Chapter 2095: Switching roles

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After finding out more information from the inn, Wu Lingyu brought Sima You Yue to the place to register for the Alchemy Competition.

What was different from the before was that this time it wasn’t her, but Wu Lingyu who registered to participate instead. This was the first time such a situation had occurred.

“Don’t you dislike such things? Why are you participating in it this time?” After signing up, Sima You Yue blinked cutely at him, “Do you think that my alchemy skills aren’t enough and I won’t win in the end?”

Wu Lingyu stretched out two hands to rub her head, rubbing her hair into a mess, and didn’t say a word any further. The look in his eyes before he left made her understand immediately that he was here to please his future mother-in-law.

She took off her hair accessories and while she combed it again, she muttered: “Hey, what’s there to be embarrassed about that you don’t even dare to say it out. Hmph! Yet you dare to mess with my hair!”

She brushed her hair and suddenly stopped. She looked down at the strands of hair wrapped around her hands, the strands of which were no longer condensed by the ancestors for her, but real hair. Even if she was used to the state of a soul entity, she still often missed her own body.

Wu Lingyu said before that with her current strength, she would be able to go back after she rescued her mother, and he will come to marry her.

Thinking of his promise, she couldn’t help but an enchanting smile appeared on her face.

A few days later, the two went to the competition venue. After handing over the number plate, the person guarding the gate let the two of them in. After entering, Sima You Yue went to the stands, and Wu Lingyu went to the competition venue below.

In the past, it was her who competed, and Wu Lingyu was in the stands, but this time it was finally the other way around. This feeling... was really fresh.

Wu Lingyu sensed her gaze, turned his head, and smiled at her.

This smile made all the women around her bow their heads shyly.

He wasn’t even looking at you, why are you all so shy! Sima You Yue was unhappy and glared at him.

Don’t laugh!

Wu Lingyu put away his smile, with deep helplessness in his eyes. He also smiled when he saw her smile, alright?

After a while, all the people who participated in the competition arrived. Sima You Yue looked over and saw a mass of people.

“There are so many people, this will be a fierce competition.” The people next to her commented.

“Isn’t it? I haven’t seen so many people in previous competitions.”

“That’s also because the prize this time is extremely tempting!”

“That’s right, the prize for the first place is very useful to us women. If we can get it, it will also be very good for us.”

“I don’t know how many people below are going to participate for the sake of beauty.”

“I’m afraid a lot.”

“These people aren’t all here for the prize.”

“Oh? How do you know?”

“After each competition, those outstanding alchemists will be selected, even if they can’t stay here, they will be selected by the Commanders. Even if they can’t be selected by the Commanders, as long as they attain good results in the competition, they will be able to go to various cities and be treated as a guest of honor.”

“No wonder there are more and more people participating in alchemy competitions in recent years.”

“Since you will choose an alchemist from here, will His Honor and those leaders also come? Have you watched the competition before? Are they coming?”

“They’ve attended on previous occasions but not this time round.”

“Why?”

“Is it because of the disappearance of General Xiao He, Commander Hua and Commander Mu?”

“Well, it is said that everyone has been very busy recently!”

“The competition hasn’t started yet, maybe they will come!”

The speaker was in the row behind Sima You Yue, and she could hear them clearly. Judging from the dialogue, this was someone who should have a high status in the Imperial Capital, so he clearly knew so many things.

She touched her ears, wondering if those people would come. Thinking about the things Wu Lingyu asked people to do, presumably they didn’t have the mood and energy to come.

Sure enough, no important people came until the start of the competition, and it seemed that they were all busy with “things”.

She watched Wu Lingyu finish the first round very quickly. In order to keep a low profile, he deliberately slowed down, but even so, he finished in the top ten.

Judging from the results of the first round, no one was his opponent this time, and this time the first place was none other than him.

There was one round on the first day of the competition, and after five days, the competition entered the final round. On the way to the competition, the two were surrounded by a group of men in black.

“It seems that someone doesn’t want you to participate in the final round!”

“Mm.” Wu Lingyu replied lightly, “Step back for a bit.”

Sima You Yue let go of his hand and retreated back as Wu Lingyu’s figure disappeared in a flash and after making a round, he took her hand and continued to walk forward.

And those men in black were instantly killed without even having a chance to speak.

There were only ten people in the final round. Sima You Yue looked at the other nine, wondering who sent those men in black to attack them.

The host announced the start of the competition, and all ten people began to refine the medicinal pills as required. This was the last round and Wu Lingyu no longer needed to hide his strength. So when everyone else was more than halfway done, he was already done. Needless to say, this time the first place was his.

She didn’t pay attention to who the second and third were, because she didn’t have to care about those people at all, the first place could only be his.

After the competition, Wu Lingyu took the prize from the referee, opened it for confirmation, put it away, and raised an eyebrow at Sima You Yue with a smile.

“Wu Lingyu, you...” Before the host had talked to Wu Lingyu about joining them, a group of soldiers broke in from outside and surrounded the entire venue.

Wu Lingyu looked at those people, his figure flashed, and he appeared beside Sima You Yue. Sima You Yue looked at the soldiers who suddenly appeared as a glint flashed by her eyes. There was no worry reflected.

When the people in the Imperial Capital saw these soldiers, they all stood up in shock.

“Aren’t these, these are the soldiers of His Honor? How did they come?” The referee and the host stood together, and when they saw the soldiers, they asked worriedly.

“Could it be that His Honor is coming? But he didn’t come during the competition. Why would he be here at this time?”

“It’s definitely not here to watch the competition.” The host said, “Look at these people, the oppressive aura on their bodies is heavier than the average person, indicating that they have been trained. They must be here to arrest people.”

“Who actually needs such a fanfare?”

“I think I guessed who.”

“Don’t talk about it, Your Excellency has come in.”

Qing Hun brought Xu Yu in, and all the people in the venue knelt down, and the two standing immediately became conspicuous.

When Qing Hun saw Sima You Yue, who was not panicking, and saw that face similar to Yu Ke Luo, he knew that they were the ones he was looking for.

“Everyone, leave!”

As soon as he ordered, all the people kneeling on the ground went out, only Wu Lingyu and Sima You Yue remained in place.