Long Chen had defeated a Category Nine Black-tier Peak Essence Beast and even severed one of Yan Danqing’s arms? Everyone thought that was impossible, but that was not the case. Long Chen had improved too fast. Since he had defeated Yan Danqing, that meant he was the strongest youth in Yuanling County. He was now more famous than Mo Xiaolang!
No one had expected that the nameless Long Chen would become so strong in such a short amount of time.
Long Chen smiled. He was still trying to come up with a way to escape the Lingwu family’s encirclement and obtain the approval of the Ninth Prince to become an Immortal Guard.
Long Chen was a smart man. Judging from Lin Cangtian’s behavior and the look in his eyes, he could guess what the Ninth Prince wanted. When he stopped their fight just now, Long Chen already had a feeling that the Ninth Prince was protecting him, though that didn’t necessarily mean the Ninth Prince wanted to bring him to the capital. At most, the Ninth Prince was just interested in him.
Just mere interest.
Seeing that Yan Danqing had obtained the inheritance, Lin Cangtian nodded in approval. “Since you’ve obtained the inheritance, I won’t say much anymore. Return to Yuanling City, and I will announce the result to the whole city tomorrow.”
He then called over the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon, and the butler mounted it. The Ninth Prince gestured at Yan Danqing. “Follow me.”
Everyone thought it was an honor to ride with the Ninth Prince, but Long Chen knew that the Ninth Prince’s intention was to find out what Yan Danqing had obtained in the ruins.
But the others didn’t know that.
Yan Danqing’s grandfather, Emperor Yuan, was smiling happily as he watched his grandson climb onto the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon. He then told everyone from the Beast Soul Palace to ride their Savage Wind Peng.
The Dawn Trading Alliance had gained nothing, so they headed out quietly.
The Lingwu family, however, didn’t leave. They knew what was going to happen next. All of them wanted Long Chen to die.
Once the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon was ready to fly, Lin Cangtian turned around and smiled at Long Chen evilly. “An Earth-tier demonic beast recognized you as its owner? Long Chen, I await your return to Yuanling City.”
Only Long Chen heard that.
He did indeed find out. Thankfully, he didn’t realize that it’s a Sun Devouring Wolf. I guess the aura of an Earth-tier beast cannot be hidden completely.
Lin Cangtian took off. Everyone thought Long Che would surely perish today, but Lin Cangtian actually didn’t want him to die. Since Long Chen had an Earth-tier beast protecting him, he would probably be fine and should be able to make it back to the city.
Wait for me in Yuanling City? What is his goal? They are going to announce the results tomorrow, and I need to seize the opportunity.
Once the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon and the Savage Wind Peng flew away, the Eastern Azure Dragon Patriarch looked at Long Chen. “Don’t you find it strange that you’ve been abandoned? You think we won’t hurt you because we’re afraid of what your master might do?”
“I’m curious as to why you are being so bold,” Long Chen responded. They had been afraid of Li Xuanji this whole time, but why were they so bold today?
“Pitiful! Did you think I would believe your lie? Long Chen, while you were in the ancient ruins, I investigated and determined that she is not your master. She left with your cousin quite some time ago. Everyone in Baiyang Town bade them farewell!”
“Oh, so you found out. I thought you had grown some balls.” Long Chen was not afraid, however.
“Aren’t you afraid of dying?”
“You think the four of you can kill me?”
“Hm?” The four Patriarchs were confused. They thought Long Chen still had some kind of trick up his sleeve, but they knew he didn’t have anyone else to rely on anymore.
“You think you can threaten us with empty lies? Long Chen, you have offended the Lingwu family one too many times. You even killed Tianchen and Beitang Mo! Our hatred for you will not disappear even after we kill you! We will torture you for a very long time. Fourth Brother, do you want to attack first?”
The Eastern Azure Dragon Patriarch and the Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch had each lost a grandson, so they hated Long Chen the most.
“Brother, I’ll do it! I promise I won’t take his life immediately!” The Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch took a few steps forward. His body was much stouter than that of the Eastern Azure Dragon Patriarch. His aura was imposing, and the Black Tortoise Axe that had flown out of the ruins was already in his hands.
