Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6630 All Within Expectations

The moment Long Chen stepped inside, startled cries erupted from the disciples. None of them dared believe what they were seeing.

“Lord Long Chen!”

They struggled to their feet, but after exhausting themselves to the brink, they could not even stand.

“What Lord Long Chen? He’s just an unfilial brat!” Luo Ningshuang retorted.

She strode over and grabbed Long Chen’s ear. “You didn’t ask for my protection during your tribulation. Are you looking down on me? If not for your father stopping me, I would have gone to see exactly what you were thinking!”

“Mom, please—it hurts! So many people are watching us. What about my face?” Long Chen cried out.

In truth, Luo Ningshuang couldn’t have hurt Long Chen just by twisting his ear—especially since she wasn’t using any force.

She was furious that Long Chen had not contacted them before his tribulation. Worse still, he had not even informed them personally, instead letting the Huayun Trading Company deliver the news. To her, this was unforgivable.

Long Chen knew his mother’s character very well. However, he trusted that his father would understand him and convince her.

Now that his mother’s anger was flaring, Long Chen could only act like a filial son and let her get it out of her system. After all, it was really his fault.

“Your face? Did you give me any face?!” demanded Luo Ningshuang.

“Mom, I know I was wrong. But I had my own issues. I’ll explain them to you later!”

Luo Ningshuang snorted. Only then did she release her son’s ear. At this time, she spotted Xue Ying behind him, and her eyes lit up.

Long Chen instantly had a bad feeling. He hastily said, “This is my friend, Xue Ying. Don’t misunderstand.”

“Xue Ying greets Senior,” said Xue Ying politely.

Luo Ningshuang looked disappointed that her son had not brought a wife home, but she did not show it. Instead, she warmly took Xue Ying’s hands and spoke to her at length, leaving Xue Ying flushed with embarrassment.

Long Chen was at a loss for words. It seemed his mother wanted to help him get a new wife.

“Lord Long Chen... I truly worship you. I never imagined I would meet you today.”

A disciple of the violet blood race staggered over. His body was trembling—half from exhaustion and half from excitement.

In the violet blood race, practically everyone knew Long Chen’s legend. He had risen from the mortal world, leading his brothers against the world’s most powerful heavenly geniuses, sweeping aside all who stood in their way.

When Long Chen declared himself unrivaled beneath the Human Emperor realm and capable of going one-for-one against Human Emperors, they couldn’t help but cheer fervently. Their blood still boiled every time they recalled it.

“Lord Long Chen, we’re cultivating hard so we can fight alongside you one day! We will wash away the humiliation of our ancestors!” said another disciple excitedly.

More and more of them struggled to get up. Under normal circumstances, after pushing themselves so hard, they would have been down for hours. Yet, lying on the ground before Long Chen felt like blasphemy.

Seeing their worshipful gazes, Luo Ningshuang smiled pridefully, her anger dissipating.

Long Chen was very moved by their warmth. However, he had something more important to do, so he told them all to rest. It wasn’t good to be too excited after overdrafting themselves.

After that, he brought his mother over to the withered old tree.

He asked, “Mom, do you know about the spies in Heavenly Maple Valley?”

“I know. What about it? Are they planning a revolt?” asked Luo Ningshuang.

“You knew?” Long Chen’s eyes widened.

“Yes, your father told me.”

“And where is father?”

“When he learned that you did not need our protection, he left, saying that he was going to the Primal Chaos World to resolve some problems,” explained Luo Ningshuang.

“He left?” Long Chen was surprised, not expecting his father to have gone to the Primal Chaos World before him.

“He said you would definitely go as well,” Luo Ningshuang added with a smile, “and that before you left, you would come here to deal with the traitors.”

“I would resolve it? How?” Long Chen asked, baffled.

“How am I supposed to know? Your dad said it, so you definitely can do it. I trust your father.”

Luo Ningshuang shrugged.

At this sight, Long Chen was speechless. Just what was his father thinking?

The moment he received Qian Duoduo’s urgent message, he rushed over without hesitation. The report stated that spies in Heavenly Maple Valley were brewing a massive scheme, though the details were unclear.

As a high-ranking member of the Soaring Dragon Company, Qian Duoduo had his own secret communication methods. Unless the situation was critical, he would never alert Long Chen. After all, doing so would risk exposing himself.

Thus, the moment Long Chen received this news, he rushed over at full speed. Yet, his father had already known about the traitors?

What left Long Chen even more at a loss was that Luo Ningshuang didn’t seem to care at all. She knew there were traitors, but had no idea what they were plotting.

“Mom, do you really not care about something this serious?” Long Chen asked, unable to hide a hint of reproach.

“Why would I? I have the greatest father in the world, the most dependable husband, and the most outstanding son. The three greatest men in this world are all at my side. Why would I waste energy worrying?”

“You... alright then.” Long Chen nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“You shouldn’t worry either. Your father has made some arrangements. The moment something unexpected happens, Sovereign Mountain will reinforce us. If they’re delayed, he already prepared backup measures that can hold long enough for you to arrive. Everything is within his expectations—though he estimated it would take you another half month to arrive,” said Luo Ningshuang.

Long Chen calculated it. If he hadn’t received information from Qian Duoduo, he would have consolidated his power and dealt with some other matters first. He truly would have arrived about half a month later.

“Well, since I’m here, we should save Dad’s backup plan. I’ll deal with the trouble this time,” said Long Chen.

It sounded as if Long Zhantian had arranged many trump cards to ensure Heavenly Maple Valley could hold out until Long Chen’s arrival.

However, since Long Chen was already here, it would be best to save those trump cards. He could even leave some trump cards in his mother’s hands before departing the nine heavens. That was also good.

Just then, Long Chen heard Zhi Zhi’s voice in his mind, and his expression turned cold immediately.

“So that’s what game they’re playing. Very well. Let’s play!”