Chapter 123: Long Chao

"A good thing? If it's a good thing, why don't you do it?" Long Lie gave him a look of annoyance.

He was also in a dilemma now. It concerned the clan's Holy Tree; it couldn't be taken lightly. One must rather believe it exists than believe it doesn't.

If he knew about it and didn't report it, leading to a major disaster for the clan's Holy Tree, then he would truly become a sinner of the clan.

This was truly putting himself on the fire to be roasted. He had to go even if he didn't want to, even if he knew it was a trap, he had to charge in.

He could only hope that the clan would be smart enough. Even if they didn't find anything, they should rather believe it exists than believe it doesn't. When washing eyes, they must send experts to keep a close watch on him.

However, thinking about it, the clan's high-level members were not fools. After his reminder, regardless of whether this person was a mole or not, they would definitely take extra precautions.

Even if he became a false accuser, it would be worth it if he could protect the clan's Holy Tree.

Besides, a false accusation wasn't a fatal crime. In the face of the clan's great righteousness, he finally decided to throw caution to the wind and step forward.

"Who is that person?" Long Lie looked at Long Xuan and asked in a deep voice.

"It's Long Chen. I suspect he has been possessed. Focus on inspecting his brain," Long Xuan whispered.

Seeing that Long Lie had agreed, Long Xuan knew that he had successfully extracted himself from this matter and wouldn't encounter any risks. Afterward, he decided not to care anymore. He only helped this once. If the clan could still lose the Holy Tree after his reminder, then he would truly be powerless.

"It's him? With his personality, it doesn't seem like it?"

Long Lie frowned slightly, but thinking of what Long Xuan just said about him possibly being possessed and needing to focus on inspecting his brain, he let go of the hesitation in his heart and immediately walked toward the high platform of the Gu Fighting Tournament.

At this time, Long Wanli had just announced the mid-session break, and a group of clan high-level members were preparing to stand up and leave. Long Lie suddenly walked onto the stage, and amidst the surprised gazes of the high-level members, walked to Long Wanli's side and whispered something in his ear. Soon, Long Wanli's eyes gradually revealed a grave expression.

Although his voice was very low, the clan high-level members present were all Spirit Sea stage experts with sensitive ears, and all could hear clearly. Soon, everyone's expressions changed.

The Seventh Elder was the first to frown slightly and said, "Long Chen? It doesn't seem like it? This person even made contributions to the clan the year before last."

The Ten Elder snorted and said, "Long Lie has no grudges against him, and no reason to wrong him. Which mole would write the word 'mole' on their face? The person who least looks like a mole is often the mole."

"Although there is no evidence, I believe what Long Lie said. I think this matter is eight or nine out of ten. Why not just grab him and let me interrogate him personally?"

"No! Don't alert the enemy!" The Great Elder raised his hand to stop him. "Grabbing him for interrogation without solid evidence is a bad strategy. What if nothing is interrogated? It will also alert the enemy."

"Since their goal is the Holy Tree, why don't we play along and set a net around the Holy Tree, waiting for them to jump into the trap?" The Great Elder narrowed his eyes, revealing a cunning expression.

At this time, in a certain secret chamber, Long Chen was sitting opposite someone. After taking a light sip of tea, he said, "Although I lost one match, I suppose entering the top twenty is stable. If it weren't for having too many scruples, I wouldn't even want to lose this match. Hmph, do they really think I'm afraid of that bee swarm?"

Long Chao looked at him and said, "Anyway, your task after entering the Holy Land is to kill everyone for me, and then create the illusion of taking away the Holy Tree. The ranking is not important to you; you just need to mix into the top twenty. Being too high-profile will only cause extra trouble."

"Is that so?" Long Chen laughed. "But you are truly ruthless. To obtain all the Divine Dragon Milk, you would actually do such a crazy thing. The clan hasn't treated you poorly."

"Doing this will cause the Long Clan to lose a large number of geniuses, and from now on, it will be unable to recover. This is your clan; can you really bring yourself to do it?"

Long Chao's eyes were without ripples, and he said, "Those who achieve great things do not dwell on trifles. I don't want to do this either, but if I don't, the Divine Dragon Milk won't be enough to share. If I don't get enough Divine Dragon Milk, I won't be able to make the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye metamorphose perfectly."

