Medic Martial Dragon King

Indeed, it works!

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, his eyes gleaming brightly as he guided the green Divine Dragon phantom to fly out of Long Yan, merging it into his Wind Path Great Road Divine Wheel.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The Great Dao Wheel of Light trembled, with the dragon shadow gradually integrating with it, starting to swim freely within the Divine Dragon.

"The refining element for the Wind Path Great Road Divine Wheel is in place. Now the Thunder Path, Fire Path, and Wind Path all have a chance to ascend to the Perfect Divine Circle!"

Jiang Chen muttered softly, raising his hand to throw the somewhat dim Long Yan, which had lost its essence, into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to start refining.

Roar!

Cry!

As Jiang Chen cultivated, various sounds echoed in the room from time to time, dragon roars in the first half of the night turning into phoenix calls in the latter half.

The entire night, the temperature in Jiang Chen’s room was absurdly high, nearly causing the protective formation guarding the room to break down—this was even after Jiang Chen suppressed it.

As noon approached, Jiang Chen walked out of the room with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Young Master Jiang!"

Descending to the lobby on the first floor, a voice called out. Jiang Chen turned his head and paused slightly.

By the counter, a young man in black armor stood there. It was none other than Centurion Cui, with whom he had once crossed paths.

"Greetings, Centurion Cui!"

Jiang Chen raised his hand in salute with a fist palm salute.

"Young Master Jiang, Elder Liu has sent me to escort you to the Imperial City’s Dan Pavilion!"

Centurion Cui cupped his fists towards Jiang Chen. Although Jiang Chen’s realm was far below his, once inside the Dan Pavilion, he was an elder, and the status of a Dan Pavilion elder was much higher than his. Jiang Chen had been taken into the Dan Pavilion by Si Wenkang, so naturally, his status was higher.

"Thank you, Centurion Cui, please lead the way!"

Jiang Chen smiled gently, gesturing towards the inn’s entrance.

Centurion Cui, without another word, turned and led the way. Jiang Chen followed.

Once in the imperial city, Jiang Chen never came out again.

The tales of Jiang Chen were put aside after he entered the imperial city, as people shifted focus to new affairs.

Extermination of sects!

The Spirit Sword Sect, one of the twelve outer sects of the Eastern Region, was destroyed. According to reliable sources, all the Above-Saint strong people of Spirit Sword Sect were killed by several Saint Monarch Strong Ones of the Canglan Army, while those Below the Saint were wiped out by forces suddenly appearing from the Abandon Plains, which consisted entirely of Below-Saint individuals.

It was rumored that the Canglan Army’s strongmen had cornered those from the Abandon Plains in a valley, demanding why they acted behind their backs. It’s unknown what was said, but the strongmen did not trouble them further.

After the destruction of the Spirit Sword Sect, both the Yuanling Sect and Qingyang Sect were also annihilated, as were the Ming Domain’s Zhou Family and the Zhen Yuan City’s Underworld Hall. However, the Underworld Hall was not done by Canglan Army strongmen or Abandon Plains forces but by a group of mysterious men in golden robes.

When the news reached Canglan City, everyone was discussing the event. Within two days, Bai Xiao Building released the true situation, which astonished everyone—Jiang Chen again!

At that moment, the name of Jiang Chen was discussed once more in every corner of Canglan City, and with it came discussions on other significant forces.

The Spirit Sword Sect and three other major forces, as well as the Lieyang Domain’s Qin Family and Elixir Divine City’s Cheng Family, were all exterminated. The Feng Family, Long Family, and Yan Family of Elixir Divine City were all sent to the Vanguard Army of the Extraterritorial Battlefield!

All of this was because of Jiang Chen. The exterminated forces had dispatched Above-Saint strongholds against Jiang Chen, and the Feng, Yan, and Long families were all sent to Cross-Border City for various reasons, with Jiang Chen being the key figure!

Yet, while people didn’t blame Jiang Chen entirely for the extermination of these forces or their deployment to the Vanguard Army, there was indeed one force whose destruction was solely because of Jiang Chen himself.

The Underworld Hall!

A top force among the first-rate forces on the continent, the pinnacle of Zhen Yuan City, was annihilated overnight by eight men in golden robes. Upon investigation, five of these figures were Above Saint level, and three were Below Saint, but only three made a move!

The terrifying eight bore a name that struck fear into those in the know—the Gold-devouring Rat Clan!

The Gold-devouring Rat Clan had emerged!

This was the first thought of all the forces upon learning the news; although the Gold-devouring Rat Clan had always maintained contact with the outside world, they had never officially emerged, but this annihilation of the Underworld Hall marked their true emergence.

It was said that the Fourth Prince, Si Wenhao, personally inspected the Underworld Hall and confirmed that everyone Below the Saint died at the hands of one person, who wasn’t an Above-Saint expert, marking the true end of the Underworld Hall.

There were countless forces on the continent, with some being wiped out daily. Even first-rate forces could fall, as long as they didn’t break any rules, Canglan City wouldn’t interfere.

When people learned why the Gold-devouring Rat Clan destroyed the Underworld Hall, their opinion of Jiang Chen significantly improved.

The only reason was that the people of the Underworld Hall had provoked, threatened, and attacked Jiang Chen within the Gold-devouring Rat Clan’s domain.

In other words, the Gold-devouring Rat Clan’s first worldly battle was to stand up for Jiang Chen.

In an instant, both the Canghai Restaurant and the residential area of Changlin Academy on Academy Street were surrounded by people seeking news about Jiang Chen, yet his whereabouts eluded them.

Within a few days, the Gold-devouring Rat Clan arrived, and they didn’t come alone; they brought Jiang Chen’s senior and his senior’s grandfather. People thought Jiang Chen would finally appear, but they were surprised when he didn’t.

Eventually, news from the imperial city revealed that Jiang Chen was invited to the Dan Pavilion to be officially awarded the elder title, where he also discussed the Alchemy Dao with other Dan Pavilion elders!

Dan Pavilion Elder!

This was synonymous with honor and power since each Dan Pavilion elder had several Saint Monarch strongmen backing them!

In no time, Changlin Academy became a hot commodity; some had been trying to build ties with Changlin Academy under Changling Academy’s banner, but upon learning that Changlin Academy had no ties with Changling Academy, they stopped these attempts, instead dispatching some family disciples to study at Changlin Academy.

Of course, these disciples were either from collateral lines or were core members whose talents weren’t particularly remarkable.

After all, everyone hailed from major forces; this was merely an investment in the potential future Great Grandmaster of the Alchemy Dao, and since Changlin Academy was just a primary academy, it wasn’t necessary to send their families’ core disciples.

Those from collateral lines or those considered not highly talented at home became top students at Changlin Academy, which was merely located on the peripheral Mingqian Realm.

The fame of Changlin Academy spread instantly thanks to Jiang Chen!

As for Jiang Chen himself, he stayed at the Dan Pavilion and hadn’t come out for days!