Chapter 524: Chapter 523: Purpose (3/3)
The old chief looked deeply at Yang Chen.
He found Yang Chen’s attitude firm, with not a trace of pretentiousness.
After thinking for a moment, the old chief frowned and said, "You don’t plan to come back?"
Yang Chen shook his head slightly, "Dragon Tooth is doing well now, with or without me, it’s the same."
"But the people of Dragon Tooth only recognize you!" the old chief stared at Yang Chen and said.
Yang Chen glanced at the old chief, seemingly understanding some of the old chief’s meaning, and said in a deep voice, "Dragon Tooth is the Dragon Tooth of Flame Country, not the Dragon Tooth of any individual, rest assured."
The old chief shook his head slightly, "I still hope you can come back, after all, the country needs talents like you. You also know the situation in recent years has been tense."
"Sorry," Yang Chen said, "In recent years since I left Dragon Tooth, I haven’t paid attention to politics."
Yang Chen understood his role, and would never discuss politics in front of the old chief.
The old chief sighed in his heart. He could see that Yang Chen was very smart and alert.
After thinking for a moment, the old chief said, "We need instructors like you. A single Dragon Tooth is still not enough. I suppose you’ve heard that the Wolf Tooth Guard is being reactivated, starting to recruit members. I hope you can serve as the instructor for Wolf Tooth."
Hearing this, Yang Chen fully understood the old chief’s intention.
What the old chief said earlier was just to test Yang Chen.
He wanted to see Yang Chen’s thoughts, believing that he knew Dragon Tooth was loyal only to Yang Chen, so Yang Chen’s presence was a huge risk for Dragon Tooth.
This was why the old chief was testing Yang Chen’s thoughts.
At this moment, when the old chief suggested making Yang Chen train another batch of Wolf Tooth, Yang Chen fully understood the old chief’s intention.
A single Dragon Tooth is simply not enough. He wanted more Dragon Teeth!
Currently, Dragon Tooth is easily controlled by Yang Chen, the weakness is too obvious. If another similar guard, or two such guards like Dragon Tooth appear, then the old chief need not worry.
At the very least, these guards could keep each other in check.
Yang Chen shook his head gently, he would not become anyone’s tool.
"Sorry, I have no such plan." Yang Chen directly refused.
The old chief seemed to have anticipated Yang Chen would answer this way and couldn’t help but chuckle, saying to Yang Chen, "Drink some tea!"
Yang Chen sat down again, drank the tea in the cup, and although it had cooled, he could still taste its excellence.
As the old chief prepared to pour more tea, Yang Chen moved first, pouring for the old chief before serving himself.
Respecting superiors and elders had always been a virtue of Yang Chen.
The old chief drank the tea, chuckled softly, and said, "Yang Chen, your ability to train people is obvious to all, not just Dragon Tooth, even those who quit midway became excellent, like Gao Hong or Zhao Shisan, both are outstanding figures."
Upon hearing this, Yang Chen frowned and stared at the old chief.
The old chief chuckled lightly, "Additionally, I heard that another mysterious guard appeared the day you fought at Flame Palace, which was also very powerful, even able to defeat people from Shangqing Sect. In my view, these folks seem even better than Dragon Tooth!"
Hearing this, a cold gleam involuntarily flashed in Yang Chen’s eyes.
Asura Hall was his child, and he would not allow anyone to harm his child!
Clearly, the old chief had a certain purpose when speaking of this!
After contemplating briefly, Yang Chen took a deep breath and slowly said, "Not necessarily! Every member of Dragon Tooth Squad is battle-hardened, they have followed me the longest, participated in the most battles, with the richest experience, faced the most difficulties, their excellence is undeniable. The other group followed me relatively briefly, with little experience in collective combat. Although they participated in many battles, their focus was more on solo fighting, with extremely strong personal combat abilities. The two teams can’t really be compared."
"Oh!" the old chief nodded, looking at Yang Chen he said, "Is this some sort of experiment of yours? A change in the form of training members?"
"No!" Yang Chen stared at the old chief and said in a deep voice, "Each one of them is my apprentice!"
"Oh!" the old chief nodded and said, "The apprentice system then, likely more excellent, more direct, and faster, no wonder you were able to train such a team in three years."
Yang Chen stared at the old chief, trying to discern his intentions.
The old chief thought for a moment and said, "Why don’t you spend some time helping me train such a team? Name your conditions."
"Sorry!" Yang Chen said in a deep voice, "I don’t have the time, and training such a team is definitely not a matter of a day or two, nor is it something just anyone is suitable for. Every one of these people was meticulously selected by me."
"Don’t worry, the selection process is not something you need to worry about, whatever kind of talent you want I can find them for you." The old chief chuckled lightly.
In the vast Flame Country, talent is never in short supply.
Yang Chen still shook his head.
The old chief frowned slightly and said, "This team of yours seems to still be in Jin Chen, right? Why not assimilate them into the Guard, that would save a lot of time."
Hearing this, Yang Chen knew that things had come to such a point where it would be difficult to turn back without some sacrifices.
After a moment of contemplation, Yang Chen stared at the old chief and said, "Old chief, you should know about the battle I had, right? Or have a complete understanding!"
"You could say that." The old chief nodded.
Yang Chen said in a deep voice, "Then with your understanding of Shangqing Sect, you should know Shangyao is the first among the Ten Heroes of the Sect, also the most outstanding of the younger generation."
The old chief nodded again.
"Kun Bai is Shangyao’s martial uncle, also a senior in Shangqing Sect, I can injure him at the peak of Flame Palace. If it weren’t for Ye Xin stopping me, I could have perished with him. It’s not arrogance, no one can kill me, if they want to kill me, they must pay with their life!"
The old chief’s eyes narrowed, nodding lightly.
Yang Chen continued, "These days have passed, my injuries have fully healed. I imagine Kun Bai’s injuries will take at least half a year to recover. Besides, do you think I refused your invitation to do what? I secluded myself in the Ye family for seven days, with my current ability, if I encountered Kun Bai again, I could easily eliminate him. Do you think, comparing my current ability to the Sect Master of Shangqing Sect during his time in Beihai Country, how much of a difference is there?"
"Ha!" the old chief let out a cold laugh, a flash of cold light in his eyes, staring at Yang Chen, already moved to kill.
It was the first time he saw someone bold enough to threaten him!
Yang Chen was the first!
Yang Chen added, "If you want me to help you train the Guard, sorry, not possible, I don’t have the time. Ye Xin was taken away by Shangqing Sect, I must find her, maybe you can tell me the location of Shangqing Sect."
The old chief shook his head, "I don’t know either, Shangqing Sect is very mysterious, only when they contact us on their own can we find them."
"Oh!" Yang Chen didn’t hold much hope to begin with because he could see Shangqing Sect didn’t care about authority at all.