Chapter 1022: Events of Fifty Thousand Years Ago

"Senior Long Teng, I've always been curious about the grudges you held back then. Could you tell me about them?" Ye Yuan suddenly asked out of curiosity.

When Ye Yuan asked this, the others pricked up their ears, especially Ao Qian.

The person he had respected most back then was Long Teng, but later Long Teng was expelled from the Dragon Clan for the crime of betraying the clan, which he simply could not accept at the time.

Long Teng glanced at Ye Yuan and said, "You little rascal, I know you want to clear my name. But so much time has passed, what meaning do these empty reputations hold? The people of those days have all turned to bones in their graves. Even if I speak out, they may not believe me."

Ye Yuan was indeed curious, but his curiosity had not been just for a day or two.

Over the years, Ye Yuan had never asked, but now he brought it up in front of everyone, naturally to clear Long Teng's name.

Ao Yong quickly said, "Lord Long Teng, although I don't know what happened, I do know that in his later years, Patriarch Ao Xinghan often blamed himself, saying that the person he had wronged most in his life was Lord Long Teng. I heard this by chance from my father, and now I am the only one who knows of it!"

"Yes, Elder Teng. When you were at your peak, I was still a junior and had no say. But I believe you would never betray the clan! In fact, it was because of this matter that I was always at odds with the patriarch back then and eventually left the Dragon Clan," Ao Qian said.

Long Teng waved his hand and said, "Enough. Since Ye Yuan wants to know, I'll tell you. As for the others, believe it or not."

Then Long Teng began to recount the secret that had been buried in his heart for fifty thousand years.

Back then, Long Teng was not only the number one genius of the Dragon Clan but also the second strongest, with strength almost on par with the old patriarch.

And he was much younger than the old patriarch; given time, he would inevitably become a figure like the old patriarch.

At that time, the old patriarch was not yet Ao Xinghan, but the time for succession was approaching.

Long Teng was the strongest among the younger generation of the clan, so his呼声 was naturally the highest. The second heir, Ao Xinghan, was far inferior in both strength and prestige.

At that time, the Dragon Clan had seven Void Profound experts, and their prominence in the Divine Domain was unmatched; they were undoubtedly the number one power!

However, at that time, the human race also had a very powerful force called the Blood God Hall.

The Blood God Hall was even stronger than the Azure Dragon Clan. It was only by allying with the Four Symbols families that the Azure Dragon Clan could fight the Blood God Hall to a standstill.

The Blood God Hall was extremely powerful and its ambitions were greatly inflated; it even wanted to unify the entire Divine Domain. Their greatest enemy was undoubtedly the Azure Dragon Clan.

These two major forces clashed frequently, often engaging in large-scale wars.

As the first heir at the time, Long Teng rendered great military exploits for the Dragon Clan. He had slain hundreds of Divine Kings from the Blood God Hall!

Until one time, Long Teng received news that the Blood God Hall had launched a sneak attack on the Vermilion Bird Clan, causing heavy losses.

Long Teng had just completed a mission and was on his way back to the Dragon Clan. Upon hearing this news, he immediately rushed to the Vermilion Bird Clan without a second thought.

Who would have thought that this trip would lead him into an encirclement by five Void Profound experts from the Blood God Hall!

Only then did Long Teng suddenly realize that this was merely a trap!

And the one who had passed this news to him was none other than Ao Xinghan!

Facing the siege of five Void Profound experts, even with extraordinary abilities, Long Teng could hardly escape death.

In that battle, Long Teng fought one against five, turning the world upside down.

In the end, after killing two of the enemy's Void Profound experts, Long Teng could no longer hold on.

But even he did not expect that at the last moment, he was saved by Fang Tian.

Although Long Teng did not die, it took him ten years after that battle to fully recover from all his injuries.

Later, when he returned to the clan, he found that he had been branded a traitor, and Ao Xinghan had become the new patriarch!

After hearing this story, everyone sighed with emotion.

Long Teng had fought to the death for the Dragon Clan and nearly lost his life, only to be slandered as a traitor—what a great humiliation that was!

Upon hearing this, Ao Qian stammered, "So... so there was such a thing behind it! I remember that day, Patriarch Xinghan said he had received news from Lord Long Teng that the Vermilion Bird Clan was attacked and suffered heavy casualties. So he led many Dragon Clan experts to strike back, but they also fell into the Blood God Hall's encirclement and suffered heavy losses! Later, Elder Teng disappeared without a trace, and the reputation of being a Dragon Clan traitor was confirmed, leading to his expulsion."

Ao Qian was just a junior at the time and had no access to these high-level matters.

His version was completely different from Long Teng's. That meant one of them must be lying.

"Then... then what really happened?" Long Zaitian couldn't help asking.

Ye Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Isn't it obvious? Ao Xinghan knew it was a big trap, but to him, it was a golden opportunity! Because if Long Teng became a traitor, he could legitimately inherit the position of patriarch! So, knowing it was a trap, he still passed the news to Senior Long Teng. Then he claimed the news came from Senior Long Teng, led the Dragon Clan experts, and deliberately fell into the Blood God Hall's encirclement. In this way, Senior Long Teng's reputation as a traitor was confirmed! But he probably didn't expect that the trap was set specifically for Senior Long Teng; with five against one, Senior Long Teng would never return!"

Upon hearing Ye Yuan's words, Ao Duo's expression changed, and he said coldly, "That's impossible! Patriarch Xinghan was the greatest patriarch in these fifty thousand years. He led the Dragon Clan to crush the Blood God Hall, an unprecedented achievement! You... you are slandering him!"

The ambitions of the Blood God Hall were ended by Ao Xinghan, so his prestige was the highest among all patriarchs.

Even today, his great achievements are still fondly discussed by Dragon Clan experts.

And the Dragon Clan's golden age ten thousand years later could be said to have been created by him.

Now Ye Yuan was saying that Ao Xinghan was the traitor of the Dragon Clan; Ao Duo simply could not accept it.

But Ye Yuan burst into loud laughter, saying disdainfully, "Ao Xinghan? He ended the Blood God Hall's ambitions? Bullshit!"

As he spoke, Ye Yuan held up a small tower in his hand and mocked, "Do you know the origin of this semi-divine artifact? And do you know why Senior Long Teng became its artifact spirit? A bunch of self-righteous fools! If not for Senior Fang Tian and Senior Long Teng, the Divine Domain would have long been under the rule of the demon race. It's not your place to criticize Senior Long Teng!"

By now, Ye Yuan had also sorted out the events of fifty thousand years ago.

The master of the Blood God Hall was definitely the Heavenly Demon God that Long Teng had mentioned!

The one who truly saved the Divine Domain was not Ao Xinghan, but Fang Tian and Long Teng!