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Originally, the Huo family had been the rising star, waiting for the moment to completely devour the other two families. But that plan had been ruined by Long San. As a result, before the decisive battle, their strength had sharply fallen, and it was them that were devoured by the other two families instead.
Currently, the Pill Tower was truly the land of the Fang and Chai families. But Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo didn’t feel any happiness. Instead, they felt endless pressure.
All the heavy responsibilities had fallen on their shoulders overnight. But the name of Pill Valley was something no one could provoke. No one dared to do anything to the Pill Tower.
Provoking Pill Valley? In this world, there really were few powers that dared to be that crazy. So despite the Huo family’s destruction, the rest of the Pill Tower was completely safe.
As for Long Chen, the one who had caused this chaotic conclusion, he had long since stepped onto a transportation formation and returned to Su Prefecture, rushing back to the Xuantian Supermonastery.
When he saw that familiar mountain gate, Long Chen finally had a feeling of a loafer son returning home. Here were his loved ones, here were his brothers, here were the ones he wanted to protect.
“Brothers, I, Long Chen, have returned!” Long Chen suddenly roared, his roar shaking the sky.
Chapter 698 Xuantian Dao Sect
Following Long Chen’s roar, the disciples guarding the Xuantian Supermonastery were all alarmed.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!”
“You… you’re still alive!”
Those disciples all recognized Long Chen. In the entire supermonastery, it seemed there wasn’t anyone that wouldn’t recognize him.
But everyone knew that Long Chen had ended up running into heavenly punishment with countless Corrupt experts, and they had all died. Now seeing him, they didn’t dare to believe it.
“How refreshing. If I were dead, then are you all seeing a ghost now?” laughed Long Chen.
But Long Chen found something a bit odd. His shout had definitely rung out throughout the entire supermonastery, but he didn’t see Shui Wuhen, Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, or any of the Dragonblood warriors.
“Long Chen… you’re alive!”
The person who had come was actually one of the Elders from way back in the 108th monastery. After they had been attacked in the first monastery, there had been too many things to do and the construction of the new first monastery had been temporarily stalled. Thus, the old 108th monastery’s Elders had stayed within the supermonastery. Normally, they would help out with a few random tasks. Long Chen remembered this person to be surnamed Qi.
News that Long Chen had died was already common knowledge in the supermonastery. The only ones aware of the truth had been Shui Wuhen and the Dragonblood Legion. Everyone else had truly thought he was dead. Now seeing him return, they were delighted.
This encounter made Long Chen extremely emotional. He recalled his time in the 108th monastery. This kind of feeling was exceptionally precious to him after experiencing the betrayal of Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gaoyang.
“Elder Qi, sorry I came back late,” said Long Chen a bit guiltily.
“I’m just glad that you’re back.” Elder Qi hastily wiped his eyes and smiled. “Ah, when people are old, it really is easy to get emotional.”
Long Chen was about to reply when a cold shout rang out. “What person dares to disturb the supermonastery’s peace?”
A middle-aged man suddenly appeared. A pair of wings allowed him to float in the sky as he looked down on them.
“Greetings monastery head!” The surrounding disciples immediately bowed.
“Monastery head, this person is-” Elder Qi tried to give an introduction.
“Shut up! I don’t care who he is. Someone come and take him away!” ordered the middle-aged man.
Over ten experts immediately shot forward, just about to capture Long Chen. These people were Xiantian Elders. But Long Chen didn’t recognize a single one.
“Wait a moment! Who are you?” Long Chen asked icily. How was it that everyone was so foreign now?
“Long Chen, this is our new monastery head,” explained Elder Qi.
“What about monastery head Shui?” asked Long Chen.
“Monastery head Shui, she-”
“Shut up! You brazen brat, you dare to pretend to be my supermonastery’s disciple? As I see it, you’re tired of life! Capture him!” ordered the middle-aged man, cutting off Elder Qi’s words.
The Xiantian experts directly charged at Long Chen without a word. A cold smile was present on their faces. But just as they were about to reach him…
“Scram!”
A thunderous roar rang out, and a powerful aura directly blew back all those Xiantian experts and caused them to vomit blood.
“Xiantian! Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen has also stepped into the Xiantian realm!”
This aura was clearly the aura of the Xiantian realm. But Long Chen’s aura was incredibly fierce and berserk. Just through his aura, he was able to knock other Xiantian experts unconscious.
Elder Qi stood behind Long Chen. Seeing that Long Chen had grown to such a shocking point, he couldn’t help feeling delighted.
“How brazen! You dare to injure my people in front of me? Be suppressed!” The middle-aged man extended his hand, and a huge palm-image smashed toward Long Chen. This was an attack from a Sea Expansion expert.
Space trembled intensely from this attack, and the disciples with lower cultivation bases felt like a mountain was crushing them. Their faces were pale as paper, and they almost coughed up blood.
Long Chen’s expression darkened. This bastard was definitely doing this on purpose. With a cold shout, he slammed his palm towards this attack.
BOOM! What shocked everyone was that the monastery head’s palm-image was directly blown apart by Long Chen.
