Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  Their chains completely blocked any paths of retreat for Long Chen, and the great power behind them caused space to rumble. How were they trying to subdue Long Chen? They were clearly trying to kill him.

  “Idiot, you were helpless to do anything to me in the Eastern Wasteland, and you’re still helpless to do anything to me now. Let me show you my peerless skill, the Living Replacement Human Shield!”

  Long Chen kicked the half-dead teacher into his waiting hand. Just like that, he raised him toward the chains.

  Lu Minghan and his fellow King immediately felt their hair stand on end, and they hastily retracted their chains.

  The chain stopped just half an inch from the teacher’s face. But the following astral winds almost killed him. He coughed up blood that contained his broken innards.

  “Long Chen, you’re courting death!”

  Lu Minghan roared furiously, his face slightly pale. Fiercely attacking and then fiercely pulling back power was the greatest taboo for cultivators. It was equivalent to attacking oneself. Both of them almost coughed up blood.

  Long Chen waved his human shield and sneered, “With two huge pieces of shit here, why would I need to find more shit?”

  Since the situation had already reached this point, then he had to blow this matter up until it was huge. Otherwise, he would end up losing.

  “Long Chen, release the teacher. Otherwise, we’ll kill you right now!” shouted the other King.

  “Do you think I’d believe you? You want to kill me anyway, so why would I be so stupid as to put down my protective talisman?” sneered Long Chen.

  “Don’t be obstinate. Release the teacher. That’s the only way for you to lighten your sentence and to keep your life,” shouted Lu Minghan.

  “Fuck off. Do you think I’m a child? If you want to attack, then attack. Let’s see if I’m afraid of you,” sneered Long Chen.

  Just before this, Long Chen had stealthily signaled to the Dragonblood Legion’s disciples to leave and announce this matter outside.

  There had been a few disciples who had begun to run out when the two Law Enforcement Elders had come in, as they had been worried about being implicated. The news would definitely spread rapidly. Of course, if someone was intentionally spreading it, it would spread even faster.

  Lu Minghan’s expression was cold. He cast a glance at his fellow King, but that person shook his head.

  If Lu Minghan did go all-out to kill Long Chen, he was confident he could kill him in just a few breaths. The higher-ups wouldn’t be able to blame them, as Long Chen had refused to go peacefully. Long Chen was holding a hostage, and so they had no choice but to do everything they could to suppress him.

  But the other King didn’t agree. If Long Chen died, it wouldn’t be important. The main problem was that Long Chen would definitely drag down the teacher as well before dying, and then it wouldn’t be so easy to quibble.

  The two of them were in a deadlock for a while. Long Chen was holding a human meat shield, icily staring at the two of them. The other disciples all retreated out of the palace, leaving behind just them.

  “Arrogant brat, you dare to use brute strength to resist your capture? Do you think the Xuantian Dao Sect is your home?!”

  Suddenly, a new figure appeared in the palace. Seeing that figure, Long Chen’s expression changed as he realized he was unable to move.

  Chapter 1045 Suppressing Through Power

  Long Chen hadn’t expected the Law Enforcement Hall Master to personally come.

  As soon as he arrived, Long Chen felt all his hair stand on end. It felt like a wild beast had set its gaze on him, and he found that he suddenly couldn’t move.

  In front of the Law Enforcement Hall Master, Long Chen felt himself to be an ant looking at a dragon. He felt himself to be incredibly minuscule, as if the Law Enforcement Hall Master could kill him with just a thought.

  Sweat trickled down his back. That wasn’t something Long Chen could control. Right now, he felt like he couldn’t even form an urge to resist.

  The Law Enforcement Hall Master took a single step forward, and Long Chen felt the space around him tighten. It was like a mountain was crushing him.

  The Law Enforcement Hall Master took three more steps forward, and with each step, Long Chen felt the pressure on him increase, as if mountain after mountain was crashing on top of him.

  When he took his seventh step, Long Chen finally coughed up a mouthful of blood.

  When he took his eighth step, a crackling sound rang throughout Long Chen’s body. His bones were unable to bear it, and faint cracks covered them.

