The Rise of Dragon Son-in-Law
Chapter 249 - 244: Raising an Army to Demand Accountability

Chapter 249: Chapter 244: Raising an Army to Demand Accountability

The person wearing the strange mask appeared to be a man by his physique.

But one could not tell his age at all.

This man relied on the Xuanyuan Madman.

Even Xuanyuan Yu’er did not know of his existence.

"Old man, what the young lady said is mostly true. That Long Chen is indeed inscrutable. I’ve observed him closely in the shadows and can’t find any flaws. This young man is very dangerous, we need to be cautious.

Although I shouldn’t say this, I feel that even though the Sword God is powerful, if he were to fight Long Chen to the death, Long Chen might not necessarily lose."

The man behind the mask spoke in a deep voice.

"Then, if you were to face Long Chen, what would your chances of victory be?"

Xuanyuan Madman asked.

"If even the Sword God cannot defeat him, my chances of winning against him won’t be great, especially since my ranking on the War God List is close to that of the Sword God.

However, if the Sword God and I were to join forces, then we are 100 percent certain we could defeat Long Chen,"

said the mysterious man behind the mask.

"But, our current goal is not to defeat Long Chen, but to make good use of this pawn. Behind the Sword God lies a more powerful Royal Family. We must listen to the Sword God’s arrangements, and I suspect the Sword God wants to wait for support from the Royal Family during these few days of recuperation."

Xuanyuan Madman said.

"It seems a change is coming."

...

Meanwhile, after returning home, Long Chen went to the top floor alone, sat cross-legged, and began to recover his primordial energy.

At the same time, Long Chen sought a breakthrough.

Recently, after experiencing two major damages, Long Chen vaguely felt an impending breakthrough.

The path of cultivation and the Martial Arts Realm are very different.

The Martial Arts Realm is relatively simple: Martial Artist, martial master, Martial Arts Grandmaster, Martial God-—four major realms.

However, these four realms are not easy to achieve.

For most people, becoming a Martial Artist is a lifetime status with little progress.

But the realm of a cultivator, compared to Martial Arts, is even harder to advance.

The cultivator’s realm is divided into Spirit Tempering Realm, Spirit Sea, Creation, and divine seal realm.

Currently, Long Chen was in the Spirit Sea Realm.

As the name implies, this realm involves opening up the Spirit Sea and consolidating more Spiritual Power.

He had been in this realm for several years.

The reason was that the Earth’s spiritual energy was nearly depleted.

Despite Long Chen’s strong lineage and high talent, his cultivation speed could not accelerate too quickly.

Even the master of Dragon Palace was only in the Creation Realm.

But the Creation Realm was already near the pinnacle of the pyramid of this world, with few rivals.

Moments later, a few hours had passed, and it was already three in the morning.

By then, Long Chen had almost recovered completely.

"Having been in the Spirit Sea Realm for more than two years, now is the time to aim for the Creation Realm,"

Long Chen muttered to himself.

The Creation Realm is a more mysterious realm.

In this realm, one can freely transform Spiritual Power into various shapes.

And the range or distance of the Spiritual Power’s attacks would greatly increase.

It is no exaggeration to say that the combat power of the Creation Realm is more than five times stronger than that of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Long Chen took a deep breath, did not hesitate, and immediately began attempting to breakthrough.

The night quickly passed.

As the morning sun rose, Long Chen had not made a breakthrough.

However, he could clearly feel that he was one step closer to a breakthrough.

If it weren’t for the lack of Spiritual Power inside his body, the breakthrough might not be that difficult.

"It seems I need to find a way to increase my Spiritual Power,"

Long Chen mused, thinking of a solution.

Some rare Treasure Medicines contain Spiritual Energy.

For example, very old ginseng, ganoderma, or some ancient weapons, old rituals, or ancient artifacts also contain Spiritual Energy.

However, ordinary people cannot perceive it.

Even if an ordinary person consumes a Treasure Medicine containing Spiritual Energy, they won’t gain a cultivator’s abilities, but they can distinctly feel more vital and spirited than before.

However, if such an item fell into the hands of a cultivator, it undoubtedly became a great treasure of immense use.

The quickest place to find such an item nowadays would be the auction house.

Apart from the auction house, obtaining it by other means would be very tough, unless there was a great opportunity.

Long Chen didn’t want to wait for any great opportunity to come!

He stretched lazily and went downstairs to the living room.

Inside the living room, Xia Ling and the others had not yet gone to work. Seeing Long Chen come down, they were all momentarily stunned.

