139: Chapter 139 The Heavenly Gang Has Turned Against Each Other!
"Ch... Chen An?!"
A voice filled with shock and suspicion suddenly came from not far away, breaking the somewhat stagnant atmosphere between the three, causing them all to turn their heads to look.
Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli turned their heads and saw a group of people flying over from a distance. Most of them were only Martial Artists at the Great Grandmaster or Grandmaster Realm, which made them frown slightly.
However, upon seeing that these people were all looking at Chen An with expressions of shock and disbelief, a strange look flashed across their eyes.
Could it be that these people all knew Chen An, this newly advanced Martial Emperor?
Meanwhile, Principal Beigong Mo and the others, who had been treading through the air to pay their respects to this newly advanced Martial Emperor, suddenly froze mid-air when they saw Chen An chatting happily with two other Martial Emperors. Everyone's movements came to a sudden halt, and their airborne Protective Aura and Gang Essence nearly dissipated, almost causing them to plummet straight down from the high altitude.
Especially Principal Beigong Mo, Patriarch Shen Canglan, Grandmaster Pei Wendao, Headmaster Mo Xuanchen, and Headmistress Su Qingyi—when they saw Chen An, they all wondered if their eyes were playing tricks on them!
Chen An, a student who had only just joined the Prefectural Academy, was actually chatting happily with two Martial Emperors?!
Was this definitely not a dream?!
Seeing the expressions of Principal Beigong Mo and his group, Chen An smiled slightly. He took a step forward and appeared before them, smiling at Principal Beigong Mo, "Revered Master, what's wrong? Do you not recognize me anymore?!"
Revered Master?!!!
Hearing Chen An's address to Principal Beigong Mo, Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli, who had previously paid little attention to this group, could not help but show looks of astonishment and suspicion in their eyes.
A Martial Emperor actually calling a Great Grandmaster 'Revered Master'?!
What is going on here?!
"You, you..."
When Principal Beigong Mo saw Chen An before him and heard his words, his head buzzed, and his mind went blank.
He hadn't expected that he truly hadn't seen wrong; this person really was his newly accepted Disciple, Chen An.
But, wasn't Chen An only at the Ninth Stage of Condensing Qi and had only comprehended a sliver of Saber Intent?!
How is it that now...
"Chen An, is it really you?!!!"
Principal Beigong Mo took a deep breath. Looking at Chen An before him, his voice trembled uncontrollably. He reached out and grasped Chen An's fingers, his own fingertips trembling slightly.
Even now, he still couldn't quite believe that the person before him could be his newly accepted final Disciple?!
"Naturally, it is your Disciple!"
Chen An smiled slightly and reached out to hold Principal Beigong Mo's slightly cold, trembling, and wrinkled hand. His tone remained respectful, without a hint of arrogance from his Breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Realm. "It's only been two days, Revered Master, have you already forgotten your final Disciple?!"
Regarding this newly acquired Revered Master, Chen An did not put on airs just because he had broken through to the Martial Emperor Realm.
Even without mentioning the saying that a teacher for a day is a father for life, Principal Beigong Mo had treated him quite well in the few days since he had become his Disciple.
Although he had hidden his cultivation and only displayed the Qi Condensation Realm, Principal Beigong Mo, a Great Grandmaster, had still stepped forward to accept him as a Disciple and had even promised him eight million yuan crystals.
Of course, the most important thing was that he actually gave them!
It was precisely because of those eight million yuan crystals, plus what Headmaster Mo Xuanchen, Headmistress Su Qingyi, and the others had given, that he was able to break through from the Great Grandmaster Realm to the Martial King Realm.
Even though, with his cultivation at the time, it wasn't as if he couldn't have earned those yuan crystals.
But he had accepted them and used them, so he had to acknowledge that, and be grateful!
In life, the most important thing is not to forget one's roots!
"But, how are you here, and with..." Feeling the temperature in Chen An's hand, Principal Beigong Mo finally managed to calm down a little. He looked at Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli behind Chen An and asked with some trepidation.
As the saying goes, one may not have eaten pork, but one has seen pigs run!
As the Prefecture Head of Chengtian Academy and a Martial Artist at the Perfection of the Great Grandmaster Realm, Principal Beigong Mo could be considered part of the upper-middle echelon of the Great Luo Dynasty.
Even if he hadn't truly paid respects to Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli, having lived for so many years, he had at least seen these two pillars of the Great Luo Dynasty.
