Chapter 7193 Intimidation
Chapter 7193 Intimidation
Within the main palace, Long Chen sat on the central throne with Zi Yan and Miao Yin standing by his side. The eight Flag Bearers and one hundred sixty young heavenly geniuses formed two lines along the path.
There was not one member of the senior generation here; they were all heavenly geniuses of the new era. Although they were not releasing their auras, there was a strong murderous air present. After all, these were all experts forged through blood and fire. In fact, the one hundred sixty disciples present were all strong enough to compete for the position of Flag Bearer. They could be considered the most elite of the eight million warriors.
The sound of footsteps echoed as a group of people walked in. At the front was a beautiful young woman. Unfortunately, her beauty was shrouded by the supreme arrogance that cloaked her from head to toe. Beside her were two white-haired elders, both of whom seemed to have touched the Heavenly Sovereign realm. However, despite their power, they were acting subservient. They followed this woman like servants. Yet although they were respectful towards her, they didn’t even look at Long Chen and the others.
Behind the three of them were dozens of young disciples, both men and women, all experts of the new era. The moment they walked into the hall, all of them acted as if the entire world was beneath them. However, once they were inside, even though they continued to act indifferent and at ease, a close look revealed that the hair on the back of their necks had risen, selling out their inner thoughts. Clearly, the murderous air radiating from the academy’s disciples made them feel a sense of immense pressure.
The woman’s gaze swept over the eight Flag Bearers apathetically. She then looked at Zi Yan and Miao Yin, and when her gaze reached the latter, a very subtle hint of jealousy appeared in her eyes. She controlled her emotions very well, however. If Long Chen had not advanced to the ninth Heavenstage, causing the senses of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art to grow even sharper, he wouldn’t have even noticed this reaction.
Long Chen nodded inside. The Heavenly Sound Sect truly had a thick foundation. Such good control over her emotions definitely had to be related to whatever cultivation technique she was using.
Finally, her gaze turned to Long Chen. When she saw Long Chen in person, her eyes lit up. This legendary genius was even younger and more handsome than she had imagined. In particular, his eyes seemed as pure as the starry sky. It was hard to imagine that this handsome young man was a ferocious devil whose hands were stained with the blood of innumerable beings.
“The Heavenly Sound Sect’s Music Maestro Ling Yun greets Dean Long Chen!”
The woman spoke courteously, but she did not bow or cup her hands at all. It seemed that she felt like bowing to Long Chen would be a loss of status to her.
“Hello. Now, since you’ve greeted me, you can scram!” said Long Chen indifferently.
His voice was not loud, but contained an unquestionable power behind it that made Ling Yun and the others’ hearts quiver.
Just as Ling Yun appeared, Miao Yin told Long Chen that while she was technically a Music Maestro, she was actually a minor Music Maestro.
The Heavenly Sound Sect had four major Music Maestros who were qualified to challenge the position of Music Grandmaster. As for the four minor Music Maestros, they were subordinates of the major ones and only qualified to compete for those positions. Thus, there were actually eight Music Maestros, and Ling Yun was technically Miao Yin’s subordinate. In other words, she could challenge Miao Yin at any time, and if she succeeded, she would seize everything that Miao Yin possessed and become the major Music Maestro.
Compared to Miao Yin, Ling Yun came from a much higher background. She was from a famous clan from the primal chaos era. When the new era came, her clan immediately started rising and became a firm supporter for her. With her clan supporting her, Ling Yun immediately wanted to challenge Miao Yin. However, she had yet to receive approval from the sect master, so things had stalled until now. And now, her main competitor had become someone else’s maid. This was a heavy blow to her pride.
Furthermore, even though Miao Yin was Long Chen’s maid, she had not lost her position as a Music Maestro, and she still had the karmic luck that came with this position. Naturally, Ling Yun wanted to seize that karmic luck. It was, after all, her ticket for competing against the Music Grandmaster. Although the price of failure was frightening, if she did succeed, she would bring immense glory and profit to her entire clan.
When he saw her attitude, Long Chen truly understood the Heavenly Sound Sect’s style of raising disciples. Every disciple would rather die in a blazing glory than live a mediocre life. As the weaker disciples died, their power was devoured to strengthen the survivors. It might be savage, but ultimately, most of the resources spent raising them were recovered when they died, and the karmic luck that each of them was blessed with would be taken by their killer. In the end, the final winner would reap a giant harvest.
According to Miao Yin, the battles for the position of Music Maestro, as well as for the position of Music Grandmaster, all had to be conducted within the Heavenly Sound Sect’s spatial world. In that case, it was understandable why the Heavenly Sound Sect didn’t mind the Music Maestros recruiting followers from outside the sect. Whatever they had would end up belonging to the Heavenly Sound Sect.
Speaking of followers, one of the reasons Ling Yun was so arrogant was the presence of these two backers who had touched the Heavenly Sovereign realm. She had the capital to be arrogant.
However, this capital was clearly insufficient in front of Long Chen. She wanted to show off, but Long Chen didn’t give her a chance before directly kicking her out. After all, Long Chen was not famous for being a pushover, and neither did he have the habit of letting people do whatever they wanted in front of him. At his level, if he had to be patient with every random cat and dog, what would be the point of all his cultivation?
Ling Yun’s face reddened. She hadn’t expected Long Chen to be so rude. “You...”
One of the elders behind her couldn’t help glaring at Long Chen. “Dean Long Chen, we represent the Heavenly Sound Sect!”
“Scram!” Long Chen suddenly shouted, his voice like rolling thunder. It was mixed with a dragon roar and supreme Sovereign might.
Ling Yun and the others were struck head-on by a terrifying sound wave and sent flying. They rolled all the way out of the gates. One elder had protected Ling Yun and blocked most of the power in her stead, and he immediately vomited blood.
“Grand Dao power... how can that be?!”
His expression completely changed. Having touched the Heavenly Sovereign realm, he instantly realized that this roar contained the power of the Grand Dao.
The other disciples struggled up. All of them were pale. That one roar had almost made their souls dissipate! If it hadn’t been for the two elders at the front blocking most of the shockwave, they would be dead. They were terrified, and all their arrogance went right out the window.
As for the two elders, they were even more shocked. Long Chen was far more terrifying than the legends described him! They had always thought that those rumors were exaggerated. They assumed that those experts he had killed that had touched the Heavenly Sovereign realm were fakes who had been forcibly uplifted to that realm, or who simply claimed that they had in order to uphold the face of their sects. There was no way those people were true experts like them.
Now, they were realizing that they had severely misjudged things. The two of them exchanged a look, then indicated to Ling Yun not to be rash. Otherwise, they would not live to leave the High Firmament Academy.
Ling Yun’s expression was ugly, but she acknowledged the message. She took a deep breath and her expression instantly grew serene. She got up, walked up to the palace gates, and bowed respectfully.
“Disciple Ling Yun greets Dean Long Chen!”