However, this palm landed on Long Chen's hand.
Long Chen blocked Green Lightning Saint Venerable with one hand and pulled Wan Qing out with the other. Wan Qing stumbled, thinking that he was already dead. Only when he bumped into Yu Yan did he wake up. He saw Long Chen and knew that it was Long Chen who saved him.
"Brother Wan Qing."
Yu Yan crawled up with a pale face and supported Wan Qing who was stumbling.
"Yu Yan …"
Wan Qing's voice was hoarse.
At this moment, Long Chen had already let go of Green Lightning Saint Venerable's hand. He heard the commotion outside and realized that Green Lightning Saint Venerable wanted to kill Wan Qing. Although this would severely offend Green Lightning Saint Venerable, he saw that Wan Qing was pleasing to the eye, so he helped him.
"Yang Chen."
Green Lightning Saint Venerable looked at him and couldn't help but laugh. He said in a low voice, "You are really strange. Why are you interested in such a lowly life? If I knew that you valued him so much, I would have spared his life."
Looking at his devilish smile, it was obvious that although this guy said that, he probably hated Long Chen to the core. Long Chen could clearly feel his suppressed anger.
"We are all on the same side. It wouldn't be good if lives were lost. That's why I couldn't help but stop you. I hope Green Lightning Saint Venerable won't blame me for being a busybody."
Saint Sovereign Green Lightning looked past Long Chen and stared at Wan Qing. His gaze caused Wan Qing to tremble. It was as if death had already descended upon him. Wan Qing suddenly understood the meaning behind his gaze. He wasn't in a hurry to kill him, but once Long Chen left this place, there would be no one to protect him. At that time, Wan Qing would most likely die an even uglier death.
"No, of course not. Yu Yan, let's go, follow me back."
Green Lightning Saint Venerable's gaze landed on Yu Yan.
"Ah."
Yu Yan let go of Wan Qing and didn't dare to move. She looked at Green Lightning Saint Venerable nervously and then at Wan Qing. Wan Qing's face was filled with pain. He wanted to shake his head and tell her not to go, but he knew that it was impossible. They didn't have the power to resist Green Lightning Saint Venerable.
"I … I'm leaving."
In the end, Yu Yan still walked over to Saint Venerable Green Lightning's side. But now, her beautiful dream was completely shattered. She could only live in the fear that Saint Venerable Green Lightning brought to her.
"Brother, I'll be leaving first."
Green Lightning Holy Sage pulled Yu Yan away. When he turned his head, only then could one see how ferocious his expression was. Long Chen had already made him very unhappy about the matter of the Divine Essence Crystal. This time, Long Chen had actually stopped him from killing people in his territory and challenged his authority. These two matters had directly touched his bottom line. It was already his limit to not fight with Long Chen at this time.
In his entire life, he had never met someone he couldn't defeat and was afraid of.
Wan Qing was still staring blankly at Yu Yan's departing figure.
"Let's go. If you want to live, stay out of their business."
Long Chen pressed on his shoulder. In the blink of an eye, they had returned to his residence. He was currently busy using the Divine Essence Crystal to nurture the Lingsu Dual Swords with Lingxi, so he had no time to care about Wan Qing.
"Holy Sage Yang, I … I want to kill him."
Suddenly, Wan Qing mustered up his courage and shouted at Long Chen. He was incomparably emotional at this moment. With tears in his eyes, he said, "He brought Yu Yan back, but he'll still torture her. With his personality, it's impossible for him to treat Yu Yan well. I want to kill him and take Yu Yan away from here. I don't want her to suffer. I love her, and I don't want to be a weak man. Holy Sovereign Yang, I beg you, please fulfill my wish."
Wan Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously in front of Long Chen.
Long Chen was a little surprised. He didn't expect this guy to have such courage. This was the power of love. He couldn't help but ask, "She betrayed you, but you are still willing to do this for her?"
"I'm willing. It doesn't matter if I live or die. I can't see her suffer." Wan Qing was still kowtowing heavily.
"Why?"
"There's no reason. I should do this."
Long Chen's view of Wan Qing changed a little. Every life was fresh, and everyone was fighting against their own fate. He was like this, and so was Wan Qing. No matter how lowly a life was, it had its own dream, protection, and pursuit. The myriad worlds should be equal, and the strong should serve the weak. There shouldn't be a huge gap like the gap between Holy Sage Green Lightning and Wan Qing.
Dream, protection, and pursuit. The two most important things were courage and love. Today, for love, Wan Qing had the courage to kneel in front of Long Chen.
Not bad.
Long Chen admired his courage and sacrifice at this moment.
"If you want to achieve your goal, the first thing you have to do is wait."
Long Chen said calmly.
"Wait."
Wan Qing raised his head in shock.
"Yes, wait for the time to come. It won't be too long. If you don't even have this bit of control, your dream will only be a fantasy. Just wait quietly. There will be a chance."
After saying this, Long Chen didn't pay attention to him anymore. He was also thinking of ways to find an opportunity. The most important thing now was to see how much the Divine Essence Crystal could restore the Ling Su Swords.
