Chapter 135 - Five Divine Weapons

“What’s wrong?” Long Chen was surprised by Ma Tianyang’s response.

He was puzzled by the change in mood.

When Long Chen asked Gan Ling about Mo Xiaolang, Gan Lin told him to forget everything about Mo Xiaolang. And now Ma Tianyang was talking about Mo Xiaolang!

“Senior Ma, do you think of me as a comrade?”

Long Chen raised his head and stared at Ma Tianyang.

Sensing his seriousness, Ma Tianyang also became serious and nodded. “Even though we’ve just met, I like your attitude. I will consider you half a comrade. I will consider us true comrades once we risk our lives to fight against a greater enemy.”

“Half a comrade is more than enough. To be honest, I joined the Lingwu family less than a month ago and I would love to learn more about Mo Xiaolang. Can you tell me more about him?”

Ma Tianyang glanced back at the little geniuses from the Gold family and then said in a serious tone, “My family has ordered us to never leak anything about Mo Xiaolang to outsiders. But if you really want to know, I don’t mind risking it. But first, you must tell me your relationship with him.”

It wasn’t a very deep bond. Long Chen was just indebted to Mo Xiaolang, so he didn’t mind sharing it with Ma Tianyang.

Ma Tianyang nodded and decided to tell him about Mo Xiaolang after seeing how much Long Chen seemed to care about others. “As long as you don’t tell anyone I was the one who said it. Mo Xiaolang’s talent is so incredible that even the prodigies of the inner family are envious of him. He’s only fourteen years old and he’s already at the mid Heavenly Core Realm. Don’t you think that’s scary?”

Fourteen, mid Heavenly Core Realm?

Mo Xiaolang was even stronger than that old bastard Liu Yuan! He was almost as strong as the nine Grand Elders of the outer family! Long Chen was considered a prodigy back in Baiyang Town, but Mo Xiaolang was the true prodigy in the Lingwu family!

“Mo Xiaolang joined the Silver family when he was ten, and his cultivation level skyrocketed. Everyone was talking about him back then. If it wasn’t for his stubbornness, he would’ve joined the inner family. Sigh ... To think that he ended up like that ...”

Long Chen was confused too. Why wouldn’t someone as talented as Mo Xiaolang join the inner family?

“Why didn’t he join the inner family?”

Ma Tianyang shook his head. “I’m not sure. Do you know about the five Divine Weapons of the Lingwu family?”

“Divine Weapons?”

Long Chen had never heard of them before.

“The five Divine Weapons... Four of them belong to the four inner families, the Azure Dragon Halberd, the Vermillion Bird Fan, the White Tiger Blade, and the Black Tortoise Axe. As for the remaining one, it was given to the nine outer families to control. It’s called the Heavenly Wolf Dagger. I think that Mo Xiaolang stayed in the outer family because he wanted the Heavenly Wolf Dagger. Not only did he manage to get it, he also received its approval and cultivated the Heavenly Wolf Demonic technique, granting him full control of the Divine Weapon.”

Long Chen knew nothing about the five Divine Weapons; he was more concerned about where Mo Xiaolang was.

“And then what happened to him, Senior Ma?”

Ma Tianyang shook his head and sighed. “And then ... I heard he killed some of the experts of the inner family and even some of the younger prodigies. He’s now being imprisoned in the Star Devil Prison.”

“Something like that happened?!”

Long Chen was shocked. He had thought Mo Xiaolang betrayed the Lingwu family and ran away, but to think he was imprisoned instead! Long Chen didn’t feel right that Mo Xiaolang was imprisoned.

“How could this happen?”

“I don’t know. I don’t even know who died, but everyone pinned the blame on him. Not only did he not join the inner family, he even killed the experts of the inner family. It was clear he betrayed the Lingwu family.”

Ma Tianyang sighed pitifully when he mentioned Mo Xiaolang.

“Senior Ma, where is the Star Devil Prison?”

Long Chen tried to remain calm.

Ma Tianyang answered calmly, “The Star Devil Prison is where we, the Lingwu family, imprison the criminals. It’s a very harsh place. As for its location, it’s at the center of the Heavenly Martial Realm, protected by strong Black-tier beasts. If you want to save him, give it up. Even though your talent is good, you can’t even clear the Earthly Core area right now. There’s no way you can go through the Heavenly Core area and reach the Star Devil Prison.”

So it’s at the depths of the Heavenly Core area?