The monastery head was completely shocked. He had never imagined that Long Chen’s power had reached this level. Suddenly, he realized Long Chen had vanished.
In the next instant, a figure appeared in front of him. Before he could even react, a palm viciously slapped across his face.
POW!
An incredibly resounding sound rang out. Anyone in the supermonastery could hear it. In front of everyone’s horrified gazes, the middle-aged man was sent flying like a shooting star, smashing into the ground.
A huge crater was blown into the ground. Everyone was dumbfounded. This new monastery head, a grand Sea Expansion expert, was forced to submit by a slap from Long Chen.
“Bas-” The middle-aged man roared and crawled up, but before he could say any more, Long Chen’s second slap struck.
This time, the power was even greater than before. His jaw was directly broken. But he wasn’t sent flying. That was because this time, there was a hand clenching his throat.
“An insignificant early Sea Expansion weakling dares to try abusing me? I really have to admire your courage. I’m also curious, how did you manage to live until today?” Long Chen looked at the miserable fellow in his grasp.
Seeing this, everyone’s jaws dropped. It was practically possible to see their stomachs through their mouths.
This was too exaggerated, wasn’t it? Long Chen had only just returned, but he directly beat up the new monastery head? He really was worthy of being the strongest monster in the history of the supermonastery.
“Who are you?” asked Long Chen coldly.
“How brazen! Do you understand what you’re doing- AH!”
The middle-aged man actually still wanted to threaten Long Chen. But as a result, Long Chen’s foot landed on his crotch. Two round things slipped out from his pant legs and fell to the ground. Every male immediately felt a chill and clamped their legs.
“I don’t like wasting words. I asked, who are you?” Long Chen acted as if he hadn’t done anything at all and continued his questioning.
The middle-aged man’s expression was incredibly twisted now. This
was his first time tasting this kind of pain.
From Long Chen’s icy gaze, he sensed a fatal danger. That made a chill run through him, and he immediately became much more clear-headed. He knew if he infuriated Long Chen any more, he would definitely die.
“Zhou… Chuji…” he stuttered.
“You’re from the Zhou family?” Long Chen narrowed his eyes.
“Yes.”
Long Chen wanted to continue questioning him, but seeing that he was already sweating from the pain, he realized questioning him would be too much work.
“Elder Qi, what’s going on?” asked Long Chen.
From Elder Qi, Long Chen learned that Shui Wuhen had brought all the supermonastery’s elite disciples to the Xuantian Dao Sect a week ago.
The Xuantian Dao Sect was having a great gathering. This gathering was also a trial for their disciples. Therefore, the supermonasteries were to send all their finest disciples over.
So right now, only the weak disciples remained in the supermonastery. This was also why Long Chen didn’t see his people.
Since Shui Wuhen had left, and since it was unacceptable that there would be no Sea Expansion expert standing guard over the supermonastery, the higher-ups had sent over an interim monastery head.
But as soon as this monastery head arrived, he began to abuse his power. He made life hard on anyone he found displeasing.
They all knew that this was because the Zhou family had lost so badly to the Shui family this time. They were intentionally trying to lower their morale.
So right now, the supermonastery’s atmosphere was extremely listless. Everyone hoped that the Xuantian Dao Sect’s gathering would end soon and that Shui Wuhen would kick this bastard out.
Out of the people here, there were only a few who didn’t hate this irritating fellow who was constantly finding trouble for them. Long Chen’s slaps just now were so refreshing that they almost cheered.
Hearing all this, Long Chen smiled coldly toward the middle-aged man in his grasp. “No wonder you dare to target me like this. Not bad, you really do have guts. Due to those guts, I’ll spare your life.”
Long Chen could slap him, but he couldn’t kill him. After all, he was a Sea Expansion expert and currently had the status of a monastery head. Killing him would cause a great deal of trouble.
Of course, the prerequisite was that he didn’t touch upon Long Chen’s bottom line. If he did, then even if he was backed by a god, he still wouldn’t be able to keep his life.
POW! With one final slap from Long Chen, the middle-aged man was sent flying. He tumbled into the distance before stopping.
“LONG CHEN!” The middle-aged man’s aura immediately erupted. He was both infuriated and shocked. He wanted to clench his teeth, but he was unable to because his jaw was broken.
The reason he hadn’t done anything before was because Long Chen had had a grip on one of his vitals. He had been defeated only because he had been careless, but he wouldn’t give Long Chen a second chance.
“What, you want to continue fighting? I’ll welcome you at any time, but let me warn you. If you do attack me… I will kill you!” said Long Chen.
After saying that, he didn’t give him a second glance. He entered the supermonastery with Elder Qi. Long Chen needed to borrow the transportation formation inside to get to the Xuantian Dao Sect.
The middle-aged man’s expression sank. He almost lost control several times and attacked, but his intuition told him that if he did, he wouldn’t have a life anymore.
But then if he didn’t attack, what about his prestige? To be slapped in the face before this many people and not do anything back, how was he supposed to stay in control of the supermonastery?
While he was at a loss, Long Chen had already disappeared. In the end, the middle-aged man didn’t dare to attack.
