Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“I’ll pay.” One of the neutral camp’s experts suddenly walked forward.
“Bastard, can’t you have some backbone?!”
As soon as that person stepped forward, he received a torrent of curses, mostly from the ancient races, Xuan Beasts, and the Corrupt path.
Long Chen might be giving a discount to the neutral experts but not them. This first person paying up would only start a chain reaction.
As if he didn’t hear the cursing, the man walked over to Long Chen and handed over a spatial ring. Long Chen saw a neat million spirit crystals inside.
“Hehe, thanks boss.”
Long Chen accepted the money with a bright smile. He used what he had learned from the Huayun Sect, maintaining a grateful attitude to anyone who gave him money.
The man was startled by that attitude. He laughed, “To be called boss by the number one expert of the junior generation, these spirit crystals weren’t wasted.”
“If you like it, how about I call you boss twice for another million?” said Long Chen.
How was Long Chen a supreme expert? He seemed more like a money-grubber. Some people even wondered if this person was really Long Chen. It couldn’t be that he was a fake, right?
The man shook his head and flew away. This place was the Brahma secret realm. Each moment wasted was an opportunity or lucky encounter that he might lose out on.
The experts still in the channel were no longer able to hold back. Some people had already entered the Brahma secret realm before them and were searching for the priceless treasures that they wanted to obtain. They couldn’t wait.
Another expert stepped forward and handed over a spatial ring to Long Chen before leaving. Then more and more people came forward, holding back their anger.
“Haha, many thanks. I wish you all good fortune in the Brahma secret realm!”
Long Chen happily accepted all their money, looking infatuated with his newfound wealth. The image of a supreme and vicious expert was wiped away from people’s minds.
“Hold it, come one by one. Hey, little fellow, who do you think you are? You’re from the ancient family alliance!”
Long Chen suddenly grabbed one of them. That person was no longer wearing robes of the ancient family alliance. Disguising himself as someone from the neutral camp, he had tried to save some money.
“Then I’ll make up the nine million.” Being exposed, that person could only suppress his anger and hand over more money.
“Make up for it? Are you trying to dupe me? The cost of trying to fool me is ten times the original price. I won’t take the original toll. Just hand over your punishment fee.” Long Chen’s expression darkened. The way his amicable air transformed was faster than the turning of a page.
“You…”
Evilmoon suddenly swung up and pressed against that person’s neck. His hair stood on end as a sensation of death enveloped him.
Only now did people confirm that this was the true Long Chen, not some random bandit.
“Are you paying or not?” demanded Long Chen frostily.
“I’ll pay, I’ll pay!” However, that man then said, “But I don’t have so many spirit crystals.”
“If you don’t have the money, you can pay with treasures. If you have no treasures, then you can pay with your life. Up to you. My tiny little business can’t accept IOUs.” Long Chen made Evilmoon twitch, causing that person to jump in terror.
In the end, he handed over seven million spirit crystals, as well as a half-step divine item to make up for the remaining spirit crystals.
After accepting his money, Long Chen’s bright smile instantly reappeared. “Many thanks, boss. Hopefully, I can encounter some more good clients like you.”
Hearing that, some other experts that had already disguised themselves as being from the neutral camp quietly took off their disguises.
“Big brother, here is my money!”
Suddenly, a woman came out of the crowd and handed over a spatial ring to Long Chen.
It was a young lady who only looked to be sixteen years old. She possessed a strange charm to her. Her skin was pale white and her eyes were large. There was a nine-tailed mark on her forehead.
This was someone from the ancient races’ Nine Tail Demon Fox race. The Nine Tail Demon Fox had vanished from the Xuan Beasts, but some of their bloodlines still flowed amongst the ancient races.
The Nine Tail Demon Fox’s combat power wasn’t the greatest, their fame lay in the overwhelming beauty of their people. Both their men and women possessed a natural charm that was difficult to resist.
