Under the Divine Wind Demon's command, Liu Yiyi and the other three immediately went down. Before they left, Liu Yiyi said to Long Chen, "I'll wait for you down there."
She blushed when she talked to Long Chen.
Long Chen nodded.
After they all went down, Jiang Wushang appeared in front of Long Chen. At this time, the Divine Wind Demon pushed him aside.
For the first time, Long Chen sized up this legendary young man in the Ancient Demon Territory. Jiang Wushang was also sizing him up. From Jiang Wushang's eyes, movements, and the vague aura he exuded, Long Chen could tell that Jiang Wushang was definitely an expert. His talent should be very strong.
However, for some reason, Long Chen felt that Jiang Wushang looked a little familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
"Jiang Cheng."
Jiang Wushang called his name softly, then said with a smile, "Young genius, you're extraordinary. Today's reward is all you deserve. Take it."
After he finished speaking, a Cosmos Sack appeared in his hand.
"There are two things in this sack. One is the Royal Crystal, which is worth 10 million Supreme Power Elixirs. Of course, if you want Supreme Power Elixirs, I can exchange them for 10 million Supreme Power Elixirs. The second is the Emperor Flame Pearl. With the Emperor Flame Pearl, you'll be able to open the nine apertures in your body on the Day of Simultaneous Birth of the Nine Suns in ten days. You'll be able to bathe in the sun's fire and reach the ninth level of the Reaching Heaven State."
"Thank you, Prince Wushang."
The Emperor Flame Pearl was indeed something that Long Chen had been dreaming of. He reached out and caught the Cosmos Sack, then put it into the Great Virtual Realm. After he accepted the reward, it meant that this disciple assessment was over.
This was Long Chen's plan. Actually, he wanted to leave the Ancient Demon Realm and find a remote place. When the Nine Suns were born simultaneously, he would be able to reach the ninth level of the Reaching Heaven State. Then, with Kitten's help, he would be able to absorb the remnant soul of the Golden Crow.
However, judging from the look in Jiang Wushang's eyes, he definitely wanted him to stay in the Ancient Devil Territory and be Jiang Wushang's trusted subordinate. At that moment, Jiang Wushang said, "Your name is Jiang Cheng, which is the same surname as my Devil Emperor's bloodline. Speaking of which, we are also fated to meet."
"It's Jiang City's honor." Long Chen quickly agreed. Of course, the other party's identity was incomparably noble. It was only right.
At this moment, Jiang Wushang's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness, and he said with a bitter smile, "Speaking of which, I have a good-for-nothing younger brother. His name is very similar to yours, but two months ago, he mysteriously died. At that time, my father couldn't leave and couldn't save him. When we returned, the murderer was nowhere to be found."
Of course, Jiang Wushang was just sighing with emotion.
For this kind of thing, Long Chen could only smile dryly, but his smile soon froze. He asked, "Prince Wushang's younger brother, what's his name?"
"Jiang Wucheng. My father's naming is really accurate. Wu Cheng, Wu Cheng, Wu Cheng, he passed away without accomplishing anything," Jiang Wushang said with a bitter smile.
But Long Chen felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Jiang Wucheng, Jiang Cheng.
In the past few days, he had also heard from King Qingli that the Devil Emperor's son had been killed more than a month ago. At that time, he didn't pay attention, and even before Jiang Wushang came, he didn't pay attention. But now, how could he not understand?
Back then, Jiang Cheng, who had plotted against Xiao Lang and tried to kill Long Chen in Huangwu City, but was killed by Long Chen, was the good-for-nothing son of the Devil Emperor. He was Jiang Wucheng, Jiang Wushang's younger brother.
Only now did Long Chen remember why he felt that Jiang Wushang looked familiar. Because Jiang Wushang looked exactly the same as Jiang Cheng.
Back then, Jiang Cheng had his own identity medallion. It was obvious that he was very noble, and Jiang Cheng was his pseudonym. The person killed by Long Chen, his real name should be Jiang Wucheng.
Long Chen knew that he couldn't be wrong.
In about two months, the two names were shockingly similar, and their appearances were shockingly similar.
All of this told Long Chen that the Jiang Cheng he had killed must be Jiang Wucheng, the dead son of the Devil Emperor.
Long Chen was now in the Ancient Demons Territory, and so was the Devil Emperor. If the news that Long Chen had killed the Devil Emperor's son was leaked, Long Chen would probably die even if he had a hundred lives.
It was impossible for Long Chen to stay in the Ancient Demons Territory, because he had a big flaw.
This flaw was the name he was using now, Jiang Cheng. Jiang Wucheng had a pseudonym called Jiang Cheng, so obviously Jiang Wushang didn't know about it. However, in the entire Ancient Devil Territory, there had to be at least one person who knew about it. The Devil Emperor was very likely to know. If he knew, then Long Chen had killed his son and come directly to his lair. Wasn't this just courting death?
When he thought about all of this, Long Chen's face turned pale, and he immediately took a few steps back.
