by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The disciples laughed at their interaction, and even some of the old Netherpassage experts cracked a smile. To them, the children these days were quite lively. Even though they had just escaped death, they were relaxed.
What was an expert? This was an expert. True experts didn’t always need to maintain a high and mighty air. An expert who could laugh and curse was a real expert.
Both Long Chen and Mo Nian didn’t act like they were supreme normally, but in battle, they became undefeatable gods. An expert who didn’t look down on the weak or fear the strong was more worthy of their admiration.
Even Qu Jianying couldn’t help smiling. These two really were a perfect pair.
“Alright, tell us what happened inside. The few of you should come with me to discuss it,” said Qu Jianying. She was indicating that Long Chen, Mo Nian, Ye Lingshan, Ye Zhiqiu, as well as the people on the level of the Dragonblood Legion’s captains should go somewhere to talk. That would be more dignified and easier.
Although they were just Soul Transformation disciples, they had terrifying potential. It was almost set in stone that they would be able to advance to the Netherpassage realm. That was why she viewed them as the future backbones of the Righteous path.
“Thank you, but I won’t be going. As a disciple of the Divine Ice Palace, some things aren’t convenient for me to participate in,” said Ye Zhiqiu.
The Divine Ice Palace was also a sect situated outside the struggle of the Righteous and Corrupt paths. The reason why she was standing beside Long Chen was due to personal reasons, but if she were to participate in a gathering of the Righteous path, it would be equivalent to pulling in the Divine Ice Palace. So she couldn’t attend this meeting.
“I’ve never attended any such meetings, so if you have any instructions, just tell Miss Lingshan and she can tell me. Even if your orders are to walk through fire, I won’t hesitate,” said Mo Nian solemnly.
Long Chen got goosebumps just by listening. Even when picking up girls, there was no need to be so shameless. Long Chen was amazed by how thick his skin was.
“Alliance head, those of us who belong to the Dragonblood Legion will just listen to Long Chen. He can go talk it out with you, but we don’t need to go. We sisters haven’t seen Zhiqiu in many years, so it just so happens that we have much to catch up on. We don’t want to bring you trouble,” said Chu Yao.
As a result, everyone from the Dragonblood Legion retreated. Just Long Chen alone was enough.
Long Chen stealthily cast a glance at Ye Lingshan. She immediately understood and said, “Alliance head, there were many outstanding experts appeared amongst our Martial Heaven Alliance this time. I feel like they are qualified to join in on this discussion.”
In front of everyone, Ye Lingshan couldn’t call Qu Jianying master. She had to call her alliance head to indicate her impartiality.
There was a deeper meaning in the Dragonblood Legion leaving. It was to give Ye Lingshan a greater chance for promotion.
After all, the Martial Heaven Alliance was the Martial Heaven Alliance, while the Dragonblood Legion was the Dragonblood Legion. Ye Lingshan had to raise her own confidants. Once those confidants grew up and became masters of their own sects, her position in the Martial Heaven Alliance would be solidified.
Before this, Ye Lingshan had had this thought but hadn’t dared to bring it up because although there were many outstanding figures amongst the Martial Heaven Alliance, they paled a bit in comparison to the monsters of the Dragonblood Legion. If she invited them to enter alongside those monsters, they would feel inferior.
With the Dragonblood Legion retreating, they had freed up space for these outstanding figures. The Dragonblood Legion would not touch the Martial Heaven Alliance’s posts and positions.
In truth, this was a very important aspect. If the Dragonblood Legion merged into the Martial Heaven Alliance, it wouldn’t be long before the Martial Heaven Alliance became a branch of the Dragonblood Legion. That was extremely bad for the Martial Heaven Alliance’s stability.
Furthermore, their enemies would use that chance to criticize them, saying that Long Chen had been planning this from the start, to take over the Martial Heaven Alliance.
After all, an alliance was just an alliance. It was not a single large sect. There were many complicated relations that Long Chen did not want to participate in.
Qu Jianying nodded, allowing Ye Lingshan to pick out a total of thirty-six powerful experts to enter the meeting.
