True Master Qideng shook his head, "Expel them."
"Expel them?" Luo Chen was stunned.
True Master Qideng pursed his lips, "Didn’t you see that Lin Family brat when you returned?"
"You an Lin Bufan?"
"Yes, that kid lingered on the Heaven and Earth Peak for half a year, which is against the rules, so I had to expel him."
"Oh."
Luo Chen nodded. Although he didn’t understand why Lin Bufan was lingering on Heaven and Earth Peak, it at least explained how he ended up leaving the peak at this ti.
Since they t, so small talk was inevitable.
Luo Chen simply stopped to chat with True Master Qideng.
Unexpectedly, this idle conversation revealed so insider information to him.
The ti was approximately half a year later.
The place was Heaven and Earth Peak, right at the square beneath Luo Chen’s feet now.
The person was Alchemy Saint Chu Yan!
"At that ti, the Twelve Great Houses of Zhongzhou, the Thirty-Six Noble Clans, will all be present to spectate, with countless Han Gate representatives arriving to pay their respects. There will also be strong figures from the Four Continents attending to see off the Alchemy Saint."
"Our many experts on Heaven and Earth Peak will make an appearance except for those who are away."
"I’ve heard that you’ll be acting as the Protector to enter Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, so it’s best for you to be on site at that ti."
Luo Chen was shocked at how fast ti flew and was also curious why it was better for him to be on-site?
To this, Elder Qideng only gave a slight smile.
"I’ve only been on Heaven and Earth Peak for three hundred years, and I haven’t witnessed the last opening of Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven. But that’s how the ancient books record it; I think the Fu Family Master will notify you in due course."
Luo Chen returned to Cave Mansion Number Seventy-Eight with a sense of puzzlent.
He was very curious about the connection between the Alchemy Saint’s Ascension Ceremony and the opening of Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, but as an External Affairs Guest Elder, he didn’t even have the authority to consult related ancient books, so he had to give up.
In the upcoming days, Luo Chen did not plan to go out anymore.
Not only because he was not interested in the bustle, but also to avoid getting involved in unnecessary disputes.
He went out only today and attracted a probe from Qi Xiongcheng, which was definitely not a rash move in anger over him seizing the Protector identity!
To him, it was more likely a secret gesture from Shi Ju.
Similar situations would likely arise, especially as the competition approached, with other family disciples having the sa idea.
After all, the information about their opponents remained in writing, and if there’s a chance to probe in person, no one would want to miss it.
In this context, maintaining a certain level of mystery about oneself is more advantageous for future actions.
Luo Chen’s plan was to proceed step-by-step as before.
In the absence of regular cultivation, he would increase his proficiency in Hong Yuan Pill and Great Soul Pill to the Grandmaster level.
The latter goal had already been achieved.
Then he could take the Ascendant Grade Great Soul Pill to promote the elevation of his soul-splitting.
anwhile, Luo Chen was also keeping a constant watch on the changes of his Original Source True Fire. The Prosperity and Decline True Fire was moving toward withering and decline, according to the tiline, it should be completing the step of prosperity leading to decay soon.
...
As Luo Chen predicted, as the competition ti approached, the investigation of intelligence on the contestants beca more intense.
Particularly for intelligence on the protectors of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect’s competing disciples!
Among these protectors, Luo Chen was the most inconspicuous, yet also the most striking!
Inconspicuous, because he had the least information available, his rise was too recent, and the major families hadn’t had ti to collect intelligence on him.
Striking, because of his status as a Rogue Cultivator.
Other protectors were either deeply-rooted large family servants or renowned strong figures invited externally by major forces, but Luo Chen alone had no solid background as a Rogue Cultivator.
In principle, Rogue Cultivators should not be feared, but the fact that the Fu Family dismissed a strong figure like Qi Xiongcheng for him showed their confidence in Luo Chen’s strength.
Most people knew little about Luo Chen.
But so indeed had their own channels.
For instance, in Peach Garden, after listening to Qi Xiongcheng’s description, Shi Ju’s face showed an extrely interested expression.
A mastery of Divine Soul Illusion Technique?
Even capable of causing Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators’ attacks to deviate?
Just these two points were enough to make people wary.
This intelligence was obtained by Shi Ju dispatching people to personally test Luo Chen.
anwhile, in a serene Cave Mansion within the Rotten Stalemate Mountain Range, True Master Longyuan received a Jade Slip from Chang Feng Zi.
As soon as his Divine Consciousness entered, a stream of dense information surged in.
After a while, he set down the Jade Slip, half-believing and half-doubting.
"Is this intelligence true?"
Chang Feng Zi quickly nodded, "It should be true. This was personally delivered by Elder Shen Wandou, who resides in the North Sea’s Divine Yuan City. Part of it has been confird without error, and a part is reasonably speculated; even the speculated parts align completely after I investigated with the power of the Shen Family in Zhongzhou."
"At his first appearance, he outshone Lie Tian Sect Master in domain clashes, and even drew the attention of Elder Minghuo. Senior Brother Shen’s personal test showed his Divine Consciousness to be extraordinary. Taking the self-given na of Huang Independent Cultivator and compared to the Three Great Independent Cultivators of the North Sea... this Demon King Qingyang reached such a level in rely a hundred years?"
True Master Longyuan found it sowhat inconceivable.
The performance of Huang Independent Cultivator Luo Chen’s Nascent Soul Realm was assud to be quite impressive.
But in the intelligence, Shen Wandou of the North Sea Heavenly Origin Alliance linked him with the rising fa of Demon King Qingyang from the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering years ago.
At the ti when Demon King Qingyang first entered the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, he was only at the Middle Stage Golden Core!
How could it reach this point?
However, if one considered the fire techniques Huang Independent Cultivator excelled in, and the spiritual pet, the black Flood Dragon he used to break the siege of the Zhou Family in the Coral Sea, he indeed matched so characteristics of Demon King Qingyang.
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