"What do you mean?"
Seeing that the woman had just been intimidated and now became arrogant again, Tang Wan'er was instantly furious and asked coldly.
"What do you mean?"
The woman sneered, "Without our main pavilion's intervention, with just your branch's limited strength, entering the Heavenly Vein Profound Realm and facing the powerful warriors of all races—what else could it be suicide?
My words may sound harsh, but they're true. You have to understand, the Chief Pavilion Master said, don't be fooled by the fact that our sealed prodigies are only a little over thirty million. Including the prodigies of the present age, that's worth hundreds of millions.
But once they enter the Heavenly Vein Profound Realm, if half of them return alive, it is already a blessing from the Wind God.
Even with the power of the General Pavilion, things are far from optimistic. If you all enter the Heavenly Vein Profound Realm alone, there's only one outcome: total annihilation.
Only by relying on the power of the General Pavilion do you have a chance to survive. As the saying goes, honest advice is hard to hear, but what I say is the truth."
Hearing the woman's words, Tang Wan'er was furious, thinking she was being too arrogant.
But if she really followed what she said, with so many powerful beings coming back, even if half of them returned, it would be a huge sacrifice. Then the dangers within the Tianmai Profound Realm would indeed alarm her.
"Qing'e, let's talk this out calmly. Don't bring personal feelings into your mind!" The commander spoke up.
After speaking, the commander turned to Long Chen and said, "Qing'e was sealed early and hasn't experienced much of the world. She can't control her emotions well and gets easily agitated.
But she meant well, and I hope everyone won't take offense. After all, the branch and main institutes are all family, don't you agree?"
That commander was now very polite to Long Chen, even using you. He was quite an old hand. At first, he didn't see what was going on, but the more he looked at Long Chen, the more he realized he couldn't understand him at all.
Moreover, whether it was Long Chen or Yue Zifeng, their gazes remained calm as water—so quiet it was almost frightening.
He immediately sensed something was off, so he spoke politely to avoid causing trouble. Perhaps this was because the older the martial world became, the more timid one becomes; among everyone, he was the most cautious.
His words were quite skillful—he praised the woman and made Long Chen and the others feel embarrassed to argue with her, so as not to ruin the atmosphere.
The woman continued, "Don't think that just because we're the best among the thirty million Sealers, to be honest, we're all at the bottom among them.
It's precisely because our strength is average that we're more easily awakened. We're among the first to be awakened, so we just happened to accompany the commander for a walk."
As soon as the woman spoke, the other disciples' expressions became somewhat awkward. Clearly, they were reluctant to accept the term 'bottom place,' but they had to admit it was true.
"Thank you for the reminder, and for your kindness. However, I'm still holding back my previous attitude and will reserve my opinion." Long Chen said.
"You ..."
Seeing Long Chen unmoved, her words were for nothing, and she couldn't help but feel both angry and anxious.
Long Chen waved his hand and said, "Miss Qing'e, I understand how you feel, but I have my own principles.
The main academy is powerful, while our branch is weak. If we merge together, the branch should naturally be under the headquarters' command.
But the disciples of the branch academy all follow me, and I have to take responsibility for them. If the main academy has an outstanding commander, we're naturally willing to integrate.
But if someone is arrogant and likes to lower their eyelids at others, it can make people uncomfortable.
Especially on the battlefield, how do we know if he might dislike us and just let us be cannon fodder, sacrificing ourselves at will?"
"How is this possible... the woman shouted angrily.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. In this world, nothing is impossible.
What if something like this really happened? What do you have to guarantee it?" Long Chen asked.
"This ..."
The woman was instantly speechless, not knowing how to respond. After all, she was only a disciple, and she suddenly realized she had spoken a bit too much.
"Actually..."
At
this moment, the commander spoke.
However, Long Chen didn't give him a chance to speak and interrupted him directly: "I've already said, I'll make a decision when the main academy's army arrives. I can't answer you right now.
Alright, you all have come from afar and have had a hard journey. Our branch is located in a remote area, but the scenery is still quite nice.
In a moment, Envoy Ye Zuo will take you on an inspection tour of our Wind God Sea Pavilion to experience our enthusiasm. Thank you for your hard work, Ye Zuo."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he left with Yue Zifeng and Tang Wan'er, completely ignoring the bewildered Ye Lingkong.
Long Chen tossed the group over to Ye Lingkong, who forced a smile worse than crying and could only grit his teeth to accept it.
Long Chen and the other two left the main hall. As they walked on, Yue Zifeng couldn't help but say, "
Thirty million—that's an incredibly terrifying number!"
You have to know, these disciples are extremely powerful, and if their blood energy recovers, they'll be even stronger.
And such a powerful disciple was actually at the bottom. As Yue Zifeng said, it was terrifying.
Could it be scary? Even the Chaos Dragon Emperor's imperial reverse scale is inside, so all the major powers will surely come out and fight desperately for it.
Moreover, judging by the tone of Feng Xinyue and the Chaos Dragon Emperor, the treasures inside were far more than just divine sword fragments and dragon scales.
Just these two items alone were enough to make Long Chen and Yue Zifeng fight over them at any cost. He believed others would be the same—they were determined to get the treasures inside.
"What's strange is that Master never told me anything about the main institute. That's just too much." Tang Wan'er still hadn't recovered from her shock, so how did a main pavilion suddenly appear?
Moreover, judging by the other party's tone, the main pavilion's strength was millions of times stronger than the Wind God Sea Pavilion.
"Is it possible that the Wind God Sea Pavilion is just a deliberate act of deceiving others, while the main pavilion is the real Wind God Sea Pavilion. Now that the time is right, they no longer worry about revealing their strength?" Long Chen asked.
"That's actually possible!"
Tang Wan'er was startled: "I've noticed that neither my master, the Left Envoy Ye, nor that mysterious pavilion master seem to care much about Fengshen Sea Pavilion, acting completely indifferent."
After Long Chen's reminder, Tang Wan'er also sensed something was off, as if everything was just as Long Chen had said.
Could the Wind God Sea Pavilion be showing weakness just to conceal the real Wind God Sea Pavilion?
"These matters have nothing to do with usWhat connection, Wan'er, go and gather the Hidden Dragon Legion." Long Chen said.
"What's wrong? Is there any action?" Tang Wan'er was taken aback.
"What action? Zifeng is here. Are you planning to just let him off like this?" Long Chen blinked and said.
Tang Wan'er suddenly understood and left like a gust of wind.
Yue Zifeng gave a bitter smile. He already understood Long Chen's intentions. Long Chen patted Yue Zifeng on the shoulder and said,
"Let's go. There are many of them, all of them are your future brother's wives. Don't be stingy, teach them more."
As they spoke, the two headed straight for Hidden Dragon Island.