Chapter 246: 246 - Don’t confuse your incompetence with my weakness

Wuhen and Qingyi walked on in silence, the handsome young man gazing thoughtfully at the horizon.

He was worried, he wanted answers, but there were too many things on his mind.

The demon cult, Biyue’s situation, his own power.

With a sigh, he glanced at his status screen.

[Name: Long Qingyi

Age: 19

Cultivation: Eighth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm (1.300,000 lust points to upgrade)

Affinities: Lightning 98 - Sword: 97 - Charm: 1000 (can be upgraded in the lust store)

Spiritual roots: Mortal-level three-colored spirit root (Lightning sword, fire, ice) (1,000,000 lust points to upgrade, new roots can be bought in the lust store).

Lineage: Blood of the Corruption Dragon God (Mythical grade, 10,000,000 lust points to upgrade.)

Constitution: Primordial Dragon Body (Mythical grade, 10,000,000 lust points to upgrade.)

Lust points: 18,653,093]

He already had almost enough to raise his lineage to the mortal grade, the highest grade of the mortal sky, the peak of the peak.

A few minutes or hours of dual cultivation with that voluptuous, cute little fox would get him that amount easily.

But beyond that, he wanted to improve his current affinity and also get affinities with fire and ice.

Unlike when he fused the lightning and sword roots, he simply didn’t receive any affinity for fire or ice.

Something he was naturally already feeling.

His efficiency in using these two types of Qi was at least a dozen times worse than with the Qi of the lightning sword.

Qingyi didn’t keep those thoughts in his mind for long. First, he had to meet Tang Biyue.

After making sure she was all right, he would isolate himself and prepare to reach the realm of rebirth and improve what he could.

"Looks like we’ve arrived." Wuhen stopped his steps, turning to Qingyi. "I have my own things to do, good luck."

"Same to you, senior." Qingyi nodded.

Until recently, he had a rather negative view of the Zhao family and even considered them undeclared enemies.

But Wuhen had earned his respect.

He would live a long life if he continued this path.

Sighing wearily, Qingyi entered the palace of the council of elders.

The atmosphere was obviously not pleasant.

Hundreds of guards protected the entire main hall, while a few elders chatted in its center.

One of them looked over his shoulder, noticing Qingyi.

"Greetings, elder." Qingyi bowed, drawing a smile from the old man.

"Oh... junior Qingyi, Yedu has already sent us a report on your mission! Tell me, did you really kill the heir to the demon cult?" The elder asked.

Those words immediately provoked gasps of shock from everyone there.

Especially from a tall man with golden eyes and beauty only slightly inferior to Qingyi.

It was the leader of the dragon battalion, Tianyu.

"Impossible!" He exclaimed, jumping down from the staircase connected to the central hall.

His body landed in front of Qingyi, the fine marble beneath his feet cracking.

"You didn’t beat that bastard! Even I’m no match for him!" Tianyu exclaimed, checking Qingyi’s cultivation.

Of course, seeing how much and how quickly Qingyi had evolved made his heart tremble, but he attributed it all to luck, nothing more.

"Don’t confuse your incompetence with my weakness, dragon battalion leader." Qingyi didn’t back down, even all the murderous intent released by Tianyu was far from being able to make him tremble.

"Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have business with my battalion leader, Tang Biyue." Qingyi took a step to the side, but Tianyu blocked in front of him.

"Do you really think she’ll want to meet you? She didn’t even allow me to meet her, what makes you think that-" Before Tianyu had even finished his sentence, a cold voice interrupted him.

"Young master Qingyi, Lady Tang requests that you go up to the war council room." The owner of that voice was an elite guard from the Tang family.

He was dressed in long black leather robes encrusted with steel plates, his face covered by a dark black mask.

He was one of the Tang family patriarch’s personal guards, but in the current situation, he was assigned to protect possible heirs.

"How?" Tianyu paused as Qingyi walked past him.

"Battalion leader Tianyu, I ask you to restrain yourself." The elder grabbed Tianyu’s shoulders, who, overcome with jealousy, ignored him completely.

"Don’t make me have to send a letter to your sect, asking for a new commander for the dragon battalion." The elder continued, but was still ignored.

"Long Qingyi, I challenge you to a duel to the death!" Shouted Tianyu, his thunderous voice echoing throughout the orthodox alliance, the world around him shaking as the figure of a white dragon with golden eyes appeared on his back.

"Accept if you have the courage."

The handsome young man stopped his steps.

He closed his eyes.

He calmed his breathing.

And then he finally turned around, not hiding even a little of his Qi either.

The figure of a black dragon appeared on his back, its power no less than that of Tianyu.

Naturally its size had been reduced since they were in an enclosed space, but its presence was still oppressive.

"If you wish to die such a death in front of one of your juniors, very well, I will grant it to you."

"I don’t accept that, neither does the council of elders!" The elder stepped forward, placing himself between the two and releasing his Rebirth Realm Qi, trying to push them apart.

Fortunately, the elder’s intervention wasn’t necessary.

The lineage projection of both of them was suddenly broken, a disruptive Qi entering their bodies and stopping their circulation immediately, sending them to the ground.

At the large double doors of the hall, they saw the huge figure of a tiger, its flaming eyes focused on the two of them.

It was Yanxiao, guardian of the Eternal River Sect.

"Do you wish to fight to the death? Very well. I will grant you that chance and authorize this duel," Yanxiao declared.

"Master Yanxiao, please reconsider, they are two of the most important fighting forces in the orthodox alliance."

"They’ll just be more meat for the demon cult’s meat grinder when the real battle begins. Better they kill themselves now than during the war." The large tiger shook his head.

His eyes focused on Tianyu, "The duel will be in a month, be prepared." The tiger spoke, turning to Qingyi.

"Sort out everything you have to sort out with battalion leader Tang Biyue and then come and meet me, I have important matters to discuss with you."

"Yes, guardian!"