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“Ah, your praise is just so great that I want to hear more. I’ll only blush if you praise me more,” laughed Long Chen.
“Hmph, what about the praise from the Pill Fairy and fairy Zi Yan? Only then would your face show an opening,” said Meng Qi.
When Meng Qi brought up the Pill Fairy and Zi Yan, Long Chen couldn’t help being embarrassed.
“Do you see your current expression? What, are you finally embarrassed? That’s not your style,” said Meng Qi with a smile.
“Embarrassed, me? I’m incapable of learning that skill. My one good point is my thick skin. It’s just that the Pill Fairy and Zi Yan are people I don’t know how to face. I don’t know if one day my hands will be stained with their blood.”
The Pill Fairy’s father was the master of Pill Valley, Yu Xiaoyun. Yu Xiaoyun was currently causing a disturbance, drawing all the large powers to target the Martial Heaven Alliance.
Pill Valley had long since started breaking off dealings with the Martial Heaven Alliance. From a long time ago, they had reduced the number of medicinal pills they would sell to the Martial Heaven Alliance. Now, they refused to sell them even a single pill.
The Martial Heaven Alliance could only rely on its own stockpiles of pills as well as the Huayun Sect. This was another reason why many sects were leaning toward Pill Valley rather than sticking with the Martial Heaven Alliance.
“Long Chen, you’re overthinking it. Have you already forgotten what you said back then? I heard it straight from Wan-er,” said Meng Qi, her lips curling.
“What did I say?”
“Wan-er said that she asked you about your dreams. Didn’t you say that your dream was to become an accomplished, meaningful, and improved big scoundrel?” Meng Qi looked at him with a teasing light in her eyes. “But right now, you no longer have that appearance of the scoundrel from the Eastern Wastelands. You are starting to grow more and more unlike yourself. I remember when you were so evil that you would do anything. But now you’re so careful, and you try to make plans that end up failing and bringing even greater trouble. Didn’t you often say that if life and death are up to the will of the heavens, you would snatch your own fate from the heavens? Just how grand were you back then? But as you pick up more and more burdens, you can’t release them. Sooner or later they’ll crush you.” Becoming serious, Meng Qi asked, “Do you know why I, Wan-er, Zhiqiu, Chu Yao, and Xiaoqian all like you?”
“Isn’t it because I like courting death?” said Long Chen awkwardly.
Meng Qi smiled. “You could put it that way. It’s that wild nature of yours that no one can control. Perhaps there won’t be a good ending for us by following you, but the process will definitely be marvelous. Life is like a dream, and death is the end of the dream. Other than immortals and gods, no one can escape death. We like you so much that we are willing to share you, treating each other like sisters. It’s all for the future. Having decided to follow you, we don’t expect to have any smooth and steady days. We’re prepared to be destroyed along with you one day. So each of our days together is incredibly precious, a blessing. The Dragonblood warriors feel the same way. They’ve given their lives to you. We aren’t following you to live longer, but to live a brilliant life following an unrivaled hero. Even if it’s just the explosion of a firework, the flash of a shooting star, that one moment of brilliance is truly living. A cultivator hopes to shine, not for a hundred years, but to shine as bright as possible, to leave their mark in history. So Long Chen, don’t think too much about it. Little Snow’s revival is just a matter of time. Lay this burden down and relax. Return to your old self. That wild and unruly Long Chen that was like a battle god… it’s time for him to come back.”
Return to your old self!
These five words rang out like thunder in Long Chen’s ears. His mental realm instantly became clear. He looked at his current self, then thought of when he had left the Phoenix Cry Empire. His heart had changed from that high-spirited time.
What was he afraid of? The worst case was only death. Even if he died, he would release his own light, expressing his unbending will to the world, releasing his furious roar.
“Thank you, Meng Qi. You really are my good wife. Starting today, I, Long Chen, am reviving. Fuck, rookies on the Martial Heaven Continent, get ready to tremble!”
Long Chen suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar. His domineering voice shook the land. It was full of arrogance, of wildness, the roar of the Great Peng that hated the heavens for being too low.
