After the battlefield was cleaned up, Long Chen examined everyoneâs injuries. It went without saying that this battle had been extremely fierce.
Although they had all undergone complete tempering before advancing to Meridian Opening, it was still difficult for them to battle Xiantian experts.
But luckily, there hadnât been that many enemies. They had only been ten times the Dragonblood Legion. If it had been more, Long Chen wouldnât have dared let them take this risk.
The death of any one of his brothers would cause him great grief. But there was no way around this. They had to take advantage of this opportunity.
The cultivation bases and numbers of their enemies had been perfectly at the limit of what the Dragonblood Legion could handle. If there had been more enemies, there would have been terrible casualties.
Their enemies had been just strong enough and the perfect number to give the Dragonblood Legion the best tempering. Too strong and they wouldnât be able to handle them. Too few and there wouldnât be any pressure or feeling of death.
The most gratifying thing was that not a single person had died. Reality was just this cruel. Long Chen had no choice but to make everyone go through this danger.
However, if they didnât take this risk this time, the Dragonblood Legionâs power would be thrown behind. Next time when they had to face enemies, it would be even more dangerous.
Long Chenâs own cultivation speed was too fast. If he continued like this, the Dragonblood warriors wouldnât be able to keep up with him. They wouldnât be able to fight shoulder to shoulder with him.
He understood each Dragonblood warrior. They were all hot-blooded warriors who would rather die on the battlefield than be abandoned, discarded, and thrown away. That was their own dignity.
Long Chen also had never had any thoughts about abandoning them. So the only choice was for them to take on trials and dangers with him.
Those who had been injured would be fully healed in just three days after consuming Long Chenâs personally refined healing pills.
Long Chen had everyone go rest. As for the mines? Fuck, if anyone could find the mines anymore, then they could go steal from them if they wanted to. Long Chen really had to admire himself.
The entire mining region had been destroyed. Who could find the entrance to the mines? Let alone the Xuantian Dao Sectâs mines, even two neighboring mines had been buried.
But it wasnât so important. The black gold ore was almost depleted; thus, no one had any hope toward that elusive Phoenix Blood Black Gold. As for the miners, they only worked part-time nowadays. During the past few days, there hadnât been any mining at all, so there was no one buried underground. And so, the mines could just be left buried. This way, they also didnât need to worry about being attacked for the mines.
The original buildings had been destroyed now, so everyone could only live in tents. Within a certain tent, Zhou Kun lay on the ground, his eyes closed and blood pouring out of his seven orifices. His face was an unhealthy yellow color, and his aura was incredibly weak.
âLong Chen, can you save the district chief? If this continues, he might die!â The elder who had once threatened Long Chen begged him for help now.
This elder was bewildered. Zhou Kunâs cultivation base was the highest here, but then why was he the one to receive the heaviest injuries now?
âI could.â Long Chen rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
âReally? Great! Hurry and heal him!â
âThe problem is, why should I save him?â
The elder almost died from rage. âWeâre all members of the same sect here! How can you just watch as someone dies?â
âHow can I just watch as someone dies? I really have to admire you. Just how did you manage to make your skin so thick? When we were facing those Corrupt enemies, you all just hid in here like tortoises. Why didnât you think of such sanctimony at that time?â snorted Long Chen.
âThat wasâŚâ
The elder was speechless. At this time, Meng Qi suddenly sighed, âLong Chen, let it go. After all, weâre all members of the same sect. At this time, we should be united against outer enemies.â
âRight, right, this ladyâs words are entirely correct. We should be united!â cried the elder.
Long Chen sneered and didnât say anything. Meng Qi walked over and examined Zhou Kun. âThe district chiefâs cultivation base is high, but his Spiritual Strength is too weak. He definitely must have tried using his Spiritual Strength to examine the battle, and as a result, he didnât retract his spiritual energy in time and received a backlash to his soul.â
The elderâs heart shook. Meng Qi was correct. The Zhou family didnât have any talent when it came to Spiritual Strength. As for Zhou Kun, his Spiritual Strength was famed for being weak.
He didnât question her words at all. However, he couldnât understand why Zhou Kun would use his Spiritual Strength that way. Perhaps only he knew.
âBut then how can you save him?â asked the elder. After all, Zhou Kun was their leader. They had to rely on him for everything.
Although the elder was also a member of the Zhou family, he hadnât been given knowledge about many things. Also, Zhou Kun hadnât passed anything to him, so it was all too easy for him to mess up. That was why he was so anxious now.
âAh, fine. Iâll sacrifice a portion of my Spiritual Strength to help heal his soul,â sighed Meng Qi.
âWhat?! Who do you think he is? Heâs not worthy of you sacrificing your Spiritual Strength. Have you gone stupid?!â Long Chen raged, his expression completely changing.
âLong Chen, you have to pay more attention to the big picture. Temporarily put down this enmity of yours,â said Meng Qi.
