"Haha, isn't that surprising?"

A familiar voice came from the chair at the top.

"Mr. Long? How could it be you?!"

Xiao Chen stared at the person sitting in the chair at the top with a look of surprise.

"Why can't it be me?"

The person sitting on the chair at the top slowly stood up. It was none other than Long Zhuifeng, the old man from Longmen Inn!

"I……"

Xiao Chen opened his mouth and said, "Yes, why can't it be him?"

You know, he had doubted the identity of Mr. Long many times in the beginning. It should not be as simple as just guarding a Longmen Inn... maybe he had another identity.

He even wondered several times whether Elder Long might be a member of the Dragon Emperor.

After he went to Badi, he learned about the [Dragon Emperor] system, which consisted of the Dragon Soul Palace at the top and eight divisions of Heavenly Dragons at the bottom... At that time, he wondered if Elder Long would be the Dragon Head of the East China branch?

After he came back, he went to Longmen Inn and asked about it in various ways, but was always interrupted by Old Long.

Then he thought, if Old Long was really the Dragon Head, then some things did not match up.

So he didn't think about it anymore, but unexpectedly... Old Long appeared here.

"You are... the Dragon Head?"

Xiao Chen looked at Elder Long and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Why didn't you tell me before and kept it from me for so long?"

"Who told you that I am the Dragon Head?"

Old Long shook his head.

"Huh? You're not the Dragon Head? Then why are you here?"

Xiao Chen opened his eyes wide, showing surprise.

"The dragon head is right next to you, you just didn't know it."

Old Long laughed.

"Next to me?"

After hearing what Old Man Long said, Xiao Chen looked at Nangong Bufan and Old Man Chen. Could it be that one of them was the Dragon Head?

Soon, he ignored Old Man Chen. With such a bad temper, how could he be the Dragon Leader?

"Hey, kid, what do you mean?"

Old man Chen noticed Xiao Chen's gaze and became somewhat unhappy.

"You are definitely not the Dragon Head...Mr. Nangong, are you the Dragon Head of East China?"

Xiao Chen looked at Nangong Bufan and asked.

"Um."

Nangong Bufan chuckled and nodded.

“…”

Xiao Chen was stunned. Is it really him?

He once again looked up and down at Nangong Bufan, who was dressed in green... In fact, Nangong Bufan was the dragon head, which was far from what he had imagined in his mind!

Let alone anything else, just look at the dragon head of Badi, the one named Liming, wearing a bright yellow robe and with extraordinary aura, like an ancient emperor!

But when he thought of the previous Dragon Head Wine Immortal in Badi, he twitched the corners of his mouth again, looking sloppy... as if temperament cannot determine anything.

"Haha, that's surprising, right?"

Nangong Bufan looked at Xiao Chen and asked with a smile.

"It's unexpected..."

Xiao Chen nodded, suddenly thought of something, and turned to look at Old Long.

Nangong Bufan is the leader of East China, what about Old Long?

Who is he?

"Meet the Dragon Lord!"

Without waiting for Elder Long to speak, Nangong Bufan and Old Man Chen stepped forward, bowed, and explained Elder Long's identity.

What?

Dragon Lord?

Hearing what the two said, Xiao Chen's eyes widened. He was actually the Dragon Lord?

Canthus

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. Elder Long's identity really shocked him.

Dragon Lord, the actual controller of the [Dragon Emperor] now!

The Dragon Emperor has three commanders. The Dragon Emperor is extremely mysterious, like a dragon that can't be seen from head to tail... The Dragon King is in seclusion and doesn't care about worldly affairs... Only the Dragon Lord is outside, in charge of the huge Dragon Emperor!

Even though he once randomly guessed whether Elder Long might be the Dragon Emperor...but that was just a guess!

When he learned of Mr. Long’s true identity, he was still shocked.

"You...are the Dragon Lord?"

Xiao Chen looked at Elder Long, still unable to believe it.

"Well, one of my identities is Dragon Lord."

Mr. Long nodded and admitted it.

Today he asked Nangong Bufan to bring Xiao Chen here because he wanted to acknowledge his identity.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Xiao Chen come.

In his opinion, Xiao Chen was growing very fast and already knew some things.

In the past, Xiao Chen was more or less under their protection, but now he has grown stronger and does not need their protection too much!

There are some things that he should know, including his identity.

"One of the identities?"

Hearing this, Xiao Chen was stunned.

"What else do you have?"

"Old Long from the Dragon Gate Inn. When I travel around the world, I mostly use the identity of 'Old Long'."

Old Long said with a smile.

“…”

Xiao Chen was stunned. Was his identity also kept secret?

Suddenly, he thought of something.

My seventh uncle Xiao Lin once mentioned that... Elder Long was called the 'Dragon Lord'.

Xiao Chen just listened casually at the time and thought it might be a title or something, like Xue Chunqiu being called the "Sword God" and Zhao Rulai being called the "Ghost Buddha". He did not regard these two words as a certain identity at all.

Perhaps, most people in the ancient martial arts world do not associate the word "Dragon Lord" with the Dragon Lord of the Dragon Emperor.

"I really didn't expect that you, the Dragon Lord... are the real Dragon Lord."

Thoughts flashed through his mind one by one, and Xiao Chen said with a wry smile.

"Hahaha."

Boss Long laughed.

"Stop standing there, come and sit down!"

"Um."

