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Luo Ning stuck her tongue out at Luo Bing, but she was grateful. The Luo familyâs familial teachings were very strict. She had almost committed a grave crime.
âLong Chen, I apologize, but the Luo familyâs matters really canât be exposed to outsiders. Please forgive us,â said Luo Bing.
âItâs fine. Thatâs completely understandable. In any case, weâre now firm allies. We can face the Chu family together,â said Long Chen.
He knew that he couldnât rush the matter with his mother. Luo Bing and Luo Ning couldnât just trust him to the point of telling him such things.
If his mother really was the Luo family headâs daughter, then she should at least be safe. It was his fatherâs fate that was more worrisome. But there was nothing he could do about it in his current state.
âSince weâre allies, I have to warn you. Chu Kuang is not easy to deal with. Itâs not just him. Many parts of the academy have the Chu familyâs influence soaked into them. The God Instituteâs higher-ups in particular have the Chu familyâs people,â said Luo Bing.
âReally? The High Firmament Academy simply allows the Chu family to stretch their claws into their management?â Long Chen couldnât help frowning. Was the dean of the academy an idiot?
âThe waters of the High Firmament Academy run very deep. No one is actually clear on its true power. As for the dean, he hasnât revealed his face in thousands of years. He has always been an unfathomable existence. Furthermore, the interior of the academy seems to be in disorder. No one knows what the higher-ups are thinking by not dealing with it. In any case, the Chu familyâs influence in the academy is very strong. But even we are unsure just how far their claws stretch,â said Luo Bing.
If the Chu family is so powerful here, arenât you at a great disadvantage fighting him in the academy?â asked Long Chen.
âThe Luo family are mortal enemies with the Chu family. Wherever the Chu familyâs disciples appear, the Luo familyâs people will appear as well. This is an enmity with no rest. Within the academy, everything must be done according to the rules, so even the Chu family doesnât dare to break them. If they are caught, there will only be trouble for them. Anyway, the Luo family also has some power within the academy, so itâs not a one-sided battle. We play this game according to the rules. Once an opportunity is grasped, one side will devour the other sideâs pieces. Just now, the two of us were almost devoured due to our carelessness,â sighed Luo Bing. This time had truly been dangerous. They had been too careless.
Chu Kuang had truly concealed himself well, acting brainlessly arrogant just to make them underestimate him. He was like a viper waiting for a moment to strike and kill his prey.
Long Chen nodded. The Luo and Chu familiesâ enmity had already reached the point that it was part of their blood and soul. There was no rest until death. If the Luo family retreated from the academy, it would be like admitting defeat. It was due to this that the Luo family continued to lie in wait in the High Firmament Academy for an opportunity to strike back despite their inferior position here.
âYou were all tricked by Chu Kuang. With your power, there is a huge gap compared to him. He has always been disguising himself as a pig to eat the tiger,â said Long Chen.
Luo Bing nodded. âItâs true. No one had thought that Chu Kuang would be so powerful when he went all-out. The two of us would probably be unable to last even ten moves against him.â
âNo, youâre wrong. He did not reveal his full power today,â said Long Chen.
Luo Bing and Luo Ning were both startled. Even with that much power, it wasnât all of Chu Kuangâs power?
âToday, Chu Kuang revealed at most seventy percent of his full power. It might even be less than that. Although I really look down on him, I must admit that heâs strong. Heâs also crafty. I even intentionally used the Heavenly Flame seed to provoke him into revealing his full power, but he still refused,â said Long Chen.
Just how great was Long Chenâs battle experience? He had been keeping track of just how much Chu Kuang had been holding back. This fellow truly knew how to endure. He was not a wild idiot like he appeared to be normally.
âIf he really held back that much, then only ninety percent of his power would have been enough to suppress the Heavenly Flame seed. He might even be able to capture it. Why did he run?â asked Luo Ning.
Long Chen smiled and didnât say anything. Inside, he thought that if Chu Kuang really dared to use ninety percent of his power, then he might not be able to escape afterward with his remaining energy.
âHe truly is powerful. Shouldnât we inform the family that we need reinforcements?â Luo Ning looked at Luo Bing.
Luo Bing shook her head. âThis generationâs registration has already ended. The academyâs rules are set in stone, so they wonât be accepting more disciples until the next generation. If we asked to use other channels to get the geniuses of the family in, the family head would definitely reject it. He will not permit something that will tarnish the familyâs face.â
Long Chen couldnât help curling his mouth. The Luo family clearly didnât want to use a backchannel. For example, something like what he had done, becoming a worker just to become a disciple. They would consider that embarrassing.
âLong Chen, donât misunderstandâŚâ Luo Bing instantly realized what Long Chen was thinking. He had been in a rush and had used an unorthodox method to enter the academy.
âItâs fine. Iâve never cared about something like status. There are no shortcuts to the path of cultivation, and there is no higher or lower path. As for me, I donât do things like slapping my own face to make it look bigger.â Long Chen shook his head.
Long Chen did not fully approve of the Luo family headâs methods. Arrogance was not something to show to others; it was something to keep within you. Those who assumed an air of arrogance were always viewed by Long Chen to be concealing their own feelings of inferiority.
âThen what do we do? We canât beat him ourselves!â exclaimed Luo Ning worriedly.
âWe can only temporarily endure. Once we enter the inner academy, weâll link up with the other experts of the family. Then we can come up with a plan,â said Luo Bing after a momentâs thought.
âAh, thatâs right. Long Chen, donât fight Chu Kuang head-on in the future. Donât give him a chance to kill you,â warned Luo Bing suddenly.
âKill me?â Long Chen was first confused, but he then smiled. âItâs fine. He canât kill me.â
Luo Bingâs expression turned serious. âLong Chen, I know that youâre very powerful. However, you canât possibly know just how immense the Chu familyâs power is. Chu Kuang is so powerful right now. Once he enters the Divine Flame realm, he will be unrivaled in his realm and can easily fight across realms. You cannot be careless. A genius like Chu Kuang must have countless resources invested in him. Who knows how many trump cards he has? You will be at a disadvantage in a head-on fight.â
Long Chenâs power was something that Luo Bing had just witnessed. But during the fight, Long Chen hadnât dared to face Chu Kuang head-on and only dodged. Since that was the case, Luo Bing felt that Long Chen was one level weaker than Chu Kuang and might die to his hands just for face.
âAre you able to kill people during the divine competition?â Long Chen didnât reply, instead asking his own question.
âIf the opponent shouts that they concede, you must immediately stop. But if they donât say anything, killing them will only result in a light punishment. So Iâm worried that heâŚâ
âAh, then Iâm at ease.â Long Chen nodded and smiled.
Luo Bing and Luo Ning sighed with relief, mistaking that smileâs meaning. They still didnât understand the character of Boss Long San.
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