Chapter 650: Heavenly Wind Empire
Long Chen still remembered where Huangfu Fengchen’s study was, as well as the side palace where he had stayed. Long Chen was now much stronger than most of the Huangfu family’s guards, so no one noticed him. Relying on his memory, he reached Huangfu Fengchen’s study, but to his disappointment, there was no one inside.
He looked in the surrounding area and found no one else nearby.
Long Chen left the place and spent almost an hour checking the entire estate. He searched everywhere except for the house in the middle of the lake, where the mysterious woman resided. He failed to find Huangfu Yu, but he did manage to find his father, Huangfu Fengyun. Unfortunately, Huangfu Fengyun was not someone Long Chen could defeat in an instant, so he didn’t attack him.
He must be at the house in the middle of the lake. I haven’t settled our debt from last time. I will make him pay today. Long Chen decided to sit in the study and wait for Huangfu Yu to return.
Four hours later, the time finally came. It was already dark, but Long Chen used Sight and saw someone stumbling into the study. Huangfu Yu’s face was blushed and he looked drained. Even his gait was uneven, and his expression showed that he was still in a trance. Long Chen smelled the scent of wine on Huangfu Yu.
Huangfu Yu is not a bad cultivator, but his body has been drained by both wine and sex at such a young age. Did he have fun with the mysterious woman? Long Chen smiled.
Huangfu Yu was exhausted, making it the perfect opportunity to suppress him. Huangfu Yu stumbled into the study room and closed the door. Unfortunately, he failed to sense that Long Chen was waiting for him.
It took him some time before Huangfu Yu finally sensed another presence in the room. His hair stood up in shock when he turned around and saw Long Chen.
“Long-”Huangfu Yu’s eyes were wide with shock. He was about to shout when Long Chen disappeared right before his eyes. Suddenly, Huangfu Yu felt a large impact on his abdomen. Huangfu Yu curled up in pain as Long Chen had minced his intestines.
He couldn’t even shout, because Long Chen held his mouth tight. Long Chen then used his knee to kick Huangfu Yu’s abdomen again. The pain made him shout, but Long Chen’s grip on his mouth was firm. No matter how much he struggled, he failed to escape Long Chen’s grip.
Huangfu Yu almost passed out from the burning sensation in his abdomen. It felt like a thousand knives had eviscerated him.
Just then, Long Chen grabbed Huangfu Yu’s head and lifted him up. He glared at Huangfu Yu and stated clearly, “Look into my eyes.”
“Eyes … Eyes …?” Huangfu Yu was weaker than Long Chen to begin with. Coupled with his injury and dazed condition, Long Chen’s Control easily penetrated Huangfu Yu’s mind, allowing him to control his thoughts. Long Chen relaxed a little after Control worked on Huangfu Yu.
Long Chen sighed when he looked at the useless Huangfu Yu.
To think that in just a month or two, he had easily overtaken Huangfu Yu by leagues.
“Who’s the woman in the house in the middle of the lake?” Long Chen asked.
“Lady Xuan.” Huangfu Yu had no idea what was coming out of his mouth at this point.
Long Chen had never heard that name before.
“What’s her position? How strong is she?” Long Chen had a lot of time, so he could get a lot of information.
“Lady Xuan belongs to the noble Wind Clan of the Heavenly Wind Empire. The Huangfu family is but a branch family of the Wind Clan. Lady Xuan should be at the Fourth Earthly Martial Realm or higher, but I’m not sure.”
The Heavenly Wind Empire should be one of the Ten Divine Empires. I need to learn more about them and the clans from Long Shan later. Long Chen never thought that the Huangfu family was but a branch family of the Wind Clan. This meant that the Huangfu family held considerable strength and control in the Heavenly Wind Empire.
To think that a simple branch family from another empire could become one of the strongest factions here at the Divine Martial Empire.
But … The Huangfu family has been here for a long time and yet there’s no movement from the main family. Maybe most of the people in the main family don’t know about the existence of the Huangfu family.
Long Chen memorized what Huangfu Yu had said before asking, “Did Lady Xuan make you the new patriarch? Where is Huangfu Fengchen and his family?”