Rumor was that their bewitching arts were incredible, but as for how incredible they were or how they were used, no one knew.
Now, this woman with the mark of the Nine Tail Demon Fox came shyly to Long Chen. She didn’t know whether to toss the spatial ring to Long Chen or hand it to him directly.
“What amazing bewitching arts!” exclaimed Long Chen suddenly.
Chapter 2015 Count Yourself Vicious
The lady immediately turned pale with terror. “I didn’t-”
“That’s enough, you win. Your bewitching arts are too great. I admit defeat. Not just you, any female cultivators can pass for free. But just a reminder, don’t try to dress up as a woman to trick me, or I’ll make sure you’ll never be a man again,” warned Long Chen.
This woman actually hadn’t used any bewitching arts against him. She didn’t dare to. But Long Chen found that he couldn’t rob this innocent lady. As for her bewitching arts, it was just an excuse.
The female cultivators were delighted by this news and charged forward.
“Many thanks.”
Some of the women didn’t forget to thank Long Chen as they flew off.
“Thank you.” Only now did the woman from the Nine Tail Demon Fox race react.
“Alright, you can go. I still have more business to take care of!”
Long Chen didn’t say much to her. Although she was beautiful, he already had so many peerless beauties at home.
She looked closely at Long Chen for a moment before leaving. As for Long Chen, he became busy with work again.
“Here’s ten million. Take it!” An ancient race expert tossed a spatial ring to Long Chen.
“Hold it. For you, it’s thirty million.” Long Chen suddenly raised Evilmoon and blocked his path.
“Why?!”
“Because didn’t you say that you had a lot of money? Since you have so much, you have to pay a bit more. Your words before were quite irritating. My heart’s hurt, so I need some more money to heal it,” said Long Chen.
“You… fine, just wait!” That person clenched his teeth and tossed another spatial ring to Long Chen.
This ancient race expert was the one who had said that he had plenty of money but wasn’t giving any to Long Chen. Knowing he had offended Long Chen, he had covered up his face and hidden behind someone at the back, hoping that Long Chen would forget him, but Long Chen had still recognized him.
“Many thanks for your business, boss.”
That person’s malicious gaze made Long Chen smile. Now he understood why the Huayun Sect’s people could always greet others with a smile. They weren’t greeting people, they were greeting the money.
“Many thanks.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s my first time, so please forgive me for my inexperience.”
“If you’re dissatisfied with anything, please tell me. I’ll definitely improve things next time.”
Even as he accepted money, Long Chen’s mouth didn’t stop. His words only further enraged people.
“Wow, isn’t this the great hero Xiong Tianba? You’re too big. Your weight will damage the road. You should pay at least thirty times more than others, but since I’ve just opened my business, I’ll give you a discount. You’ll just have to pay fifty million. Please don’t try to bargain with me, I really don’t make enough money to lower my price,” said Long Chen upon seeing Xiong Tianba.
What su
rprised him was that Xiong Tianba very happily parted with his money. He didn’t say a word as he handed over a spatial ring.
From behind Xiong Tianba came Leng Wufeng. He tossed a spatial ring at Long Chen. “Long Chen, even if you’re getting money now, you won’t be able to spend it.”
Long Chen received it and saw the spirit crystals packed inside. He smiled. “There’s no need for you to worry about it. I was originally thinking of taking a bit more from you, but I know you’ll come find me in the future, so it doesn’t matter how much I take today.”
Long Chen’s meaning was that in any case, Leng Wufeng would come to him either way. Once Long Chen killed him, his money would be his, so it didn’t matter.
“You’re right, Long Chen. I definitely will come to find you. But not right now.” Leng Wufeng snorted and left.
Long Chen sneered. Leng Wufeng wanted to search through the secret realm first instead of wasting time here. The other thing was that in order to challenge Long Chen, Leng Wufeng needed to be in his peak condition. Having been scared away by just a clone, his mental state was not perfect right now. For a clash between two experts, the slightest thing could affect the conclusion. But in any case, there were still plenty of people waiting inside the channel to get through. He was near the front and would be reaching the depths of the secret realm earlier.
