Chapter 133

Hearing this, Long Biao's look of disdain became even more intense. It was just a backwater; what kind of geniuses could a poor relative's family have?

The high-level members of the clan were truly old and confused; they didn't believe in the geniuses of their own clan and instead placed their hopes on the geniuses of an outside clan. He simply couldn't understand it.

Besides, in a fair and just martial arts competition, you ran outside to ask for outside help; isn't this shameless? Isn't this playing dirty? He disdained to do so.

"You can still do this? Are you sure this kind of competition can ask for outside help? Isn't the clan playing dirty? This is too shameless!"

Long Biao widened his eyes and asked in disbelief.

"Hehe!" Long Qian smiled with a look of triumph: "You juniors don't know, the Extreme West Long Clan was split off from the Western Lands Long Clan."

"Two hundred years ago, the number of Gu cultivators in my clan had already expanded to its peak, but don't ever think that the more Gu cultivators a family has, the better."

"It is true that a large number of Gu cultivators means great war potential, but everything has its opposite when it reaches the extreme. A large number of people will also consume more resources, and sooner or later, it will exceed a family's limit of endurance."

"The Long Clan at that time was facing this situation; the number of Gu cultivators in the clan was truly too large, and the resources in the clan were completely insufficient to distribute."

"At that time, any resource in the clan was a case of 'many monks and little porridge,' and there wasn't much distributed to each person, leading to soaring prices in the clan and increasingly serious contradictions of all kinds."

"If the clan's resources were distributed equally, then no one could hope to become a Gu King, but if they were distributed in a concentrated manner, those who were abandoned would not let it go and would inevitably cause trouble."

"Seeing the contradictions in the clan intensifying day by day, if they didn't launch a war to divert the contradictions, there was only the path of splitting the family."

"The clan voted and finally decided to split the family."

"But the fertile places had long been occupied, and those who were split off could only go to remote places to reclaim wasteland or directly use force to occupy some small place."

"No one likes to develop in barren places, and in the end, the clan used tough means to force away a large group of clansmen."

"And that part of the clansmen who were forced away back then is the current Extreme West Long Clan."

"The clansmen who were assigned to barren places would naturally harbor resentment, and since the two places were too far apart—either having to cross the dangerous Ten Thousand Mountains or take a detour by sea—transportation was extremely inconvenient."

"As two hundred years passed, the two sides gradually cut off contact, acting like two separate forces, until now when the hatred has faded, they have re-established diplomatic relations."

"So in a strict sense, the Extreme West Long Clan is a part of my Western Lands Long Clan, with the same blood flowing in their bodies; even on my clan's genealogy, there are still the names of that group of people. Isn't this the same force?"

"Did my clan violate the rules? If you don't believe it, check my clan's genealogy; blood testing is also fine. Who said my clan is looking for outside help? What is wrong with my clan finding a few bloodlines that have been separated for many years and bringing them back to the clan? Hehe!"

Long Qian revealed a treacherous smile, looking very much like a rogue.

Long Ruoxue covered her face; she couldn't bear to look anymore. It was truly too shameless. Is it really okay to bully the Bai Clan like this? She couldn't help but silently mourn for the Bai Clan in her heart.

If the Bai Clan knew at this moment that the Long Clan was prepared to ask for outside help to play dirty, she didn't know what kind of expression they would be angered into. Presumably, the expression would definitely be very wonderful!

"You are so confident in the geniuses of the Extreme West Long Clan? You are so sure that a genius from a poor place can be stronger than the geniuses of my clan? The high-level members of the clan are too unconfident in the geniuses of their own clan, right?" Long Biao said again with disdain.

"The geniuses in the clan are all arrogant people like you, each one not knowing the immensity of Heaven and Earth. How can the clan have confidence?"

After Long Qian looked at him impatiently, he continued: "Don't underestimate this batch of clansmen who split off. Their development over these two hundred years has been very good; the clan's strength is flourishing, experts appear frequently, and geniuses emerge in large numbers."

"Through the clan's observation, the Extreme West Long Clan has at least four geniuses who can replace the four weakest candidates of my clan, and there are at least four more pending."

"That is to say, in this genius arena match between my clan and the Bai Clan, at least half of my clan's people will use the geniuses of the Extreme West Long Clan. With the strongest geniuses of the two clans combined, my clan's chances of winning this time are extremely great."

"I am now considering whether to ask for a few more outside helpers to replace you; you truly cannot make me feel at ease."

Long Qian looked at him with suspicious eyes, his expression not like he was joking.

Long Biao sneered, his face full of unwillingness. At this moment, he made up his mind that when they arrived, he must find the strongest genius of the Extreme West Long Clan to have a good match, so as to tell the clan that their decision was wrong.

"You don't need to look unwilling. According to the information mastered, the Extreme West Long Clan has two geniuses who are invincible at the same level, which even all the geniuses of my clan are far from reaching. The hardest bones of the Bai Clan still have to be dealt with by these two; you guys should just pick the weakest to fight!"

Long Qian couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart, so he simply added fuel to the fire to stimulate him.

In his view, Long Biao grew up in a comfortable environment and was too smooth, which was why he developed this arrogant and conceited personality. Letting him lose a match would be good, letting the geniuses of a small clan dampen his spirit, which might be able to cure his bad habit of arrogance and conceit.

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This boat sped through the air until it approached a mountain group with rich spiritual energy, and only then did it finally slow down. The dragon boat flew for another period of time, and after approaching a group of buildings, it slowly descended vertically.