Meng Qi looked at him with tears in her eyes. She knew that Long Chen had endured far too many things. He had many things to be bitter about, but he kept that bitterness inside, not letting others see it. All she could do was help Long Chen share his burden. Seeing him look like he had been freed from a curse, she had an urge to cry.
Following Long Chen’s roar, dozens of other voices responded. Clearly, he had started the surrounding Magical Beasts. They viewed his roar as a provocation. Powerful auras began to rise.
“Hey, don’t misunderstand, I was just testing my throat! You guys can sing amongst yourselves!”
Long Chen jumped onto the Silver Wing Horned Eagle with Meng Qi. Was this a joke? If they were besieged by dozens of twelfth rank Magical Beasts, what would they do? They flew away, leaving behind only Meng Qi’s tinkling laughter.
Chapter 1846 Di Feng and the Three Great Corrupt Kings
“Uh… Meng Qi, if you look at me like this, I’ll get embarrassed.” Long Chen and Meng Qi were both sitting on the Silver Wing Horned Eagle’s back. Long Chen was a bit embarrassed.
Meng Qi was looking at him with a teasing smile. Just now, his appearance had made her laugh a long time.
“Your face has finally turned red,” laughed Meng Qi.
Long Chen rubbed his fiery face, sighing, “It seems I still haven’t cultivated enough. I need to bitterly cultivate in the future so that I can learn Mo Nian’s shameless ability.”
“Speaking of Mo Nian, I heard that he had entered the Yin Yang World and immediately had an intense fight with the ancient family alliance’s peak genius, Di Feng. It’s said that both sides were injured and have retreated,” said Meng Qi.
“Di Feng? Who’s that? I’ve never heard of him, but it sounds familiar,” said Long Chen.
“You might not know Di Feng, but you know Di Xin. That Di Feng is Di Xin’s big brother.”
“Really? How do you know that?” Long Chen was startled. He supposed Di Long had some skill to be so useless yet still have two sons.
“I only learned of it from a soulsearch when I killed an ancient race expert. That ancient race expert was sent in along with you,” said Meng Qi.
When Meng Qi had left the Dragonblood Legion to search for her own treasures, she had ended up being blocked by an expert from the ancient races. That expert was extremely powerful, but his luck was bad. Meng Qi had found an opening in his soul protecting item, and she had also had Cloud. With the two of them attacking, they had quickly defeated him.
Once defeated, trying to get away in front of Cloud was a joke. He was slain, and his Yuan Spirit was devoured by Cloud. So Meng Qi had managed to piece together a few memories from his Yuan Spirit.
Through his memories, Meng Qi learned that Di Long actually had another son named Di Feng. That person was very mysterious, and very few people knew of him even within the ancient family alliance.
However, for the opening of the Yin Yang World, this Di Feng had come out, using the status of the ancient family alliance’s top genius to enter.
Di Feng had just entered when he encountered Mo Nian. As Mo Nian was the number one wanted criminal of the ancient family alliance, they had fought an immense battle.
As for that expert that Meng Qi had slain, he had rushed over to the battlefield but had come too late. By the time he arrived, the two had finished and were slinking away, injured.
He had tried to block Mo Nian, but Mo Nian had used a single arrow to shake his soul. His Yuan Spirit had almost shat
tered, so he had fled.
“That Di Feng really is bizarre. How could Di Long keep one of his sons secret for so long, while leaving the other to roam around brazenly, doing whatever he wants? Based on that person’s memories, Di Feng is older and has a different mother. Such a person should be even more famous than Di Xin, but Di Long kept quiet to the point that the outside world didn’t even know of him. He only reveals himself now that Di Xin is killed and the Yin Yang World is open. What could his goal be?”
“It truly has a strange scent to it. The ancient family alliance is in chaos thanks to Mo Nian, while Di Xin’s death caused their people’s hearts to become unsteady. For Di Long to send out Di Feng now, don’t you think it’s to make Di Feng the leader of the ancient family alliance and have him become the leader of the junior generation? After all, for a savior to appear amongst the ancient family alliance’s disciples at this chaotic time will cause them to unite and support him,” guessed Meng Qi.
