The flying boat shook violently, and the disciples inside screamed. Long Chen glanced at everyone. Although the disciples of the elite group also looked panicked, they already had weapons in hand and were ready to fight at any time.
The other disciples, in panic, only shouted, and the rest seemed to be waiting for death to come.
"Buzz"
Suddenly the flying boat glowed, and Mu Qingyun activated the flying boat's defensive skills. Lightning runes appeared on it. The giant toad's body shook, and a burst of green smoke came out of its tongue.
The tongue could no longer stick to the flying boat, and the flying boat broke away from the shackles of the tongue and flew away.
"Oh my God, I'm so scared..."
"I thought I was dead..."
Out of danger, these disciples touched their chests, still in shock.
But while they were talking, they saw Long Chen looking at them coldly and quickly closed his mouth.
The flying boat flew forward slowly, but inside the flying boat, there was dead silence, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.
"Third brother, we were wrong."
Zhong Ling lowered his head and said bravely.
Just before departure, the disciples of the elite group were still trying to teach them how to stay calm when facing a strong enemy, not to let themselves feel fear, to keep an eye on their opponents, and to seize every opportunity to counterattack.
They had learned so well before, but as soon as the giant toad appeared, they forgot everything they had learned. Faced with danger, they became filled with fear and despair, and even gave up fighting back. They just remained silent.
Waiting quietly for death.
So when they faced Long Chen's eyes, they felt extremely ashamed. They had previously vowed that they had overcome their fear and felt that they had been reborn, but their faces were slapped.
"Third brother, please scold us a few words, please don't look at us like this, okay?" After a full incense stick, Zhong Ling and others felt their scalps numb, and she felt like her spirit was about to collapse, so she begged.
Long Chen shook his head and said nothing. When the flying boat flew into a mountain col, Long Chen asked Mu Qingyun to stop.
Mu Qingyun stopped the flying boat and breathed a long sigh of relief. She was also scared into a cold sweat just now, but she was no better than others.
After the flying boat stopped, Long Chen finally spoke: "Regarding your previous performance, I admit that I am a little angry.
But if you think about it carefully, it's because I have too high demands on you. You live in a peaceful age, which is different from my background where you couldn't survive without working hard.
Many of the purposes of your practice are to stand out and honor your ancestors, or even simply to show off, to be superior to others.
But there is something that I want to tell you today: people must know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
You have the kind of life you have today because of your family background, but do you know that your current background was obtained with the lives and blood of many people back then.
The rise of a force is bound to be accompanied by bloodshed, and after a strength rises, it is bound to be stared at by countless greedy eyes.
Don’t you have any hostile forces? Don’t you have any enemies? If one day, the backbone of your family falls, what will you do? Just like just now, cry and scream, and then wait helplessly for death to come?
The reason why you can grow up carefree is because there are people in your family who are protecting you from wind and rain. I don’t know how many people have sacrificed their lives to buy your peace today.
As people of the same generation, haven't you ever thought about being someone who can protect your family from wind and rain?"
Everyone was silent for a while. Indeed, those who can enter Lingxiao Academy generally have good backgrounds, especially these elite disciples, who have accumulated resources from their families.
You must know that the academy's fees are not low. Those benefits alone cannot support their practice expenses. They need to ask for a large amount of money from their families every year.
Long Chen was right. All of them wanted to succeed in their studies, shine brightly on their family, and impress those in the clan who once looked down on them.
Long Chen's words hit their hearts like a sledgehammer, stimulating the nerves in their hearts.
As a fellow human being, how difficult is it for you to be protected by your family for the rest of your life? What is the difference between that and a waste?
"There is no shortcut to becoming stronger, so if you want to become stronger, you need to face death.
I brought you here today. If you don't have the determination to become stronger, maybe half of you, or even more, will stay here forever.
So you have thought about it, you must face death all the time and become a truly strong person.
You should all think about whether you should be an ordinary disciple, live a comfortable life, and live peacefully.
It's still too late to regret now, but when the hatch of the flying boat opens and you regret it again, I will kill you with my own hands." Long Chen said with a serious face.
For a moment, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Long Chen's words made their scalps numb. Half or more of them would die here. This is too terrifying.
"I want to become stronger, otherwise I will be bullied every day and my life will be meaningless. I choose to stay."
"I will stay too. Anyway, my father has more than a dozen sons, including me."
"I'm afraid of death, but I'm even more afraid of dying in vain. Damn it, I'll risk it all and take a gamble. I bet that if I don't die, the third master can turn me into a powerful warrior like the big brothers in the elite group.
"
They are men, they all have a bloody nature, and the road to cultivation will never be smooth. Everyone has been angry and endured humiliation. Now when they meet a famous teacher like Long Chen, if they shrink back, they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
All of a sudden, these disciples expressed their opinions one after another. When someone spoke, the courage and passion in everyone's hearts were slowly ignited, their fear gradually disappeared, and no one flinched.
Long Chen nodded. After all, they are all young people, young and energetic, and arrogant. If they don't even have the courage to be young and frivolous, this person is really a born waste.
"Very well, since everyone agrees to stay, let me tell you why I want to come here.
I read a book a few days ago that recorded this place, called Crescent Valley.
Eighteen thousand years ago, there was a great war here, and the powerful men in the academy were alarmed, but when they arrived, the war was already over.
According to the traces of the strong men surveying the scene at that time, it was deduced that there was a seed of heavenly fire here that gave birth to sanity, and a ferocious beast wanted to devour it, and the two started a war.
It's just that no one saw that battle, and the outcome was unknown. Only a messy crescent-shaped battlefield was left, so it was called Crescent Valley.
The reason why I brought you here is because there is the Will of Heavenly Fire left in this Crescent Valley. Although tens of thousands of years have passed, the remaining aura is still powerful.
For you, it can be used to temper your will, and it is the best way for you to have a strong will as quickly as possible.
And..." As Long Chen said this, his eyes gradually became a little fiery:
"If my prediction is correct, a new Skyfire Seed may have been born. That is my ultimate goal."
Long Chen now urgently needs to increase the power of the fire dragon so that Long Chen can truly rise.