Chapter 7046: The Conditions |
No one had expected Long Chen to be so direct.
The people who had, in fact, been about to discuss their bloodline ties and family were instantly caught off-guard. Long Chen’s meaning could not be more clear. His hands were stained with the blood of the violet blood race and the Jiuli race. Their bloodline connection meant nothing. He was here to talk business. If they wanted to take from him without giving anything, they could just give up now.
The room fell silent. In one particular corner, Jiang Yue’e and Jiang Feng Fei exchanged a look. They both saw the smile hidden behind the other’s serious face.
Jiang Yue’e had managed to enter this room thanks to her immense talent, while Feng Fei had been brought in by her. Jiang Yue’e and Feng Fei were Long Chen’s old acquaintances, and as the realm lord was technically from Jiang Yue’e’s family, they could be considered on the same side, so no one said anything about their presence.
Seeing Long Chen again made them happy, but also worried. They were aware of the infighting that plagued the Jiuli race. They also knew that whatever their other intentions were, the majority of them wanted Long Chen’s life.
“Dean Long Chen, since you wish to be direct, then I won’t beat around the bush either. Tell me, what is it that you want?” asked Jiang Li.
“I want access to all the Jiuli race’s divine techniques. That’s every single one!” said Long Chen.
“What bullshit! No way!” roared the elder whose soul had been plucked out earlier.
Long Chen’s demands instantly caused an uproar. The Jiuli race’s secret techniques were not up for grabs. To ask for all of them was a ridiculous request. These secret arts were restricted even when it came to the core experts of the race. They had to be practiced inside of the Jiuli Tower so that there was zero chance of the instructions leaking. After learning the technique, the process would be erased from their memory to prevent others from learning the divine technique through soulsearches.
The uproar instantly stopped, replaced with stunned silence. Even Jiang Li’s expression turned cold now. “Dean Long Chen, do you have no intention of collaborating?”
In his view, neither of these conditions were acceptable, but the last one in particular was completely absurd. The Jiuli Tower had finally been put back together into its full form. This period was critical to its recovery, and its core energy was incredibly precious. How could it be given to outsiders?
“Realm lord, if I had no intention of collaborating, would I have risked my life coming to the Jiuli Divine Realm? I offered the same conditions to the Violet Abyss,” said Long Chen indifferently.
“The Violet Abyss? They are in no condition to agree to that,” said Jiang Li frostily.
The violet blood race’s Violet Gold Bell was in the hands of three major factions. The Violet Abyss only had one portion, and if they wanted to give its power to Long Chen, they would no longer be able to compete for the body of the bell.
“Why can’t they?” retorted Long Chen.
“Hmph, you know why,” sneered Jiang Li.
“I didn’t expect the great realm lord to also be a short-sighted fool,” sneered Long Chen in response.
Jiang Li’s expression sank. He narrowed his eyes at Long Chen.
The room was deathly silent. The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive.
Jiang Li was the first to break the silence. “Do you have any chips other than the divine capital?”
“So you’re not a complete fool. My goal is to use the divine capital as a starting point to slowly devour the Brahma line, outsider devils, and the Heavenly Fate Alliance until I am in control of the entire Primal Chaos World.”
“Hahaha!” Jiang Li burst into laughter. The others also laughed like they had just heard the world’s funniest joke.
Long Chen did not respond to their laughter. His gaze swept through the crowd. He spotted Jiang Yue’e and Feng Fei, but he pretended not to notice them. Other than them, he saw quite a few powerful existences amongst the Jiuli race. It went without saying that they truly were powerful. Solely based on aura, there were over a hundred people stronger than Shen Qingxue. Among them, there were many people with restrained auras that gave Long Chen a faint sense of danger.
Had this been before Long Chen’s visit to the Violet Abyss, then even just a handful of these people would have been able to sweep through the Violet Abyss’s junior generation all by themselves. Now, however? These so-called heavenly geniuses were practically nothing in front of Shen Qingxue and the others. Once the latter were comfortable with their newfound experience, the balance of power would reverse.
Long Chen’s calm gaze slowly made these people stop laughing.
“You think I’m funny?” Long Chen let out a short laugh and rose from his seat. “I am backed by the High Firmament Academy, the dragon race, the Tiger Venerate line, the Wine God Palace, the Tea Saint Dao Temple, and the Calligraphy Sect. My Dragonblood Legion is powerful enough to dominate the world. If I am a clown, then what does that make you?”
Long Chen’s statement made the laughter cease immediately. Indeed, if they thought about how many connections Long Chen had, and how powerful these connections were, it was outright terrifying. If that many forces joined the divine capital and divided the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture’s karmic luck, that really wouldn’t be a joke.
The Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture was home to the graves of countless powerful experts. There were embers of countless god legacies smoldering through this world. Thus, the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture was of utmost importance to countless forces, and the divine capital was precisely the core of this competition.
None of the major forces would give up on the divine capital, the Jiuli race included. After all, the Jiuli race was different from the Violet Abyss. The Violet Abyss had few disciples, and their own karmic luck was enough to feed them. However, the Jiuli Divine Realm had countless disciples. There wasn’t enough meat for all of them.
When the time came, only their greatest heavenly geniuses would have enough resources. As for those beneath them, the lack of resources meant that they would starve. Then, internal fighting would inevitably erupt, and everything would descend into chaos. The only short-term way to ensure this chaos would not break out was to find a new food source.
Although it looked as if the Jiuli Divine Realm’s power had exploded practically overnight, the foundation upon which this power was built was already starting to crack. And once they started running out of resources, these cracks would cause it to crumble in the blink of an eye. Thus, the higher-ups were already starting to grow frantic.
The Jiuli Divine Realm was unified in theory, but the truth was that there were many branches and they all had their own leadership. Once the branches felt that they didn’t have enough resources, they would start fighting among themselves. Thus, the divine capital was an irreplaceable asset. As of late, they had been constantly discussing how to get a piece of the divine capital, and had yet to come to an acceptable decision.
The moment they learned that the Violet Abyss had invited Long Chen over, they could no longer sit still. The days that Long Chen had been in the Violet Abyss had been like torture for them. Now, Long Chen had finally come to them, but his requests were completely unreasonable.
Yet, while they were anxious, they also sighed in relief. Such conditions were difficult for them to meet, but that meant the violet blood race definitely couldn’t meet them. In addition, they didn’t have as many disciples, and were not so frantic for more karmic luck, so they also had no reason to bargain with Long Chen if he was unreasonable.
That said, they also didn’t dare to be careless, because Sovereign Mountain was now an integral part of the Violet Abyss. The Violet Abyss could very well decide to join Long Chen just because of Sovereign Mountain.
Long Chen’s gaze swept over everyone. “What you’ve seen is only what I want you to see. That’s all I have to say. Goodbye!”
Long Chen started walking towards the gate, just like that.
“Wait a moment!” said Jiang Li.
Immediately, hundreds of people barred the gate.
Long Chen smirked. “Oh? Domain Lord, you want me to stay in the Jiuli Divine Realm permanently? In that case, I really did overestimate you!”
But Jiang Li’s response baffled everyone.
“I agree to your conditions!”
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