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Chapter 390 - 390 340 Top Ten of the Hidden Dragon List (Up

Chapter 390: Chapter 340: Top Ten of the Hidden Dragon List! (Up for Slaughter)_2 Chapter 390: Chapter 340: Top Ten of the Hidden Dragon List! (Up for Slaughter)_2 It could be said that this time, his fame was absolutely destined to spread throughout Jianghu.

Of course, the inevitable challenges from other experts would follow, especially since Chen Yuan’s rise had directly displaced a Hidden Dragon talent.

The protagonist of this issue was Chen Yuan’s battle at the Blood Saber Sect, and the Ascending Immortal Tower described it in extreme detail, even adding at the end,

“In just a quarter of an hour, he killed nearly ten Reach Profound experts, truly deserving a place in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List.”

Besides, it also emphasized a few sentences about Chen Yuan’s extraordinary physique and his boundless vigor and vitality…

It must be said that the Ascending Immortal Tower’s information network was indeed remarkable; the description they provided of him was spot-on, although Chen Yuan felt rather opposed to being scrutinized by so many,

there wasn’t much he could do about it.

The Ascending Immortal Tower was not something he could shake.

After reading his own introduction, Chen Yuan then focused his attention on the other individuals ranked in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List. He hadn’t paid much attention to them before,

because they were not on his level at that time, and a brief understanding was sufficient.

But now it was different; Chen Yuan’s future opponents would definitely be these individuals. Rising to the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List also meant that Chen Yuan had thoroughly stepped into the limelight,

and others would also examine this dark horse that had suddenly emerged.

After all, there was still the most important Ascension battle this year.

Even many believed that Chen Yuan had been hiding his strength before, only erupting fully for the sake of the Ascension battle, a situation that often emerged as the battle approached.

Chen Yuan was no exception.

After looking through the other individuals in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List, Chen Yuan acknowledged that they were indeed each extraordinary, not a single one was a loose cultivator, all coming from great powers.

Moreover, most of them were the most outstanding disciples from the ten major Immortal Sects of the current generation.

For instance, the one ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List came from Wudang Mountain, mastering the Five Thunders Righteous Skill, casting out evil and driving it away.

The second on the list came from Spirit Mountain, with a Buddha Light that shone universally and an unparalleled physique.

Other places like Heavenly Demon Hall, Shushan, and other Immortal Sects, all had talented individuals ranked in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List.

By such an account, Chen Yuan had now reached a new level, comparable to core disciples of the ten major Immortal Sects.

In many people’s eyes, this was unbelievable.

They felt that Chen Yuan must also have come from a great power, but upon investigating Chen Yuan’s background, they found no trace of any other forces,

after all, Chen Yuan had genuinely lived in Ping’an County for twenty years and was recognized by many.

The only thing that caught people’s attention was that the Golden Envoy of Qingzhou, Jiang He, took an unusual interest in Chen Yuan, the reasons for which were unknown to outsiders…

About Chen Yuan’s matters, nowadays in Nanling Prefecture, especially in Ping’an County, had become a legend; many people, upon learning of the Hidden Dragon List, even took pride in having seen Chen Yuan.

Yet, the storm was far from over.

Even Emperor Jingtai of Great Jin, at the court, praised the four Divine Envoys of the Heavenly Patrol Bureau, affirming that Chen Yuan’s entry into the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List,

added a ray of light to the increasingly declining court.

Although it was just a sliver, it was enough to incite envy, for it meant that Chen Yuan, a mere Reach Profound Martial Artist, had caught the eyes of the Emperor.

The reason was that for many years, no Martial Artist from the court had managed to enter the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List.

Even later, Chen Yuan learned from Zhang Xuan that Emperor Jingtai had intended to transfer him into the Capital for use, but this was skillfully declined by his father.

As for the reason, it was said that Chen Yuan was now holding a high position and needed to temper his mind step by step lest he develop a pampered nature, which Emperor Jingtai agreed with upon hearing it.

He immediately consented.

Afterward, he paid little attention, as his gaze could not possibly be fixed on just one Reach Profound individual, Chen Yuan; with the dignity of an Emperor, his view encompassed the whole world.

As for why Zhang Xuan’s father declined, apart from doing so for Chen Yuan’s benefit, he was also moved by a desire to recruit talent, hoping to bring Chen Yuan into the Zhang Xi faction.

He had once heard Chen Yuan’s name from Zhang Xuan, knowing they had a connection; Chen Yuan could be considered an old subordinate of Zhang Xuan’s, only at the time, Chen Yuan,

was merely within the top hundred of the Hidden Dragon List, a Gang Condensing Martial Artist, not someone that the Yang Transformation Realm bigwigs would value, just mentioning that they would talk about it later.

