Chương 281: Rewards

The thunder sky sect's elders were all astonished at the words of their sect master. Protect Long Feng and the Yihua continent's group? That alone didn't mean much. The thunder sky sect was astoundingly powerful. Even peak Imperials numbered over hundreds. All elders were peak deity realm masters and some of the few high ranking elders were true blue Dao realm masters. And the sect had dozens of elders.

The sect master saying an elder had to guard Long Feng was essentially asking a peak deity realm master to guard Long Feng as well as send the Yihua continent's group home safely. The thunder sky sect wouldn't mind sending a single elder to do that; it wasn't impossible, especially when it was the Sect Master's orders. What truly unnerved them was the unmistakable shiver in the sect master's voice. That was undoubtedly fear. That prompted them to know that this matter was very serious.

On the stand, the Desolate Sect Master glanced at the thunder sky sect master and smiled.

"I'm guessing your elders planned to take action against the youth right?" He asked. The thunder sky sect master snorted and ignored him.

"The honored envoy is from the Supreme Heaven Sect. I'm sure you know what that means." The Desolate Sect Master continued, unfazed at being ignored.

"To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to catch the attention of any of the three honored envoys. Who would expect that two geniuses got chosen? And neither of them come from any of our continents but from a low ranked continent. It is truly intriguing." The thunder sky sect master glanced at the Desolate Sect Master and replied, "The envoys never picked geniuses based on background but on talent.

And my sect elders certainly haven't lived long enough to dare to set their sights on a disciple of the Supreme Heaven Sect."

"I thought as much. But it's still too early to call him a disciple already. There will be more trials awaiting the kid before he can become a true outer Disciple. And if he fails any of the trials…" The Desolate Master smiled.

"For all we know, the envoy not revealing himself yet could be a trial. Who knows what he is thinking?" He added to himself staring at Long Feng with a twinkle in his eyes. Long Feng stood on the hundred division battle stage with a frown. He had taken several healing pills to stop the blood flowing from the wound on his chest and also recovered, but that wasn't his actual concern right now. He had made a bet, taken a risk to reveal his strength.

He believed that he would definitely attract several envoys at that time. By then, he wouldn't need to worry about his safety anymore. But right now, not a single envoy had approached him. They all avoided him like he was a plague. And everyone was watching. Long Feng could already tell that many people were staring at him with gleaming eyes.

Human nature was unpredictable, but in this situation, everyone could predict what would happen to an Overlord genius from a puny low ranked continent who would receive the rewards of the fourth place in the hundred continent meeting. The rewards alone could drive many people crazy with greed, but Long Feng himself seemed to possess some great opportunities that gave him his ridiculous combat power.

If one could posses both the rewards and Long Feng's secret, they would soon be able to join the ranks of the continent zone's strongest. At least, that was what everyone was thinking. The Yihua continent's group were already sweating buckets at Long Feng's predicament.

"What's going on? Long Feng has proven to have such great talents, why aren't the envoys approaching him?" Lan yanyue asked nervously.

"We have no idea. But if he doesn't gain any backing, then Long Feng's only hope would be to escape before the meeting ends, otherwise…" the Yihua clan's Great Elder replied with a worried frown.

"We have one good news. This matter shouldn't affect the Yihua continent much." The Misty Mountain's Master spoke, drawing the other's attention to him. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.

"Although Long Feng apparently didn't get to join any force, he isn't the only person from the Yihua continent to reach the top twenty." The Misty Mountain Master said. The Great Elder's eyebrows rose. Indeed, he had forgotten about Li Yue'er.

"That's right. She was taken by a high ranking envoy just now. That female envoy seemed to be very powerful so she could be from a three star force. No one in the continent zone would be stupid enough to touch the homeland of someone from a three star force!" The youths' eyes began to glow slowly and the hidden worry faded by quite a lot.

"Don't get too happy. No one would come to seek trouble with us, but if we try to protect Long Feng here, I'm not so sure about that. Look around. There are thousands of people paying attention to his every move already." The Misty Mountain Master added, causing everyone to frown again. He was right. Nearly half of the ten thousand people gathered were staring at Long Feng closely, watching him for his next movement. He was essentially a walking treasure. All of the overlords were.

But he was the only one with zero backing whatsoever. In short, he was the only one they could pick on.

"What does that mean? We should sit aside and not help him?" Gongsun Hao asked, staring at his father. The Misty Mountain's Master remained silent, unable to reply.

"That's not what he meant. What he's trying to say is that we should consider everything clearly. Our strength is Insignificant. If we try to assist him, we'll be killed and that'll be the end of it." The Great Elder intervened, explaining calmly.

"We could also be overthinking things. Perhaps nothing's going to happen. Let's just hope everything ends well" the Misty Mountain's Master added, bringing an end to the discussion. Long Feng's eyes had already dimmed. By now, it was plain as day that he had been sidelined. All of the envoys were done, and nearly the entire top fifty were chosen by different envoys. Even among the top hundred, only about a dozen geniuses were left standing with downhearted expressions. And Long Feng was among these few.