  Long Chen’s kneecaps were under the most pressure. His bones were starting to bend.

  Long Chen icily glared at the Law Enforcement Hall Master. He knew that he was intentionally humiliating him, trying to force him to kneel for mercy. But Long Chen went all-out to resist. He refused to bend his knees.

  Endless fury ignited his killing intent. That was his most primal killing intent.

  This killing intent had been buried because of Meng Qi’s words. But now, it was once more starting to grow.

  The Law Enforcement Hall Master coldly took another step forward. But when he saw a sharp light in Long Chen’s eyes, he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of unease.

  However, he didn’t hesitate. On this ninth step, Long Chen felt like he was under the weight of a hundred thousand mountains. He felt like his body was about to explode.

  “Luo Fan, you’re getting worse and worse. Is being so heavy-handed against a child suited to your status?” Suddenly, a slightly mocking voice rang out, and another elder appeared by Long Chen’s side.

  That was the Elder Hall Master, Liu Cang. As soon as he appeared in front of Long Chen, the mountain-like pressure vanished.

  Long Chen almost collapsed on the ground when he felt his body lighten. Liu Cang placed a hand on Long Chen’s body, and gentle energy spread within him. Long Chen felt all his bones instantly heal, and all his injuries were fixed.

  The Elder Hall Master was a wood cultivator? Long Chen was startled. There was no other way to explain such terrifying healing abilities.

  “You’re the one getting worse. If I didn’t do this, would you appear?” said the Law Enforcement Hall Master Luo Fan lightly.

  Long Chen was enraged. So he had done this to force Liu Cang to appear? That was definitely bullying.

  This was a naked disregard. Long Chen nodded. He would remember this.

  “I’ve appeared, so let’s continue,” said Liu Cang.

  “Long Chen disturbed the classroom and beat up a teacher. That is a grave offense to the Dao Sect. Do you have any opinion if I want to bring him away right now?” said the Law Enforcement Hall Master with a smile. That smile was the smile of a victor overlooking his defeated opponent.

  In all their previous contests, the Law Enforcement Hall had been at a disadvantage. Now, Long Chen had committed a grave mistake and was caught. The Law Enforcement Hall had succeeded in winning this round.

  Liu Cang shook his head. “Why bother? Just to force me to appear, you didn’t hesitate to ignore a disciple’s dignity? Don’t you think that’s a bit too far?”

  “Don’t be such a hypocrite. Those who break the rules don’t have the qualifications to maintain their dignity. That’s their punishment. Liu Cang, since you’ve come, I’ve reached my goal. I will be bringing Long Chen away.” Luo Fan smiled and walked toward Long Chen.

  “Sorry, but I can’t hand Long Chen to you,” said Liu Cang.

  “What do you think you’re doing?” demanded Luo Fan coldly.

  “I suspect there’s something fishy about this matter,” said Liu Cang.

  Luo Fan’s expression sank. “Are you saying I framed Long Chen? If you just opened your eyes, you would be able to see what happened.”

  “Sometimes eyes aren’t able to see the truth. I need to investigate this matter to its roots. If Long Chen did commit an offense, I definitely won’t protect him. But if he is faultless,
I will definitely not allow anyone to abuse their public position to bully my disciples,” said Liu Cang.

  “You really want to go against me like this?!” raged Luo Fan.

  “Isn’t that what you wanted? I will report this matter to the Xuantian Tower Supervising Department tomorrow. They are the most impartial group in the Xuantian Dao Sect, and they have the power to go through people’s memories. I trust they’ll be able to give us the most just verdict,” said Liu Cang.

  Pow!

  “Old bastard, what are you winking for?” Long Chen suddenly raised the teacher in his hand and slapped him. Long Chen had seen him casting a special look at Luo Fan.

  “Brute, you really must want to die!” Luo Fan’s expression sank.

  “If an old bastard like you hasn’t died, why would a young fellow like me die?” sneered Long Chen. In any case, he had already decided to hug the leg of the Elder Hall. Thus, he might as well be straightforward and go right up against the Law Enforcement Hall. Long Chen wasn’t worried about cursing the Law Enforcement Hall Master. He could at least vent a bit of fury and treat it as redeeming some interest.

  “Luo Fan, let’s leave this to the Xuantian Tower Supervising Department tomorrow. Long Chen, release him. With me present, no one is capable of injuring you,” said Liu Cang.

  Long Chen hesitated and looked at the sharp-faced teacher in his hand. Seeing the rancor in his eyes, Long Chen slapped him twice more before tossing him to Luo Fan.

  Luo Fan caught him. But the teacher’s bones had all been shattered by Long Chen, and there was no way for him to stand. Luo Fan didn’t possess Liu Cang’s healing abilities, so he handed him to Lu Minghan with orders to heal his wounds.

  Liu Cang was leading Long Chen to leave when Luo Fan suddenly blocked their path. Liu Cang icily asked, “What?”

  “Today, I must bring Long Chen away,” declared Luo Fan.

  “You can try it.” Liu Cang narrowed his eyes. After being old opponents for so long, he knew what Luo Fan was thinking.

  “You want to fight? Good, good, then I’ll be the referee. Should I open the martial stage for you right now?”

  Suddenly, another figure appeared in the palace.

  “Xuan Master!”

  Liu Cang and Luo Fan were both shocked and hastily bowed. They hadn’t thought that this matter would disturb the Xuan Master.

  “What happened here?” asked the Xuan Master.

  “This is what happened…” Long Chen directly went through what had happened. He didn’t exaggerate anything. All he said was the truth.

  “Luo Fan, I seem to recall that this teacher’s name is Luo Kebo. He is related to you?” asked the Xuan Master.

  “I… We have a distant family relationship, but…” Luo Fan began to sweat.

  “There’s no need to explain. I’ll present you with two options. One is to go to the Xuantian Tower Supervising Department to investigate this matter clearly and make a verdict. That will require quite a bit of time. The other option is to punish Long Chen by stripping him of his inner sect disciple position and demoting him to an outer sect disciple,” said the Xuan Master.

  “Then wouldn’t I have lost out?” Long Chen was against the second option.

  “Little fellow, you have no qualifications to complain. Even if Luo Kebo was targeting you, you could have registered a complaint and gone through the regular channels. If you had received unjust treatment, the Dao Sect would definitely right it for you.

  “However, you didn’t go through the regular channels, and instead, you directly disturbed a class and beat a teacher. You chose the most brutish way of handling this.

  “Even if you were in the right, after what you did, you’re no longer in the right. So when you do things, you should carefully consider your options and not act rashly. Well, that’s all I have to say. You can choose one of these options,” said the Xuan Master.

  “Disciple will listen to the Xuan Master’s orders. We can choose the second option and not trouble the Supervising Department,” said Luo Fan.

  He had no choice but to choose the second option because Luo Kebo was truly related to him. He hadn’t expected this matter to disturb the Xuan Master. Now it wasn’t so easy to handle.

  Although he hadn’t ordered Luo Kebo to do anything, he had told all his relatives to not give Long Chen an easy time. His guess was that Luo Kebo had been trying to help him, but it had resulted in this current situation.

  “Long Chen, what do you say?” The Xuan Master looked toward Long Chen. For some unknown reason, he had an urge to laugh upon looking at him.

  For a disciple to beat up a teacher during class was something that had never happened in the Xuantian Dao Sect’s history. Long Chen was truly a marvel. It was no wonder the patriarch had given him a simple evaluation: unreliable.

  “I still feel like I’m losing out. After all, if you look at the consequences, you should first look at the causes. Among the two, the factors that caused the consequences should definitely bear the most blame, at the very least, eighty percent. If you want to punish me to maintain the dignity of the Xuantian Dao Sect, then I can accept a compromise. However, you have to guarantee that I keep the same privileges and can freely enter the inner sect,” said Long Chen.

  Long Chen knew that there was no way to avoid punishment for beating up a teacher. But outer sect disciples were not allowed to enter the inner sect, and that would mean he would be isolated from the Dragonblood Legion. That was unacceptable.

  “Are you haggling?” The Xuan Master’s expression sank.

  “Then how about we go to the Supervising Department and go through their procedure? I, Long Chen, always act openly and candidly. I’m not afraid of an investigation,” said Long Chen.

  The Xuan Master was speechless. Long Chen was truly crafty, and he refused to lose out because of this.

  “Luo Fan, what do you say?” The Xuan Master directed the question to the Law Enforcement Hall Master.

  Luo Fan hastily said, “I’ll follow whatever your orders are. However, disciple feels that Long Chen’s conditions are acceptable. After all, he is the leader of his faction, and separating them is unreasonable.”

  Seeing that Luo Fan would actually thicken his face and plead leniency for Long Chen, the Xuan Master sighed inside. Long Chen had slyly taken advantage of Luo Fan’s weakness, forcing him to submit.

  But how was such a sly and crafty fellow capable of doing such a foolish thing? It was incomprehensible.

  Since Luo Fan wasn’t against it, the Xuan Master disappeared from their sight. As soon as he left, Luo Fan’s expression turned icy.

  “Let me say it again, don’t fall into my hands,” he said before leaving.

  Chapter 1046 Tyrants

  The only ones left in the palace were Long Chen and the Elder Hall Master, Liu Cang.

  Liu Cang just looked at Long Chen without saying anything, making Long Chen feel awkward. He didn’t know what to say.

  “This wasn’t my fault.” In the end, Long Chen shrugged and broke this awkward atmosphere.

  “I know.” Liu Cang nodded.

  Of course he knew. As his opponent of many years, he was profoundly aware of the Law Enforcement Hall Master’s methods.

  “I’m curious, if you had just used your brain slightly, you would have been able to resolve this problem in a more effective and self-protecting manner, so why did you choose this method?” asked Liu Cang curiously.

  “The main thing is that it would be too troublesome. I don’t have the time,” said Long Chen helplessly.

  How did he have the time necessary to play this stupid game with this pack of idiots? Being direct was much more effective.

  “Many thanks for helping, Elder Hall Master.” Long Chen bowed toward him. In any case, Liu Cang had come out to help him.

  “There’s no need to thank me. Those under the jurisdiction of my Elder Hall are my disciples. As long as you stand within reason, I will always stand by your side,” said Liu Cang.

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nbsp; Long Chen knew that this was a warning. This time, the Law Enforcement Hall had shed all pretenses of cordiality, making Long Chen a crucial target. As long as Long Chen didn’t go too far, the Elder Hall would be able to protect him. However, if he did go too far, he would leave an opening for the Law Enforcement Hall, and then it would be troublesome.

  This was a game of rules. As long as he acted within the rules, he would be safe. But if he went beyond, it would be dangerous. Liu Cang felt like Long Chen’s guts were too big.

  “Disciple understands. Next time, I will definitely take note,” said Long Chen, knowing that Liu Cang was saying this for his own good.

  His meaning was obvious. He was a chess piece being used in the competition between the Elder Hall and the Law Enforcement Hall. Liu Cang’s words just now were a kind of promise, allowing Long Chen to be at ease.

  “Other than that, don’t look down on the Xuan Master. His intelligence is not something you can imagine,” said Liu Cang.

  Long Chen was startled. In truth, although he felt respect for the Xuan Master’s cultivation base, he did scoff a bit at his attitude toward managing the Xuantian Dao Sect.

  But now that Liu Cang was intentionally bringing this up, it seemed he had clearly seen through his thoughts.

  “Disciple understands.” Long Chen nodded. Now he felt that he was still too inexperienced.

  “You can keep your inner sect disciple plate so you can enter the inner sect. But starting today, you’ll have to wear outer sect disciple’s robes.”

  Liu Cang left, his final words being to take care of how far Long Chen went.

  When Long Chen left the palace, he saw a sea of people outside. Countless disciples had surrounded the palace.

  “Boss, you’re finally out!” All the Dragonblood warriors rushed over. Seeing that he was safe and sound, they relaxed.

  The other disciples, especially the ones who had personally seen Long Chen beat up a teacher, found this inconceivable. After beating a teacher, this was all that happened?