Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  Having been frightened like this, he momentarily didn’t react before nervously grabbing the extended hand.

  After all, he was a royal prince. If Long Chen really did cause the seventh prince to feel angry at him, then that would just be playing into Zhou Yaoyang’s hands.

  Although Long Chen didn’t care about that really, being manipulated by people certainly wasn’t a good feeling. Him acting like this now was giving the seventh prince a way out.

  The seventh prince was only fifteen, and although he was arrogant, he hadn’t experienced much. Now under Long Chen’s bad cop good cop actions, he was completely at a loss. After he got up, he didn’t know what to say.

  “Seventh prince, do you want to sit down with us?” asked Long Chen.

  “Ahh, no, that’s… no, I have some stuff to do, so I’ll go.” After saying this, the seventh prince hastily turned and left. But once he walked out of the literature hall, the seventh prince felt that his legs had turned soft.

  Now there was a great fear of Long Chen in his heart. That calm death god smile of his had made him sense that his life or death was entirely in Long Chen’s hands.

  Seeing the seventh prince leave, Long Chen also turned to look back at the group of noble heirs that had previously participated in attacking him.

  After seeing him beat Zhou Yaoyang to such a miserable state, they were all terrified and unmoving. Seeing Long Chen turn his gaze to them, their expressions all changed and they retreated.

  Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to deal with such a group of people. Although they had previously bullied Long Chen, the current him was no longer on the same level as them. And so the bitterness and anger that he felt were also no longer as strong.

  He slowly walked up to Zhou Yaoyang whose breath was becoming increasingly shallow. The light in his eyes was fading as if he might die at any moment.

  “Long Chen, you shouldn’t kill him. Let’s send him to the alchemist guild. They should be able to heal him,” advised Shi Feng. After all, this place wasn’t the martial arena. This was a private fight, and if someone died, Long Chen would be unable to escape punishment.

  “Don’t worry. Look, his eyebrows are like messy grass, his forehead is practically caved in. A small person like him won’t die so easily. His complexion is still rosy, see?” said Long Chen.

  Fatty Yu and the others were speechless. Zhou Yaoyang was actually quite a handsome young man, so Long Chen’s descriptions were clearly off. Those changes were caused by how heavily Long Chen had thrown him onto the ground.

  As for his expression still being rosy? That was due to being choked with his own blood. Yes, it was rosy, but it was actually almost purple. It was completely different from the rosy complexion of someone healthy.

  Reaching into his robes, he took out a medicinal pill and placed it into Zhou Yaoyang’s mouth.

  Slap.

  Long Chen slapped Zhou Yaoyang’s face twice, forcing the medicinal pill down his throat.

  Although Long Chen hated Zhou Yaoyang to the extreme, he still remembered to act properly. It was true that he had heavily injured Zhou Yaoyang, but he definitely wouldn’t let him die.

  With his personally refined healing medicine, his internal organs would all be protected. As for his outer wounds, well those were the problem of the Zhou family. All Long Chen needed was for him to not die.

  “You guys, if you don’t want Zhou Yaoyang to die, hurry up and bring him away,” coldly said Long Chen to the noble heirs who were just standing there in shock.

  Only then did they recover and carefully lift Zhou Yaoyang onto a table and bring him away.

  They also conveniently brought along Wang Mang who was unconscious against the wall.

  “You, you, and you. Come and clean up the blood on the floor.”

  Long Chen pointed to several other noble heirs. These people had often mocked Long Chen before, and although Long Chen wasn’t planning on attacking them, making them do some work for him also relieved some of his anger.

  Those people who were pointed out by Long Chen all shivered uncontrollably. Not daring to make a single sound, they all quickly cleaned up everything diligently. In just a short time, the floor was completely clean and even Wang Mang’s teeth were all found.

  What was outside Long Chen’s expectations was that the old lecturer only came an hour after the cleaning was done.

  That lecturer looked at Long Chen in confusion for a moment before starting his lecture.

