by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Liu Cang’s definitely laughing at me right now!” Luo Fan’s eyebrows were vertical as he clenched his teeth, his face twisted into a sinister expression.
“You can be sure of that. Originally, our Law Enforcement Hall had the absolute advantage, but after Long Chen arrived, years of our work have been ruined. Now the Elder Hall is becoming arrogant. Hmph, I dislike the Elder Hall the most. Those sanctimonious fellows are all pedantic hypocrites. They’ve hindered the Dao Sect’s development. Their bullshit about taking things step by step and teaching things in line with the disciples’ abilities is such nonsense.
“If we used the Law Enforcement Hall’s methods and just directly sent them to the battlefield to temper themselves, not only would the talented ones be picked out faster, but it would also save endless resources. If the Dao Sect is left in their hands, it will simply stagnate,” said the vice hall master helplessly.
“The Xuan Master’s mind is muddled. Every time I put forward suggestions or tell him that this method of raising disciples is wrong, he’ll just smile and brush me off. He even says the Dao Sect’s inheritance can’t be changed so easily, and unless I can give him an example that moves him, he won’t try it. But he doesn’t give me the authority or any disciples to raise myself!
“I spent my own money to raise some disciples, losing money instead of getting paid for my work, and that got me some power, but the Xuan Master still refused to give me enough authority. And now the authority over the Infernal Devil Abyss has been snatched away. It’s definitely because of that bastard Liu Cang’s dirty tricks.
“All I want is to work for the Xuantian Dao Sect, but bastards keep blocking my way. Fuck!” Luo Fan became more and more infuriated until he burst into curses.
“That bastard Long Chen, he ruined so many years of my work. I wish I could crush him.” Luo Fan looked like he wanted to bite Long Chen to death.
The vice hall master just watched as Luo Fan’s fury soared. He didn’t say a word.
“Don’t you normally have so many clever ideas? Why are you mute now?” Luo Fan unconsciously turned his fury to him for being silent.
The vice hall master seemed to be used to this, and he didn’t get angry. “Right now, there’s only one way to reverse our disadvantage. You know what to do.”
“That’s just bullshit! I wanted to kill Long Chen a long time ago, but his fame is growing greater and greater! Even the Xuan Master treats him favorably! From his attitude, it’s clear he plans on taking him as an apprentice! If I kill him, I’ll be executed!” raged Luo Fan.
“You don’t necessarily need to do anything personally to kill someone,” said the vice hall master profoundly.
“What are you talking about?” demanded Luo Fan.
“Hall Master, Long Chen is a black sheep that is obstructing the Dao Sect’s development. Think about how you will feel when the Xuantian Dao Sect is destroyed? If you succeed, you’ll be able to completely reform the way the sect raises disciples. Because of you, the Dao Sect will soar to the glory it should possess. Even if you pass away, the future generations will still laud your contribution. Even if they forget who the Xuan Master was, they’ll definitely remember you. You’re the one who is most clear on how the Xuantian Dao Sect has declined. Right now, the sect is teetering on the verge of collapse, and what the sect needs is someone capable of reversing this crazy tide. That’s why you need to decide whether or not to do this,” said the vice hall master.
Luo Fan was silent for a long time. In the end, he shook his head. “It’s not possible. Don’t bring it up again.”
“Hall Master-”
Pow!
The vice sect master was unresigned, but he had only just opened his mouth when Luo Fan sent him flying with a slap.
“I’ve already said not to mention this again! Are you deaf?!” roared Luo Fan.
“As you wish, Hall Master.”
The vice hall master crawled up from the ground and bowed. Luo Fan didn’t see the rancor that flashed through his eyes.
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These seven days of celebration continued without a break. As the main character, Long Chen was challenged by all the inner sect disciples one by one in a drinking contest.
Others could rest a bit before continuing to drink, but he couldn’t. This wine was free, and it was the precious medicinal wine. It was very beneficial to the body, so they were going all out to drink as much as possible.
Drinking wine was now being treated as cultivating. And being repeatedly challenged by tens of thousands of disciples, Long Chen continuously drank for seven days. Finally, he couldn’t last any longer and collapsed into a pile of mush.
He had drunk a ridiculous amount and had practically poured a small lake of wine into his stomach. He slept soundly for three whole days.
Long Chen drank the most, while Wilde ate the most. He spent all seven days eating until finally, the Dao Sect sent word that there was no need to continue requesting for food; there was no longer any left. Wilde had consumed all the delicacies the Xuantian Dao Sect had stored.
When Long Chen woke up, he felt a burst of pain in his head. That was the result of too much medicinal energy.
When he left his room, he saw that the others weren’t any better off than him. Many of the Dragonblood Legion’s warriors were staggering as they walked.
He snorted. Had there been such a need to go all-out drinking? If they wanted wine, they could buy it at any time! He didn’t feel the slightest sympathy for those people holding their heads as they staggered back and forth. Who had asked them to drink so much? Just because it was free didn’t mean they had to go so far.
Long Chen arrived at the back of Crouching Dragon Mountain. He lazily laid on a rock and soaked in the sun’s rays, enjoying the scenery. Just at that moment, Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er arrived by his side. Meng Qi waved her hand, and a large egg appeared in front of her.
