When he died, the Flower Martial Queen personally witnessed what happened. She wanted to warn Sword Saint Sikong about Long Chen's final Heaven-punishing Sword Formation, but by the time she called out, Sword Saint Sikong had already been turned into an ice statue.
"He's dead."
The Flower Martial Queen was stunned. She then stared at Long Chen in great shock. He was able to do something so heaven-defying at such a young age. To her, Long Chen, who she did not pay much attention to before, had already become a heaven-defying monster.
"Monster, monster."
The Flower Martial Queen's face was filled with disbelief. Before, she was still immersed in her lust, but now, she was trembling from fright.
"Die."
In a moment of distraction, Lan Ling 'er gently punched the Flower Martial Queen's shoulder. She immediately cried out miserably and vomited a mouthful of blood. She was blown away.
The Flower Martial Queen rolled a few times on the ground. Her plump bottom was covered in mud, and she was as horrible as she could be. However, she did not care about that at all. She hurriedly rolled back to her feet, and just when she was about to run, a pure-white sword stabbed into her back, emerging from her left breast.
Her life force was quickly leaving her body.
Spurt.
Jian Chen pulled out the Cloudmist sword. The Flower Martial Queen slowly turned around. Her chest was currently red, and blood flowed down.
The thing she was most proud of had a huge hole pierced through it. It was as ugly as it could be.
Only after glancing at Jian Chen one last time did she collapse onto the ground.
"Bitch, serves you right for not having a good ending."
Lan Ling 'er kicked her a few times and cursed her in exasperation. Only then did her anger dissipate. She looked at the calm Jian Chen and said, "Third brother, third brother, I know you're very sad, but at least we've gotten our revenge, and we're still alive."
Jian Chen nodded and said, "Ling 'er, you don't need to comfort me. After living for so many years, I've grown accustomed to many things. The dead are already gone. The blood that flows through me is the same as theirs. The only thing I can do is take revenge and then bury them."
Lan Ling 'er did not fully understand and nodded.
However, Long Chen could tell that a lot of people had died by his side. Perhaps it was because the people he cared about had died that he left the Wushu Alliance alone and met up with Long Yue and the others.
With the death of Sword Saint Sikong, there was no longer anyone here who could threaten Long Chen and the others.
Of course, the Flower Martial King's belongings could not be taken advantage of by others. Lan Ling 'er opened her Qiankun Bag and immediately blushed. She forcefully took out about ten Monarch Crystals before throwing the Qiankun Bag away.
"This b * tch. She's so disgusting. She's carrying everything." Lan Ling 'er cursed.
Although Long Chen didn't see it, he knew what it was. It was probably some obscene things. With her fickle personality, it wasn't strange for her to have it on her.
"Good little brother, your performance today was very good. These things are your rewards."
Lan Ling 'er passed over ten Monarch Crystals into Long Chen's hands. Long Chen was surprised, but he did not stand on ceremony and directly accepted them.
Monarch Crystals were extremely important to the Martial Realm, but Long Chen had only collected one.
"Find a beautiful place," Jian Chen said before summoning the Lightning Claw.
Jian Chen said before summoning the Lightning Claw Feihuang. Long Chen and Long Chen looked at each other before following after him. They knew that although Jian Chen's expression was calm, he was definitely feeling terrible inside.
Find a place with verdant hills and clear waters.
That was what Long Chen thought when he buried Long Qinglan.
"My life seems to have started from that day," Long Chen sighed. It was exactly because of the mysterious dragon jade that Long Chen was able to reach where he was today.
After following Jian Chen for a short while, he finally found a suitable place. There were over thirty people, so it was rather troublesome to bury them. As a result, Long Chen and Lan Ling 'er helped. By the time they were all buried, half of the time had passed.
Jian Chen found a large boulder and cut out over thirty smooth tombstones. He then used his sword to carve out their inscriptions.
It was all done.
"Third brother, it's time to go. Big sister and the others are probably getting impatient," Lan Ling 'er said to the kneeling Jian Chen.
"Alright."
Jian Chen stood up. He did not stay any longer and mounted the Monarch Lightning Claw. Long Chen and Lan Ling 'er smiled helplessly at each other before following him. The three of them quickly made their way towards the Dreamcloud Swamp.
No matter what, only by going through thick and thin together could they become true brothers. Long Chen felt like he had completely fused with the group now.
"Dragons. Dragons. That's not a bad name," Long Chen thought.
Time passed day by day.
On the way, Jian Chen did not take any roads with people, so there were no obstacles along the way. Because of the lesson he had learned in the Lianyun Mountains, Jian Chen was on high alert. His white hair was much more obvious than the others, so he had to be even more careful.
"Dreamcloud Swamp. We'll be there in a day." After three days, Jian Chen turned around and said.
He looked indifferent, as if he was fine. However, Long Chen and Lan Ling 'er knew that he was still a little upset.
