The System Granted Me Invincibility, Setting Me on the Path to Becoming the Heavenly Emperor

48: Yu Linglong’s suitorsIn the flower sea of Linglong Island, most of the Prodigies from various factions in the Southern Divine Continent had already arrived.

The flower sea was vast, like an ocean condensed from blossoms; the air was filled with a delicate fragrance, and the scenery was like a colorful painting, beautiful and magnificent.

Within the flower sea, some walked in groups, while couples strolled hand in hand.

In the center of the flower sea stood an arena formed by a barrier, where the Domain Qualification Battle would determine the top ten.

Qin Gelan and Yu Linglong walked side by side through the flower sea, looking like a perfect couple.

Many Prodigies looked over, and upon seeing Yu Linglong’s appearance, some recognized her.

”That’s the Saintess of Linglong Island!”

”So beautiful. As expected of the Saintess.”

”Who is the man beside her? He can actually walk side by side with the Saintess.”

Among them were many of Yu Linglong’s admirers, whose gazes toward Qin Gelan were filled with hostility.

Qin Gelan gave a bitter smile; with Yu Linglong’s beauty, she would have suitors wherever she went.

”Some of the Southern Prodigies are hiding their strength quite well,” Qin Gelan noted as he looked at the Prodigies. Some had already reached the Immortal Venerable Realm, and some had even achieved a Breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Yu Linglong nodded and said, ”Some Hidden Families in Xuanhuang Heaven once produced Supremes, and their Bloodlines are very powerful. Therefore, many of the Prodigies coming for this Domain Qualification Battle are from Hidden Families.”

As the two conversed, exclamations rang out from the flower sea.

”Look! That’s the Saint of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Bu Feifan!”

”I heard Bu Feifan has already stepped into the mid-stage of the Immortal Venerable Realm. He likely came here with the goal of taking first place.”

”I heard that to incentivize the Domain Qualification Battle, the various Transcendent Factions have brought out failed versions of ultimate dao immortal artifacts.”

Qin Gelan hadn’t expected these Transcendent Factions to be so generous, and he couldn’t help but marvel at their foundation; they were truly wealthy and powerful.

Although they were called failed ultimate dao immortal artifacts and couldn’t compare to the real thing, they were still significantly stronger than ordinary Immortal Artifacts.

Due to various reasons, the ultimate dao immortal artifacts failed during the forging process but were preserved. It was like a person failing to advance their Realm; they just couldn’t promote to a full ultimate dao immortal artifact.

But even as failures, they carried wisps of ultimate dao might, which was quite terrifying.

If one encountered an opponent of the same rank, as long as the gap in combat power wasn’t too large, one could win relying on the ultimate dao might.

”Which Hidden Families are participating in this qualification battle?” Qin Gelan asked, scanning the flower sea.

Yu Linglong pointed her slender finger in one direction, where a woman in a red brocade robe sat on a stone stool, holding a long spear.

”That woman with the spear is Wu Donghan of the Hidden Family Wu. Her Family’s ancestors once produced a Supreme.”

Qin Gelan nodded. The woman possessed a heroic aura and a chilling killing intent, similar to Yun Yao.

Yu Linglong pointed to another spot.

”That man with demonic markings on his face is Ye Wudao of the Hidden Family Ye. The Hidden Ye Family practices the Demonic Path; they once produced a Supreme who attained the Dao through demonic cultivation, and their strength is very formidable.”

”The Hidden Family Wang, Wang Teng...”

”The Hidden Family Qi, Qi Linfeng...”

”The Hidden Yao Race, Long Zhan and Long Mo.”

Qin Gelan looked in the direction Yu Linglong pointed; it was a pair of siblings.

The man was handsome and overbearing, while the woman was slender and charming, both with a pair of Dragon horns protruding from their heads.

Qin Gelan couldn’t help but be curious. ”The Yao Race has Hidden ones too?”

”Some Yao Races had ancestors who were Supremes. After the Supreme passed away, their status declined from the position of Supreme, leading them to go into hiding, just like the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon clan,” Yu Linglong explained.

Looking at these descendants of Hidden Families, each one was a hidden talent, likely no weaker than the Saints and Saintesses of the Transcendent Factions.

