Chapter 674: Zhao Danchen’s Transformation
What Long Chen said was a possible problem.
If Feng Xuan learned that Huangfu Qi was here, she would never let them live.
Huangfu Fengchen fell into deep thought. Now that Huangfu Qi was safe, they had to think about the future. After Huangfu Fengchen lost all his strength, what he wanted most was a peaceful life. However, that did not seem possible with Huangfu Qi here.
Long Chen said, “Uncle Chen, I have a suggestion.”
“Tell me,” said Huangfu Fengchen.
Long Chen said directly, “Qi Qi has reached the Ninth Passage Stage. She has three Heavenly Wind Veins in her body, and after bathing in the Heavenly Phoenix’s blood, you know how much potential she holds. She will reach the Earthly Martial Realm soon, and her cultivation will surely improve very quickly.”
“Then?” asked Huangfu Fengchen.
“The Huangfu clan is your clan. It must not fall into Feng Xuan’s hands. It doesn’t matter whether Feng Xuan gets the Ancient Token or not; she will leave eventually. If you can’t bear to see the Huangfu clan become a mess, you must return to recoup the family.”
“Me? I have lost my cultivation; I don’t have the right to do that,” said Huangfu Fengchen with a bitter smile.“But Qi Qi can. It won’t be long before she surpasses you. With the support from my brothers in the Dragon clan, she will surely be able to be the head of the family when Feng Xuan and Zhao Danchen are out of the picture. Of course, you will be supporting her from the back,” said Long Chen.
Huangfu Fengchen understood Long Chen’s intentions.
“But how will we return to the clan with Feng Xuan still here?”
“Leave that to me,” said Long Chen with great confidence in his eyes!
“Alright! What should we do now, then?” Huangfu Fengchen was also a very decisive person. He knew that for the sake of his daughter and his clan, he could not stay in this place for the rest of his life.
“I will return to the Battle clan now to check on them. I have no choice but to bring you guys to prevent Zhao Danchen or Feng Xuan from holding you hostage. When the danger in the Divine Martial Empire is resolved, you guys can go wherever you want,” said Long Chen.
He was doing this for their safety.
The final battle was coming. Long Chen did not want more unnecessary problems to arise due to a small mistake.
Huangfu Fengchen and his wife glanced at each other. They were not idiots, so they nodded. They had no choice but to agree, for the sake of their daughter’s safety.
“Yay! Father, Mother, Big Brother and I will finally be together!” After they came to an agreement, Huangfu Qi was the happiest of them all. She was so excited that she skipped around adorably.
Soon after, Huangfu Fengchen packed up his things and was ready to go.
“Uncle Chen, I will take you guys to a secret space. This space is a secret of mine, so please do not tell anyone about it,” Long Chen said seriously.
Huangfu Fengchen smiled. “Don’t worry. I am sensible.”
Long Chen trusted Huangfu Fengchen, so he said, “Since you have already prepared your daily essentials, I’ll place you inside it. You’ll spend a few days there, then I’ll let you out once we’re at the Battle clan.”
After chatting with Huangfu Fengchen for a while, Long Chen put him and his wife in the Primordial Realm. He manipulated the mist in the Primordial Realm to put them in an independent space. The nourishing Primordial Qi inside was beneficial to Huangfu Fengchen’s injuries.
As for Huangfu Qi, she already knew that Long Chen had the Primordial Realm. She did not want to go in, but wanted Long Chen to carry her on his back.
Since she was a tiny little girl, her weight would not affect Long Chen’s speed.
“Long Chen, this is … an interesting place.” Huangfu Fengchen was a knowledgeable man, so he could tell that this was a special place and was privately shocked.
He knew that this was a space similar to a Universe Pouch, but countless times superior.
Finally, the Huangfu family’s affairs were settled. As long as Long Chen could eliminate Zhao Danchen and Feng Xuan, there would be nothing left for him to worry about in the Divine Martial Empire.
Long Chen set out for the Northern Battle clan.
It had been more than twenty days since he left them. He did not know how they were doing now.
After making sure that the three of them were fine, he embarked on his journey. When he stopped at the first city he saw, he searched for a Red Souls representative. When the representative saw Long Chen, he looked overjoyed as Long Chen had been missing for many days. The Red Souls headquarters had even sent out a message for all of them to start searching for him.
They did not expect him to come to them first.
“Seventh Master, you’re finally back! We’ve all been searching hard for you!” said the middle-aged man in black robes.
Long Chen went directly into the topic and said, “I had to do something that delayed my return. What’s the situation with the Battle clan now? I’m going there immediately.”
He was asking only for his assurance.
