
A look of sadness and despair appeared on the faces of King Zu and Patriarch Long. Having lost their daughter's son, now her grandson must also leave them.
But Patriarch Long still did not believe one hundred percent of Long Guan's death before he found his body. He was determined to increase his strength in order to enter the Eternal Mist Forest which had a deadly Array formation.
"Patriarch I say goodbye, someday we will meet again" said Zu with tears, he was not strong to withstand a situation like this.
"Alright King Zu, forgive me for being negligent in guarding Guan" Patriarch Long said in a heavy voice.
"You've taken very good care of him, without you Guan would have died a long time ago".Rajra Zu replied as he hugged Patriarch Long to strengthen each other.
They are very harmonious besan, sincere personalities without bad intentions. Long Fan and Zu Xuan's relationship was purely their romance story with no political ties.
Before long King Zu returned to the royal palace, while Patriarch Long returned to his residence which was not far from there.
The motorcade of Patriarch Long's carriage arrived at the gate of the residence, greeted by the guards and butlers of Long Hong with a bowed face.
"Welcome back to the Patriarch's residence" said the butler, bowing his head.
But the Patriarch ignored him. He stepped into the family meeting room followed by his four sons and the Long family elder.
"In such a short time, muster up all the strength of the Long family.
Destroy the organization of the ghost mask, do not let any of its members be free" the voice of Patria Long echoed loudly in the meeting hall, no one denied it. All the family members present looked solemnly listening to Patriarch Long's orders.
"Long Bei, you arrange all the preparations".
"Fine father" replied Long Bei the Patriarch's first son without refuting.
While in the second row looked Long Huan smiled wryly, He let out a long sigh.
"It's a good thing that my actions went smoothly without anyone suspecting" Long Huan murmured inwardly as she glanced at Shu Mingyu who was indeed present at the meeting.
The next morning the Long family army was ready to set off towards the ghost mask headquarters which was known to be at the foot of the border mountain of the Eternal Mist Forest.
The Long Clan's 500-strong army made the community full of question marks, but a small part knew about Long Guan's death. The free cultivators could guess that they were going towards the ghost mask headquarters. In a short time, they arrived at the ghost mask headquarters and not long after the special forces from the Zu Kingdom arrived to join.
With this much power, making the members of the Ghost Mask frightened, unceremoniously stale the combined forces directly attacked and destroyed the Ghost Mask headquarters without any meaningful resistance.
The leader of the Ghost Mask group had power above Long Bei, but with the help of his three brothers made Long Bei able to win the fight easily.
In just half a day the group of Ghost Mask was wiped out. The bodies were collected into one and then burned along with a number of buildings. An enormous flame scorched the headquarters of the Ghost Mask and gave rise to black smoke that flew into the sky.
This scene was witnessed by the entire community of Cloud City, before long the news of the destruction of the Ghost Mask group spread quickly which was accompanied by a sense of joy from some people. In this battle, no one died within the combined forces, only a few people sustained heavy injuries and a few minor injuries.
"This child is quite reliable for the Long family in the future" Patriarch Long muttered inwardly.
"Honor to the Patriarch" shouted in unison the troops who entered the meeting hall.
"Thank you for your hard work. After today I will leave in seclusion, the security situation of the Cloud City region that began to be disturbed by the sign of the presence of the demonic forces cannot be considered trivial, therefore all the affairs of the Clan would be handled by Long Bei".
I hope you understand the situation. Patria Long said with a serious facial expression.
"While the Ghost Mask group has been wiped out, the matter of Long Guan's whereabouts should be investigated further, inexplicably my premonition says that he has not died" the Patriarch continued.
"Both our Patriarch is ready to carry out your orders" the Long family members said as they bowed.
After saying something else while having a warm conversation, Patriarch Long set off for the secret room of the Long family to conduct a closed-door training.
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After obtaining direction from ancestor Long, Long Guan began to train, he forged his physical strength first. A strong physique would form a stable soul as well as be able to integrate Qi better. The power obtained must be through training and cannot rely on luck alone, because the enemy faced will be Demon Emperor Azazil.
In the morning, Long Guan began running as far as 2 Kilo Meters with the method of back and forth while lifting the rocks whose burden increased as his physical progress.
In this place, to eat a day Long Guan rely on Fish and rabbits that are around small rivers that are not far from the mubug he lives. Besides the apple type fruits and the Long ancestral plant pear are also available in abundance, with different Qi essence to the outside environment, this fruit is full of nutrients to replenish Long Guan energy during practice.
Ancestor Long also gifted Long Guan a high-level storage ring, in which there was a store of precious objects as well as clothing.
Time passed, without realizing it, a year had passed. Under the guidance of Ancestor Long, Long Guan's cultivation level had now entered Level 8 Qi Refining, the effect of the poisonous punch he had previously felt had also disappeared.
In the age of 16 years now the appearance of Long Guan is quite different from a year ago, his body is now more upright with a very visible knight aura.
"You must be more active in practicing, your achievements today are still very far from the actual strength" said ancestor Long giving encouragement to Long Guan.
"Well ancestors, juniors will be more active to continue practicing. Honing this still shallow self ability" Long Guan said in a passionate tone.
Ancestor Long looked at Long Guan with pride, although Long Guan's talent was relatively ordinary but his tenacity and tenacity in understanding the martial world continued to grow.
He was not desperate despite several times failed to try, he continued to try and then succeeded. One more thing that made Ancestor Long proud was that his mind was not arrogant, Long Guan was born like a scholar with a noble personality. It could actually be that ancestor Long bequeathed his power directly.
But this is not good for the continuity of his strength in the future. With a strong physical body would certainly be easier to undergo martial arts challenges later on, without the preparation of a solid foundation will only make Long Guan miserable.
It looks good from the outside, but it will be fragile from the inside. The higher one's cultivation level would require a stronger body strength anyway.