<h4>Chapter 491 - Five Rays of Divine Light</h4>


    “Huanyu!” Liu Yiyi was shocked. She had underestimated Long Chen’s speed, so he had killed Qin Huanyu before she could reach him.


    Qin Huanyu’s eyes were wide open and he was still clutching the Snow Moon Knife. He looked down and stared at the blood pouring out of his chest in shock.


    That was when he finally realized that he would die even though he had used his most powerful technique.


    Despair. Insanity. Grief. All of these emotions clouded his mind in this very short period, though it was just for a moment. His life force was quickly vanishing, and he could not even turn around to look at Long Chen!


    Behind him, Long Chen was controlling the residual energy of the Heaven Sword Array to force Liu Yiyi to back off. Then he took a few steps back and stood ten meters away from Qin Huanyu.


    That was when Qin Huanyu finally copsed. Before he died, he was able to fulfill his wish of looking at Long Chen, the one who had killed him. He did not know what to think. All he could say was that meeting a monster like Long Chen was incredibly unlucky.


    In the end, he felt a pair of soft arms supporting him. The familiar fragrance told him that it was Liu Yiyi. He had dreamt of her for a very long time, so he would never mistake her for someone else. Unfortunately, he lost consciousness right when he finally experienced a hug from her.


    Long Chen stood quietly while Qin Huanyu slumped into Liu Yiyi’s arms. The crowd waspletely silent.


    Those eyes filled with reverence and shock were exactly why Long Chen had done this. He did not feel bad at all, because he had killed many people before. Qin Huanyu intended to kill him, and if Long Chen had not killed him first, Long Chen would’ve been the one on the gound. Survival of the fittest. It was a simple concept.


    As for Liu Yiyi’s response ... Who didn’t have one or two people who would grieve their death?


    Everyone took a deep breath and looked at Long Chen with reverence. They understood that from today onwards, Long Chen would be number one in the Clear Shallows Pavilion. The smarter ones figured out something deeper based on the Clear Shallows King’s response. Someone as powerful as her could easily have saved Qin Huanyu before he died, but why hadn’t she done it? This meant that Long Chen was more valuable to her than Qin Huanyu was. One of the reasons was due to Long Chen’s extraordinary performance. Very few people knew of her other reason.


    They all had a faint feeling that Long Chen would be the rising star of the Clear Shallows Pavilion and thenpete against the other pavilions. Based on his performance, he had indeed earned the right. More importantly, they knew that he had risen from the First to the Fifth Passage Stage in just four days.


    He was indeed inhuman.


    His performance had sessfully made the Clear Shallows King take him seriously. As for Qin Huanyu, the Clear Shallows King did not care about losing him.


    Long Chen looked at Liu Yiyi. She shut Qin Huanyu’s eyes, which were open even after death, with her slender hands. She then looked up at Long Chen, her gaze icy.


    There was a lot of blood on her white dress, and even some on her face. This made the gentle and friendly Liu Yiyi look scary, especially due to the cold and stubborn look in her eyes.


    Long Chen was a little mesmerized. He saw a shadow of Ling Xi in her. Ling Xi was also a person who hated passionately. When she hated someone, she had the same look in her eyes.


    <i>She’s not Xiao Xi, </i>he thought to himself sternly. He deactivated the Dragon Soul Transformation and returned to his original state.


    Liu Yiyi stood up, stared straight at him, and said coldly, “I’m challenging you right now! Do you dare ept it?”


    Long Chen ignored her because he knew that the Clear Shallows King would speak up. As expected, she stood up and waved at Liu Yiyi. “Yiyi, that’s enough. Fists and kicks are blind in battle. Everyone knew that it would either end with Huanyu killing Jiang Cheng or Jiang Cheng killing Huanyu. If a fighter is not strong enough, he must not me others for his death. As for the other disciples, go bury Huanyu.”


    “Mother!” The Clear Shallows King’s cold words made Liu Yiyi and the other disciples feel miserable. The other disciples all came to Qin Huanyu’s side and said in a panic, “Master, he killed your direct disciple! Are you really going to let it go?”


    “Yeah! If Junior Yiyi can’t do it, I will! Jiang Cheng, I’m challenging you to a fight now! Come fight me if you dare!”


    “Yeah! Me too! Do you think you can get off so easily after killing Sixth Junior Brother? In your dreams!”


    “How dare you kill our junior!”


    All the remaining disciples of the Clear Shallows King, other than Huangfu Qi, red at Long Chen furiously. Huangfu Qi stood next to Long Chen and made a face at them. She had known Long Chen longer, so she liked him more. Plus, Qin Huanyu had bullied Long Chen, so she did not like him anyway.


    Long Chen knew he did not need to speak.


