Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“I’m busy.” Long Chen shook his head.
“Hehe, it’s not up to you. According to the Xuantian Dao Sect’s rules, disciples are permitted to exchange pointers. You either accept or scram from the Xuantian Dao Sect!” said a different senior disciple.
“Oh? There’s such a thing?” Long Chen frowned.
“Haha, are you afraid now? Coward!” sneered another disciple.
Guo Ran, who had been sitting there silently up until now, finally couldn’t endure it anymore and stood up. He sneered, “Idiot, if it weren’t for your robes, you’d already be dead. You want to provoke my boss? Thank your lucky stars he doesn’t care about the shouting of ants!”
“What’s all this fuss?” A stern shout rang out. It was the voice of the middle-aged man, but he didn’t reveal himself.
“Reporting to Elder Sha, disciple is acting entirely within the rules. I haven’t overstepped any of them,” said Wang Mang.
Elder Sha’s emotionless voice rang out, “The Xuantian Dao Sect does have a rule permitting disciples to exchange pointers. But it is restricted to the same realm. If you suppress your cultivation bases to Sea Expansion, you can do what you want. Disciples of the Eastern Wasteland, the Xuantian Dao Sect has its own rules, and everyone must respect them. Although some rules are a bit annoying, you only have two paths to follow. Either leave the Xuantian Dao Sect, or endure. If you don’t want to leave and you also don’t want to be restricted by the rules, then it’s very simple. All you have to do is become strong enough to resist the entire Xuantian Dao Sect. But if any of you had that power, I’d guess that you’d have long since established your own sect instead of joining the Xuantian Dao Sect.
“These outer sect disciples were suppressed harshly back then as well, so their resentment is now falling on you. This is an annoying tradition, but it can’t be changed, at least not by you. To put it nicely, the point is to blunt the sharpness of the newcomers, making them easier to manage. It’s to avoid you not knowing how high the heavens are and being tyrannical. That’s not good for your cultivation.
“But in truth, talking about that is useless. Rules are rules, and it doesn’t matter whether you like it or not. And don’t act like children. After cultivating for so long, you should know this is a world of the strong. If you don’t step over others, others will step over you. If you don’t kill your enemies, your enemies will kill you. I don’t want to hear any complaints about how this is unfair. If anyone dares to say anything like that, I’ll immediately toss them out.”
Elder Sha’s words caused everyone’s hearts to shake. It seemed the Xuantian Dao Sect’s rules were even harsher than they had thought.
They suddenly realized that this group of people had definitely also been bullied by the disciples of the generation above them. Now the roles were reversed, and they were ready to vent.
Just what was this supposed to be? A show of power to make them less arrogant? Before giving them the candy, they first beat them a bit? Those disciples that had just joined the Xuantian Dao Sect were startled and enraged.
The majority of them were rank two Celestials. Feng Geyin and those like him hadn’t come as he had chosen to stay within his sect. He had wanted to come, but his sect leader’s longevity was running out. A disciple owed a heavy debt to his master and sect, and as a result, he sacrificed this chance and stayed behind to become his sect’s leader.
These ordinary disciples were enraged, but they saw that the expressions of all the Dragonblood Legion were completely flat. Even the ordinary Dragonblood warriors didn’t reveal the slightest emotion, as if this was nothing.
“Did you hear Elder Sha clearly? You can’t refuse, so are you going to obediently come over to be beaten, or do we need to pick our targets? But don’t worry, we’re very gentle to female disciples, especially the beautiful ones, hahaha…” laughed a senior disciple while he looked at Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, and the other beautiful women, a wretched smile on his face.
“Elder Sha, is it permitted to kill people while exchanging pointers?” asked Long Chen.
“No.” Elder Sha’s voice once more rang out.
“What if someone accidentally kills someone?” Long Chen continued asking.
“The reason doesn’t matter. That person will be expelled from the Xuantian Dao Sect.”
“What if someone heavily injures or even cripples someone else? What happens then?”
