by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Could it be because of this spiritual mutation that the heavens want to destroy me?”
He shivered. Back then, when he had undergone his first tribulation, the Spirit World expert had said that all existences that could threaten the Heavenly Daos were all exterminated by the Heavenly Daos.
Then presumably, if Little Snow could mature, he would be able to threaten the Heavenly Daos. His future combat ability would definitely be shocking.
“Long Chen, I heard you were injured yesterday.” Tang Wan-er and Meng Qi rushed over, deeply concerned about him.
The two of them had been in seclusion yesterday and had just learned what had happened. Furthermore, Long Chen had already told everyone not to tell the two of them so they wouldn’t worry. However, they had still found out today.
“I’m fine. It was just a minor injury that’s already healed.” Long Chen smiled.
“How can that new assistant monastery head be so shameless to even bully a disciple?” raged Tang Wan-er.
“Exactly, that’s far too shameless! She’s even more shameless than me. I’m completely bewildered as to how she managed to become so shameless,” agreed Long Chen.
The two women laughed and Meng Qi rebuked, “Really, it’s already this kind of time and you still want to make jokes?”
“Ah, originally I really was a bit depressed about being bullied. But after seeing two beauties show such concern for me, I feel like I’m being blessed by sunlight after the rain. That comfortable and refreshing feeling simply can’t be described.” Long Chen laughed.
Tang Wan-er and Meng Qi blushed, warm light flowing in their eyes, beautiful beyond compare. Despite having been with them day and night, Long Chen still felt his heart pounding from looking at that beauty.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
“Dislikable. Stop misbehaving.” Tang Wan-er reddened even more and viciously pinched Long Chen. He was intentionally making his heart pound louder for the two of them to hear.
“Long Chen, you… are too wicked.” Meng Qi was as red as an apple, bashful and angry.
Long Chen laughed inside. No matter what unpleasant emotion he was feeling inside, just seeing the two of them always made him feel much better.
To be able to tease beauties every day was an incredibly freeing delight. But then thinking of that group of idiots, his good mood faded.
There were always people trying to snatch away his happiness. That gave Long Chen even greater determination to get stronger. He had to grow up faster and trample these idiots to death sooner.
At this time, Guo Ran, Gu Yang, and the others also came up to him. He looked over their cultivation bases and saw that they hadn’t increased, which was a good thing. Furthermore, they had already tempered sixteen bones, which was already the peak of ordinary bone tempering.
By asking them, he learned they had consumed less than three thousand Bone Tempering Pills. That made him sigh.
He had already stuffed himself with a hundred thousand Bone Tempering Pills, only to temper twenty bones. His own consumption was equivalent to dozens of them. This Nine Star Hegemon Body truly could consume medicinal pills.
“Boss, this new sect leader will probably come and target us. What plan do you have against it?” asked Guo Ran.
Currently, Zhou Qingyi and the monastery head had already publicly torn off their masks. Their covert struggle had become an open struggle, and Long Chen was at the heart of their struggle. That caused them to be nervous.
“Do you still not understand your boss’s methods? You still need to ask such a question?” said Long Chen.
Guo Ran was startled and delighted. “Really? What brilliant plan did you come up with? Quick, tell us!”
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er also perked up their ears. Long Chen was the one who came up with the craziest ideas. He definitely wouldn’t just wait while he suffered a loss.
“None.” Long Chen shook his head.
“What? Boss, now isn’t the time for jokes! If you don’t have any plan, then once they start targeting us, they’ll play us to death!” exclaimed Guo Ran.
“I’m just human, not a god. Before I see my opponent, I can’t come up with a plan. This is like playing chess. Don’t I still need to know what kind of person my opponent is?
“Most importantly, it’s not just that I don’t know who my opponent is, but that I don’t even know what game we’re playing. Chess? Go? How can I come up with a strategy like this?
“But you don’t need to be worried. Normally, I teach you not to use schemes to handle things, because in front of absolute power, all schemes are useless. Wasting time on scheming is just wasting your cultivation time.
“But this time, it won’t be the same. In this particular situation, we’ll definitely need some smarts to handle our problems.
“This time, I’ll let you learn that while your boss normally uses his fists to resolve problems, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any smarts. I’ll let you see how I play them to death with my head.” Long Chen clenched his fist confidently.
“Well, more accurately, you aren’t able to beat them with your fists…” muttered Guo Ran.
Long Chen clapped Guo Ran in the back of his head and cursed, “Brat, why do you have to expose me? You’re all grown up now and ready to spread your wings? You want to fight with your boss?”
Everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere lessened a great deal.
Long Chen continued, “You don’t need to be nervous. Even if they want to target me, they’ll still have to do it within the scope of the rules. That’s also why I had you all become completely familiar with the rules yesterday. It’s to avoid falling into a trap.
“Today, just act according to my signals. As long as we work together, we’ll be fine. With me present, we definitely won’t suffer any loss.”
Right now, the person that intimidated Long Chen the most was Zhou Qingyi. That malicious woman’s cultivation base was too high, and so he could only endure for now. But since Shui Wuhen had promised to keep an eye on her, he was much more at ease.