Li Tianxuan also entered, but the old patriarch left with the Xuantian Tower. The news that the Xuantian Tower had left the Xuantian Dao Sect was rapidly spreading, so to be safe, the Xuantian Tower should return.
Mo Nian and the other disciples were left to chat in the plaza. It was very lively. Having undergone a great battle together, they all felt closer to each other than before. Those disciples that had comprehended the Dao of Life and Death in particular were extremely grateful to the Dragonblood Legion. They had sacrificed much for them.
Countless disciples hadn’t been qualified to enter the Yin Yang World. Qu Jianying had ordered that any disciples below rank eight Celestial would be immediately kicked out of the Martial Heaven Alliance if they dared to enter the Yin Yang World. If they had entered, they would only be sending themselves to their deaths.
Many disciples had been a bit angry with that order. It was wasting a chance for them to adventure and get stronger. Although they didn’t say it out loud, they thought about it.
However, now they saw that only over a hundred thousand disciples had returned. Hearing about their miserable plight inside, they knew that the orders were justified.
Let alone rank eight and rank nine Celestials, even Empyreans had been slaughtered. These rank seven and below Celestials weren’t even cannon fodder.
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Long Chen and the others entered the Martial Heaven Palace, but he didn’t see the four Grand Elders. It seemed they had left Qu Jianying in charge of this.
“The Four Grand Elders don’t have much longevity left. It’s not good for them to be walking about. They’re sitting in quiet meditation,” said Qu Jianying, seeming to read Long Chen’s mind.
“Alliance head, I’ve found the Life Extending Fruit.” Long Chen took out dozens of fist-sized, fragrant fruit.
“You really found it?” Qu Jianying exclaimed with delight.
“I didn’t have to meticulously look for it. I just found it in a mysterious medicinal mountain field. When the formations broke, I just grabbed everything I could, and I found the Life Extending Fruit amongst them,” said Long Chen.
Back when he had released the Yin Yang Immortal Grass and Ye Lingshan had broken the seal on the Eastern Wasteland Bell’s fragment, they had ended up drawing out some terrifying ox-head devils.
Those devils had broken the formation of the medicinal field, and Long Chen had plundered them. He had grabbed anything he could get his hands on, and coincidentally, he had found the Life Extending Fruit.
“That’s excellent. With the Life Extending Fruit, the four Grand Elders will get a bit more longevity and be able to fight all-out. That’s huge for the Martial Heaven Alliance,” said Qu Jianying. “Do you have any more?”
“No, this is all I have.” Long Chen shook his head. However, he sent a secret transmission to Qu Jianying. “I have more. It should be more than enough to use.”
“These people are all trusted, so is there a need to be so careful?” demanded Qu Jianying. She also said it through a spiritual transmission.
“Hehe, if you want to trust them, that’s up to you. I only trust you and Ye Lingshan,” responded Long Chen.
“I’m telling you, don’t you dare try to seduce my apprentice,” warned Qu Jianying.
“What?” Long Chen almost coughed up blood. Did they have to treat him like a wolf to be guarded against?
To Ye Lingshan, Qu Jianying said, “Lingshan, explain the general situation.”
Ye Lingshan nodded and narrated what had happened
. She included the details of the battle, as well as the fact that Pill Valley, the ancient races, the Corrupt path, the ancient family alliance, the Xuan Beasts, Heavenly Fate Island, and the Bloodkill Hall were secretly colluding. They had made a giant trap to annihilate the Martial Heaven Alliance and the Dragonblood Legion.
Upon hearing of this trap, despite being prepared, Qu Jianying was infuriated and shocked. This entire expedition to the Yin Yang World had been a trap.
At the same time, she became grave. Most likely, many large and powerful sects that were originally part of the Martial Heaven Alliance were about to become hostile. They would be even more difficult to handle in the future.
However, when she heard that Ye Lingshan had slain one of the Corrupt path’s Three Kings, Ming Jie, Qu Jianying was filled with pride but also distress. At such a young age, Ye Lingshan had picked up such a heavy burden. As her master, she felt doing such a thing was unbearable, yet there was also no other choice.
