Chapter 2987: Prisoners Under the Stairs!

Upon hearing this, everyone thought, indeed.

This place was too far from the land they yearned for.

The old man glanced at Ye Yuan, clasped his hands behind his back, and said flatly, “What the world knows is mostly hearsay. You believe that too!”

Ye Yuan added, “I heard that Tianlong Island is a self-contained space, but this place doesn’t seem to be so.”

The old man frowned, displeased, and said, “Boy, do you think that just because you made the Mountain-Carrying List, you’re something special? Once on Tianlong Island, all of you better behave!”

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “I also heard that there are many true dragons on Tianlong Island, and you can see them swimming in the sky everywhere. But here, I haven’t seen anything.”

The old man was shocked inside. Could this kid have been to Tianlong Island?

What Ye Yuan described matched Tianlong Island exactly.

However, he wouldn’t show it on his face. He said sternly, “Boy, are you questioning the servant of the Divine Dragon Envoy? The Divine Dragon Tokens I gave you can’t be fake, can they?”

Originally, after hearing Ye Yuan’s words, everyone’s hearts were pounding.

But this sentence calmed them down.

Ye Yuan smiled and said no more.

The old man breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking that this kid was too sharp; he had almost slipped up.

He was only at the Emperor Haotian realm; if these little brats turned against him, the task his master had assigned might be ruined.

When the flying boat landed on the island, the old man’s heart finally settled.

A dozen or so people came to meet them, all great experts at the Emperor Haotian realm.

The leader was a Great Emperor at the Emperor Shitian realm!

“Are these the geniuses from this batch of the Mountain-Carrying List?” The Great Emperor’s gaze swept over everyone’s faces.

The old man bowed respectfully and said, “Yes, master! The top ten of the Mountain-Carrying List are all here.”

Ye Yuan was startled—this Great Emperor was the Divine Dragon Envoy!

What surprised Ye Yuan was that this Divine Dragon Envoy had no trace of blood clan aura!

Why had he seen through that old man at a glance?

Because the old man carried the blood clan’s aura!

Ye Yuan’s Chaotic Blood Origin was highly sensitive to the blood clan’s aura.

This old man was not a blood slave, but his bloodline had been altered.

At that time, Ye Yuan had sensed something was wrong.

In fact, ever since arriving in Xuming Tangyao Heaven, Ye Yuan had found it strange.

Other planes of the Thirty-Three Heavens were suffering from the blood clan’s depredations, but here it seemed calm.

It wasn’t until Ye Yuan encountered the servant of the Divine Dragon Envoy.

He finally confirmed that the blood clan had indeed extended its claws to Xuming Tangyao Heaven.

Only, they hadn’t launched a full-scale invasion but were laying their plans in secret.

“Who is Ye Yuan?” the Divine Dragon Envoy suddenly asked.

The old servant pointed at Ye Yuan and said, “He is!”

The Divine Dragon Envoy looked Ye Yuan up and down, then suddenly swept his sleeve, sending a gust of wind straight at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan, “greatly alarmed,” erupted with bloodline pressure and unleashed his strongest strike.

Space Technique, Second Form: Dragon’s Roar!

But the gust was like an iron plate; he crashed straight into it.

Bang!

Ye Yuan was sent flying.

Enraged, Ye Yuan charged before the Divine Dragon Envoy and roared, “Lord Divine Dragon Envoy, what is the meaning of this?”

The Divine Dragon Envoy laughed heartily, “Hahaha, such pure bloodline! I never expected that a human body could possess such pure dragon bloodline. Truly worthy of being first on the Mountain-Carrying List! Yang Yi, the quality of this batch of brats is good. You will be rewarded!”

The old servant flattered with a smile, “All thanks to my master’s guidance. Yang Yi dare not take credit.”

The Divine Dragon Envoy’s gaze then fell on Feng Qingxuan, and he smiled, “I didn’t expect the Fire Phoenix Clan’s waste young master to be brought along this time. Not bad! Really not bad!”

At this, everyone’s expressions changed.

They suddenly realized something was wrong.

The way the Divine Dragon Envoy looked at them was not like admiring young geniuses, but rather like sizing up prey.

Earlier, when Ye Yuan questioned the old servant, they hadn’t taken it seriously. Now they found that this “Tianlong Island” was indeed very problematic!

“Lord Divine Dragon Envoy, what is the meaning of this?” Long Yi demanded.

The Divine Dragon Envoy smiled and said, “Nothing much. I’m just very pleased to see that each of you has a powerful bloodline!”

Long Yi’s expression changed, and he said solemnly, “You are not the Divine Dragon Envoy! What is your purpose in tricking us here?”

The Divine Dragon Envoy chuckled, “This envoy is the real deal, no substitute. Otherwise, do you think the Divine Dragon Tokens fell from the sky? Only Tianlong Island can produce them; no one can counterfeit them! Alright, don’t overthink it, because soon you won’t have to think at all. Once you’re on the island, you’ll understand everything.”

Long Yi’s face changed drastically, and he immediately flickered, trying to escape.

The Divine Dragon Envoy had clearly seen this scene many times; he gently struck out with a palm.

Bang!

Long Yi was hit in the back, spat out a mouthful of blood, and had no strength left to flee.

Those who had also thought of escaping immediately backed down.

This Divine Dragon Envoy was a great expert at the Origin realm; they couldn’t escape at all!

“Hehe, be good. Once you’re here, don’t think about leaving. Remember, you are contributing to the dragon race; you should feel honored!” the Divine Dragon Envoy said with a faint smile.

At the same time, he signaled to his men, and someone immediately stepped forward to lock Long Yi up.

The others swarmed in, putting handcuffs and shackles on the rest.

These handcuffs and shackles were specially made. Once they put them on, they felt their bloodline power completely sealed, unable to exert it.

Thus, the eleven geniuses became prisoners under the stairs.

Feng Qingxuan was shocked inside—everything was as Ye Yuan had predicted!

She hadn’t believed it before, thinking Ye Yuan was making a mountain out of a molehill.

Because the Divine Dragon Token was not fake.

But now, everything was almost exactly as Ye Yuan had said.

Feng Qingxuan had a million questions!

The Divine Dragon Envoy was clearly real; why would he harm his own kind?

This fake Tianlong Island was right under the nose of the real Tianlong Island; how could no one care?

Why were they capturing geniuses?

And so on!

Feng Qingxuan couldn’t figure it out; none of it made sense.

But clearly, everything was as Ye Yuan had foreseen.

The Divine Dragon Envoy escorted the group of geniuses into a water prison.

In the water prison, Long Yi and the others were horrified to the extreme.

Because they saw many familiar faces!

“Isn’t that… Lord Long Qingyi? He was the first on the last Mountain-Carrying List. How could he be here?”

“And him! The legend of the Eastern Lan Domain, Lord Tie Qin! In his day, he swept through the Eastern Lan Domain and was the idol of all mountain-carriers! He… is trapped here too!”

“That’s Lord Dong Yu, the number one genius of our Longxiang Tribe! I never thought he would be trapped here too! W-what kind of place is this?”

…

One familiar figure after another shattered their will.

Some geniuses had been here for a thousand years!

They were still trapped here!

What did that mean?

It meant that they too would spend the rest of their lives here!