    Indeed, the Clear Shallows King raged. She yelled sternly, “I told you all to leave! Did you not hear me? Get the hell out immediately! Don’t embarrass me! Go back and focus on your cultivation. The examination that takes ce every five years is very close, and if the Clear Shallows Pavilion takesst ce once again, I’ll kill all of you!”


    The Clear Shallows King’s scolding made all of them swallow their words. They looked at each other, knowing that she was really furious. She was right. They had lost to Long Chen, and it was their fault for being useless.


    A single tear slid from Liu Yiyi’s eye.


    “Let’s go. Don’t make my mother unhappy anymore.” There was hurt in her eyes too.


    “Yiyi, you are my daughter. Everything I do is for your own good. Don’t lead them into this nonsense,” said the Clear Shallows King resignedly when she saw the pain in her daughter’s eyes.


    “I know ...” Liu Yiyi nodded.


    Long Chen could tell that the matter wasing to a close, so he said, “They don’t need to go. I think I am the one who should go. Qiqi, let’s go.”


    Without looking at the Clear Shallows King for permission, he grabbed Huangfu Qi’s hand and left. He had cemented his position in the Clear Shallows Pavilion through this duel, and this would be the day he started to flourish here. He hadpleted his objective, so he did not care about everything else. Leaving was the best option now.


    Everyone watched as he left.


    The disciples of the Clear Shallows King all clenched their fists, other than Liu Yiyi.


    “Alright. Everyone may go back.” Since it was the Clear Shallows King’smand, everyone had no choice but to disperse.


    “You may go bury Huanyu. Yiyi, follow me. I need to talk to you,” the Clear Shallows King said after a while.


    ***


    Once they returned to Long Chen’s quarters, Huangfu Qi started to harass Xiang incessantly, though Xiang had gotten smarter than before. It was not as easy for Huangfu Qi to catch him anymore. This continued until Long Chen knew that Huangfu Qi was tired of ying, so he grabbed her and asked, “Qi Qi, you once talked about something called the Five Emperor Seals or something like that. Do you know what that is?”


    Huangfu Qi gasped at his question. She stared at him in a daze and said, “Big Brother, you know about the ck Emperor Seal in the Ancient Demon Domain too?”


    Long Chen was surprised at her surprise. He initially thought the little girl didn’t know anything and wanted to get her to ask around for him. How did she know about the ck Emperor Seal?


    “Do you mean that you didn’te to the Ancient Demon Domain for the Emperor me Pearl? Are you actually here to search for the ck Emperor Seal?” Long Chen guessed her intentions immediately.


    Now that her true intentions were exposed, Huangfu Qi replied shyly, “Actually, the Emperor me Pearl is my target ... And the ck Emperor Seal is a bigger target. But it looks like I can’t get the Emperor me Pearl anymore, so I need to shift my focus to the ck Emperor Seal.”


    Long Chen knew that the little girl came from a powerful family and had already guessed her identity. Two of the great factions in the Divine Martial Empire were the Ancient Demon Domain and the Huangfu family. It was obvious from her family name, plus the wealth she had faintly revealed proved that she was from the Huangfu family. Although there were many people with the same surname, no one else had this level of wealth. Since Long Chen had spent quite a bit of time with Huangfu Qi, he knew a lot about her.


    Long Chen guessed that the Clear Shallows King and the others also knew Huangfu Qi’s identity and were just letting her y in the Ancient Demon Domain. They probably had even contacted the Huangfu family toe collect her. The Clear Shallows King was only being so good to Huangfu Qi because she took her family’s influence seriously. If the Clear Shallows King could form close ties with the Huangfu family, her influence would grow too.


    “Huangfu Qi, how did you know that the ck Emperor Seal would be in the Ancient Demon Domain? I didn’t know it before; I’ve only heard rumors about the Five Emperor Seals.” Long Chen tried to exin, knowing that if the girl guessed that he had the ck Emperor Seal and spouted some nonsense outside, he would be dead.


    “I heard my father say it! My father said that one month ago, five rays of divine light fell from the heavens. At the time, no one knew what they were, but the five divine lights were scattered across different areas of the Divine Martial Empire. My father dug up some references and learned that they were the Emperor-tier Five Emperor Seals. At the time, no one recorded where the five raysnded, but there were rumors that a ck ray of divine lightnded close to the Ancient Demon Domain!”


    “Five divine lights from the sky?” After hearing Huangfu Qi’s exnation, Long Chen was sure that he had indeed gotten the ck Emperor Seal. An Emperor-tier technique would likely trigger a bloody war involving the whole Divine Martial Empire, and it was possible that other countries would join in. He could not help but feel relieved at his luck, but at the same time, he knew that he had to guard this secret well.


    “My father said that the ck Emperor Seal is with the Demon Emperor, and I heard that the Demon Emperor lives in the pce. I want to steal the ck Emperor Seal for my father, so that’s why I’m here! Hehe! Big Brother, don’t you ever, ever tell anyone about this!”