"Don't say I can't beat Long Ziyan; even if I could, obtaining first place in the Gu Fighting Tournament, the Divine Dragon Milk I would get would be far from enough. I have no choice but to use this bad strategy."

Long Chao's expression suddenly became somewhat ferocious: "This is all forcing me. My Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is a top-grade Gu worm, and the illusion it carries is a Soul Seed. The Soul Seed is currently the strongest illusion in the Far West, none other. But the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye can only make the Soul Seed's ability effective for everyone under the condition of perfect metamorphosis."

"Such a powerful illusion, if it cannot exert its power perfectly, that would be truly a pity. How can I be reconciled? No way, I can only borrow the power of outside enemies to kill all competitors, and then monopolize the Divine Dragon Wood!" Long Chao's emotions became agitated, and his voice suddenly became louder.

That's right, he didn't hesitate to betray the clan, didn't hesitate to pit and kill a large number of the clan's geniuses. The only reason was to obtain more Divine Dragon Milk. For such a small reason, he could actually be driven mad to do such a beastly thing.

Luring outside enemies into the clan's Holy Land, then using the hands of the outside enemies to kill all the geniuses, and then he himself, in a state of being severely injured and dying, would become the only survivor among the crowd, thereby monopolizing all the Divine Dragon Milk. The clan would think that all the Divine Dragon Milk had already been snatched away by the outside enemies and would never think it was on him. This was his perfect plan.

In order to become stronger, he didn't hesitate to pay the price of severely damaging the clan to obtain all the Divine Dragon Milk. It was simply crazy.

Of course, it was naturally impossible for the outside race to help him do this kind of thing for nothing; there were conditions.

This condition was naturally the Gu formula for the Straw Gu. Obviously, anyone who wasn't stupid could see the huge benefits hidden in the Straw Gu.

However, the Straw Gu formula wasn't traded from Long Chao's hands. If it were really that simple, wouldn't it be more convenient to directly grab a Long Clan Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivator for a brutal interrogation? One had to know that the Straw Gu had already been popularized throughout the entire Long Clan.

In fact, all clans had means to prevent the leakage of unique Gu formulas. The Long Clan's means was to place a restriction in the souls of all Long Clan disciples. Any Long Clan disciple could not pass on the clan's unique Gu formula, otherwise, they would be destroyed by the restriction and die.

Therefore, whether it was promising heavy profits or just grabbing someone for a brutal interrogation, it was impossible to obtain the Long Clan's unique Gu formula.

The only way was to directly break into the Long Clan's Library Tower by force to snatch it.

And this required an inside contact to destroy the Clan-Protecting Great Array in advance. This was the secret deal between Long Chao and the Soul Clan.

Hearing Long Chao's words, Long Chen didn't despise him, but nodded instead, praising, "That's right! Those who achieve great things do not dwell on trifles. If you want to do great things, you must be ruthless. This is what a hero is. You did the right thing."

"It's just that you must not drop the chain when the time comes. If you make a mistake here, leading to heavy losses for our clan, don't blame our clan for selling you out then." Long Chen's expression suddenly became sharp.

"Hmph! It's absolutely impossible for me to make a mistake here. If there's a mistake, it can only be you. I warn you, the Long Clan Ancestor went out a month ago to seek cooperation from the Western Earth Long Clan. Taking advantage of the fact that there is no Gu King sitting here, you only have this one chance."

"How many Gu Kings the Western Earth Long Clan has, you must know. Once the two clans move toward unification, you will never have a chance to take action again. This is your only chance." Long Chao reminded.

"Our clan will absolutely not make a mistake. We are prepared to first send a large number of experts to loot the major mountain peaks of the Long Clan, which will inevitably draw out a large number of Long Clan experts to support."

"At this time, I will create chaos in the Holy Land. They will think they have fallen for the trick of luring the tiger from the mountain and will transfer all the few experts of the entire clan to the Holy Land."

"However, little do they know, our true goal is not the Holy Tree at all, but the Library Tower. After the Long Clan is lured away twice, the rear will inevitably be empty of troops. With holes in the array, the fall of the Library Tower is already a foregone conclusion. There is absolutely no possibility of any accidents!"

