Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 2056

following wu yue’s departure, the other experts that had come also left. some of these experts were just present to gather information for the various large sects.

only a portion had come to challenge the dragonblood legion. but with three awakened empyreans present, there was no longer a place for them to fight.

most of the challengers had left since the dragonblood legion hadn’t come out. the ones who had stayed assumed that the dragonblood legion would sooner or later come out, and today they managed to witness their power. gu yang and wu yue’s battle had been enough for them to have a whole new level of respect for the dragonblood legion. after all, someone who could fight evenly against an awakened empyrean without also being one was amazing. it meant that gu yang’s potential was extremely great.

however, when yue zifeng had fought, they had been scared stiff. he had killed an awakened empyrean in just a few moves. that was a figure who had been sealed in the ancient era, someone who might be even stronger than wu yue.

they had gained some useful information and could report back that their mission had been completed. they had no further reason to stay here.

with everyone outside leaving, the dragonblood legion returned to their abodes. they were ashamed of themselves for having been lost in the glory of their previous victory in heavenly fate island.

originally, long chen had been planning on giving a blow to the dragonblood warriors with gu yang’s defeat, but gu yang’s toughness had exceeded his expectations. if gu yang could awaken his manifestation, he would definitely be a powerful warrior.

long chen had once asked gu yang about his family, and gu yang had said that his family had gone through some kind of tribulation in the past, resulting in their inheritance being lost. as for how powerful they had once been, no one knew.

however, in any case, long chen could sense that gu yang’s bloodline energy was currently reviving. the scarlet blood spirit fish were stimulating his potential.

on the other hand, yue zifeng’s power had been within long chen’s expectations. in the previous battle, yue zifeng had wanted to use this move, but long chen had stopped him by sending others to support him. once yue zifeng started going all-out without regard for his own life, he was absolutely terrifying, to the point that even long chen got chills.

sword cultivators were famed for being the strongest offensively. there was no need to doubt this fact.

sword cultivators focused entirely on offense, thinking that as long as their attacks were strong enough, there was no need to defend. if their offense wasn’t strong enough and they switched to defense, then that would just be a dying struggle that might win them a few more seconds of life before death.

so true sword cultivators did not exchange pointers. every battle was a battle to the death.

as for that sword cultivator empyrean that had come, after saying that he wanted to exchange pointers, yue zifeng had directly said that he wasn’t a sword cultivator. that wasn’t an insult, but it was telling him that true sword cultivators did not need to fight others to prove to themselves that they were powerful.

a sword cultivator only had one opponent, and it was themselves. other than themselves, no one else was qualified to be their opponent. they needed to have this kind of belief to never slack off and break through one shackle after another until they reached the peak of the sword dao.

perhaps others didn’t understand yue zifeng, but long chen understood him very well. he understood his pride. what yue zifeng was pursuing was something that others might not be able to imagine. what he wanted was to constantly challenge himself, to use his sword to corroborate his dao, to open a brand new sword dao for himself.

long chen smiled. he knew that such words were definitely against tang wan-er’s heart, but she didn’t want to harm long chen with her jealousy.

the current state of the martial heaven continent was tense and complicated. there were powerful undercurrents in it. to protect yourself, you needed powerful connections.

long chen had a special charisma to him that could be a powerful weapon against women. although tang wan-er didn’t want long chen to end up with any more women, especially not foreign women, he needed to make connections if he wanted to stabilize himself in this new world. if he could find a good girl with a powerful background, perhaps that might give them a solid backer.

so, despite being unwilling inside, she subtly encouraged long chen for everyone.

long chen got up and held tang wan-er’s hand, softly saying, “thank you. don’t worry, i won’t be unfaithful and start sowing wild oats. i’m very happy with you by my side. only when i’m together with you am i home...”

tang wan-er hugged long chen. she couldn’t change who she was. “long chen, i...”

“you don’t need to say anything. i understand. you don’t need to change anything about yourself. if you changed, then you wouldn’t be tang wan-er. in my heart, you are irreplaceable.”

only then did tang wan-er silently cry with a smile, a burst of warmth appearing in her heart. she was particularly afraid of long chen one day finding that he no longer liked her. she felt that she was lacking the most amongst long chen’s women.

after their drinking celebration, long chen went to find yue zifeng. yue zifeng was still in the process of healing his yuan spirit.

upon seeing long chen, yue zifeng said, “boss, i want to go to the heavenly sword gate and find my master. i have a few things puzzling me that are clouding my dao-heart. i need to discuss things with him.”

“that’s a good idea. the heavenly sword gate is a holy land for sword cultivators. go. it should be of great aid to your comprehension,” said long chen.

“but i’m just worried...”

“don’t worry about it. all the large powers on the continent are currently afraid of each other. there won’t be any sudden battles. since the dragonblood legion doesn’t have to worry about fighting for now, you can go without worrying about us.”

the next day, yue zifeng set off on his own.

as for long chen, he spent a few peaceful days with meng qi, chu yao, and tang wan-er. after a few days of rest, it was time for him to set off as well.

the gathering of past and present heroes was about to start. he needed to finish up some preparations first. this gathering might end up being the gathering of the most monsters in all of history.