“Really?” Long Chen couldn’t help but confirm it again.5

“Really,” replied Lu Chengkong firmly.0

Long Chen wanted to rush over immediately, but he still had something to do here. Suppressing his excitement, he turned to the disciples of the branch academy.2

Long Chen said, “I know you’re stubborn and angry, finding this hard to believe. But you’re too naive. This is the reality. On the martial stage, you might be considered skilled within the confines of certain rules. But the battlefield is a different story. There, the rules are cruel—people use any means necessary to kill. The outside world is more dangerous than you can comprehend.2

“Your lives in your secluded world were too easy, too peaceful. You’ve lost your edge, your sense of crisis. Of course, that’s not entirely your fault. It’s the environment that...1