Chapter 3542
When Fade arrived at the foot of the mountain, he realized that it was more lively than what he had seen from a distance.
There were hundreds of thousands of people gathered here. Some of them knew each other and were greeting each other warmly. Others were just talking.
Some people even laid a piece of cloth on the ground to sell their things.
There were a lot of people coming and going. Some people even made a deal on the spot.
"Ah, this..."
This scene surprised Fade.
At this time, a short, fat young man with a big smile came over and asked, "Hi Sir, do you see anything you like?"
"Let me take a look around," Fade said casually.
However, the fat man approached him and greeted Fade with a smile, "My name is Rifai Lu. You look like a self learner. We are all self learners here. How about we look after one another?"
With this, Rifai pointed to a dozen self learners gathered near the stall.
Fade thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "My name is Fade, I am indeed a self learner. Mr. Lu, are you guys all here for the Yuanyan Wood?"
Rifai laughed when he heard Fade's words. "Haha, you must be joking, Brother Chen!"
"How can a nameless self learner like us be qualified to come here for the Yuanyan Wood? There are only a hundred places available to enter the Xuanshuang Valley. Even the officials and nobles of the five major domains are not qualified to get one. How is it possible for us to get it?"
"Ah, then what is everyone..." Fade asked in confusion.
Rifai pointed to the stall on the ground and said, "We may not be qualified to get a spot, but it's a good opportunity for us to make
some money and friends."
"Perhaps, I might get lucky and get a spot to enter the valley."
After Rifai finished speaking, the group of self learners around him all laughed.
Rifai added, "Brother Chen, you see, there are a few hundred people here, and only a few people have tokens. Those without the tokens are basically people like us."
Fade looked around and realized that what Rifai said was true.
Most of the cultivators here had good cultivations. The lowest was at Stage 5 of the Soul Refine Realm. The average cultivation was Stage 9 of the Soul Refine Realm. In other places, they would be considered experts.
But in this place, it was obviously not enough to compete for the Yuanyan Wood.
Therefore, most of the cultivators were here to try their luck.
Fade cupped his hands to Rifai to show his gratitude. "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Lu.
Do you know what kind of people would be qualified to get a place?"
At the mention of this, Rifai pointed to the front of the foot of the mountain and pouted. "Look over there."
Fade looked over and found a group of people gathered near the entrance of the valley. It was far less compared to the amount of people here.
Moreover, those people over there seemed much better off than these people here.
Some of them rode their carriage all way to the entrance of the valley and parked it there.
Some simply set up tents at the entrance to rest.
What stood out even more was the wooden pavilion. Someone had actually built a wooden pavilion in front of the entrance of the valley.
From where Fade stood, he could see a group of people sitting together in the wooden pavilion, drinking and chatting happily.
"Man! Who are those people?" Fade asked
Rifai.
Rifai said, "Those people are the ones who have got the places. Judging by their appearance, you should know that they are either rich. They are people we can't afford to offend." "However, the most powerful ones among them are the four people in the wooden pavilion. They are the top among the top. They are the ones to beat for the Yuanyuan Wood." Fade said, "Oh really? Who are they?"
Rifai introduced to Fade with a confident smile, "The four people in the wooden pavilion are Almore Qin, Haykal Song, Nikita Hsia, and Carolina Yun."
"Qin, Song, Hsia..." Hearing these names, Fade immediately realized something. "Those are the Four Greatest Domains!"
Rifai nodded with emotion and said,
"Brother Chen, you're right. These people are all from the royal family. of the Four Greatest Domains." "For example, Almore is the seventh son of Ambrito, who is the current governor of Great Qin Domain. People address him as Mr Almore."
"Mr. Almore!" This made Fade's heart skip a beat as he thought of Emond.
Emond was the relative of the Qin Family of the Great Qin Domain. He also said that Master 16 was his cousin. This meant that Mr. Almore was Emond's cousin.
Rifai continued to introduce, "Nikita is the princess of the Grand Hsia Domain. Her aunt, Mulji. is the current governor of the Grand Hsia estate. Her status and power are both quite impressive."
"And that's Haykal. He's the youngest, but his status is equally noble. He's the third grandson of the governor of Great Song Domain, Crickon. He has royal blood."
Speaking of this, Rifai paused and introduced the last person.
"The last person, Carolina. She is quite special. She is different from the other three. She is not a royal or noble. She was born in an ordinary family in the Great Wu Domain." "However, Carolina has shown her extraordinary cultivation talent since she was a child. Later, she further improved and became one of the best cultivators in her generation. She even surpassed many royal families in the Great Wu Domain."
"Because of this, the governor of the Great Wu Domain, Viana, accepted Carolina as his goddaughter. She is very doted on and has a status comparable to that of a real princess."
"In short, these four people are top-notch in terms of status and cultivation. I'm sure the Yuanyuan Wood would belong to one of those four. It's their to lose."
At the end, Rifai sighed with emotion.
Fade memorized these names in his heart.
"Almore, Haykal, Nikita, and Carolina!"
As soon as Rifai and Fade finished talking about this, suddenly, there was a loud debate.
"If that's the case, it's not for sale."
"What do you mean? Are you trying to go back on your word? Do you know who I am?"
"I don't give a damn who you are. If you don't
meet my price, then the thing stays."
The quarrel became more and more fierce, and even the sounds of fighting could be heard.
"Pa!"
"You don't know what's good for you. You should be happy that I took a liking to your thing. Since you don't want to accept my money, fine. I'm still going to take this with me." "No, that's mine. Give it back to me!"
Rifai rushed over and asked a stall owner, "Mr. Liu, what's going on?"
Mr. Liu covered his swollen cheek and pointed to several burly and armored men in front of him. He said, "Mr Lu, these guys said that they wanted to buy my things, but they won't meet my price. So, told them it's not for sale. Then, they stapped me!"
Hearing this, Rifai's face darkened, but he still mustered a smile. He looked at the men in armor opposite him and said, "Gentlemen, have mercy on us. We're just street vendors, who came here, hoping to make some money." "Judging by your appearances, you must be big shots. Why bother to argue with nameless self learners like us?"