Long Chen smiled when he saw the murderous Lingwu family.
“Looks like we can’t resolve this completely. I have a suggestion. In ten days, both me and my wolf will fight the Eastern Azure Dragon Patriarch and the Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch at the city gates to determine the winner once and for all. How about that?”
“Are you stupid? We will make sure to kill you today!” The Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch moved. Even though he was stout, his speed was anything but slow. He was ten times faster than Long Chen!
“Xiaolang.” The Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch was just about to reach him, and the wind prickled Long Chen’s skin.
Hearing him, Mo Xiaolang jumped from his arms and spat a peculiar flame towards the Patriarch. When the flame appeared, the temperature surrounding them plummeted.
Sensing the danger, the Patriarch dodged it hastily and stopped. He fell backwards and looked disheveled, but he managed to dodge the attack.
When he raised his head, he saw that the small wolf in Long Chen’s arms had become incomparably huge. The Sun Devouring Wolf was so magnificent that all of them were shocked.
“An Earth-tier beast!”
No one could believe their eyes. Dongfang Tianxuan and the other youths had forgotten about the beast and were now reeling from the shock once more, their faces pale with fright.
“Haha, I’m glad you know what it is.” Long Chen sat on the wolf and looked at them. “Since our grudge can no longer be resolved peacefully, we shall fight at the city gates in ten days. I want to see if you have the balls to fight me then.”
The Sun Devouring Wolf transformed into a black shadow and quickly disappeared. The Lingwu family looked at each other when Long Chen was gone.
“Big Brother, can we beat Long Chen now that he’s this strong?” The Northern Black Tortoise Patriarch trembled. The fire was too horrifying, and he had a feeling that he would’ve died horribly if he had come into contact with it.
“Wrong! He must die in ten days!” the Eastern Azure Dragon Patriarch snarled.
***
Long Chen rode on Mo Xiaolang’s back as he chased after the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon. The Sun Devouring Wolf was much stronger than the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon, so it could travel much faster even though it was running on the ground.
The delay caused by the Lingwu family was easily recovered thanks to Mo Xiaolang’s speed. Long Chen looked up and saw the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon. He then told Mo Xiaolang to slow down.
“Xiaolang, I think Yan Danqing gave the prince the method to cultivate Divine Fire Clone, though I don’t think the prince would want the Heavenly River Pills.”
Mo Xiaolang couldn’t speak, so he merely nodded. He felt depressed by his inability to communicate.
“I can finally settle my grudge with the Lingwu family in ten days.” Long Chen was not rash; this was part of his strategy. But there was something else he needed to do, and that was to obtain the Immortal Guard position from Yan Danqing. Based on Lin Cangtian’s attitude, Long Chen had a feeling that all was not lost.
Emperor Yuan was just an ant to the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince could give the Immortal Guard position to whoever he wanted, and there was nothing anyone in the city could do.
With the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon’s speed, it arrived at Yuanling City within half a day.
The Ninth Prince had long noticed Long Chen’s presence when he was up in the sky. Before reaching the city, the Ninth Prince ordered the Piercing Wind Dragon Falcon to land at the clearing in front of the city. Long Chen stopped there as well and jumped down from Mo Xiaolang’s back, looking at the happy Ninth Prince and the somewhat embarrassed Yan Danqing.
“Long Chen, why did you chase after us?” the Ninth Prince asked plainly.
Both the Dawn Trading Alliance and the Beast Soul Palace were also looking at Long Chen and the Sun Devouring Wolf. They knew that the wolf was an Earth-tier beast.
“Ninth Prince, you said that you would make the strongest youth an Immortal Guard. I’ve defeated Yan Danqing, which should be more than enough to prove my strength. I implore you to give me the position of Immortal Guard so I can serve you, Ninth Prince!”
He needed to become an Immortal Guard to enter the Counter Essence Realm. Only then could he find the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit. Long Chen had to do it for Ling Xi. If this plea failed, he might need to reveal the complete Divine Fire Clone technique to the Ninth Prince.
