Chapter 71 (1/2)

Chapter 71 – Steel GolemsTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA

Long Chen acquired some information regarding the Daybreak Merchants Union from Liu Fengfeng. Afterwards, Liu Fengfeng went away impatiently, to cultivate.

Even though Long Chen disliked Liu Fengfeng from the bottom of his heart, but reaching the ninth level of Dragon Pulse Realm at his age was something he was slightly impressed with.

While cultivating the [Burning Heavens Demonic Sun Fist], the night pa.s.sed swiftly. The Lingwu Family’s selection was soon to begin.

Early in the morning, all the powerful youths at the ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm were welcomed by experts. While they walked out of their rooms, they were sizing each other up.

These people were most likely all from small to average factions with some degree of power within Yuanling City. Every youth was used to being extremely arrogant, but after entering into Lingwu Family everyone exercised a large amount of restraint.

With a single glance, Long Chen was able to pinpoint Huang Xiang, who had a relaxed and self-a.s.sured expression, but Huang Xiang didn’t see Long Chen. Instead, he excitedly searched among the faces of the examiners, after finding a face that resembled his own but with a more matured and cold expression. His face lit up as he headed towards that person.

“Big Brother…”

Closing in on that man, Huang Xiang called out to him softly.

The man only nodded slightly at him. Looking coldly at the 50 odd people he said: “When partic.i.p.ating in the Lingwu Family member selection you are responsible for your own lives. If you have any regrets you can still leave. As for those who don’t want to, follow me to the practice fields.

After the speech he informed the other members of the Lingwu Family, and led the way. With delight, Huang Xiang followed immediately.

Long Chen and the others also followed behind. Everyone present was considered a compet.i.tor, therefore, only a few people got along. The atmosphere was tense and ready to explode at any moment.

At the pavilion, Long Chen went along silently with the rest of the people.

Liu Fengfeng clicked his tongue next to him and spoke while observing Huang Xiang at the front. “It would be tragic if I encountered this Huang Xiang, that examiner Huang Feiyang seems to be his older brother by birth. Within these 50 odd people, his strength is among the absolute top. Heaven certainly is unfair.”

“Really?”

Watching Huang Xiang walking proudly up front, Long Chen’s face revealed nothing. Remembering the Ebony Scaled Dragon Horse that Lingqing gave him, killing intent burst forth from his heart.

‘If I don’t teach you a serious lesson, your father, I, won’t be able to face Lingqing. Who cares about your brother, I don’t believe that he can do anything if I beat you fair and square.’

How could Liu Fengfeng know what’s on Long Chen’s mind? He only saw that after hearing Huang Xiang’s name Long Chen didn’t utter a single word. Thinking he was scared senseless, he said: “Don’t worry, you won’t even pa.s.s the first round so there is no chance for you to face him.”

Hearing him mention the first round, Long Chen raised his head and asked, “Do you know of the selection process?”

Liu Fengfeng immediately looked at Long Chen as if he was some kind of r.e.t.a.r.d and said silently: “You really are… everyone in Yuanling City knows that the Lingwu Family’s selection of disciples consists of two major tests, yet you actually didn’t know?

Long Chen shook his head.

Liu Fengfeng, with his face full of pity, shook his head. After a while, he sighed “So be it. Since you and I shared a room this could be considered fate. I will tell you of these two trials, first one is to fight steel golems!”

“What are the conditions?”

“In a while we’ll see a place where there are dozens of dark tunnels, each tunnel is only 3 meters tall and 2 meters wide, but all of them are more than 500 meters deep. They are filled with large numbers of steel golems and when you enter a tunnel, the steel golems will start to attack you. I bet you have no clue what steel golems are, right?”

Long Chen replied: “I really don’t know, Brother Liu please educate me.”

Arriving at Yuanling City, Long Chen knew that his own strength was still at the lowest rung of the ladder, so the bold and audacious behavior he displayed back at Poplar Town had to be suppressed.

This was the way Yang Xueqing told him to behave. Right now he needed to endure, but once he was able to amaze the world with his feats, his true disposition would become clear.

Seeing that Long Chen’s ignorance, Liu Fengfeng said with an antic.i.p.atory expression: “You can simply treat these steel golems as creatures that can attack but without any intelligence. Little Brother Long Chen, I will give you a piece of advice. If you find that you can’t handle these steel golems, don’t go too far in. That way you can still escape to the entrance. If you enter a hundred meters in, even if you died inside, n.o.body would know.”

Long Chen smiled and continued to ask noncommittally: “Then tell me, Brother Liu, how can one be considered to have pa.s.sed?”

Liu Fengfeng smiled smugly and said: “Although we have a total of more than 50 people, there will only be 10 people left after the first test. Do you know why? It’s because once we kill these steel golems we can take the steel hearts from inside their chests. Only those 10 people who have obtained the most steel hearts are allowed to take part in the second test. After years of research, I, your Big Brother Liu, will pa.s.s this test with flying colors… By the way, you don’t have a Cosmos Pouch, do you?”