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In any case, since there was no longer any chance of him gaining more Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, he directly absorbed the lake’s water to give the fish kings a better living environment.
As a result, the fish were more comfortable, but Long Chen was now attacked from all sides.
Long Chen repeatedly slashed a lightning blade, blowing apart the waves of water and creating a path for himself.
He found that there was a strange energy within these waves of water. When his lightning blade touched them, he felt his spiritual yuan rapidly flow away.
Long Chen decided to release the lightning blade, allowing Lei Long to control it. That way his spiritual yuan wouldn’t be sucked away so quickly.
After that, he enveloped himself in thunderforce that separated him from the lake water. This water was too strange. Even when a single drop of it touched him, it sucked away his spiritual yuan, his Spiritual Strength, and his Yuan Spirit energy.
Lei Long had its own energy. As a result, it could slash open a path, bringing Long Chen away.
Mountains began to appear in the distance when they finally reached the end of the lake. Suddenly, Long Chen clapped himself in the head for his foolishness. Why hadn’t he absorbed the water at the shore and then run? The lake wouldn’t have been able to attack him.
Just as they flew onto the shore, the lake stopped rumbling. It seemed to roar one final time before its attack stopped. Its attack range was limited to just the lake.
“Good, now no one can obtain the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.” Long Chen smiled coldly. Golden ripples had appeared over the lake. It seemed taking the water had touched upon some restriction, making the lake enter a furious state. If people flew over it, they might be fine, but if anyone dared to try to do anything to the lake, they would definitely be attacked and killed.
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish had been scared away, while the water had been infected with blood. Before the lake was cleansed, they definitely wouldn’t come out again.
With them hiding in the caves at the bottom of the lake, no one could even entice them to come out, let alone capture one. There really was no hope of getting any more of them now.
Long Chen quickly rushed over two mountains and saw violet light flying in the distance. Hua Ziguang was surrounded by seven Empyreans.
It went without saying that Hua Ziguang was not weak. He was worthy of being sent in ahead of the crowd. Even against seven opponents, he wasn’t instantly defeated. However, he was definitely at a disadvantage and caught by them.
“Hua Ziguang, who would have thought that you would be so foolish as to willingly be used by Long Chen? Don’t you think you’re stupid for sacrificing yourself for him? That many people went to kill him, and didn’t you hear those explosions just now?” sneered an expert wearing robes of the Righteous path. He was joined by two experts of the ancient races, three from the ancient family alliance, and one from the Xuan Beasts.
Hua Ziguang clenched his teeth. His attacks were much sharper than the seven of them. “You’re the idiot. Do you think the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, and the Xuan Beasts will become your support in the future? Once your use has come to an end, they’ll abandon you. To betray your own side for some fake benefits, you’re the real idiot. Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen is the pride of the Righteous path and the human race. He has killed so many experts from the Corrupt path, but you aren’t grateful at all.”
“How stubborn. It seems only death can cure your stupidity!” cursed the Righteous expert.
“Yes, truly stubborn. Death really is the only cure for you.”
An indifferent voice rang out. It was very calm in everyone’s ears, but it caused all eight people’s expressions to change.
Hua Ziguang was delighted, while the other seven were terrified.
This voice was familiar to all of them. Although the seven of them had never personally seen the master of this voice, they had seen him in photographic jades.
A hand slammed onto that Righteous expert’s back, and he directly exploded from the force.
His sword tried to fly away, but it was caught by Long Chen.
“If you don’t want to die, you better obediently listen to me.” Long Chen directed these words to the sword in his hand. It was a divine item, and if it dared to resist, he would destroy it.
He smoothly slashed the sword through the air. A cold light flashed as one of the ancient race experts was cut in two.
“Look closely. A sword user must have a sword user’s pride and arrogance. With one sword, you can shake the universe, laugh at gods, and force the world to make way for you.”
Long Chen slashed his sword again, and it seemed to break the laws of heaven and earth. Time stood still. It was like this sword did not exist in this world.
Sword-light flashed, moving in an inconceivable arc. This arc exceeded the scope of the Sword Dao yet also seemed to be part of it.
Long Chen slashed his sword six times, each time killing someone. Whether they blocked or fled, or even tried to launch a suicidal blow, they were helpless in front of Long Chen’s incomprehensible sword arts. Their ultimate fates were only death.
Hua Ziguang was struck dumb. He had put his whole life into the Sword Dao, but he had never witnessed such terrifying and refined sword arts.
In the blink of an eye, those seven experts that had suppressed him were slain.
Furthermore, each of them had died so easily. Long Chen seemed elegant when attacking, as if he was dancing, as if it were just a show. But each move was a fatal blow.
All the divine items stayed in the air, not daring to move or run.
That was what Long Chen had ordered. He had locked onto these divine items with his divine sense. Although they were just quasi divine items, he knew that the Dragonblood Legion needed some good weapons. All the Dragonblood warriors were using Ancestral items.
