Unrivaled Medicine God c1-2204, page 499
Just based on Ye Yuan's understanding of Long Teng, there was no way he was the dragon clan's traitor.
Furthermore, after such a long time, Ye Yuan more or less also perceived a little something. The matters back then, Long Teng was likely schemed against by someone. Hence, that was why he had always taken it to heart.
Now, Ao Jianbo using this to attack Long Teng, Ye Yuan got to have a spine.
Although he did not know why, Ye Yuan could confirm that there should exist some sort of relationship between him and the dragon clan.
White Light's Perfect White Tiger Physique was able to be regarded so highly by the tomb guardian, his Atavism Dragon Soul was even more superior to his. Ye Yuan did not believe that the tomb guardian would turn his nose up at him.
"Ji Qingyun, don't go too far in bullying others!" Ao Jianbo said threatening in manner, but inwardly shaky.
Ye Yuan smiled coldly and said, "What a joke! You guys don't even want your ancestor anymore and still say that I'm bullying too much? If you all don't believe that this Ye can obtain the tomb guardian's recognition, you probably wouldn't be so nervous either. Since you're nervous, presumably, you already believe 80% if your hearts, right?"
Ao Jianbo could not get angry anymore. He could only snort coldly and not dare to retort.
The evidence was certain, it was not up to them to not believe!
The various strange things that happened to Ye Yuan, it was also only the Atavism Dragon Soul that could explain them.
Furthermore, with the Sacred Dragon Token in his hands, Ao Duo completely could not find reasons to refute.
Being from the human race, this reason was already unable to stop the footsteps of Ye Yuan becoming the lord of the dragon clan.
Long Teng was felt incomparably liberated in his heart when he saw that Ao Duo trio all saying nothing.
"Heh, back then, if not for this old man, where would there be your several tens of thousands of years of glory? Traitor? Ao Xinghan is really shameless enough!" Long Teng said with a cold smile.
Ao Qian's expression changed, and he said, "Elder Teng, just what in the world … happened back then? Even though I've always firmly believed that you won't betray the dragon clan, but … you ultimately still didn't come back!"
Long Teng waved his hand and said, "It's all some old millet and stale sesame stuff already. What's the use of saying it?"{1. means stale topics of conversation]
Ye Yuan actually did not have the slightest intention of defending himself. Ye Yuan also unwittingly sighed when he took it into his sights.
Long Teng could have such magnanimous breadth of mind, how could he possibly betray the dragon clan?
Others did not know, but Ye Yuan knew that he was together with Fang Tian at that time.
With Fang Tian's strength, returning to the dragon clan to take revenge with Long Teng, absolutely no one could stop it.
But, he did not!
"Sigh …"
Right then, a long sigh echoed out, shattering this somewhat deadlock situation.
A figure slowly appeared. It was an old man whose hair and beard were all white.
When Ao Duo and the rest saw him, their faces all changed, and they bowed down to salute and say, "Old Ancestor!"
Old Ancestor waved his hand and said, "Lord Long Teng is here, aren't you all shortening my lifespan by calling me old ancestor? Unfilial descendant, Ao Yong, pays respect to Lord Long Teng! Old Ancestor Ao Qian!"
Long Teng seemed to have long known about Ao Yong's existence and did not feel surprised by his appearance. He just said nonchalantly, "You're also an old fellow who's almost halfway into the earth. No need to pay such solemn respects."
Although he said so, Long Teng still accepted this bow without misgivings.
Ao Yong finished saluting and actually gave another deep bow towards Ye Yuan and said, "Ao Yong pays respect to the Azure Dragon Clan's new lord!"
When Ao Duo and the rest saw this scene, their expressions all changed greatly as they hurriedly said, "Old Ancestor …"
"Shut up! Ye Yuan bringing the Sacred Dragon Token back to the clan, he's the common lord of the dragon race! Ao Duo, why haven't you paid respects to the new lord? Also, you guys!" Ao Yong directly interrupted Ao Duo's words and said sternly.
Ao Duo's expression changed several times. He did not understand why Old Ancestor would have this kind of attitude towards several guys with unclear backgrounds.