Unexpectedly, just a few months passed and Chen Yuan had already achieved such accomplishments; awed by this, they immediately contacted Zhang Xuan.

Instructing him that if possible, it was best to pull Chen Yuan into the Zhang faction; if he was unwilling, they should at least avoid making an enemy of him and instead foster a good relationship.

In the eyes of the Divine Envoy Zhang Xi, Chen Yuan still had potential to be unearthed. At such a young age, he had already reached this step; no one could predict what his future would hold.

But according to the trajectories of some of the top ten talents on the Hidden Dragon List, it seems certain they will reach the Core Realm, and there’s a considerable possibility they could also reach the Yang Transformation Realm.

And a Grandmaster Level expert, no matter where they are placed, is a number one person worth courting.

After receiving the news, Zhang Xuan actually didn’t take any action. He thought of Chen Yuan’s previous words of resistance and decided to let things take their natural course, waiting to bring it up again after meeting Chen Yuan in the future.

If Chen Yuan was unwilling, then being friends was also quite good.

And as for the Divine Envoy Zhang’s gentle refusal of Emperor Jingtai’s offer on behalf of Chen Yuan, it actually coincided with his own thoughts. In the Capital, dragons and tigers lay hidden; a Reach Profound Martial Artist was but an ant.

It was still too early to go…

There was no room for them to make a difference. Only upon reaching the Core Realm could one grasp some real power. Besides, he still had very important matters to attend to—he had to compete for the Ascending Immortal Fruit.

In response to Chen Yuan’s ascendancy to the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List, the Taoist Divine Palace also reacted significantly, with several Daoists specifically telling Jiang He,

to make sure to protect this person well.

If he is killed by someone of the same realm, it’s due to Chen Yuan’s own lack of capabilities, but he must not be bullied due to the strong taking advantage of the weak through other powers.

In Chen Yuan, those people saw the shadow of the former Jiang He.

And Jiang He was the fastest-growing, most talented among the few Daoists in the Taoist Divine Palace, even the founder Moluo had once said that Jiang He had the potential of a True Monarch.

Now, Chen Yuan was also showing potential that was unlike Jiang He’s.

If he could indeed become a True Monarch Level expert in the future, he would definitely greatly enhance the power of the Taoist Divine Palace. The plans for the future would also have greater hope.

To this, Jiang He simply returned them a faint “Hmm.”

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While the outside world was in turmoil, as days passed, the attention on Chen Yuan began to decrease; they found new points of interest.

After all, the world was vast, and Chen Yuan was just someone whose potential was worth a second glance.

And some matters were more worthy of attention than him.

For instance, if two Yang Transformation Realm True Masters were to clash, wouldn’t that be a bigger event than Chen Yuan’s rise to the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List? The world doesn’t revolve around Chen Yuan alone.

Of course, this was the outside world; within Tangshan Prefecture, shock still prevailed.

Even after many months or even years, people would continuously talk about how Chen Yuan singlehandedly broke the backbone of the Tangshan Prefecture’s Martial Artists!

Within a few days, both the Heavenly Patrol Bureau and the Military Equipment Army’s crackdown on those Jianghu forces also drew to a close. The majority of the people were implicated, with only a small part escaping.

And even now, these people were still being hunted down.

Originally, Du Ming wanted to kill everyone according to Chen Yuan’s hint, but later thought that doing so would be a waste. It would be better to send these people to the frontier,

which could save some of the costs of raising troops.

In the end, Chen Yuan agreed.

Only the three clans were exterminated, and the rest, either disciples or collateral relations, were all pressed into the prison. For a time, Tangshan Prefecture’s prisons were not enough to hold them.

There were as many as several thousand individuals in total.

And the gains were also about what Chen Yuan had estimated. The items that came into his hands exceeded a hundred Primordial Crystals. In fact, there were more, but he did not let their industries be liquidated.

Instead, he exchanged them for a white glove, aimed at continuing to manage these assets, generating a consistent output for him.

This wasn’t like the previous Red Sun Stone Mine, which didn’t hold much value. The industries of Tangshan Prefecture were of extraordinary value, producing a large amount of resources annually, enriching his foundation.

All of these had been his goals, and now they seemed to be realized.

But in the eyes of some, Chen Yuan had become the dragon slayer who turned into the evil dragon!

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Four thousand words presented; the next update will be in the afternoon today, going to be a bit sour….

I’ve been driving all day.