Chapter 6653 Beating an Elder

A giant starry river was flowing up ahead, looking like a giant ribbon stretching through the cosmos. It circled around an incredibly vast complex of palaces.

Starlight shone brightly from those palaces. They were glorious. Smaller starry rivers connected each of the palaces, their radiance flowing like golden dust. The sight was so wondrous that even Long Chen felt momentarily dazed.

As for the giant starry river encircling everything, it resembled a projection of the cosmos beyond the heavens. This projection contained astral laws, and it seemed to be something between illusion and reality.

The moment Long Chen sensed that vast and ancient astral energy, his Dantian’s starry sea started to boil. As the giant starry river flowed, he could feel the laws of the Primal Chaos World yielding to it, naturally gathering toward the palaces.

This river was like a giant spirit-gathering formation. Living here, one would grow stronger even without deliberate cultivation. Such a method was beyond anything Long Chen had seen before.

“How grand!”

“It’s amazing!”

“The astral energy here is so strong!”

“My cultivation speed will be many times greater than in the nine heavens if I train here!”

As the palaces drew nearer, the warship slowed, and excited voices rang out one after another.

“Silence!”

A cold shout sliced through the air, instantly freezing the atmosphere.

“It is forbidden to make a racket within the Starry River Palace!”

The void twisted, and another starry warship emerged. It was slightly smaller, with hundreds of experts standing on its deck.

Most of them appeared middle-aged, their auras ranging from mid- to late-stage Sovereign Lords. Only one of them, an icy-faced man, had reached the peak of the Sovereign Lord realm.

He was the one who had shouted.

Starlight flickered in his eyes as his blade-like gaze swept across Long Chen and his group.

Qing Yi immediately stepped forward and bowed slightly.

She said, “Greetings, Elder Lu Tian. These children have just arrived from the nine heavens. After such a long journey, their excitement is understandable. I hope Elder Lu can forgive them.”

Long Chen studied this Elder Lu Tian closely and frowned. The markings on his sleeves and collar matched Qing Yi’s. The two of them should be on the same level.

So why was he immediately chiding everyone? Was it really just to show them the rules? Or was it an attack on Qing Yi?

Elder Lu Tian snorted. “If they can’t follow the rules, they won’t get anywhere. I do this for their own good. Upon joining the Starry River Palace, they will have to obey the rules of this place or suffer the consequences. The palace has limited resources. We don’t waste them on useless people. Anyone lacking talent and discipline won’t survive here.”

The experts behind Lu Tian watched with contempt, like arrogant city people looking down on a group of country bumpkins. The sense of superiority radiating from them was extremely irritating.

Qing Yi’s expression darkened.

She had never had a good relationship with Lu Tian.

When she arrived at the Starry River Palace, her promotion had displaced him, forcing him to wait for the next opportunity to become an Elder. As a result, he had constantly been holding a grudge against her.

Qing Yi understood the source of his hostility and had given him time and patience. But Lu Tian only targeted her with more aggression, treating her like an outsider while acting as the native of the palace.

Qing Yi’s temper was gentle, and she avoided conflict. Yet, Lu Tian had pushed things so far that other Elders had once reported him to the inner palace.

After being chided by the higher-ups, Lu Tian finally exercised some restraint.

Until today.

He just happened to be guarding the gate. But seeing Qing Yi again immediately soured his mood, especially when she arrived with such a large group of nine star heirs.

Bringing back so many nine star heirs in one trip was definitely a huge accomplishment. In that case, Qing Yi’s position would rise past him.

Just like that, his resentment and jealousy twisted together, causing him to interfere. He didn’t even think about the consequences of doing so.

This time, however, Qing Yi would not yield.

She could endure insults directed at herself, but she would not allow Lu Tian to bully this group of children.

But before Qing Yi could speak, Long Chen’s lazy voice rang out.

“The Starry River Sect doesn’t raise useless people? Then what about you? “Trash like you, who still hasn’t broken through to the Divine Sovereign realm after all these years, seems to be doing just fine. In that case, I think we’ll manage.”

Xue Ying had to bite down hard to keep herself from laughing. Long Chen truly had a talent for cutting people apart with words.

“Long Chen!” Qing Yi exclaimed, startled.

Lu Tian was notoriously petty and vengeful. Furthermore, with his status as an Elder, he would become quite a troublesome enemy.

“Courting death!”

As expected, Lu Tian roared and vanished in a flash, appearing directly in front of Long Chen.

Smack!

However, Long Chen simply slapped him in the face, sending him sprawling onto the deck.

Lu Tian was quite unlucky. Accustomed to nine star heirs from the nine heavens being weak, Lu Tian hadn’t regarded any of them as a threat.

He never imagined that a true dragon was hidden among these chickens.

Even if he were to go all-out, he wouldn’t be able to block this slap, let alone in a state where he hadn’t even unleashed his astral energy.

The entire warship trembled from the impact of this slap, and its protective formation activated automatically.

“Brat, you dare?!”

The others with Lu Tian erupted in fury and were just about to charge forward.

However, before they could act, Long Chen stepped down, planting his foot on Lu Tian’s head. Then, his astral energy quivered, and Lu Tian’s skull sank at a visible rate.

“Stop, stop!”

The experts froze instantly, shouting in panic.

If Long Chen pressed any harder, Lu Tian’s head would burst.

Lu Tian was shaking—whether from rage or terror, none could tell. What was certain was that he wasn’t resisting at all.

Of course, it wasn’t because he didn’t want to.

It was because he couldn’t.

Long Chen’s astral energy had completely locked down his body, leaving him unable to mobilize even the slightest trace of power.

“The Starry River Palace promoted dogshit like you to the rank of Elder? It seems the Starry River Palace isn’t much better than Xiao Yin’s faction!”

Long Chen’s voice rang out loudly. He intentionally backed his words with astral energy so that they exploded like thunder, spreading far and wide.

Qing Yi’s expression instantly changed.

She hadn’t expected Long Chen to provoke such a calamity before even entering the Starry River Palace.

Almost immediately, more than ten starry warships appeared, surrounding them from all sides.

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