”These hidden descendants are strong, but for you, they won’t be a problem.” Yu Linglong looked at Qin Gelan with certainty.

”What? You have that much confidence in me?”

Qin Gelan crossed his arms and looked at Yu Linglong with a smile.

”Some person at the Peak Immortal Venerable Realm intentionally suppressed their Realm to defeat the Buddha Son with a single finger; the pride in their heart is no less than anyone else’s~” Yu Linglong intentionally emphasized the word ’Peak’.

While Qin Gelan and Yu Linglong were talking, the Saint of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Bu Feifan, walked over, followed by several attendants.

As soon as Bu Feifan arrived, his gaze fell on Yu Linglong, and he smiled. ”Saintess, we meet again.”

Yu Linglong gave a faint nod as a greeting.

”In this qualification battle, I hope I don’t encounter you too early, Saintess, otherwise I’ll be quite unlucky.” Although Bu Feifan said this, there was no trace of apprehension in his eyes. He then looked at Qin Gelan and asked, ”And this is?”

”Shenxi Empire, Qin Gelan.” Qin Gelan introduced himself.

Qin Gelan could feel the hostility in Bu Feifan’s gaze and immediately understood—yet another suitor.

”So it’s Brother Qin.” Bu Feifan smiled slightly. He had naturally heard of Qin Gelan; at the Book Mountain Assembly, Qin Gelan’s ode to linglong had perfectly captured Yu Linglong’s world-toppling beauty.

He had also read that ode to linglong. He had to admit it was exceptionally well-written, but it also annoyed him since it was written for Yu Linglong.

Everyone knew that Bu Feifan was pursuing Yu Linglong. Hearing that she had publicly accepted the ode to linglong made him even more frantic.

”Is Brother Qin also here for the qualification battle?” A dangerous glint appeared in Bu Feifan’s eyes.

Qin Gelan didn’t care. He glanced at Yu Linglong and said, ”Sigh, I didn’t really want to come, but Linglong invited me, so I had to come join the fun.”

Hearing the way Qin Gelan addressed her, Bu Feifan’s brow twitched imperceptibly.

”Are they already on such intimate terms?”

Looking at Yu Linglong’s expression, she didn’t object and seemed to take it for granted, which fueled Bu Feifan’s jealousy even more.

After achieving a Breakthrough to the fifth heaven of the Immortal Venerable Realm, he believed he was no weaker than the descendants of Transcendent Factions and was fully worthy of Yu Linglong.

He hadn’t expected Qin Gelan to appear out of nowhere, likely sharing some history with Yu Linglong. At this thought, Bu Feifan said coldly, ”I heard Brother Qin was quite the star at the Book Mountain Assembly, but in the qualification battle, one cannot rely on literary talent.”

His words were laced with disdain. No matter how good one’s literary talent was, the Domain Qualification Battle relied on strength.

Perhaps Yu Linglong was just temporarily charmed by the poem Qin Gelan wrote for her.

Once he defeated him on the arena and let Yu Linglong see Qin Gelan’s pathetic state, would she still think highly of him?

”That’s none of your concern. Do you have anything else?” Yu Linglong’s tone was cold.

Seeing Yu Linglong’s cold tone, Bu Feifan forced a smile. ”Since the qualification battle is about to begin, I won’t disturb the Saintess any further. Farewell.”

After Bu Feifan left, Yu Linglong rolled her eyes at Qin Gelan and said softly, ”You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

Just now, Qin Gelan had said Yu Linglong invited him and addressed her so intimately specifically to provoke Bu Feifan.

”I’m just asking if it felt good,” Qin Gelan said with a mischievous grin.

Yu Linglong’s eyes filled with mirth, narrowing as she spat out one word: ”Yes!”

Truth be told, seeing Bu Feifan look as miserable as if he’d swallowed a dead rat was indeed quite satisfying.

She had never liked Bu Feifan anyway, and his intense possessiveness whenever he looked at her made her even more repulsed.

”As expected, it takes a rogue to deal with a rogue.” Yu Linglong chuckled.

Qin Gelan: ”...”

His vision went dark.

”But he was right about one thing.” Qin Gelan stroked his chin.

”What thing?”