Demonic Trial

"150,000 jin? Isn't that too heavy?" Cang Ming couldn't help but say, somewhat surprised. One had to know that A Man was born with Divine Power, and his mace only weighed 200,000 jin.

"Uncle Cang Ming, it will absolutely be no problem. If I summon my Divine Ring, my strength will skyrocket. Plus, I am about to have a Breakthrough, so the heavier, the better," Long Chen explained.

Only then did Cang Ming remember that Long Chen was only at the Peak of the Blood Condensation Realm. Once he entered the Tendon Transformation Realm, his strength and Qi would merge, and his power would suddenly surge by a huge margin.

Cang Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly. "It seems I have my work cut out for me. A Man thinks his weapon is too light and is also clamoring for a heavier one. You two really are brothers. This level of strength is truly terrifying. Rest assured, I will forge a super heavy weapon for you both."

"Many thanks, Uncle Cang Ming." Long Chen was overjoyed. When he had first seen A Man's mace, he had been incredibly envious.

If he also had a terrifying broadsword, he would be able to truly unleash his own strength. Even if he encountered an expert like Wu Qi again, he was confident that even without risking his life, he would have a chance to kill the opponent.

Most importantly, Long Chen now possessed so much essence blood from fourth-rank Demonic Beasts. He could immediately concoct the Myriad Beast Essence Blood, allowing his cultivation to Breakthrough rapidly.

One had to know that cultivating the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art became incomparably difficult after the tenth heaven. However, once a Breakthrough was achieved, the strength of his Physical Body would also increase exponentially.

Even if he couldn't reach the Tendon Transformation Realm, as long as he entered the thirteenth heaven of the Blood Condensation Realm, he would be able to disregard any expert below the Middle Stage of the Tendon Transformation Realm.

After bidding farewell to Senior Cang Ming, Long Chen and A Man returned to the Heaven and Earth Society. When Long Chen returned to the Heaven and Earth Society, the entire organization erupted in cheers.

Nowadays, Long Chen's name resounded throughout the entire branch academy. Within the branch, there might be people who didn't know who the Sect Leader was, but absolutely no one didn't know who Long Chen was.

From the moment Long Chen entered the branch academy for the assessment, he had created one miracle after another. Now, having killed Wu Qi in four moves, he had become an invincible god of war in the hearts of everyone.

When Long Chen returned, Little Snow had also been brought back. However, Little Snow's body was still very weak, and it could only barely walk.

The greatest effect of the Life Qi liquid was healing. Little Snow's external wounds had already healed, and its body was covered in a dense layer of scabs. Once the scabs fell off, new fur would grow on Little Snow's body.

Seeing Long Chen, Little Snow stood up excitedly and wobbled over. Long Chen hurriedly rushed over, hugged Little Snow's large head, and gently kissed it: "I took care of the guy who bullied you."

"Woo woo." Little Snow whimpered twice.

"Sorry, you won't be able to take your revenge yourself," Long Chen laughed. Little Snow had actually said it was planning to take revenge itself. Unfortunately, Long Chen had a hasty temper and couldn't wait that long. After gently stroking Little Snow's large head and speaking a few words to the others, Long Chen returned to his Immortal Cave.

"You're back. Tang Waner is angry with you, go coax her," Qing Yu said, seeing Long Chen return. She secretly pointed inside, blinked, and whispered.

Long Chen chuckled. He knew that Tang Waner might really be angry today. In front of so many people, she had lost face; after all, girls were thin-skinned. At the same time, Long Chen secretly cursed himself for sometimes speaking without thinking and joking without considering the occasion.

A Man was outside taking care of Little Snow, and Qing Yu also deliberately avoided them. Long Chen walked straight into the Immortal Cave; the innermost room was Tang Waner's.

Upon entering the room, he found Tang Waner with a cold face, not saying a word. Seeing Long Chen enter, her eyes glared fiercely at him.

"Sister Qing Yu said you were crying and asked me to coax you. It seems you are done crying now, so I'll be going, oh!" Long Chen said and turned to retreat, but suddenly his collar was grabbed by Tang Waner.

Long Chen was weak after the battle and, besides his mouth, basically had no offensive power. He was directly pulled over by Tang Waner.

Tang Waner forgot about Long Chen's current state. With a gentle pull, Long Chen fell directly onto her body, and she couldn't help but scream.

It wasn't that Long Chen was deliberately taking advantage—well, at least theoretically that was the case. Feeling the soft, delicate body in front of him and the faint fragrance of Tang Waner filling his nose, Long Chen felt a warmth in his heart. At the same time, waves of exhaustion washed over him, and he fell into a deep sleep, just like that, holding Tang Waner's delicate body.

In his sleep, it felt like someone was pushing him, and then like someone was lifting him, but Long Chen couldn't care about that anymore. Even if someone threw him into a cesspit, he had to sleep first; this battle had been too intense.

When Long Chen woke up again, he found Little Snow lying by his bedside. Seeing Long Chen wake up, it affectionately rubbed its large head against him.

"It seems you are in good spirits," Long Chen said, laughing as he saw a glimmer of vitality returning to Little Snow's eyes, which was a sign that its body was beginning to recover.

"Awoo."

"A Man is feeding you meat, haha, you two really are a match," Long Chen laughed heartily. He jumped off the bed, straightened his clothes, and noticing some noise outside, hurried out.

"A Man, you are so stupid. I've told you several times, you always mistake salt for sugar; this meat is roasted so salty it's inedible!" Just as he stepped out, he heard Tang Waner complaining.

