by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
They had their own goals in coming here. If they were unable to accomplish their missions, then the consequences would be extremely severe. So although they were furious, they decided to compromise in the end.
“Zhang Bao, you weren’t respectful to a senior. Slap yourself in the face eighty times.” The sect leader took a deep breath, clenching his teeth and spat out his orders to the person who had insulted Tu Fang.
Chapter 508 Furiously Cursing a Sect Leader
“Me? Slap myself? But sect leader…” The person called Zhang Bao couldn’t help being dumbfounded.
Previously, Peng Xuequan had managed to stand out, becoming the Enforcement Elder in an instant. However, he had done the same thing as him and ended up being ordered to slap himself in the face? He was bewildered.
The sect leader furiously slapped Zhang Bao in the face and shouted, “Since you know I’m the sect leader, how dare you talk back?!”
The sect leader was also holding back a stomach full of fire. Long Chen was forcing Zhang Bao to slap himself in the face, causing him to also lower his head. That was equivalent to a slap in his face as well.
In the current situation, he couldn’t use martial strength to subdue everyone. He could only place this grievance on Zhang Bao, but Zhang Bao hadn’t realized that, causing him to find a target to release his stomach full of fire.
Zhang Bao became dizzy from being hit, but seeing the sect leader’s gloomy expression, he finally knelt on the ground.
He began to slap himself in the face.
Hearing those resounding slaps, the sect leader and the others were all filled with fury.
However, the monastery’s disciples were all incredibly refreshed. The sect leader and the others had already infuriated them with how unreasonable they were. Now, this was truly relaxing.
The final slap rang out and Zhang Bao stood up. His gaze was filled with hatred as he looked at Long Chen and Tu Fang. It was obvious he was cursing inside.
“Are you deaf? I said to slap yourself until all your teeth were gone, not that you could just randomly slap yourself a few times,” said Long Chen.
“That’s enough. Long Chen, don’t go too far,” shouted the sect leader.
He truly was furious now. He had already lowered his head to get Zhang Bao to slap himself in the face. But Long Chen still refused to let it go with just that.
“Brothers, kill!”
Long Chen was too lazy to waste words with him. He was the first to charge at Zhang Bao. Following him, all the disciples’ blood boiled, and they seemed to return to their memories when they fought shoulder to shoulder with him. With a roar, they all charged.
“Stop!” The sect leader shouted, his Xiantian power surging out, causing the world to freeze. A terrifying pressure fell on all of them.
The disciples involuntarily stopped, feeling as if a wall had blocked their path. A terrifying pressure was crashing on their bodies, causing them to turn pale.
Only Long Chen’s expression didn’t change. He icily stared at the sect leader. “Zhang Bao’s mouth was too rude, and he must pay the price. Right now, I’ll give you three choices: one, let Zhang Bao slap out all his teeth. Two, let us kill him. Three, you can kill us all.”
The sect leader glared at Long Chen, wanting to kill him. But he couldn’t.
He truly only had those three options, but he absolutely could not choose the third one. If he did, he and his mother would be killed. Furthermore, the Zhou family would once more receive a ruthless blow.
As for the second choice, that was also unacceptable. If Zhang Bao died, his other followers would be disillusioned. And what about his own prestige? How would he even be a sect leader?
“Zhang Bao, do as he says.”
“Sect leader…”
The sect leader once more gave him a slap in the face. He had an urge to slap this idiot to death. This bastard still hadn’t realized what was going on. The more he hesitated, the more face he would lose.
“Slap yourself in the face!” he ordered.
Under the sect leader’s harsh orders, the familiar sound of slapping once more rang out. However, this time, the sound was much more intense.
After Zhang Bao finished playing the music of his face, bubbles of blood foamed out of his mouth. All his teeth had fallen out now.
In truth, having one’s teeth knocked out was nothing to a Meridian Opening expert. Using medicines, they would quickly recover, growing new teeth.
However, compared to the physical body’s pain, the pain of the mind was much worse, capable of driving a person insane. Zhang Bao pointed at Long Chen, “Just wait, Long Chen!”
