Chapter 7107 A Situation in the Academy
Chapter 7107 A Situation in the Academy
This time Long Chen was truly surprised. Xue Changfeng actually directly offered up a strand of his soul! Clearly, he was absolutely sincere. As long as Long Chen accepted it, he could decide whether Xue Changfeng lived or died with just a thought.
Yet Long Chen didn’t even look at the soul strand. He apathetically asked, “And why do you think I should help you?”
Xue Changfeng took a deep breath. “I won’t hide anything from you. I’ve already done a detailed investigation into you. I believe you are someone chosen by the heavens. This means you have a very heavy burden on your shoulders. But saving me is equivalent to saving the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom, and my country will be able to share some of your burden. I need you, and you need me.”
“With the way things look for your country right now, I beg to disagree. That said, your Blood Explosion Soul-Igniting Art is a bit surprising. Hehe, I’ve seen someone boost their power a hundredfold. It truly is powerful,” said Long Chen.
Xue Changfeng’s eyes widened. “Lord Long Chen, you...”
He was utterly shocked to hear about the Blood Explosion Soul-Igniting Art from Long Chen’s mouth. This was a top secret technique of the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom. Only those of royal blood were qualified to train in it. More importantly, anyone who learned this technique had a spiritual restriction placed on them. Let alone learning it, outsiders couldn’t even learn about it. It was one of the kingdom’s closest-guarded secrets. Yet somehow Long Chen knew of it, and it seemed that he even knew what kind of terrifying potential it had?
Xue Changfeng suddenly froze. “Xue Changqing!”
When Xue Changqing returned from his visit, he had been listless and weak. His soul seemed impacted, but no one could tell what the problem was. All they could say was that his soul had been shaken and damaged from being forced to speak after his soul was seized and before it fully returned to his body.
Now, Xue Changfeng realized that Long Chen had used some kind of extraordinary method and gotten past Xue Changqing’s spiritual restrictions. The fact that even Xue Changqing himself had no idea what had happened meant that Long Chen’s abilities were truly terrifying.
Long Chen merely shrugged and returned to the topic. “If you gain control of the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom, what will you do?”
Xue Changfeng solemnly swore, “I will make everyone in the kingdom obey your orders—”
Long Chen cut him off. “And what if I don’t give you any orders?”
Xue Changfeng was startled. He then clenched his fists and replied, “The Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom has always been denounced as an evil nation. But what is good, and what is evil? Where is the line? If I control the kingdom, I will follow your lead and declare war on the outsider devils and Lord Brahma. Forget about good or evil; I swear that my kingdom will stand with the nine heavens and ten lands until every last one of our warriors is dead. I will fix the broken spine of the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom so that it can stand tall once more!”
Xue Changfeng’s eyes were full of determination. His words were sincere, and they were heartfelt. But until this moment, no one save for himself had heard these words. He had never told anyone about this aspiration before.
“If you want to take control of the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom, you will need to kill your father, your mother, and your brothers. Your sword will cut deep into your own nation, until rivers of blood flow between mountains of corpses. Are you ready for that?”
Xue Changfeng’s expression was extremely calm, as if he were discussing the weather and not the inevitable murder of his family members. “Lord Long Chen, the most worthless thing in the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom is familial ties. And you are right—when I seize control of the kingdom, it will be the beginning of a trial by fire and blood. If my kingdom succeeds, it will be reborn from its ashes like the phoenix of legends; if it fails, it will truly vanish with my generation. There is no third path.”
Long Chen nodded. “Good. You’ve succeeded in gaining my trust. I will help you!”
Xue Changfeng kowtowed hard on the ground without another word.
Long Chen nodded in response to his kowtow and then had him rise. “Your kingdom is said to be enemies with the Brahma line, but you secretly have quite a few interactions. Some of you are also in discussions with the outsider devils. Are your parents aware of this?”
“They are. They do nothing to stop it, and they just let those play out their tricks. It’s obvious to me that they feel the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom is not strong enough, so they don’t want to take a stand just yet. But they don’t realize that this is only dragging the kingdom into a pit. Once we’ve fully sunk, there will be no going back.”
Xue Chengfeng was quite clear-headed. The fact that they were letting their subordinates do things like this showed that the rulers were not confident. That was like raising a massive flag to Lord Brahma and the outsider devils. The way that the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom was frantically looking for allies and expanding was also further evidence of their lack of confidence.
