C34

Tianlan City was none other than the Tianlan Prefecture. It had already existed for countless years, and the name of the city had been altered several times along the way. However, the size of the city had always been the largest in terms of Tianlan Prefecture.

The Tianlan Prefecture competition was held once every ten years, and all of the major inheritances were gathered here. There was a sea of people on the streets, and the originally bustling Tianlan City was now even more prosperous.

"Crimson Vajra, you only need ten Profound Crystal s, you only have one remaining.

"This is a treasured blade passed down in my family, it's very rare to see a middle tier Profound Artifact's blade, if I didn't have a choice I wouldn't sell it, and the starting price would be a thousand pieces of Profound Crystal."

"Brother, you aren't lying are you? An ordinary middle ranked Profound Artifact would cost at least a few thousand, yet you sold it at one thousand Profound Crystal?"

"As expected of Tianlan Prefecture." Ye Chen stopped in front of a stall and couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, what do you need?" The stall owner was a middle-aged man, he looked very rough, but after seeing Ye Chen stop, he immediately asked him.

"I would like to ask, where is the registration office for the Refining Competition?" Ye Chen laughed embarrassedly.

"Oh? Little Brother, are you here to participate in the Refining Competition? " The middle aged man looked at Ye Chen in surprise, his eyes revealing a look of disbelief, and then said with goodwill: "Little brother, it's not that I hurt you, but the participants of the Refining Competition are at least Profound Artifact s, if not, you don't have the qualifications to register."

"Not qualified to register?" Ye Chen could not help but be puzzled, was it possible that he still needed some qualifications to register?

"You don't even know this?" The middle-aged man looked at Ye Chen as if he were a country bumpkin, his eyes filled with contempt. He then said proudly: "In this year's Artifact Forging Competition, other than the eight great Artifact Forging Families that can directly participate, anyone who wants to participate will have to pass the examination."

"Then how will the assessment be carried out?" Ye Chen asked.

If you want to participate in the Refining Competition, you must refine a Profound Artifact on the spot. In my opinion, little brother, you should wait until the next Refining Competition before coming back, hey hey ~ "the middle-aged man explained. He still wanted to strike a blow at Ye Chen, but he realized that Ye Chen had already gone far away.

It was understandable that others would look down on him. After all, a fifteen year old Profound Artifact Refiner could already be considered a genius. Other than the eight major refining families, there were very few other forces that had people like him.

"Second Uncle, don't be discouraged. This time, you were just one step away from refining a low rank Profound Artifact. Next time, you will definitely succeed!"

"The refining competition is held once every ten years. Next time, it will be your generation's turn. Lei, you have to work hard."

"Don't worry second uncle, Lei'er will."

Ye Chen walked along the street as a pair of uncle and nephew walked toward him. Both of them had unresigned expressions on their faces, but they still did not give up hope for the future.

After approximately half an incense's time, Ye Chen finally arrived at the end of the street. A vast plaza appeared in front of Ye Chen's eyes, and there were numerous people walking at it.

"I wonder if Ye Luo has registered?" Ye Chen said softly, carefully pushing through the crowd, and following the instructions, he headed towards the registration area.

"Report, a hundred spirit crystals as registration fee!"

"Lin Chuan!"

"This is your number. I want to take part in the exam for the first region."

There were a lot of people signing up, and all of the people who signed up had to pay a hundred Spirit Crystals, then took a black jade plate and left. After a while, it was Ye Chen's turn, and Ye Chen took out ten Spirit Beast Cores and threw it at the registration staff.

"May I know your name?" The registrar asked with a smile. His attitude toward others was completely different from before.

Although the value of ten spirit beast cores was equal to a hundred spirit crystals, spirit beast cores were relatively rare. Ten spirit crystals could easily be exchanged for one hundred and twenty spirit crystals. To an ordinary person, twenty spirit crystals was a considerable fortune.

"Master Chen." Ye Chen said.

"Master Chen?" The registrar looked at Ye Chen with slight astonishment, but after a moment of hesitation, he gave Ye Chen a black jade token: "Master Chen, this is your number, you can go to the first region to participate in the exam at any time. Right, today is the final day of the exam."

"Thank you very much." Ye Chen nodded and turned, heading towards the first region.

The Artifact Forging Square was relatively large and was divided into four districts. Each district allowed ten people to participate in the assessment at the same time, and there were still five more people in front of Ye Chen. He did not cut in line, but waited quietly.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, there was a loud explosion. A cultivator's crafting furnace suddenly exploded, and several nearby cultivators were also affected by the explosion, causing their crafting to fail. The others glared angrily at the cultivator lying on the ground.

"Out of the way, out of the way." At this moment, an arrogant voice came from behind. Turning around, a youth around the age of eighteen swaggered over. There were two other people on both sides, and when the others saw the youth, they couldn't help but take a few steps back.

In the blink of an eye, the two servants arrived in front of Ye Chen and pushed him forward, but what surprised them was that Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders and pushed back with all his might.

"Trash!" The young man grabbed the servant and casually threw him to the side, his sharp eyes were like poisonous snakes staring at Ye Chen: "Kid, do you know who I am?"

"No need to know." Ye Chen's face was extremely calm, this person dared to be so arrogant in this examination square, his identity must be unusual, but, no matter who this young man was, he was not at a point where Ye Chen was afraid.

"But this young master …" The young man arrogantly raised his head and looked down at Ye Chen.

"Crack ~"

However, before he could finish speaking, a clear voice came out, and the young man's body was sent flying. He rolled for seven or eight meters before stopping, and everyone looked at Ye Chen with astonishment, revealing a pitiful expression.

"You dare hit me?! "I …" The young man flew into a rage. He had never been slapped in his life before, and he was the only one who had ever been slapped in his life.

Boom ~

Under everyone's astonished gazes, Ye Chen kicked the youth in the stomach. He had already made his move, so how could he give the young man a chance to announce his name? Following the sound of a pig being butchered, the young man instantly fainted.

"Little brother, quickly flee." Just then, a kind-hearted person warned Ye Chen softly.

"Is he that scary?" Ye Chen frowned.

"He's not scary at all, but his father is the hall master of the Qingmu Hall, Duanmu Yu. He's a person who can cover the sky with just his Tianlan Prefecture, don't you think that's scary?" The voice rang out again, and then it seemed to disappear.

"Duanmu Yu?" Ye Chen's face sank, even though he knew that this youth's identity was not simple, he never thought that he was actually the son of the hall master of the three great halls of Tianlan Prefecture, and one of the reasons why he came here, wasn't it to join the three great halls? Why did he suddenly beat up the son of the pavilion master of Qingmu Hall?