Ma Tianyang patted Long Chen’s shoulder and sighed. “The Lingwu family is not as simple as you think. We are just two minor characters, mere ants compared to the massive Lingwu family. If you want to do something that’ll make everyone notice your strength, at least wait until you’ve grown a little.”

Long Chen had no choice but to suppress his desire to save Mo Xiaolang for now.

After hearing what had happened to Mo Xiaolang, Long Chen was slightly depressed, and Ma Tianyang was smart enough to leave him be for now. He even slowed down a little and ordered the youths, “Brats, we are reaching the Earthly Core area right now. Make sure to pay attention, and don’t blame me if you die.”

Hearing that they are reaching the Earthly Core area, they started paying attention and kept scanning their surroundings. Ma Tianyang asked Long Chen to join the group so that he could protect everyone.

Seeing Long Chen amongst them, one of the youths scoffed. “You think you’ll be protected if you squeeze in here with us? Dream on.”

Long Chen ignored him.

“Just stay with them for now. I’m afraid I might not be able to save you if we meet a strong beast. Just don’t run away.”

Ma Tianyang tried pushing Long Chen into the group.

But whenever Long Chen got close, they moved away like a blob of slime. They stared at him in disgust, as if Long Chen was a pile of poop.

“These brats!”

Ma Tianyang was about to get angry when Long Chen stopped him. “Senior Ma, no need to worry. Just take care of yourself. I assure you I will be fine even without them.”

Ma TIanyang nodded. Since Long Chen was able to get his Grand Elder’s recommendation, that must mean he’s quite strong.

“What a bastard. He keeps sucking up to Senior Ma!”

“Maybe he’s trying to steal the beast soul and demonic core. We must never let him do that!”

Long Chen ignored them and walked to the back.

If it wasn’t for Ma Tianyang, he wouldn’t even bother walking with them.

After learning about Mo Xiaolang, he knew he had done the right thing.

“If the information they gave me is correct, there will be a cave up ahead. There’s a Category Four Black-tier Giant Devil Bear inside. It’s aggressive and strong, to the point that even someone at the initial Earthly Core Realm would have trouble fighting against it. Excluding me, of course.”

Hearing the Giant Devil Bear’s name, the youths started trembling. “Senior Ma, is fighting the Giant Devil Bear part of our training?”

Ma Tianyang turned around and answered, not even attempting to hide his irritation, “You’ve already asked the same question ten times. Are you afraid? If you are, you can go back now. I’m just asking you to observe the fight. You don’t even have to fight yourself, you coward!”

The youth shrank a little from shame.

“Our informant has accurately recorded that there’s a Giant Devil Bear up ahead, which is why they sent someone as fast as me to lead them. I’ve killed three Giant Devil Bears, so I have experience dealing with them. These brats are the treasure of the Gold family, so it’s best if nothing happens to them,” Ma Tianyang explained to Long Chen.

Ma Tianyang ordered them to hide somewhere where they could see the entire battle. Ma Tianyang then gave Long Chen a signal before he headed to the cave.

The cave was quaint. There was an emerald-colored pool at the front, and the entrance was partially hidden by moss. But there were several bear paw prints on the moss ...

“Looking at the size of the cave, it seems that the Giant Devil Bear is massive ...”

Long Chen roughly imagined how big it would be.

Ma Tianyang stood at the front of the cave and threw a rock into its depths!

“Stupid bear, come out and fight!”

Ma Tian Yang's loud voice echoed into the cave along with the rock. All of them heard a bear’s bellow in no time, causing the cave to shake.

“What the?!”

Ma Tianyang panicked at the same time as Long Chen and the rest, because all of them heard two different roars.

“There’s two of them?! If it’s in the same cave as a Giant Devil Bear, the other beast must be in the same category!”

Ma Tianyang had not expected something like this to happen.

Before he even managed to shout at them to run, two massive beasts ran out of the cave and blocked the sun. The entire area shook from their footsteps.

Long Chen raised his head and saw the four-meter-tall bear. To think it was this tall even though it was still standing on all fours!

Both of them were Giant Devil Bears. Their bodies were covered in dark fur, their muscles were as strong as steel, their teeth were massive, and their eyes were filled with bloodlust.

Both of them roared at the same time. They were truly angered by Ma Tianyang’s taunt. One of the girls cried when she was overwhelmed by the loud noise.

Long Chen had no idea why the bears were so angry until he saw their crotches.

So that’s why there were two bears in the cave instead of one. One of them managed to get a mate and was halfway through the deed when Senior Ma interrupted them. No wonder they are so angry ...