The Saint Master of The Long Family

Long family, City Lord's palace

Outside the door of an underground chamber below a secluded Long family courtyard, A middle-aged man can be seen standing there like a statue, He didn't utter a single word. The man has a solemn expression on his face. He was also anxious and afraid at the same time, afraid of what or who was behind that door.

Suddenly, a deep and powerful voice came from inside the underground chamber," Chen'er, Why have you come?"

Long Chen respectful bowed toward the doorway and said, " I have something to report Father."

As soon as his words came out, the small door automatically opened all of a sudden.

Despite his surprise, Long Chen kept a straight face and immediately walked into the small underground chamber.

Inside the underground chamber, was an old man wearing a gray robe sitting on the cold ground with both of his legs crossed together in a meditation stance. Next to him was a book made from an unknown or ancient material. The old man looks incredibly bright, his eyes were as sharp as a blade. This old man was none other than Long Yu, the previous patriach of the Long family and one of the top experts of the Qin Empire rumored to have broken through Saint Master rank during the Great battle of the four clans.

" What is so important that you have to disturb me in my seclusion." Said Long Yu indifferently.

Without wasting any time, Long Chen explained everything that Long Mei had told him about the incident with Alfred as well what happened this morning when he met him for the first time.

"Oh? That old man unexpectedly was able to do that. I can infer from your explanation that this Alfred hasn't broken through the Saint Master rank yet. At most, he is a Peak grandmaster with an enormous amount of Battle qi and some special battle skill". Long Yu said that as if he wasn't too concerned about Alfred's strength.

" You also said that the dragon cub as well as the small monkey weren't with him when he came to eat breakfast with you this morning." He added

" Yes father, I even signaled one of the servant to check the room he was staying in while he was eating with us to see if he had left them inside, but she didn't find anything in the room. It's like to two small magical beasts have vanished into thin air." Said the Long Chen

" What are suggesting then." Said Long Yu with an emotionless voice.

" I'm thinking that this old man might have stumbled upon an ancient powerful cultivator's cave mansion just like the one discovered long ago in Draica by the four clans." Said long Chen with greedy eyes.

" I see, so you think this old man might have found one of those Inter-spatial storage rings in this cave and were able to store the two magical beasts inside?." Said Long Yu as he looked at the small ring with a dragon design on his finger.

" Yes, Father." Answered Long Chen with a rather hesitant voice.

" You know how hard and time consuming it is to open and explore a powerful cultivator's cave mansion, not to mention the traps and formations set inside it. We were only able to open and fully explore that cave mansion about 10 years ago while we have discovered it more than 100 years ago. It was the main reason that the four clans had formed the alliance and founded the State of Shen, now that we had opened it, the alliance had broken up and each of the four clans went on and founded their own Empire with the immeasurable wealth and cultivation resources found inside the cave. Not to mention we were able to get some information about the situation of the outside continent." Said the old man as he was lost in thought and remembering the event that occurred 10 years ago after they finally got their hands on what was inside the cave.

" Your suspicion isn't groundless Chen'er, don't do anything stupid because we don't know anything about that old man yet, for what we know, he might even be a Chess piece of the Yang Empire."

Long Chen remained silent but nodded his head.

" I'll send someone to follow him and investigate him thoroughly as well. As for that dragon Cub, it can be a great help for our clan if we can get it from that man." Continued Long Yu.

Long Chen's eyes lit up when he heard his father's word. He couldn't help start thinking about how more powerful his clan could be after raising and taming that dragon. The Emperor of the Yang Empire was the only one in the Archaic continent who has a dragon as his mount or Pet, not only that, the dragon was a 10th rank magical beast and a powerful one at that. It was in fear and awe of that dragon that most small, medium and large Cities' Lord surrendered to the Yang Empire. Not to mention, if Alfred really had stumbled upon a powerful Cultivator's cave mansion and raid it, and they were able to get everything he took from that cave from him, how powerful their clan will be then? They could even usurp the Qin Clan from the throne. Thinking about all that, long Chen's eyes turned dark green with jealousy and greed.

" You may leave now Chen'er and remembered don't do anything stupid." Said Long Yu with a serious and solemn expression on his face.

Long Chen nodded his head and left the underground chamber.

After Long Chen had departed from the underground chamber, Long Yu Said indifferently, " Number 4, I want you to follow that Alfred and investigate his origin thoroughly. You must not let Anyone find out, report back to me immediately if anything comes up."

A cold and an emotionless voice came from the corner outside the underground chamber. " Yes, Master."

After giving the order, Long Yu waved his hands while still sitting in the meditative stance, suddenly the door of the underground chamber closed by itself as if it was being pushed by an invisible force. Once he was done, he closed his eyes and went back to his secluded training.