The next day, Du Busi brought Long Aotian and Cao Longyan to the Martial Arts Arena, where the sect tournament was being held.
Cao Longyan looked up, his gaze slowly sweeping across the Martial Arts Arena. A trace of emotion stirred in his heart.
I kind of miss Shrek... Sister Lexuan... Xiao Xiao... I wonder if Profound Ancestor and the others are doing well...
All along the way, Body Sect disciples streamed past without end. Every eye seemed to turn toward Long Aotian, full of admiration and adulation. Cheers and greetings rang out from time to time.
Cao Longyan, by contrast, was like a transparent man, completely ignored by everyone. The disciples coming toward him either regarded him coldly or sneered at him. Some even deliberately stepped aside to avoid him, refusing to spare him a single glance.
Cao Longyan, however, didn't care in the slightest.
After all, Long Aotian was a once-in-a-century genius of the Body Sect, exceptionally gifted and highly accomplished in cultivation. He was also the fiancé of Princess Vina of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the sect's appointed successor as its next leader.
With all those dazzling honors combined, even the aristocratic and royal youths who thought highly of themselves genuinely acknowledged and fawned over Long Aotian.
But Cao Longyan had suddenly appeared under the identity of "Bai Yan." His background was unknown, his origins a mystery, yet Du Busi had given him his full support. He had occupied a huge share of the sect's precious cultivation resources and had even been taken as Du Busi's personal disciple.
What was more, Cao Longyan had never demonstrated his strength in front of them, yet he had received all this. How could they possibly accept it...? And how could those aristocratic and royal youths allow a mere commoner