DBWG Chapter 154 (2/2)

“I don’t know for sure, but she’ll probably protest. Long Chen, if she doesn’t give you any face at all, you need to endure. If you can do it until the Divergent Road, she’ll definitely think of ways to protect you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to pa.s.s this stage either!”

Long Chen understood everything Liu Yuan was saying.

“In other words, even if others ridicule me to my face, I should just take it until I enter the Divergent Road and shamelessly get her to protect me?”

Long Chen wondered inside.

“I don’t know what kind of person Yin Mengyao would be, but if she is that sort, I’ll make sure she suffers for it. Ha, for me to be ridiculed… If Little Xi were to see this, wouldn’t she laugh at me?”

Long Chen knew pretty much everything about the Divergent Road. In general, he was quite excited for it.

“Great Elder, I understand the Divergent Road already. What will the format be like for the Nest of Life and Death?”

“Do you remember the second part of the outer faction selection?”

Long Chen nodded, “Of course I do. It was the duel.”

“The Nest of Life and Death is actually a more powerful version of the duel, and is held at the peak of the Devil Mountain of Life and Death. There are nests of various sizes, and the environment within is vile and exceptionally treacherous, especially with the unknown dangers within. I don’t know very much in detail, so I think the Grand Elder shall tell you.”

“For the battle in the Nest of Life and Death, the pairs will all be disa.s.sembled from the eight who have come from the Divergent Road. Everyone will then be split into two groups, with four in each. There are a total of two places for those successful in the selection, which means there will be four people vying for that one place. They will fight to be number one. If you are lucky to be one of the eight, you will need to go through two life and death battles in succession. Only if you achieve victory in both, will you be able to enter the inner faction.”

“Two rounds of life and death battles. For these, you will have to enter a nest with your opponent and, under these dangerous circ.u.mstances, strive for victory. During the battle, you will need to deal with both your opponent, as well as unknown dangers. It’s basically impossible to succeed…”

The difficulty in being the most impressive two out of twenty people was obvious.

After hearing these frightening rules, Long Chen could tell that they did not have very high expectations of him. It was to be expected.

“Firstly, I have to make haste on the dangerous terrain of the Divergent Road while fighting with enemies, seizing enough jade bangles and ensuring the safety of my partner. That means it’s difficult to obtain the qualifications unless a team has more than four bangles.”

“Then, I’ll have to enter the Nest of Life and Death with my opponent and go through with two back-to-back battles. Only if I achieve victory will I have the qualifications to enter the inner faction selection. If it were me of five days ago, I would have no chance at all, but now…”

This time, Long Chen’s strength had improved by leaps and bounds. Whether in terms of the realm he was at or his offensive and const.i.tution battle techniques, he was much stronger than before.

“I, Long Chen, will give you a huge shock!”

Long Chen clenched his fists and smiled faintly.

Seeing his look of confidence, Liu Yuan was startled, thinking Long Chen was trying to console himself. He could do little but shake his head, “Long Chen, don’t feel down. You grew up in a small place like Poplar Town. Now that you’ve come to the Lingwu Family, you’ve only just started unearthing your potential, and you still have ways to go. Even if you can’t enter the inner faction, it doesn’t matter. With your talent, you can still shine in the outer faction, and it’s not as if there aren’t anymore chances for you to enter the inner faction…”

While listening, Long Chen continued walking without saying anything.

Liu Lan was constantly ahead and had not turned back at all. Watching her back, Long Chen knew that he would make her do so. Just like before, she would watch him with disbelief in her eyes.

The grand elder of the Green Faction was the previous great elder of the Green Emperor Hall. He was born of the Green Emperor Hall, and naturally took care of the Green Emperor Hall. Even his residence was in the Green Emperor Hall.

Long Chen recently found out from Liu Yuan that the grand elder’s name was Chu Tianxiong, and was one of the uncles of Chu Fengqing, and therefore somewhat related to Chu Yunxi and Chu Yunyao. It was likely that Chu Tianxiong thought of them as his blood grandchildren.

A little more than an hour later, Long Chen arrived outside the Green Emperor Hall, at one of the independent residences of the grand elder. When they were about to get closer, a guard asked in a stern voice, “What are you doing here?”

Liu Yuan was the head of a hall, and he was obviously humiliated at being berated by a guard. Coldly, he exclaimed, “I am the great elder of the Green Sun Hall, Liu Yuan, here to bring my disciple Long Chen to partic.i.p.ate in the inner faction selection!”

“So it’s you?”

The guard snickered, “The grand elder stated that you were late, and being tardy is against the rules. They’ve already left!”

Upon hearing this, Long Chen was instantly enraged as he scolded, “Those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds. I came here bright and early in the morning, and he’s already left? And he said I was tardy? Did he leave in the middle of the night?”