Chapter 7048: The Hell Gates |
The Heaven-tier cultivation grounds had a total of one hundred and eight different techniques. All of them were secrets of the Jiuli race that had never been leaked to the outside world. Normally, only the absolute strongest heavenly geniuses were qualified to cultivate here.
As for the Ten Hell Gates, they contained the ten strongest divine techniques here.
In order to learn them, the disciples had to pass a trial. The trial was absolute hell, much like the name suggested; worse still, those who failed were not permitted to take the trial again. Thus, it was extremely rare for anyone to challenge the Ten Hell Gates. According to the realm lord’s orders, they would only be permitted to challenge them once they reached the Divine Sovereign realm.
After all, every person only had one shot. They couldn’t waste it. Although the difficulty was naturally based on the challenger’s cultivation base, the descent of the new era meant that their odds would be greater if they advanced to the Divine Sovereign realm first.
When Long Chen said he wanted the strongest techniques, the two of them immediately brought him to the Ten Hell Gates. If it were anyone else, bringing them here would be harming them. But when it came to Long Chen, they weren’t worried. After all, Long Chen wouldn’t be able to stay in the Jiuli Divine Realm for long. Furthermore, with his power, other divine techniques were definitely of no interest to him. Only the divine techniques of the Ten Hell Gates would be useful to him. And if he didn’t pass the trials, that was fine. He could always learn the other divine techniques.
There were quite a few disciples of the Jiuli race here. They were whispering amongst themselves. It seemed that they were exchanging insights. The cultivation ground was filled with gates, and each gate had a Jiuli immortal character carved on it. They were the most original Jiuli immortal characters.
When Long Chen’s group arrived, they drew quite a bit of attention. People whispered amongst themselves. Their gazes were clearly hostile. Some people even jutted their jaws at him, clearly provoking him. However, not one of these disciples tried to stop him. The higher-ups had already ordered them not to fight Long Chen.
They continued onwards, passing by the gates on either side of them until there was no one else around. They stopped in front of a large gate that stood solitary in the middle of a large area. Long Chen didn’t notice what Jiang Yue’e did, but the gate slowly opened.
When they walked inside, they found themselves in a world of darkness. The only things visible were ten large gates that emitted a faint, ghostly light.
Long Chen nodded and sat down, concentrating his qi. Seven-color divine light slowly appeared around his body.
All ten gates began to rumble, startling Feng Fei and Jiang Yue’e. This meant that Long Chen’s bloodline had formed a resonance with all the secret arts here!
Long Chen suddenly stood up and walked towards one of the gates.
Feng Fei immediately cried out, “Long Chen, that is the Heaven Hell Gate! If you pick that one, you won’t have enough time to learn the technique. You won’t even be able to read the whole manual of the secret art inside that gate before it kicks you out!”
The Heaven Hell Gate was the main Hell Gate. As for what that meant exactly, the realm lord was probably the only one who had even the vaguest idea. However, it stood to reason that the Heaven Hell Gate was hiding the strongest secret art the Jiuli Race possessed.
As far as anyone could tell, this gate required a late-stage Divine Sovereign realm cultivation base to enter. Otherwise, the challenger’s core energy would run out before they could learn the technique. In addition, there was a time limit on this gate. If they could not fully learn it in three days, they would be expelled.
However, Long Chen acted like he hadn’t even heard Feng Fei. He simply walked up to the gate and slowly pressed a hand against it. He felt that something inside it was summoning him.
His figure instantly vanished, leaving Feng Fei and Jiang Yue’e to look at each other.
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“What a fool, he actually chose the Heaven Hell Gate. Good, we don’t need to worry about him actually learning anything.”
Jiang Li and the other core members of the Jiuli race were watching a large projection displaying everything happening in the world of the Ten Hell Gates.
“It’s a shame. The Heaven Hell Gate is the only one we can’t see inside. I wonder what that brat is doing inside,” sighed an elder.
“The Heaven Hell Gate is controlled by the top portion of the Jiuli Tower. Realm lord, you still haven’t fully gained control over that part, and Long Chen just happened to pick it. Shouldn’t we be cautious?” Long Yan frowned.
Ye Boran said, “Elder Long Yan, you really are meticulous. But I understand Long Chen. He is very arrogant and daring, but above all else, he is greedy. He will aim for nothing but the absolute best. He might be a shrewd man and a strong fighter, but deep inside, his true nature is that of a fanatic gambler. I have to say, though… His luck has always been excellent. He’s been winning every gamble so far.”
Everyone nodded inside. Judging from the story of Long Chen’s rise and what they’d seen him display, he truly did seem like such a person.
“In that case, there’s no need for all of us to watch this little fellow. It would be best to personally look after the tasks you were given. We don’t want any accidents,” said Jiang Li.
Everyone had plenty of things to do. They had all gathered here to watch over Long Chen because he was the most important part of their plans; however, now that Long Chen had gone beyond their control, there was no need for them to keep watch here. It was better to make sure that the people they had left in charge were not overlooking any small details.
…
Buzz.
Long Chen found himself in an empty spiritual world. He saw a screen of light with countless runes surging like the tide.
“Fuck!”
When Long Chen saw billions of Jiuli divine runes forming a sea, he felt his head buzz. He instantly lost confidence. Let alone practicing this, just memorizing all of these runes in three days would be an incredible feat. Worst of all, these divine runes were like the stormy sea, constantly shifting and transforming. They were like a vast formation. Just looking at it gave him a headache. There was no way for him to tell where he was supposed to start.
“Hmph, who cares? There’s definitely not enough time to learn it, but I can just brand it into my starry sea for now. I’ll slowly contemplate it in the future!” Long Chen took a deep breath. It seemed that this was his best option.
But just then, a voice rang out from behind him. “Are you sure you don’t want to try another approach?”
Long Chen jolted as if he had been struck by lightning. He slowly turned around. Behind him, he saw a middle-aged man with features similar to his own who was smiling at him.
His jaw dropped.
“Dad!”
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