Dragonblood Legion/Quotes

“Everyone’s strength is my strength. Their improvement is my improvement. My greatest dream is to have a bunch of unstoppable fighters. By then, if someone gets cocky in front of me, I won’t even have to do anything. I can just point and have them beaten to the point where their mothers wouldn’t recognize them,” laughed Long Chen.
== Leadership ==
The Dragonblood Legion was only the true Dragonblood Legion when Long Chen was present. When the Dragonblood Legion was complete, just seeing the worship in those disciples' eyes showed how they viewed Long Chen as a god-like existence.
== 100% potential ==
If combat power was given a numerical value, if one person's power was one, then the power of ten people working together would be nine. The power of one hundred people would max out at around seventy.
The more people in a group, the less they would be able to fully trust each other. In fact, the distraction of being on guard from their allies would cause their power to even drop.
The sum of one hundred people's individual power was one hundred, but in terms of how much power they could unleash, seventy was a cap. This number was something deduced from the results of countless large battles.
And most of the time, a group's combat power wasn't even able to reach that level. The greater the number of people, the greater the drop in ratio.
For over ten thousand people, their true power would be about five thousand. And that would be a group of elites amongst elites. Such an elite cultivation army didn't exist in the Righteous path. They only existed in the Corrupt path.
As for the Dragonblood Legion, not only did they bring out one hundred percent of their power even when in such a huge group, with Long Chen's addition, their power would multiply by even up to ten times.
Right now, Long Chen was no longer just the founder of the Dragonblood Legion, he was the Dragonblood Legion's faith. As long as he was present, anything was possible.
== Competition and zero sum game? ==
But the only thing that didn't draw envy was mediocrity. As long as you stood at a high level, there would definitely be people envious of you that hoped for your downfall. Dirty tricks, scheming, trying to crowd you out, these things were unavoidable.
This was the cultivation world. The struggle was endless. If you weren't prepared for such a thing, then you should simply never think of rising.
Whether it was a single genius or a whole sect, if they wanted to rise, they would have to face countless enemies.
The history of a powerful sect's rising had to be bloody. They rose by climbing the mountain of bones of their enemies.
Geniuses were the same. One of the laws of the Heavenly Daos was that everyone was in competition. Life was a survival of the fittest. To not climb over other people's corpses was to allow others to climb over your corpse. The path of cultivation was one with no turning back.
== Spirit ==
The entire Dragonblood Legion was on the flying boat. But this time, Long Chen only brought the Dragonblood Legion. He hadn't brought Hua Shiyu, Zhao Ziyan, and the others.
He had noticed that they were slightly different from the Dragonblood warriors. That was because they had originally been peak heavenly geniuses, and they lacked a kind of determination to press forward even in the face of death.
As for the Dragonblood Legion, both the old Dragonblood warriors and the newer Dragonmark warriors had been lacking in talent.
The only reason they had been able to climb to their current height was because they had worked as if their lives depended on it. They possessed the resolve to put their lives on the line. As they hadn't been blessed with anything, they weren't afraid of losing it.
Geniuses all possessed a feeling of superiority. They were unable to truly maintain the same heart as the Dragonblood Legion.
Although they listened to Long Chen's orders, and there was no need to question their loyalty, there was simply something that couldn't be clearly explained lacking within them.
Because they were lacking that thing, in the end, they were unable to be one with the Dragonblood Legion.
== Forest of Life ==
"It's not that your will isn't strong enough. The greatest difference is that you were born into too good of a family. The height that you were born into was different. The Dragonblood warriors followed me from the Eastern Wasteland, encountering countless pitfalls and battles. We slaughtered our way out of those restrictions, forcing our way into our current height. We paid a great deal, but we also gained a great deal. As for the Dragonmark warriors, you've also gone through many battles, all of them fierce and intense. You've long since tempered your wills to a good enough level. It's just that you still don't understand the meaning of battle. Why do we fight? Fighting isn't to kill, it's to protect. Fighting isn't to establish fame, but for your personal convictions. Only once you understand your convictions can you become fearless in the face of death. The reason your fear has appeared today is because of the effect of the Forest of Life."
