by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The ancient races, the Xuan Beasts, the ancient family alliance, they had all sent tens of thousands of experts each. Hence, many of those experts were foreign faces to him.
However, he quickly saw some clues. The closest group of people to him were from the ancient races, and he saw many familiar faces in that group. Those people had once fought against the Dragonblood Legion.
About a tenth of those people were the ones he recognized, but the rest didn’t look familiar to him.
“I get it!” Long Chen suddenly realized what was going on. He had heard from Qu Jianying that the other powers of the continent were not completely united. Only a portion of their forces were controlled by their leaders.
Taking the ancient races as an example, although Long Juncang was the leader of the ancient races, he only controlled a portion of them. Many ancient races wouldn’t participate in any fights even if he tried to order them.
Originally, he had thought those races that didn’t listen to his orders were only a small fraction. But in truth, the ancient races were numerous. They weren’t actually as united as they appeared to be on the surface, and so they also had some internal battles. Some races were also very low-key, afraid of being viewed as threats too early, so they had quietly grown stronger.
Although Long Juncang led the ancient races, several extremely terrifying figures within the ancient races were secretly raising their own forces. They might even be waiting for a suitable opportunity to overthrow Long Juncang and take his position. As for Long Juncang, one reason he wished to become one with the Xuan Beasts was not just for the feeling of returning to his ancestors but also to consolidate his own position amongst the ancient races.
Those races and powers had been secretly accumulating power, but with Pill Valley sharing their god inheritance with everyone, they were unable to continue hiding. They began to appear one by one.
In truth, it wasn’t just Long Chen who was stunned. Even the ancient races, the Xuan Beasts, the Corrupt path, the ancient family alliance, and the other powers of the continent were stunned. They didn’t know that they possessed so many geniuses.
As for the geniuses of the neutral powers, they were present in even greater numbers. That was because many of the Righteous path’s sects had actually switched to become neutral powers and reduce the possible risk.
There were also some Righteous sects that directly joined Pill Valley’s side while still flying the banner of the Righteous path. They simply said that they could not exist under the Martial Heaven Alliance led by Qu Jianying. They wished to topple the Martial Heaven Alliance and rebuild the Righteous path.
Those Righteous sects had become Pill Valley’s subordinates. They would do whatever Pill Valley wanted them to do, and they were even more obedient than dogs. The people from the Corrupt path, the ancient races, and the other powers all looked down on them.
Although they were looked down upon, they had a direct connection to Pill Valley, and so they would get some special treatment when the Brahma secret realm opened.
It was said that the powers that had allied themselves with Pill Valley were given special tablets for the Brahma secret realm. Those tablets were supposed to allow them to enter special areas inside, but Pill Valley hadn’t been too clear on the exact details.
In any case, Pill Valley’s meaning was clear. If you followed them, they wouldn’t let you suffer. If you didn’t follow them, then don’t follow the Martial Heaven Alliance either, and they would allow you to enter the Brahma secret realm. But as for the best stuff inside? Sorry, but that was only for their people.
When Long Chen arrived, countless cold gazes turned toward him. Many of those gazes were filled with hostility. Some people even probed him with Spiritual Strength, which was a naked provocation.
As expected, this was one of the iron laws of the cultivation world. No matter what appearance he took, he wasn’t an exception.
Long Chen suddenly went crazy, smashing one horned man of the ancient races with his rod.
“What, you have a problem with me? I’ll beat the crap out of you!” shouted Long Chen. This person had tried to use Spiritual Strength to investigate him. Even the real Man Batian wouldn’t be able to endure such a thing.
The surrounding experts jumped in shock. This Man Batian was truly violent to start a fight here.
That ancient race expert hadn’t expected Long Chen to suddenly strike, and so he was sent flying, hacking up blood.
“Man Batian, you are courting death!”