It was actually not unheard of for an Overlord genius to join the relatively weak forces like five and four star sects. It happened sometimes when an Overlord got that title through certain means, like using the help of a powerful weapon. Several decades ago, a rank one imperial realm genius had used a special method of the Nine knights Continent to wield a true mortal grade weapon. He used the weapon to dominate all other geniuses, even those with much higher cultivation than his.

It was rumoured that using the weapon, he could fight nearly six realms above his cultivation. But his actual talent was not great. He wasn't chosen by any of the strong envoys and ended up joining a five star sect. But Long Feng wasn't even approached by the five star envoys. That was the shocking thing. With the strength he displayed, even if there was some questionable points about it, he was still supposed to join a four star force. Even three stars wouldn't have an issue with him.

After all, other means were still a part of a person's strength. Many people could tell that something was off about this situation. If they were the envoys, they certainly wouldn't let Long Feng go. They would try to take him back to their forces using any means possible.

"Things aren't looking good. Looks like I'll have to leave soon." Long Feng thought, his heart turning cold. He didn't have the time to think about the situation. He was even considering leaving right now and forfeiting the rewards. But he didn't do that. He had already risked so much and lost. If he didn't take even the rewards as well, then he wouldn't have tears to cry later.

The thunder sky sect master slowly rose up from his seat as all the envoys returned to the stand with the geniuses they chose following behind them, grinning with excitement.

"You have all shown great power and talents, and I must tell you all, I am relieved to see that the younger generation aren't getting worse with time. Those of you who have the luck to be chosen by the esteemed envoys, you must cultivate diligently in the Mainland and make your homeland proud. And those of you who weren't lucky enough, you shouldn't be disheartened. Cultivate diligently as well and you can also become great powerhouses of your era.

The seven overlord continents will take you all in and support you all to achieve your full potential."

"The rewards for the top hundred geniuses will be handed out now." The thunder sky sect master spoke. Saying that, he waved his hand and ripples spread in the air as a hundred objects appeared in the sky. Looking closely, those hundred objects were all bronze coloured rings; all void rings. Each person present had a void ring. Many had several rings as well. Even Long Feng had quite a few empty void rings for emergencies. The hundred void rings floating above seemed a bit different from the ones he knew.

They were all emitting a strange aura that didn't seem to exist again.

"These are void rings of a higher level than the ones you know of. They contain a much larger space and also last longer." The thunder sky sect master explained and waved his sleeves again. The hundred rings shook and shot downwards, rushing towards a particular person each as though they had eyes. Each of the rings shone with a different intensity, and the brightest one landed in Huang Fang Hao's palm.

Long Feng stared at the bright ring that fell towards him and he reached out to grab it, staring at the ring with a complicated expression. To him, this ring was like setting flame to gun power. It would worsen his situation. Yet he definitely wasn't willing to let it go. He clenched his fist around the ring tightly then unclenched it and slipped the ring into another finger. He was tempted to scan through it with his soul power to know what exactly were in it, but he forced back that thought and decided to wait.

Many geniuses appeared astonished as they went through the void rings they received. The shock and excitement on their faces surpassed even when some of them got chosen by an envoy. Even the overlord geniuses had varying levels of shock on their faces. Huang Fang Hao was still standing on the Hundred Divisions Battle Stage as well. He was already a disciple of the Heavenly Spear Pavilion and he wasn't willing to leave them for even a two star force, so no envoy bothered to approach him and waste their time.

He went through the ring and was also shocked briefly. Then he held it and walked over to Long Feng. Many people stared at him, wondering what he wanted to do. He stood before Long Feng and they stared at each other.

"Long Feng, I'll be waiting for you in the Southern Region of the Mainland. Two years. In two years, I will find you. And we will fight again." Huang Fang Hao broke the silence and said calmly. Long Feng smiled bitterly.

"If I can get out of here alive and somehow reach the mainland, then I'll wait for you." He replied. He had lost his chance to leave the continent zone the way he planned. He would have to find another way, and that was considering he left here alive. This wasn't something similar to old Gan alone. Old Gan was a peak deity realm master, but here, even peak deities were more than a dozen. Wu Kong wasn't around to help him. He didn't have a single idea of how to escape from those powerful people.

"I'll be waiting. This place can't hold you down. I won't be attending the Genius Meeting. I'll be leaving for the Mainland today. Long Feng, I hope the next time we meet, you'll be much more of an opponent than you were today." Huang Fang Hao replied calmly. He was already aware of the truth from his father; Long Feng wasn't abandoned nor unlucky. In fact, he was the luckiest person in the hundred continent meeting entirely. Even Huang Fang Hao was a bit envious.

If the supreme heaven sect had invited Huang Fang Hao, then even he would have set his pride and principles aside to join them without hesitation. Long Feng could be considered the biggest winner of them all. The reason no envoy approached him was exactly because they didn't dare to offend the supreme heaven sect. It was evident that the supreme heaven sect was a level above others from how all the envoys including two envoys from two different two star forces didn't dare to speak back at him or even refute him.

The blazing battle sect was a two star sect, and its envoy, the golden robed man had wanted to take Long Feng away, yet remembering the insanity of the Supreme Heaven Sect, he felt weak at heart and didn't dare to do so.