The Dragonblood Legion had only just been formed. Now was the most critical time for them. Each breath of time was extremely precious.
He was unable to bring them to seek shelter at Mo Gate. That wasn’t because Mo Gate wasn’t reliable, but because once he left, he would just be sending himself straight into those people’s trap.
Once he lost the supermonastery’s protection, then let alone the Corrupt path, even those Righteous sects would attack him to get revenge for their disciples. Most importantly, there were many people who had placed their sights on his secrets.
The primal chaos bead from the secret realm had shaken everyone. It was unknown just how many people’s gazes were covertly focused on him right now.
It could be said that Long Chen was surrounded by enemies that were like tigers watching their prey. Only with the supermonastery’s intimidation was it possible to keep them back. But once he left, he would definitely be chased down by countless experts.
One option was to ask some experts from Mo Gate to come here. But having to wait for them to come and then going over there would be very time-consuming, and in the end, it wasn’t worth it. It was better to temporarily stay and grow within the monastery for now.
Right now, Long Chen didn’t want anyone to learn about the Dragonblood Legion. The outside world only knew that these people were those that he trusted. They had no idea that they were undergoing complete tempering. Within the entire monastery, the only one who saw some clues was Tu Fang, but Tu Fang definitely would not say anything.
Long Chen wanted to turn the Dragonblood Legion into the most terrifying army in the world. But right now, they were still only budding and extremely weak. He couldn’t allow anyone to place their sights on them, or that would be dangerous.
So right now, he had ordered each of them to keep this secret from everyone else. What they needed the most right now was time.
“Let’s go. Everyone, get into
position. Let’s see just what abilities this new sect leader has.”
Long Chen told Gu Yang, Song Mingyuan, Li Qi, and Yue Zifeng a few more things to take note of and then had them look after the others.
Everyone had only just taken their positions, and Tu Fang had just been about to say something when the transportation formation lit up, and over ten figures appeared in front of them.
Chapter 507 Slap Yourself in the Face
Long Chen and the others were surprised to see that sixteen figures had appeared at once from the transportation formation. These sixteen people were all Meridian Opening experts, and four of them were currently holding a golden palanquin.
That scene caused them to be a bit stunned. What kind of nonsense were they doing? The new sect leader was sitting within the palanquin? That was being a bit too pretentious, wasn’t it?
Even the monastery head, Shui Wuhen, had always come directly on her own. Furthermore, cultivators would usually abstain from sitting in palanquins.
A palanquin and other similar vehicles inhibited a person’s movement. If they were ambushed, they wouldn’t even have a chance to run.
Now, two Meridian Opening experts quickly rolled open a red carpet. Only once the carpet was properly laid down did they set down the palanquin. The curtain was pushed open, and a man appearing to be in his twenties got out.
This man didn’t look that bad, with a very fair complexion. But he had an extremely feminine air to him.
As soon as this man walked out of the palanquin, he icily looked over everyone. That gaze caused Long Chen and the others to shiver, as that gaze was truly able to make their hair stand on end.
Long Chen immediately saw that there was a thin layer of powder over his face. His eyebrows had been drawn on, and most astonishing of all, he had even drawn red paint over his lips.
“Damn, Zhou Qingyi really gave birth to a peak grade product,” thought Long Chen.
It wasn’t just Long Chen. Guo Ran, Gu Yang, Tang Wan-er, and everyone else was also dumbfounded. They had never imagined that the legendary Xuantian Dao Sect would send down such a sect leader.
“Hmph, you don’t know how to kneel when seeing the sect leader?” That feminine man swung his sleeves, icily snorting at them.
“Greetings, sect leader!”
Being dumbfounded by this peak grade sect leader, they had forgotten their manners. They hastily bowed.
“Oh? You must be Long Chen. As a disciple, you won’t kneel when seeing the sect leader?” raged the feminine man.
But his fury made others feel even odder. He was pointing at Long Chen, but for some reason, his pinky finger was also pointed out.
Long Chen took a deep breath, cursing his bad luck inside. How had such a peak grade idiot come here?
“As the Enforcement Elder, I don’t need to kneel to you,” said Long Chen.
“How brazen Long Chen, to be so rude to the sect leader! Do you believe me when I say I’ll slap you in the mouth right now?” Before the feminine man could open his mouth, one of the Meridian Opening experts by his side shouted coldly, taking a posture that would allow him to strike at any moment.
“A person who dares slap my boss has not yet been born. Who do you think you are? Shut your mouth. Aren’t you still hoping for your mouth to give birth to a kid?” Guo Ran didn’t take that person’s insult lying down. He directly pointed at him and cursed.
That person became furious and roared at Guo Ran, “How could my mouth give birth to a kid?”
“Ah, so you know that that’s your mouth?! Then how come all that comes out of it is crap? My boss is the Enforcement Elder, so why would he have to kneel? Are your ears deaf? You can’t understand what my boss said?” sneered Guo Ran.
“You must want to die!” The person furiously released a powerful aura that locked down Guo Ran.
Guo Ran icily looked back without saying anything. His gaze was filled with disdain. He clearly didn’t believe this person dared attack here.
“Everyone, shut up.”