It was precisely because of this that seeing Chen An chatting in mid-air with two Imperial Realm powerhouses made Principal Beigong Mo feel somewhat dazed.
"Brother Chen, this is..." Xuan Zhantian's eyes flickered, and he flew forward with a smile, his expression gentle.
"Oh right, Revered Master, let me introduce you. This is the Emperor of the Great Luo Dynasty, Xuan Zhantian, Brother Xuan!"
"And this is the Old Ancestor of the Batian Sect, Supreme Elder Cang Wanli, Brother Cang!"
"Brother Xuan, Brother Cang, this is my Revered Master, the Prefecture Head of Chengtian Academy, Principal Beigong Mo!"
"Previously, I told Brother Xuan and Brother Cang that I was a Loose Cultivator, which was a mistake on my part. I ask Brother Xuan and Brother Cang for forgiveness!"
Chen An turned to the side, gesturing with a calm demeanor as he made the introductions. After finishing, he bowed slightly to apologize to Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli, his expression open and without a hint of unease.
No way, you, a Martial Emperor, took a Great Grandmaster as your Revered Master?!
Has the martial arts world of the Great Luo Dynasty become this abstract now?!
This is truly reversing the natural order, isn't it?!
After hearing Chen An's introduction, Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang Wanli could not help but look at each other.
They had lived for so many years and had truly never seen such a thing.
However, seeing that Chen An's expression was calm while talking with Principal Beigong Mo, not like he was acting, and looking at the bewildered expressions of Principal Beigong Mo and the others, the two were smart people and quickly formed some conjectures in their minds.
Upon hearing Chen An's introduction, Principal Beigong Mo's breathing hitched slightly once again.
He hadn't expected that the two people before him were truly Emperor Xuan Zhantian and Supreme Elder Cang. He hurriedly bowed and said, "This old man, Prefecture Head of Chengtian Academy, Beigong Mo, pays respects to Emperor Xuan and Emperor Cang!"
"Haha, Brother Beigong is too polite!"
Xuan Zhantian hurriedly stepped forward, reaching out to firmly support Principal Beigong Mo's bowing body. He retracted all of his imperial pressure, leaving no trace of the majesty of an Imperial Dynasty ruler. "You are the Revered Master of Emperor Chen, so you and I can address each other as peers; there is absolutely no need for such a grand salute."
Beside him, Supreme Elder Cang Wanli's silver beard fluttered as he also cupped his hands in greeting, the shock from earlier still remaining in the depths of his eyes.
Being personally supported by the Martial Emperor Xuan Zhantian, Principal Beigong Mo felt a slight tremor in his heart. He felt awkward in his hands and feet, his cheeks slightly flushed, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "The two Imperial Sovereigns are too kind, this old man is unworthy. This old man only accepted Chen An as a Disciple by chance and hasn't even taught him for many days; I am truly extremely ashamed!"
Meanwhile, behind Principal Beigong Mo, Patriarch Shen Canglan, Grandmaster Pei Wendao, and the others, seeing this scene, were all trembling in their hearts, as if in a dream.
Especially Patriarch Shen Canglan and Grandmaster Pei Wendao—they could never have imagined that in the blink of an eye, Chen An would transform from a student at the Qi Condensation Realm into a supreme Martial Emperor.
Grandmaster Pei Wendao was filled with regret and fear!
His back was already soaked with cold sweat, his undergarments sticking wetly to his body, and even the Gang Essence circulating within his body was chaotic and sluggish.
A few days ago, in front of the Prefectural Academy, he had seen Chen An comprehend Instructor Lin Chengyuan's Saber Intent. Coveting this talent, he had momentarily harbored selfish intentions, wanting to forcibly abduct Chen An back to the Pei family for his own use, and was ready to seize him by force at any moment.
Had Principal Beigong Mo not appeared in time at that critical moment to stop him, forcibly suppressing his reckless actions, with Chen An's terrifying strength at the Martial Emperor Realm now, if he had acted rashly that day, Chen An could have destroyed the entire Pei family in an instant with a wave of his hand, and the vast Pei family would likely have already turned into dust in the sky.
And what made him beat his chest and feet in regret even more was that he wished he had known earlier that Chen An had been hiding his true strength all along.
Forget about only being willing to offer ten million yuan crystals to recruit him back then; even if he had to exhaust his family's entire fortune, throw out one hundred million yuan crystals, or hand over the entire Pei family's assets, he would have done so willingly, without the slightest hesitation.