However, without his teeth, his words were very unclear. Only after a couple breaths did people realize what he was saying.
Long Chen didn’t look at him. Putting away his saber, he smiled as if nothing had happened. “Sect leader’s noble character and unquestionable integrity, especially his ability to be impartial, is admirable.”
The sect leader felt as if his lungs might burst. After finishing beating Zhang Bao’s face, he had begun slapping his face. His ‘ability to be impartial’ was an incredibly loud slap.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down before saying, “Let me introduce myself. I am Zhou Qifeng. I come from the Xuantian Dao Sect. Starting today, I will be your new sect leader.”
This was Zhou Qingyi’s son, while Zhou Qifeng’s father had been an expert that had married into the Zhou family.
Those who could marry into the Zhou family were all top geniuses. For the sake of their future progeny, the women of the Zhou family would only marry experts.
But Long Chen and the others wondered just what happened between Zhou Qifeng’s mother and father. Could it be that they ended up making some mistakes when researching how to have their next generation? They had actually ended up giving birth to an oddity like Zhou Qifeng.
His cultivation talent was extremely ordinary, and his bearing was extremely odd. He was also extremely mysophobic, a neat-freak. When he walked, he couldn’t let his feet be touched by mud, and when he sat, he couldn’t let his clothes be touched by dust.
Those Meridian Opening experts were his nannies in charge of his clothes, food, housing, and transport. Now that he had taken office, they had all come with him.
These Meridian Opening experts were all just a bunch of random workers within the Xuantian Dao Sect. But here, they had become the top experts, so naturally their egos had swelled.
“Long Chen, previously I hadn’t introduced myself and you had your Elder status, so you didn’t need to kneel to me. But now, you should know what to do.” Zhou Qifeng looked at Long Chen icily.
Guo Ran and the others’ expressions changed. How insidious, how despicable! He was forcing Long Chen to kneel to him as humiliation.
Long Chen sneered. He cupped his hands and said loudly, “Greetings, sect leader Zhou.”
“How brazen! As a disciple, how dare you not kowtow?” raged Zhou Qifeng.
“Sect leader, don’t be so angry. If you end up dying from rage, it really would be unfortunate. There are two reasons why I don’t need to kowtow.
“First, my cultivation base has reached the Bone Forging realm, and according to the monastery’s rules, there’s no need for me to kneel when seeing the sect leader.
“If I want to kneel, that would be depending on the sect leader’s character and morality. If it was someone like sect leader Tu Fang or sect leader Ling Yunzi, people of virtue and prestige, then I definitely would kowtow to them. But as for you… hehe, to tell the truth, you have no character and have no morals… ah, so sorry, sometimes I say too much.
“Second, according to the monastery’s rules, disciples only need to kowtow to the sect leader during the ancestral ceremony to express their gratefulness at being transmitted their masters’ favor. Today is not the day of the ceremony,” said Long Chen.
“You…! Even so, you should bow at least! Otherwise, how would you differentiate between seniors
and juniors?!” shouted Zhou Qifeng.
“Cough, originally, I should have bowed. However, I’m injured, and I can’t bend my waist. Please forgive me, sect leader,” said Long Chen ‘apologetically’.
“What nonsense, you’re completely healthy! You’re clearly trying to evade. It seems I’ll need to punish your disrespect!” raged Zhou Qifeng.
“Don’t be in such a hurry to punish people. I truly am injured. Everyone present can testify that yesterday, there was some old bitch that must have taken the wrong drugs. She ended up coming here, acting like some unfilial daughter beating her father, attacking me.
“As a result, my residence was razed, and I ended up coughing up blood. Later, the monastery head had to come here to expel that old bitch. If you don’t believe me, you can ask any one of us. I definitely haven’t spoken any lies.”
“You bastard, that person was my mother! You dare be disrespectful to the assistant monastery head?!” Zhou Qifeng’s killing intent surged out.
