by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Considering the Xuan Master had personally spoken to him, how could Long Chen not understand? At first, when he had heard that the Xuantian Dao Sect didn’t get along with the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect, he hadn’t quite believed it.
But now seeing how tyrannical they were acting, and adding in the Xuan Master’s message, he could guess the majority of what was happening. He had seen this same kind of play occur many times.
He had originally found these people disagreeable, as after all, he was a member of the Xuantian Dao Sect. He still had some feeling for the sect’s honor. For someone to so obviously provoke the sect, he was naturally irritated. But with the Xuan Master’s support, he was like a tiger with wings.
“Junior, pay attention to your tone. Is this how your Xuantian Dao Sect treats its guests?” The middle-aged man’s expression sank, but he still acted calm.
He couldn’t act angry. That was due to his status and bearing. If he did get angry at Long Chen, he would lose status. After all, the two of them were like heaven and earth in terms of status.
His voice still wasn’t loud, but it seemed to be backed by a magical art and echoed throughout the entire Xuantian Dao Sect. He was intentionally alerting the higher-ups.
“My Xuantian Dao Sect is polite and respectful to our guests, but our etiquette varies for different people. To a humble gentleman, we will naturally receive them politely. To posers harboring sinister thoughts, the sect’s motto is: posers need to be beaten to break them of the habit!” said Long Chen.
The middle-aged man’s face turned dark. Long Chen’s mouth was too vicious. Although he was constantly telling himself that this was just a trap and he couldn’t get angry, he couldn’t help it.
As for the disciples behind him, their eyes were all burning with killing intent.
“Brat, count your blessings that the Magic Master is a magnanimous person. Otherwise, you’d be a corpse by now!” said a disciple through clenched teeth.
“Who doesn’t know how to brag? Brat, count your blessings that the Xuan Master is a magnanimous person. Otherwise, once the grand killing formation was activated, you’d all be turned to dust,” replied Long Chen disdainfully.
With just a few words from Long Chen, the Elders in charge of this place were scared witless. Someone had long since gone to report this, but there was still no movement from the higher-ups.
“You…” That disciple was infuriated.
“You, what you? Don’t point at me with your finger. My temper’s not good, so be careful of me slapping you in the face!” declared Long Chen icily. He detested it when people pointed at him while they spoke to him. Those people clearly had no upbringing.
“Li Tianxuan, what do you think you’re doing?!”
The middle-aged man finally couldn’t bear it any longer. His furious roar shook the nine heavens, and Long Chen felt his ears buzzing. He could no longer hear anything.
That made Long Chen’s expression change. As expected, Meng Qi was now pale, covering her ears with her hands. Blood was slowly flowing down from them.
Long Chen was infuriated. He was just about to erupt in a burst of curses when he was held back by Meng Qi. Her injury was nothing, while this person was clearly a terrifying existence. She was worried about him.
“Ma Xingkong, your temper is as fiery as ever. Don’t you think it’s rude to disturb people in seclusion?” The Xuan Master’s voice finally rang out. His voice was neither overbearing nor servile. Instead, he seemed graceful and poised.
“Open the gates. Invite the precious guests from the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect in,” said the Xuan Master. This phrase, precious guests, normally didn’t mean much. But after how Long Chen had used it, the middle-aged man and the disciples behind him felt that its meaning had distorted.
The middle-aged man snorted. He knew Li Tianxuan wouldn’t possibly come to the gates to greet him. He led his people inside, and the Elders in charge hastily got out of their way.
“Brat, just wait.”
Long Chen and Meng Qi were also out of the way, allowing the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s people to pass. The middle-aged man didn’t look at Long Chen, but the young disciple who had spoken with him did. He pointed at Long Chen’s nose arrogantly.
“Fuck your mother, you don’t learn, do you?!”
Long Chen immediately slapped that person across the face. Apparently, this person had never imagined that Long Chen would dare to strike him here. He was completely off-guard, and furthermore, even if he had been expecting it, there was no way he could dodge at such a short distance.
The disciple let out a miserable cry as he was sent flying. His whole face caved in, and it was just a bit off from his head exploding.
“How weak.” Long Chen was surprised. He hadn’t used that much power in this attack, but he had almost slapped this disciple dead. He suddenly recalled that the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s disciples all specialized in magical arts, making their physical bodies weaker than average. This slap proved just how weak their bodies were.
“Bastard, you dare to attack us?! Die!”
The Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s disciples immediately erupted in fury. They all waved their staves, and Long Chen felt dozens of terrifying auras lock onto him.
Chapter 1111 Acting Tyrannical
“Fuck, if you want to fight, then let’s fight!”
Seeing the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s disciples take on fighting postures, Long Chen also began to circulate his spiritual yuan. His 108,000 original runes activated.
“Long Chen, don’t be rude! How can you attack someone here? You are hereby punished to face the wall for two hours.” A cold shout from the Xuan Master suddenly rang out.
“Hey, wait a sec-” Long Chen was startled. Wasn’t the Xuan Master the one who had asked him to do this?
Long Chen vanished. Spatial energy surrounded him, and he suddenly appeared in the Xuan Master’s room.