  Long Chen couldn’t help but curse. That old bastard was definitely paid off by Zhou Yaoyang! Otherwise, there was no way he’d be so late!

  He had originally thought that all scholars were good people inside, but this thinking of his was shattered today. Feeling cheated, the good impression Long Chen had had of the old man was completely lost.

  After enduring the boring lecture and eating lunch, they all hurried to the Battle Skill Pavilion.

  Fatty Yu and the others didn’t go; they were heading home to take the medicine instead. Seeing Long Chen’s actions today had shocked them, yet at the same time, it had given them hope for their own futures, so they couldn’t wait any longer.

  Long Chen perused several Battle Skills but felt they were all inadequate. Ordinary Battle Skills were no longer worthy of Long Chen’s attention.

  He read through the Battle Skills very quickly, and in just two hours, nine hundred Battle Skills were all browsed through by him without a single one satisfying him.

  No wonder they were free to them; they were all trash Battle Skills. Some were fragmentary or overly complicated while also not being very strong. But the second floor of the Battle Skill Pavilion could only be accessed by Blood Condensation experts.

  Additional Battle Skills of such low level weren’t of much use to Long Chen. For movement, he had the Windchasing Steps, and for battle, he had the Spirit of the Bull. Even the best Battle Skills on this floor weren’t much better than them, so learning them would be of minimal use.

  Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh. He was about to just give up on wasting time here when his gaze suddenly fell on the bottom corner of a bookshelf.

  Other bookshelves were all properly aligned so each book had its own space, but here there was a random pile of tomes.

  They were also Battle Skills, but some were already torn up and the others were incomplete. In short, they were trash, but throwing them out would be too much of a waste. Thus, they had just left them in this corner.

  A certain page had drawn Long Chen’s eye when he had looked at that corner.

  That animal hide page was very worn out, but with Long Chen’s powerful Spiritual Strength, he sensed an extremely ancient aura coming from the page.

  He reached out and took the page from the pile of trash. But when he did, his heart trembled. Maybe others didn’t know what was so different about this animal hide…

  But with his powerful Spiritual Strength, he could clearly sense a terrifying power coming from it!

  The marks on the page were already ruined and faded. It had clearly been eroded by countless years of time.

  Long Chen guessed that the owner of this animal hide was an extremely terrifying existence. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a terrifying will left behind after all these years.

  It was completely ridiculous that such a terrifying thing had now been thrown with the trash. Long Chen hurriedly started to study it.

  All that was on there was a diagram, with the words on the diagram being extremely ancient and blurry. There were three words:

  “Split the Heavens.”

  What an absolutely domineering title for a Battle Skill! That was simply too arrogant, wasn’t it?

  Long Chen frowned when he looked at the diagram. All he could see was that there were nine dots on it.

  Between the nine dots were some indistinct threads, but it was too ancient and he couldn’t tell whether it was originally like that or due to the cracks from age.

  “Time’s up. All noble heirs must p
ut back their manuals.”

  A cold voice rang out just at this moment. Everyone couldn’t help but sigh; the time had passed too quickly. They were only allowed to come here once a month!

  Looking at the ruined page in his hands, Long Chen couldn’t bear to part with it. His time was just too precious, and he couldn’t wait another month.

  Seeing everyone leave, Long Chen slowly started walking with them, but he kept the ruined animal hide in his hands. The Blood Condensation expert’s expression turned colder, but Long Chen spoke up before him.

  “Senior, I want to bring this destroyed animal hide page back home to study. Also, please accept this.”

  Not letting him refuse immediately, Long Chen first took out a medicinal pill for him. The Blood Condensation expert was just about to scold him when he realized what the medicinal pill was.

  Reaching out to take it, he was astonished to find that it was a Blood Condensing Pill. It was precisely the thing that a Blood Condensation cultivator like him required.

  And most importantly, this was a middle grade Blood Condensing Pill! It was tens of times more valuable than ordinary Blood Condensing Pills.