It was just that Old Ancestor's words, he did not dare to defy. He could only step forward and give a bow towards Ye Yuan unwillingly.
"Ao Duo has seen the new lord!"
Ao Jianbo and the rest did not dare to defy either and also went forward to salute.
Ye Yuan was rather baffled. Why did the tone change so quickly?
"Ao Duo couldn't bear to part with this position of patriarch, that's why he would create all sorts of obstacles for the new lord. Ao Yong apologizes to you on their behalf!"
As he said, he bowed down towards Ye Yuan again.
Ye Yuan hurried helped him up and said, "Senior doesn't have to be like this. Ye Yuan has a score in my heart. It's just that they shouldn't have attacked Senior Long Teng!"
Hearing Ye Yuan mention Long Teng, Ao Yong sighed again and said, "This secret has been hidden in the dragon clan for 50 thousand years. Now, it should also be brought into daylight! Lord Long Teng, the matters back then, Patriarch Xinghan was also endlessly ashamed and guilty later on. Looking on the account that everybody is of the same clan, will you forgive him?"
But Long Teng said with a smile that was not a smile, "At least the Ao Family has a reasonable person! It's just that, why would this old man try to gain back face with a dead man? If this old man is really a traitor, even if I wipe out the dragon clan back then, it was also not unattainable! Don't think that this old man is bragging, this old man's strength back then is totally not what you all can imagine."
Long Teng's words made everyone endlessly terrified.
At present, he was just an artifact spirit, and he still had such a terrifying strength. Back then, when he was at his prime, the degree of terror could be imagined!
It was just that they did not know, Long Teng met Fang Tian later on. That was when he was truly terrifying.
Chapter 1022 - The History 50 Thousand Years Ago
"Senior Long Teng, actually, this junior has always been curious about your old scores back then. Can you tell me about it?" Ye Yuan suddenly asked curiously.
Hearing Ye Yuan inquire like so, the others also perked their ears up, especially Ao Qian.
The person he respected the most back then was Long Teng. But later on, Long Teng was driven out of the dragon clan because of the crime of betraying one's clan. This made him unable to accept it at all for some time.
Long Teng gave Ye Yuan a glance and said, "You brat, I know that you want to right my name for me. It's just that so much time has passed, what's the point of this undeserved reputation? The characters at that time have all already turned into withered bones in a graveyard. I only have empty words, saying it out, they might not believe it either."
It was true that Ye Yuan was curious, but he was not curious for one or two days already.
For so many years, Ye Yuan never opened his mouth to ask before all along. Inquiring in front of everybody at this time, it was naturally in order to rectify his name for him.
Ao Yong hurriedly said, "Lord Long Teng, although Ao Yong doesn't know what happened, I know that Patriarch Ao Xinghan frequently reproached himself in his twilight years, saying who he let down the most in this life was Lord Long Teng. Ao Yong also heard Father mention it by chance and came to know this matter. At present, there is only Ao Yong alone already!"
"Yeah, Elder Teng. When you were commanding the wind and clouds back then, I was still just a junior and did not have the authority to speak at all. But I believe that you definitely wouldn't betray the clan! Actually, it was also because of this matter that I was always on bad terms with the patriarch back then before finally leaving the dragon clan." Ao Qian said.
Long Teng waved his hand and said, "Forget it, since Ye Yuan wants to know, this old man will say it for you to hear. As for the rest, up to you to believe it or not."
Following that, Long Teng talked tirelessly about this secret buried for 50 thousand years in his heart.
Back then, Long Teng was not just the dragon clan's number genius, he was also the dragon clan's number two powerhouse. His strength was practically on the same level as the old patriarch.
But he was much younger compared to the old patriarch. Given time, he would definitely become an existence like the old patriarch.
At that time, the old patriarch was not Ao Xinghan yet, but it had also reached the time to pass the position.
Long Teng was the number one expert among the clan's junior generation, his support was naturally the highest. While the second successor, Ao Xinghan, regardless of whether in strength or prestige, it was way too lacking compared to him.
At that time, the dragon clan had seven Void Mystic powerhouses. Their limelight in the entire Divine Realm also had no comparison and was fully deserving of being the number one major faction!
