Chapter 55: Six Years Ago

  "The imperial family, your family and the Lu family, can't you even defeat a single Ye family?" Su Qingchen thought for a moment before asking.

  "It's that simple, the Ye family seems to have secretly allied with an organization and is carrying out a big plan, the first thing being to unify all mercenary groups in the Blue Feather Empire."

  As soon as Zhang Long finished speaking, Su Qingchen's face changed slightly, as if she had seen a disaster coming. Her expression was extremely strange, with a mix of worry, anger, and helplessness. She couldn't help but think: Why didn't I know about this news earlier? Now that Leng Feng and the others have already set out for many days, even if I wanted to stop them, it's too late. All I can do now is hope that they will return safely and come find me first.

  Su Qingchen clenched his fists, and the expression on his face became extremely furious. Su Qingchen secretly made Ye Xin his target to pursue, and one day he would defeat Ye Xin, even destroy the Ye family. He didn't want any existence that threatened the lives of his loved ones and friends. Strength, everything needed strength.

  "Boss, I'll be honest with you, my dad asked me to find some talented students in the academy, get close to them and try to recruit them into our family after graduation. It seems that Lu Fei has the same task, I heard he gave up the championship title just to make friends with you, that kid also sees your extraordinary potential." As he spoke, Zhang Long's serious face finally cracked a smile.

  Su Qingchen revealed a hint of cold smile: "If the Ye family really rebels, I will definitely make an effort, but I like freedom and don't want to join any forces, hope you can understand."

  Zhang Long nodded and said: "Boss, I won't force you, I only know that you are my brother Zhang Long's brother, sworn brothers for life."

  Su Qingchen smiled slightly and nodded, falling into deep thought.

  A moment later, Wang Xing and the three others carried the food back to their dormitory. The five of them devoured the food like wolves, and soon all the bowls were spotless.

  After eating his fill, Su Qingchen suddenly remembered something and patted Zhang Long's shoulder, saying: "I want to form a battle team, I hope you can join me, and also help me find some reliable and powerful Strength-type Soul Masters and Agility-type Remote Soul Masters."

  After hearing Su Qingchen's words, Zhang Long's face showed excitement, and he nodded and said: "Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter. Give me a week, and I'll definitely find them." As he spoke, a sly smile appeared on Zhang Long's face, and he continued: "Boss, can the captain of this team be mine?"

  Su Qingchen saw Zhang Long's bad expression and directly shook his head, saying: "No way, team captain, I already have the best candidate in mind. In the next few days, I plan to go find him."

  Zhang Long's face showed a look of confusion, and he opened his mouth with some depression: "Boss, who is it that you actually took a liking to."

  "Xie Qian, you should know him, right?" Su Qingchen said, looking at Zhang Long.

  "What? Boss, you want Xie Yun to join your team? No way! It's not that I'm hitting on you, but this idea is a bit too fanciful." Fatso Liu Yun said directly without thinking after hearing Su Qingchen's words.

  Su Qingchen rolled her eyes and glared at Liu Yun, who took a few steps back in fright. Only then did she realize she had misspoken, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand, revealing an embarrassed expression to Su Qingchen.

  "Boss, your eyesight is really not bad. If you want to let Xie Qian join your team, I can help you with that. However, the hope isn't big. That kid has a very weird temper and is only interested in beautiful women and soul techniques. He's no longer the Xie Qian from six years ago." Zhang Long's face showed a mix of helplessness and sadness as he spoke.

  Su Qingchen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she immediately spoke up: "Does Xie Qian have some kind of story?"

  Zhang Long glanced at Su Qingchen, then let out a sigh and slowly began to speak: "Six years ago, the Xie, Lu, Zhang, and Guo families were known as the four great martial families of the Blue Feather Empire, along with the Ye family being referred to as the 'one literary and four martial' families. Xie Qian's grandfather was the leader of the empire's four great marshals, but unfortunately fell into an ambush during a war and his entire army was defeated. The empire lost all four great marshals in that battle: one was Xie Qian's grandfather, Ling Wang Dianfeng, who had reached the peak of spiritual cultivation; another was Xie Qian's father, a mid-level spiritual king; another was Guo Xiang's father, a low-level spiritual king; and the last one was my own grandfather, a high-level spiritual king. After that war, the Guo family gave up their military power in the Blue Feather Empire, and Guo Xiang's grandfather became the principal of Stan Academy. The majority of the Xie family's influence was bought out by the Ye family, with only a small portion of people following Xie Qian. Who knew that this kid would degenerate after that? Six years have passed, and now the Xie family is left with only him."

  "Perhaps he did it to protect himself." Su Qingchen said thoughtfully after a moment of silence.

  Zhang Long smiled bitterly and continued, "I, Lu Fei, Xie Qian, Ye Xin, and Guo Xiang used to play together when we were young. Xie Qian was always good to us and was the leader of our group, with the strongest abilities. Unfortunately, after that incident, he changed completely and gradually became estranged from us."

  "So tell me what his personality was like when he was a kid." Su Qingchen asked.

  "He's a very strong-willed person, he won't give up until he succeeds in anything, but his temperament is a bit arrogant and sincere to others." Zhang Long thought for a moment before saying.

  Su Qingchen nodded slightly and smiled, saying: "Alright, let's not talk about that. How about a match between us two, Xia Po Long? My hands are itching to hit someone."

  Zhang Long heard Su Qingchen's words and immediately jumped up, then said: "Just in time, I'm itching for a fight, hurry up, I can't wait."

  Su Qingchen and Zhang Long walked out of the dormitory under Wang Xing's strange gaze. Standing on the flat ground outside the dormitory, the two people pulled open some distance.

  "Boss, be careful, I've broken through to the Spiritual Realm and now have attacking power." Zhang Long gave a sly smile, reminding Su Qingchen.

  "Wait until you have the chance to attack." Su Qingchen's eyes revealed a hint of cunning, and after finishing speaking, his figure flashed and appeared in mid-air. As Xuan Ming attacked, he bent his right hand backwards, and his body was like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, charging towards Zhang Long.

  Zhang Long's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he couldn't help but think: The boss is speeding up again, what a freak. As he muttered to himself, his soul decided to rotate, and the shield spirit instantly appeared in the palm of his right hand. The threads of his soul power merged into the shield spirit, causing its light to burst forth.

  "Boom"

  A dull sound rang out, and Su Qingchen's right fist had already slammed into the Shield Spirit, his body rebounding backward several steps before barely stabilizing himself. Zhang Long, on the other hand, only slightly tilted his body backward, a hint of a triumphant smile appearing on his face.

  Su Qingchen smiled, "Lei Quan's first move, Cun Shang." Along with a dull sound, Su Qingchen's right fist collided with the shield spirit again. The explosion of soul power caused Su Qingchen to retreat once more, and this time Zhang Long also retreated a step, his right hand which held the shield feeling somewhat numb.