“That’s definitely a reasonable guess, but I feel like there’s something different about this. Think about it. Although Di Xin was extremely talented, he was an idiot. Shen Bijun was able to string him along easily. As the leader of the ancient family alliance, Di Long wouldn’t raise such an idiot as his successor, yet he allowed him to act as stupidly as he pleased, even letting him show off his status as the heir to the ancient family alliance. Such a person would sooner or later be killed by someone. I suspect Di Long wanted that son of his to die.” Long Chen frowned.
“But… that’s impossible!”
“It does seem impossible, but I feel like Di Long is scheming very deeply. It seems like I’m being used by him. I didn’t feel it so clearly before, but now that this Di Feng has appeared out of nowhere, I feel like this is a gambit that he arranged. I killed Di Xin, causing his mother to break her ties with Di Long. It seems she ran back to her family to complain, and her family has a shocking origin. Did Di Long sacrifice Di Xin to make his wife crazy? But why? To borrow her family to target the Martial Heaven Alliance? Would that really be worth the price of losing a son? Could it be that Di Long doesn’t get along with his wife? Did his wife give him a green hat? Was Di Xin not his son? Oh, it seems Di Xin really doesn’t look that similar to Di Long…” Long Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Alright, stop randomly guessing. Your imagination is crazy.” Meng Qi shook her head. “The main question is how strong Di Feng is. I wish I had managed to see that fight.”
“If he could fight evenly with Mo Nian, then he’s definitely a monster. At the very least, he’s on the same level as Xie Luo and True Immortal Jiaoqi.”
“You have such a high opinion of Mo Nian? When he left the Eastern Wastelands, he was just an ordinary rank one Celestial,” said Meng Qi.
“Hehe, we created miracles, so others can as well. Just think about what kind of person Mo Nian is. Despite being a constant poser, he hasn’t been killed. He’s besieged during the day and digging up tombs at night. I don’t even know how many people want to kill him, but he’s still living happily. If he doesn’t have the power of someone on that level, he would have long since been buried himself. The fact that Mo Nian could live to this point is no coincidence. Furthermore, his origins aren’t as simple as I thought. Grand Elder Yan Nantian said that the original leader of the ancient family alliance isn’t the Di family but the Mo family. That Mo family is most likely Mo Nian’s family. One reason Di Feng suddenly appeared might also be to target Mo Nian, or more accurately, to participate in the battle between the Di family and the Mo family. But they can scheme as they please. Starting today, I’ll give my head a good rest. In the future, no matter what trouble I encounter, the only thing to do will be to kill,” said Long Chen, clenching his fists.
Last time, he had tried to trick his opponents with a ploy, only to almost get killed without getting a chance to release all his power. He didn’t want that nonsense to occur again. He wanted to go back to his old style.
Meng Qi saw that Long Chen truly had recovered his old, sharp high-spirits. It was like he had returned to his youth, a time that was unsteady and immature yet filled with liveliness and dreams.
As the Silver Wing Horned Eagle continued flying, they encountered experts time and time again. Long Chen would always go exchange maps with them.
Of course, sometimes they would encounter Corrupt experts, and that made it even simpler. He would directly kill them and perform a soulsearch.
On the way, they ended up encountering one tough person from the Corrupt path. Before Long Chen could attack, the Silver Wing Horned Eagle unleashed a ray of silver light from its eyes. That Corrupt expert had been a very powerful Empyrean, but despite going all-out, he was blown to smithereens. Even his divine item was destroyed.
That made Long Chen jump in shock. Inside, he patted himself on the back. Fortunately, the Silver Wing Horned Eagle had been careless back then, or truly defeating it would probably have come at a great price.
That person from the Corrupt path had definitely been an elite. He had most likely entered in the same group as Xie Luo. Yet, even such a figure was unable to receive an attack from the Silver Wing Horned Eagle. Its power was even greater than Long Chen had estimated.
“The Three Great Corrupt Kings?”
When Meng Qi did a soulsearch of that expert, her expression changed. Amongst the Corrupt experts, many of their memories were sealed with restrictions. However, from this person, she learned a shocking piece of news.
