Long Chen's agreement made Shentu Hong wild with joy. With his status, he was actually kneeling in front of a young man, which showed his sincerity. No Hall Master would like the palace to be in their hands, and Shentu Hong was no exception.
Long Chen's appearance had become Shentu Hong's life-saving straw.
With Long Chen's approval, Shentu Hong sat back on his chair and said sincerely: "It's really not easy to be the Evil Dragon Palace Master. I've been in this position for most of my life, and I'm already very tired. If it wasn't for Feng Ruoyan forcing me, I would have found a successor long ago and passed down the position of Evil Dragon Palace Master. I used to think that it would be Jiang Qing, or my disciple Ye Zheng, but I was never satisfied.
Long Chen did not care much about these words, but according to his personality, since he had promised someone, he would definitely do it well. At this moment, he asked: "Changing Palace Master also needs to go through the procedures."
"Yes."
Shentu Hong nodded his head, paused for a moment, then continued, "First of all, I have to go to the Punishment Hall to submit an application, then the Punishment Hall will hand it over to the Martial God Palace's Law Enforcers for review. If it passes, the Punishment Hall's Elders will come and test your strength, but you don't have to worry about this, the Evil Dragon Palace is not some great palace, as long as you have the strength of the 7th level of the Divine Martial Realm, you can become the Palace Master. After the test, with the arrival of the Elders as witnesses, you will have to hold an oath ceremony, invite at least ten Palace Masters to participate, and officially take over as the Evil Dragon Palace Master. Roughly like this, you will be able to complete the handover, and also let some people in the three thousand great palaces know that the Evil Dragon Palace has changed you, Long Chen, as the Palace Master."
From Shentu Hong's words, Long Chen heard two troublesome things. He pondered for a moment and said: "The examination and the oath ceremony are both on the same day … If it's only the strength of the seventh level of the Divine Martial Realm, I have no problem, as for inviting more than ten hall masters …"
"It's fine, I can complete this matter. I've been in the Three Thousand Palaces for so long, there are still quite a few brothers who can come." Shentu Hong said with a smile.
"Then it's done. How long will it take?"
"From submitting the application to completing the handover, it will probably take a month." Shentu Hong said.
Of course, they had plenty of time, so there was no hurry.
It would take less than a month for Nangong Lie and the others to get the Nine Cycles Golden Soul Elixir and restore Long Chen's combat capability to the peak of the seventh level of the Divine Martial Arts Realm. The assessment was similar to the oath-taking ceremony. Although the Temple Master only needed the combat capability to enter the seventh level of the Divine Martial Arts Realm, Long Chen still hoped that Han Yunxing and the others would come before that to recover his physical condition.
In addition, he had another doubt.
"What is the Punishment Hall you mentioned earlier?"
Shentu Hong didn't expect Long Chen to be so ignorant about the True Martial Emperor Palace. However, he soon felt relieved. Long Chen didn't stay here for a long time. The last time, he went to the Moon Devil Cave. The last time, he was brought to some unknown place by Han Yunxing, Nangong Lie.
Therefore, he explained, "The Punishment Palace could be said to be the number one palace among the three thousand palaces. However, it is actually independent of the three thousand palaces. It was set up by the Martial God Palace specifically to supervise and manage the punishments and law enforcement of the three thousand palaces, as well as all kinds of other things. It is also an organization that is used to intimidate the three thousand palaces. Without the management of the Punishment Palace, the three thousand palaces would definitely be in constant conflict and chaos. The Punishment Palace has a lot of power. Even the Hidden Dragon Rank battles that will take place in half a year will be held by the Punishment Palace.
"It's a good thing to have such an organization."
In Long Chen's eyes, the Punishment Hall was more of a deterrent. Without the Punishment Hall, the Three Thousand Palaces might not be like this. "The Punishment Hall uses an elder system.
There are no Hall Masters or Hall Masters. There are two types of elders. One is the ordinary Enforcement Elders, who deal with all kinds of small matters, disputes, and conflicts in the Three Thousand Palaces. There are about three thousand Enforcement Elders, who are basically at the seventh level of the Divine Martial Realm. There are also six Supreme Elders, who are basically at the ninth level of the Divine Martial Realm. Among them, the First Supreme Elder is directly dispatched by the Martial God Palace. Legend has it that his cultivation is ranked first among the Three Thousand Palaces, and he is a Nirvana Tribulation Realm expert. "
After saying this, Shentu Hong sighed with emotion, "To be honest, the Punishment Hall is really a good place. It has a lot of power and benefits. Nowadays, many powerful palaces send their disciples to the Punishment Hall. Even the Heavenly God Palace, the Mysterious Underworld Palace, the Mad Demon Palace, and the Scarlet Firmament Palace, these first-class palaces will go and curry favor with the Supreme Elders of the Punishment Hall. Except for the First Supreme Elder of the Martial God Palace, who doesn't appear all year round, the other Supreme Elders are quite easy to curry favor with."
Unfortunately, Shentu Hong didn't have the ability to get the attention of the Punishment Hall. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to worry about the people of the Wind God Palace submitting a challenge application to the Punishment Hall.
