After bidding farewell to the islanders of Goldfish Island, Long Chen took Lingxi and Xiao Lang with him and set foot on the road to Bi Yang Imperial City. In front of this super big city, Long Chen was like a tiny ant, or like a tiny stone thrown into the sea, unable to make any waves.
Sitting on Xiao Lang's back with Lingxi, Xiao Lang was very fast. It didn't take long for Long Chen to see the city in the distance. This huge city looked more than ten times bigger than Yuan Ling City. The city walls were emerald green and looked very magnificent.
It was this city that sandwiched between heaven and earth, separating heaven and earth.
The closer Long Chen got, the bigger the city became. It was such a huge city that Long Chen was really no different from an ant in front of it.
In front of this huge city, there were many people who used demonic beasts as mounts. However, the Sun Devouring Demonic Wolf was a bit special. Because he was worried that it would cause unnecessary trouble, Long Chen let Xiao Lang withdraw from his battle state and walk behind him. As for Lingxi's peerless beauty, it would also make Long Chen look particularly annoying, so he took out his cloak and let Lingxi put it on.
"As long as we enter the city and find the Ninth Prince, there should be no unnecessary trouble," Long Chen thought to himself.
The Ninth Prince was not here, and he did not have any status in Bi Yang Imperial City. Although Long Chen could not see through the Ninth Prince and guessed that he would not sincerely make friends with Long Chen, but if Long Chen wanted to enter Ni Yang's Fairyland, he still had to rely on him.
After sufficient preparation, Long Chen began the process.
This was the south gate of Bi Yang Imperial City. Although it was not the largest gate, its scale was not comparable to Yuan Ling City. From all directions, people came and went in and out of the city. Long Chen stood on one of the wide official roads and walked forward. Looking up, there were no less than ten official roads next to him. The closer he got to Bi Yang Imperial City, the more people and beasts there were.
Holding Lingxi's hand, Long Chen followed the crowd and was almost at the city gate. As long as he passed through the gate, he would find a way to find the Ninth Prince's whereabouts.
"You two, stop." At this time, one of the soldiers guarding the gate stopped Long Chen and Lingxi.
Outside the gate of this Bi Yang Imperial City, there were rows of almost a thousand soldiers. Looking at the appearance of the person who spoke, he should be a small officer like a centurion. His face was fierce, his body was covered with thick muscles, and half of his face was covered with black stubble.
"I don't know what the Lord wants." Long Chen pulled Lingxi to his side and looked at the small officer who stopped him with an indifferent expression.
"This woman is wearing a cloak. There must be some place that cannot be shown. I have to check before I can let her in."
The officer saw that Long Chen was just a little boy. After speaking, he leaned forward and, regardless of whether Long Chen agreed or not, directly used his hand to lift Lingxi's cloak.
Long Chen pulled Lingxi behind him and stared at the officer with sharp eyes. He didn't want to have any conflict with this officer, but since the officer was being aggressive, he had no choice but to resist.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rebel?" Seeing that Long Chen dared to disobey the order, the officer clicked his tongue in surprise. He stared at Long Chen and spoke with a cold tone.
"You're being too serious, Lord. I can see many people who don't show their faces in the city, so why are you only targeting us?" Long Chen said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
These soldiers were at least at the Divine Core realm. Although this small officer didn't have a high rank, he was still a Heavenly Core warrior. Besides, they were backed by the entire army of Bi Yang Imperial City. It was really unwise for Long Chen to have a conflict with him. However, he wasn't someone who could be easily bullied.
Right at this moment, the conflict had been witnessed by many people. Some people who just wanted to watch a good show didn't have the time to enter the city, and were pointing their fingers at them.
In fact, there was a reason why this officer was targeting Lingxi. Although Lingxi was wearing a cloak, she still had a slim and graceful body. Judging from the silhouette underneath the cloak, she was definitely a rare beauty. The officer was tempted by her beauty, and that was why he stopped Long Chen. He wanted to accuse Long Chen of being a traitor, and then kidnap Lingxi in broad daylight.
This wasn't the first time they had done something like this.
Of course, it wasn't the first time for those who stayed in Bi Yang Imperial City to see these officers being so unscrupulous. Right now, they were looking at Long Chen with pitiful eyes. They could guess what would happen to Long Chen; he would be killed, and his body would be buried, while Lingxi would become a toy for these officers. If she was too beautiful, she would be presented to the higher ups by these small officers. With this, the officers would be rewarded, or even promoted.
As everyone knew, the only ruling power in the Imperial City was the imperial family, and it was also the only ruling power in the entire Cangyang Kingdom. In the Imperial City, even the three big families were just running errands for the imperial family. As for the army of Bi Yang Imperial City, they were the direct subordinates of the imperial family. If one didn't have enough strength and backing, who would dare offend these rude and unreasonable soldiers?
Long Chen wasn't an idiot, he could easily understand these rules. The army belonged to the imperial family, but Long Chen was an Immortal Divine Guard personally recruited by the Ninth Prince. So, why would he be afraid of these people?