“Long Chen, look! It’s about to hatch!” said Meng Qi excitedly.
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er didn’t like drinking. They had only joined in for the first day, and afterward, they had gotten back to their proper business. At that time, Long Chen had been heroically defeating his fellow disciples, crying out that he would beat them one against ten thousand.
Meng Qi had gathered quite a few treasures to nourish the egg, and she had spent a huge sum, buying the best possible things for it. All kinds of Magical Beast essence blood, precious medicines, crystal cores, spirit talismans, and such had been used on the egg.
After all that nourishment, there were now countless lines lit up on the egg. The life fluctuations coming from it grew stronger and stronger.
That was a sign that the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow was about to hatch. Meng Qi found Long Chen just to let him bear witness to its arrival in the world.
In a certain spot where many runes propagated on the egg, cracks began to appear. Following that, a tender beak poked out of it. A large piece of the shell fell to the ground, clanking with a metallic sound.
As a pecking sound repeatedly rang out, more and more pieces of the shell broke off. Finally, it revealed a hatchling inside. It jumped out of the shell and released a tender bird cry before charging at Meng Qi.
But as soon as it tried, it fell on the ground. It still had no feathers, and its bare wings repeatedly slapped on the ground as it tried to go over to Meng Qi.
What shocked Long Chen was that this newly born hatchling was directly breaking the hard bricks beneath its feet as it struggled.
“I’m over here! Good job!” Meng Qi quickly ran over to its side and comforted it. She also sent her Spiritual Strength to calm down its excited emotions.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow had only just hatched, and yet it was ten meters tall. There were already runes on its wings, and based on the force with which its wings slapped the ground, its power would probably be enough to kill a sixth rank Magical Beast.
Although the hatchling was pacified by Meng Qi, it continued
to excitedly cry out. Its voice became louder and louder. It was a nice sound, but it was so loud that it shook their eardrums.
“Alright, that’s enough. Here, have your first meal.” Meng Qi smiled and patted its wing.
Perhaps it was due to hunger, but it only stopped crying now. It began to devour the shattered eggshells.
When it devoured the fragments, Long Chen saw that its runes would light up slightly. The sticky liquid that was still stuck on its body instantly faded.
Furthermore, these shell fragments, which were harder than a Treasure item, would vanish from all his senses as soon as they entered its mouth.
“What terrifying devouring power!” It was no wonder it was called the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow. It possessed such terrifying devouring power even just after birth.
Once the shells were completely eaten, it clearly appeared more awake. Its body was now clean, and although it was still featherless, there was a hint of a divine steed’s aura.
Its wings moved. It looked like it was trying to fly, but it didn’t succeed. Instead, it slapped a large hole in the ground, covering Long Chen and the others with dust.
“You’re still too young to fly. Here, have some tasty food.” Meng Qi took out a large ball as big as a person from her spatial ring.
This large ball was similar in shape to a medicinal pill. It was a special beast food that Beast Tamers would create in accordance with the needs of their housepets.
This one had ground-up bones and crystal cores of Magical Beasts, as well as essence blood. Other than those things, there were also a few essential nutrients that Magical Beasts required, as well as special spices that they liked.
Creating these food balls was a fundamental skill of Beast Tamers. Meng Qi had done everything she could to make the best food ball for the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow. The little hatchling excitedly began to eat.
“Wow, boss, you raided a bird nest? Why is this featherless bird so ugly?” Guo Ran was drawn over by the disturbance.
Suddenly, the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow opened its beak and pointed it at Guo Ran. Guo Ran’s body rapidly shrank and flew into its mouth.
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All of them jumped in fright. Guo Ran had actually been directly pulled into the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow’s stomach by some strange force. It was too fast for anyone to react.
Guo Ran didn’t even understand what was going on before he landed in its stomach.
“Cloud, spit him out!” cried Meng Qi.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow opened its mouth and spat out Guo Ran. Right now, he was covered in his armor.
“Cloud, you can’t act like this! You have to differentiate between friends and enemies,” chided Meng Qi.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow let out a few chirps that sounded wronged. That stunned Long Chen and Tang Wan-er. How did this hatchling already possess such high intelligence?
Meng Qi listened carefully for a long time and couldn’t help but break into a smile. “Cloud says that Guo Ran said it was ugly, so Guo Ran’s a bad person.”
Guo Ran was pale. Just now, when he had been swallowed into its stomach, he had felt a strange force, and he had instinctively summoned his armor.
Several thin cracks had appeared on his armor. Those lines were very thin, as if strings had cut into it.
Guo Ran’s armor was made of material on the level of King items. It was incredibly hard, and weapons had difficulty causing any damage to it. It was unknown what kind of force had caused these marks.
If it had instead been a body of flesh and blood, how could it endure such power? Wouldn’t it be instantly torn through? Just thinking about it made Guo Ran’s expression change. Just now, he had walked past the gates of hell.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow once more chirped a few times, and Meng Qi laughed. “Cloud says that it was just trying to scare you as a punishment for calling it ugly. It wasn’t really trying to eat you.”