Long Chen snorted with rage and left.
Seeing this, Meng Qi said to the elder, âHelp protect me. Donât let anyone disturb me. Iâll heal the district chiefâs injuries.â
Two hours later, Meng Qi left Zhou Kunâs tent. When she returned to the Dragonblood Legionâs area, Long Chen was already laughing, coming out of his tent. His previous anger had disappeared.
âHow was it? Did you get it?â he asked.
âYou really are a scoundrel. That act of yours was so real that I even thought you got angry,â said Meng Qi.
âHehe, quick, get in. Tell me, what are they up to?â
Long Chen pulled Meng Qi into his tent. Tang Wan-er was also present. After resting for a while, Tang Wan-er was no longer as pale as before.
âThis Zhou Kun really did have a plot. Long Chen, you really were smart. You even thought of such a plan.â Meng Qi looked at Long Chen and sighed.
âHehe, overpraise, overpraise!â Long Chen laughed mischievously. When it came to handling bad people, he always had many cons.
Zhou Kun had truly been schemed against by Long Chen. When the shockwaves from Tang Wan-er and the Corrupt Celestialâs attacks had reached him, Long Chen had directly used his Spiritual Strength to force Zhou Kun into a slumber.
But Long Chen hadnât expected Zhou Kunâs Spiritual Strength to be so weak. This move of his had almost dispersed his soul.
Luckily, bad people always had the protection of the heavens. He hadnât died. So Long Chen had come up with an act with Meng Qi, having Meng Qi go save him.
Yes, she was to save him. But at the same time, Meng Qi had used a secret technique to rifle through Zhou Kunâs memories.
This was different from soulsearch. It required the target to not have the slightest bit of resistance at all and a comparatively long time to do. That was why Meng Qi had wasted two hours in order to obtain the information that she wanted.
At the same time, she had implanted some memories in him, memories that said that back then, he had used his Spiritual Strength to probe Tang Wan-er and the Corrupt Celestialâs battle. As a result, he had been heavily injured.
As for why he would do something so stupid, that was his own problem. In any case, once he woke up, he would definitely remember that he had done that stupid thing, which had resulted in this. That was enough.
âLong Chen, perhaps weâve really fallen into a huge trap this time,â said Meng Qi worriedly.
âItâs fine. I was aware of that. But to raise the Dragonblood Legion, we had no choice but to enter the trap. Otherwise, the Dragonblood Legion would require a long time to stabilize their foundations, and only then could they advance. But we donât have enough time for that,â said Long Chen helplessly.
How could he not know this was a trap? But he had no choice.
âThe Zhou family intentionally leaked the information that youâve come to the chaos region to the Corrupt path. From Zhou Kunâs memories, I also learned that their attacks wonât stop here, nor will that Celestial today be the only one. In fact, the attack today was entirely not within their plans. They were supposed to gather multiple groups before giving us a thunderous strike.
âFurthermore, behind this matter is also the Pill Tower. Although Zhou Kun isnât aware of the whole plan, he has had interactions with the Zhou familyâs experts, and they implied their intentions. The Zhou family originally had enmity with you. Now they can even get a favor from the Pill Towerâs Huo family, and they are using the blades of the Corrupt path. They donât even have to get their own hands dirty to cut you down.
âThen when the time comes, theyâll announce that the mine was sneak attacked, and all the ore in the mine was stolen. Then that âstolenâ black gold ore will enter the Zhou familyâs pockets. It is truly a marvelous scheme,â sighed Meng Qi. She was extremely shocked by this plot.
But Long Chenâs expression was extremely calm. He wasnât at all surprised by this kind of trap. He asked, âHow much did Zhou Kun know?â
âHe doesnât have much information about the Corrupt path. All he knew was that they wonât just send one Celestial. They want to kill us in one, sudden strike. However, according to his expectations, the attack should have come between half a month to a month from now. As for these fellows today, they were a complete accident,â said Meng Qi.
âNot just one? Half a month to a month from now? Hehe, not bad, not bad. Theyâre giving us a lot of valuable time.â Long Chen smiled. âTwo days from now, Iâll bring all the members of the Dragonblood Legion away from here. As for Meng Qi, you focus on refining the Heavenly Dao Fruit, and Wan-er will protect you.â
âYouâre going to leave? Could it beâŚ?â
âYes. Youâve also seen that the Dragonblood warriors have already steadied their auras after this battle. In truth, theyâve long since reached the peak of Meridian Opening. I had them suppress their cultivation bases, not letting them advance, but now Iâm prepared to give them the Heaven Advancing Pills. Theyâll be able to advance perfectly to the Xiantian realm. In other words, once we return⌠hehe, weâll give those Corrupt experts a nice surprise.â Long Chen laughed.
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er looked at each other. If all the Dragonblood Legion advanced to the Xiantian realm, then they would be a pack of wolves and tigers. Who could possibly defeat them?