… …
Phoenix Nest.
The highest place in the Phoenix Nest was the sacred place of the Phoenix Clan. It was the place where the five Saint Emperors held their meeting. Only the Saint Emperors could enter.
Zhu Xi, Feng Chen, and Huang Qiong had been summoned to this palace.
The palace was dark. Five strong gods were sitting in the darkness. Zhu Xi and the others came in and bowed. Feng Chen and Huang Qiong were more restrained, but Zhu Xi was more casual. She had been here many times.
"Feng Chen, tell us what you saw and heard today." One of the five Saint Emperors asked.
Feng Chen stood up and said, "Huang Qiong, Zhu Xi, and I heard Huo Wu's call for help. We knew that Green Lightning Saint Venerable was attacking the Sacred Leaf Continent, so we rushed over. On the way, we saw the Divine Essence Crystal forming. Green Lightning Saint Venerable and an unknown human were there. They fought over the Divine Essence Crystal. Huang Qiong and I fought Green Lightning Saint Venerable first, while Zhu Xi fought the unknown human …"
From then on, Feng Chen told him everything that had happened.
After that, Huang Qiong added, "That unknown human was very strange. In the beginning, when he fought with Zhu Xi, he used a strange law to suppress Zhu Xi. He made Zhu Xi unable to move, but he didn't hurt Zhu Xi. Then, when Green Lightning Saint Venerable asked him to stop me, he could have defeated me several times, but he didn't do anything."
Zhu Xi interrupted and said, "Also, the reason I was able to obtain the Builder Wood Divine Essence Crystal was because he suddenly let me go. Later on, the beautiful Big Sister Lingxi took away my Builder Wood Divine Essence Crystal. That big brother wasn't in cahoots with Saint Venerable Green Lightning. He used me to steal the Builder Wood Divine Essence Crystal."
Feng Chen and Huang Qiong roughly explained their situation. The five Saint Emperors let them leave first. Then, one of them said to Zhu Xi, "Little Zhu Xi, do you know what law he used to imprison you? In other words, that human's strength might have surpassed Green Lightning Saint Venerable's. He's almost at the Great Perfection Godking Realm, right?"
Zhu Xi thought about it and said, "I don't understand the law at all. As for his strength, it seems like he's only at the Divine Monarch Realm. However, he can control the entire scene, so it should be about the same. But you don't need to worry. Sister Lingxi said that they came from another world. They're just temporarily staying with the Human Race. After all, they're also humans. But she also said that she won't help the Human Race attack us. She doesn't look like a bad person. I'll tell you this, but you can't let others know that they took the Divine Essence Crystal. If the Human Race knows about it, they'll definitely be in danger."
"Is that so?"
The five Saint Emperors were still a little confused.
"Little Zhu Xi, why do you trust them so much? What if they're lying to you?" asked a male Saint Emperor.
Zhu Xi laughed and said, "I'm smart. That's impossible. Plus, they have a cat beast. It's quite cute, just like the Saint God in the painting."
"Saint God."
The five Saint Emperors' voice trembled.
Another Saint Emperor immediately said, "Zhu Xi, you can't say things like that. According to the legends, the Saint God is an existence that saved our Phoenix Race a long time ago. But that legend has passed too long ago. How can there be an existence like the Saint God in the myriad worlds now?"
"The Saint God is so strong. Where did he go?" Zhu Xi pouted and asked.
"This … No one knows. Let's not talk about this. We have to discuss this. If that unknown human helped them in the Builder Tree Sacred War, wouldn't it be even more troublesome for us to obtain the Builder Tree Sacred Soul? The human race is so aggressive. If we allow them to grow stronger, our Phoenix Race will suffer a calamity sooner or later."
Zhu Xi was also very angry and said, "These humans are too despicable. They can't just sit still. They will only be satisfied when they occupy the entire Builder Tree Sacred Tree. If our Phoenix Race becomes stronger, they will be more obedient. It's all because we aren't strong enough. However, we won't be like them, always wanting to kill people and occupy territory. They are obviously bad people, but Big Sister Lingxi is obviously a good person. She said that I don't need to worry. Anyway, they won't help the human race harm us. I heard from Huo Wu that the Green Lightning Saint Venerable attacked the Sacred Leaf Mainland at first and captured her. She was about to say that the big brother was a guest, so she gave Huo Wu to the big brother. However, the big brother directly let her go, so she was able to inform us. Such a person can't be a bad person."
The five Saint Emperors discussed for a moment and finally said, "Alright, I'll believe your judgment for now. However, with such a huge change, the future is still quite dangerous. There are too many uncertainties in the Builder Tree Sacred War, so Little Zhu Xi, in order to resist these future pressures, we're preparing to activate your true Divine Phoenix Bloodline. Are you ready?"
"Will it hurt?" Zhu Xi asked with concern.
"It will, but it will be very strong in the future and surpass us."
"I'm afraid of pain. No." Zhu Xi was shocked and instantly slipped away. In the blink of an eye, no one knew where she went.