“As long as they’re not dead, it’s fine.”
“Oh, disciple understands.” Long Chen nodded.
Long Chen’s expression was flat, but those familiar with him all knew that he was getting angry. These people might end up very unlucky today.
“Hmph, cowards. Don’t worry, no one will take your little lives. Your senior apprentice-brothers will teach you how to behave and what respect is. It’s very beneficial to you, as it helps you avoid running into walls over and over once you enter the sect. So you should thank us,” laughed a senior disciple, gazing at them as if they were lambs for the slaughter.
But they quickly realized that while a few did look at them with the unease and terror they had expected, the majority of them were looking at them like they were idiots.
That infuriated them. Wang Mang glanced at one of the people by his side, and that person immediately jumped out. Pointing at Long Chen and the others, he sneered, “Who dares to come out and fight?”
That person released his powerful aura, but his realm was suppressed to the peak of Sea Expansion. As he released his aura, the flying boat quivered and its space suddenly rapidly expanded. A huge martial stage appeared.
That person flew onto the martial stage, icily staring at Long Chen and the others with a derisive sneer on his face.
“Brother Long, let me go.” Wilde was infuriated at looking at this fellow and wanted to go up.
“No, it’s not permitted to kill people. He won’t be able to receive a single blow from you before dying.” Long Chen shook his head.
“Let me,” said Yue Zifeng.
“No, your Sword Dao has just formed. Once you use it, you should only use it for killing blows. If you don’t have any intent to kill, it will blind your Dao-heart.” Long Chen shook his head once more.
Right now, Yue Zifeng’s Heavenly Dao runes had been wiped away by Ling Yunzi. He was focused completely on comprehending the Sword Dao. With the help of the Immemorial Altar Lamp, he had seen the path he needed to walk. He had formed an embryonic form of his own personal Sword Dao.
In this kind of situation, he couldn’t just randomly attack. On the off-chance that it had a negative impact on him, then it would be completely not worth it.
Everyone heard Long Chen refuse for the two of them to go up. The senior disciple on the martial stage was infuriated. This was a naked insult. “Bastard, get the hell up here!”
“Looks like I’m the most suitable one.” Gu Yang smiled, and rubbing his shiny head, he walked out.
“Okay, be careful. Safety first.” Long Chen nodded.
“Hahaha, safety first? Today, I’ll turn your bald head into a broken head!” shouted the senior disciple. He suddenly shot forward, unleashing a fist at Gu Yang.
Powerful winds whirled around his fists. Within this sealed boat, it caused a loud roaring sound that made people’s hair stand on end.
The expressions of the disciples that had just joined the Xuantian Dao Sect were all ashen. Such power was something they didn’t have the power to resist. Even if their opponents were suppressing their cultivation bases to Sea Expansion, they weren’t on the same level.
But what startled them was that this fierce fist was suddenly caught by a large hand, and the owner of that hand was Gu Yang.
“Idiot, you didn’t even understand what boss was saying. Safety first means making sure I don’t accidentally kill you.” After saying that, Gu Yang’s arm suddenly bulged and an explosive power came from it.
In front of everyone’s shocked gazes, the senior disciple was still powerless to resist ev
en as he fought all-out. He was thrown to the ground, and the sound of bones breaking caused people to wince.
When Gu Yang raised that person from the ground again, they saw that this senior disciple had been turned into a lump. All his bones had been shattered, and he was unconscious.
Other than the Dragonblood Legion, everyone else was struck dumb.
Chapter 969 Only Imitated, Never Surpassed
A lump of flesh flew over to the Xuantian Dao Sect’s senior disciples.
“Does anyone else want to curb the arrogance of the newcomers? Come!” challenged Gu Yang.
Gu Yang’s bright head combined with his fierce expression made him seem like a large monster. Adding on how he had just defeated one of the senior disciples in one move, he appeared exceptionally imposing.
“Hmph, arrogant brat, I’ll handle you!”
Another senior disciple flew onto the stage, immediately summoning his runes and attacking.
