"What do you want to say?" Zhao Qingyun asked with great interest.
Long Chen didn't take out the Flame Refined Essence, but instead, he wanted to explain one thing. This aroused everyone's curiosity. The competition between Long Chen and Yang Jun had determined the ownership of the first level of the Dao Heart Devil Seed Art. Therefore, Long Chen's result was particularly important. Everyone stretched their necks, wanting to see the result.
Long Chen looked at Yang Jun with some disdain and suddenly said in a clear voice: "You are all smart people, so you must have noticed that the previous seven disciples didn't get more than ten Flame Refined Essences, but Yang Jun unexpectedly got 522. This is very strange, and one thing is that they are all in the same group. Plus, I have seen and heard it with my own eyes, so I can be sure that the reason why Yang Jun got so many Flame Refined Essences is because of the other brothers. Yang Jun, tell me, am I right?"
Long Chen's words immediately caused a huge uproar. The elders and protectors were fine, after all, they had more or less guessed what was going on. But to the disciples, this was nothing more than a blatant fraud. It was a serious challenge to the Heavenly Devil Palace's reward system. If a popular disciple could do this, then when they participated in this competition in the future, they would also suffer because of this. Then, why should they still work hard?
"How can this be? Isn't this unfair? Didn't we agree that we can compete? But this shouldn't be allowed."
"Yes, this way, there is no fairness in the competition for others."
"I'm working so hard just for the three secret scriptures. If the three secret scriptures are predetermined, then what is the point of us cultivating?"
Suddenly, there was an uproar. Most people looked at Yang Jun with indignation. Their faces were full of blame and rejection.
"Silence, all of you."
At this time, the Third Demon Elder couldn't stand it anymore. Of course, he knew that this was the truth, but he absolutely couldn't admit it. So he directly stood up, stared at Long Chen, and asked, "Boy, what evidence do you have? I think you know that you don't have enough Flame Refined Essence, so you want to frame Yang Jun. Yang Jun, tell Long Chen, how did you get your Flame Refined Essence?"
Yang Jun, who originally had the highest prestige, suddenly became the target of criticism. Needless to say, he was extremely sullen in his heart. At this time, he was looking at Long Chen with incomparable resentment. He simply did not have the face to face the others.
In fact, on the way back, they knew that Long Chen already knew the inside story of them, so they had already thought of a way to deal with it. At this time, Yang Jun stood up and said, "Long Chen, I'll tell you, half of these five hundred Flame Refined Essences were obtained by myself with great difficulty, and the other half was won by me in battles with other brothers. Otherwise, who would give me their Flame Refined Essence unconditionally? It was because I defeated them that I got their Flame Refined Essence. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."
After his voice fell, sure enough, a disciple stood up and said, "Reporting to Palace Lord, we did have many battles in the Vein of Fire. In the end, brother Yang Jun's skill was better than ours, and he basically won all of our Flame Refined Essences. The reason why we were embarrassed before was because we felt that it was a bit difficult to talk about it. After all, among the seven of us, no one could beat brother Yang Jun. But I can swear to God that these Flame Refined Essences are definitely what brother Yang Jun deserves."
With him taking the lead, the other disciples also pledged.
"Long Chen, in the future, when you participate in the Vein of Fire trial, I advise you to honestly look for Flame Refined Essences. Don't always think of some crooked ways to frame others." In the end, the Third Demon Elder concluded. He looked at Yang Jun approvingly, and then sat back down.
After hearing Yang Jun's explanation and the pledges of the other disciples, the disciples outside the Devil Palace felt a bit better. They didn't know who to believe in, but this time, it seemed that Long Chen had completely lost to Yang Jun.
Everyone looked at Long Chen, but saw that after being refuted, Long Chen didn't feel depressed. Instead, his face was full of indifference. What was going on?
Zhao Qingyun also saw the change in Long Chen's expression. When he saw that Long Chen's expression didn't change even after being refuted, he thought to himself: "What is this brat hiding?"
At this time, Long Chen looked around and said in a clear voice: "I don't think I can interfere with Yang Jun's matter, but I firmly believe that using crooked means to obtain the Dao Heart Seed Evil Art is the action of a coward. Trash can't understand the pride of a genius. Now, I will show you what a real genius is."
Long Chen's words were very arrogant, but he had the right to be arrogant. At this moment, under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, Fire Refining Essence poured out of Long Chen's Qiankun Bag. Very quickly, it formed a large pile in front of Long Chen. The Fire Refining Essence gathered an extremely high temperature, instantly causing the temperature of the Demon Palace to rise by a lot. It was almost the same as being in a magma.
This large pile of Flame Refined Essences completely attracted everyone's eyes. Those with discerning eyes could see that there were many more Flame Refined Essences here than what Yang Jun had shown just now.