“Long Chen, don’t you think you’re going too far? For a bit of money, you’re offending everyone. Many of us are not your enemy, but you’re forcing us,” said Lu Zichuan.
The Yin Yang Sword Sect’s Lu Zichuan, he was a very powerful existence. However, he was normally very low key. Only a few people had ever seen him personally fight, but the rumors said that even Man Batian had been defeated by him.
Long Chen said, “I trust that the majority of you are my enemies. I don’t have the time to differentiate between you, so I’ll only take a bit of money from each of you. If you’re my enemy, taking this money will be right. If you’re not my enemy, I’ll repay this bit of money dozens of times in the future. The entire Martial Heaven Continent knows my character, so stop wasting time. I’m really lacking money right now.”
Long Chen extended a hand, indicating for the other party to shut up and hand over the money. Everyone was busy.
“Alright then. Since you’ve said that, there’s nothing for me to rebut.” Lu Zichuan tossed out a spatial ring.
Long Chen took it. “That’s correct. People with no enmity with me can view this as an investment. As long as I don’t die, this investment will come with a huge payoff, so there’s no need to be resentful. As for my enemies, they have even less reason to be resentful. The fact that I’m not killing them right now is entirely thanks to the few innocent people here. Ten million spirit crystals to survive? Don’t you think that it’s worth it? Or do you feel like your lives aren’t even worth ten million spirit crystals?”
Putting it like this, Long Chen managed to dispel quite a bit of resentment toward him.
“Other than that, I should tell you that your barrier breaking beads don’t have any god energy within them. So if you want to enter the core region, just enter. You’ll know I’m not conning you because once I finish my business here, I’ll also be entering the core region. If you’re afraid, I’ll be giving a demonstration at the time,” said Long Chen.
“That’s impossible!” The experts refused to believe this.
“Don’t believe his bullshit. He’s just trying to get you in trouble. If you enter the core region and don’t follow your promise in the future, you’ll be cursed by the gods. Your future would be ruined, so don’t fall for it!” shouted one of Pill Valley’s disciples from the Flame Divine Palace.
Long Chen merely said, “It’s not bullshit. You can simply use your own eyes. Alright, time is precious, so let’s increase our efficiency. Everyone, hurry up!”
These experts handed over spirit crystals to him one by one. However, a change had occurred inside them. When comparing Long Chen’s reputation with Pill Valley’s reputation, which had recently been ruined, they felt that Long Chen would disdain lying to them about this.
Pill Valley’s true face had been revealed many times now. In fact, just now, to test Long Chen, they had set up an innocent girl. Thinking of Pill Valley’s nature, they wondered just what was truth and what was lies.
Even before Long Chen had said this, many people had suspected the barrier breaking beads’ abilities. When they had received the barrier breaking beads, they had only managed to sense some spatial energy fluctuations coming from within, as well as a trace of some foreign energy. They couldn’t tell what that energy was, but they didn’t think it was god energy. Yet, they also couldn’t be sure about such a thing.
“Pill Valley’s disciples now have to pay double. Don’t cause a fuss. If you want to enter, then pay up! If not, then scram! Otherwise, die!” said Long Chen frostily, looking at that disciple from the Flame Divine Palace.
“Count yourself vicious!” That disciple almost exploded from rage. This secret realm belonged to Pill Valley, but to enter, he had to pay someone else? What kind of reasoning was this? But this unprecedented event in all of history was occurring to him.
He still paid up. Elder Tianqi had already said to avoid conflict with Long Chen if they could. In their eyes, Long Chen was a trapped bird. It was only a matter of time.
Long Chen spent six hours accepting money. The amount he gained made flowers bloom in his eyes. He had never seen so much money.