At this moment, when the bearded officer saw that the reckless young man Long Chen didn't know what was good for him, he wanted to give this young man a way out, but he didn't expect Long Chen would seek death himself. He sneered, then he called out to the men and said, "Men, I've found out who this man is, he is a disciple of the Heavenly Devil Palace, and he's trying to sneak into Bi Yang Imperial City to commit crimes. Quickly arrest him!"
"Yes, Centurion!"
With his words, those restless soldiers immediately shouted out loudly and charged toward Long Chen. If they could help the Centurion with this matter, they would be able to obtain a lot of benefits.
The Centurion was in charge of a hundred soldiers. Right at this moment, these hundred soldiers were surrounding Long Chen. With so many Divine Core warriors, they could form quite a formidable force, but for Long Chen, they were just too weak.
Without saying anything, Long Chen asked Lingxi to stay where she was, and Xiao Lang stood next to him. After that, like a sharp sword, he pierced into the crowd of soldiers.
"How dare you attack?!"
The bearded officer let out a loud laugh. He was about to laugh at Long Chen, but when he saw all the soldiers falling to the ground while screaming in pain, his smile froze.
In less than 15 minutes, all one hundred soldiers had fallen to the ground. Not only the officer, but many of the other soldiers were stunned as well. They started reevaluating Long Chen.
"So this young man is quite courageous and strong. I guess he has some background as well. But, he has offended the Imperial City Guards, so he's going to suffer. Nowadays, no matter who he fights, he can't fight the Imperial City Guards."
"That's true. Last time, a Heavenly River warrior fought with the Imperial City Guards here, and in the end, he was killed by the Commander of the Imperial City Guards."
Long Chen knew that in Bi Yang Imperial City, the Heavenly River warriors were the strongest warriors, and there were even warriors who were stronger than the Heavenly River warriors. However, there were many Divine Core and Dragon Vein warriors here as well.
The population of Bi Yang Imperial City was huge, almost ten times that of Yuan Ling City. Furthermore, this was the gathering place for all the powerful warriors of the Cangyang Kingdom, so there were naturally many powerful warriors here.
When the bearded officer saw how Long Chen killed so many soldiers with just a slight movement, he was frightened. He realized that Long Chen's combat strength had surpassed his own. However, he wasn't afraid, because many of those who were stronger than him had died in his hands. Right at this moment, he hurriedly took out a bugle horn and blew it. In an instant, a desolate sound resounded through the sky.
"I'm going to call out a higher ranking officer."
This was exactly what Long Chen wanted. However, the reason why Long Chen dared to attack was because he wanted to call out a higher ranking officer. However, this guy had actually caused him so much trouble, and it seemed like he had killed many people.
A cold look appeared in Long Chen's eyes. When the officer blew the bugle horn, Long Chen immediately pierced his chest with his Demonic Spiritual Sword. Such a serious injury had instantly killed the bearded officer.
The bugle horn fell to the ground.
The bearded officer stared at Long Chen's direction. He wanted to know if the person who killed him was Long Chen, but he didn't have the chance. He didn't even see Long Chen's shadow before he fell to the ground, stirring up a thick cloud of dust.
He didn't expect that Long Chen would dare to kill him in this place. He had done things like this many times today, but most of them were successful. Even if he didn't succeed, the commanders who had benefited from him would still protect him. However, this time, he didn't even have the chance to call out a commander. He was already finished.
Long Chen injured the guard but didn't kill him. Everyone felt that he was a person who knew his limits. However, Long Chen directly killed the bearded officer, which shocked everyone.
From their point of view, daring to kill an officer at the gates of the Imperial City was no different from committing treason. In this way, even if Long Chen had an enormous power behind him, even if he was more powerful, the only path left for him was death.
Basically, everyone who entered the city was looking at the youth who still had an indifferent expression even after killing someone.
The bearded officer's death made the other centurions realize the importance of this matter. They hurriedly gathered their men and surrounded Long Chen and Lingxi. However, the true mastermind hadn't arrived yet, so they didn't dare to make a move.
Over a thousand guards glared at Long Chen like a tiger watching its prey.
At this moment, a figure rapidly descended from the top of the city walls, crashing onto the ground with a loud bang. Both legs landed on the ground, and he came to a steady stop.
This was a middle-aged cultivator wearing a full set of thick military armor and long, shiny black military boots. This man was handsome and rather charming.
"This subordinate pays his respects to the Seventh Commander."
Over a thousand soldiers hurriedly knelt before him.
"What happened?"
The Seventh Commander's gaze shifted between Long Chen and the bearded officer. What happened here had already affected the entry and exit of the Imperial City, so he had to quickly resolve this matter.
"Reporting to the Seventh Commander, this person is a Heavenly Devil Palace disciple that Liu Heng investigated. Liu Heng originally wanted to capture him, but he was killed instead. I implore the Seventh Commander to avenge Liu Heng and strengthen the morale of our troops."