  Blood Condensation cultivators needed to borrow the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to improve their blood vessels, allowing their blood and qi to become more domineering and strengthening their physical body.

  As for the Blood Condensing Pill, it could increase the efficiency of condensing one’s blood several times. Such a pill could save at least half a year’s worth of work.

  The expert’s expression changed in the face of it, and in the end, he was unable to resist the allure of this medicinal pill.

  “Remember, I didn’t see anything.”

  How could Long Chen not understand what he was saying? If he was found out, he wouldn’t admit to any fault and Long Chen would be accused of stealing.

  Long Chen simply accepted this. Only after Long Chen left with the animal hide did the expert carefully examine the Blood Condensing Pill in his hand.

  “I really never would have imagined that he had such a treasure. I have to find out more about him.” After saying this, the Blood Condensation expert disappeared deeper into the Battle Skill Pavilion.

  Long Chen went straight home. Since he dared to take out the Blood Condensing Pill, he was naturally unafraid of any investigation.

  The current him needed others to know that he was an alchemist, one close to grandmaster Yun Qi. That would hopefully prevent more troubles.

  Using this method, he was telling his unknown enemy that he, Long Chen, was no longer the same person. If they wanted to bring out small fries to deal with him, they’d have to think about the consequences.

  As he walked back, Long Chen was continuously contemplating just who was behind the curtains. At some point, he ended up walking into a small alley.

  Suddenly, a huge net descended from the sky. Before Long Chen could even react, he was completely enveloped and whisked away.

  Chapter 16 Enmity With a Princess

  Just as Long Chen was wondering how he could draw out the puppet master behind the curtains, a huge net descended from above and completely trapped him before he could react.

  The net’s design was extremely intricate. It immediately tightened up as soon as it enveloped Long Chen, firmly trapping him within.

  Just as Long Chen was about to struggle, he was whisked high into the air. Only now did he realize that there was a huge Hawkeagle above his head.

  The Hawkeagle was not a Magical Beast, but a regular wild beast. But due to how large and docile it was, it was a favorite for experts to ride on.

  This Hawkeagle was clearly just a mount, but it was too late for any regrets from Long Chen. He had been careless and deserved to have been ensnared.

  Soaring hundreds of meters into the air, Long Chen felt queasy just looking down and didn’t dare to move an inch.

  He hoped the net was strong enough. If it broke and Long Chen ended up falling to the ground from this height, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough. Falling from such a height would turn him into a flat paste.

  “Hmph, what a bold slave to dare bully my little brother!”

  A clear, lovable voice rang out from atop the Hawkeagle. The voice was very beautiful, but the anger contained within it caused Long Chen to realize something—the situation definitely wasn’t good.

  No matter how Long Chen tried to move about in the net, he was unable to see who was atop the Hawkeagle. He was afraid to say anything because if this woman were to angrily let go, he would be screwed.

  Long Chen closed his mouth and didn’t say anything, letting the person assume he was afraid.

  The woman also didn’t say anything in response to Long Chen’s silence. Seeing a large mountain, she urged her mount to fly over.

  That mountain was exactly Sunset Mountain, but the situation was completely different from when Meng Qi had brought him.

  Last time he was atop a mount; this time he was carried by one in a trap. And furthermore, this time the descent was extremely unsteady, a far cry from last time’s slow and stable descent.

  The treatment this time also wasn’t so good. When there were just thirty meters left, Long Chen was dropped.

  Although he had made some preparations and protected his body, to be thrown from such a height still caused him extreme dizziness.

  “Hmph, you brazen slave. If I don’t give you a proper lesson today, you won’t know how to respect your masters!”

  Fury blazed in Long Chen’s eyes. Now that they were on the ground, if he didn’t properly give her nose a twist, then she wouldn’t know who was her master Long!

  Although he had known that she was a woman, when his eyes finally fell on her, he was completely shocked.

