Savage Marquis

In front of the Zhenyuan Marquis Estate, hundreds of elite soldiers had surrounded the entire residence completely.

A middle-aged man wearing silver armor sat on a horse, looking at Madam Long with an arrogant expression.

Madam Long, her face pale, was saying something to that man.

Behind Madam Long, Bao'er and the other family members looked at the armored men with expressions of terror.

When Long Chen appeared, the man's eyes lit up, and he coldly shouted: "Long Chen, you severely injured the young lord Zhou Yaoyang for no reason. This general has been ordered to capture you. Will you not surrender?"

"Clang."

Hundreds of long sabers unsheathed, emitting a resounding sound.

The entire scene was filled with a murderous aura that made it difficult to breathe.

These people were all elite soldiers carrying a thick scent of blood.

Madam Long had never seen such a murderous scene; her face instantly turned pale as paper, and she swayed unsteadily.

Had Bao'er not been supporting her, she would not have been able to stand.

Long Chen ignored the gleaming long sabers before him and walked to his mother.

Seeing the terror in her eyes, Long Chen felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"Mother, it's alright. It's just a dream. When you wake up, everything will be gone." Long Chen held his mother's hand and said softly.

Accompanied by Long Chen's voice, a gentle Soul energy drifted over.

Madam Long's eyelids instantly felt as heavy as a thousand catties, and she closed her eyes, drifting into a deep sleep.

"Bao'er, Mother Zhang, help my mother inside."

Long Chen could not bear to see his mother frightened, so he used his Soul energy to hypnotize her.

Otherwise, as a Mortal, she would have a hard time enduring such a shock and would easily fall ill.

Upon receiving Long Chen's order, Bao'er and Mother Zhang helped Madam Long inside.

Long Chen had everyone close the main gate.

Looking at the man sitting on the horse and sensing the faint blood Qi on him, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Long Chen's mouth:

"Just a half-step Blood Condensation Realm cultivator."

Seeing that Long Chen had finished doing these things and had no intention of surrendering, but instead looked at him brazenly, the man narrowed his eyes.

"Long Chen, you have committed a heinous crime. No one can protect you. Are you waiting for this general to do it himself?" the man coldly shouted.

"General? You are merely a Lieutenant, which is just a dog in plain terms. How dare you call yourself a general? Do you want to laugh me to death?" Long Chen pointed at the man's nose and cursed.

A Lieutenant was the most trashy rank among generals in the Phoenix Empire, possessing neither military merit nor real power; in plain terms, it was just a squad leader.

However, when this guy had just been promoted to Lieutenant, he was incredibly excited, and he had become accustomed to constantly referring to himself as "this general."

Now, Long Chen's words were like poisoned arrows shooting into the man's heart, instantly making his face look extremely ugly.

He came from a humble background and had struggled in the barracks for over ten years.

Only now, when he finally had the chance to reach a Breakthrough to the Blood Condensation Realm, was he exceptionally promoted to Lieutenant.

Now that what he considered his greatest glory was being ruthlessly trampled underfoot, it instantly gave rise to thick killing intent within him.

"Long Chen, do not force this general to kill you." The man gritted his teeth and pressed his hand against the saber at his waist.

"If you dare to unsheathe your long saber, I will have your head roll to the ground."

Long Chen stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the man, and said very seriously.

His voice was not loud, and it did not carry a trace of anger, yet it was filled with peerless confidence.

"Seeking death!"

The man shouted angrily, pressed his hand on the horse's back, and launched himself toward Long Chen like a goshawk, throwing a punch down.

The blood Qi around his body circulated, and a faint blood aura appeared; clearly, the man had used a sliver of his Blood Condensation Realm strength.

Long Chen's eyes were like lightning, his expression cold.

He took a step forward and also threw a punch.

"Boom!"

The two fists collided, and a strong wind scattered.

An explosive sound rang out, and both were forced back several steps by the other's power.

"With just these few tricks, you dare to be arrogant?" Long Chen sneered.

The man's expression changed.

Being mocked by a youth who was called a piece of trash made him so angry his lungs were about to explode.

"Go to hell!"

"Clang."

