"Brother Long Chen, I'm older than you. Just call me Brother Yanfeng. As I always say, as long as you return to the Luo family, you're home."
You know, when a family grows big, good and bad are inevitable. When the forest is big, all kinds of birds can be found. That Luo Shenghui is just a beast—just ignore him.
Except for that beast, most of our Luo family is pretty good. Although a few are quite aloof, they're not bad-hearted. Once everyone gets to know each other, you'll understand. Luo Yanfeng said to Long Chen as he walked.
"Thank you, Brother Yanfeng, for your support. I am deeply grateful."
Long Chen suddenly realized that being protected by someone was actually very pleasant. Most importantly, Luo Yanfeng was a rare and straightforward person who opened his heart the moment they met, leaving a very good impression on Long Chen.
When they introduced themselves before, Luo Yanfeng said he was fifty-three, but Long Chen didn't know how old he was. Anyway, he was definitely younger than Luo Yanfeng, so Luo Yanfeng didn't hold back and directly called himself the big brother.
"Long Chen, why is your bloodline fluctuation so weak? You haven't formed a single dragon vein?" At this moment, a woman with a slightly slender figure compared to Luo Yanfeng spoke up.
This woman's name was Luo Ying, and she was a whole head taller than Long Chen, with Long Chen just reaching her shoulders.
This Luo Ying was quite attractive and could be considered a beauty, but her physique was too strong and lacked the gentleness of a woman.
"Sigh!"
Long Chen first let out a sigh, then recounted his suffering following the lines he had rehearsed with his father.
He said he flew from the mortal realm to the immortal realm, lonely and helpless, relying on his tenacious vitality to struggle to survive among the major forces.
Later, he met his long-lost father and learned news about the Purple Blood clan, so he came to acknowledge them—not because he didn't want to condense the Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi, but because he didn't know the method or how to do it.
Long Chen's background was already pitiful, but combined with his talent for acting, it moved everyone even more. Some women even felt their noses sting and tears falling upon hearing this, feeling utterly pitiful.
"Brother, don't be afraid. It's good that you're back. From now on, we'll protect you, and no one will bully you anymore." Seeing Long Chen speak pitifully, Luo Ying put an arm around him to comfort him.
"Thank you, sister, but your Qiuqiu is squeezing me." Long Chen said.
"You... You scoundrel. As soon as Luo Ying heard this, she immediately pushed Long Chen away. This guy was really mean.
"Hahaha..."
Luo Yanfeng and the others burst out laughing.
Long Chen also chuckled foolishly. Long Zhantian had told him to keep a low profile when he came to the Purple Blood clan, since the situation in the Purple Blood lineage was unclear, and many things needed to be handled step by step.
However, after that smile, everyone's bond deepened considerably. They felt that although Long Chen wasn't very strong, he was especially humorous and interesting, and there was nothing about him that made anyone unpleasant.
"We've arrived."
Suddenly, everyone stopped in their tracks and approached a huge boulder. The boulder was ten zhang square, exuding an ancient, desolate aura.
The boulder was surrounded by moss, looking as if it had been abandoned for countless years. In front of the boulder was a small stone platform, one foot square, with a finger-sized depression on top.
"Long Chen, to avoid suspicion, you need to walk to that stone platform yourself and drip a piece of essence blood onto the Burning Blood Stone." Luo Yanfeng said.
"Alright,"
Long Chen nodded and headed straight up the steps, heading toward the stone platform.
Watching Long Chen's back, someone couldn't help but ask curiously, "Guess how many divine stones Long Chen's purple blood can light up?"
"His purple blood fluctuation isn't strong. Just being able to ignite five blocks of divine stones is already impressive. You should know, Elder Zichuan's branch has been in the outside world for too long.
Aside from Elder Zichuan, no one else has been able to light up six blocks." Someone said.
"But Elder Zichuan is really strong. He directly activated ten slots, matching Brother Yanfeng and the strongest bloodline in our entire Purple Blood lineage.
Although he had already missed the optimal age for promotion, his strength was still rapidly increasing, ranking among the Purple Crown Divine Emperors. "Someone sighed.
"Long Chen is Elder Zichuan's grandson. If he can inherit half of Elder Zichuan's bloodline power, he should also break through to the eighth rank."
"You can't say that. The two sons of Immortal King Zichuan have very ordinary bloodline power."
For a moment, everyone watched Long Chen's departing figure and whispered among themselves.
"I think Long Chen's bloodline must be very strong." Luo Yanfeng said.
"What is the basis?"
"No evidence, purely intuition." Luo Yanfeng said.
At this moment, Long Chen had already reached the front of the stone platform. As he got closer, he saw that countless ancient runes were carved on the stone platform.
When Long Chen saw these runes, his heart skipped a beat: Wow, the Original Jiuli Immortal Script—even on a single test platform, there is a Primordial Jiuli Immortal Script. This is the foundation!
"Father miscalculated. With the support of this formation, the method he taught might not work!"
Long Chen extended his finger, trembling slightly. A drop of purple blood condensed at his fingertip.
"This is already the best effort to condense the faintest purple blood." Long Chen looked at the drop of purple blood and slowly dripped it into the groove.
When purple blood dripped into the grooves and surged rapidly into the runes, all the runes instantly burned purple.
"Buzz!" Suddenly,
divine light appeared on the massive divine stone. When the stone lit up, Long Chen realized it was divided into thirteen compartments.
"Buzzing Elder..."
One square after another lit up, quickly covering eight squares. At that moment, Luo Yanfeng and the others cheered. To surpass eight tiles so quickly meant Long Chen had a chance to reach ten squares.
The other disciples were also extremely excited, because they had only ever seen this speed in Luo Yanfeng. If the Luo family had two experts of this level, the family's strength would surely rise to a new level.
"Buzz!"
The ninth grid lit up, and the crowd erupted in cheers once again.
"Buzz"
followed the tenth slot. The moment the tenth grid lit up, Luo Yanfeng and the others jumped up excitedly.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
But soon the expressions of ecstasy on their faces froze. The tenth grid flickered in light and darkness, and finally slowly dimmed.
"How could this happen?"
Everyone was stunned.
"Hahaha, I thought the Luo family had hired some powerful person, but it turns out it's just a ninth-grade bloodline.
Hehe, ninth-grade bloodline—that's not bad either. For your Luo family, it's worth celebrating. "At that moment, a cold laugh came from afar.
Clearly, someone had already received the news and watched from afar. Only after Long Chen failed to break through the tenth bar did they mock him.
Faced with those mockings, Luo Ying wanted to curse out loud, but Luo Yanfeng stopped her. Arguing with them would only embarrass Long Chen. Besides, the ninth-grade bloodline had already exceeded all of their expectations.
"Dad, this move is really strong—he actually tricked you?"
Long Chen couldn't help but admire his father deeply. He had said that keeping Long Chen just a little below the very top was the best position, and now, it was just right.
"A ninth-grade bloodline is already qualified to become a core disciple. Come on, I'll take you to claim the benefits of being a core disciple." Luo Yanfeng put his arm around Long Chen's shoulder and walked out.
However, the road ahead was blocked by someone. Looking at their clothes, Long Chen smiled—they were from the Bi family.