"The Thunder Lizard Beast is ours."
A woman from the Immortal Academy stepped forward. She was extremely tall, only slightly shorter than Long Chen. She had willow-like brows and phoenix-like eyes, her long hair styled into a neat ponytail, looking heroic and heroic, giving the impression that women were no less capable than men.
Both are strong women, but this woman's style is more decisive and capable, completely different from Mu Qingyun's. Mu Qingyun possesses the wisdom of a leader, while she carries a wildness and a spirit of daring to fight and fight.
When Long Chen saw the woman, his heart trembled. Seeing her, he immediately thought of Qu Jianying, and their eyes bore a faint resemblance.
Thinking of Qu Jianying's fall and the old man's sacrifice for love, Long Chen's eyes instantly reddened. Originally, this Thunder Lizard beast was very important to him, but faced with this woman whose gaze bore a slight resemblance to Qu Jianying's, Long Chen lost the interest in competing.
"Mm, if you say it's yours, then it's yours." Long Chen nodded, said nothing more, and turned to leave.
"Wait,"
the woman suddenly said. She had originally wanted to compete with Long Chen over the Thunder Lizard Beast, since they had been scouting the location half a month ago to observe its habits and start setting it up.
Over a thousand people had spent so much effort, only to be taken away by Long Chen. Even though Long Chen was terrifyingly powerful, she still felt dissatisfied, especially since the Divine Academy and the Immortal Academy were already rivals—she was unwilling to accept it.
But when Long Chen looked at her, the sadness in his eyes made her heart race wildly; that look was heartbreaking.
"Miss, is there something else?" Long Chen stopped in his tracks, but didn't turn his head, turning his back to the woman as he spoke.
"You know me?" The woman asked.
"I don't know you. It's just that seeing you reminds me of an old acquaintance. So, you're lucky, so I won't argue with you anymore." Long Chen shook his head.
"You're hurt?" The woman noticed blood dripping from one of Long Chen's hands and realized that he had just killed the Thunder Lizard Beast with a single punch, and the terrifying recoil force had also injured him.
Long Chen's strike channeled the power of the stars, causing his fist to crack. In fact, it wasn't the Thunder Lizard Beast's recoil, but rather the fact that his fist had already ripped apart before it even touched it.
After ascending, Long Chen noticed that not only had the Chaos Pearl changed, but the stars within his body had also changed. Unconsciously, they had evolved, and their power was no longer that of the mortal realm; his body was still that of a mortal.
Just now, he had only used part of the power of the stars, but that immense force began to spiral out of control and ended up hurting himself.
"It's just a minor superficial wound. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now." Long Chen said calmly.
He was a little afraid of seeing this woman, or rather, afraid of seeing her gaze. Qu Jianying and the old man had given him endless care and help. Every bit of memory was an eternal pain in his heart, and he dared not touch it.
Originally, the woman wanted to compete for the Thunder Lizard Beast, but Long Chen's behavior left her somewhat at a loss.
"I hunted this Thunder Lizard Beast to extract its bile to heal my sister. If you are willing to part with it, I will offer compensation accordingly." The woman hesitated for a moment before speaking.
If it were just a routine hunt, given her personality, she might not have fought for it, but the bile of the Thunder Lizard Beast was extremely important to her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent half a month waiting in vain—just in case something unexpected happened.
"That's perfect. I want its inner core and crystal core; its gall is useless to me." Long Chen said.
"Alright then, let's split it evenly. It won't hurt our relationship." The woman was overjoyed. Although the inner elixir and crystal core were very valuable, they were not what she urgently needed.
Hearing Long Chen's refusal, she immediately ordered her disciples to begin dissecting the corpse. However, dissecting the Thunder Lizard Beast's corpse is a delicate task. If you accidentally touch the bones and runes inside its body, not only will it consume the power of its crystal core and inner core, but the corpse might even self-destruct, so it will take some time.
Long Chen found a stone in the distance and sat down, staring blankly into the distance. Li Cai and the others sat not far away, not daring to make a sound.
The woman glanced at Long Chen, but in the end couldn't help herself. She walked over to him and said,
"You seem like a strange person. What's your name?" Your cultivation is so weak, so how can your strength be so great? How did you become a mentor? And why not wear the mentor's clothes? Long
Chen looked at the woman before him. She was no longer so angry or stubborn, her eyes carrying a hint of curiosity, no longer resembling Qu Jianying's.
"Hey, why aren't you saying anything?" Although the Divine Academy and the Immortal Academy are hostile, chatting for a bit—shouldn't that be a problem? The woman frowned as she looked at Long Chen staring at her in silence.
Long Chen smiled. The person before him looked nothing like Qu Jianying. He was just too sensitive. After all this time, he still hadn't untied his inner knot. If this continued, it would seriously hinder his cultivation. He couldn't live in the past anymore; he needed to look to the future. Only by letting the past be allowed to bring the future to come.
"What are you laughing at?" The woman said somewhat irritably.
If it were someone else, being laughed at like that would only make them shy, but she showed no shy expression and was very cheerful.
"It's nothing. My name is Long San. They all call me Third Brother, or Third Master. What about you?" Long Chen said with a smile.
"Long San?" So tacky, and still talking about Third Brother? Third Master? Wouldn't you be beaten like a dog in the Divine Academy with a name like that? The woman looked at Long Chen with a strange expression and said.
"Doesn't matter. With my temper, if I don't want to get beaten like a dog, I have to beat others up too." Long Chen shrugged, speaking somewhat helplessly.
"You're quite an interesting person. I didn't expect that even in the Divine Academy, there are people who aren't annoying."
As the woman spoke, she actually sat down next to Long Chen, setting her sword aside and saying, "
My name is Luo Ning. I'm ranked fifth on the Immortal Daoist List. By the way, you're new here, right? We all know the top fifty on the Divine Path Ranking, but we don't have any information about you."
"Our mentor, when you first arrived at the academy, you were still scouting the area, so you didn't know what happened at our academy..." Li Cai interrupted excitedly, but was barely halfway through when Long Chen shot him a glare, and he swallowed the rest of his words.
Luo Ning glanced at Long Chen, then at Li Cai and the others, feeling increasingly that Long Chen was too mysterious, and made her want to know more about Long Chen's true background.
At that moment, the disciples of the Immortal Academy had finished dismantling the corpse. Long Chen obtained the inner core and crystal core, covered in thunder runes and radiating overwhelming thunder pressure. Long Chen couldn't help but feel a bit excited. With these, Lei Ling'er should be able to awaken.
Once he got the item, Long Chen got up to say goodbye. Just as they were about to part, Luo Ning suddenly spoke:
"I advise you not to get involved with that Chu Kuang, because... Sooner or later, I will kill him. "