But at that time, the human race also had a faction with exceedingly formidable strength called Bloodgod Temple.
This Bloodgod Temple's strength was much more formidable when compared to even the Azure Dragon Clan. The Azure Dragon Clan allied with the four symbols family clans at that time before fighting to a draw with the Bloodgod Temple.
The Bloodgod Temple's strength was exceedingly powerful, and their ambition also swelled excessively. They even wanted to unify the entire Divine Realm. And their greatest adversary was without a doubt the Azure Dragon Clan.
These two great factions clashed with each other. Large-scale wars frequently occurred.
Long Teng as the number one successor in-line at that time also achieved brilliant accomplishments in ware. The Bloodgod Temple divine king powerhouses that he slew numbered in the hundreds!
All the way until one time, Long Teng obtained an intel. The Bloodgod Temple ambushed the Vermilion Bird Clan and caused the Vermilion Bird Clan to suffer heavy casualties.
Long Teng had just completed a mission back then and was currently on the way back to the dragon clan. After obtaining this news, he did not say a word and immediately rushed towards the Vermilion Bird Clan without stopping.
Who knew that with this, he actually fell into the encirclement of five Bloodgod Temple Void Mystic powerhouses!
Only then, did Long Teng swiftly came to realize the truth. Turned out that this was just a trap!
And the one who passed this intel to him was precisely Ao Xinghan!
Facing the besieging of five Void Mystic experts, even if Long Teng had the ability to mount the heavens, it was also hard to escape death.
That battle, Long Teng fought until everything turned dark one-versus-five.
Finally, after slaying two of the other party's Void Mystic experts, Long Teng finally could not hold on anymore.
But even he also did not think that at the final moment, he was actually saved by Fang Tian.
Although Long Teng did not die, after that battle, he used ten years time before healing all of his wounds.
Later on, he returned to the clan, but discovered that he had already become a traitor, while Ao Xinghan already became the new patriarch!
Hearing this story, everyone all sobbed and sighed unceasingly.
Long Teng fought till the end for the dragon clan and nearly died. In the end, he was actually vilified as a traitor. How great of a humiliation was this!
After Ao Qian heard, he could not help saying slowly, "Turns out … Turns out that there was actually such a thing in-between this! I remember the matters on that day, Patriarch Xinghan said that he obtained the news Lord Long Teng sent over, saying that the Vermilion Bird Clan was ambushed and losses were heavy. Hence, he led numerous of the dragon clan's experts to launch an attack. In the end, he also fell into the Bloodgod Temple's encirclement, suffering a heavy toll of lives! Later, Elder Teng also went missing without a trace. Hence, the reputation of the dragon clan's traitor became certain, and he was ousted from the dragon clan."
Ao Qian was just a junior back then and could not come into contact with these upper echelon matters at all.
And his version was entirely different from Long Teng's. That meant that somebody was definitely lying between the two people.
"Then … Then what the hell happened?" Long Zaitian also could not resist asking.
Ye Yuan gave a cold snort when he heard and said, "Isn't this obvious yet? That Ao Xinghan knew that it was a huge set up in the first place, but this was an excellent opportunity that only happened once in a thousand years to him! Because Senior Long Teng became a traitor, he could succeed the position of patriarch right and properly! Therefore, he was clearly aware that this was a trap but still transmitted the news to Senior Long Teng. Then, he said that this intel was brought back by Senior Long Teng and also brought the dragon clan's experts, and intentionally got caught in the Bloodgod Temple's encirclement. This way, Senior Long Teng's name of being a traitor became set in stone! It's just that he probably never imagined that this setup was in order to deal with Senior Long Teng in the first place. Fighting five alone, Senior Long Teng never came back again!"
Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Ao Duo's expression changed, and he said coldly, "That is impossible! Old Ancestor Xinghan was the noblest patriarch in these 50 thousand years. He let the dragon clan crush the Bloodgod Temple, and his accomplishments surpassed ancient and modern times! You all … are throwing dirty water on him!"
