Chapter 7043: Their Stance |
This city was under the oversight of the Jiuli Divine Realm. Furthermore, the Huayun Trading Company had already informed the Jiuli race before Long Chen came. It was no surprise that someone had been waiting for him. At the same time, a Heaven Elder was the highest level of elder in the Jiuli Divine Realm. Having one of them welcome a young disciple like Long Chen was clearly giving him face. They hadn’t slighted him in the slightest.
“Greetings, Elder Long Yan!” Long Chen cupped his fist toward the elder. If they welcomed him with courtesy, the least he could do was return the courtesy.
“Dean Long Chen, it is our honor to welcome you to the Jiuli Divine Realm. Please come with me!” Elder Long Yan led the way, behaving in a very humble and welcoming manner.
“As you say.” Long Chen followed him forward.
As they walked, Elder Long Yan said, “This is Cloud Return City, one of the Jiuli Divine Realm’s thirty-six sentinel cities. Every sentinel city is actually more of a city-state, an independent territory with its own resources and economy. They can all create and implement their own growth strategies, and even their own sovereign laws. Taking Cloud Return City, there are thirty-one million experts of the new era here. I hear that you are coming from the Violet Abyss, Dean Long Chen. I wonder how Cloud Return City compares to the Violet Abyss?”
He was spouting a bunch of nonsense, among which the obviously intentional revelation that the Jiuli race knew some things about the violet blood race. However, this information was only what the Violet Abyss deliberately allowed them to know. Long Chen was well aware now that everything happening in the Violet Abyss had been planned by the violet-gold polearm. It didn’t mind others knowing the exact number of new-era experts that they had.
But they only had a total of thirty million disciples, while just one of the Jiuli Divine Realm’s sentinel cities already had thirty-one million. Elder Long Yan clearly knew that, yet he was still comparing them like this in front of Long Chen. It was definitely intentional. It was a test and a provocation at the same time, as well as a threat.
Long Chen sneered contemptuously. He could already tell the stance of the Jiuli race’s higher-ups just from Long Yan’s attitude. “Why ask if you already know the answer?”
Elder Long Yan smiled. “Dean Long Chen, what is that supposed to mean?”
Long Chen was now filled with contempt. The Jiuli Divine Realm really did overestimate themselves. Even with his connections to the Wine God Palace and the Tea Saint Dao Temple, as well as multiple illustrious battle records, they still looked down on him.
Long Chen sneered. “The violet blood race and the Jiuli race mean nothing to me. Isn’t your target the divine capital? How strong each of you are has nothing to do with me. If you want to go to the divine capital, you should just show me proper attitude and then we can talk. But threatening me with the bigger fist? Aren’t you too naive? Have you ever heard anything about me before? Has any rumor ever said that Long Chen surrendered to someone stronger?”
Long Chen’s words were now arrogant and did not give the Jiuli race any face.
He was at least courteous when they first met, because the other side had also given him a modicum of respect. However, Elder Long Yan was now openly prodding Long Chen, and Long Chen knew that there was no more need for courtesy.
Elder Long Yan was surprised by Long Chen’s sudden hostility. Anger flashed through his eyes, but he was actually delighted inside. Then, the expression he put on was one of embarrassment. After all, there were other experts of the Jiuli race behind Elder Long Yan. Their expressions darkened, especially those of the young disciples. They clenched their fists, and a murderous air swirled around them.
Elder Long Yan hastily said, “Dean Long Chen, don’t misunderstand! I just mean that you have the blood of both the Jiuli race and the violet blood race. But the violet blood race has long since declined. They have a pitiful number of disciples, and their future is bleak. But look at the Jiuli race! We are in our prime; we have countless geniuses; a single sentinel city of ours is on par with the Violet Abyss. Dean Long Chen, you have the High Firmament Academy and the dragon race behind you. So why not work together with our Jiuli race? Then we can create a new world for ourselves in this era!”
A new world? Shove it up your ass, will you? Long Chen cursed him inside. He could see their intentions from a mile away, blindfolded. They were simply scheming against him.
Thus, he suddenly came to a stop. “Your letter said for me to return home. But now that I do, it seems that it’s really all about business? Well, if it’s just business, I feel like there’s no need to go to the Jiuli Divine Realm. The Huayun Trading Company is more suitable for this kind of deal!”
Long Chen had received two letters with the same contents. But he knew that the violet blood race had sent their letter first. They had also intentionally let the Jiuli race see the contents of it. Of course, the Jiuli race had used the same message to tell Long Chen that they knew everything that happened in the Violet Abyss. It was a warning, and a way to inflict mental pressure on him.
What they didn’t know was that the Violet Abyss was truly Long Chen’s home. Their actions were a complete joke to Long Chen.
“No, Dean Long Chen, please don’t misconstrue our intentions. These are just my own thoughts. It has nothing to do with the realm master. The realm master views you as family, and if it hadn’t been for the circumstances not allowing it, you would have long since met!” Elder Long Yan hastily apologized.
Obviously, he was acting according to how he had been instructed. The higher-ups had told him to receive Long Chen and test him out. He was a wily old fox, and skilled in this regard. That was why he had been the one sent.
Unfortunately for him, if people like him counted as wily old foxes, Long Chen might as well be a Heavenly Ninetails from the primal chaos era. If they wanted to act, then he could out-act them. Thus, the moment they met, Long Chen acted like an arrogant youth who “hastily hid” his precocious disdain from view.
As a result, Long Yan thought that he had seen through Long Chen’s character, and didn’t even bother testing him that much. He had figured everything out through experience. And now, Long Chen’s display only further confirmed his deduction; he thought that his analysis had been spot-on.
Long Chen raised an eyebrow. “Family? If I am not wrong, Ye Boran is here in the Jiuli Divine Realm. He and I are mortal enemies. Are you sure he won’t target me once I enter the Jiuli Divine Realm?”
Ye Boran was in the Jiuli Divine Realm. This was actually a secret, but this secret was not hidden from the eyes of the Huayun Trading Company.
Elder Long Yan’s heart thudded when Ye Boran was mentioned. But he reacted very quickly, and put on a smile. “The realm lord is already aware of it. Ye Boran’s shortsightedness resulted in disciples killing each other with no regard for each other. It was a major sin. It wasn’t your fault. The realm lord has already taken back the Jiuli Tower and restrained Ye Boran inside. But we must all continue adapting to the times. Now that the new era has come, we should be facing the future, don’t you think?”
Long Chen sneered inside. Not even a little baby would be tricked by this “display of goodwill.” However, he did not expose Long Yan. Instead, he just followed the elder until they reached a multicolored transportation formation.
Buzzz…
The transportation formation was activated, and Long Chen immediately sensed that Elder Long Yan and the others had now relaxed. He chuckled to himself.
Ha, you think that your Jiuli Divine Realm is a den of monsters? So be it! If you provoke me, I’ll turn your divine realm into a monster cemetery!
He knew that the Jiuli race was about to lay all its cards on the table in front of him, and he was looking forward to it.