Long Chen looked at the marks on Guo Ran’s armor and couldn’t help being shocked. The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow had only just been born, but it already possessed such terrifying power. It was truly worthy of being a legendary existence.
“Cloud is able to speak to you already?” asked Long Chen.
“Our souls are connected. If it wants to express something, I can understand it. The translation won’t be one hundred percent right, but there won’t be any big deviations. As a Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, it possesses its innate skills even though it just hatched. Any flesh swallowed by it will be cut into pieces by the strands of energy within it. It possesses spatial energy and an innate devouring ability, so even huge Magical Beasts can be swallowed in one gulp. As for a matured Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, it could gulp down all lifeforms within a thousand miles just by opening its mouth. That was what earned it the name Heaven Swallowing.”
Meng Qi gently patted its head as she explained. The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow seemed to enjoy Meng Qi’s pampering.
“Isn’t that a bit too fierce? It doesn’t even have fea- I mean, it’s already so strong after just being born.” Guo Ran clearly hadn’t recognized what it was, or he wouldn’t have ended up in his previous plight.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow was just a hatchling right now, and it truly did look a bit ugly. It looked like it would take a while for it to grow feathers.
As an ancient beast with a terrifying inheritance, the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow’s growth speed wasn’t very fast. It also required plenty of resources.
“Long Chen, this little one might make us poor again…” said Meng Qi worriedly.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow chirped a few times, embarrassing Meng Qi. Its intelligence was truly high, and it basically understood her words. It said that it could eat a bit less.
That made her feel warm and ashamed. Back then, that powerful tenth rank Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow had given her one of her children, only because she had been helpless.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow would require an ocean’s worth of resources once it was born. Normally, the mother would use its own essence blood as feed.
But that tenth rank Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow had been injured, and she didn’t have enough essence blood to raise both children. She had had no choice but to sacrifice one.
Now, after a moment of excitement, Meng Qi realized a serious problem. This little one was in an extremely hungry state right now.
That was very likely because the mother had already decided to abandon it, and so she hadn’t spent enough of her essence blood on it after a while. That led to an innate deficiency that made it feel exceptionally hungry now that it was born.
This wasn’t true hunger, but the result of being deficient in some kind of energy. It would need more resources to make up for its innate weakness.
Now it was incredibly hungry, so hungry that even Meng Qi felt unwell. She hadn’t expected its appetite to be so great. The food she had prepared wasn’t even close to enough.
She took out a few more food balls. Those were originally stock for the future, but she couldn’t bear to see it so hungry.
The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow surprisingly didn’t eat the food balls. That made Meng Qi even more ashamed. As a Beast Tamer, she wasn’t even able to raise a housepet.
“Don’t worry and eat it. I’ll handle the rest and won’t let you starve.” Long Chen comforted Cloud. If he couldn’t even raise such a little fellow, what kind of man would he be?
Unexpectedly, Cloud ran over to Long Chen’s side and rubbed its head against Long Chen happily.
“Cloud says that it remembers your aura, and that you’re a good person. But Guo Ran is bad, so don’t stay with him,” laughed Meng Qi.
Guo Ran rolled his eyes. Wasn’t his only offense not praising
it? Was it worth sowing dissension?
Long Chen was startled. He supposed it only made sense that you couldn’t judge such an ancient species with common sense. If it remembered his aura, that meant it had memories from when it was just an egg.
Cloud devoured several more beast balls. However, it didn’t treat Tang Wan-er very enthusiastically. To it, Tang Wan-er was still an outsider.
But Tang Wan-er very much adored it, constantly stroking it, and Cloud didn’t refuse. Guo Ran went to try to repair their awkward relationship, and as a result, Cloud simply opened its mouth and he fled in terror, vanishing like a wisp of smoke while Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er laughed.
“Whatever it needs, get it with points. Money isn’t a problem. Letting it grow up healthy is the most important point, and it’s the only way to pay back senior’s trust,” said Long Chen to Meng Qi.
“But Cloud’s body is extremely deficient in many areas. It’ll require plenty of adjustments and resources to fix,” said Meng Qi.
“How much?”
Meng Qi hesitated for a moment and then clenched her teeth. “At a rough estimate, using the best resources, it will probably require five billion points.”
Although they had long since been prepared, Long Chen and Tang Wan-er both jumped in shock.
“Wan-er, how many points do we have now?” asked Long Chen.
“A few days ago, sister Qing Yu said that we had four billion and eight hundred million points, because the majority of our points were already distributed to each individual. If we don’t have enough, we can ask them to pool their points again,” said Tang Wan-er.
Although they had obtained over ten billion points in that battle, the Dragonblood Legion had equipped themselves with the best weapons and were training in the best training rooms. They naturally burned their points quickly.
Ten billion points was a shocking amount, but when distributed, it wasn’t even a million points each. That wasn’t enough to even get a King item.
Guo Ran was also a big money spender. Although the material for his forging had been sent by Zheng Wenlong, just the process of forging things required all kinds of supplementary materials such as inscriptions or divine extracts.