After hearing Long Chen, the man frowned and said, “After the Martial Overlord died, Zhao Danchen, who is now the new Martial Overlord, has become very arrogant. The Martial Alliance is closing in on us, and he is much more difficult to deal with than Zhao Wuji. Many of our brothers have been killed by them. I also heard that Zhao Danchen’s cultivation has improved significantly, and he has mastered controlling the Ancient Demon Corpse even better. I hear he wants to lead the Martial Alliance’s masters to destroy the Battle clan completely. We even heard that he was going to invite Feng Xuan, who is in the Huangfu clan, to fight alongside him because you made her suffer a huge loss. Feng Xuan went to the Battle clan in search of you once and hurt a few people to vent her anger when she couldn’t find you. In the end, she was chased away after old man Long Shan fought her with all his might.”
“Feng Xuan went to the Battle clan and even hurt people?” Long Chen’s brows were tightly furrowed.
“Many people were injured, but your siblings are still fine. They did not sacrifice themselves to stop Feng Xuan. However, Zhao Danchen wants to destroy the Dragon clan. When he invites Feng Xuan, she will surely agree!” said the black-robed man.
“When is Zhao Danchen preparing to attack?” Long Chen asked.
“Likely in a few days. Martial Overlord City is closer to the Battle clan than the Battle clan is to here. Seventh Master, you should hurry there now. Maybe you can help them. If you lose, tens of thousands of Red Souls will have nowhere to go too,” said the black-robed man, resigned.
Long Chen made a brief calculation. If Zhao Danchen was about to attack, then they had to hurry.
Long Shan’s severe injuries had not completely healed, but he had faced several major blows already. If this continued, it would cause more problems.
Based on his personality, it was indeed likely that Zhao Danchen was going to ask Feng Xuan to join him. First of all, Long Chen guessed that Zhao Danchen wanted the Five Emperor Seals more than the Ancient Token. He was not an idiot and knew his own strength well. Since going to the Ancient Graveyard was suicide, he might as well rule over the Divine Martial Empire for a few years and strengthen himself more before going there.
Therefore, he and Feng Xuan did not have a conflict of interest. Both of them were cunning and evil, so they were suited to be allies.
Of course, Feng Xuan would surely eye Zhao Danchen’s Ancient Demon Corpse too. But the Ancient Demon Corpse was not weak, and Feng Xuan likely would not want to start any problems before getting the Ancient Token.
Long Shan was originally a Fifth Earthly Martial Stage cultivator, but he only had Third Earthly Martial Stage combat abilities at the moment. Despite that, he was their strongest fighter at the moment. Now that Zhao Danchen had gotten the Martial Overlord Rings and the Martial Overlord Seal, he would naturally remove a huge threat like Long Shan.
With that thought, Long Chen immediately rushed to the Battle clan.
Mo Xiaolang was still digesting the demonic core, so Long Chen did not think he would wake up any time soon.
The final battle was likely just around the corner.
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Ancestral Mausoleum, Battle clan.
The last time Zhao Danchen had come here, he was still one of the three Martial Emperors and he only had several Martial Saints and around ten Martial Kings with him. Now pretty much the whole Martial Alliance had come here. They were standing around Zhao Danchen, and he was the highest-ranked person in the whole empire, the Martial Overlord!
After the major battles, very few masters were left in the Martial Alliance. Only a few of the ten Martial Saints remained by his side. The only remaining Martial Emperor, Xiao Lin, was completely loyal to Zhao Danchen, and he was currently managing daily affairs in Martial Overlord City.
The remaining twenty-plus Martial Kings stood behind Zhao Danchen.
Although the Martial Saints and Martial Kings were very weak to Zhao Danchen, they were not useless. After he killed the strongest members of the Dragon clan, he would need his minions to destroy the rest of the Battle clan and the Dragon clan. It was inappropriate for someone of Zhao Danchen’s status to execute such menial tasks, and he couldn’t kill large numbers of people by himself. That was why the Martial Saints and Martial Kings’ purpose was to kill the minor figures.
This was Zhao Danchen’s second time standing in front of the Ancestral Mausoleum, but he was completely different from before.
After becoming the Martial Overlord, Zhao Danchen’s aura had changed completely. He wore long, golden robes, looking more extravagant than Zhao Wuji. There was fire in his eyes and a grin on his face, as if he was completely confident in victory.
He had learned briefly about Long Shan’s abilities from Feng Xuan. The current Long Shan was no match for him.
Feng Xuan was standing not far from Zhao Danchen.
She was wearing the same getup as before. She wore a thin face veil and her clothes billowed in the wind, occasionally revealing her beautiful curves. The Martial Alliance’s Martial Saints and Martial Kings gulped as they ogled the curves of her ass.
“Zhao Danchen, did you invite me here because of such weak trash?” Feng Xuan pointed at the Battle clan with contempt.