  She was a slender seventeen-year-old with large curves in all the right places. She was wearing white robes with a jade belt that caused her chest to become even more pronounced.

  What stunned Long Chen most of all was her willowy eyebrows, her peach-like eyes, her jasper nose, and her small mouth that had a trace of anger which gave her a different kind of beauty.

  “Hey, slave, where do you think you’re looking?” angrily said the woman when she saw Long Chen’s eyes continuously roving around her.

  His originally fading anger was once more aroused when she called him a slave again. Long Chen sneered, “Little girl, have you taken the wrong drugs? Or did you eat so much you started talking crap? Why have you brought me here? Or is it that you’ve become so enticed by this master’s looks that you can’t help wanting to take the errant path?”

  The angry and regretful expression that he had along with his words angered the woman so much that her whole face turned red.

  “You shameless bastard! You dared to bully my little brother! Today, I’m going to relieve my brother’s anger for him. And with a face like yours, even if this lady was struck blind, I wouldn’t even consider you,” angrily retorted the woman.

  “Your little brother?” Long Chen was a bit confused.

  “Hmph, my little brother is the seventh prince Chu Feng! I’m taking revenge on you for harassing him today!”

  That woman was Chu Feng’s blood sister Chu Yao. She was the empire’s third princess. The Phoenix Cry Empire had seven princes and three princesses, and Chu Yao and Chu Feng were the youngest of them.

  Chu Yao had seen Chu Feng come home completely frightened and acting very strange. When asked what the problem was, Chu Feng had been so frightened that he wouldn’t tell anyone anything.

  Chu Yao had learned of what happened through other means. She quickly learned that the Savage Marquis’s noble heir had invited Chu Feng, and from there, she quickly found out everything that had happened.

  As his big sister, Chu Yao refused to let the matter of Long Chen frightening Chu Feng go. But as a princess, she couldn’t act too excessively in public, so she had captured Long Chen secretly on his way home.

  Long Chen had been busy thinking of other things an
d hadn’t expected to be acted upon within the imperial capital. Due to his guard being down, he had been completely ensnared in someone’s trap.

  “I seem to recall that I didn’t actually do anything to your little brother,” frowned Long Chen.

  “You slave, you scared my brother witless. The penalty for this is death. Do you not even understand who is royalty and who is not?” coldly asked Chu Yao.

  Being repeatedly called a slave, Long Chen’s anger soared and he cursed, “You idiot woman, don’t think that just because you’re a lady I won’t dare to handle you. Don’t press master Long, or master Long won’t hesitate.”

  “You… you… you absolute bastard!”

  In all of Chu Yao’s life, there had been no one who would speak to her like this. Her entire body was trembling in rage from being cursed by Long Chen.

  A jade palm came down to attack Long Chen. What surprised Long Chen was that Chu Yao was actually a strong person at the ninth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation.

  That palm carried with it a blazing explosion, and what most astonishing was that it was at least a mid grade Mortal Battle Skill.

  Long Chen was able to sense a strangeness from that palm, and although he wasn’t afraid, he preferred not to clash with her using brute force.

  Just when that jade palm was about to land on Long Chen, Long Chen used his quick footwork and lightly pushed on her hand, causing her palm to go wide and hit nothing.

  Long Chen had gently and easily dispatched Chu Yao’s attack that had contained all her power. All of her force seemed to have hit a bunch of cotton and was dissipated.

  “Bastard, you dare to run!” Chu Yao cutely raged and quickly turned on the ground. She was like a graceful butterfly as yet another palm shot towards him.

  Long Chen was once more infuriated by her insults. How could such a pretty woman say such vulgar things!

  But despite his stomach full of anger, he couldn’t be so ruthless to such a pretty woman. If it had been Zhao Yaoyang, he would already have been completely trampled.

  He continued to dodge over and over, noticing that although Chu Yao’s cultivation base was high, it was extremely superficial. Perhaps she couldn’t even match someone at the fifth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation.