tokens.

    Long Yan’s perception was so strong that even those who deliberately hid couldn’t escape his detection.

    In just an hour, more than a hundred people had been robbed, and he had collected more than five hundred tokens.

    Four hours later, Long Yan and Ah Man had crossed the central region of the Misty Forest, and Long Yan held 1,853 tokens in his hand.

    “There are fat sheep ahead.”

    At that moment, Long Yan suddenly sensed a group of more than a hundred people ahead of him, no doubt they had quite a few tokens.

    Long Yan and Ah Man continued to swagger forward, then grinned and said, “Everyone, give us your tokens.”

    “Long Yan.”

    Upon hearing the word “robbery”, the crowd all revealed hateful gazes.

    However, when they realized it was Long Yan and Ah Man, they instantly deflated like punctured balloons.

    “Are you all deaf?

    I’m robbing you, hand over the tokens.”

    Seeing the crowd looking downcast, Long Yan was a bit puzzled.

    “Big Brother, you’re late.

    We’ve already been robbed, and we don’t have a single token left.”

    A crestfallen Spiritual Martial Level Six youth said, filled with hatred.

    It was bad enough to be robbed once, but they were robbed twice in a row, both times unable to fight back.

    “Who did it?”

    Long Yan asked.

    “Who else?

    The people from the Three Major Families.”

    The young man replied.

    “Three Major Families, daring to compete with me for business, I’ll rob them later.”

    Long Yan thought secretly, then scolded, “What are you dawdling for?

    Hurry up and look for the tokens, I’ll be back later.”

    Upon hearing this, the crowd almost spewed old blood.

    If looks could kill, Long Yan would already be beyond recognition.

    Continuing further, Long Yan and Ah Man found more contestants.

    When they went up to rob them, they found that these contestants had somehow already been robbed, not just by the Three Major Families, but also by Qin Shaoyang.

    This was quite normal.

    Qin Shaoyang was very strong, and the people of the Three Major Families were not weak either.

    Although tokens could be obtained by killing demonic beasts, the best way to get tokens was to rob.

    “It seems that most of the tokens have fallen into the hands of the Three Major Families and Qin Shaoyang.

    There’s no need to waste time on these people; let’s go directly to the depths to find Qin Shaoyang and the people of the Three Major Families.”

    Long Yan and Ah Man sped up their pace and ran toward the depths.