Chapter 973 (1/2)

Chapter 973

w.a.n.g Mang stiffened as he now understood just how pathetic he was . Why had he provoked a fiend like Long Chen?

Guo Ran had explained why there were so few disciples from the Eastern Wasteland, and now he knew what kind of person Long Chen was .

“This… this isn’t my fault . I was…” stuttered w.a.n.g Mang .

“What hostility is there between the Law Enforcement Hall and the Elder’s Hall?” said Long Chen . He wasn’t interested in what bribe w.a.n.g Mang had received or who had used him .

“There does seem to be some conflicts between them, but I don’t know the specifics,” said w.a.n.g Mang . How could he, a small disciple, have the qualifications to learn about the matters between the higher-ups?

“The Xuantian Dao Sect’s interior is extremely complicated . Learning about those things right now won’t do anything for you . All you have to remember is that as long as you don’t break the rules, you’ll be safe . If other people want to fight, that’s their issue,” said Elder Sha .

“No wonder you always talk about the rules,” laughed Long Chen .

This joke of Long Chen’s caused everyone’s hearts to shake . Although it was said with laughter, they all felt that it also contained some ridicule .

But surprisingly, Elder Sha didn’t get angry . He looked into the distance for a long time before saying, “I was once like you as well, young, full of energy and hope for the future . Hehe…”

Long Chen took over, saying, “Hehe, regretfully, things never go as people want . There are always all kinds of obstructions, impediments trapping you like net after net . Day after day, year after year, a person eventually gets lost .

“Some people have long since forgotten their original hearts in the fight for fame, for profit . Then there are some people who end up like senior, becoming a puppet that only knows how to follow the rules . Thinking about it, it really is sad!”

“Long Chen…” Meng Qi tugged on Long Chen, indicating that he should be careful with his words . He had no enmity with Elder Sha, so why would he offend him?

Even the senior disciples trembled with fear . Long Chen was far too brazen .

But what they found curious was that the cold Elder Sha didn’t get angry at all, nor did he reprimand Long Chen . Instead, he just calmly looked into the distance .

The flying boat was still rapidly flying, and the mountains below quickly pa.s.sed . However, the inside of the flying boat was completely silent .

“These are the rules . ” After a long while, Elder Sha indifferently tossed out some words .

“Hehe, disciple doesn’t believe so . Rules are things the strong use to control the weak . The strong can infringe upon the rules, and the stronger ones can completely ignore the rules . As for the strongest ones, they are the ones who can change the rules whenever they want .

“In the Phoenix Cry Empire, I was to comply with the Phoenix Cry Empire’s rules . In the Xuantian Monastery, I was to comply with the Xuantian Monastery’s rules . In the supermonastery, it was the same .

“But I didn’t comply with those rules, because if I had, I’d have long since died a tragic death . So, once I reach the Central Plains, I’ll follow the rules that are favorable to me . But as for those rules that suppress me, I’m afraid that disciple will be unable to comply,” said Long Chen .

“Then you will be mercilessly exterminated,” said Elder Sha .

“If I’m to be exterminated, then let me be exterminated . None of the Dragonblood Legion’s warriors are afraid of death . We have our own principles and our own aspirations . I’m not worried they’ll die, but I am worried they’ll become the same as senior, losing themselves within the crus.h.i.+ng rules and becoming a walking corpse,” sighed Long Chen .

The Dragonblood warriors all understood Long Chen’s meaning . He was using Elder Sha as an example of what not to do in order to warn them .

Even someone as strong as Elder Sha had been turned into a machine because of the Xuantian Dao Sect’s rules . Rules killed people without them even noticing, erasing a person’s will and devouring their ambitions . The most frightful thing about it was that it was like boiling a frog in water . It erased a person’s heroism without them sensing the danger .

The Dragonblood warriors thought about how they had followed Long Chen from the 108th monastery, to the thirty-sixth supermonastery, and then to the Xuantian Dao Sect . Hadn’t all those monastery heads and all those Elders been silently sacrificed to these rules?

They had also been young and full of hot blood once . But that hot blood and youthful vigor had been erased without them even knowing it . As a result, they ended up with some tired days of nothing . They schemed against each other in a game of mutual deception, caught in the web the rules had created for them . They had forgotten their original hearts .

The 108th monastery, the thirty-sixth supermonastery, the Eastern Wasteland’s branch sect, they had been like vats of dye, each bigger and more contaminating than the last .

According to that pattern, the Central Plains’ Xuantian Dao Sect would be an even larger vat of dye . Even Kings were silently lost to it .

Looking at how a terrifying expert like Elder Sha had been turned into a puppet that was simply doing what he was told, it was like they were seeing their futures, and a cold chill ran through their bodies .

If Elder Sha’s present was their future, then they would rather die in a blazing fire of pa.s.sion than become like him . Without goals, cultivation didn’t have any meaning .

“Boss, we’ll never forget our original hearts . No matter what realm we cultivate to, no matter what robes we wear, we will still be the same youthful men . If others refuse to allow that, we’ll go all-out against them,” shouted the Dragonblood warriors . They knew that Long Chen was warning them to forever maintain their pa.s.sion, their fervor .