Even if he couldn’t let them all use divine items, at least the squad leaders should have a divine item. Otherwise, they would be at a disadvantage in future fights.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen… no, master Long Chen! I beg of you, please accept me as your apprentice!”
Long Chen put away the divine items, and only then did Hua Ziguang recover from his shock. He actually knelt to Long Chen. He had been completely won over by Long Chen’s sword arts.
Long Chen pulled Hua Ziguang up, shaking his head. “I’m just a dabbler. My sword arts were learned from my brother. You have great talent and power, but not the confidence and pride a sword cultivator should possess. A person needs to be humble, but sword cultivators are an exception. For a sword cultivator to feel humble is indecisive. You will see countless forks in the road ahead of you and hesitate for a lifetime. If you can’t even see your own path clearly, you won’t be able to become a true expert.”
Hua Ziguang looked at Long Chen. He felt like he had suddenly understood something, and he bowed. “Many thanks for your pointers, senior apprentice-brother Long Chen. If I have any future accomplishments, it will be thanks to your favor.”
Hua Ziguang’s own comprehension abilities were very great. With just a slight indication from Long Chen, he had found the greatest weakness in himself. That was because he sensed a confidence that only experts could possess. That confidence was something that would not be shaken, one that would be steady in the face of countless trials.
Long Chen’s reminder changed Hua Ziguang’s life and would change the Violet Light Sword Sect forever. But that was in the future.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, how did things go? Did you get the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish?”
“Fuck, a bunch of idiots chased them away.”
“You didn’t get them?” Hua Ziguang was startled. Clenching his teeth, he took out his own Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.
Long Chen hastily shook his hand. “I did get some already, it’s just that my household is too big, and the fish that I got aren’t enough. As for what you have, it’s not worth
anything either.”
“Then what do we do? Can we go back?”
“No need. The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish are unobtainable by anyone now.” Long Chen shook his head.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, is there anything you need my help with? I can go form an alliance with other Righteous experts…”
“No. I’m not afraid of anyone. If anyone wants to die, just send them over to me. If you have any good friends who have left the Martial Heaven Alliance or want to go against me, you can try to advise them. If they stay like that, they will sooner or later die to a scheme or die to my hands. Good brother, take care. If we can, let’s meet again.”
Long Chen turned and left. More and more people were entering the Yin Yang World. That was a bad thing but also a good thing.
Chapter 1823 A Meeting of Fate
Long Chen had forcibly shattered the souls of the people he had slain while killing them.
That was in order to flip through their memories. He didn’t have the same refined control over his Spiritual Strength as Meng Qi did. If he tried to quickly look through them, the seals on their souls would activate, causing their souls to self-destruct. Although that wouldn’t harm Long Chen, their memories would be fully erased.
That was why Long Chen was forced to crush their souls into fragments. That would shatter the restrictions on their souls, allowing him to glance through the fragments.
Through those fragments, Long Chen obtained a wider map. He also saw the threads that Pill Valley was weaving. The sects that had left the Martial Heaven Alliance had already formed a secret alliance with Pill Valley, the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the Xuan Beasts, and other first rate powers.
The very existence of this alliance was a shot at the Martial Heaven Alliance. The Corrupt path had already promised that if those sects didn’t attack them, they wouldn’t attack those sects.
Of course, that was just a word game. As long as the Corrupt path was strong enough, they could do whatever they wanted. They could make up a story that those sects had suddenly attacked them. Then they could openly crush them.
So this alliance was weaker than paper. Anyone with a brain could see the crux of the problem. Long Chen didn’t know what those people leaving the Martial Heaven Alliance were thinking.
When the Martial Heaven Alliance fell, their so-called allies would become hungry wolves. Could it be all those people were idiots and didn’t see that? Or were there more secrets that he didn’t know yet?
Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to continue trying to understand their thinking, or what kind of scheme they were up to. He followed his own advice, that schemes were nothing in front of absolute power.
Using intelligence to survive in this world was like dancing on the tip of a blade. One mistake, one miscalculation, and you would be done for.
Relying on power was the correct path. That was why this world was one where the strong were respected. As long as you were strong, you could control everything. You wouldn’t need schemes. The only precondition was that you were strong enough.
A good display of this principle would be the comparison between the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect and the Xuantian Dao Sect. When both of them had declined, the Xuantian Dao Sect had been whistling past the graveyard. They weren’t even able to maintain their own dignity. On the other hand, the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect might have become poor, but they were unyielding. If anyone provoked them, they would fight to the last. They refused to talk reason or bother with schemes. If someone was an enemy, they would fight to the death.
So the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect had become a sect of madmen in the Martial Heaven Continent. However, these madmen were existences others didn’t dare to provoke. No matter how they declined, they still managed to live with dignity.
What was the point of cultivating? If it wasn’t to live with dignity, then what? So the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s principles were very much to Long Chen’s taste.