This time, the Corrupt path had sent in the Three Corrupt Kings. Xie Luo was actually only one of those three.
Xie Luo came from the Heavenly Evil Sect. Their sect master was Xie Wentian, the Corrupt path’s leader.
Other than the Heavenly Evil Sect, the Corrupt path had two other giant sects with great power. One was the Ghost King Sect, while the other was the Underworld Abode.
Although she could only get a few memories from that person’s soul, she learned the names of those peak experts. There was Xie Luo from the Heavenly Evil Sect, Gui Can from the Ghost King Sect, and two experts from the Underworld Abode, one of whom was called Ming Jie.
Those three were called the Three Great Corrupt Kings, claimed to be the Corrupt path’s strongest geniuses.
As for the other person from the Underworld Abode, it was Long Chen’s old acquaintance, the Devil Empress Leng Yueyan.
Many of this person’s memories were sealed. He had clearly known many of the Corrupt path’s secrets, so there were even more seals.
Other than those names, there was no other information of value. Even their appearance was blocked, let alone their cultivation bases or power.
“What do you think?” Meng Qi looked at Long Chen.
Chapter 1847 Corrupt King Ming Jie
“Nothing much. It’s just the names of more people I’ll have to kill.” Long Chen shrugged. He was too lazy to even remember their names. Since he had determined his cultivation path, he would just charge down it.
Now he knew why the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect was always so straightforward and direct. Before this, he hadn’t quite understood how their disciples could be living so simply and happily without thinking about anything. However, now he knew that this was a kind of cultivation attitude. It was also a kind of wisdom toward life, but only today did Long Chen fully understand it.
“I was talking about Leng Yueyan. If you face each other, what will you do?” asked Meng Qi.
“That won’t happen. She has promised not to target me any longer,” said Long Chen.
Leng Yueyan was an extremely proud figure. She had said that she would no longer hunt him down, so she definitely wouldn’t. She would also not target the people beside him, or she would no longer be Leng Yueyan.
“Then when the battle between the Righteous and Corrupt path erupts, she will just stand to the side as a spectator?”
“No, she just won’t raise her blade against me. But there’s plenty of other people for her to kill. We’ll kill the Corrupt path, and
she’ll kill the Righteous path. We just have to stick to our own targets. Why force ourselves to charge toward each other?”
“But…” Meng Qi was still worried. Leng Yueyan was too terrifying. If they were to face her, most likely in the entire Dragonblood Legion, only Long Chen would be able to stop her.
Furthermore, she had once helped them in the Spirit World. If they were to really become enemies, would they still be able to kill her mercilessly? Could they really fight all-out?
“There’s no need to worry. I understand Leng Yueyan, and she won’t do such a thing. She can be excluded from the list of our enemies, as she will definitely try to avoid us. After all, the Yin Yang World is huge, and we’re here to search for treasures. Battle is second. No one wants to start a bitter fight only for others to benefit. But now I know that the monsters of the large powers are no longer able to stay low-key with the opening of the Yin Yang World. Just the Corrupt path has the Three Great Corrupt Kings and Leng Yueyan. So the Xuan Beasts wouldn’t just have True Immortal Jiaoqi, and the ancient family alliance wouldn’t just have Di Feng. The ancient races, Pill Valley, the Bloodkill Hall, who knows how many monsters of theirs have entered the Yin Yang World now? There are so many monsters that the Devil Slaughter Rankings are essentially meaningless. Hehe, now it will be lively.”
Long Chen’s own attitude had changed. He was no longer worried, and he felt his blood starting to heat up.
Fortunately, the Dragonblood Legion had already grown up, and the captains were also monsters. There was no need for him to worry about them.
This time, he would release himself. The strong were created through slaughter. Now they should see just who was stronger!
Everywhere the Silver Wing Horned Eagle passed, the experts around would flee. When Long Chen came down and said that he wanted to exchange maps, they were relieved. They thought that this terrifying twelfth rank Magical Beast was hunting.
More and more experts had entered the Yin Yang World, and as everyone exchanged maps, they learned more about the terrain. Of course, some people concealed the best places that they had found.
