"Are they after the treasure you carry?" Long Chen asked.
"Yes, this treasure has already ruined our family. Now, only the two of us remain. I never expected they would still haunt us." Bai Fang said bitterly.
Ever since those people set their sights on the Bai Fang siblings, Long Chen felt things were not simple. After all, the siblings lacked experience. Although they changed their appearances, their techniques weren't very skilled. Long Chen could easily see through them, but he had just pretended not to know.
"It's fine if I die, but I can't help but worry about my little sister. She's full of fear of this world. If I die, she'll probably not survive either. Brother Long, I'm begging you, please help us." Bai Fang looked at Long Chen, his face full of pleading.
At this moment, Xiaorui was resting her head on her brother's lap, sweetly asleep, completely unaware that the killing intent had arrived.
"Alright, as long as you don't leave me, I can guarantee your safety." Long Chen nodded and said.
"Thank you, Brother Long, I'll ... right away," Bai Fang was overjoyed.
"As for treasures and such, forget it. I, Long Chen, am not someone who covets wealth.
I help you only because you are kind. In my view, a kind heart deserves to be treated gently. Long Chen waved his hand.
Long Chen could tell that both siblings were not scheming people; otherwise, they wouldn't have been seen as easy targets.
As for the so-called treasures they claimed, Long Chen had no particular interest. Judging by their cultivation levels, their backgrounds were not strong, and Long Chen's help was just a form of sympathy.
Seeing Long Chen promise to protect them but refuse any payment, Bai Fang's eyes instantly reddened. Long Chen was the only good person he had met during his time on the run.
Originally, the siblings had some money on them, but because they didn't understand the dangers of the martial world, they suffered many losses and were swindled out of all their money.
If they hadn't bought the ferry tickets in advance, they wouldn't have even had a last hope. With no experience, suffering misfortune and meeting only bad people, he felt life was hopeless.
Long Chen's appearance gave him a lifeline. He recognized Long Chen's strength and regarded him as a lifeline. He originally hoped that the Empress of Purple Flame Heaven would receive Long Chen's protection, since they had no direction for Purple Flame Heaven.
But unexpectedly, once on the ship, he was still targeted. He became afraid, so he sought help from Long Chen. Long Chen agreed immediately and refused to take his treasure, which made his dark life suddenly fill with sunshine.
Giant ships sail at sea, sometimes stormy and stormy, sometimes blazing sun, sometimes raging waves, sometimes calm and calm. Even a giant ship spanning thousands of miles seems so small in the boundless ocean.
Moreover, Long Chen discovered that the space above the sea was affected by certain strange laws, making it very difficult for people to fly through the air. There were invisible turbulence in the space, and if one wrong move, it could blow you somewhere.
Even if a powerful body isn't afraid of spatial turbulence, in such a chaotic space, it won't take long before a person loses their way and will never get out.
As the giant ship moved stealthily, Long Chen felt as if it was weaving through the starry sky, with endless stars above and another starry sky beneath the sea. The feeling was mysterious and indescribable.
Long Chen recalled the clusters of nebulae that Fairy Tianhong had shown him before—those were the Nine Heavens. Between the heavens, there seemed to be a black area that separated them. Long Chen saw the originally deep blue seawater gradually turning black, which proved that the world Fairy Tianhong showed him was real.
Long Chen often went to the deck to daydream. Bai Fang and his sister were very obedient and never left Long Chen's side, while those suddenly appearing Immortal King experts seemed somewhat impatient.
"Hey, kid, this is your mid-level nameplate. Go back and stay in your room." The brocade-robed man who had blackened Long Chen appeared again and tossed a silver nameplate to Long Chen.
Hearing the man in the brocade robe, Bai Fang and his sister immediately became nervous. Bai Rui didn't know what was going on, but if she were separated from Long Chen, she would feel afraid. Even if she was foolish, being watched by some people would still sense something.
"Clang."
But Long Chen didn't take it; instead, he let the nameplate coveted by countless lower-level experts fall to the ground.
"What do you mean?" Seeing Long Chen not take the nameplate, the brocade-robed man's face instantly darkened.
"What do you mean? That's what I mean." Long Chen said calmly.
It turns out that the person targeting Bai Fang is actually someone from Longteng Trading Company, which almost overturns Long Chen's understanding of merchants.
"Are you asking for trouble?"
Murderous intent surged in the brocade-robed man's eyes. He seemed to have held back Long Chen for a long time and was finally about to lose his patience.
"That's exactly what I want to say to you." Long Chen smiled.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
At that moment, more than a dozen people surrounded Long Chen. Some were brought by the brocade-robed man, and a few were those who had been secretly watching the Bai Fang siblings. All of them were Immortal King experts.
Xiao Rui screamed in fright and hid behind Bai Fang. Bai Fang was also frightened—with so many Immortal King experts, he feared Long Chen wouldn't be able to withstand them.
He wanted to help Long Chen, but facing so many Immortal King experts, he was just an ordinary mid-stage Divine Lord rookie, no match for them. For a moment, his mind went blank.
"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish right now." The man in the brocade robe shouted sternly.
Faced with the roar of the man in the brocade robe, Long Chen didn't respond immediately. Instead, he looked at Bai Rui, whose face was pale with fright, and said, "
You're too tired. Get some sleep!"
Suddenly, Bai Rui's mind grew hazy, and she ended up lying on Bai Fang's back, falling into a deep sleep.
Only then did Long Chen turn to look at the man in the brocade robe. The smile on his face slowly faded, replaced by a cold: "
What did you just say?"
"I'm telling you, if you want to die, I can grant your wish!" The man in the brocade robe shouted sternly.
"Boom!"
Just as he finished speaking, Long Chen delivered a lightning-fast kick, striking his chest. The man in the brocade robe shot out like a cannonball, crashing hard into the wall.
The tremendous force trembled. Whether by coincidence or not, the spot where the brocade-robed man slammed into the wall was exactly where Long Chen had knocked away the bald expert.
But this strike was even more brutal. The wall was made of stainless steel several feet thick. When the bald man hit it, only some blood stains remained, but the wall remained unharmed. Yet now, the thick steel plate had been dented by the impact.
The man in the brocade robe spat out three mouthfuls of blood, his internal organs spilling out. His head tilted, and he collapsed to the ground, unsure whether he was alive or dead.
"Die!"
The surrounding Immortal King experts were furious. They hadn't expected Long Chen to dare to strike first, and with a furious roar, they attacked at the same time.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
A cold flash swept by, and more than a dozen heads shot into the sky.