With Lord Brahma’s methods, the more allies the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom made, the more corrupt their insides would become. The day of their collapse would only come sooner.
Unfortunately, Xue Changfeng’s father had his own thoughts of this, and no one could change his mind. Xue Changfeng had even angered his father because of this matter, and his second brother had used this opportunity to send him here in an attempt to get him killed. Neither his father nor mother intervened.
As Xue Changfeng kept talking, Long Chen learned that the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom had an absolutely shocking secret, one that even Xue Changqing hadn’t known about. Apparently, the kingdom had an exceedingly ancient and mysterious god contract. The monarch was the one who controlled this god contract, and the descendants of the monarch would also gain a portion of this god contract’s power.
Xue Changfeng had actually been unaware of this secret at first. But once his eldest brother died, his own power instantly surged, raising his suspicions. He investigated using every method at his disposal, and when he found out, he was utterly shocked.
As for Long Chen, he was also dumbfounded to hear this. The Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom truly was monstrous. In other words, if Xue Changfeng died, the portion of karmic luck he had would be divided between the king, queen, and Xue Changying. No wonder his parents hadn’t been particularly keen on keeping him alive.
Xue Changfeng had actually avoided training hard, precisely in order to survive. He had made himself seem like no threat to his second brother, Xue Changying. However, these people had still raised their butcher’s blade against him. Perhaps from the moment he was born, his fate had been sealed. He and his big brother were only stepping stones for Xue Changying. The latter was definitely the most talented of the three of them. He was the strongest, and with things as they stood, he would definitely be the next king.
Long Chen knew of several other countries allied with the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom that faced similar situations. Although they were all powerful, they were clearly afraid of a behemoth like Lord Brahma. This alliance was just to protect themselves, or perhaps to give them courage. But if Lord Brahma truly decided to make a move against the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom, all those allies would likely hide away immediately instead of making any sort of stand.
The king of the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom was a true triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign. After all, the entire nation’s karmic luck was concentrated onto him, and he had the god contract to help him. His power was absolutely unfathomable. In addition, he was extremely cautious. He never left the nation, because he was backed by the formation inside the nation. As long as he was inside, no one could touch him. If that king was replaced by someone loyal to Long Chen...
Long Chen considered it for a moment, then told Xue Changfeng to hand over essence blood so he could refine a Spirit Enlightenment Pill.
Xue Changfeng had held back his true potential in order to protect himself. But his foundation was exceptionally solid. The main issue was his Bloodfiend Qi, which had boundless resentment mixed in. There was no way around it—his cultivation ground had been prepared by Xue Changying. Despite knowing that this energy would harm him, he had no choice but to train there. Even though his own spirit and methods of cultivation allowed him to purify the Bloodfiend Qi to an extent, it was nowhere near enough.
The Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom could be considered an important pawn to Long Chen. If he controlled the kingdom, he could then use their so-called alliance to move around more freely.
Not long after, Xue Changfeng consumed a custom-made Spirit Enlightenment Pill and began meditating. Meanwhile, Long Chen came out and welcomed all the disciples that Xue Changfeng had brought with him. He said as thanks for the gifts, they would be allowed to train in the Full Moon Grand Formation.
This Full Moon Grand Formation was the result of the ceremony that Li Yixuan and the others had carried out for Long Chen. A great deal of excess divine energy had been sealed inside for other people to use. The Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom’s disciples couldn’t absorb much at all, but it would help them somewhat. More importantly, though, Long Chen was doing this to give Xue Changfeng a chance to soar.
For the same purpose, Long Chen also allowed Xue Changfeng to experience his personal training methods once he woke up from meditation. Namely, he tossed the prince into the Seven Treasure Space, and once the latter was crushed enough times, Long Chen showed him his understanding of the Sword Daos of Yue Zifeng, Mu Qingyun, Zi Nuo, and the others.
Having consumed the Spirit Enlightenment Pill, Xue Changfeng did not disappoint Long Chen. The rust he had covered himself with flaked off, revealing a razor-sharp edge.
When Xue Changfeng came out of seclusion, Long Chen told Li Yixuan to send him back to the Bloodfiend Divine Kingdom with hundreds of Full Moon Sect disciples as thanks for the gifts.
He was just looking at the delegation vanishing into the distance when he saw Zheng Wenlong running towards him.
“Long Chen, something’s happened in the first academy!”