If the Xuantian Dao Sect did not have Li Tianxuan present, Long Chen really wouldn’t feel any sense of belonging to the Xuantian Dao Sect. The same was true of the Martial Heaven Alliance. He only respected and loved Qu Jianying alone. The others had nothing to do with him.
Only the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect had made him feel like a family as a whole. Drinking and eating with Bao Buping and Chang Hao, he felt like that was how a man should live.
So even knowing that people had betrayed the Martial Heaven Alliance, he only felt them to be foolish. He wasn’t angry.
If those traitors had come from the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect though, he would definitely hunt them down to the last. He wouldn’t let anyone betray him.
Matching these maps to his own, Long Chen obtained a great picture of the Yin Yang World. This was one of the benefits of more people having entered. The region they could cover was greater, and it would be easier to notice some ancient relics.
Although his attempt at capturing the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish had ended up being interrupted, he was actually very satisfied now.
He had just checked on the fish and found that they seemed infatuated with their new home. He had tossed a few spirit flowers and some fruit inside, thinking that they would placate them. However, they actually devoured them all.
Two of them even jumped to the side of the shore and ate some precious medicines there before returning to their pool.
The spiritual qi in the primal chaos space was extremely concentrated, and the life energy was so dense that it had almost condensed into the divine life elixir.
That was the kind of environment that the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish liked the best. They only liked places with abundant spiritual qi, and those environments had to be peaceful as well.
In the primal chaos space, they seemed to become very hungry. They were swimming rapidly through the pool in search of food.
What delighted him the most was that two of them were actually in a corner laying eggs.
In just a few hours, those eggs began to change, transforming into translucent little fish.
When Long Chen saw that, he almost shouted in joy. The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish he had caught were multiplying.
There were over a thousand eggs in that one brood. In the primal chaos space, they had no natural predators, so these eggs would all mature.
Just to prevent any accidents, Long Chen moved the eggs into their own little pool. He didn’t want the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish to eat them. He didn’t know about their habits or if they ate their own eggs. If they were eaten, he wouldn’t even have a place to cry.
He tossed in a lot of precious medicines, fruit, and flowers. The fish gobbled them up until they couldn’t eat anymore. They lazily swam through the water.
Long Chen was given a nice surprise. He didn’t know if it was because the primal chaos space was a special world, but there were now three more pairs mating and laying eggs.
The flow of time seemed different in the primal chaos space. Everything grew faster here, even the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.
Although he didn’t quite understand this aspect of the primal chaos space, he didn’t care to figure it out. In any case, it was an amazing thing.
Long Chen planted precious medicines all around the fish pool. In particular, he planted those that bloomed and bore fruit very quickly.
That way, when the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish grew hungry, they could swim over to the shore and eat as much as they wanted. As long as he gave them enough food, he was confident that he could breed even more of them.
“Hehe, the primal chaos space is a real treasure. Divine items? They’re garbage compared to it!”
Long Chen laughed inside. The primal chaos space was a miracle. It had helped him time and time again.
A few more hours passed. The first batch of eggs had matured into inch-long Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish that were swimming around happily.
Long Chen tossed in some powders of the food that he was feeding to the adult fish. Those
small Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish quickly consumed them. They all liked things with great spirituality.
“Hahaha, I’m rich!” Long Chen went crazy with delight. These fish were growing exceptionally quickly. It seemed it wouldn’t take that long for them to fully mature.
“The Dragonblood Legion can soar once more. In the future, I won’t even need to fight. I’ll just point to who I want my brothers to kill!” Long Chen felt like flowers were blooming in his heart. He eagerly anticipated the day these small Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish became fish king as well.
Being nourished in the primal chaos space, their essence would be several times stronger than the ordinary Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. Adding on the fact that he was feeding them precious ninth and tenth tier medicinal ingredients, each one of them was a treasure. Once they fully matured, he would never need to worry about money again.
After finishing the arrangements for the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, Long Chen thought about it and flew in a certain direction. It was a region that no one had mapped out yet.
Having gone through what the others had experienced since entering the Yin Yang World, he hadn’t found anything that interested him. It was the unknown regions that possessed greater chances of holding treasures.
Those people’s cultivation bases hadn’t been particularly high, and their power was also not that great. The reason they had survived was precisely because they hadn’t run into any precious treasures worth fighting for, or because they hadn’t dared to take risks to obtain greater treasures.
As for those who had obtained treasures, if they weren’t particularly strong, they would probably hide themselves after obtaining those treasures. They would wait until they could use the treasure to increase their power to the point where they could protect it before going out in search of more.
As for the place he was going, it was a craggy mountain range. The dense vegetation of the Yin Yang World gradually faded here, replaced with thistles and thorns. It looked a bit desolate.
The further he went, the more desolate it appeared. In the end, even the thorny undergrowth faded, replaced with barren stones. These stones gradually became a red color.