Chapter 782: Exemplar to Look up to (I)

Long Tianyin was surprised. Clearly, he had never expected Long Haochen to speak to him like that. He could not help but become furious, “Alright. I’d like to see how you ask me to leave. Are you going to lay your hands on me?”

Long Haochen’s eyes suddenly shone brightly. Afterwards, he sent a palm strike towards Long Tianyin from far away.

Long Haochen was attacking Long Tianyin during the meeting. That was a sight many people would struggle to believe, but that was exactly what happened.

Long Tianyin bellowed out furiously and hurled a first at Long Haochen. His face had reddened from anger. At the end of the day, he was a senior powerhouse of the Knight Temple. Moreover, the person who had disrespected him so much was his own grandson.

However, something that shocked all the powerhouses present appeared once more. Long Haochen’s body suddenly became faintly golden. The gentle golden light seemed extremely comforting. A golden handprint appeared in the air from his palm strike. When Long Tianyin’s furious strike was about to collide with it, Long Tianyin’s body shuddered under the golden light and afterwards, he was actually enveloped by Long Haochen’s golden light. In the next moment, he actually turned into a streak of golden light and vanished.

One move! Just one move!

“Self Incarnating Domain?” Li Zhengzhi’s mutter roused everyone from their shock.

What did a Self Incarnating Domain mean? Everyone knew the answer just too well. It meant the fifth rank of the ninth step. Their chairman had actually reached the fifth rank of the ninth step?

It had to be known that in the recent Temples’ Great Gathering, the strength that Long Haochen demonstrated was only of the second or third rank! In just two short months, he had actually broken through consecutively? A Self Incarnating Domain was something that many ninth step powerhouses could not achieve even if they used up their entire lives!

For that moment, the upper echelon of the union could not help but change how they looked at Long Haochen.

Whether it was the union or among the demons, strength tended to represent speaking authority.

“Haochen, you…” Long Xingyu was both furious and surprised. However, when he made contact with Long Haochen’s stern gaze, he immediately stopped speaking. He sat there with a sunken face, no longer uttering another word.

Long Haochen looked at Yang Haohan and said solemnly, “According to the rules of the union, the chairman can temporarily expel members who disrespect the chairman during a meeting from the meeting. Am I correct?”

Yang Haohan nodded subconsciously. In reality, he too had been shocked by Long Haochen’s actions.

Long Haochen smiled plainly and said, “Temple head Long was slightly tired, so I asked him to go rest up first. You don’t have to worry.”

Of course no one believed Long Haochen would lay his hands on Long Tianyin. That was his grandfather after all. However, Long Haochen’s actions made the powerhouses of the six temples reevaluate Long Haochen and take him more seriously.

The union had only been founded recently, so in reality, many people continued to follow the methods of the temple alliance from before. Long Haochen and his Bright Glimmer of Hope never used their authority in the meetings either, so not a lot of people recognised Long Haochen’s position as chairman. They just knew the demon hunt squad was very powerful. Most of them behaved just like when they were apart of the temple alliance, mainly obliging to the commands of the various temples.

However, Long Haochen’s actions told them without a doubt that in the current union, he was truly the greatest.

And, he had used his strength to demonstrate his power. He did not use the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation in his clash with Long Tianyin, yet he was able to incapacitate Long Tianyin in a single strike and teleport him away. This strength was clearly no worse than the Starry Sky Holy Knight Yang Haoyu. Coupled with the amplification from the first divine throne in history, everyone discovered in shock that their chairman had actually reached such a great level of strength already. This discovery made them gradually forget about Long Haochen’s age. They now looked at him with a bit more respect.

Where did Long Tianyin go? He was right outside the meeting. However, there was not a twinge of anger on this temple head’s face at all. Instead, he smiled a little.

“You brat. I’ll settle this matter with you later. Hehe.” As he said that, the powerful Divine Knight of Control and Restraint just turned around and left calmly.

How was it possible for the stunned people inside to know that Long Tianyin and Long Haochen had already agreed to use this opportunity for Long Haochen to demonstrate his might? Even Long Xingyu did not know. This only demonstrated that the duo were extremely talented at acting. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Long Haochen was, it was impossible for him to succeed in a single move! And, with his character, how could he really get angry as his grandfather?

The meeting room gradually quietened down. Long Haochen said indifferently, “The story I am telling will have a great impact on how you vote later. It’s the same as before. Please do not interrupt me while I am speaking, or I will ask you to leave as well.”