“Qu Jianying, get out here! Today, if you don’t give me an explanation, the Martial Heaven Alliance will disappear forever from the Martial Heaven Continent!”
Qu Jianying was about to ask more questions when a furious shout resounded through the air like thunder, shaking everyone’s ears.
Chapter 1918 Tensions Mount
Qu Jianying walked out of the Martial Heaven Palace and saw that the sky was covered in experts that had surrounded the Martial Heaven Alliance’s headquarters.
They were actually all Netherpassage experts. The pressure of over a thousand of them crashed down on the Martial Heaven Alliance’s disciples like a mountain. The disciples felt like their skeletons were going to shatter, and they helplessly knelt on the ground.
Although they knew this was a humiliation, they did not have the power to resist. They wanted to stand, but in front of absolute power, bravery alone was not enough.
Only the Dragonblood Legion and some powerful Empyreans were barely able to keep standing. However, even they were shuddering.
A thousand Netherpassage experts had descended upon Clearwind City. They didn’t bother concealing their killing intent, and everyone in Clearwind City was enveloped in that pressure.
This kind of army, an army of over a thousand Netherpassage experts, was enough to run rampant over the entire Martial Heaven Continent. This was an absolute force.
These people belonged to the various large powers. There were some from the Righteous path, the Corrupt path, Pill Valley, the ancient family alliance, the ancient races, and the Xuan Beasts.
Long Chen also saw two familiar faces. One was Pill Valley’s master, Yu Xiaoyun, the leader of this group. That shout just now was from him.
Beside Yu Xiaoyun was Di Long. He was also coldly staring at Long Chen. His gaze was so sharp that it felt like it could pierce Long Chen.
Not far from Di Long was a man in black robes. His eyes were sunken, and they were deep like a falcon’s eyes. This elder had Blood Qi swirling around him, looking like he had just come out of a blood bath. There were intense spatial fluctuations around him. Amongst those fluctuations, it was vaguely possible to see countless resentful spirits struggling and howling. That sight was extremely shocking.
This elder was the Corrupt path’s leader, Xie Luo’s ancestor, Xie Wentian. He was the figure that inspired the most fear and trepidation in the Righteous path.
Xie Wentian was a terrifying figure, but only a few people had ever seen him. It was surprising that he would actually appear here.
There was another elder not far from him. He was large like an iron tower. He had a falcon’s eyes and a falcon’s nose, and golden light glowed within his eyes like two suns. When they opened, it was like golden rays of light were shining.
He was the leader of the Xuan Beasts. His name was Peng Wanli, and it was said that he was a descendant of the Kunpeng race.
The Kunpeng was the earliest ancestor of the Peng race. First came the Kun and then came the Peng. The Kun transformed into the Peng, and thus it was called the Kunpeng. It possessed the most primordial bloodline.
The Silver Wing Azure Peng, the Golden Wing Great Peng, they were all inferior branches. The Kunpeng was the strongest existence of the Peng race.
Long Chen had once slain a genius of the Peng race, Peng Wansheng. He was a genius descendant of the Golden Wing Great Peng race. However, his blood was a mix of the Golden Wing Great Peng race and the human race, so he could not be called a true member of the Golden Wing Great Peng race.
There weren’t too many fluctuations around Peng Wanli. However, the power of his Blood Qi caused the space around him to rumble, as if he was a volcano that could explode at any moment.
To the other side was a dark-faced, middle-aged man. Amongst this group of elders, he appeared exceptionally young. He didn’t have any fluctuations around him. His aura was like an extremely ordinary person.
Most importantly, he looked extremely ordinary as well. Even though he was standing amongst this group of leaders, it was all too easy to overlook him.
However, when Long Chen saw him, his blood instantly turned cold. It was like a viper was staring at him. Long Chen was immediately sure that the middle-aged man was a terrifying assassin. Perhaps he might not be the most powerful existence here, but he was definitely the most dangerous one.
Long Chen’s guess was not wrong. This was the master of the Bloodkill Hall, Zhong Ziyang, the Martial Heaven Continent’s most terrifying assassin. However, it seemed that no one living had ever seen him fight. And even his name was something only the senior generation knew.