The Bloodgod Temple's ambition was ended at precisely Ao Xinghan's hands. Therefore, his prestige was also the greatest among the successive patriarchs.
All the way until today, his magnificent exploits and great feats were still talked about with great gusto among the dragon clan's experts.
And the dragon clan's flourishing age 10 thousand years later could also be said to have been founded by him single-handedly.
Now, Ye Yuan actually said that Ao Xinghan was the dragon clan's traitor. Ao Duo could not accept it no matter what.
But Ye Yuan burst into laughter when he heard and said with a disdainful look, "Ao Xinghan? He ended the Bloodgod Temple's ambition? Bullshit!"
As he said, Ye Yuan propped up a small pagoda in his hand and said mockingly, "Do you all know the origins of this quasi-divine artifact? And know why Senior Long Teng would become this quasi-divine artifact's artifact spirit too? A bunch of fools who think of themselves to be infallible! If not for Senior Fang Tian and Senior Long Teng, this Divine Realm would have long become the fiend race's world! Would it still be your turn to criticize Senior Long Teng?"
Now that it came to this, Ye Yuan sorted out the matters that happened 50 thousand years ago clearly too.
That Bloodgod Temple's master was definitely the Heavenly Fiendgod that Long Teng talked about!
The one who truly saved the Divine Realm was not Ao Xinghan. It was Fang Tian and Long Teng!
Chapter 1023 - Essence, Energy, Spirit
"Fiend race?"
Ao Yong's brows furrowed slightly, clearly rather surprised by this term's sudden appearance.
Not just Ao Yong, it was also Ao Qian's first time hearing that the Bloodgod Temple actually had connections to the fiend race.
"Senior Long Teng, I wonder if my guess is right? If my conjecture is correct, then the master of that Bloodgod Temple should be the Heavenly Fiendgod whom you speak of, right?" Ye Yuan said.
Regarding Ye Yuan's intelligence, Long Teng had a taste of it long ago. He nodded his head at once and said, "That's right."
"What on earth are you all talking about? What fiend race?" Ao Qian could not resist asking.
Ye Yuan did not conceal it either, recounting the incident of 50 thousand years ago when the Heavenly Fiendgod was controlling the Bloodgod Temple from behind, planning to devour the entire Divine Realm.
When the few people heard such a secret, they were all shocked until they could not speak.
The upheaval of 50 thousand years ago, the Divine Realm's upper echelons were basically all aware. But nobody knew that the unrest that time was actually related to the fiend race!
Furthermore, according to what Ye Yuan said, that Heavenly Fiendgod's strength was very terrifying. Void Mystic experts would crumble in one blow in front of him too.
If not for Fang Tian who came roaring into being, this Divine Realm would have long become the fiend race's world.
But 50 thousand years had passed, this world did not leave behind Fang Tian's name at all.
Hearing this story, the feeling that it gave them was … telling a story!
"Then, according to what you said, Long Teng's strength should be much stronger than Patriarch Xinghan. Since he knew that Patriarch Xinghan betrayed him, why didn't he come back to take revenge?" Ao Duo said.
Long Teng darted him a nonchalant glance but did not explain.
However, Ao Qian looked at him like looking at an idiot, and berated, "Are you pig-headed? Elder Long Teng definitely came back before and met Patriarch Xinghan! At that time, the dragon clan was one of the Divine Realm's strongest factions. Elder Teng took into consideration the situation as a whole, that's why he didn't make a move against Patriarch Xinghan! Later on, he and Senior Fang Tian had a great battle with the Heavenly Fiendgod, with both sides being mutually weakened. It was even more impossible to return to the dragon clan. If you doubt Elder Teng anymore, you'd really be a pig! Didn't you see his strength? If Elder Teng had a physical body, how many of his moves do you think you can block?
Ao Duo's expression was incomparably ugly. But Ao Qian's words, he really had no way of refuting.
That simple exchange earlier, Long Teng's strength was simply unfathomable. His understanding of the dragon race's martial techniques was too terrifying.
"Now that the story has played out like this, I wonder if you all are still acknowledging me as the lord of the dragon clan?" Ye Yuan suddenly asked in a solemn voice.
