Chapter 7192 Bloody and Savage
Chapter 7192 Bloody and Savage
“Many thanks for your care, young master. Your maid did not fail to live up to your expectations!”
Miao Yin went up to Long Chen with a radiant smile. She was incredibly excited now. She had clearly gained a great deal from this advancement, even more than what it appeared.
This state of hers was infectious. Anyone else would involuntarily feel happy for her.
But Long Chen didn’t quite dare to look at her face. He discovered that Miao Yin had a kind of irresistible charm to her. It was a bit better before, but perhaps due to her advancement this time, it had an even stronger effect on him now.
“Congratulatoins!” Long Chen fixed a smile onto his face.
He didn’t dare to look at her, but if he didn’t, it would make him seem gutless, so he thickened his skin.
Miao Yin saw through Long Chen’s predicament. She couldn’t help smothering a giggle. She hadn’t expected someone as powerful as Long Chen to be capable of such an expression.
“Big sister Zi Yan, it’s all thanks to you!” Miao Yin summoned the courage to hold Zi Yan’s hand gratefully.
Zi Yan’s battle against Feng Xinglie had been of great aid to her. Zi Yan’s methods had taught her how a music cultivator should fight, and her mental realm advanced to a new level. It was thanks to this that she had managed to directly advance to the seventh Heavenstage.
Although it was just one step from the sixth Heavenstage to the seventh, this one step resulted in a massive transformation. It was an incredibly difficult step to take.
“We’re family, so there’s no need for thanks.” said Zi Yan with a smile.
Although she was getting used to Zi Yan’s teasing, Miao Yin still turned red. Long Chen was also embarrassed. Zi Yan’s character really was affected by the Heavenly Devil Zither’s merger.
“Miao Yin, you used your astral seed to condense your own astral manifestation. I want to ask, is this four beast formation something related to your sect?” Long Chen hastily changed the subject.
This change of topic let Miao Yin relax. She shook her head. “The four beast manifestation is just like my river of time. They are my own divine abilities. I awakened them myself, and they have nothing to do with the Heavenly Sound Sect. However, the Heavenly Sound Sect has many divine techniques that were the key for me to awaken my abilities. Unfortunately, the competition within the Heavenly Sound Sect is incredibly intense. It is bloody and cruel. I do not dare to show these divine abilities within the sect.”
“The Heavenly Sound Sect has an ancient legacy and can be considered a famous righteous sect, no? I didn’t think it’d be hiding such savagery.” Long Chen frowned. In that case, it sounded as if the Heavenly Sound Sect wasn’t much different from the Zither Sect.
Miao Yin’s excitement faded when the Heavenly Sound Sect was brought up. She sighed. “The sect master possesses supreme authority. She is basically an empress and can decide the fate of anyone in the sect. The Heavenly Sound Sect raises its new generation of heavenly geniuses in the same way as you would raise poison bugs. The Music Grandmaster is the new era’s poison bug queen.
“If none of us are able to beat the poison bug queen in the competition for this new generation, then our cultivation bases, our insights, our karmic luck, and our essence blood will become food for the new queen, and our bodies will be forged into the new sect master’s throne.
“When the new generation bug queen’s throne is complete, she will become the new sect master. The old sect master will abdicate and hand over her throne. The new generation queen will then merge with the new and old thrones, instantly catapulting her to the very pinnacle. Then the life and death of everyone within the Heavenly Sound Sect is decided by her will.”
Both Long Chen and Zi Yan were shocked by this explanation. They hadn’t expected the competition in the Heavenly Sound Sect to be so savage. This was far worse than the Zither Sect! Even the Music Maestros were only nourishment for the new queen. That was rather monstrous!
“But your soul is intact. Are you saying that you are still under the control of the Heavenly Music Sect?” asked Zi Yan curiously.
“The core disciples all undergo the divine blessing of the sect. This divine blessing is actually a kind of karmic luck contract. However, this blessing is also a kind of curse. Unless a person’s power exceeds the sum of everyone else within the Heavenly Sound Sect, and is also capable of suppressing the karmic luck stored up by the sect over hundreds of millions of years, then their life and death is still decided by a whimsy from the sect master.”
Long Chen and Zi Yan’s expressions both changed when they heard that. In that case, couldn’t Miao Yin be taken hostage by the Heavenly Sound Sect whenever they pleased?
Seeing their worry, Miao Yin smiled. “However, there are rules to this contract as well. Even the current sect master cannot go against them. To kill me isn’t so easy. After all, I am one of the eight Music Maestros. I have a share of the Heavenly Sound Sect’s karmic luck. Only if I betray the Heavenly Sound Sect would the sect master be willing to kill me. If she were to kill me regardless, then it would throw the sect’s karmic luck into chaos, and the backlash might just kill her. In addition, the battle for the position of Music Grandmaster is fast approaching. The karmic luck of the Heavenly Sound Sect is condensing within the eight Music Maestros, as well as the Music Grandmaster. As long as the sect master has the slightest brains, she won’t do something so foolish as to trigger a karmic luck backlash at this point!”
Hearing that, the two of them relaxed slightly. However, the feeling of having your fate in someone else’s hand was not a comfortable one.
“What is your Music Grandmaster like? Who strong is she?” asked Long Chen.
Miao Yin shook her head. “The current Music Grandmaster’s name is Li Qiushui. But she is an extremely mysterious existence. When we challenge her, we have to first beat her clone. Only by beating her clone can we challenge her true body. Unfortunately, none of the Music Maestros have ever beaten her clone. Thus, no one has ever seen her true power.”
“This Li Qiushui is that powerful?” Long Chen was stunned. But he quickly realized that when she said that no one had beaten her clone, it was most likely because the four Music Maestros had been hiding their trump cards.
After all, anyone who beat her clone would immediately draw her attention. That was not beneficial to their development.
According to Miao Yin, a competition within the same generation of disciples would not affect the sect’s karmic luck. In other words, Li Qiushui was free to kill whoever she wanted.
In that case, the challenges towards her were simply an act while they accumulated enough power to beat her in one go.
The real battle was a group battle. It was not just each side fighting individually. The Music Maestros would recruit subordinates to fight alongside them. This was a test not simply of individual strength, but of their leadership qualities.
“Little sister, don’t worry. The number one legion of the world will be your backer! There is no chance you will lose!” Zi Yan smiled warmly.
Long Chen also smiled. The Dragonblood warriors were currently spread throughout the major dragon races and each being their own “dragon king.” Once they reunited, Long Chen couldn’t even imagine what kind of scene would play out.
“Reporting to the dean, there is an envoy that claims to be from the Heavenly Sound Sect that wishes to see you!”
Just then, a voice rang out that made the three of them exchange a look. They couldn’t help finding this odd. Why would the Heavenly Sound Sect come here now?