Shentu Hong realized that he was giving an order.
Yes, he was giving an order to Shentu Hong.
However, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. From tomorrow onwards, Long Chen would be the true Evil Dragon Palace Master. It did not matter, but Long Chen's order was too strange. What was he trying to do?
"They probably don't have the patience to stay here for a night." Shentu Hong said.
Long Chen said decisively, "Those who don't want to come can scram out of the Evil Dragon Palace. I won't hold them back. Those who can't stay can also scram. I won't hold them back."
With his tone, he did not give Shentu Hong a chance to defend himself.
Shentu Hong was a little unhappy. He said, "There is no one left in the Evil Dragon Palace. There are only twenty thousand left. Their strength has greatly decreased. Do they still want more?"
Long Chen waved his hand and said, "People who can't even stay for a night can't be expected to be loyal for a lifetime. Since I am the Evil Dragon Palace's Palace Master, I have the final say. As long as they can endure the loneliness, only those who can be ordered can stay. The others are useless to me."
"You."
Long Chen's change was too great today. Even Shentu Hong did not know if it was right or wrong for him to give this position to him.
"I am the Palace Master." Long Chen said these four words in a deep voice.
"Alright, I hope that I, Shentu Hong, did not do something stupid."
Under Long Chen's sharp gaze, Shentu Hong finally compromised. He called everyone in the vicinity over and passed down the order.
This was a mandatory order. It even strictly ordered those who were in seclusion in the Tower of Trials to come. Some of the cultivators who were still outside the Evil Dragon Palace but were in the Emperor Star were all notified to return to the Evil Dragon Palace.
Tomorrow was the day of the oath-taking ceremony. Why did they come early today? This was the question in many disciples' hearts, especially those who were at a critical juncture in their cultivation.
However, this was not Long Chen's order, but Shentu Hong's. Although many people did not know what was going on, they still came. They just kept cursing.
The deathly silent Evil Dragon Palace suddenly bustled with activity.
Two hours later, the remaining nine Vice Palace Masters, Elders, and Hall Masters had all arrived at the Cloud Ascending Platform. As for the remaining twenty thousand disciples, regardless of whether they were ordinary disciples or true disciples, they had all gathered below the Cloud Ascending Platform. The Elders were in charge of accepting disciples, while the Hall Masters were in charge of managing the ordinary disciples. Each Hall had its own name, and so did the Elders. Under Long Chen's instructions, the twenty thousand disciples stood in an orderly manner according to their respective areas.
Although they were standing neatly, there was no discipline to speak of. At this moment, 20,000 people were discussing why they were standing here today. However, no one knew. They could only discuss while looking at the Cloud Ascension Platform. Originally, because of Feng Zhilin's rise, they were already annoyed enough. Now that Shentu Hong had caused such a ruckus, wasn't it adding insult to injury and ruining the mood of others?
On the Cloud Ascending Platform, although the Elders and Hall Masters did not understand what was going on, they did not discuss it. They knew that there would be an answer.
At this moment, the two people standing at the front were Long Chen and Shentu Hong. Long Chen was in front, while Shentu Hong stood behind him without saying a word.
Just now, he had tested Long Chen's strength again and was also subdued by Long Chen in one move. Therefore, he did not say a word.
The nine Deputy Palace Masters stood in front of them. Long Chen knew all of them. Basically, among the Deputy Palace Masters, there were not many who submitted to Long Chen.
At this moment, the few Deputy Palace Masters had forgotten about Long Chen and asked Shentu Hong if he had anything to announce.
When Long Chen saw that it was about time, he raised his voice so that everyone could hear him.
"Everyone, I am Long Chen, and also the new Evil Dragon Palace Master. The reason why everyone is standing here today is because this is my order."
The dense dragon aura caused his words to reverberate in every disciple's ears like deafening vibrations. Many of the disciples at the first or second level of the Divine Martial Realm had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
Long Chen's words could be said to have been engraved into their hearts.
However, after understanding Long Chen's words, the first thought that appeared in everyone's mind was dissatisfaction.
They were originally not satisfied with Long Chen being the new Palace Master, and today, for no reason at all, he had gathered everyone here. Wasn't this an abuse of power?
For a moment, there was a lot of discussion. The discussion of more than twenty thousand people directly drowned out Long Chen's voice.
Among them, the ones who were the most dissatisfied were the few Deputy Palace Masters. They came forward and said to Long Chen with the attitude of a senior, "Martial Nephew Long Chen, you are not the Palace Master yet, how can you gather everyone here for no reason? Many people have things to do, aren't you just wasting your time?"
Long Chen looked at them indifferently and ignored them. He continued, "Today, I gathered everyone here to welcome tomorrow's meeting. Tomorrow will be the day the Evil Dragon Palace will transform, it will shine again. Everyone must stay here and wait for tomorrow's arrival. If you have any objections, if you want to leave, then you can scram out of the Evil Dragon Palace. We will not send you off."
