（Chapter 139）A Double Knell

"But Senior Brother Second is far away in the Southwest Sword Sect, and the Southwest Sword Sect is also extremely distant from the Eastern Abyss Territory. Is his reputation really of any use here?" Lin Chen could not help but reveal a trace of doubt.

"There are seven regions in the Eastern Region, and the Eastern Abyss Territory is merely one of them."

Chu Hao chuckled, "The Eastern Abyss Pavilion is the strongest power within the Eastern Abyss Territory, but it is nothing to speak of in the entire Eastern Region! And the Southwest Sword Sect is among the four great sects of the Eastern Region. You can just imagine how lofty your Senior Brother Second's status is!"

"Hiss!"

Lin Chen sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Looking at it this way, even within the vast Eastern Region, Senior Brother Second enjoys an extremely noble status!

If he were to hold this token, no one would dare to provoke him!

"So, now you understand why I told you to cultivate diligently earlier, right?"

Chu Hao sighed, "Once you and I reach a certain level of strength, we will go to the Eastern Region to seek refuge with your Senior Brother Second! That is... a great sect. It will be of great help in terms of resources and connections!"

A black line appeared on Lin Chen's face.

Chu Hao only wanted to seek refuge with his Senior Brother Second, but what about his own future?

"Anyway, you must hold on tightly to this token."

Chu Hao explained for a long while.

Even Lin Chen did not expect for Brother Chu to be so long-winded.

"Brother Chu, I have remembered everything."

Lin Chen waved his hand and bid farewell to Chu Hao.

He mounted his horse and left the city swiftly.

Although he had won the invitational tournament and made a name for himself, it had been too short a period of time, and other forces had not yet had the time to target him.

After he had sought out Duan Tianya this time, Lin Chen immediately intended to return to the Five Kingdoms and cultivate diligently.

Lin Chen galloped along the way without stopping.

Finally, he arrived at the foot of 'Duan Tianya'.

Duan Tianya is located at the outskirts of a large city known as Qixin City, which is a neutral city in the Eastern Abyss Territory.

As for Duan Tianya itself, it was extremely vast, with towering peaks on either side. One could follow the path between the two peaks all the way to the summit of the mountain, and there was an endless stream of people who came here to visit.

And all of this was naturally what the Eastern Abyss Pavilion wished to see.

Every corpse hanging on Duan Tianya represented the prestige of the Eastern Abyss Pavilion.

It seemed to be a warning to the world that anyone who opposed the Eastern Abyss Pavilion would meet a similar end!

Some geniuses who had once been famous now hung there, exposed to the elements.

Lin Chen walked all the way up, looking at the dry bones hanging on the mountain walls on both sides of the path, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

Dry bones, all of them were dry bones!

Beside each dry bone, there was actually a row of small, engraved characters.

Above them, the life story of the person was recorded in detail.

Who had he fought with, and in what battles had he died?

Seeing all of this, Lin Chen gritted his teeth and his heart filled with hatred.

"Brat, have you seen? This is the fate of those who oppose the Eastern Abyss Pavilion."

Not far away, a mother was educating her child.

The child clenched his fists, his little face filled with determination, "Mother, in the future, I will also join the Eastern Abyss Pavilion!"

Similar scenes were not uncommon along the way.

Lin Chen's heart gradually turned cold as he climbed from the foot of the mountain to the peak, one step at a time.

There were a total of 108,000 steps. Lin Chen walked from the foot of the mountain to the peak entirely on foot, without using any spiritual energy.

Seventy-two corpses were hung on the cliffs on either side.

Every few steps, there would be a corpse hanging there.

Beside the corpses, the names that had been engraved, stroke by stroke, were unforgettable.

On the summit of the mountain, several disciples wearing the attire of the Eastern Abyss Pavilion were chatting and laughing.

"I heard that the Blazing Sun Sect has once again risen to become a second-grade sect, are they planning to make a comeback?"

"Whatever, we'll let them come, so long as they don't end up getting themselves killed. Otherwise, I'm afraid that they will not remember this lesson for too long."

"At their current level, they actually still want to contend with our Eastern Abyss Pavilion, what a joke!"

Lin Chen listened to the conversation between the two of them without showing any expression.

The Eastern Abyss Pavilion was currently mighty and powerful, but one day, he would overturn it!

It would be less than half a year at most.

On the summit of the mountain, many cultivators from afar came to stop and take a look.

They pointed at the dry bones hanging above them while discussing them.

Only then did Lin Chen finally understand why the battle with the Eastern Abyss Pavilion had become Su Hongyi's greatest regret.

First of all, Su Hongyi was a man of great integrity, and could not abandon those numerous disciples of the sect who had sacrificed themselves for its sake on Duan Tianya.

Because of this, even when he was clearly outmatched, he chose to continue fighting.

Even if the losses increased more and more, he was unwilling to stop.

He just needed victory once!

Even a single victory would allow him to retrieve the bodies of those disciples.

"This battle, I will win it for the sake of the sect."

Lin Chen clenched his fists slightly, and the surrounding sounds of mockery and ridicule filled his ears.

He walked down the mountain pass, one step at a time.

He had already seen, observed, and felt it.

The next step was to cultivate diligently. Only by doing so would he be able to gradually attain his goal.

"Senior Brother Meng!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Meng!"

Just as Lin Chen was about to leave, the respectful voices of two disciples sounded in his ears.

'Senior Brother Meng?'

Lin Chen turned around slowly and glanced into the distance.

He saw a young man in a green shirt striding over with his hands clasped behind his back. He had a handsome appearance, and his eyes were sharp and fierce.

"Everyone has been tightening their defenses on me recently, so you absolutely must not slack off. I heard that a fellow called Lin Chen has appeared in the Blazing Sun Sect, and his methods are ruthless. They are no match for us in a head-on battle, so they want to secretly use some despicable tactics to steal the body."

Meng Dongsheng's gaze swept over the several disciples like the gaze of a hawk.

"Yes."

The several disciples shuddered involuntarily and nodded repeatedly.

The oppressive feeling brought by Meng Dongsheng's gaze was far too heavy.

After all, he was the personal disciple of the current Pavilion Master of the Eastern Abyss Pavilion!

Hearing this, Lin Chen could not help but sneer at the corners of his mouth.

As expected, ungrateful people would never have anything like 'gratitude' in their hearts.

Towards the Blazing Sun Sect, which had treated him so well in the past, the more kindness they showed him, the crueler he would be to them in return!

Meng Dongsheng seemed to sense Lin Chen's gaze. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked over immediately.

Across a distance of dozens of meters, their gazes collided.

This was the first time that the two of them had met.

They were also the two geniuses from the Blazing Sun Sect who had caused the bell to ring five times.

Lin Chen looked at Meng Dongsheng fearlessly, without any intention of backing down.

Boundless fighting spirit seemed to explode forth from his eyes.

Meng Dongsheng frowned slightly. Who was this brat, why did he look at him with such hostility?

At that moment, he intended to catch up and ask, but Lin Chen's figure had already disappeared into the crowd.

"Get lost!"

Meng Dongsheng pushed aside the crowd and swept forward.

But this search did not yield a single trace.

"I let him slip away."

A hint of viciousness flitted across Meng Dongsheng's brow.

He had a hunch in his heart that this boy was not simple!

Unfortunately, there were too many people coming and going.

Under the cover of the crowd, trying to find him was akin to looking for a needle in a haystack!