Beside Zhong Ziyang was an elder with two long antlers growing out of his forehead. He also had a barb growing out of his back that was like a sword. Moreover, his hands and feet were composed of four sharp claws that looked very similar to dragon claws.
This elder was the leader of the ancient races, Long Juncang. He was the descendant of the human race and the Heavenly Spine Horn Dragon race of the Xuan Beasts. The Heavenly Spine Horn Dragon race was once an extremely terrifying existence amongst the Xuan Beasts, one that was not inferior to the Kunpeng race.
However, although the reasons were unknown, the Heavenly Spine Horn Dragon race had ended up with problems in their breeding and had later gone extinct.
As a result, their bloodline only existed in the mixed blood of the ancient races. That was why Long Juncang called himself the descendant of the Heavenly Spine Horn Dragon and worked to bring the ancient races back to the Xuan Beasts.
The ancient races felt naturally close to the Xuan Beasts. Perhaps it was because the bloodline of the Xuan Beasts was too powerful, causing the ancient races to always return to them. However, the ancient races never had any feelings toward the human race, and they looked down on the human race.
Other than them, there was another eye-attracting figure wearing Daoist robes. He had a long beard and he looked scholarly. However, his current expression was dark, and he was glaring daggers at Long Chen.
Long Chen’s mouth curled. He could guess this person’s identity. He had to be the master of Heavenly Fate Island because only the scammers of Heavenly Fate Island liked to dress themselves up like this.
Once again, his guess was correct. This person was truly the master of Heavenly Fate Island, and he called himself the Unfettered Allseer. The Unfettered part was usually a self-mocking title, because used in a derogatory sense, it indicated someone who had interest in living in reality. They wanted to live outside in world, or it referred to people who despised the world and wanted to live in a rebellious fashion. To put it in an ugly way, it was someone who didn’t care about anything and was useless to the world.
However, when a powerful expert gave himself this title, it was different. He became a particularly unique and outstanding figure. This kind of unique name suited Heavenly Fate Island’s air of mystery and their scams.
Today, this so-called Unfettered Allseer looked different from someone who was actually unfettered. Such a person should appear
transcendent and indifferent, but he looked angry
That was because in the end, he wasn’t unfettered. He was in control of Heavenly Fate Island, and Heavenly Fate Island had just sent out its four most outstanding disciples, the four Fate Princes. They were the ones supposed to continue the legacy of Heavenly Fate Island, but they had all died in the Yin Yang World. That was an unprecedented humiliation for Heavenly Fate Island.
Not only had the four Fate Princes been killed, but even the vice island master had been slain. Moreover, the vice island master, a powerful Netherpassage expert who had reached the second step, had actually been killed by a little Soul Transformation disciple.
Long Chen had slain the young and the old of Heavenly Fate Island. Hence, this unfettered master wasn't able to remain indifferent.
This was supposed to be something that would come at no cost to Heavenly Fate Island, but they had lost their four Fate Princes and the vice island master. He was infuriated. He was glaring at Long Chen like he wanted to swallow him whole.
Actually, it wasn’t just the Unfettered Allseer who was furious. Whether it was Yu Xiaoyun, Di Long, Xie Wentian, Long Juncang, Peng Wanli, and Zhong Ziyang, they were all furious.
Their losses in the Yin Yang World were simply too great. The plan had been so perfect and detailed. They had sent all their elites, and with such immense power, they should have captured Long Chen and the others in one fell swoop.
Originally, they had thought that just half the disciples would have been enough. But to be safe, they had doubled the forces they sent.
However, this perfect plan of theirs went horribly wrong. When they saw Huo Lieyun, Xie Luo, True Immortal Jiaoqi, Di Long, and the others come running out, they were unable to believe their eyes.
Over two million elites had entered, but even including Huo Lieyun and the others, only thirty-seven had escaped. They almost went insane.
However, they had one final backup to their plan, and that was to catch Long Chen and the others at the transportation formation. But when they had rushed over there, they had found that the formation had been broken midway. They had then rushed to the battlefield, only to find the corpses of thirty-three Netherpassage experts.
