Chapter 846 - Kneel and Beg (1/2)

When Chen Fan showed up…

Everyone who knew him was dumbfounded.

Wasn’t the new Perfected Cultivator surrounded by the elders and billions of people Chen Beixuan, who they met in Zhuyan City?

“It’s impossible. Chen Beixuan was killed by the White Python Guards.”

Lin Wuhua’s body trembled.

She couldn’t believe it, but Chen Fan was standing right on the top of the Ancestral Temple, being wors.h.i.+pped by thousands of people. He looked exactly the same as he used to be.

“He’s alive? The guards of the royal families are powerful forces that can level a Grotto-heaven, or exterminate families and races,” Gu Lingzi mumbled.

Chu Tianyu even clenched his fists with anger in his eyes.

He still remembered how Chen Fan had smacked him down the ground and stripped him of his dignity. Looking at the superior Chen Fan, Chu Tianyu suddenly felt gloomy.

One of them was just a peak-stage Connate Cultivator, while the other was a mid-stage Golden Core Cultivator. The gap between them didn’t shrink; it became larger instead.

As for Yun Yier and Mu Hongti, they had been stunned since the beginning.

Yun Yier’s jaw dropped, then she stammered, “Sister Mu, are you seeing this? Is that… Senior Chen?”

“You’re right. Perfected Cultivator Chen is Senior Chen,” Mu Hongti said. Her eyes were full of joy, while her mind was rife with troubling thoughts.

Chen Fan’s appearance had shocked many of his friends. A lot of people were in awe of how young he was. Even though a cultivator would look young for the rest of his life after entering the Connate Level, that strong vitality couldn’t be hidden.

Anyone who saw Chen Fan could sense that he was young and his energy was surging. The peak of his life had just begun.

An elder of Xukong Grotto-heaven sighed and said, “Ah, a heavy hitter who’s under a hundred years old. With such a talent, he might be able to become a peak-stage Golden Core Cultivator or even a Heavenly Lord, breaking the limitations of the blood suffered by the Chinese.”

“Hm, do you know how hard it is to become a Heavenly Lord? Other than the first Lord Beihan, there hasn’t been even one in the Beihan Region in the last hundred thousand years. Even Sword King, who’s a sixth-grade Golden Core Cultivator, is still far from becoming a Heavenly Lord.”

The envoy of Yin Yang Grotto-heaven sneered.

Everyone nodded. A Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord was someone who stood on top of the world.

A young man of the Lin family frowned and pondered, “I once heard that… the Chinese used to have a Heavenly Lord called Heaven’s…”

Everyone around him cut him off short.

“Shut up!”

“Bulls.h.i.+t.”

“That is only a rumor. How would the Chinese have a Heavenly Lord?” the elders of many families yelled.

That young man no longer dared to say a word after that. That was a taboo in all sects and families.

Meanwhile, the elders of many Grotto-heavens and families were worried.

The rise of Chen Fan reminded them of the Chinese during their heyday thousands of years in the past.

Then, Mu Hongti reacted after her first outburst of joy.

“Oh no! Gu Lingzi and the others knew Senior Chen. What if they report this to the royal family?”

Yun Yier also turned pale.

Chen Fan was still the most wanted criminal for the royal family right then.

Gu Lingzi and the others also remembered this.

“That guy is nuts. How can he be this careless, exposing himself? Does he think the royal family is a bunch of fools? Even if he’s a heavy hitter, so what? The nine troops of the Royal Palace have destroyed Grotto-heavens and families before.”

Gu Lingzi snickered.

Chu Tianyu even gave Chen Fan a baleful look. He was about to leave the ceremony and report this to the Royal Palace. The royal family and Sword King would never let Chen Fan get away.

Lin Wuhua frowned.

“If he’s telling everyone about this, he should be confident about being able to handle it… Besides, the royal family would try its best to avoid offending a powerhouse just to avenge Zhao Qingchen,” she said with some uncertainty.

The Zhao family had ruled the Beihan Region for thousands of years. Chen Fan had openly provoked them when he took the blood of a Prince in front of everyone. The Royal Palace wouldn’t just let him go.

Lin Wuhua looked back and glanced around. She found that there wasn’t even one envoy from the government of the Yan State or the royal family; she was startled by the fact.

“Normally, the government would send an envoy to a Perfected Cultivator Ceremony, even if the Lord of the Yan State isn’t coming. This is the most basic etiquette…”

Mu Hongti and Yun Yier understood what was going on and their faces turned even paler.

The Perfected Cultivator Ceremony was still continuing. It was going to last a day and a night. There were countless complicated procedures and Chen Fan was at the moment receiving the blessings from the envoys in the hall.

“The families in the Eastern Wu State congratulate Perfected Cultivator Chen for becoming a Golden Core Cultivator. May your power last forever. We’re offering you nine superior-grade Spirit Medicines, five superior-grade Spirit Materials, seven thousand Spirit Stones…”

“The Black Scales of the Yang State congratulates Perfected Cultivator Chen…”

“The Qingyang Sect of the Yun State congratulates…”