The long saber unsheathed.

A cold flash of light slashed down toward Long Chen's head.

The whistling wind stung people's eardrums, making them feel a chill in their hearts.

This was exactly the moment he was waiting for.

Long Chen tapped the ground and, like a ghost, retreated a zhang, avoiding the man's strike.

In this retreat, he used the newly learned Wind Chasing Steps.

Although he was a beginner, Long Chen had undergone a Fusion with the Pill Emperor's memories, making him incomparably proficient in the meridian pathways of the human body.

His mastery was so seasoned that it was no different from someone who had practiced for decades.

With one step, he arrived directly in front of a soldier and punched toward him.

The soldier was terrified and hurriedly raised his saber to block.

However, his palm suddenly shook, and the long saber in his hand disappeared.

Looking at Long Chen, he saw that Long Chen was already wielding the long saber, slashing fiercely toward the Lieutenant.

"Shhh."

The Lieutenant had just slashed empty air and had not yet adjusted, but Long Chen had already retreated, snatched the blade, and slashed—all in one fluid motion.

The whistling wind tore through the air, causing him to be terrified and hurriedly exert his power to block.

"Boom!"

After the explosion, the Lieutenant felt an irresistible force coming from the blade, sending him flying and rolling several zhang away.

Just as he steadied his figure, he suddenly felt a chill at his waist.

Relying on years of life-and-death experience, he did not think and swung his long saber out.

Another explosive sound rang out, sparks flew, and a cold light flew away, traveling dozens of zhang before embedding itself into an old tree.

The Lieutenant had just relied on his astonishing intuition to block Long Chen's slash, but he could not resist Long Chen's terrifying power; the webbing between his thumb and index finger was torn, and his long saber was knocked away.

At this moment, the Lieutenant no longer had his previous arrogance; his face was filled with utter terror, for he saw a cold glint already before his eyes, like the blade of the Grim Reaper.

"No!"

"Pfft."

That fearful sound was still echoing in the air, but the Lieutenant's head had already flown high into the air, filled with shock and unwillingness.

Before his Soul sank into darkness, he suddenly remembered a sentence Long Chen had said earlier: "If you dare to unsheathe your long saber, I will have your head roll to the ground."

He finally believed it now.

Long Chen had not been scaring him; what he said was the truth.

Unfortunately, he realized it too late.

"Thump."

The headless corpse fell to the ground, and the head rolled in the air for a long time before falling to the ground and rolling far away.

For a moment, all the soldiers were dumbfounded.

Their leader had been left dead on the street, and everyone's grip on their weapons was unsteady.

They were also people who had seen bloodshed, but they had never seen this kind of carnage.

From start to finish, Long Chen had maintained a calm expression, not even batting an eyelid.

This was even more terrifying than someone gnashing their teeth in rage.

"Long Chen, you dare to kill my beloved general? Do you believe I will wipe out your Zhenyuan Marquis Estate?"

Suddenly, an angry shout came from the distance.

A middle-aged man with a dignified face, accompanied by dozens of experts, walked toward this side.

"Finally willing to come out?"

Long Chen sneered in his heart.

When he first arrived, he had used his Divine Sense to scout the surroundings and discovered someone hiding in the distance watching.

"Marquis of the Wilds, you truly live up to the name. This unreasonable stubbornness of yours… that title was truly not wrongly bestowed upon you."

Long Chen leaned lazily against the stone lion in front of his house and said languidly.

"Long Chen, today at the Literature Hall, you offended the Seventh Prince and severely injured my son. Now, you have even killed my beloved general.

Hmph, even if you could talk your way out of it, you will not escape your crimes today. Let's see who can save you," the Marquis of the Wilds shouted angrily.

Looking at this marquis who was once mentioned in the same breath as his father, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Long Chen's mouth.

With your trashy methods, you think you can be mentioned in the same breath as my father? Bah!

"Zhou Chengqing, have you lived in vain as you've aged? Do I, Long Chen, need someone else to save me? What an idiot."

Long Chen reached into his bosom, took out a jade plate, and said to him: "Open your dog eyes, along with your nostrils, and add the eye in your ass, and look clearly for me—what is this?"