There were over a million experts, with female cultivators only taking up a tenth of them. He had too many spirit stones to count, as well as other treasures from people who hadn’t had enough spirit crystals to pay. There were medicinal pills, divine items, secret tomes, and all kinds of substitutes.
“This time, I really got rich. Robbing rich people really is the fastest way of getting rich,” thought Long Chen to himself.
After taking the final person’s money, Long Chen cleared his throat, and toward the channel, he said, “That old fellow from Pill Valley who thinks himself so smart, many thanks!”
After saying that, not caring whether or not anyone had heard, he patted his butt and left.
Chapter 2016 Once More Encountering the Heaven Incinerating Flame
The channel didn’t allow Netherpassage experts to enter. Hence, if that old fellow heard him, he would definitely start smashing furniture and cursing in rage. Thinking of that, Long Chen smiled.
“Long Chen, I find that your ability in courting death is unrivaled. This is my first time seeing someone like you who courts death all the time yet is still alive,” said Evilmoon.
“Tch, if I didn’t court death, would the heavens let me gain any opportunities? Courting death is the only way for me to obtain anything and survive,” said Long Chen. His unrivaled ability in courting death only existed because he had no other choice.
If he didn’t risk death, where would he get what he needed to cultivate? If he couldn’t cultivate, he would have already died. The cultivation world was bloodier and crueler than the secular world. In the Phoenix Cry Empire, being bullied and oppressed was also not a rare sight, but it was not as direct as in the cultivation world.
Flying through the air, Long Chen just happened to see a disciple from the ancient family alliance walk out of a cave. Upon seeing Long Chen, his expression completely changed.
“What, did you not hear what I said?” Long Chen shook his head and flew off.
Seeing Long Chen leave, that disciple relaxed. He had just obtained something special in the cave, but it seemed Long Chen had no intention of taking it from him.
The only two people nearby were him and Long Chen. With Long Chen’s power, killing him would be as easy as swatting a fly, and no one would even notice. If it was another expert, they probably would have directly attacked. Seeing Long Chen leave, that disciple thought to himself that perhaps this was true pride.
Long Chen had said that as long as they paid the money and didn’t take
the initiative to attack him, he wouldn’t attack them.
Long Chen saw quite a few experts searching through the surroundings as he flew by. However, they were disappointed by what they found.
They were currently in a barren land. There were some caves and buildings, but most of those had been abandoned for countless years. Even any formation runes had lost effect.
BOOM!
All of a sudden, the earth split open, and a terrifying flame dragon flew out, its golden flames igniting the air. A group of eight ancient race experts fled in terror.
One of those ancient race experts was instantly incinerated by a wave of fire that the flame dragon spat out.
“The Heaven Incinerating Flame!”
Long Chen was startled to see that flame dragon. He easily recognized its origin, as its aura was all too familiar.
This was an Earth Flame Spirit Beast that had matured who knew how many years ago. He didn’t know if those adventurers had released it or something else had occurred, but it was now chasing after them.
The Heaven Incinerating Flame was said to be able to burn all things in heaven and earth. This Earth Flame Spirit Beast was fully matured, and even Life Star Empyreans had to flee in front of it.
“Get out of the way! I’ll help you suppress it.”
Long Chen shot toward it. In truth, he was being completely shameless by saying this. He had already noticed that the Earth Flame Spirit Beast had turned toward him, having sensed the flame fluctuations coming out of his body.
Earth Flame Spirit Beasts devoured each other to get stronger. They were natural enemies. That flame dragon was already ignoring the others. Just as it was preparing to charge over to Long Chen, Long Chen took the initiative to attack it, making it look like he was saving them.
The flame dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar, and its flames surged toward Long Chen.
As for the ancient race experts, they had been running for their lives. The Heaven Incinerating Flame was too terrifying, and it incinerated even their divine items, while their attacks were unable to cause any damage to it. For Long Chen to appear now, he looked to be their savior. They almost wept. Those ten million spirit stones hadn’t been spent for nothing.