After saying that, Long Chen shut his mouth.
He knew that this group of grandsons would definitely have a lot of opinions.
As expected, many people were unhappy. Wasn't this nonsense? Why did they have to stand here for the whole night to welcome? Couldn't they come tomorrow? Moreover, Feng Zhilin would definitely come tomorrow to humiliate the Evil Dragon Palace. Tomorrow would only be a day of humiliation, what was there to welcome?
The Evil Dragon Palace was going to be gone, what was there to welcome?
"Nonsense, this is really nonsense."
Among the Vice Palace Masters, the old Palace Master Shang Wenfeng, who was about as strong as Jiang Qing, shouted angrily. He pointed at Long Chen and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? What is there to welcome tomorrow? Our Evil Dragon Palace has already lost all our face. Why are you the Palace Master? If you are the Palace Master, you will only make us lose even more face."
The other Vice Hall Masters also chimed in at once.
Sometimes, violence combined with conciliation was a form of political power. When political power was established, it required violence. Long Chen instantly slapped each of the Vice Palace Masters who spoke. The nine Vice Palace Masters were instantly sent flying, falling down the mountain. No one pulled them back. All of them had bloody noses and swollen faces, vomiting a mouthful of blood. They were all dignified Golden Body cultivators, but they were all half-dead from the fall before they could climb back up.
Nine resounding slaps rang out consecutively. From these slaps, one could tell how fast Long Chen was. Even the disciples below could clearly see what was happening above with the help of their Spiritual Sense.
Nine highly respected Vice Palace Masters were sent flying in an instant. What kind of courage was this? What kind of strength was this?
Even Shentu Hong was speechless. He looked at Long Chen in a daze.
This fellow was really not giving them any face at all.
The Vice Palace Masters crawled up from the ground with lingering fear in their hearts. At the same time, they were filled with rage. They admitted that Long Chen was very strong. However, he could not be so disrespectful. Even Shentu Hong would not dare to treat them like this.
"When I speak, you interrupt and question me. You are not even comparable to ordinary disciples. Tonight, all of you will stand below and remove the slap marks on your faces. Come up when there are no marks on your faces. Don't embarrass me. However, if you are not satisfied, you can leave. The Evil Dragon Palace does not lack Vice Palace Masters."
Long Chen's words extinguished their flames. Just as they were about to resist, Long Chen continued, "Ye Zheng, come up."
Below, Ye Zheng was also shocked by Long Chen's actions. Although Long Chen had lost to Feng Zhilin, he still believed in Long Chen. He had already pledged his loyalty to Long Chen. Now that he saw Long Chen summon him, he did not even think and rushed up. He knelt before Long Chen and said, "Ye Zheng has arrived."
"From today onwards, you will be the tenth Vice Palace Master of the Evil Dragon Palace, replacing Jiang Qing." Long Chen said.
Ye Zheng raised his head and looked at Long Chen excitedly. To be honest, Ye Zheng was qualified to be the Palace Master. However, he was nervous in his heart. He knew that he definitely could not deal with Feng Zhilin. Tonight, Long Chen's actions seemed to let him see the birth of hope. He knew that this youth would never do meaningless things. Today, being the Vice Palace Master made him even more excited than being the Palace Master.
This was because he knew that among the ten Palace Masters, he was the only one that Long Chen trusted.
"Thank you, Palace Master." Ye Zheng said gratefully.
Shentu Hong had willingly given the position of Palace Master to Long Chen. Ye Zheng calling him Palace Master now was not a big deal.
At this moment, it was already very noisy below. A few Vice Palace Masters coveted Long Chen's strength. They did not dare to come up, so they fanned the flames and encouraged the disciples to go against Long Chen.
Long Chen looked at the noise below and smiled.
This kind of situation was far from enough to scare him.
These old farts were really troublesome.
Shentu Hong walked to Long Chen's side and asked Long Chen in doubt, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Long Chen turned his head to look at him and said, "If you trust me, don't ask too much. The Evil Dragon Palace is like a pool of stagnant water because of you. If I do not revive it, how can it be called an Evil Dragon? If you have the guts, get those old farts to shut their mouths. I will give you an explanation tomorrow."
Shentu Hong understood that he was responsible for the Evil Dragon Palace's current situation.
Although Long Chen did not know what to do, he might be able to revive the Evil Dragon Palace with his swift and decisive methods. Seeing this youth, Shentu Hong suddenly felt like he had come back to life. Passion burned in his chest.
Long Chen said he would give him an explanation, then he would definitely give it.
"Alright."
At this moment, Shentu Hong's words were much more effective than Long Chen's. He stood at the edge of the Cloud Ascension Platform and said, "Everyone, listen up. Quiet down, or you will be expelled from the Evil Dragon Palace."
The crowd stopped shouting at Xia Ran.