Having gained experience from the previous person, he immediately let loose a magical art. They had all realized that these newcomers weren’t as easy to handle as usual.
As a result, he immediately used the magical art he was most proficient in. Although his cultivation base was suppressed to Sea Expansion, it was at the peak of Sea Expansion. As a Foundation Forging expert, his proficiency in magical arts was much deeper than a Sea Expansion disciple. With just a wave of his hand, his magical art shot out. His cast time was extremely short, making it so there was practically no chance to interrupt him.
This was an absolute advantage they had even though their cultivation bases were suppressed. Their proficiency in magical arts usually allowed them to completely suppress the newcomers.
Strength wasn’t something that could be judged purely by cultivation base. This was why the newcomers were always bullied by the senior disciples.
Even with cultivation bases in the same realm, the older generation disciples had ten extra years of experience. This difference was extremely great.
This senior disciple in particular would count as above average in this group. He saw that Gu Yang was a powerful brute-force fighter, so he didn’t fight him head-on.
BOOM!
Gu Yang’s fists smashed onto the runic fist-image, shattering it.
“What?!” All the senior disciples were startled. But seeing Gu Yang suddenly release a powerful pressure containing Blood Qi, all their expressions changed.
“Spirit Blood?!”
Gu Yang had activated the power of his Spirit Blood. After refining the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood, he had condensed his own core runes. His Spirit Blood attribute increased the power of his physical body.
This was the most terrifying thing about Ten Thousand Spirit Blood. A person who originally had no Spirit Blood could use it to excavate their potential in the area they were most proficient in and condense their own core runes.
For example, a disciple might be proficient in two, or even three attributes. However, those attributes wouldn’t be balanced, making it so each one of them was useless. After refining Ten Thousand Spirit Blood, they could increase their ability in all of those attributes, and they could also choose to condense their core runes with one of the attributes. Once the core runes were condensed, then with the assistance of the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood, their new Spirit Blood would possess only one attribute. That way, all their talent would be concentrated, giving them immense power. This was the heaven-defying power of Ten Thousand Spirit Blood.
In the Immemorial Path, lord Heaveneye had given Long Chen over a thousand drops of Ten Thousand Spirit Blood. Other than what he had used on the Dragonblood Legion and a small portion, Long Chen had sent over five hundred drops to Yue Xiaoqian.
Not only that, but other than the rank four Heavenly Dao Fruits, he had sent all the others to Yue Xiaoqian. In other words, he had sent her tens of thousands of Heavenly Dao Fruits.
Other than those two things, anything he had extras of, he had sent her. He was going all-out to equip this ally of his, giving himself a powerful backer.
In Long Chen’s mind, there was no such thing as a good or bad person. There were only enemies and allies.
Even if the original devil race was wicked beyond redemption, as long as they sincerely helped him, he wouldn’t mind forming a pact with the devil.
However, Long Chen didn’t feel that the original devil race’s people were evil. Back in the Immemorial Path, he had seen murals showing the human race bowing to the original devil race.
There was also the fact that the Eastern Wasteland Bell had lost control and furiously cursed when it had heard that the original devil race was being hunted by the whole world. That meant there were some problems with what was publicly known.
But even ignoring all that, Long Chen trusted Yue Xiaoqian, and since he trusted her, he would trust her fully. Practically everything he had accumulated had been given to her.
He also hadn’t wanted to part, but his mind told him that they couldn’t be seen together in the open yet. Long Chen had intentionally handed Yue Xiaoqian a long list of things to handle so that she would be busy instead of wallowing in sadness all day.
Right now, Long Chen only had a few rank four Heavenly Dao Fruits remaining. As for the Dragonblood Legion, even the squad leaders were rank four Celestials.
The remaining rank four Heavenly Dao Fruits he had weren’t enough for everyone else, and so he decided to have them temporarily stay as rank three Celestials.