The Marquis of the Wilds, Zhou Chengqing, looked at the jade plate engraved with a Pill Furnace pattern, his face full of shock.

"How is it possible? How can you possess a Pill Apprentice Nameplate? This must be fake!" Zhou Chengqing shouted angrily.

"Idiot, it seems you really have aged. Four small eyes, one big eye—all five of them, and you still can't see clearly. I'll be kind and let you see it clearly."

After saying this, Long Chen threw the jade plate directly to Zhou Chengqing.

Zhou Chengqing reached out and took the jade plate, carefully examining it.

Eventually, his face was filled with shock.

As a marquis, how could he not recognize the identity Nameplate of the Alchemist Guild?

However, it was precisely because he recognized it that his expression changed drastically.

The signatory on the back of the Nameplate was none other than Yun Qi.

In the Phoenix Empire, as long as one was a person of status, was there anyone who didn't know that Great Master?

Even the emperors of past generations had to be respectful to the Alchemist Guild's president, which showed just how lofty the Alchemist Guild's status was in the Empire.

If a country did not have the support of the Alchemist Guild, it would not take long for it to be swallowed by other Empires.

It could be said that the Alchemist Guild was the protector of the Empire.

"Zhou Chengqing, do you see it clearly now? Can you return the Nameplate to me?" Long Chen looked at the dazed Marquis of the Wilds and sneered.

The Marquis of the Wilds' expression was extremely ugly.

He really wanted to crush the jade plate and capture Long Chen, but he dared not.

Although he did not know how Long Chen obtained the Nameplate, having it proved that Long Chen was a member of the Alchemist Guild.

That was a person who stood above the laws of the Empire; he had no right to deal with him.

Taking the jade pendant handed over by the Marquis of the Wilds, who looked as if his mother had just died, Long Chen suddenly straightened his face and coldly shouted:

"Zhou Chengqing, your Lieutenant surrounded the residence of a Pill Apprentice and wielded a blade in violence.

If you do not give me an explanation today, tomorrow I will apply to the Alchemist Guild for sanctions against the Phoenix Empire."

Zhou Chengqing's expression changed drastically.

The sanctions of the Alchemist Guild were extremely terrifying.

They would refuse to supply Medicinal Pills to the Empire for a period of time, which was equivalent to taking the Empire's life.

"I was unaware of this matter beforehand; it was entirely that brat acting on his own initiative.

I will go back now to investigate the cause and will soon give the young lord an explanation."

Now that Long Chen's status was special, the Marquis of the Wilds had to swallow his pride.

Damn, how shameless can one be? To be able to eat back the shit one just took without changing one's expression—this was the first time Long Chen admired this Marquis of the Wilds.

No wonder he was a Blood Condensation Realm expert over a decade ago and was still in the Blood Condensation Realm today; it turns out he spent all these years practicing how to eat shit.

"How you investigate is your business.

Before I wake up tomorrow, the front of my house must be clean.

Otherwise… you understand how serious the consequences will be."

Long Chen snorted coldly, too lazy to waste more words with this shameless old fox.

After dropping this line, he returned directly to the estate and slammed the main gate shut.

He was truly too annoyed today.

In the morning at the Literature Hall, at noon at Luoxia Mountain, and in the evening at his own doorstep—fighting three times in one day was truly tiresome.

However, the one at noon was quite fragrant and colorful.

After Long Chen disappeared, the Marquis of the Wilds' face was livid.

Now, he had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice; none of his original expectations were met, and instead, he had invited a heap of trouble.

"My Lord, what should we do?"

"Do? Do your sister! Hurry up and clean this place up.

The blood on the ground, even if you have to lick it with your tongues, lick it clean for me!"

The Marquis of the Wilds originally had a belly full of fire with nowhere to vent.

Finally finding a place to vent, he cursed loudly, left the dumbfounded crowd, and departed alone.

"Damn it, how did that little beast become a person of the Alchemist Guild? This is trouble."

The Marquis of the Wilds muttered in his heart.

After pondering for a moment and seeing no one around, he set off toward the direction of the Imperial Palace.