Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 4993: Long Tianrui’s Betrothal Gift

there were six tables in the banquet hall. at the main table, four people were seated, three unfamiliar to long chen. however, he saw the long clan leader among them, so the other three were likely the leaders of the zhao, jiang, and ye clans.

the next four tables were occupied by the top experts of various clans, all emanating heaven vein fluctuations. the long clan’s three heavenly saints were among them. unlike the other tables, which each had eight people, the long clan’s table had only three. including the heaven overseer with his earth saint cultivation base, the long clan’s power clearly seemed weaker.

the final table had four people. long chen recognized two of them: jiang wuwang and long tianrui. however, the other two were glaring at long chen with sharp, killing-intent-filled gazes, making no effort to conceal their hostility.

the moment long chen walked in, everyone’s gaze shifted to him. even the chit-chat ceased abruptly, and the atmosphere became a bit tense.

the heaven overseer quickly said, “everyone, let me introduce you. this is—”

from the main table, an elder laughed and interrupted, “there’s no need for introductions. who doesn’t know of the high firmament academy’s youngest dean in history? my jiang clan’s feng fei has been praising him non-stop. to tell the truth, quite a few people were skeptical of her praise. but when dean long chen slaughtered powerful experts upon entering the sovereign emperor heaven, especially forcing back the celestial race, he successfully showed off his talents and might!”

long chen hadn’t expected the jiang clan’s leader to be so friendly toward him. he wondered how much of this friendliness was genuine and how much was calculated, influenced by feng fei’s warning and the leader’s intelligence.

“yes, he truly is amazing. we personally saw dean long chen slaughter experts of the long clan. that might, that domineeringness, hehe, it truly was something to behold,” said a white-haired old man, chuckling.

though the old man’s words were praising long chen, his expression was one of haughty derision. he was clearly trying to worsen the relationship between long chen and the long clan. as a result, the expressions of the long clan’s experts darkened.

long chen smiled. while insulting him, the old man also insulted the entire long clan. what an idiot.

“so you should be the zhao clan’s leader, right?” asked long chen.

“that’s right. your vision is quite sharp,” replied the zhao clan leader indifferently.

“no, my vision is just so-so. your height just makes it all too obvious,” remarked long chen.

“youngsters shouldn’t be so temperamental. a minor disagreement is quite normal. there’s no need to escalate things like this,” advised jiang wuwang. although he didn’t have a favorable impression of long chen, to fight in this setting was completely unacceptable.

the heaven overseer looked visibly angry. in fact, he was angrier than anyone present. these people had asked him to invite long chen, knowing full well that long chen wouldn’t be swayed by anyone else’s request.

but now that long chen was here, they were intentionally insulting him. wasn’t this also a slap in the heaven overseer’s face? his voice turned cold as he addressed the zhao clan leader, “zhao clan leader, what do you think you’re doing?”

the zhao clan leader appeared somewhat fearful in front of the heaven overseer. he hastily explained, “long chen lacks proper upbringing. i’m merely teaching him a lesson. heaven overseer, please don’t mind me.”

“lacks proper upbringing?” long chen’s anger soared. initially, he had thought of merely flipping a table and going, but now he would make them pay dearly.

did they call him over just to insult him? if they wanted to play games, then long chen was ready to play them to death.

pondering what games to play, long chen calmly sat down right beside long tianrui. unexpectedly, long tianrui looked at him and said, “if you are willing to be my companion, i can use his head as a betrothal gift to you.”

in an instant, zhao qingtian’s anger flared, while the others present were left in shock. what was long tianrui saying? how could she casually propose something so outrageous?

ignoring the reactions around her, long tianrui kept her gaze fixed on long chen, awaiting his response. she didn’t seem to be joking at all.

if there were levels of insults, then this would be the rudest. zhao qingtian was livid. how could his head be proposed as a betrothal gift?

the atmosphere instantly grew tense, with all eyes fixed on long chen’s table. yet, long chen’s response defied everyone’s expectations.

“are you sure you don’t have something wrong with your brain?”