“You haven’t heard wrong. The Holy Necromancer, Slumbering Calamity Elux was also a Scion of Light, just like me. Actually, if you think about it from a different perspective, you will find it easier to believe.”

“Necromancers are powerful, but they are just a branch of mages. Just what kind of disaster can a necromancer with mediocre talent bring upon mankind? The answer is clearly almost nothing. The reason why Elux could do this was because he possessed enough talent and affinity for understanding. At the same time, there was enough hatred supporting his actions. He was a fallen Scion of Light, but why did he fall? After I learnt the whole reason for this, I have to vindicate him. The Slumbering Calamity back then came from us humans. We had created this disaster for ourselves.”

Long Haochen’s narration was very fascinating. When he said that, he could not help but sigh in amazement inside. Senior Elux, you saved my life and passed your power onto me and Cai’er. You’ve already grown aware of your actions in the final moment. Sine that’s the case, I will vindicate you today. Although you are already dead, I still have to make sure you can depart with a little more peace.

Long Haochen and Cai’er were both indebted to Elux. Regardless of whether they recognised him, the favour he had given them did happen. Moreover, Elux’s final repentance and deeply touched them. The current opportunity was a chance for Long Haochen to vindicate him.

“Everyone must find it strange as to why I know this. We need to start at the beginning to understand this. When our Bright Glimmer of Hope was still at the Commander grade, we had once received a mission to investigate the Desolate Hissing Caverns discovered by the demons. After we had accepted the mission, it had been deemed to be incorrectly allocated, which lead to a chain of events at the Demon Hunt Squads’ Mission Tower. However, we did complete the mission.”

Now that Long Haochen was the chairman of the union, there was no need to hide a few matters anymore. Moreover, the matter of the Tower of Eternity had concluded perfectly. He was not afraid of mentioning it anyway…

Immediately, Long Haochen told everyone how they discovered the Tower of Eternity in the Desolate Hissing Cavern and became inheritors of the Tower of Eternity, as well as how they trained in the Tower of Eternity and gradually discovered the truth about the Tower of Eternity. He almost mentioned how he died in a battle against the demons in the end, and how he was brought into the Tower of Eternity by Cai’er to be revived.

That had basically been his greatest secret. Now that he had mentioned it, not only did he want to clear Elux’s name, he also wanted the upper echelon of the union to understand why their demon hunt squad possessed such strength at such a young age.

“This is Elux’s story. Exactly because he had endured too much pain and the grudge of his annihilated family that set him on a path of no return. His mistakes are inexcusable, but I need to ask you all this question. Are necromancers really born evil?”

Long Haochen’s story was very fascinating and very touching. Especially when he mentioned how Cai’er carried him on her back and went through thick and thin in the Tower of Eternity with the Bright Glimmer of Hope to revive him, it deeply touched the hearts of everyone present.

Originally, a lot of people believed that Long Haochen possessed his current cultivation because of his natural endowment, all because of his constitution as a Scion of Light. Only when they heard his story did they understand just how much pain he had gone through as his strength increased, and why he had gone missing among the demons for so long.

Long Xingyu’s fists had already become pale-white from clenching too hard. His nails were deeply embedded in his hands as tears flowed down his cheeks uncontrollably, dripping onto his clothes.

When Long Haochen saw his father’s sorrowful appearance, a strange light appeared in his eyes. At the same time, there seemed to be a faint relief. However, no one noticed this slight change on his face.

“That’s the end of my story. That’s my story. As the chairman of the union, I also believe this secret should be disclosed as my responsibility to the union. Regarding the Eternal Heroes. I believe that we can ask them to fight, to unleash their final power for the union. I believe our predecessors have waited a very long time for this day. However, for the sake of safety, I will go to the Knights’ Sacred Mountain first and confirm their situation. Only if they truly can fight and are still clear-headed can they be let onto the battlefield.”

“They are the true heroes of the alliance. I think that not only shouldn’t we hide this matter from the common people, we should publicly announce it as well. Sometimes, we don’t need to be overly conservative. So what if they’re undead? They’re the heroes of the alliance! Our heroes have already offered their lives to the alliance, so why must they remain hidden away when they are still fighting for the alliance after death, such that the people they protect don’t even know about them? I believe the common people will understand as long as we put in the effort into the announcement.”