Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 5185 Pitiful Dean

chapter 5185 pitiful dean

the gates closed, leaving only four people in the massive palace: long chen, the palace master, bai letian, and lu chengkong.

despite being a human emperor, lu chengkong was more nervous than anyone else. he stood there, completely at a loss, making it hard for long chen to believe that this man was such a powerful expert.

“palace master, please sit!” lu chengkong gestured toward the central throne of the palace, but the palace master shook his head.

lu chengkong hastily turned to bai letian. “dean letian, perhaps you...”

bai letian also declined, taking out four bamboo mats instead. the four of them sat down as equals. despite this, lu chengkong continued to cower in fear. if it weren’t for his human emperor aura, long chen would have suspected that he was a fraud.

as lu chengkong nervously twisted his sleeves, long chen couldn't help but glance at bai letian, silently questioning the situation.

bai letian smiled. “dean chengkong, you don’t need to be nervous. we came to resolve our issues. the previous roadblocks are out of the way, so i feel like we can have a frank and open discussion now. don’t you think so?”

“in truth, i-i don’t care about this position, but my two masters made me do this. i-i...” lu chengkong stammered, his fear rendering him almost incoherent.

the three quickly realized that the two vice deans were his masters. bai letian then began to probe deeper with his questions.

through bai leitan’s questioning, the three of them learned that lu chengkong was nothing more than a puppet dean, and the two vice deans had controlled everything.

originally, lu chengkong had been an ordinary elder in the academy. living a simple life, he was not interested in status or power. his passion lay in studying and teaching various cultivation techniques and magical arts to the academy's disciples.

every day, other than holding lessons for the disciples, he would study various techniques. he was practically a fanatic in this regard. afterward, he was promoted to be the manager of various repositories. he thrived like a fish in water.

due to lacking any desire for fame or profit, he largely went unnoticed in the academy. but there was a time when his cultivation base suddenly soared, instantly drawing the entire academy’s attention.

“what? are you unwilling to forgive me?” lu chengkong was terrified by this response, thinking that long chen was being sarcastic.

seeing his nervous state, bai letian couldn’t help but pity him. “don’t worry, long chen will be the dean, and you will be the vice dean. just make sure it’s clear who’s in charge.”

lu chengkong instantly relaxed, realizing that they weren’t planning to blame him for the actions of the vice deans. after all, it was really those two who were responsible for everything.

lu chengkong hastily handed over the dean’s seal to long chen, but long chen declined, turning to bai letian instead.

“great dean, this seal is your burden. please accept it!”

“me? how will that work?” bai letian asked, surprised.

“you must make it work. i won’t be staying in the high firmament academy for long. i’m leaving soon, and the academy needs you,” said long chen.

“you’re going to leave this quickly?” bai letian was startled.

long chen nodded and explained what had happened in the heavenly flame devil domain. hearing his story, even bai letian and the palace master were flabbergasted.

long chen’s audacity was astounding—he had gone to the brahma pill valley to undergo tribulation, destroyed one of the eight brahma domains, and killed a half-step human emperor.

after all, han qianye had been a domain lord with great combat experience. as he had a domain divine weapon and faith energy, his power was almost on par with a true human emperor. yet, long chen had still slain him.

long chen explained that he planned to rest for a while before leading the dragonblood legion to the dragon domain. after resolving matters there, his next target was the endless desolation. his time was limited, and he couldn’t stay at the academy to oversee things.

finally, the four of them exited the palace. everyone outside watched as lu chengkong handed the dean’s seal to long chen, symbolically transferring his position. although the seal would be held by bai letian, this process was still significant.

when long chen accepted the seal, the dragonblood legion and the head academy’s disciples let out heaven-shaking cheers.