“Oh? That old bi- cough, so she was your mother! I really had no idea. So sorry.”
Long Chen ‘awkwardly’ coughed a few times, suddenly grumbling, “I really had no idea that person was your mother. However, your mother really was heavy-handed.
“She beat me until my bones broke. Was it worth it for her to do such a thing to me, a Bone Forging disciple?
“I suppose you haven’t seen your mother when she goes crazy. Yesterday, it was like she had gone mad. I really can’t understand why she would come here to beat me. It’s not like I’m your father.”
Tu Fang’s face twitched. Wasn’t this openly cursing someone?
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er were covering their mouths. Seeing how black Zhou Qifeng’s face was, they were afraid they might end up laughing.
On the other hand, Guo Ran praised inside, “Boss really is boss. His cursing ability has practically reached the realm of perfection. He can curse someone in the face, but make it so they can’t display their anger.”
Zhou Qifeng was unable to find any way to retort. As long as Long Chen said he had no idea who that woman had been, he couldn’t say anything. More importantly, he wouldn’t be able to make Long Chen kneel now.
If Zhou Qifeng tried, Long Chen would just say he was injured. If he doubted him, he could call over his mother to ask her.
“Fine, you’re injured. But what about the others? They also haven’t knelt,” raged Zhou Qifeng.
“Sect leader, have you forgotten? Just how powerful is your mother’s cultivation base? Back then, everyone here was struck by your mother’s bastard qi and injured. I hope sect leader can forgive us.” Long Chen smiled apologetically.
Zhou Qifeng clenched his teeth so hard they creaked. Even the distant people were able to hear it. Perhaps he wasn’t very happy.
Originally, he had come here to display his prestige and completely suppress the first monastery. Then, later, he would proceed with the rest of the plan.
Now, he hadn’t managed to suppress the first monastery, but he had instead been forced to lower his own head. All his prestige had been lost. That made him incredibly depressed. This was completely different from his plans.
Zhou Qifeng hastily gave Peng Xuequan a glance, and he immediately understood. Taking a few steps forward, Peng Xuequan icily looked at everyone, a sinister smile appearing on his face.
Chapter 509 Breaking Stones on Abdomens
“Your constitutions are too weak, and within the same level, you’re unable to compare to the other monasteries’ disciples. One is in the heavens while one is still on the ground.
“So starting today, we’ll be undergoing drilling to strengthen your constitutions and physiques,” shouted Peng Xuequan.
Those who followed Zhou Qifeng were all very sturdy men, and Peng Xuequan was the one with the strongest physique.
But what was different from ordinary experts was that Peng Xuequan had grown extremely unevenly. His build was like a butcher’s, and it was lacking the aesthetic of well-built men.
As soon as he said this, Long Chen and the others understood this idiot was beginning to play his tricks.
As expected, he continued, “Within the other monasteries, the disciples’ physiques are at least twice as strong as yours.
“Furthermore, you’re disciples of the first monastery. If your physiques are too weak, how will you compete with the other monastery disciples? Do you want to be laughed at by others?”
After saying it, he saw that Long Chen and the others were just expressionlessly looking at him, as if they were just watching a monkey put on a show.
He was startled. This situation seemed to be a bit different than the situation he had expected. He had been hoping for everyone to become impassioned. Only then could he start with the next step.
However, he thickened his skin and took out a stone slab. It was a square, two-foot slab that was half a foot thick.
Peng Xuequan continued, “Starting today, if you want to obtain the monastery’s rewards, you must reach the standards of the stone-crushing abdomen test. Otherwise, you’ll be cut off.”
After saying this, he saw that Long Chen and the others were still expressionlessly looking at him, provoking his fury.
“Fuck, is there no one who wants to try it? You want to be cut off?!”
According to his plan, at this time, there should be countless hot-blooded disciples trying to challenge the stone-crushing test. But for them to just stare at him icily, he felt he was being played.
“You, get out here. If you pass, you’ll continue getting your rewards. Otherwise, you’ll be cut off until you do pass. And if you can’t pass after three tries, you’ll be expelled from the monastery.” Peng Xuequan pointed toward Yue Zifeng.