In truth, even if he had, Long Chen wouldn’t have taken his life. He would only take half his life. But when Long Chen left someone with half their life, it was often extremely uncomfortable for them. So his choice had definitely been correct.
In the end, he didn’t go find Long Chen for trouble. But Long Chen came to find him. “Get me an identity badge immediately.”
In just a few minutes, Long Chen obtained a new identity badge. He needed this badge to enter the Xuantian Dao Sect.
Chapter 699 Provoking Dragonblood Warriors
The scene before him changed. Long Chen found himself in an extremely ancient transportation formation. This formation was incredibly vast, covering an area of several miles.
Around the formation were four pillars that soared into the clouds. The pillars sparkled with countless runes, and a majestic aura came from them.
The formation had been built atop a large mountain. It was surrounded by ancient buildings which appeared to have been built eons ago.
“Who is it?”
Before Long Chen even had a chance to examine his surroundings, a cold shout rang out. Over ten white-robed disciples appeared.
These disciples were very young, but their cultivation bases had all reached the Xiantian realm. Each of their robes had a large immortal character embroidered on the front: Xuan.
Below that large Xuan character were two smaller characters written in the modern day style: law enforcement. They were the Xuantian Dao Sect’s law enforcers.
For ordinary law enforcers to have reached the Xiantian realm, the Xuantian Dao Sect was truly worthy of being an overlord of the Eastern Wasteland. This kind of foundation was truly shocking.
“I am Long Chen. I’m a disciple coming to attend the Xuantian Dao Sect’s martial gathering,” reported Long Chen.
“The registration has already passed. How are you so late? Where is your identity badge?” asked one law enforcer.
“Here.”
Long Chen took out the new badge he had ‘requested’ from the monastery head. That person examined it closely, and only after seeing there were no problems did he return it.
“Follow this path down the mountain. After seventeen more mountains, there will be a small transportation formation that will take you to the core of the Xuantian Dao Sect. If you get lost, just ask around.”
“Haha, many thanks.”
Long Chen cupped his fists and rushed off according to that person’s directions.
The law enforcer watched as Long Chen left. He couldn’t help muttering, “The thirty-sixth monastery’s Long Chen? Why does this name sound so familiar?”
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“Damnit, this Xuantian Dao Sect is way too big!” Long Chen had been rushing along for two hours only to reach the tenth mountain. He had long since passed the ten thousand mile mark.
It was a long time before he managed to reach the transportation formation. Using his identity badge, he stepped onto it.
The scene before him changed once more, and he found himself in a huge plaza. Seeing this new scene, Long Chen couldn’t help but curse. What was with this huge thing?
This one plaza was actually larger than the entire supermonastery. At the center of the plaza was an immense statue. It was the same as the one in the supermonastery, but it was much, much larger. It almost reached the clouds in the sky.
Azure bricks lined the plaza, with each having special runes carved into them. Even ordinary Xiantian experts would find it difficult to destroy one.
Looking at this huge plaza, he estimated that there were hundreds of millions of these special bricks.
People were coming and going within the plaza. These people were all young disciples wearing robes of the various supermonasteries. It was very lively.
Long Chen felt a feeling of unfamiliarity because he didn’t recognize a single one of these people.
“Look, who’s that?” Suddenly, a group of chatting women saw Long Chen.
“Why is he wearing different robes than us? How stylish. And look at his gaze…” said one woman. She wore her hair in a braid with a comb.
Only now did Long Chen notice that everyone present was wearin
g white disciple robes. There was a number on their shoulder which indicated which supermonastery they came from.
Long Chen had come too hastily, and he hadn’t worn his disciple robes. Well, even in the supermonastery, he had rarely ever worn those disciple robes. He usually just wore a set of black robes.
Now that everyone was wearing white and he was the only one wearing black, it was all too conspicuous. As soon as he appeared, he drew the surrounding people’s attention.
“What a cute little brother! Do you need help? Don’t be courteous, big sister is right here!” The closest female disciples were actually quite brazen and began to tease Long Chen.
Cute? Little brother? After he had grown up, Long Chen had never been called with such an intimate appellation. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“Aiya, little brother, don’t be shy,” she laughed.
Long Chen was speechless. Looking at the number on their shoulders, he saw these women were from the twenty-eighth supermonastery.
“Big sisters, can you-”
Long Chen was just about to ask where the thirty-sixth supermonastery’s camp was when quite a few people began to gather together in the distance. It seemed something was happening.
“Ah, are the thirty-sixth supermonastery’s disciples being bullied again?” Those women sighed.
“Little brother, you were asking- eh, where did he go?” That woman turned back, only to see that Long Chen had vanished.
Long Chen passed through the crowd of people to see over ten people surrounding two Dragonblood warriors. Seeing those two warmed his heart.
At this time, their cultivation bases had reached the mid Xiantian realm. He smiled upon seeing that. Before going to the Pill Tower, Long Chen had warned everyone not to rapidly increase their cultivation bases. The point was to stabilize their realms. It seemed the assistance of the soul calming song was even greater than he had expected.
Although they had only reached the fourth Heavenstage, he saw that their foundations had reached a pinnacle. That would be the greatest help for them when they advanced to Sea Expansion.