Supreme Alchemist-Chapter 2458 - 2448 The Origin of the Temple

Long Yan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, this person’s strength was still considerable, although he had not exerted force, Long Yan felt that breaking free would not be simple.

"Brother, this mission is not something you can handle."

Turning around, behind Long Yan was a man with a square face, bare-chested, his iron-hard body showing a bronze tint, his lower body normally dressed, but the most striking was the Horse-chopping Saber behind him.

The Horse-chopping Saber is a very special weapon; even the Old Madman’s Greatsword is already enormous, but the Horse-chopping Saber is even bigger than those two Greatswords. Generally, people using such a weapon fight with large, open movements, but Long Yan could see from the strong man’s eyes that this was not the case.

Long Yan released his left hand holding the Paper, and the burly man also let go of Long Yan’s palm. Turning his head, Long Yan looked at the strong man in front of him, like a Black Tower – it was clear that this person was also a mercenary, but Long Yan hadn’t expected to find such hidden talents in this Small Town.

The palms lightly placed at both sides of his body, but Long Yan noticed that his left hand always involuntarily reached toward the Horse-chopping Saber behind him. If encountering any assault, the strong man would immediately draw his Weapon.

That’s also why Long Yan looked up to the strong man, even though it was just a small action, he could completely counter any surprise attack promptly.

"I wonder why you interrupt me from viewing the mission?"

Although the strong man’s strength was formidable, Long Yan showed no fear, asking coldly.

"I remember this mercenary mission is on a first come first served basis."

Actually, Long Yan originally didn’t intend to take this task, but being interrupted for no reason made him unhappy, so he felt the strong man before him was snatching the task.

"Brother, you’ve misunderstood, I’m not here to grab the task."

The Black Tower strong man smiled helplessly, deeply aware that he indeed seemed like someone grabbing the task, so he hurriedly explained.

"Although I don’t know what level of mercenary you are, even a Heavenly Level mercenary would likely be helpless against this task."

The strong man said with eyes as large as copper bells, mentioning that he had some connection with this task – the man’s name was Tenglong, a Heavenly Level mercenary in this Small Town, and by coincidence, Tenglong knew Zhou Tian.

The two were very close, but until recently, Zhou Tian disappeared, and Tenglong had heard about Zhou Tian’s task, or rather, the task was well-known throughout the Small Town.

This task had been around for a long time; the reason being the Mayor’s son disappeared, and the Mayor roughly counted as the highest official in this Small Town. So after the Mayor’s son vanished, countless mercenaries took on the task to search, but within Three days, only less than half of them returned.

This news shocked the entire Small Town; later, keen individuals found that most of these people searched in the Demon Beast Mountain Forest’s central area. After all, they couldn’t find them alive or dead, so the Mercenary Guild dispatched men to search for these mercenaries.

But the search party only found this Temple, and only one person returned; others who entered the Temple never came out, fearing something happening, so they quickly returned for reinforcements.

Knowing the strange occurrence, there were no mercenaries willing to enter the Temple. Therefore, no matter how much money was offered, no mercenaries liked going there, and tasks nearby were also avoided.

Zhou Tian happened to have nothing to do recently and set his eyes on this task. Tenglong tried hard to dissuade his friend, but Zhou Tian insisted on forming a team to go to the Temple. Unable to persuade him, Tenglong let Zhou Tian go.

Over the years, countless mercenaries ventured to the Temple to investigate, but very few returned. To prevent others from following his friend’s fate, Tenglong watched here every day, guarding against someone mistakenly taking this task and losing their life.

This led to the incident of grabbing Long Yan’s wrist; after hearing Tenglong’s explanation, Long Yan merely nodded, seeing Tenglong as a good person not wanting innocent people harmed.

"Brother Tenglong, you’ve misunderstood; I don’t want to take this task but just wanted to see what it is."

Upon hearing Long Yan didn’t intend to accept the task, Tenglong breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Long Yan and said.

"I see you look unfamiliar, seems you’re not a local."

Long Yan slightly nodded, saying he came here to train as a mercenary, Tenglong smiled, patted Long Yan’s shoulder, and turned to leave.

This little interlude was not remembered in Long Yan’s mind, yet didn’t realize he would see Tenglong again in the future.

"This is your Identity Card, after deducting the procedure cost, roughly ten taels of silver, leaving about Three taels of gold."

The Receptionist respectfully spoke to Long Yan, knowing that roughly one tael of gold equals ten taels of silver. These name tags indeed exchanged for quite a bit, likely with some inheritance among them, so the Guild offered such rewards.

Long Yan took the Identity Card, considered a very common Human Level identity card; mercenaries need to complete tasks or directly prove strength to upgrade.

Of course, Long Yan didn’t plan to directly reach Heavenly Level; otherwise, with his Divine Emperor Level 3 status, he would naturally be a Heavenly Level mercenary. But not yet fully understanding mercenary work, he intended to start at Human Level, wait until the right time, and then directly upgrade to Heavenly Level mercenary.

Long Yan opened the gate and walked out, but this time those mercenaries didn’t focus on him and went about their business; however, a few had their eyes on him and followed after he pushed the gate and left.

In fact, after leaving the Guild, Long Yan had noticed these three individuals, just unsure of their intentions, so he said nothing. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

"Hey, Kid."

Finally, the people behind couldn’t hold back; they were in a quiet corner which Long Yan had deliberately passed by, evidently about to leave this corner when the people behind couldn’t help but call out to him.

Long Yan stopped his steps upon hearing the voice, turning around to see the people; as he turned, the other two directly surrounded him, forming a triangle structure, leaving him unable to move.

"What’s the matter?"

Long Yan smiled helplessly, originally not wanting trouble right after arriving, but just because he didn’t provoke others doesn’t mean others won’t provoke him.

"Are you the newcomer mercenary?"

The leading man looked at Long Yan; previously, Long Yan hung the Identity Card on his neck for convenience, and seeing the card with only the Human Level mercenary mark reassured the man, a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

"Young man, do you know who runs this Small Town?"

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