Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  “This is nice. It’s even better than when I was with my big sister.” Qi Xuan clapped her hands. She felt quite accomplished at borrowing Long Chen’s prestige to frighten those people.

  Long Chen was speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He felt that for someone like Qi Xuan who didn’t have power yet still liked to court death, she had to have relied entirely on luck to live so long.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, was I too naughty? Are you mad?” probed Qi Xuan.

  “No, you can mess around as you please. Otherwise, life would be boring,” said Long Chen magnanimously. Just how much trouble could she cause?

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, you’re even better to me than my big sister! She always scolds me when I borrow a bit of her prestige, saying that I need to grow up. You really treat me great.”

  Qi Xuan’s face reddened slightly. She looked at Long Chen gently, and that gaze made him jump. It couldn’t be that she was about to offer her heart to him so quickly?

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, I really like you. How about… you become my big sister’s husband?” asked Qi Xuan bashfully.

  Long Chen almost coughed up blood. This twist caught him off-guard.

  “My big sister is as beautiful as Ye Lingshan, and her cultivation base is even stronger. If you become dual cultivation Dao-companions with her, you’ll definitely benefit. Most importantly, no one would dare to provoke me ever again!” Qi Xuan clapped happily.

  Long Chen was still speechless. He even suspected that Qi Xuan’s mental age was only seven or eight years old. Her way of thinking was very simple. Ignoring this, Long Chen continued rushing forward.

  Qi Xuan didn’t let it go even once Long Chen didn’t reply. She continued to bring up how amazing her big sister was. Long Chen’s face twitched. He was starting to regret agreeing to bring her along.

  “Qi Xuan, I’m very busy. Let’s hurry along.” Long Chen had no other method. He grabbed Qi Xuan’s hand, and thunderforce circulated around his feet. He shot off like a bolt of lightning.

  His speed was so great that the wind force was like numerous blades cutting Qi Xuan’s face. She had no energy to speak now. Long Chen’s world was finally quiet.

  Long Chen was in the midst of rushing forward when a ray of sword-light pierced into the sky. It flashed with cold light as it slashed at Long Chen.

  BOOM!

  Long Chen snorted and punched the sword-light. It exploded, but he was forced back.

  Long Chen was startled. This person’s sword looked simple, but when it had met his fist, a burst of power had erupted. If he wasn’t so powerful, he would have been injured.

  Just at this moment, sword-images appeared in every direction around him. The only thing left in the world was sword-light. He couldn’t even see the sword user.

  “They’re fast!” Long Chen extended a hand, summoning his own sword. He pulled Qi Xuan closer so that she wouldn’t be injured.

  Long Chen’s sword unleashed waves of golden light that surged against the sword-light. Explosive sounds rang out.

  Long Chen was shocked to find that each of these sword-images contained the explosive power that the first one had possessed. Each was like an erupting volcano. A portion of Long Chen’s energy was absorbed and forced back against him. This was an extremely high-level sword art.

  Buzz.

  Long Chen’s divine ring appeared behind him, and he slashed his sword again. This time, his slash contained a will to annihilate the world. The sword-images were blown apart. His slash continued to strike the land, leaving behind a ditch so deep that it was impossible to see the bottom.

  With the sword-images broken, Long Chen finally managed to see who the attacker was. He saw an icy-faced woman. She was very beautiful, with long hair that fell to her waist. However, her face seemed like it was covered in frost.

  She was holding a three-foot sword and looked at Long Chen with a bit of shock, but that shock vanished in an instant. Her manifestation erupted into existence, and millions of sword-images appeared in it. She was an Empyrean whose manifestation had begun to awaken, and an extremely powerful one at that.

  “Long Chen, release my sister, or I’ll kill you even if I have to sacrifice this life of mine.” The icy-faced woman pointed her sword at Long Chen, a divine mark appearing on her forehead. Her sword began to rumble.

  “Eh?”

  Long Chen was dumbfounded. He turned to look at Qi Xuan only to see that she had put on a terrified expression. He was immediately enraged.

