The Eastern Shallow Ocean was vast, almost one-fifth of True Spirit Continent. Dragon God Celestial Palace was the most powerful force in the Eastern Shallow Ocean, so its territory was naturally the largest as well. Teleporting from the teleportation hall to the Azure Dragon Hall couldn't be done in an instant. A certain amount of time was required.
On a huge island fifteen million li away from the Dragon God Celestial Palace, towering buildings rose and fell one after another. These buildings were mostly cyan-colored. Looking down from the sky, they looked like the scales of an azure dragon, reflecting a unique radiance under the sunlight. All the buildings gathered together, looking like a coiling azure dragon.
This island was called Azure Dragon Island, and the force on the island was precisely the head of the Dragon God Celestial Palace's five great halls, Azure Dragon Hall.
Inside a palace in the core region of Azure Dragon Hall, the remaining two deputy leaders were waiting, accompanied by dozens of great attendants. Apart from the leader, all the higher ups of Azure Dragon Hall had arrived, waiting for the new deputy leader of Dragon God Celestial Palace.
They knew that this new deputy leader was certainly not ordinary, and might even be a hidden expert of Dragon God Celestial Palace. Therefore, they had to cooperate and give him sufficient attention.
"Brother Wu, who do you think the higher-ups will send this time?" One of the deputy leaders asked the deputy next to him.
The deputy surnamed Wu analyzed, "Strength too low, not enough to convince the masses. Strength too high, not many. Could it be the eldest core disciple Lin Canghai or the second disciple Li Feng?"
"Lin Canghai's strength is enough, but one can't rely on personal strength in war. One must have a certain level of leadership. In this aspect, Lin Canghai is quite unique. As for Li Feng, honestly speaking, although he looks amiable on the surface, he's actually quite arrogant and condescending."
"If these two are impossible, then it should be an expert we don't know about."
"I think so too. En! They're coming. "
As the two spoke, the teleportation gate at the center of the palace lit up. Along with a whirlpool of light, dozens of figures appeared.
"Eh?"
Seeing the dozens of people in front of them, it would be impossible for them not to be astonished. They had thought of everything, except for the fact that they were all youngsters. The oldest among them was Lin Canghai, who seemed to be in his thirties.
"Lin Canghai, congratulations!"
Stunned for a moment, Vice Palace Master Wu revealed a smile. Although Lin Canghai was a loner and wasn't suitable to be a Vice Palace Master, since it was the will of the Elders Guild, they naturally wouldn't oppose it. Furthermore, leadership ability could be cultivated. Perhaps Lin Canghai would be able to adapt to the position of Vice Palace Master.
"Lin Canghai, we will be colleagues from now on."
The other Vice Palace Master said with a smile.
Lin Canghai was somewhat baffled by the two's words, but he was after all a perceptive person, and quickly understood, saying indifferently: "I'm not."
Chen Yuxin hurriedly came to the rescue and said, "You two have misunderstood. This is Senior Brother Ye Chen, who is about to take over as Vice Hall Master."
"This one is?"
The two Vice Hall Masters were a little embarrassed. In fact, they couldn't be blamed.
They were used to being prejudiced by first impressions, coupled with the fact that they were all young people, they subconsciously ignored Ye Chen, who looked the youngest, and regarded Lin Canghai as the leader of the group of young people. After all, they only had time to glance at everyone's appearance.
"This one is Ye Chen."
Ye Chen said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
The two's gazes converged on Ye Chen's body, inwardly saying, 'So young.'
Although Ye Chen was already twenty-six years old, due to his rapid cultivation base advancement, he had entered Astral Reaching realm only a year later than Xuanhou, and entered Sea of Soul realm a year earlier than Xuanhou. Therefore, he still looked to be in his early twenties. If one overlooked his aura, they would easily see him as a young genius who had just left home.
However, they clearly wouldn't overlook Ye Chen's aura. If Lin Canghai was an unsheathed treasured sword, then Ye Chen was a peerless sword half unsheathed. He had a sharp edge, but was not overly ostentatious, giving off an unfathomable feeling.
"Good fellow!"
The two had been fighting with the experts of the four great forces for many years, so they were quite good at judging people. Lin Canghai's sharpness had indeed startled them, but Ye Chen's unfathomability made them even more apprehensive.
"This one is Wu Chuan, and this is Xu Danian."
The Vice Hall Master surnamed Wu introduced himself.
Ye Chen faintly nodded and said, "We're already aware of Azure Dragon Hall's situation. This time, we've come to settle this matter. Now, take us to Hall Master Wei Longtao." His Vice Hall Master's Command Token needed to be taken from the latter's hands. Otherwise, it wouldn't be justifiable.
"Alright, come with me."
Wu Chuan and Xu Danian turned around and led Ye Chen and the rest out.
Passing through the crowd, Ye Chen saw Yao Yifeng, who was the head attendant. However, Yao Yifeng's eyelids were drooping, pretending not to see Ye Chen.
At this moment, Yao Yifeng's mind was in chaos as he mumbled to himself, 'How can it be him? How could he have become a Vice Hall Master? It's been less than two years, he can't possibly have the strength of a Vice Hall Master. Azure Dragon Hall's Vice Hall Master is already not much weaker than Yellow Dragon Hall's Zhang Zhengguang. Hmph! His strength is definitely not that high.
