Chapter 1584 (1/2)

Chapter 1584: Once More Encountering Troubles

Long Chen shook his head. “This isn’t evil. Pill Valley is also thinking like this. They only lowered their heads this time to win their reputation back, and I refuse to believe that they don’t understand what I said. They’re already scheming on how to bring us down. Our enmity with Pill Valley has been completely set in stone. If Pill Valley has a chance, they won’t hesitate to destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect. And if I have a chance, I definitely won’t let them off easy. Don’t get taken in by appearances. The Xuantian Dao Sect looks like it’s rising, but in terms of foundation, it cannot compare to Pill Valley. It might look like we got a large sum from Pill Valley, but to their sales of medicinal pills over tens of thousands of years, it’s nothing. Medicinal pills are the most profitable business. They’ve held monopolies for so many years. No one knows how much wealth they’ve acc.u.mulated. Of course, Pill Valley won’t just let that money rot away. They definitely have the ability to transform that wealth into terrifying power. The most powerful existence in this world is money. Why is it that Pill Valley can act so tyrannical to everyone except the Huayun Sect? Because the Huayun Sect has money. The Xuantian Dao Sect doesn’t have a matching wealth for its sudden rise. There are many newcomers that the sect has to raise now, and that’s all money. Furthermore, the sect must be rebuilt. With the great era coming, it must be rebuilt as fast as possible. That all requires an ocean’s worth of resources. So don’t get confused by our victory now. As soon as someone loses their sense of crisis, the real crisis comes.”

Everyone’s hearts shook. After the battle in the Grand Han, Long Chen’s name had shaken the very heavens, and the Dragonblood Legion’s name had rocked the world. They truly had felt very satisfied with that unrivaled state.

Only now did they realize that it was too early to be happy. Things were far from as simple as they seemed.

“Everyone, go into seclusion. Guo Ran, you stay behind.”

Once everyone had left, Guo Ran laughed mischievously. “Boss, are you giving this little brother some special treatment?”

This little fellow was craftier than a monkey. Long Chen was speechless as Guo Ran had guessed right.

“Yes. This time, I gained some new Heavenly Dao Fruits. However, it’s a bit different from what I imagined.”

Long Chen brought Guo Ran somewhere private and took out a Heavenly Dao Fruit.

This Heavenly Dao Fruit was different from before. Before, a Heavenly Dao Fruit had one to nine marks depending on the rank of the Celestial.

However, this one had no marks. It was translucent, and the inside was a ma.s.s of primal chaos.

This time, he had gained sixteen of these Heavenly Dao Fruits. Amongst them included Hu Xiaolin and Jin Mingwei’s whose manifestations had reached a state of initial awakening. However, Long Chen found that all of them were the same. The energy fluctuations were also identical.

There was no way to ascertain which ones came from Hu Xiaolin or Jin Mingwei. Long Chen guessed that the Heavenly Dao Tree only absorbed their Heavenly Dao energy, but not their manifestation. Their actual manifestation returned to the heavens.

“Eat one as a test.” Long Chen handed a Heavenly Dao Fruit over.

“Boss, you really treat me well!” Guo Ran was grateful. He knew that in the Dragonblood Legion, he was the only one to obtain this Heavenly Dao Fruit.

“Yup. Eat it.”

Guo Ran devoured it in three gulps. As the Heavenly Dao Fruit entered his stomach, Guo Ran’s expression changed. He suddenly found that his Heavenly Dao energy was evaporating out of his control. It was actually dissipating.

“Boss!” cried Guo Ran.

Long Chen’s expression was also serious. As expected, the Heavenly Dao energy of Empyreans was marked by the Heavenly Daos. Unless someone was approved by the Heavenly Daos, there was no way to absorb it.

Not only could Guo Ran not absorb it, but his rank nine Celestial status was also being stripped away.

It was like someone was caught cheating during a test. Not only were their cheating tools taken away, but even their current accomplishments were eliminated.

“Summon your armor and see if you can lock it in,” said Long Chen.

Guo Ran hastily summoned his armor, covering his entire body. Countless runes lit up.

“Boss, it’s no good!” cried Guo Ran. He was unable to lock in his dissipating energy. Like using a bamboo basket to hold water, there was no way to make it work by just trying harder.

Long Chen placed a hand on his back. “Don’t move. Let me see if I can help you control it.”

Long Chen sent his spiritual yuan throughout Guo Ran’s body, forming a barrier to lock the energy in.

However, no matter how he tried to stop it, he was unable to stop the Heavenly Dao energy from escaping. A person had too many acupuncture points.

If Long Chen used his full power, he could forcibly suppress that energy. He felt like there was an eighty percent chance of success in suppressing it.

However, that would cause Guo Ran’s body to explode instantly. Even Gu Yang would be unable to bear that impact.

Long Chen pulled back his hand, and Guo Ran felt like he was a deflating balloon. All his Heavenly Dao energy escaped.

“Boss, what happened?” asked Guo Ran.