They continued on their way.
A day passed by slowly. Long Chen found that the closer he got to the Dreamy Cloud Swampland, the more people he saw around him. Moreover, they were all martial arts practitioners. There were a lot of Reaching Heaven State martial artists, and even Heavenly River State martial artists.
"The Scarlet Emperor's Seal has indeed appeared. These people are all here to try their luck. When the time comes, there will probably be tens of thousands of people entering the Dreamcloud Swamp. With more people, we will be safer. However, the one who obtains the Scarlet Emperor's Seal will definitely be an expert above the Earth Martial Arts Realm," Lan Ling 'er analyzed.
"Tens of thousands of people." Long Chen was a little surprised. It seemed that the temptation of treasures was endless.
There were too many people around, so Jian Chen had to choose another path. Those people were heading directly for the Dreamcloud Swamp, while the direction they were heading for was the Cloudy Sky City beside the Dreamcloud Swamp. In the end, not only did Long Chen bring Xiao Lang back to the Taixu Realm, he also brought the two Flying Clawed Yellow Beasts into the Taixu Realm. Of course, he told them about the Beast Soul Crystals.
Without a mount, they were much smaller, so they did not stand out. Lan Ling 'er also had excellent disguising skills. At this moment, she turned herself into a young man and adjusted the appearance of Long Chen. Then, she covered up Jian Chen's white hair. This way, people would not be able to tell if they did not look carefully.
As they approached the Cloudy Sky City, people whistled past them from time to time. There were also people who were leisurely discussing what had happened a few days ago.
"Have you heard? A young man called Long Chen appeared recently. He used to be a disciple of the Ancient Demon Region, but I think he killed the son of the Demon Emperor and was saved by the Dragons. I heard that he appeared in White City a few days ago and helped the Dragons kill Jian Chen's master, Sword Saint Sikong of the Wushu Alliance. He also killed three Martial Kings at the same time."
"That's so powerful. He's at least in the first tier of the Earth Martial Realm. Maybe he's the original Long Chen," another person said doubtfully.
"No, I heard that his appearance is different."
"Appearance is nothing. Look at that Demon Girl. She looks different every day. Maybe she's a man. How disgusting. Why did the Dragons risk offending the Ancient Demon Region to save him? Isn't it because he's the Iceberg Dragon Emperor, Long Yue's brother?"
"You're right."
As they spoke, they quickly walked past Long Chen.
In such a conversation, there were two parts that made Long Chen unable to help but laugh. One of them was the Ice Mountain Dragon Emperor. He never thought that Long Yue would have such a title. It must be because her usual expression was too cold, scaring others.
The other was Lan Ling 'er. She was actually thought to be a man, and she happened to be dressed like a man …
"What are you laughing at? I'll tear your mouth apart. I'm a man. What's wrong? You're unlucky, little girl." Lan Ling 'er looked at Long Chen with disdain.
Long Chen was stunned. Only then did he remember that Lan Ling 'er had dressed him like a woman. It might have been a prank.
"How unlucky." Long Chen rubbed his face hard to get rid of the mess.
"Big tabby cat, haha." When he was done, Lan Ling 'er laughed so hard that she was convulsing with laughter.
Long Chen was tempted to beat her up a few times. He hurriedly washed the mess off his face with the water from a nearby stream. However, he felt much better after this.
"This kid sure is famous now. Sister Long Yue and the others must know about what happened to you," Lan Ling 'er smiled gently after Long Chen was done.
"As long as you know. There's no need to explain why we've come so late," Long Chen nodded.
Cloudheaven City was just up ahead.
Before Long Chen could even get close, someone suddenly called out from the side, "Brother, come here."
He turned around and saw that it was Chi Ying. He guessed that his people had already discovered Long Chen's group, so he came over and directly brought Long Chen's group to the place where they were gathered. On the way, Chi Ying looked at Long Chen as if he was a freak. After sizing him up for a while, he gave him a thumbs up and said, "Seventh brother, I heard that you killed Sword Saint Sikong."
"Brother drew his attention and kept him busy, which was why I could do it. I wasn't his opponent in a single strike," Long Chen said honestly.
"Even if that's the case, it's still quite impressive. It's not like I can do it," Chi Ying grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth.
Very soon, Chi Ying brought Long Chen's group to a valley. Lei Zhen stood guard outside while there was a pavilion inside. Jiang Wuya and Long Yue were currently playing chess. Sensing Long Chen's arrival, Long Yue stood up.
"Don't go. You're about to lose. You can't go back on your word," Jiang Wuya said hurriedly.
Long Yue rolled her eyes at him and slammed the table. The chess turned to dust.
Jiang Wuya could only smile bitterly.
No matter how profound a woman's cultivation was, they all had a childish side to them.
At this moment, Long Chen had become the focus of their attention. Even Long Yue discovered that she seemed to have underestimated Long Chen …