The people inside seemed to have received the news long ago, so a large group of people came out to welcome them, greeting them with smiling faces.

Long Wanli took the lead and spoke with a smiling face: "So it is Brother Qian visiting. It has been many years; I didn't expect that you are already a high-ranking and powerful Fifth Elder and have also become a famous array master in the Western Lands. Time passes truly fast."

Long Qian also smiled and said politely: "That is still not comparable to you. You are now a Clan Head; your status is much higher than mine."

"The fact that the clan can flourish under your leadership is enough to see your leadership ability; I am far from being as good as you."

"Forget it, let's not talk about anything from the past. I am visiting today actually because I have an important matter to ask for."

"My clan is preparing to have a genius arena match with the Bai Clan to decide the ownership of a mine vein. Both sides will each send twelve geniuses, three for each realm: early-stage Essence Refining, mid-stage Essence Refining, late-stage Essence Refining, and peak Essence Refining."

"Although my clan is not short of geniuses, we also want to seek stability, so I came here today to borrow a few geniuses from your noble clan."

"As long as your noble clan's geniuses can win the arena match for my clan, my clan will definitely have heavy treasures to gift."

Hearing this, Long Wanli and the group of clan elders behind him finally knew the other side's intention. After looking at each other, Long Wanli smiled: "You guys truly came at the right time."

"Today is the day of the Clan Competition, the day when the geniuses of my clan gather in the arena. Now the Clan Competition has just begun. If you go to watch the ceremony, you can just see the level of my clan's geniuses, which will also be convenient for you to pick."

"Hurry, please come inside. Let's go in and chat; don't let those geniuses wait too long."

Long Wanli cleared a passage and made a gesture of invitation.

"Hahaha!" Long Qian laughed loudly: "The time for the Clan Competition of our two clans is the same; I came here exactly by timing it."

"It is just right to take advantage of the Clan Competition to see the depth of your noble clan's geniuses. Although my clan has a certain amount of investigation, how can things on paper be as accurate as seeing them with one's own eyes?"

After Long Qian laughed, he stepped inside. Long Ruoxue and Long Biao behind him immediately followed, but Long Biao held his head high, still with a very arrogant look.

"That is true, seeing is believing; it is also right to investigate in person. Someone, prepare seats on the high platform immediately!"

Surrounded by a crowd, Long Qian slowly walked toward the high platform of the Clan Competition venue and was then arranged by Long Wanli in the position next to him, letting him sit beside him.

As for the two juniors he brought, they could only stand behind him. Even if the visitor was a guest, after all, the status difference was too great, and they could not sit on equal footing with them.

The group of clan elders sat on both sides of the two people respectively. The seats remained unchanged, just that a chair was added in the middle.

From the time the two walked in from the outside until they took their seats, the conversation never stopped, always smiling and full of polite words.

At this time, Long Qian finally turned his attention to the geniuses on the arena below. This was the purpose of his trip. The Clan Competition was the place that tested the strength of geniuses the most; those who could get a ranking in the Clan Competition were basically already the most outstanding geniuses of the entire clan.

The two people who appeared on the arena at this time were none other than the rivals Long Yan and Long Bao. These two, one fat and one thin, were manipulating Earth Mover Beetles covered in metal insect armor to unfold a fierce duel.

Both sides had Gu against Gu, and person against person. On the arena, one side was a chaotic battle of Gu worms, and the other side was a duel between people.

It was just that on the Gu worm battlefield, Long Yan had the upper hand, while on the human battlefield, Long Bao had the upper hand.

Long Bao was truly too fat; being bumped by him was not comfortable. Long Yan's face turned pale; even if he used all his strength, he couldn't shake this mountain at all. At this time, he could only be suppressed and dodge left and right.

But it couldn't be said that he was at a disadvantage at this time. The battle of a Gu cultivator didn't just come from the person, but also from the Gu. On the Gu worm battlefield, he currently had the upper hand.

His tactic was to drag it out, drag it out until his Gu worms achieved victory, and then come to help himself suppress this fat guy.

However, Long Bao was not stupid either; he knew his own shortcomings and knew that dragging it out would be extremely disadvantageous to himself, so he accelerated his attack, striving to resolve the opponent at the fastest speed before the Gu worm battlefield decided the winner. Otherwise, once this battle became a protracted war, the one who would lose in the end would only be himself.

Long Yan tried every means to delay time, even interfering verbally, using every possible means.

And Long Bao tried every means to end the battle as soon as possible, his attack speed getting faster and faster. The battle styles of the two were completely two extremes, and the shortcomings of both sides formed mutual restraint, so this battle was full of variables, and it was really hard to say who would win and who would lose.

The people around the arena watched with great interest, and cheers and support were constant. Clearly, the fighting of the two was still very wonderful, and the arena match was most worth watching in this kind of deadlock where the outcome was hard to predict.

Seeing these two thin and fat people, Long Qian's eyes immediately lit up. Although the combat power of these two couldn't be said to be top-notch, they could definitely replace the two candidates already decided in the clan.

Long Qian truly had some vision. Almost everyone who entered the ancient tomb at that time died, and those who could survive were few and far between, and these two were the few survivors.

People who could survive in that kind of dead end clearly still had some skills, but they were born at the wrong time and had too much of their light suppressed by the monster Long Ziyan, so their reputation was not obvious.

(End of this chapter)