  “Hehe, senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, don’t be mad! It was just a joke so that you could see how amazing my big sister is! So, don’t you think she’s suited for you?” Qi Xuan laughed once she saw that Long Chen had noticed her behavior. She left and flew over to the icy-faced woman.

  This woman was Qi Xuan’s big sister, Qi Fengxue, a genius on the same level of fame as Ye Lingshan. She used to be stronger than Ye Lingshan by a level because Ye Lingshan was an independent cultivator who did not possess the same foundation.

  However, Ye Lingshan had now been taken under Qu Jianying’s wing, having the support of the entire Martial Heaven Alliance.

  Qi Xuan was very mischievous, so Qi Fengxue had a special way to get in touch with her and find where she was.

  Originally, Qi Xuan had just been hiding in her original location, and Qi Fengxue would have gone to find her. However, upon encountering Long Chen, she had changed plans.

  With Long Chen pulling her forward, she had found that they were on a direct path to Qi Fengxue. Qi Xuan had then sent a distress signal, startling Qi Fengxue. The latter had immediately launched an attack, only to find that it was all a misunderstanding.

  Qi Fengxue tapped Qi Xuan on the nose hard. She angrily said, “When are you going to stop causing so much trouble?! I was scared to death by you!”

  Qu Xuan had been about to cry, but that last sentence made her stop. This icy and fierce big sister always cared about her the most.

  “I was wrong. Don’t be angry.” Qi Xuan hugged Qi Fengxue like a child that had made a mistake.

  “Well, since the misunderstanding has been resolved, I’ll take my leave.” Long Chen turned to leave.

  “Wait. There’s danger up ahead. If you go, a calamity could befall you,” said Qi Fengxue.

  Chapter 1828 Xie Luo

  A calamity could befall him? Long Chen was startled. Was it so exaggerated? He paused.

  At this time, a group of young men and women had rushed over, wearing the same robes as Qi Xuan and Qi Fengxue. They were clearly from the same sect.

  “First, let me apologize for that misunderstanding just now. If you aren’t in a rush, I have some information that I’m sure will be useful to you,” said Qi Fengxue.

  “Then, I’ll have to thank you.” Long Chen truly wanted to hear what was up ahead.

  The two of them found a flat region to speak. The others put up a tent and left to patrol the area.

  There were a total of thirteen of them. Nine of them were rank nine Celestials, while four were Empyreans. All of them were at least above average. At the very least, they were much stronger than Qi Xuan.

  Once they were seated, Qi Fengxue introduced herself. Only then did Long Chen learn that they came from Clearwind City’s Heaven Reaching Ancient Castle.

  That was a familial power with an ancient inheritance, and there were Netherpassage experts amongst them. They technically belonged to the Righteous path, but they had not joined the Martial Heaven Alliance. They were their own independent power.

  In the Martial Heaven Continent, many powerful forces were tough enough that they didn’t fear the Corrupt path. They stood on their own outside the Martial Heaven Alliance.

  Although they also fought against the Corrupt path, they didn’t have to listen to the Martial Heaven Alliance’s directions, nor did they have to face their restrictions. They merely had a simple cooperation with the Martial Heaven Alliance.

  The Heaven
Reaching Ancient Castle was something that Qingqing had mentioned while they had been strolling through Clearwind City, but Long Chen hadn’t paid too much attention to it then.

  In their previous exchange and through this information, Long Chen knew that Qi Fengxue was a very powerful existence.

  While she had been introducing herself, Qi Fengxue also stealthily used her divine sense to communicate with Long Chen. She said that Qi Xuan was her little sister, but because her mother had injured her soul during her cultivation while she had been carrying Qi Xuan, it had resulted in Qi Xuan permanently being like a child inside. Although she looked like an adult, she had the heart of a mischievous child.

  Originally, they had entered together, but Qi Xuan had run off secretly when they had entered the mist, wanting to play hide and seek. As a result, the mist cut off their secret communication method.

  That had panicked Qi Fengxue. Everyone had been looking in every direction. By the time Qi Xuan walked out of the mist, she had already been very far away.

  Once she had confirmed her location, Qi Fengxue had rushed over, and as a result had seen Long Chen dragging her along.