Jiang Wushang smiled and said, "Jiang Cheng, what's wrong with you? You should be fine. Well, now that the disciple assessment is over, everyone can go back. As for you, from now on, I will allow you to go to the Imperial Palace in the sixth layer of the Devil World."
He was trying to win over Long Chen.
However, Long Chen's hair was standing on end. He knew that he couldn't stay in the Ancient Demon Area for another fifteen minutes. The Demon King hadn't appeared yet, but if he did, he would definitely die a horrible death.
Therefore, what he needed to do now was to leave the Ancient Demons Area in the shortest time possible and flee to a faraway place.
Long Chen admired his luck. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? But it was such a coincidence. When Long Chen told Jiang Cheng that he wanted to go to the Ancient Demons Territory, it was no wonder that Jiang Cheng had a strange look on his face. At that time, Jiang Cheng thought that Long Chen was a fat sheep, and this fat sheep's target was actually his lair. How could he not have a strange look on his face?
At this point, it was too late for Long Chen to cry.
He understood that this was his destiny, and it was also the first great calamity he would face in his pursuit of Ling Xi. What kind of strength did the Demon Emperor have? What kind of strength did the Seven Great Demon Kings and Jiang Wushang have? What kind of strength did the more than seventy Reaching Heaven State experts, whose strength surpassed Chen Feng have? Every one of these people was stronger than Long Chen. If Long Chen were to be exposed now, he would basically have no other consequences but death.
Thinking of himself, Long Chen had a numbing feeling on his scalp.
Even when he had faced Wang Chao, he hadn't felt this kind of fear.
Long Chen hadn't foreseen the strength of Wang Chao, but Long Chen had seen the strength of the experts in the Ancient Demons Territory.
He knew that he had a lot of things to do. Lingxi was still waiting for him at home, and he didn't know how Yang Lingqing was doing. If he died in the Ancient Demons Territory, how would Lingxi live the rest of her life?
She would wait like this for the rest of her life.
No, absolutely not.
He was extremely shocked and frightened, but Long Chen had to pretend to be normal. He looked around, because he knew that he had to leave as soon as possible.
He hadn't been recognized yet, so Long Chen had to stay calm. He had never thought that there would be such a big change today.
Sure enough, things were hard to predict.
"Jiang Cheng, why don't you say something?"
Jiang Wushang asked curiously when he saw that Long Chen suddenly had a strange look on his face and took a few steps back. He had been thinking about something, leaving him, Prince Wushang, to the side.
It seemed that it was because he had said Jiang Wushang's name.
"It's okay. I'm sorry. It was such a surprise for me to win first place, so I couldn't react for a while." Long Chen forced himself to calm down and pretended to be calm.
"I see. But I also admire your performance …" Jiang Wushang said with a smile. Then, he raised his head and looked at the Divine Wind Demon General. "Divine Wind, announce the end of the disciple assessment. Let everyone go back. I still want to have a good chat with Jiang Cheng."
The Divine Wind Demon General nodded. Just as he was about to open his mouth, a husky, magnetic voice suddenly rang out in everyone's ears.
"How can it end without me?"
This voice seemed to be right next to Long Chen's ears, and it made Long Chen's hair stand on end. It wasn't just him. After hearing this voice, everyone had a look of awe on their faces. Then, in the next moment, everyone knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Greetings to the Demon King." The voices were like a tidal wave.
Long Chen felt as if a huge rock was suddenly pressing down on his heart. Seeing that everyone had already knelt, he had no choice but to do the same. Of course, he was still a step slower than everyone else.
It felt like there were millions of ants crawling on his heart. Long Chen sucked in a breath of cold air and forced himself to stop trembling. At this point, he could only pray that the Demon King didn't know that Jiang Wucheng had the alias Jiang Cheng.
At this moment, Long Chen saw a pair of black boots appear in front of him. Then, a hoarse, old voice rang out in his ears.
"You, raise your head and look at me."
This was the voice of the Demon King, Jiang Wuxie.
Long Chen's scalp went numb. He slowly raised his head and saw a person draped in a long black robe. Even his head couldn't be seen. Only a pair of eyes that were as deep as a bottomless pit could be seen. It was like the entrance to the Realm Demon Mountain. It was impossible to see what was inside, let alone the pupils.
Just from his appearance alone, the Demon King Jiang Wuxie gave Long Chen a terrifying pressure. It was as if the person in front of him wasn't a person, but a bottomless pit.
This was the strongest person Long Chen had seen since arriving at the God of Wushu Sage Dynasty. In fact, even in the entire God of Wushu Sage Dynasty, this Demon King Jiang Wuxie was probably one of the strongest people.
Long Chen took a deep breath and waited for Jiang Wuxie's judgment.
It was very likely that his next words would be judgment.
If he said anything else, it would prove that he didn't know about Jiang Wucheng. If he mentioned Jiang Wucheng, it would mean that he already knew …
At this moment, the Demon King smiled.