All the ancient race experts were infuriated. They didn’t know what that horned man had done to draw his ire, and they thought that Man Batian was simply provoking them. Over a hundred thousand experts of the ancient races took out their weapons.
“Hahaha, do you think a little brat like him can probe me with their soul? Not killing that idiot was already giving face to the ancient races. If you want to fight because of it, then I’ll accompany you!” Long Chen raised his rod, unafraid of the surrounding experts.
“It is not permitted to raise weapons in front of the gates to Pill Valley. Don’t blame my Pill Valley for being merciless and expelling you if you break this rule.”
A cold shout rang out. Some of Pill Valley’s experts were startled by this disturbance and came out to stop him. After all, this was Pill Valley’s territory, and the Brahma secret realm also belonged to Pill Valley. If others wanted to enter, they had to be obedient.
Through Pill Valley’s investigation, upon hearing that this expert had used his Spiritual Strength to probe others, those ancient race experts could only snort and put away their weapons. Using Spiritual Strength to probe others was definitely a provocation. It was like looking through a person’s clothes. Even if the other side wasn’t a woman, it wasn’t possible to accept such an insult. Even if the victim wasn’t someone as violent as Man Batian, they wouldn’t be able to endure it. But while the experts of the ancient races put down their weapons, they still glared at Man Batian with hostility.
It didn’t matter who was wrong or right. As long as someone attacked the ancient races, it would be viewed as disrespectful to all the ancient races. This enmity would be remembered.
Compared to the human race, the ancient races were definitely more united. Even if they had some internal battles, at least no one looked at the unfortunate fellow with delight at his misfortune or hit him while he was down. Just this one point of theirs was far superior to the human race.
In the face of the ancient races’ hostility, Long Chen merely sneered. Holding his rod, he walked over to the neutral camp.
“Fuck, so even I ended up standing in the neutral camp?” Long Chen sighed.
There were over a hundred thousand experts in the neutral camp, but Long Chen didn’t get any greeting. The majority of them treated him warily, with some even looking at him with disgust. However, that suited him. He sat down in an empty space.
Looking around, he sighed inside, “The human race is actually so large, but we’re fractured, allowing even the ancient races and the Xuan Beasts to look down on us.”
The neutral camp’s experts, the ancient family alliance’s experts, and the traitors of the Martial Heaven Alliance were all humans. At the very least, they numbered over five hundred thousand. If all that power was added onto the Martial Heaven Alliance, who would dare to fight them?
However, humans were truly curious beings. They always liked to fight amongst themselves, wanting to be one step above the others.
There were over a million experts gathered here. If they joined forces and attacked the Martial Heaven Alliance, that would be an unprecedented tribulation. There would be no way to stop them.
Even if Yu Xiaoyun only managed to control half of them, it would be enough to flatten the Martial Heaven Alliance. Long Chen sighed. Yu Xiaoyun’s schemes were truly amazing. Even as his enemy, Long Chen had to feel some admiration.
“I’ll have to think of some way to ruin his plans. Otherwise, if the Martial Heaven A
lliance falls, my Dragonblood Legion might not be able to stay standing.”
Long Chen found that quite a few people amongst these experts gave him a fair bit of pressure. The Martial Heaven Continent was filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Many figures amongst these experts were on True Immortal Jiaoqi’s level.
If Long Chen exposed his identity, he would probably have difficulty leaving alive. All the monsters of the continent had gathered here.
This was all outside of Long Chen’s expectations. Who would have thought that the Martial Heaven Continent had been hiding so many geniuses?
Long Chen had just sat down when he saw Xiong Tianba walk in and join the Xuan Beasts. He cast a hateful glance at Long Chen, looking like he wanted to tear him to pieces.
Following Xiong Tianba’s arrival, a large group of experts also arrived. Those were the spectators of the battle, and once they began to spread out and spread news of Man Batian’s battle against Xiong Tianba, countless gazes turned toward Long Chen.
With them communicating through divine sense, this news quickly spread throughout everyone present.