At some point, a huge grill had been set up on the open ground in front of the Immortal Cave, and a five-zhang-long Saw-Toothed Porcupine was being roasted over the fire.

Tang Waner was gesturing and talking to A Man, who said with a bitter face, "Sister Waner, when I eat meat by myself, I never add these things."

Long Chen laughed heartily. "How lively!"

"Long Chen, come over and eat some roasted meat. This is what I roasted, you try it." Tang Waner picked up a skewer and handed it to Long Chen; it seemed her anger from that day had long since dissipated.

Long Chen took a bite; it was chewy and full of flavor. It seemed some kind of seasoning had been added, which was a bit strange, but precisely because it was strange, the taste was even better: "Delicious, really delicious, Waner's skills are truly great." Long Chen deeply understood the principle of being indebted to those who feed you.

If Long Chen dared to say even half a word of criticism, he believed the bamboo skewer in Tang Waner's hand would be plunged directly into his backside.

Seeing Long Chen and Little Snow come out, A Man hurriedly said, "Brother Long, you should eat more too, and Little Snow needs to recover more."

Long Chen laughed. "I don't need to recover. I've been eating meat in the Barren Rock Wasteland for almost two months, I'm almost sick of it. I'd better try Sister Qing Yu's vegetable dishes."

Besides the roasted meat, there were also a few side dishes personally cooked by Qing Yu. Tang Waner and Qing Yu sat around the table with Long Chen, chatting while eating the meat.

At the same time, there was also Qi Ling Fish on the table. Tang Waner had dug a small pond in front of the Immortal Cave, and Long Chen's Qi Ling Fish were kept there. Whenever she had nothing to do, Tang Waner would fish out a few to snack on, and now there were less than a hundred left in the pond.

A Man and Little Snow didn't join them. Seeing that Long Chen had cut enough meat, A Man simply shouldered the giant Saw-Toothed Porcupine and took Little Snow off to the side to eat.

Because eating with Tang Waner was too restrictive, A Man felt a bit uncomfortable. Anyway, as long as he had meat to eat, he was fine and never cared about the taste.

By now, A Man had made a lot of progress. Back when he was in the Fengming Empire, he used to eat raw, bloody beef directly.

"By the way, what happened to that kid Qi Xin?" Long Chen suddenly remembered that the day he saw Qi Xin trying to kill Little Snow, he had thrown Qi Xin to the ground and rushed over, and afterwards, he had actually forgotten about this guy.

To put it bluntly, all these matters were stirred up by that bastard Qi Xin. Long Chen hadn't killed him because he didn't want him to die so easily.

"He's dead," Tang Waner said with a somewhat strange expression.

"How did he die? Who killed him?" Long Chen was startled.

"I don't know. That day, during the chaotic battle, everyone from the Heaven and Earth Alliance participated. After the chaotic battle, someone discovered that he was already dead. According to onlookers, he was trampled to death by people in the confusion," Tang Waner said.

Long Chen was stunned. He hadn't expected Qi Xin to have such good luck. If he hadn't died, Long Chen had ten thousand ways to make his life worse than death.

"He's lucky. If I had the ability to bring the dead back to life, I would definitely make him die a few more times," Long Chen snorted coldly.

"Alright, don't be angry anymore. After all, when a person dies, their debts are cleared, and everything is over. Moreover, this time, the branch academy didn't hold anyone accountable for Qi Xin's matter, which can be considered a stroke of luck," Tang Waner comforted him.

After all, a core-level Disciple had died; this was a major event. That the branch academy didn't investigate was already considered very fortunate.

Long Chen's heart stirred. According to the rules of the branch academy, no matter the outcome, it would be announced. That it was just let go this time—could it be that Ling Yunzi was about to take some action?

Suddenly, Long Chen remembered the words he had spoken to Ling Yunzi. Could he have really taken them seriously and was preparing to act immediately?

"President, major news!" Suddenly, a Disciple of the Heaven and Earth Society ran in, holding a list in his hand, and respectfully handed it to Tang Waner.

Tang Waner picked it up and took a look, and couldn't help but be shocked: "No way, in three months, an Evil Path Trial will be initiated?"

Long Chen hurriedly took the list and looked at it. It said that all Disciples should prepare themselves, for in three months, an Evil Path Trial would be initiated, and all Disciples would be thrown into the territory of the Evil Path and Demonic Path forces.

There were countless Disciples of the Evil Path and Demonic Path there. Branch academy Disciples needed to kill as many Evil Path Disciples as possible. Completing the trial mission would yield extremely generous points and other rewards.

During this preparation period, every Disciple, whether doing missions or receiving benefits, would receive ten times the rewards.

A smile appeared on the corner of Long Chen's mouth. It seemed Ling Yunzi was going to go all out this time. It appeared the branch academy intended to concentrate all its efforts on cultivating all Disciples within these three months.

Ten times the rewards could be said to be a windfall from heaven. With so many points, he could do many things.

However, there was still that saying: after giving a sweet date, a slap was basically not far behind. And since this sweet date was so big, next time it probably wouldn't be a slap, but a mace.

This indicated that this trial was extremely terrifying; one slight carelessness could cost them their lives. It seemed Ling Yunzi was going to play for real this time.

"Waner, help me gather the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Alliance. We'll hold a meeting; a great war is imminent." Long Chen looked into the distance. He didn't know why, but he felt his blood heating up. It seemed as though slaughter was his most primitive desire.

Normally, he would suppress this desire, but facing brutal Evil Path and Demonic Path experts, he could finally release these shackles. Perhaps only slaughter would make him stronger and make the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art more perfect.