Chapter 542: Chapter 258: Tracking
Fang Yu took a closer look and saw, besides the secret manual, there was indeed a red Token.
Li Chunyan didn’t mention it, and Fang Yu had almost forgotten about this whole thing.
It seems that this thing called the Bonfire Gathering, organizing a tournament, is just to select an Alliance Hierarch or something, to act as the leader of the external Martial Artists.
Could it be that this is Yang Chaoyu and those demons’ objective?
But the problem is... would anyone recognize this identity?
External Martial Artists are all unruly by nature, not seeming like ones who would be easily directed by just a Token.
As Fang Yu looked further down, unexpectedly, some people were shouting Yang Chaoyu’s name.
"Alliance Hierarch! Alliance Hierarch! Alliance Hierarch!"
"Yang Chaoyu! Yang Chaoyu! Yang Chaoyu!"
Upon a closer look, Fang Yu saw that it was indeed those several Thousand Blood Demons who were shouting.
They must be his own supporters.
However, the atmosphere they created was quite good, and some people who didn’t know any better also started blindly shouting along.
The Alliance Hierarch might be a title in name with little actual power, but at this moment, it seemed rather well recognized.
Fang Yu figured that it was only because the external Martial Artists were temporarily staying in Tianyuan Town without any organization that they acknowledged this identity more.
Once they left Tianyuan Town, they probably wouldn’t care about the Alliance Hierarch at all.
At this moment, Yang Chaoyu held up the Token, accepting the crowd’s attention.
After the wave of shouting subsided, the organizer Li Chunyan came up to Fang Yu and He Bashan with the ranking rewards.
"Both of you, ranking second and third respectively, are awarded the roles of Left Protector and Right Protector."
With a clap of his hands, the people behind brought forward the rewards.
Li Chunyan lifted the red cloth, revealing a thick black demon severed arm and a small bottle filled with black blood.
That’s all the Black Phoenix Blood there is.
Fang Yu muttered to himself.
Besides the ranking rewards, there was also an identity Token beside them, labeled Left Protector and Right Protector respectively.
He Bashan, ranking second, got the Left Protector Token.
Fang Yu was the Right Protector.
He first took the Black Phoenix Blood, then examined the Right Protector identity Token in his hands, which was surprisingly cool to the touch and felt of good quality.
Curiously, he glanced at He Bashan, who had also tucked away his reward, wondering what he was going to do with the Gale Four-Armed Demon Arm.
But for a Martial Artist like him who developed in the direction of brute strength, such demon materials must be quite useful.
Compared to the shouts for the Alliance Hierarch, the responses for the Left and Right Protector, were few and far between below the stage.
Fang Yu thought that it was mostly because the support-playing demons were not trying hard enough.
It seems like they only cheered for Yang Chaoyu, who ranked first.
Following according to the rankings, the rewards continued to be distributed, also giving out positions.
Left Green, ranking last, only received some kind of Hall Master title.
Looking at Left Green’s expression, he nearly wanted to throw the plaque away, not caring at all about the position.
Once the reward distribution finished, Li Chunyan spoke.
"You, with the tournament as proof of your strength, have become the high-level authorities of the Bonfire Gathering. Regarding the future development of the Bonfire Gathering, do you have any ideas?"
Ideas?
Fang Yu just wanted to take the reward and leave.
Looking around, everyone was rather silent.
Especially Left Green, who looked like he wanted to sneak away.
It seems like everyone was here just for the rewards.
At this moment, Yang Chaoyu stood up.
"Everyone, the local forces of Tianyuan Town do not regard us, the external Martial Artists, as people, and oppress us everywhere. Even though we merely pass through this place and need to replenish supplies for a few days, we are still oppressed by the local forces. In my opinion, if we do not show them some colors, they will not take a proper look at us."
Her words initially didn’t respond much, but as soon as the sycophants among the demons started supporting, the volume of voices grew.
"Exactly, I just wanted to buy some rare materials, but they flat-out don’t sell to us external Martial Artists!"
"Also, I see some Martial Arts halls, they apparently have no particular standards, and people weaker than me can join, but when I wanted to join a Martial Arts hall, I was unreasonably rejected. I wanted to learn their Martial Arts because I admire it, what’s there to be proud of!"
Driven by emotions, some began to fill with righteous indignation.
Fang Yu thought, you’re not intending to stay permanently, what’s the use of being a temporary disciple in a Martial Arts hall for a couple of days, just forcibly learn some Martial Arts and leave?
Martial Arts disciples of Tianyuan Town are different from general Martial Arts disciples; it’s not as simple as paying to learn. It is somewhat a power, so there are certain criteria for accepting people.
For Martial Artists like these with their own Martial Arts, whether they get accepted depends solely on the thoughts of the hall masters. Being turned away is a normal outcome.
But many external Martial Artists don’t think this way and also started complaining.
Yang Chaoyu then suppressed the noise and said,
"I recently received news; a turmoil is about to arise in Tianyuan Town soon. We, the Bonfire Gathering, can fully seize this opportunity to establish our fame. Not for anything else, just so in the future, when other external Martial Artists like us come to Tianyuan Town, they won’t be despised and discriminated by these local forces."
Every word she said seemed grand.
But...
[Yang Chaoyu: 1822/2161.]
Fang Yu thought, within the Five Great Families, any Family Head popping up wouldn’t thin out your veils?
Even without needing the Five Great Families to show up, on the Shu Bird Demon side, there’s a Great Demon that can suppress these trouble-making external Martial Artists.
Still, that saying goes, external Martial Artists are many in number and gathering together might stir some trouble, but truly contending with local forces is still a far cry.
So, at most, they’re just stirring the muddy waters.