Following them, Long Chen saw Lu Zichuan, as well as his old acquaintance, Di Feng. Di Feng still appeared as majestic as ever. He was currently greeting people within the ancient family alliance.
He also saw Xie Luo and Yan Wei. They were the only ones remaining of the peak experts that had once attacked him. Their auras were even stronger than when they had fought him. Most likely, they had advanced further into the Life Star realm, while Long Chen was still stuck in his original spot.
After six hours of waiting, one of Pill Valley’s elders walked up. “Everyone, the time has come. Please follow me into Pill Valley.”
Finally, it was time to enter Pill Valley. The experts present couldn’t help feeling excited. They had great expectations for the Brahma secret realm.
Chapter 2008 Exposed?
Last time, when Long Chen had entered Pill Valley, he had gone through the transportation formation. However, as there were just too many people this time, they ended up flying through the air.
They were flying through a long canyon. There were eighty-one wonders and three hundred and sixty turns, each showing different beautiful scenery. This entire canyon represented a kind of realm in alchemy. When Long Chen had first come to Pill Valley, Elder Zhao Xiang had explained it to him in detail.
Now that he was flying through this canyon once more, he felt a completely different feeling. As for the other experts, they curiously looked at the canyon, finally understanding where Pill Valley’s name came from.
“Everyone, take note of the two statues at the end. You must pay respects to our gods, Lord Brahma and Fallen Daynight. Although everyone has different faiths, you cannot do anything to blaspheme our gods. There is no need to kowtow, but an insult to them would be an insult to Pill Valley, turning you into Pill Valley’s mortal enemy. Take note!” shouted the elder leading the path.
These disciples came from various powers, and they had their own beliefs. Some of them believed in gods, and for some of them, there hadn’t been the slightest communication to their gods in countless years, and even any inheritance left behind had been fractured and was gone.
However, many people were still extremely devout to their beliefs. They had unswerving loyalty to them, so they definitely wouldn’t kowtow to any other gods. That would be a betrayal.
Sometimes, faith was very interesting. Many gods taught their followers that they were the one true god, while others were just false gods and their followers had to scoff at those false gods.
That was why this elder of Pill Valley was first warning everyone. If anyone spat on their gods, they would definitely be slaughtered.
“Blaspheming their gods? Does peeing count?” Long Chen suddenly smiled derisively. He looked at the two statues and couldn’t help thinking of what he had done to them back then. It was just regretful that he didn’t leave behind a sign of what he had done, or Pill Valley would have definitely gone insane.
Pill Valley’s experts all knelt down reverently once they arrived at the statues. As for the other disciples, some bowed, while others just silently stared without doing anything. They had their own faiths and couldn’t revere other gods. The people from the Corrupt path, the Bloodkill Hall, and even the Xuan Beasts all didn’t bow.
The Corrupt path had their Corrupt God, the Bloodkill Hall had their Killing God, and while the Xuan Beasts had no god they believed in, their faith lay in the Peng Emperor.
Of course, many others didn’t move either as they worshiped their own gods. Long Chen was amongst them, and this wasn’t conspicuous at all.
After kneeling to his gods, that elder continued leading people into Pill Valley. For some reason, Long Chen’s heart tensed up. If he entered the gates of Pill Valley and was exposed, he might never be able to leave. That was definitely courting death. There were already thousands of Pill Valley’s experts gathered here.
Pill Valley’s grand formation activated. Divine light suddenly spread from the two statues, enveloping everyone.
“No need to panic. To prevent any spies of the Martial Heaven Alliance from entering, we’re starting the examination to make sure that you’re who you say you are. All you need to do is take out your tablets!” said the elder.
Hearing that, everyone relaxed slightly, and only Long Chen’s heartbeat quickened. However, thinking about it, he was already prepared for this. He wasn’t afraid of being investigated.
“Who are you?!”