Sending him here is probably another trick from above, wanting him to temper himself. 'After Yao Yifeng arrived at Azure Dragon Hall, he was no longer clear about the matters of True Spirit Continent, nor did he know about Ye Chen's achievements in the past two years. Therefore, he believed that even if Ye Chen's strength had increased by a lot, it would still be impossible for him to reach the level of Azure Dragon Hall's Vice Hall Master. It should be known that Azure Dragon Hall was the head of the five great halls, and its average battle strength was much higher than the other four halls. Moreover, Yellow Dragon Hall was publicly acknowledged as the weakest.
Only after Ye Chen walked out of the hall did Yao Yifeng raise his eyelids and coldly glanced at Ye Chen.
…
The Azure Dragon Hall Master was a serious-looking middle-aged man. He wore a light green robe with an azure dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws embroidered on it. On his right thumb, there was an emerald green thumb ring. This thumb ring was extremely large, about the size of a wine cup.
"Greetings, Hall Master Wei!"
Ye Chen, Lin Canghai, and the rest spoke.
Wei Longtao sized up Ye Chen with a doubtful gaze. He had already recognized Ye Chen as the genius favored by Palace Master Dragon King. However, the latter's cultivation base was merely at the peak of mid Sea of Soul realm. Even if his aura seemed a bit deep and immeasurable, he shouldn't be able to suppress Lin Canghai and become the person in charge this time.
As for the matters of True Spirit Continent, he had long since stopped caring about them. Being able to recognize Ye Chen at a glance meant that he was paying enough attention.
"This is your Vice Hall Master's Command Token."
Wei Longtao didn't say anything else and took out a Little Azure Dragon Command Token from his storage ring. He exerted a bit of force and threw it toward Ye Chen.
Receiving the Little Azure Dragon Command Token, Ye Chen casually glanced at it before putting it away in his storage ring.
Wei Longtao then said, "Lin Canghai, Chen Yuxin, Luo Yunsong, I appoint you three as head attendants. You'll listen to Ye Chen's command. The rest will all be battle attendants, also under Ye Chen's command."
The position of head attendants in Azure Dragon Hall was second only to the Vice Hall Master, and battle attendants were usually Sea of Soul realm Daoists. Although only Ye Chen's group of four had Sea of Soul realm cultivation base, and the rest were late Astral Reaching realm, the disciples of Dragon God Celestial Palace couldn't be compared to ordinary members of Azure Dragon Hall. Giving them the status of battle attendants wasn't excessive. In any case, they were only here to temper themselves and wouldn't stay for long.
"Yes!"
Lin Canghai, Chen Yuxin, and the rest didn't have any objections.
"Hall Master Wei, Deputy Hu's troops were almost completely annihilated. Only a dozen or so people remain. I'll need to reorganize them."
Ye Chen said.
"You don't need to worry about this. The new troops have already been gathered. Altogether, three hundred and fifty people, forty Sea of Soul realm and three hundred and ten Astral Reaching realm. You can rest for today. Tomorrow, I'll send someone to tell them to wait at the drill ground. You can get to know them then."
"Alright, then Ye Chen will take his leave first."
Ye Chen's group left.
Once Ye Chen and the rest left, Wei Longtao creased his brows, "Could it be that the higher-ups think that sending one Ye Chen and three core disciples can solve the problem?"
He didn't understand.
…
The next day, in the morning …
On the east side of the drill ground, three hundred and fifty people were gathered. Standing at the front were forty people, all of whom had Sea of Soul realm cultivation base. Among them, there were even four late Sea of Soul realm cultivation base, consisting of one woman and three men.
"Hey, what kind of person do you think the new deputy is?" A middle-aged woman with an enchanting figure stretched her back and chuckled.
The robust man beside the middle-aged woman said, "It'd be best if he's stronger than us. Otherwise, I won't accept it."
"Hehe, you can rest assured. The higher-ups can't possibly send someone weaker than you. At the very least, he should be at the same level as Deputy Hu."
"No, he should be much stronger than Deputy Hu. Otherwise, there would be no need for the higher-ups to send someone. They could just directly pick someone from the Azure Dragon Hall."
The middle-aged scholar with a long beard shook his head.
The middle-aged woman guessed, "Perhaps there's a traitor in the upper echelons of the Azure Dragon Hall. That's why the higher-ups personally sent someone."
"Hehe, you'll all be disappointed. I know the new deputy. He's not as strong as you think. Moreover, he's a bit selfish and doesn't care about consequences."
The last of the four said.
"You know him? Yao Yifeng!"
The middle-aged woman revealed an astonished expression.
Yao Yifeng was about to speak, but suddenly shut his mouth. In his line of sight, the blue-robed Ye Chen was leading a group of Dragon God Celestial Palace disciples. Lin Canghai wasn't among them.
"Senior Brother Ye, eldest senior brother is just like this. Don't mind him too much." Chen Yuxin was still explaining Lin Canghai's actions.
Ye Chen said, "You don't need to worry. I've already said that he can disobey my orders as long as it doesn't affect others."
Ye Chen's objective this time was to help Azure Dragon Hall salvage the situation. Whether Lin Canghai listened or not had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't be bothered to care. In any case, it didn't matter if Lin Canghai's strength was no weaker than the second elder's. Of course, if they suffered losses because of him, he couldn't be blamed.
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