Chapter 1842: 1839: The Imperial Royal City
Chapter 1842: Chapter 1839: The Imperial Royal City
Long Zaitian was furious when he saw that his continuous attacks over dozens of times failed to yield any substantial effect.
At this moment, he understood in his heart that relying solely on his physical body, he couldn’t defeat Li Chen.
Thinking of this, he steeled his heart and summoned a bright long spear.
“Swish!”
The spear shot forth like a dragon, thrusting directly towards Li Chen’s throat life gate.
The power unleashed by this spear from Long Zaitian far surpassed that of Hong Long.
Even Li Chen dared not underestimate it in the slightest.
Seeing Long Zaitian employ a weapon, Li Chen retaliated by drawing the sword from his waist.
“Swoosh!”
Li Chen’s Sword Shadow was as swift as lightning, carving a bright arc in the air and meeting it head-on.
“Clang!”
The long spear and Sword Shadow collided mid-air, sparking countless stars.
Then, the two quickly separated.
Long Zaitian first rose skyward, escaping Li Chen.
After all, he was already a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, capable of soaring through the air.
But Li Chen was still at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, unable to fly.
Simply put, as long as Long Zaitian remained in mid-air, Li Chen wouldn’t be able to cause him any substantial harm.
This fatal flaw caused Li Chen considerable disadvantage.
Thankfully, his physical defense was formidable enough.
Long Zaitian’s several thrusts only resulted in minor injuries on him without causing fatal harm.
No, this can’t continue. I need to find a way to bring this guy down.
With that thought, a bold idea emerged in Li Chen’s mind.
Feign weakness to the enemy!
Having made up his mind secretly, Li Chen hesitated no longer.
He intentionally showed a flaw to Long Zaitian.
Long Zaitian, who had always wanted to recover his standing, fell for it.
Seeing Li Chen’s flaw, he naturally assumed that Li Chen was at the end of his tether, struggling to respond.
“Brat, die!”
Long Zaitian shook his arm, the spear tip gleaming coldly, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, thrusting fiercely towards Li Chen’s shoulder.
In Li Chen’s bright, starry eyes, there was a flash of gravitas.
“Just in time!”
Then, instead of dodging, he met it directly with his shoulder.
“Crack!”
Long Zaitian’s long spear pierced right through Li Chen’s shoulder.
In an instant, blood gushed out like water columns.
Seizing this opportunity, Li Chen gritted his teeth and swung his sword fiercely towards Long Zaitian’s neck.
Long Zaitian never anticipated that Li Chen would be so formidable, taking a shot yet remaining vigorous, shocking him greatly.
Before he had time to react, a Sword Shadow swept across like lightning.
Since they were in close proximity, Long Zaitian had no time to dodge.
“Swish!”
The sword fell, blood like a waterfall.
Long Zaitian’s bloody head was flung into the air by inertia, drawing a blood-red arc before tumbling down.
Seeing their leader’s head crash and turn into mush, the bandits of Breeze Ridge were all terrified.
After a deadly silence, they scattered like birds and beasts.
Zhao Village erupted in thunderous cheers.
Especially the young disciples, who all grabbed their weapons to beat the fallen enemies.
“Mr. Li!”
Seeing Li Chen injured, Zhao Qinglan ignored a lady’s restraint and jumped off the carriage, running towards him.
Li Chen waved his hand and said, “Qinglan, I’m fine!”
“Also, don’t call me Mr. Li anymore; just use my name directly.”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, Zhao Qinglan nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice.
However, she didn’t follow Li Chen’s instructions directly but added “Brother” after his name.
“Brother Li Chen!”
As she uttered these four words, Zhao Qinglan sneaked a glance at Li Chen’s expression from the corner of her eyes.
When she saw Li Chen looking her way, her face blushed again.
Li Chen also smiled slightly at Zhao Qinglan.
Then, he went directly to Long Zaitian’s headless corpse and saw a storage bag on his waist, pulling it off.
The storage bag contained many goodies.
After all, Long Zaitian and his gang occupied this place for no less than thirty years, plundering countless treasures.
Inside the storage bag, Li Chen also found some golden sore medicine and a Spear Manual.
The Spear Manual was called Dragon Breaking Spear, a lower-grade profound level cultivation technique, on the same level as Sky Eagle Hand.
The Zhao Family disciples even enjoyed the chase against the bandits and felt unsatisfied.
Someone suggested raiding the bandit’s lair directly.
Hence, the ill-fated bandits of Breeze Ridge attempted to rob but were robbed clean instead.
This time, Li Chen earned all the Zhao Family disciples’ respect by leveraging his strength.
And because he was injured, he no longer rode on horseback but sat in the carriage instead.
Zhao Qinglan even volunteered to take care of Li Chen.
Unable to refuse such kindness, Li Chen accepted readily.
Three months later, Li Chen and his group safely arrived at the Royal City of the Heavenly Dragon Empire.
Seeing the majestic and spectacular city gates, the Zhao Village disciples were all astonished. The city’s prosperity left them in awe, reminiscent of Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, overwhelmed by the myriad sights.
The Royal City was divided into four districts.
The East District housed the imperial palace and the nobles.
The West District was the territory of the empire’s Great Families.
The South District was occupied by wealthy merchants.
The North District was the commoner’s area and a gathering place for outsiders.
Hence, a hierarchy of disdain existed within the Royal City.
The East District looked down on the West District, the West District on the South District, and the South District on the North District.
Even within the same district, serious hierarchy issues existed.
In the North District, natives looked down on outsiders.
Though the treasures from raiding the bandit’s lair at Breeze Ridge were immense for a small place like Zhao Village, in the Royal City, they were negligible.
As a result, Li Chen and his group’s lodging choice naturally fell to the North District.
Here, they discovered many young men and women of similar age.
Clearly, they were also here for the admission tests of the four great academies.
These individuals, like the Zhao Village disciples, displayed great excitement.
Understandably so, as for these commoners, passing the admission test meant a future of limitless possibilities.
Due to limited Spirit Stones, their group, including Li Chen, comprised thirty-two people but only rented eight rooms, meaning four people per room.
Originally, Zhao Zhong intended to book a separate room for Li Chen.
However, Li Chen refused.
In this place, he didn’t want special treatment…