At this time, the new sect leader shouted. His voice truly was dignified, but it was sharp, like a duck whose throat was being stepped on. Even his voice caused a chill in people.
“You’re all too brazen. Who do you think I am? Do you not accept me as the new sect leader?” raged that man.
Ah, it seems we really don’t. Long Chen and the others looked oddly back at this new sect leader. They really didn’t have a way to accept this new half-woman man as their sect leader.
“Long Chen, from today onwards, you are removed from your post. You are now just an ordinary disciple,” he said.
“Alright.” Long Chen nodded without saying anything else.
“Why are you removing my boss from his Elder position? You have to at least give a reason, right?” Long Chen might not care, but Guo Ran wouldn’t let it go. This was absolute bullying.
Long Chen’s position in their hearts was unsurpassed. For others to remove him from office with just a word was a humiliation.
“A reason? Hmph, do I need one? As the sect leader, I have the right to decide the posts of the monastery. I feel that Long Chen is unsuitable, so he’s unsuitable,” sneered that man.
“Peng Xuequan, starting today, you’ll be the first monastery’s Enforcement Elder,” he said to the person Guo Ran had previously cursed.
“Thank you for this favor, sect leader. I definitely won’t disappoint you,” thanked Peng Xuequan.
For Peng Xuequan to instantly be elevated to Enforcement Elder caused all those other Meridian Opening experts to be filled with envy.
As for those on the first monastery’s side, they were completely indignant. This was going too far. How could the grand Enforcement Elder’s position just be randomly given away?
If this person was narrow-minded, he could intentionally make things hard on anyone. Then wouldn’t all of them have all their time wasted by his nonsense?
“Sect leader, this matter…” Tu Fang stood up. This new sect leader was truly going too far. Although Long Chen had told them to act as if nothing was happening, Tu Fang couldn’t hold back.
“Shut up!” The sect leader didn’t even need to say anything before another expert by his side immediately stood up, pointing at Tu Fang and cursing, “Who do you think you are to question the sect leader’s decisions? Even at your age, you’re still just at the peak of Meridian Opening. Even when you die, you probably won’t be able to reach the Xiantian realm. A useless fogey like you should just find somewhere to dig a hole for your burial. What are you even doing here?”
This person’s words had only just left his mouth when cold light shone. Every disciple had taken out their weapons now and glared at that person, causing him to jump in fright.
What he didn’t know was that although Tu Fang’s cultivation base wasn’t impressive, he was an unquestionably fair and straightforward person. He had won all these disciples’ respect. For this person to insult Tu Fang immediately provoked their fury.
“What? You… you’re looking to rebel?!” That person was startled. For over a thousand people’s weapons to be pointed at him caused his nerves to be stretched taut.
These people were those who had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood with Long Chen in the Righteous and Corrupt battle. Once their killing intent erupted, it could cause heaven and earth to change color.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, as long as you say a single word, we’ll immediately cut this bastard down.”
“Cut this bastard down!”
“Kill him!”
All the first monastery’s disciples roared. From this posture, it was impossible to doubt their determination.
Tu Fang had also not expected everyone to defend him like this, and he couldn’t help being emotional. But now that they were so furious, he found he was unable to control the situation.
“What do you think you’re all doing?!” The new sect leader finally couldn’t hold back from roaring furiously. He ha
dn’t expected the first monastery’s people to be so united. Whether it was the disciples or the Elders, they were all furiously glaring back at him, their weapons ready to attack at any moment.
Long Chen’s expression was also dark. Tu Fang and Ling Yunzi were both seniors he greatly respected. His killing intent was also starting to surge.
Long Chen ignored the sect leader, and with his killing intent surging out, he said to the bewildered man who had just spoken, “Little fellow, I’ll give you two choices. Either be turned into mincemeat by our blades, or kneel down and slap yourself in the face until all your teeth are gone. You can choose for yourself.”
“You…!” That man was both startled and furious. Seeing those people releasing their killing intent, he felt a chill in his heart. Although he was a Meridian Opening expert, he was still afraid.
“Long Chen, don’t go too far!” raged the sect leader.
“Too far? Did we go as far as you? When Elder Tu Fang was the sect leader, he had both integrity and talent and was fair and open. He is a senior we all respect. For you to come here and immediately insult our old sect leader is something we can’t accept. Well, there’s no need to waste too many words. I’ll give you to the count of three. Life or death; you choose,” snorted Long Chen.
“You dare, Long Chen?! As the sect leader, let me see if you dare touch one of us!” raged the sect leader.
“One.”
Long Chen didn’t even glance at him, looking at that person as if he was already dead.
“Long Chen, you-!” The sect leader’s whole body was trembling from rage.
“Two!”
Long Chen shouted coldly, cutting off the sect leader’s words. He raised his blood-colored saber, and a terrifying killing intent soared into the sky.
Following him, all the disciples and Elders released their auras, their killing intent shaking the dome of the sky.
The sect leader turned ashen with fury. He had never imagined the first monastery was such a cohesive force.
Although he was in the Xiantian realm and was the appointed sect leader, he was unable to punish this many people. He couldn’t make enemies out of all these people, or his later plans would be ruined.
