The lantern had eight petals, each held by eight girls. When the eight petals closed, they formed a huge lotus.

  Suddenly, the lotus blossomed, and the stamens moved slightly. Only then did people discover in surprise that the stamens were actually a woman in colorful clothes.

  When the woman appeared, the whole audience cheered. She was the eldest princess of the Fengming Empire. Long Chen took a look and found that she was pretty and worthy of praise.

  After the eldest princess appeared, she stretched out her jade hand and two mourning couplets appeared. The upper couplet was: God bless Fengming, and the lower couplet was: Peace and prosperity for the country and the people, which made the whole audience burst into cheers.

  Long Chen smiled slightly. As a princess of the empire, it was also sad enough, just like a group of crickets living in a small jar.

  Fighting all day long, but think about yourself, isn't it the same? If you don't fight with others, you will be stepped on by others.

  If it was just stepping on you, it would be fine. The key is that he wants to step on you to death. This has nothing to do with grudges, good or bad. Perhaps this is the most primitive evil in human nature.

  While Long Chen was sighing, the second princess appeared. Long Chen was distracted and didn't see how the second princess appeared, which made Long Chen regret it.

  But the next thing was Chu Yao's lantern. Long Chen opened his eyes wide, fearing that he would miss something.

  "Boom"

  First there was a loud bang, and a firework shot up into the sky, illuminating the sky, causing all the women to cheer.

  But just as the cheers came to mind, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, and a kite made of a giant dragon came whistling.

  At the same time, opposite the giant dragon, a colorful phoenix flew with gorgeous wings, sprinkling gold powder all over the sky, like a real phoenix descending to the world.

  "Wow, so beautiful"

  With the colorful powder all over the sky, a dragon and a phoenix complement each other, just like a myth, bringing everyone into a strange world.

  "Boom"

  After circling and flying, a dragon and a phoenix slowly landed, and a huge white light spurted out from the dragon and phoenix's mouth. The white light exploded and the ribbons flew.

  When the ribbons dispersed, a beautiful woman in ancient costume slowly appeared in front of everyone, with willow eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and autumn water floating for eternity. What a peerless beauty.

  "Huh"

  When the third princess appeared, the whole scene was boiling. Many princes had heard that the third princess was extremely beautiful and stunning. Today, they finally saw the true face of the third princess, and they were excited and screamed wildly.

  Long Chen looked at the third princess and was stunned for a while. It was the first time that Long Chen saw Chu Yao who was deliberately dressed up.

  Chu Yao's beautiful eyes moved around, looking around in the crowd, and suddenly her beautiful eyes lit up, her jade hand trembled, and a round ball slowly flew out, actually heading straight for Long Chen.

  Snap!

  Long Chen reached out to catch the ball, only to see that the ball had a small tail.

  The whole audience was suddenly silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Long Chen. The queen mother's face changed slightly, but she didn't say anything.

  But if we talk about the person with the ugliest face, it would be the Great Xia Prince Xia Changfeng. Although he wanted to act calm, he really couldn't do it, and his face turned green with anger.

  The queen mother had already decided to marry Chu Yao to Xia Changfeng, but Chu Yao's performance today clearly meant that the dragon and the phoenix were auspicious, and she threw the ball in her hand directly to Long Chen.

  Originally, a ball had no special meaning, but with the foreshadowing of the lanterns in front, it was completely different, exactly the same as the procedure of throwing a ball to choose a husband in ancient times.

  At this time, although Xia Changfeng tried hard to control himself, he still couldn't stop his body from shaking, and veins on the back of his hand bulged.

  "Changfeng, be patient," Wei Cang glanced at Xia Changfeng and said.

  "Master, don't worry, Changfeng can bear it," Xia Changfeng nodded, but his voice couldn't hide the trembling.

  At this time, Xia Changfeng wanted to bite Long Chen to death, and Long Chen also noticed the strange looks of everyone.

  Among the people present, only Master Yunqi had a smile on his face, while the eyes of others were either complicated or jealous.

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  Long Chen looked at Chu Yao in the field, and saw that her beautiful eyes were smiling, looking at him affectionately, and her jade hand gently pointed at the ball in Long Chen's hand.

  At this time, Long Chen understood that this was actually a firework. He stretched out his hand and pulled the small tail on the ball, and threw the ball directly into the sky.

  "Bang"

  A brilliant light spread out, illuminating the entire square. After the light faded, two flashing words appeared in the sky.

  "The dragon travels across the four seas and travels thousands of miles, the phoenix leaves the wutong tree and accompanies the nine states"

  Looking at the two lines of words in the sky that had not dispersed for a long time, Xia Changfeng finally couldn't control himself and crushed the teacup in his hand with a snap.

  "Long Chen, if I don't cut you into pieces, I won't be called Xia Changfeng. And Chu Yao, you bitch, I will make you live a life worse than death"

  Xia Changfeng's face was bulging with blue veins. Chu Yao's behavior was more embarrassing than slapping him hard.

  The queen mother's face was also very ugly. She didn't expect Chu Yao to be so bold that she actually expressed her love to a man in such a public occasion.

  Long Chen was also stunned. Seeing Chu Yao standing on the stage in the distance, Chu Yao's pretty face was full of red clouds at this time, but her face was firm.

  Looking at Long Chen, tears slowly flowed from her beautiful eyes, which made Long Chen feel pain in his heart: Is she desperate? She actually had the thought of dying and wanted to express her wishes before she died?

