Chapter 413 (1/2)

”My brothers and sisters, we have gathered today to greet a new member of our family…”

Zhang Dong was sitting to the side while one of the elders was giving a speech. Long Qing, his supposed brother, was down on his throne together with his wife. The kids were all properly dressed and to the side while the older generation was presented to the masses.

The Long Clan was quite advanced for the setting. It had similar holographic technology to the United Element Sect. Thanks to it they were transmitting a proper image to some of the larger cities around the empire.

While he didn't really want to do this, it was important to get his face out there. The Long Clan was giving him and his sect free advertisement. By confirming that he was now part of the royal family there would not be any closed doors to him.

”Thus I would like to introduce everyone to our Azure Emperor's brother, Long Dong the Golden Dragon!”

With some persuasion, he was able to go with the golden dragon title instead of the one the old ancestor had. This didn't matter as much as no one besides the core family members even knew that he had existed. The information had been long forgotten and only existed in the locked library.

With his name now spreading through the lands he would probably have the trouble of ever being called Zhang Dong ever again. He would have to cope with being Long Dong from now on.

”Thank you elder Yingjie for those eloquent words of introduction but this is not the time for pleasantries, I must implore everyone to be vigilant in these coming days as there is a villain that plagues this land and he goes by the name Wang Long…”

While the people that were listening to this introduction were a bit confused, the members of the Long Clan had been informed beforehand. They also agreed that someone like Wang Long needed to be stopped and they couldn't really stop Zhang Dong from speaking out.

To him this was the most important problem they needed to tend to, more important than the secret war effort that was starting in the background. Almost no one besides the Long Clan and the Heavenly Crane Sect knew about this problem. The smaller sects had been kept in the dark as they weren't seen as very useful.

From Zhang Dong's perspective, this was a faulty mindset. He knew well that a united sect or land was far more deadly than one that was not. His sect was proof as with the help of formations even the lower leveled cultivators could combat the ones in a higher realm.

If it was up to him, he would have spread the knowledge through the lands to at least prepare the border regions for the onslaught. He was informed that the areas where the bridges to the other empires were supposed to appear the Long Clan had set up fortresses.

Even with those in place, he wasn't sure if the Long Clan was expecting to go through a proper fight. With the eradication of the Soaring Dragon Sect, victory was more unlikely. The Azure Emperor was in high spirits though, it seemed that this hidden treasure that they had in store was supposed to be the ace to bring them victory.

The only problem with that was they weren't willing to show it to him just yet. The elders were quite against Long Qing showing him this Goliath. It looked like they wanted to wait first, which made some sense.

There was a part of them that was convinced that their cultivation had improved with their advancement. They believed that those other empires were probably at most at the level of the two grand sects. In their opinion, they would probably be able to achieve victory with conventional tactics and their own strength.

”This demonic cultivator is extremely dangerous, that is why I The Golden Dragon from the Long Clan implore you to not face him alone, you will be rewarded for any information that might bring us closer to his apprehension…”

Zhang Dong continued with his speech. He knew that the regular cultivators in the empire had no chance against Wang Long. They would just feed him more spirit points if they confronted him. Thus he only required them to point him in his general direction. He was also someone with a system and probably the only person that could handle him in a one-on-one scenario.

”I will personally dispose of this demonic cur, thus I implore you to report any strange occurrences…”

As he continued he listed a few particular things about Wang Long's characteristics. One of them was how he liked to force himself upon young and beautiful women. The other was his soul beast, while he could disguise his face it wouldn't be that easy to change his draconic soul beast.

While the information traveled through the whole empire, he expected Wang Long to also see it. This couldn't be helped but might also lower the body count of the victims. After knowing that there was an empire-wide manhunt for him, he would probably try to hide somewhere safe.

There was a certain shadowy place for people like Wang Long. It would probably be the first one that he would attempt to make his own. But if the man was smart he would avoid any obvious places where demonic cultivators met.

”Live long, prosper, and may the Qi be strong with you…”

As with his own sect, he ended the speech with a few chosen words that stuck with him from his previous world. The response to his speech was met with lukewarm stares from the Long Clan populace.

He didn't really mind this as this was quite the big exposition pill to swallow. They were getting a new high elder that was on par with the current Azure Emperor. At least on paper, the two should have the same amount of power and prestige.