"Then what about the Holy Land? There are at least twenty Spirit Refining stage Gu cultivators there, and at least one Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivator. Are you sure you can deal with so many people alone?" Long Chao asked suspiciously.

"Hmph! You must not underestimate the power of my Brain Gu clan. The strength of our Brain Gu depends entirely on the strength of the shell."

"Don't look at this shell of mine as not strong; it's only the strength of a Spirit Refining stage Gu cultivator."

"But in my insect breeding bag, there are the corpses of four Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators, and there are four brothers and sisters controlling them."

"When my Soul Clan loots the outer perimeter of the Long Clan, it will inevitably draw away a large number of Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators. My side's four Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators are enough to bloodbath the Holy Land."

"When the time comes, I will pierce your heart with one sword. You just need to use the Cockroach Gu to fall to the ground and pretend to be dead. Not a single person among the rest will survive." The Brain Gu inside Long Chen said confidently.

Hearing the plan in its mouth, Long Chen let out a long breath, feeling that such a perfect plan could absolutely be foolproof.

"That's good. Remember, the Straw Gu formula is the Long Clan's most important secret. It must be placed on the ninth floor, the top floor of the Library Tower. You go directly to the ninth floor to find the Gu formula. After finding it, leave immediately. Don't be greedy, and don't waste time on the lower floors. The Library Tower is not very far from the Holy Land."

Time flew to the afternoon, and the second half of the Gu Fighting Tournament officially began.

Long Xuan arrived late, jumped onto that tree again, and looked out into the distance.

He was anxious to know the result of that matter, whether Long Lie had successfully reported it or had been recorded with a major demerit for being a false accuser.

When he saw Long Chen appearing here perfectly fine, his heart sank.

Could it be that the clan didn't take his words to heart? He frowned.

However, when he saw the clan high-level members sweeping a few glances at Long Chen with faint gazes, he knew that this matter was done, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

As long as the clan focused their attention on him and had raised their vigilance, then he didn't need to worry about this matter. He could eat and drink as he pleased.

He began to focus his attention on the Gu Fighting Tournament before him, considering this matter completely thrown to the back of his mind.

The second half still had an unknown number of Gu fighting matches to go, and the time would continue until sunset.

After such a long time, he finally understood the rules of the Gu Fighting Tournament. That's right, he was so big-hearted that he only understood the rules now; otherwise, he wouldn't have shown a surprised expression when he didn't see the drawing of lots.

The rules of this Gu Fighting Tournament were very simple: win a match and get ten points, draw a match and get five points, lose a match and get no points.

The ranking of the Gu Fighting Tournament was sorted according to the order of points. Whoever had the most points was the champion of the Gu Fighting Tournament and could get the most Divine Dragon Milk.

However, the total number of matches in the Gu Fighting Tournament was not specified; it was directly based on time, and it must end at sunset.

That is to say, the faster the battle, the more Gu fighting matches there would be, and the higher the total points.

If there were too many protracted battles, many people might not be able to fight many matches, and then the champion's points wouldn't be very high.

As for who fought whom, it was completely random, but it was the clan helping you randomize; you couldn't intervene personally.

If you were unlucky, you might keep bumping into the top ten favorites, then you could only consider yourself unlucky. Every Gu Fighting Tournament had many unlucky people who were clearly very strong but missed out on the top twenty.

Long Xuan's first half was seven wins and three losses out of ten matches, with a total score of seventy points. Those three losses were because he felt they were difficult to fight and he actively conceded, but it was definitely not that he couldn't beat them. If he released all his top-grade Gu worms, how many people in the whole field would be his opponent?

But doing so was meaningless. Besides exposing his trump cards, he wouldn't gain any benefits.

There were far more people who liked to concede than just him. It was precisely because many people directly conceded when facing opponents they were highly likely unable to defeat that the competition proceeded very quickly, and the number of Gu fighting matches became very large. Long Xuan alone had ten turns, and this was only in half a day.

Long Xuan estimated that he could fight ten more matches in the second half. Relying only on the seventy points won in the first half was not certain; he probably needed to win seven matches in the second half to be stable.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 124 =====