Chapter 6642 Parting Ways
“Long Chen, Old Sixth helped you out quite a bit this time, eh? Shouldn’t you thank me?”
The green parrot perched on Long Chen’s shoulder, its beady eyes darting about. Its expression practically begged for a slap.
“You bastard,” Long Chen shot back. “Even without you, I would’ve walked out unscathed. Meanwhile, you stuffed yourself full and still refused to put in any effort. You really are a bad bird.”
Although Lord Brahma’s means were vicious, Long Chen had his own trump cards. Furthermore, he had more than just one trump card.
The golden lotus seed was one—its sacred light could purify all evil. The curse energy could not overcome it, though it would have left the lotus seed heavily damaged.
Beyond that, Long Chen had an even greater trump card: the power of the primal chaos space.
After Long Chen had advanced to the Sovereign Lord realm, his connection to the primal chaos space had grown clearer. The fact that he could directly channel its life energy into the Heavenly Maple Tree was proof enough.
If Long Chen had used the primal chaos space’s power, he believed he could have resolved the crisis.
However, Long Chen felt uneasy about such a thing. He felt like this trap was actually only one part of a big scheme.
In other words, perhaps Lord Brahma had long since known that Long Chen would survive this trap. He was just testing out Long Chen’s trump cards.
Among all of Long Chen’s hidden strengths, only the power of the primal chaos space had never been exposed. And the instant he considered using it, a sharp sense of danger welled up within him.
That alone told him he had to abandon the thought. After all, his intuition had never failed him.
Long Chen had only dared to chase down Le Xing because he hadn’t sensed any mortal threat. But the moment he thought of using the primal chaos space’s power, that sense of danger immediately appeared.
Thinking back to it, Long Chen felt a chill. If that truly had been Lord Brahma’s objective, then his scheming ran far deeper than expected.
The primal chaos bead, its origins were still shrouded in mystery. Even now, Long Chen could not claim full control over it.
If Lord Brahma’s true target was the primal chaos bead, then Long Chen was under immense pressure. He had a strong feeling that the moment he revealed its power, Lord Brahma would use any means necessary and pay absolutely any price in order to immediately kill him.
At this moment, the green parrot squawked.
“Hey, don’t put it so harshly,” the green parrot said, tilting its head. “Didn’t I help you pass this tribulation? And didn’t you benefit as well?”
“What are you trying to say?” Long Chen asked back, frowning.
“Hehe, that old cauldron told me to stay with you because there’d be benefits for me. In the end, I helped you overcome your tribulation, and I benefited too. So we’re even,” Green Old Sixth chuckled.
“This time was the same. I helped and gained something as well. In other words, I’ve already done what I agreed to do to the old cauldron. This matter is done, and neither side owes anyone anything, don’t you agree?”
Long Chen understood and looked at the parrot.
“I see. You’re a shark of a businessman, never doing anything at a loss. I assume the Earth Cauldron offered you other benefits as well to make you join me, right?”
“Cough, we weren’t familiar with each other back then. If it didn’t give me something, how could I trust it?” the parrot said awkwardly, embarrassed at being exposed.
Long Chen nodded. “Alright. Then our business was just a transaction. I won’t quibble with you over who benefited more. From now on, we will part ways and owe each other nothing.”
“Don’t make it sound so heartless!” Green Old Sixth protested. “Even if our business is done, what about our friendship? Our cooperation was a great success. Our friendship reaches the heavens and runs deeper than the earth!”
It flapped its wings theatrically. “Unfortunately, I have urgent matters to attend to, so I have to say goodbye here. The world is vast—let’s part as friends and meet again someday!”
Long Chen completely understood now. This fellow had definitely made some kind of agreement with the Earth Cauldron. As fellow primal chaos divine items, they probably viewed promises to each other as particularly important.
Treacherous as it was, the parrot would finish what it agreed to. Today’s matter was the same as the previous promise. Once the business ended, so was the promise. It ended cleanly and without residue.
“Very well, until we meet again,” Long Chen replied.
Although he knew that this green parrot was one of the famous ten primal chaos divine items, he had no intention of keeping it around. This fellow was too calculating. Long Chen didn’t like it.
Furthermore, it was completely unreliable, so there was no point in keeping it around. They had worked together well, and now they could part ways without hard feelings.
After saying goodbye, Long Chen vanished, leaving behind the green parrot in its original location.
“Ah, I’m free! That old cauldron thought that a promise could bind Old Sixth? Hehe, not a chance! Old Sixth won’t fall for it so easily! You saw it yourself—Long Chen was the one who said goodbye! We owe each other nothing! I didn’t abandon him, hehehe! Freedom!”
The green parrot flapped its wings and jumped around excitedly. But all of a sudden, it stopped.
“...What’s this?” the parrot muttered. “Why do I feel bad? Hmm, am I disappointed about losing a helper? Tch, Old Sixth has always walked alone! I don’t need some brat!“
Straightening itself, it declared, “I have important matters to attend to. I’ll find my old self and live freely!”
Green light flashed. Space tore open, and the parrot vanished.
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“Junior Race Leader Long Chen, you’re back!”
When Long Chen returned to Heavenly Maple Valley, everyone from the violet blood race sighed in relief. For Long Chen to pursue Le Xing on his own was too risky.
After all, Le Xing was one of the eight divine commanders. By chasing him, Long Chen was challenging the entire Brahma line on his own.
From the moment Long Chen departed, anxiety had weighed heavily on everyone, even if they forced themselves to look calm.
Now, hearing that Le Xing had been slain, they erupted in celebration.
They had won.
Now, Long Chen told his mother to gather the greatest elites of the violet blood race.
Meanwhile, Zhi Zhi had successfully subdued the soul of the Lifehunter race’s Divine Sovereign, extracting the secrets of its race.
That very day, Long Chen led the violet blood race’s elite army to the Lifehunter race’s ancestral land.
They ripped the Lifehunter race out by its roots.
The enmity of countless years was wiped clean in one go. The core experts of the Lifehunter race were annihilated.
Though remnants still lingered across the nine heavens, the main force had been destroyed. Those scattered branches would not last long in such a ruthless world.
That was particularly true for the Lifehunter race. To rapidly accumulate wealth, they had done many shameless things and offended countless people. With their ancestral land destroyed, all that awaited them was a fate worse than death.
Even if the violet blood race did nothing further, the Lifehunter race would not survive long enough to regret it.
After returning in triumph, Heavenly Maple Valley held a grand banquet. The celebration echoed without restraint.
Experts from Sovereign Mountain soon arrived as well.
Mountain Lord Qingyu personally appeared and grabbed Long Chen’s hand.
“Long Chen, the Heavenly Constellation Ancestor is here! Hurry over to greet him!”