  This girl really was mischievous, intentionally causing her to fight against him. Once she had explained all of this, Qi Fengxue added that she hoped Long Chen wouldn’t hold it against them.

  That made Long Chen understand why Qi Xuan was a bit odd and seemed like a child.

  “Miss Fengxue, just before, you said that if I went any further, I might face a calamity. What were you talking about? Is the area ahead very dangerous?” Long Chen brought the conversation back to the topic he was interested in.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, this place is the den of a frightening beast. Perhaps the beast’s inheritance exists within. The mist in particular has drawn countless experts over. The reason I said it was dangerous was because I previously encountered True Immortal Jiaoqi of the Xuan Beasts and even exchanged blows with him,” said Qi Fengxue gravely.

  Long Chen was a bit surprised. “What were the results?”

  “It actually can’t even count as exchanging blows. In just one exchange, I was defeated. That’s why I advise you to do your best to avoid True Immortal Jiaoqi. He is very frightening. If he hadn’t had some misgivings about my background and held back, my defeat would have been even more miserable. He was actually holding back a great deal.”

  “He is really that powerful?”

  Qi Fengxue nodded. “When I fought him, he only used his drake power and not his qilin power. That was enough to defeat me. You might not know this, but True Immortal Jiaoqi becomes a monster when he combines both his drake and qilin powers. No one can stop him in that state. If you trust me, I would advise you to search for treasures somewhere else to avoid that monster.”

  Qi Fengxue was telling the truth. She even told him about her shameful defeat. This was in consideration of Long Chen.

  “Having exchanged blows with both you and True Immortal Jiaoqi, forgive me for speaking bluntly, but your chances of defeating him are very low,” said Qi Fengxue.

  “It seems he really is powerful.” Long Chen nodded. Someone as powerful as Qi Fengxue wouldn’t say such a thing if she wasn’t sure of it.

  “That’s why, senior apprentice-brother Long Chen-”

  “That’s why I have to go in.”

  “You…”

  Long Chen smiled. “I know you mean well, but I have my own Dao. I can’t retreat. Even if that True Immortal Jiaoqi had three heads and six arms, I wouldn’t be afraid of him. In any case, our battle will come sooner or later. The more I try to avoid it, the more I blunt my own sharpness.”

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, are you really so confident?” asked Qi Fengxue.

  “It’s not confidence, nor is it arrogance. You can call it my intuition. When you feel people as famous as you, people who might even be stronger than you, fall to your blade one by one, you will gain this kind of intuition as well. This intuition can only be grasped by those who have it. If you understand, then you understand, and if you don’t, you’ll never understand.” Long Chen smiled. No matter how strong his opponent, he wouldn’t be defeated. This was the confidence the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art gave him. If he didn’t even have this confidence to win no matter what, he wouldn’t be fit to cultivate the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art.

  “I knew that senior apprentice-brother Long Chen was unrivaled! He can definitely defeat True Immortal Jiaoqi!” exclaimed Qi Xuan confidently.

  Qi Fengxue acted like she didn’t hear Qi Xuan’s words. This girl was always living in her own fantasy world. Ever since she had witnessed Long Chen’s battle outside Clearwind City, she had viewed him as a god.

  “If just True Immortal Jiaoqi is unable to make you retreat, what if Xie Luo is added on top of that?” sighed Qi Fengxue.

  “Xie Luo?”

  Qi Xuan immediately quivered upon hearing this name, a fearful expression creeping across her face.

  “Xie Luo, that fellow from the Corrupt path with the evil spirit body, the one who has never lost to anyone in the same realm?” Long Chen suddenly thought of a certain person.

  Qu Jianying had once warned Long Chen about this Xie Luo. He was the descendant of the Corrupt path’s leader, Xie Wentian.

  Xie Wentian was the one leading the whole Corrupt path. He was practically a living fossil. It had been thousands of years since he had last shown his face. He was an extremely terrifying and mysterious existence.

  As for his descendent, Xie Luo, it was said that he had been tossed into an evil cave in his childhood. He had obtained the evil spirit body at the age of eight and gained an unbreakable body. He had killed countless people, and his name terrified the Righteous path.