Then, Xia Ling, unsure, asked, "I went into your room but didn’t see you. Were you in Churan’s room last night, or in Yuechan’s?"

"He wasn’t in my room."

Li Yuechan and Zhao Churan chorused.

"Really? Then, was he in your room?"

Xia Ling looked at Li Yuexin.

Li Yuexin jumped in fright and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no. He is my brother-in-law; I wouldn’t dare mess around."

"It definitely wasn’t in Yuexin’s room. Long Chen wouldn’t do that," Li Yuechan said as she glanced at Zhuge Xuan.

Zhuge Xuan paused for a moment before responding, "I wish Brother Long Chen had spent the night in my room, but alas, he didn’t."

"Ha ha, you guys are thinking too crooked," Long Chen couldn’t help but smile, "I spent all of last night sitting on top of the Heavenly Tower."

"What?" Zhao Churan suddenly looked displeased. "You weren’t in Yuechan’s room, not in my room, not in Xia Ling’s room, nor in Xuan’er’s or Yuexin’s, then who did you spend the whole night with at the Heavenly Tower?"

"Yes, you better confess, gosh, all these beauties here and you chose to spend it with someone else... How can you even say that? It’s unforgivable, shameless even."

Xia Ling spoke righteously, somewhat angry.

Li Yuechan’s expression also turned sour.

Long Chen was enormously bewildered, opened his mouth, but couldn’t find the words in his frustration.

"Look, he’s admitting it by staying silent! I’m so mad."

Li Yuechan clenched her fists.

"You bad guy, how come I never noticed you could pull an all-nighter?"

Zhao Churan bit her lip.

Long Chen quickly waved his hands, unable to avoid explaining, "You’re probably thinking too much. I said I was sitting the whole night, sitting, as in, sitting down. I was practicing in the Heavenly Tower. Where did your thoughts wander off to? Isn’t it mean to bully me like this?"

"Ah, ha ha, really? Cough, anyway, there’s some urgent business at my company I need to address, gotta go."

Xia Ling waved her hands, stood up, grabbed her bag, and started walking out.

"Err, Xia Ling, I also have something urgent; let’s go together."

"Wait for me, you all. It’s safer if the three of us stick together. Xuan’er, Yuexin, let’s go."

Zhao Churan reached out, seizing Zhuge Xuan and Li Yuexin, pulling them along to leave.

Feeling like they had been wrongly accusing him after creating such a misunderstanding, they tactfully beat a hasty retreat.

Soon, the scene was left with just Little Unrivaled and a speechless, choked Long Chen.

Little Unrivaled covered her mouth, giggling tee-hee.

Long Chen knocked on Little Unrivaled’s head and said with a wry smile, "You little rascal, what are you laughing about?"

"Brother Long Chen, seeing you misunderstood just makes me inexplicably happy, hehe."

"You naughty girl, get up; come with me."

Long Chen grabbed Little Unrivaled by her braids.

Hearing this, Little Unrivaled hesitantly said, "Brother Long Chen, Unrivaled is still young, can you maybe nourish me for a few more years?"

"Ugh." Long Chen’s complexion darkened. "Come on, I’m taking you to find a school. Today, I’m deciding it and you’re going to study well from now on."

"Ah, I don’t want to, Brother Long Chen! I don’t want to go to school. Only little kids go to school; I’m not a little kid anymore."

Little Unrivaled hurriedly waved her hands to refuse, "Brother Long Chen, trust me, even if I don’t go to school, I’m still very capable."

"That won’t do, you must attend school. The things you can learn at a school are not just what you imagine," Long Chen stated firmly, leaving no room for debate.

Little Unrivaled had no choice but to be dragged away by Long Chen.

Long Chen had already planned in his mind to send Little Unrivaled to a school, then head to the auction to look for the item he needed.

Shortly after, Long Chen took Little Unrivaled to the most renowned and best educational institution in Qianzhou—Qianzhou First Middle School.

Countless wealthy families’ children wanted to pay their way in but found even money couldn’t open these doors.

Unless one had significant backing, those with poor academic performance simply couldn’t get in.

After a brief exploration with Little Unrivaled, Long Chen was determined to head directly for the principal’s office.

But after entering a particular building of the school and walking a few steps, they were stopped by a man dressed like a teacher.

The man, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, sporting gold-rimmed glasses, looked refined and cultured.

"Who are you looking for?"

He asked casually, seemingly just making conversation.