Gu Yang wasn’t just a rank four Celestial, but he was also someone who possessed exceedingly pure Spirit Blood. Once he activated it, his power was incomparably terrifying.
The senior disciple’s expression changed upon seeing his magical art being shattered in one move. He was just about to switch moves when he saw Gu Yang’s blinding head grow closer and seemingly brighter.
Bang!
Gu Yang’s head smashed into that senior disciple’s nose. The sound of bones breaking rang out.
The senior disciple’s face looked like it had been smashed by a hammer. It caved in, and with a miserable cry, he flew back.
Long Chen was speechless. When did the Dragonblood Legion begin fighting like this?
“Boss, how was this move of mine?” Gu Yang laughed. His attack had struck cleanly. It was truly not bad.
“Wipe off the snot from your head before you speak.” Looking at the blood and mucus on Gu Yang’s head, Long Chen was speechless.
“Aiya, I forgot!” Only now did Gu Yang react. Rubbing his head, it felt slimy. Looking at his blood-and-snot-covered hand, he himself felt a wave of nausea.
No longer in the mood to fight, Gu Yang jumped off the stage and quickly washed it off. Although he wasn’t mysophobic, this was just too disgusting.
Guo Ran now pointed at Gu Yang, using him as an example of what not to do. “Do you see? This is the result of trying to be a poser without having any skill. If you want to be a poser, you have to look at the situation, the people, the time, the weather, the light, the angle, the size, the enthusiasm, etc. As Dragonblood warriors, each one of our movements relates to boss’s face. Our slogan is: no being posers without assurance, and no being posers without any technique!”
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er turned their heads away in embarrassment, refusing to look at Guo Ran. This kind of wording was unbearably vulgar.
But of course, none of the men by Long Chen’s side were refined and elegant. They were always casual and carefree, often spouting such coarse language. They were mostly used to it now.
“If you want to be a poser, you have to follow boss’s example. I’ve studied boss’s posing for twenty years, but I’ve only managed to imitate him, never surpass him. You disciples, listen well. Our boss is a professor of posing. You can try being posers at other times, but don’t try it in front of my boss. My boss has a simple principle: posers need a beating, and the manner doesn’t matter. So if you don’t want to be beaten, you better behave,” said Guo Ran.
Long Chen didn’
t say anything. He glanced sideways at Guo Ran. Day by day, Guo Ran’s ability to spout nonsense grew. Now he even dared to tease him.
He was only twenty-one. How was Guo Ran supposed to have followed him for twenty years? Could it be that ever since he learned to talk, Guo Ran had been by his side, studying?
Although he was a bit displeased to be used in this manner, Long Chen still felt that this kind of carefree, joking manner made them much closer.
Guo Ran’s shouting caused the senior disciples’ expressions to sink. As a result, one of them jumped onto the martial stage. He furiously glared at Long Chen, but after a long while of hesitation, he pointed at one of the ordinary Dragonblood warriors. “You, get up here!”
Originally, he had been planning on challenging Guo Ran, because Guo Ran’s aura was extremely weak. But as soon as he had been about to say it, he suddenly stopped.
Something as unusual as that had to have something behind it. Since Guo Ran dared to say such things, even daring to use Gu Yang as an example of what not to do, he had to be at least on Gu Yang’s level. So he chose someone else.
That Dragonblood warrior stepped onto the stage, and the senior disciple immediately launched a magical art. A runic wall crashed toward the Dragonblood warrior.
The Dragonblood warrior suddenly released his Blood Qi, destroyed the runic wall with a single punch, and grabbed his opponent’s hair, slamming his head into his knee.
He slammed him three times, and that pitiful senior disciple felt like his head was spinning. His ears buzzed, and he stumbled around for a while before collapsing on the ground.
“What? Another one who possesses Spirit Blood, and a rank three Celestial at that?”
All those senior disciples were startled. Contrary to Gu Yang, this Dragonblood warrior wasn’t so strong. In order to instantly defeat his opponent, he had summoned his Heavenly Dao runes and Spirit Blood power at the very start.