As the geniuses were investigated one by one, an Elder of Pill Valley suddenly shouted. A ray of light fell from the great formation, enveloping a man who was pale with fright.
The man could only sigh, “I’m just a nameless rogue cultivator. I’m not strong or talented enough to enter Pill Valley’s eyes. Someone mocked me while I was traveling, and we ended up in a fight. I ended up killing him and taking his token, hoping I could change my fate. I didn’t think I’d be so easily exposed. Well, fine, I can only accept whether you want to kill or plunder me.”
Someone really had tried to sneak their way in? Quite a few experts were startled. As for Long Chen, looking at that man, a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face.
“Since you want to defy the fate the heavens gave you, why not openly come to my Pill Valley? We’ve long since announced that as long as you draw a clear line between yourself and the Martial Heaven Alliance, even if you don’t stand on Pill Valley’s side, you can still enter the Brahma secret realm,” shouted the Elder.
That man bitterly smiled. “But I’m just a rogue cultivator. None of the major powers care about me. How could I be qualified to be invited?”
To come to Pill Valley for the Brahma secret realm required an invitation card. The various sects and powers had first applied for invitations with Pill Valley, and then once Pill Valley had confirmed things, they had sent out the tablets.
As for rogue cultivators, they weren’t viewed importantly normally. They had no sects, so how could they obtain the tablets?
“However, this isn’t an excuse for you to sneak into Pill Valley. According to Pill Valley’s rules, you will be killed…” The man immediately turned pale white, but the elder continued, “However, as a rogue cultivator, making something of yourself isn’t easy. To be kind, we will give you a way in. You can enter the Brahma secret realm, but you need to swear before the gods to devote yourself to the lives of the continent and not associate with the Martial Heaven Alliance. Can you do that?”
Fuck, so it was actually a play. Long Chen sneered inside.
That man was delighted and hastily knelt on the ground, swearing to be absolutely loyal to Pill Valley in the future.
The elder nodded and announced, “If there are others like him present, I’d advise you to come out and admit it sooner rather than later. Pill Valley is always kind to others, so we won’t kill you. If you stand out now, we can let bygones be bygones. But if anyone tries to sneak in sti
ll, the only thing for you will be death. Does anyone dare to blaspheme the might of the gods?”
The statues of Lord Brahma and Fallen Daynight were right there, giving off endless pressure. Thunder rumbled with the elder’s final words.
“The might of gods my ass. Who are they conning? If I hadn’t pissed on their heads before, I might even believe it.” Long Chen’s lip curled.
However, over ten experts slowly walked out of the crowd due to the elder’s words, apologizing.
The elder didn’t get angry. Instead, he had them stand to the side, saying that someone would come to register them.
“Idiots. Once the rest of us go in, they’ll show you their true face.” Long Chen sighed. The first person was definitely an actor arranged by Pill Valley. He might have looked terrified, but his heartbeat hadn’t changed at all. Such a poor performance was actually able to dupe people? Long Chen was speechless.
This world truly had many idiots. It seemed that there weren’t enough conners. Hence, Long Chen couldn’t understand how they had managed to live for so long. It was definitely a miracle.
“I’ll give you a single breath’s time. If you still don’t come out and we find out you’re lying, it will be viewed as a blasphemy to the gods. The only thing remaining for you will be death. I’m not afraid of telling you this: based on the information we’ve received, Long Chen has already snuck amongst your midst. Today, we want to make sure that there’s no way he can leave.” The elder smiled confidently.
Hearing this, Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat. Had he really fallen for a trap?
Just at this moment, a startled cry rang out from a woman, and Long Chen recognized her as Qi Xuan. Her big sister, Qi Fengxue, was beside her. They came from the Heaven Reaching Ancient Castle.
Qi Xuan had jumped in shock at the elder’s words, drawing countless gazes. Qi Fengxue pulled her over, and Qi Xuan acted like she had made a mistake, lowering her head and not daring to look at the others.
