Eighteen air-faring war chariots, densely packed, led tens of thousands of troops flying out, each grasping weapons, surrounding Long Xiao and his grandfather tightly.
The Long clan, after all, had deep foundations.
Even if their strength was lacking, they still had the family backing them.
So even though the opponent’s power surpassed their own, they still dared to draw swords and point blades.
But facing those Long clan armies that had them encircled.
Long Xiao suddenly smiled.
But this smile of his was a cold laugh.
“It truly is unthinkable; one day, my Long clan members would dare point weapons at me.”
At this moment, Long Xiao spoke again.
Only his voice was still a woman’s voice.
Pleasant, beautiful, even exceptionally so.
But Long Xiao was clearly a man, so why did he have a woman’s voice?
Moreover, he had been beaten until his skin split open earlier, so why now did he seem uninjured, not only his body restored but even his clothes?
And that old man, emanating a terrifying power at the ruling level.
What exactly was going on?
What were the origins of this grandfather and grandson pair?
And just as everyone puzzled over this, Long Xiao’s features began to change.
Soon, she transformed from a youth into a young woman.
And moreover, an extremely beautiful one.
Her beauty differed from Fu Mo Xin’er’s.
Fu Mo Xin’er’s beauty was that of a fairy descending, supremely noble.
This young woman had an equally refined air, but she seemed more lively and playful, full of youthful vitality.
Not only had her appearance changed, even her clothes had; the originally tattered garments turned into a noble golden long robe.
Not only had Long Xiao’s features changed, even his grandfather’s had.
Though his gender did not change, the transformation in his body was immense.
His originally ordinary stature continued to grow, becoming a burly frame over five metres tall.
As his features altered, his eyes became sharp too.
Those sharp eyes were not at all like those of a human; they resembled an eagle’s.
As for his clothes, they too became a noble golden long robe.
Seeing such changes, even Chu Feng was stunned.
Evidently, that Long Xiao and his grandfather were far from as simple as he had imagined.
The two of them absolutely held extraordinary statuses.
But compared to Chu Feng’s surprise, the Long clan members were utterly terrified.
They could not possibly fail to recognise who these two were.
That old man was one of the Long clan’s supreme elders, Long Shengbu.
And that young woman was even more extraordinary: the daughter of the Long clan chief, one of the current princesses of the Long clan, Long Xiaoxiao.
“Pays respects to Supreme Elder.”
“Pays respects to Princess.”
In an instant, the Long clan members who had been bristling with swords drawn now hastily knelt in mid-air, performing the kneeling salute.
Even Lord Tonghe was no exception.
Seeing this, the Nine Paths Dragon Gate crowd turned ashen-faced with fright, scrambling and wetting themselves; after kneeling on the ground, they trembled uncontrollably, cold sweat pouring from their bodies like rain.
Even breathing became laboured and difficult.
They had been scared to the brink of death.
They could never have imagined that these two people, whom they had utterly disregarded before, were such exalted figures within the Long clan.
“Supreme Elder.”
“Princess.”
Upon learning the identities of those two.
Chu Feng was also deeply shocked.
“So everything was deliberate.”
“In the Endless Abyss, that strange gale was their doing.”
“They deliberately separated me from Senior Long, then let me encounter them.”
“Afterwards, they used that gale to send Senior Long near me, letting Senior Long save me.”
“But why would they do this.”
Chu Feng had roughly pieced together what had happened.
It turned out there had never been any Long Xiao or Long Busheng to begin with; even Long Xiao’s father’s illness must have been fake.
Even that Dragon Vein Yin-Yang Stone was likely placed there deliberately by them.
All of this had been their scheme.
But Chu Feng could not fathom their motive.
Chu Feng was clearly an outsider, not a Long clan member; even if they wanted to test someone, it should not have been him.
Of course, Chu Feng did not know that when he had been in the Heavenly Thunder Ancient Formation, clashing with the Zuoqiu Heavenly Clan’s genius, this scene had coincidentally been witnessed by these two great figures from the Long clan.
It was from that moment that these two Long clan heavyweights had taken an interest in Chu Feng.
“Tonghe, you truly have some nerve, daring to whip me.”
“If not for Uncle Bu using power to protect me, I might just have been beaten to death by you.”
Long Xiaoxiao turned her gaze towards Long Tonghe.
Only the look in her beautiful eyes hid murderous intent.
“Princess, this subordinate did not know it was you; if I had known it was you, even with a thousand guts, this subordinate would not have dared.”
Lord Tonghe’s aged body trembled nonstop; a trail of old tears even hung on that ugly face of his.
He looked truly on the verge of wetting himself.
In everyone’s minds, Lord Tonghe had always been high above, like a god.
So his current wretched state truly made Long Daozhi and the others drop their jaws.
In a flash, they understood one thing.
So-called great figures were only lofty when facing lesser ones.
When confronting even greater figures, they too became humble and cowardly, timid and fearful like ordinary folk.
“If I had let you know it was me, how would you have shown your true colours.”
Long Xiaoxiao said with a cold laugh.
“Long Tonghe, you colluded with the Nine Paths Dragon Gate, took their bribes, and committed unjust acts; do you know your crime.”
At this moment, a furious roar rang out, shaking the void with cracks.
It was that supreme elder, Long Shengbu.
“Supreme Elder, this subordinate knows his crime, knows his crime.”
“This subordinate dares not quibble; only, Supreme Elder, Princess.”
“In consideration of this subordinate’s many years of service to the Long clan, please spare my life, give me a chance to redeem myself.”
Long Tonghe dared not quibble either, but simply begged for mercy.
“Service. You mean using your Long clan status to line your own pockets.”
“The Nine Paths Dragon Gate is just one; the benefits from others are countless.”
“Even the Long clan’s own things you dared to covet.”
Long Xiaoxiao said.
“Princess, I dare not; how could I covet the Long clan’s things.”
“What the Long clan gives me, I dare take; what it does not, I dare not touch a single bit.”
Long Tonghe said.
“Dare not.”
“In this Endless Abyss, there were originally four Dragon Vein Origin Stones.”
“Why now is there only one left.”
Long Xiaoxiao asked.
“Princess, it is these people who were too incompetent; within the time limit, they did not find the other three Dragon Vein Origin Stones.”
“The formation in this Endless Abyss, after the time limit, transfers all treasures, so naturally they are gone; and to where they are transferred, this subordinate does not know.”
Long Tonghe said.
“Still quibbling; Uncle Bu and I were always in the Endless Abyss, how could we not know what happened.”
“Uncle Bu, bring out the evidence against him.”
As Long Xiaoxiao spoke, she looked towards the supreme elder at her side.