  Looking at Chu Yao's tearful face, Long Chen's mind suddenly became blank. He suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Life and death will not abandon the bloody road, dragon and phoenix will depend on each other until old age"

  Long Chen's roar was like a huge bell, shaking everyone's heart. His roar revealed his unswerving will and determination to die rather than surrender.

  Chu Yao's delicate body trembled, her jade hands covered her cherry lips, tears flowed from her beautiful eyes. Originally, she only hoped that she could express her wishes in the last days, and she didn't ask for anything, but just hoped that Long Chen could understand her heart.

  But Long Chen's answer put him in a desperate situation. For a moment, Chu Yao was moved and regretful, thinking that she had harmed Long Chen.

  "The third princess is tired. Come, help her down," the queen mother said coldly, suppressing her anger.

  Five guards came over and were about to ask Chu Yao to leave. Master Yunqi said indifferently, "Queen Mother, you are wrong.

  It is a good thing for young people to dare to love and hate. Chu Yao, come, if you don't mind, sit next to the old man."

  The queen mother's face changed. She didn't expect that Master Yunqi, who had always been indifferent to worldly affairs, would actually intervene in the affairs of the empire.

  Chu Yao was overjoyed when Master Yunqi spoke. She didn't ask Master Yunqi to protect her, but she wanted Master Yunqi to protect Long Chen.

  Thinking of this, Chu Yao slowly knelt down on her knees, but before she knelt on the ground, Master Yunqi stretched out his hand and lifted her up with a gentle force.

  "Child, we are all family, so don't use these mundane etiquettes." Yunqi said, and pulled Chu Yao to sit beside him.

  However, what is strange is that Wei Cang, who originally had a bad relationship with Yun Qi, just looked at him coldly without saying a word.

  Although the queen mother was angry, she did not want to offend Yun Qi because of this little thing. Without the support of the Alchemist Guild, even the most powerful country would soon fall apart, so she could only endure it.

  However, as the queen mother, she was extremely scheming. She remained calm on her face and smiled, "In that case, let's continue the show."

  After the queen mother said this, Shi Feng beside Long Chen stood up and stretched his muscles: "Hehe, it's finally my turn to appear."

  In previous years, the procedure was that after the princess presented the lantern, it was the prince's competition to compete for the title of Fengming's first warrior.

  "Wait a minute, queen mother. I came all the way from Daxia and happened to catch up with the Lantern Festival. I specially brought you a wonderful program," Wei Cang suddenly said.

  "Oh? The program brought by the master must be wonderful," the queen mother said with a smile after a slight pause.

  "This is my useless disciple. He is seventeen years old this year and is already a genuine alchemy apprentice." Wei Cang said this while staring at Gu Cang. The four words "genuine" were particularly important.

  Everyone looked at Long Chen. Anyone who was not a fool would know that Gu Cang was speaking in a veiled way, meaning that Long Chen was just a fake.

  Long Chen was qualified as an alchemy apprentice, and many people were deeply skeptical of his true strength. After all, Long Chen's alchemy was done inside the guild, and the outside world didn't know about it. So most people thought that Long Chen was just lucky and might not have any real skills.

  After all, he had been called a waste for too long, and Long Chen had risen too fast recently. Many people suspected that there was a big hand behind Long Chen to support him. That big hand was probably Master Yun Qi.

  But no matter how amazing Master Yun Qi was, it was impossible for him to turn a waste into an alchemy apprentice in just over two months.

  When Long Chen heard Wei Cang's words, a trace of sarcasm appeared on his face: the good show is coming.

  Yun Qi did not speak, only Wei Cang continued: "Today, let me show my ugliness and make a furnace of pills for everyone on the spot"

  After hearing Wei Cang's words, the whole audience cheered. Alchemists are respected. Everyone present has only heard of alchemy, but has never seen it with their own eyes.

  They are full of respect and curiosity for this profession. If they can see the formation of a pill with their own eyes, it is a great opportunity for them.

  "But good things come in pairs. Bai Chi represents my Great Xia Alchemist Guild, the young generation of alchemists. I wonder if anyone from Fengming Guild will come out to show their skills." Wei Cang finished speaking and looked at Master Yun Qi.

  "She is your apprentice, but Long Chen is not my apprentice yet, so I'm afraid your thoughts will be in vain," Master Yun Qi said lightly.

  Long Chen's heart moved. Could it be that Yun Qi had been unwilling to accept him as a disciple because of this?

  "Just for fun, just to add to the fun, and it's not for nothing"

  As Wei Cang was talking, a jade bottle suddenly appeared in his hand. There was a flame as thick as a thumb in the bottle, which was constantly twisting.

  "This is the beast fire of the second-level magic beast Flame Leopard. Whoever wins, I will give it to him as a reward"

  Xia Baichi looked at the beast fire, and a touch of excitement appeared in her eyes. She had been thinking about the beast fire for a long time, but she didn't expect that Wei Cang was finally willing to take it out.

  Wei Cang shook the beast fire in his hand and said to Long Chen in the audience in a very tempting way: "Boy, how about it, come up and play?"

  For such an obvious temptation, everyone shook their heads in their hearts. This behavior of Wei Cang seemed to be inconsistent with the identity of a master. It was too low-level.

  As expected, Long Chen squinted his eyes at Wei Cang, his face full of ridicule and disdain, and he just uttered one word lightly.

  "Okay"

  "Puff"

  Fatty Yu and others couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of saliva, Brother Long, where is your moral integrity?

  Under everyone's strange gaze, Long Chen walked up to the stage with three steps and said to Xia Baichi:

  "Your master asked me to play with you, how do you play?"