The three Great Demon Elders, as well as their disciples, after seeing so many Flame Refining Essences, their eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets. The other Elders and Protectors were also stunned.
"A total of one thousand Flame Refined Essences. If you don't believe me, you can count them. It definitely won't be less than this number." Long Chen proudly looked at everyone and said indifferently.
No one responded to his words for a long time because they were all in disbelief.
One thousand.
This number crazily spread among the disciples. When Long Chen revealed the truth and was refuted, they roughly knew that Long Chen had no hope. Who would have thought that Long Chen would suddenly do something like this? This was too unexpected.
One thousand Flame Refined Essences caused the hearts of all the disciples to boil. They crazily rushed forward, wanting to see if it was true or not.
"How could it be one thousand? I don't believe it. I must see it clearly. Don't squeeze."
"Squeeze your sister, look your sister. It's already said before that it's one thousand. I saw one thousand just now. It's really a large pile, your sister."
"One thousand Flame Refined Essences. Heavens, this Long Chen is a freak."
It was like a storm that swept through everyone's hearts.
Even Zhao Qingyun was a little shocked after seeing one thousand Flame Refined Essences. One could obtain one thousand Flame Refined Essences in the first trial of the Vein of Fire Derivation. Even if it was a disciple in the eighth layer of the Heavenly River Tier, it would not be easy to achieve this number.
Looking at the others, they all had expressions of disbelief, especially the three Demon Elders. Their expressions were as if there was a pile of feces stuck on their faces. Zhao Qingyun was extremely happy in his heart. Long Chen had given him a lot of face. Zhao Qingyun felt more and more that his decision to accept Long Chen as a disciple was the correct choice.
"That's right. Long Chen has obtained one thousand Flame Refined Essences, surpassing Yang Jun's Flame Refined Essences. I believe that everyone is very clear in their hearts who the first layer of Dao Heart Seed Demon belongs to. He is my personal disciple, Long Chen." Zhao Qingyun announced with a smile.
From his voice, even the most ordinary disciple could hear the pride in it.
Hearing this, Long Chen smiled in his heart, and hurriedly put away the Flame Refined Essences. These things were Xiao Lang's treasures, so it was best to put them away quickly.
Zhao Qingyun's announcement made Yang Jun almost collapse. He looked at Long Chen with an expression of disbelief, and said with a heart-wrenching voice, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Palace Lord, Long Chen must have used some underhanded method to obtain so many Flame Refined Essences. This Great Dao Heart Seed Demon Technique cannot be given to this outsider."
"Shut up."
With a rumbling sound, Zhao Qingyun roared, directly causing Yang Jun to vomit blood and kneel on the ground. The others also felt as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
At this time, Zhao Qingyun coldly looked at Yang Jun and said, "Brat, I won't pursue this matter with you, but Long Chen relied on his own ability to obtain more Flame Refined Essences than you. You actually dare to sow discord? Today, I will only give you a small punishment. You must remember this, Long Chen is my personal disciple. Although he entered the sect late, he is definitely not an outsider. Do all of you remember this clearly?"
Zhao Qingyun's outburst gave everyone a fright. Zhao Qingyun was usually very calm, but they didn't expect him to have such a side. Everyone was scared to the point that their hearts were in turmoil. They felt very uncomfortable, so they didn't dare to say a single word. However, they remembered that they absolutely couldn't treat Long Chen as an outsider.
Even the three Demon Elders could only swallow their anger. Just now, Zhao Qingyun's roar was only directed at four people. Yang Jun wasn't strong, so it was normal for him to vomit blood and fly back. However, the three of them had also suffered different degrees of injuries. Clearly, this was Zhao Qingyun's demonstration against them.
Outsider.
Zhao Qingyun's words were firmly engraved in Long Chen's heart. Anyone who considered him as one of them, Long Chen would treat them very well, just like Dongfang Xuanxiao.
"Long Chen obtained the first level of the Dao Heart Devil Seed Art. Do any of you have any questions?" Zhao Qingyun's voice was cold as he asked again.
No one answered.
After all, Yang Jun was still lying in Yang Danfeng's embrace. His mouth was full of blood, and he was about to faint.
Zhao Qingyun nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Since it's like this, then let's decide who will obtain the second level of the Dao Heart Devil Seed Art. Murong Yu, Yang Danfeng, you two directly take out your Flame Essence and report a number."
Under Zhao Qingyun's gaze, Yang Danfeng and Murong Yu glanced at each other, then stood in front.
Long Chen looked at them curiously. After all, after obtaining the Ice Soul Origin Soul, they had searched for Flame Essence for an entire day, so Long Chen didn't know how many Flame Essence they had.