  “That’s right. He has also entered. Although I didn’t see him, I saw the corpses of several experts. They only had a single small injury, but all their Blood Qi had been sucked away, turning them into desiccated corpses. They were also all powerful Empyreans. The Corrupt character appeared on their foreheads as well, which is the specific mark that Xie Luo leaves on the people he kills. It must be him,” said Qi Fengxue gravely.

  True Immortal Jiaoqi might have some misgivings about her status, but if she encountered Xie Luo, he definitely wouldn’t care. He would definitely attack. Perhaps she might survive, but all the others with her would definitely die, including Qi Xuan.

  So Qi Fengxue had decided to bring her people away from here. With those two monsters present, she didn’t feel any sense of safety. It was too dangerous, so she was also advising Long Chen to leave. If they left together, perhaps she might feel better in terms of honor.

  “How is Xie Luo compared to Leng Yueyan?” asked Long Chen.

  He wasn’t afraid of anyone in the Corrupt path. He just didn’t want to run into Leng Yueyan. One reason was because she was so terrifying, and the other was that each time he encountered her, her power would have gone through heaven-toppling transformations.

  Last time, in the Spirit World, they had only fought briefly. However, Leng Yueyan had been like a phantom when attacking. If he had been the slightest bit careless, he would have died to her sword.

  Other than that, Sovereign Yun Shang had said that he had left two treasures for Long Chen. One was Dragonbone Evilmoon, while one was Evilmoon’s dragon soul essence.

  Both of those were supposed to have been left with Long Chen, but Leng Yueyan had suddenly appeared and taken the dragon soul essence. That was out of even Sovereign Yun Shang’s expectations. The arrival of Leng Yueyan might very well have changed the future of the entire world.

  As for what use the dragon soul essence had, Long Chen was disappointed to find that Evilmoon couldn’t answer. At that time, Evilmoon had cursed Sovereign Yun Shang ferociously because Yun Shang had sealed a portion of its memories.

  In other words, Long Chen had no idea what kind of change Leng Yueyan had caused by taking the dragon soul essence. No one knew what would happen.

  Although Leng Yu
eyan had said that she would no longer hunt him down, that referred only to the game between the two of them. It didn’t include the fighting between the Righteous and Corrupt paths.

  So when the two paths fought, if he met Leng Yueyan on the battlefield, it would definitely be a battle to the death.

  If Long Chen fought Xie Luo, he wanted to know how Xie Luo was compared to Leng Yueyan so that he could prepare himself for the future.

  “The two of them are both the greatest geniuses of the Corrupt path. They’ve never exchanged blows because Leng Yueyan has been in seclusion for a very long time. She only appeared briefly for the Devil Abyss battle. As for Xie Luo, he didn’t attend, so there’s no way to judge who is stronger between them. However, if you ask me, Xie Luo should be stronger. Leng Yueyan is a genius who grew up from nothing, while Xie Luo was raised directly by the leader of the Corrupt path. At the very least, there is an immense difference between their cultivation conditions,” deduced Qi Fengxue.

  Her deduction was backed by facts and reason. The cultivation world was truly like that. Talent was just one requirement for cultivation. Sometimes a powerful backer was even more important than talent.

  “It seems the Devil Slaughter Rankings really can’t be taken too seriously. Many top experts didn’t attend.”

  Long Chen nodded. The ancient races, the Corrupt path, the Xuan Beasts, the Bloodkill Hall, they all had only sent one expert to fight for the top ten. It was unknown just how many people with great power they were hiding.

  “Alright, then thank you for this information. It seems the Yin Yang World will be very lively this time. I’m going to go see if those two fellows really have three heads and six arms.”

  Long Chen stood with a faint smile. It seemed he had some true opponents this time. He felt his blood start to heat up.

  Chapter 1829 Mysterious Giant Nest

  “Long Chen, are you really going?” Qi Fengxue almost couldn’t believe it. Either one of True Immortal Jiaoqi and Xie Luo was capable of fighting him to the death. Encountering either one of them would be a miserable fight.