Generally speaking, the operation of the various mechanisms of the True Martial Emperor Palace was still orderly, and it had its own rules. It wasn't that one could mess around here with great strength. In the True Martial Emperor Palace, even a dragon had to lie down and walk according to the rules of the Imperial Palace.
"There is still half a year before the Hidden Dragon Ranking Battle. I hope you can soar in half a year and enter the eyes of the True Martial Emperor Palace's higher-ups. I will go to the Punishment Hall now to submit the application."
After saying that, Shentu Hong swayed his fat body and left.
Long Chen thought for a while and felt that it shouldn't be a problem for him to take this high-profile path. Moreover, he was full of passion. In the largest martial arts holy land of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent, this sounded like a very wonderful thing.
"Lingxi, no matter where she is, she will hear my name."
This was what Long Chen was looking forward to the most.
Next, Long Chen was waiting for three things. The first and second were undoubtedly the Nine Revolutions Golden Soul Pill and the position of the Evil Dragon Palace Master. And the third was the arrival of Feng Zhilin, which he had expected.
Long Chen heard that she had come to cause trouble before. When she knew that Long Chen had returned, she would definitely come immediately. There was no doubt about this.
As for this woman, Long Chen didn't have a good impression of her.
The more troublesome thing was that his strength hadn't recovered yet, so he shouldn't be her opponent. If she really went crazy, it would really be difficult to deal with her. If it really didn't work, he would use Blood Escape. Anyway, she might not be able to catch up with Long Chen's speed. Although Long Chen's divine soul was injured, whether it was speed or physical body, they were both at the eighth level of the Divine Martial Realm.
River Heart Pavilion was actually an island in the middle of a calm and clear lake. At this time, it was midsummer. In the clear lake, many quiet and pleasant, beautiful and elegant lotus flowers bloomed. The pink petals emitted a faint fragrance, intoxicating people. Long Chen sat by the lake, lost in thought as he looked at the lotus flowers in the lake.
Back in the Supreme Yin Devil World, Long Chen had been fighting almost every day, and all of them were incomparably thrilling battles. After returning to the True Martial Emperor Palace, Long Chen finally had some time to relax. However, he knew that this wasn't true leisure. It was just the calm before the storm. The real storm would come soon and he would be dragged back into the whirlpool of battle.
Before submitting the application, Shentu Hong spread the news that the Evil Dragon Palace Lord was about to be handed over to Long Chen. This was currently the most explosive news in the Evil Dragon Palace, and the entire thirty thousand people in the Evil Dragon Palace were in an uproar. Their first thought was, of course, disbelief, including those Vice Hall Masters who coveted the position of Hall Master. However, with Shentu Hong's warning and suppression, those Vice Hall Masters were people with status, so they wouldn't do anything impulsive for the time being. Not many people dared to come to the River Heart Pavilion to disturb Long Chen, but the entire Evil Dragon Palace was filled with complaints.
They knew that Feng Zhilin had become the Wind Divine Palace Lord, which meant that age was not a restriction for the position of Hall Master. However, did Long Chen have the same strength as Feng Zhilin?
The entire Evil Dragon Palace was in an uproar, everyone was discussing this matter when they met, they were all worried, and cursed Shentu Hong in their hearts. They knew that the Evil Dragon Palace was about to face a great calamity, but this was everyone's home, and not many people wanted to leave. However, Shentu Hong had casually thrown this mess to a random disciple, this kind of method of shirking responsibility, made everyone very angry.
Even if a disciple was to be the Temple Lord, Ye Zheng had successfully broken through to the peak of the sixth level of the Divine Martial Arts Realm, so it should be Ye Zheng who should be the Temple Lord. Although Long Chen had defeated Ye Zheng, it was a long time ago, and he could still defeat him now.
The Evil Dragon Palace was in a gloomy situation.
If Shentu Hong had not strictly ordered everyone to go to the Jiang Xin Pavilion to disturb Long Chen, the Jiang Xin Pavilion would probably have been flattened.
When everyone was getting more and more dissatisfied, Shentu Hong revealed the news that Long Chen had already reached the seventh level of the Divine Martial Realm. This was undoubtedly a heavy bomb for the Evil Dragon Palace. Everyone was dumbfounded. Their resentful mouths finally closed. However, only a small portion of them believed it. Although most of them closed their mouths, they still felt uncomfortable in their hearts. They felt that there was no such good thing in the world.
If it was really as Shentu Hong said, then obviously, the Evil Dragon Palace still had a chance to turn things around.
At this moment, when Long Chen was quietly looking at the lotus in the lake, Jiang Qing's other disciples were pushing each other around. Finally, the sweet-looking little sister Jiang Cha came forward and asked with a blush, "Old Seven."
"What is it?" Long Chen looked at her.
Jiang Cha was a little nervous and said, "They said that you are already at the seventh level of the Divine Martial Realm. Are you really?"
She was very nervous and finally finished her words.
As Long Chen had expected, some idle people always liked to cause trouble. He had fought with those super experts in the Shadow Realm. At this moment, he did not care about the disturbance in the Three Thousand Palace at all. He said, "You are right."
"Wow."
Jiang Cha and the others still believed in Long Chen. They had interacted with Long Chen for a long time. Their intuition told them that Long Chen would not lie. For a moment, everyone cheered. Only Long Chen was very quiet.