Huangfu Yu answered with no hesitation, “Huangfu Fengchen has been crippled by Lady Xuan and exiled to a small city called Lingering Wind City.”
“Crippled?” Long Chen’s breathing turned heavy. Huangfu Fengchen was at the Third Earthly Martial Stage. Being crippled and turned into a regular man meant that he had a substantial grudge with Lady Xuan. One had to remember that he was once the patriarch of the Huangfu family!
“Why did Lady Xuan do that?” Long Chen was already gnashing his teeth.
“It’s because Lady Xuan wanted him to have sex with her, but he refused. Then I was given the opportunity instead.” Huangfu Yu didn’t even think his answers were despicable since he was under the influence of Control.
All of this just because of coitus?
Lady Xuan is not only strong, she’s also very temperamental. People like her are the worst to deal with. Long Chen wanted to do nothing but kill Lady Xuan right now, but he knew he was still weaker than her if she could cripple Huangfu Fengchen so easily.
Long Chen needed to go to Lingering Wind City as soon as possible to find Huangfu Fengchen. Revenge could wait, and Long Chen could come back and kill Lady Xuan later.
After he made up his mind, he removed Control over Huangfu Yu.
Huangfu Yu gradually woke up with no recollection of what had transpired in the past few minutes. He woke up with Long Chen’s palm on the top of his head.
“Long Chen, you dare injure me? I am the Huangfu family’s-”
But he didn’t finish his sentence because Long Chen tore his head off. Blood sprayed everywhere, and Huangfu Yu’s body slumped to the ground while he held Huangfu Yu’s head in his hands.
“What a weak neck.”
Long Chen tossed Huangfu Yu’s head away. Initially, he only wanted to snap Huangfu Yu’s neck, but the guy’s neck was so weak that it just snapped in half.
It was also partly due to Long Chen’s anger, which caused him to lose control of his own strength.
Huangfu Yu had never thought that he would die in Long Chen’s hands just as things were going smoothly for him.
“Good job, Big Brother,” Mo Xiaolang said from the Primordial Realm.
“Yeah.” Long Chen nodded and used Sight to leave the Huangfu family’s estate.
“Are you going to Lingering Wind City to find Huangfu Qi and her family?” Mo Xiaolang asked.
Long Chen was certain that the information was accurate since he had used Control.
Long Chen nodded. “Huangfu Fengchen’s dantian is probably crippled, and Qi Qi might be injured. I’d completely forgotten about her because of how angry I was. Let’s go find them. And if we can, let’s take them to the Battle clan for their safety.”
Long Chen returned to Huangfu City and found the old man from the Red Souls once more. The old man caught a whiff of blood on Long Chen. “Seventh Master, have you killed someone?”
“Yeah. I killed Huangfu Yu, that bitch.”
“Huangfu Yu?” The old man took a sharp breath and dared not look at Long Chen directly. Long Chen’s reputation was very well-known by now.
To think the current patriarch of the Huangfu family, Huangfu Yu, had been killed by Long Chen so easily.
“Seventh Master, what happened there?”
“The mysterious lady is called Lady Xuan. She crippled Huangfu Fengchen and exiled him to Lingering Wind City. I think she wants him to live there for the rest of his life. Lady Xuan is at the Fourth Earthly Martial Realm or higher. We now have another cultivator at the Fourth Earthly Martial Realm, so you must warn Long Yue and the others. I need to go to Lingering Wind City now.”
The old man nodded after hearing his orders.
“It’s such a shame that the hero Huangfu Fengchen has been crippled by that mysterious woman. I fear that the Divine Martial Empire will undergo massive changes now that we have four cultivators at the Fourth Earthly Martial Realm. The Martial Overlord, Senior Long Shan, the Ancient Demon Corpse, and now this mysterious Lady Xuan.” The old man sighed.
“Also, can you tell me where Lingering Wind City is?” Long Chen asked.
“Seventh Master, please wait just a moment.”
The old man took out a map from his Universe Pouch and pointed at a far corner. “This is Lingering Wind City. It’s a small city with very poor resources. You should be able to get there in five days.”