Xiao Chen also recovered from his shock. He looked at Old Long in front of him... and didn't feel too strange.

Therefore, he did not feel too alienated by Mr. Long's new identity, and sat on the chair next to him as usual.

"Boy, those are the seats of the eight dragon heads."

Old man Chen said to Xiao Chen.

"Um?"

Xiao Chen was stunned and counted. Aren’t there just eight chairs?

However, he didn't care much.

"Aren't chairs for people to sit on? If they're not here, can't I sit on them?"

“…”

Old man Chen was speechless.

"Haha, that's enough, everyone sit down."

Old Long smiled and looked at the wound on Old Man Chen's face.

"Old Chen, were you beaten?"

"Well, this kid... is too strong!"

Old Man Chen and Old Man Long were old acquaintances, so they were quite casual. They nodded and sat next to each other.

"Grandpa Long."

Nangong Ling looked at Elder Long and greeted him respectfully.

"Girl Ling, haha, sit down too."

Old Long looked at Nangong Ling, then at Xiao Chen, and his smile became even more pronounced.

"Yes, Grandpa Long."

Nangong Ling nodded and sat next to him.

“…”

Xiao Chen felt a little depressed when he saw this scene... Damn it, everyone present knew each other, and he was the only fool?

Even Nangong Ling knew the identity of Old Long, but he was kept in the dark.

These old guys...are so abominable, being so mysterious all day long!

It’s just an identity, there’s nothing to hide!

"Xiao Chen, actually all of this...I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I felt that it might be better if I didn't tell you."

Elder Long seemed to have guessed what was in Xiao Chen's mind. He looked at him and spoke slowly.

"Ever since you came to Longhai, you've stirred up the situation... Originally everything was under control, including your visit to me! But later, something happened that was beyond my expectations, and I couldn't change it."

"Hmm? What's up?"

Xiao Chen was stunned and asked curiously.

"My senior brother wants to be your sworn brother..."

When Mr. Long mentioned this matter now, he felt somewhat helpless.

He never thought that his senior brother Nie Jingfeng would become sworn brothers with Xiao Chen... That would have been fine, but he even gave the order of alliance leader to Xiao Chen!

"Uh, this is... fate."

Xiao Chen looked at Elder Long and said with a smile.

"fate……"

Old Master Long curled his lips. He knew how Xiao Chen had deceived his senior brother.

But, Senior Brother just fell for Xiao Chen's tricks!

"My eldest brother also knows that I will be awesome one day...so we have a mutual understanding."

Xiao Chen said again.

"Okay."

Even Mr. Long couldn't listen any more.

"I can't make the decision about my senior brother's affairs...but the leader's order is in your hands, so don't use it recklessly."

"Yeah, I know, I haven't used it either."

Xiao Chen nodded, then felt helpless.

"It's actually useless. No one recognizes the 'Leader's Order' anymore."

"It will be useful."

Elder Long looked at Xiao Chen deeply. Whenever there is troubled times, a 'leader' is definitely needed. And now that troubled times are about to start, the leader's order will be of great use!

However, he did not plan to tell Xiao Chen now, so as not to put too much pressure on him.

But he thought again, would this kid feel pressured?

I guess not!

"Will it be useful?"

Xiao Chen noticed the gaze of Elder Long, and his heart moved. Then he thought of something... Elder Long must know that Number One wants to be the leader of the martial arts world, right?

With his identity as 'Old Dragon', he cannot communicate with Number One, but his identity as 'Dragon Lord' is enough!

What roles did they play in this?

And there is also my own fortune teller...

Thinking of the old fortune teller, Xiao Chen looked at Elder Long and couldn't help asking, "Elder Long, I just want to ask you a question. Is the old fortune teller the Dragon Emperor?"

"no."

Old Long shook his head.

"Is that... the Dragon King?"

Xiao Chen asked again.

“No.”

Elder Long continued to shake his head.

"What is he then?"

Xiao Chen frowned.

"He is the old fortune teller."

Mr. Long smiled.

"Don't think too much. You will know what you are supposed to know... Look, when the time comes, I will appear in front of you, right?"

"Then why did you appear in front of me?"

Xiao Chen was helpless. It was really tiring dealing with these old guys.

"You can leave the Dragon Emperor. What you are going to do next is indeed not suitable for the shadow of the Dragon Emperor... Although the Dragon Emperor is the guardian of the country, in recent years, he has indeed been more inclined to the court to check and balance the ancient martial arts world! The sects, families and various forces in the ancient martial arts world are somewhat wary of the Dragon Emperor."

Elder Long looked at Xiao Chen and spoke slowly.

"Number One originally planned to ask the authorities and the Dragon King to help you, but I rejected that idea... In the short term, they can be suppressed, but the more they are suppressed, the more likely it is that the outbreak will be stronger one day."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen's heart moved. Old Long was indeed involved in this matter, and... he was so awesome that he could even deny Number One's plan!

"You are removed from the Dragon King. You should do whatever you need to do... The Dragon King will not give you any help, understand?"

Elder Long said seriously.

"This is also the final test that the old fortune teller and I give you. If you pass it, you can truly take on the great responsibility!"

"Take on a big responsibility?"

Xiao Chen was startled, then his eyes lit up slightly.

"What big mission?"

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Just a quick question, what should I do about tinnitus?

I started having tinnitus this morning and can't calm down to type. There's noise in my ears. Do I need to go to the hospital?