Long Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. This bastard truly knew how to pick people. Yue Zifeng had the weakest physical body of them because he was a sword cultivator, not a body cultivator.
However, Long Chen wasn’t worried about him. Even if his physique was weaker than them, he had already reached the ten-temper realm, and his body was much stronger than average Bone Forging experts.
Yue Zifeng walked up and looked icily at Peng Xuequan. “What do you want me to do?”
His gaze was extremely irritating to Peng Xuequan, and he said, “Lie on the ground and I will place the slab on your abdomen. Then, using the sledgehammer, I will smash it. If it breaks and you don’t suffer any injury, your physical body will have reached the standard.
“You don’t need to doubt this. This slab has the specific marking of the Xuantian Dao Sect and is specifically used to test the strength of its disciples’ physical bodies. There’s no way to fake it.”
Flipping over the slab, he revealed an extremely special mark at the center of it.
If Long Chen hadn’t met Yue Xiaoqian, he might not be able to recognize it, but after she had helped him translate the Ethereal Crafting Secret Record, he could read that character.
That was the ‘Xuan’ immortal character. Perhaps of everyone present, only Long Chen could recognize it, as that was a rune that appeared in the Ethereal Crafting Secret Record.
From that appearance, it seemed it really wasn’t fake. Could it be that they hadn’t done anything to it? Did they really think everyone would fail to pass this simple test?
Although he didn’t know how strong the disciples from the other supermonasteries were, he was sure that even if their monasteries’ disciples were strong, they definitely wouldn’t be stronger than them.
Long Chen had already had everyone undergo complete tempering. The strength of their ten-temper realm was far stronger than other disciples’ ten-temper realm. Passing this test would be absolutely no problem.
Yue Zifeng lay on the ground. But what made Yue Zifeng frown slightly was that this stone slab might not be that large, but it was extremely heavy. It had to be over ten thousand pounds.
“Prepare yourself!”
A large sledgehammer appeared in Peng Xuequan’s hands, and he
ruthlessly smashed it down onto the slab. The slab instantly shattered.
Beneath the slab, Yue Zifeng coughed up a mouthful of blood, causing everyone to let out started cries. He had actually been injured.
“Hmph, you don’t meet the standards,” sneered Peng Xuequan. He disdainfully said, “Starting today, you are cut off from your monastery rewards! You’ll only get them once you manage to pass.”
Yue Zifeng wiped off his blood, an icy light shining in his eyes, seeming like two sharp blades stabbing into Peng Xuequan’s eyes. The latter felt pain in his eyes, and he involuntarily took a step back.
After glancing at Peng Xuequan, Yue Zifeng didn’t say anything and returned to Long Chen’s side. But everyone could see the killing intent in his eyes.
Long Chen’s expression became a bit gloomy. The stone slab was definitely fine. Yue Zifeng was also not the problem. The problem lay in the person smashing the sledgehammer. That bastard had intentionally injured Yue Zifeng.
Others might not be able to see through the clues, as his movements really hadn’t had anything suspicious to them. But that was the most despicable part.
Their actions could not possibly escape the senses of Long Chen’s powerful Spiritual Strength. Other than Yue Zifeng, he was the only one who knew this bastard had used a sinister trick.
In truth, if Yue Zifeng had used his full power to defend, he wouldn’t have been injured. Or even if he was injured, he definitely wouldn’t cough up blood.
Long Chen had already warned Yue Zifeng and the others not to reveal their full strength. At any time, they were only to reveal the power of the four-temper realm. That was why Yue Zifeng had held back and thus been injured.
That made Yue Zifeng extremely furious, and he had an urge to immediately unsheathe his sword and cut down this bastard. But now wasn’t the time.
“Truly useless. You can be the next one.”
Peng Xuequan icily pointed toward a person behind Long Chen. But his actions caused an icy light to shine in Long Chen’s eyes. He was actually pointing at Tang Wan-er.