“Well done.” The Xuan Master patted his shoulder with praise. Clearly, handing this kind of matter to Long Chen was the wisest choice.
“Xuan Master, is the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect our enemy?” asked Long Chen.
“They don’t count as enemies, but they don’t count as friends either. Originally, the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, the Xuantian Dao Sect, and the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect were established around the same time, and the founders were once best friends. The three sects were around the same in power at that time, but if you had to say who was weaker or stronger, then the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect was the strongest, the Xuantian Dao Sect was second, and the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect was last.
“But later, an unforeseen event occurred. All sects beneath the heavens took heavy losses. The Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s last three forms of Split the Heavens were lost, while the Xuantian Dao Sect was the same. Although the Xuantian Catalog is still complete, the extremely important original interpretation was destroyed. That interpretation was personally made by the founder. It recorded the essence of all the Daos in the Xuantian Catalog, but it was ruined in the battle back then.
“Now, what the ordinary disciples are given to comprehend is just a small portion of the original interpretation, while the rest was patched up and fixed later. But the total amount of information within is less than a hundredth of the original Xuantian Catalog.”
The Xuan Master sighed for a long time before continuing, “However, the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect was very smart. In that battle, although they also took huge losses, they managed to keep their inheritance intact.”
Long Chen interjected, “By smart, you mean they were cowards and didn’t bring out their full power? Others put everything on the line, but they were secretly holding back?”
The Xuan Master smiled slightly. “As expected, there’s no need to beat around the bush with you. You’re not off by much. As for that battle, don’t ask, as you cannot know about it. But as a result of that battle, the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect became the
strongest of the three sects, and they’re becoming more and more arrogant.
“They don’t dare to be cocky in front of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect because their disciples are all battle madmen due to their cultivation technique. They’ll explode with just the slightest instigation, which is pretty similar to you. Perhaps your temper is related to Split the Heavens.
“That’s why the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect has set its target on my Xuantian Dao Sect. They want to suppress us, perhaps to give themselves a sense of achievement. The previous generation Xuan Master, my master, always accommodated them, causing them to make a habit of doing this. That’s why this time, I want to give them a slap in the face. But I need your help. Are you interested?”
“All you have to do is give me the word.” Long Chen patted his chest confidently. It was rare to run into someone who truly supported him like this. He naturally had to repay him.
“Good, then rest here for two hours. I’ll go see what Ma Xingkong is plotting.” After saying this, the Xuan Master vanished from Long Chen’s sight.
Long Chen sat on his butt in front of the tea table. He didn’t stand on courtesy, directly pouring himself a cup. Seeing some refreshments, he randomly ate a few. Suddenly, the wall in front of him lit up, revealing a scene. The Xuan Master was currently looking at the middle-aged man in the palace.
The Xuan Master smiled and said, “I’m so sorry, I was in seclusion and had to clean up before going out. Please forgive me. Sit!”
The Magic Master was another name for the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s leader. But in truth, the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect had two Magic Masters, and this one was just the vice sect leader.
As for the Xuan Master, he was the true leader of the Xuantian Dao Sect. According to reason, there was a certain difference in status between them, but it seemed Ma Xingkong didn’t feel that way.
“The Xuan Master is as refined and courteous as ever. But it seems your disciples are barely passable. I won’t talk about how rude and vile they are,” said Ma Xingkong as he sat.
“It’s normal for children to be ignorant. After all, they’re still so young. If he didn’t advance at all after living a few centuries, I’d slap him to death myself. After living to such an age, if he still didn’t understand manners, wouldn’t all his years have been wasted on a dog life? What do you think, Ma Xingkong?” The Xuan Master smiled.
Ma Xingkong’s expression twitched. The Xuan Master was clearly cursing him for having lived for nothing. What was the point of quibbling with a child?
But the Xuan Master hadn’t said it directly, so Ma Xingkong could only act like he hadn’t understood his meaning. He changed the subject by saying, “Brother Li, these are the disciples of my Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect’s new generation. What do you think about them?”
“These precious guests are truly amazing. There’s actually four rank six Celestials and even an innate rank seven Celestial! How amazing to be able to control two elements, earth and metal, at the same time,” said the Xuan Master as his gaze swept over these disciples. His gaze lingered over one of them who was wearing a conical hat blocking his face.
He had no choice but to sigh. Ma Xingkong had brought fifty disciples, and they were all at least rank five Celestials.
Although only half of them were innate rank five Celestials, that was shocking enough. Compared to the Xuantian Dao Sect, the difference was immense.
Of the four rank six Celestials, only one of them was innate. But even if it was just an acquired rank six Celestial, no one had reached that level in the Xuantian Dao Sect’s new generation.
For a rank five Celestial to advance to become a rank six Celestial didn’t just require the Xuantian Tower’s Heavenly Dao blessing. It also required enough comprehension of the Heavenly Daos for there to be even a chance.
None of the new disciples had reached that requirement yet. If they forced it, the blessing would very likely fail, and a failure would be a heavy blow to any disciple. So the Xuantian Dao Sect didn’t try it.
The most shocking thing was the rank seven Celestial. His metal and earth energy were condensed to a monstrous point. He was definitely an extremely terrifying genius.
Despite knowing that Ma Xingkong was just trying to intentionally dazzle him, he had to admit that Ma Xingkong had succeeded. The Xuan Master was truly shocked.
Although the Xuan Master was sure this group was the fifty strongest members of the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect, when compared to the top fifty people of the Xuantian Dao Sect’s new generation, the difference was too great.
“I wonder, how are the disciples you recruited this time? Just now, I didn’t see any remarkable disciples,” said Ma Xingkong curiously.
This was a sinister question that he thought the Xuan Master would have no reply for. But the Xuan Master smiled. “Actually, you ran into the most remarkable disciple in my Xuantian Dao Sect’s new generation on your way here.”
“Oh? I don’t recall seeing any presentable people.” Ma Xingkong frowned.
“I’m sure you have quite the impression of him. It’s that coarse and violent fellow who blocked you on the way in,” said the Xuan Master.
“Him? Are you joking?” Ma Xingkong grew displeased, thinking the Xuan Master was just playing around.
“His name is Long Chen. You can have your disciples go into the Dao Sect and ask around. Everyone knows his great name,” said the Xuan Master with a self-mocking smile. Perhaps there would be people in the Xuantian Dao Sect who didn’t know him, but there was no one who didn’t know Long Chen.
This was definitely a record in the Xuantian Dao Sect for the most famous disciple.
“Hmph, if he’s the top disciple of your Xuantian Dao Sect, I can exterminate all of them with a wave of my hand. Looks like I came for nothing,” snorted a rank six Celestial.
“Shut up! How can you be so rude? Is this somewhere you can interject?” chided Ma Xingkong. To the Xuan Master, he said, “Apologies, I didn’t discipline my disciples enough. Please don’t take offense.”
Although what came out of his mouth was chiding, it wasn’t the slightest bit sincere. He was clearly trying to embarrass the Xuan Master.
“That’s fine. I wouldn’t bother quibbling with a child, or it would be a loss of my status,” said the Xuan Master with a magnanimous smile.
Ma Xingkong also smiled, but he was infuriated inside. This was clearly referring to how he had been infuriated by Long Chen and roared furiously.
But he also couldn’t display his fury, or it would be even more embarrassing. And worst of all, it would be in front of his own disciples.
Ma Xingkong chatted for a while with the Xuan Master before saying, “Originally, I brought my disciples to the Xuantian Dao Sect so they could exchange some pointers with the Dao Sect’s disciples, raising both sides powers and allowing our disciples to gain experience. But now that I see the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples…”
Ma Xingkong suddenly paused and shook his head, sighing. His meaning was clear. The Xuantian Dao Sect was too weak.
The Xuan Master indifferently said, “True, this new generation of disciples in my Dao Sect is far weaker than your Magic Sect’s.”
Ma Xingkong had put out his bait, but the Xuan Master didn’t take it, leaving him dumbfounded. The Xuantian Dao Sect was actually this cowardly? If this continued, then they really would have come for nothing.
“Although there’s a definite power difference, having an exchange and comparing notes is necessary. After all, it’s beneficial to the disciples from both sides.” Ma Xingkong switched tones upon seeing the Xuan Master refusal.
“I don’t feel like there’s any need for that. After all, when the difference between two sides is too great, such an exchange has no meaning.” The Xuan Master shook his head.
One of the disciples sneered and was just about to open his mouth when Ma Xingkong glared at him. The Xuan Master smiled inside. Was it interesting using this same pattern every time? Could they
not switch their methods? The Xuan Master simply put on a calm, indifferent appearance, letting them continue with their play.
“Xuan Master, you’re too modest. In truth, there are quite a few outstanding people amongst the Dao Sect’s disciples,” said Ma Xingkong.
Chapter 1112 Large Stake Gambling
Shameless, absolutely shameless, too shameless, absolutely too shameless. After spouting such crap, he was able to take it back without changing expressions. Long Chen greatly admired him for that ability.
Long Chen was watching the scene through the screen. Ma Xingkong first said that he hadn’t seen any remarkable disciples, and then he said he saw quite a few outstanding disciples. Just how shameless would a person have to be, to be able to talk like this without batting an eye?
Now he knew why the Xuan Master had said that the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect was becoming more and more overbearing. They were clearly intent on trampling the Xuantian Dao Sect.
How was this exchanging pointers? They had clearly come to find delight in crushing others. Just how few rank five Celestials did the Xuantian Dao Sect have to exchange pointers with them? They were fundamentally not on the same level.
But there was one thing that startled him: the power of these disciples. How many of their current accomplishments were related to the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect?
Could it be that it really was just as the Xuan Master said, and that the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect had managed to maintain their entire inheritance? That caused such a huge difference?
Celestials were divided into innate and acquired types, but the so-called innate types were not necessarily born at that level. For example, an innate rank six Celestial was not born as a rank six Celestial.
Instead, it meant that they had six kinds of core Heavenly Dao runes naturally. But these runes had to be activated one by one. However many they awakened would be what rank they were.
As for acquired Celestials, they created a new Heavenly Dao rune on top of their original runes as a foundation.
