Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 972 The Unimaginable Central Plains

chapter 972 the unimaginable central plains

translator: borntobe

long chen hastily stopped elder sha upon seeing he was about to leave. he had many things he wanted to ask this elder, but he just hadn’t had an opportunity.

elder sha frowned slightly. “what things?”

“just some matters pertaining to the central plains and the xuantian dao sect,” said long chen.

“according to the rules, elders truly do have the responsibility to answer pertinent questions asked by disciples. go ahead.” everyone was surprised that elder sha didn’t refuse.

those senior disciples were especially perplexed. this elder sha was incredibly cold. on the way here, he hadn’t spoken more than three times.

but long chen had seen through elder sha’s character after a few interactions. although elder sha’s cultivation base was terrifying, as a person, he was very straightforward. he did everything according to the rules. the reason he didn’t speak much wasn’t because he was acting arrogant. long chen had misjudged him previously.

some senior disciples helped ‘peel’ wang mang off the martial stage. they gave him medicinal pills, and he circulated his heavenly dao energy to heal. his body quickly inflated as he recovered.

meng qi’s last move had been too vicious, so for him to fully recover would take a certain amount of time. that was because meng qi was also a celestial, and her attacks contained heavenly dao energy, which made the wound harder to heal.

everyone hastily grouped up to listen upon hearing that elder sha was answering questions. they respectfully stood around him, even the senior disciples.

“go ahead and ask them your questions first. if they can’t answer, i will,” said elder sha, indicating long chen to ask the senior disciples. he didn’t like talking needlessly.

“senior apprentice-brother long chen, go ahead and ask anything. we definitely won’t hide anything we know,” said a senior disciple. no matter how stupid they were, they could tell long chen was the most terrifying existence in this group. although he hadn’t fought, considering that he dared to challenge wang mang to a life and death match, they all knew he was confident.

as for wang mang, he had used his foundation forging cultivation base in the end, but still been crushed. therefore, they didn’t dare to look down on long chen anymore. their attitudes had completely reversed.

hearing this senior disciple call long chen senior apprentice-brother made the others chortle. it was like they were the senior apprentice-brothers.

as for elder sha, he was indifferent. it was like he had long since known it would be like this.

“senior apprentice-brother long chen, you might not know this, but other than those with official posts, we all call the stronger ones senior. it has nothing to do with cultivation base or age. with your power, there might even be some seniors who are several centuries old who will call you senior apprentice-brother, or perhaps even senior,” explained that senior disciple.

the eastern wasteland’s disciples couldn’t help but find this rule odd. the central plains was truly different.

long chen didn’t care about such trifles. he got straight to the point. “how many days will it take us to get to the central plains?”

“probably three months.” the senior disciple bitterly smiled.

“three months?” all the newcomers were startled. even with this flying boat’s terrifying speed, it would still take three months.

the senior disciples relaxed a great deal. previously, they had felt these fellows in front of them to be fierce monsters, but now they found that they really were quite easy to talk to.

“all that can be said is that the xuantian dao sect can count as above average in the entire central plains. practically everyone in the cultivation world has heard of it. once you reach the xuantian dao sect, i guarantee you’ll be stupefied by the sect’s grandness. it’s just that...”

“just what?” asked guo ran.

“it’s just that this time, the eastern wasteland only sent over a pitiful number of disciples. it’s the last place amongst the four regions. i remember in the last generation, there were over twenty thousand, but this time...” said a senior disciple curiously.

the truth was that while the remote heaven gang was powerful and dared to challenge the branch xuantian dao sect, they were unable to stop other sects from sending their disciples over. every ten years, when the xuantian dao sect was sending disciples over to the central plains, there would be a grand celebration.

the head sect didn’t really care that much about the branch sects as they were just some minor bases. even disciples that weren’t part of those branch sects could use the opportunity once every ten years to try and join the head sect.

this was the xuantian dao sect’s confidence. they weren’t worried about people with evil intent. they were sure that once these disciples arrived in the central plains, they would change. their original intentions would be gone.

in the eyes of the head sect, the struggles in the other four regions were insignificant, not worth a second thought. it was like children playing house.

“in truth, i’m also very curious,” said elder sha.

long chen was startled. “did you not ask sect master ouyang qiuyu?”

“it wasn’t in accordance with the rules. since it is not within the scope of my responsibility, it wasn’t convenient to ask,” said elder sha.

long chen almost laughed. this elder sha really was hidebound by convention. he would rather keep his questions inside than ask. he could be counted as a marvel.

“senior apprentice-brother long chen, why are there so few disciples from the eastern wasteland this time?” asked a senior disciple curiously.

“oh... um....” long chen immediately felt awkward. the answer wasn’t really convenient to say.

the other dragonblood warriors also had awkward expressions, causing the senior disciples to look at each other. just what was going on?”

“what is there to be embarrassed about? weren’t they just slaughtered by us? it’s not embarrassing, so why bother hiding it,” said guo ran unashamedly.

“what?!”

all the senior disciples were dumbfounded, unable to believe their ears. but guo ran was already telling them a story about how long chen had led them to dominate the eastern wasteland.

“no wonder they sent me this time. i’m from the sect protection pavilion. originally, i wasn’t supposed to be in charge of this matter.” elder sha came to a sudden comprehension upon hearing how li changfeng had brought lu minghan away.

“wang mang, you should have heard of this matter. go ahead, tell us!” long chen coldly stared at wang mang, who was in the midst of recovering from his heavy injuries.