"You've been affected by the Forest of Life's beliefs. They are a group of kind lifeforms, and they feel respect and gratitude toward all life. They don't hold grudges, and they don't feel hatred. When our human race betrayed them, did they complain? Despite being betrayed by the human race, they still accept and trust us. This is their instinctual reaction. They are pure-hearted and good. They love life, they revere life, and they make life their conviction. When you received the Life God Tree's blessing, you were affected by that conviction. You've also started to feel respect for life, and a thirst for life. This kind of conviction is their Dao, but it's not the Dragonblood Legion's Dao. Our Dao is the weapons in our hands. The Forest of Life's creatures are kind, but that kindness can only be given to good people. If given to bad evil, they will take advantage of it and destroy them. For example, the Forest of Life was betrayed by the human race, and now they've fallen into their current straits. Is that fair?"
"We don't have to feel guilty. That wasn't done by us, and the Forest of Life has never blamed us for it. But look at the Martial Heaven Continent as a whole. How many good people really exist? If you put out your kind heart, what you will get in return is betrayal and the butcher's knife. So you have to have a kind heart, but you can't give it to just anyone. To love life isn't wrong. To be grateful for life isn't wrong. But we have to know to whom we should be grateful. To respect life isn't wrong. To the people who protected us, who bestowed us with our lives, we naturally have to feel gratitude and respect. But other than our parents and those elders, there's no one else worth our gratitude. If we want to protect our family in this bloody, chaotic world, then we have to bare our fangs. In the face of those evil people, we have to wield our butcher's knife without hesitation. The Forest of Life gave us its favor, and today, even if we have to fight to the last, we have to use our hot blood and lives to prove our conviction and oath. Why do we have to be afraid? Remember, what we cultivate is not the Life Dao! We cultivate a Killing Dao! Our world is full of disorder, and there's no way for us to discuss things reasonably. When convictions clash, the only thing that can protect us is our own butcher's blade."
"Remember, there is no one innocent on a battlefield. Anyone who raises their own butcher's blade to you is someone you have to kill. Perhaps those people are innocent and don't know the true story behind the scenes, perhaps they were tricked and are being used, but those aren't reasons. As long as someone dares to raise their blade at us, no matter what reason they have, they have to be killed mercilessly. A person has to pay the price for their own mistakes and foolishness, because their foolishness will only bring us endless pain. Once the battle starts, don't bother with what race they come from. They only have one identity. They are all enemies. Let me repeat it again: as long as they're our enemies, they must be killed with our full power. We definitely can't have mercy, understand?" called out Long Chen.
== The Wind ==
"If you continue like this, you will be like the wind, never able to stop." The Spirit Emperor sighed. She was unable to comprehend the human race's complicated way of thinking.
"You're right, that's a good comparison. The wind is unable to stop, because once it does, it vanishes, which signifies death. In the cultivation world, everyone is doing their best to get stronger. They're all running as fast as they can, because they can't stop, nor do they dare to stop." Long Chen nodded in approval of the Spirit Emperor's words.
"Long Chen, stay in the Forest of Life. The Dark Forest is heavily injured, so we'll have a long time of peace in the Spirit World," said the Spirit Emperor.
Long Chen bitterly smiled. "No one who steps into the vortex of the cultivation world can expect a good ending. This world is like a vat of dye, and no one can go through it without being stained. However, you aren't able to understand this thinking of the human race.
"Although we are like wind, forced to keep going involuntarily, we have our own things that make it worth it. For example, the wind blows through an alley, smelling the buns that have just come out of the oven, hearing the laughter of children playing, seeing the marvels of human civilization. The wind blows across high mountains and great seas, experiencing the magnificence of the world. The wind blows through rivers and fields, experiencing the changes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, learning the flavors of life. 
"As we rush forward, we gain friends, we gain true love, and we journey alongside each other in fortune or disaster. We are like the wind. We don't know where we came from, we don't know where we're going. All we know is that we have to cherish all the scenery of the journey. We have to cherish every companion, every emotion.
"The heavens are heartless. Cultivators look grand and powerful, but if you think about it, you'll realize the heavens are just playing a cruel game of selecting the best and killing the rest. The heavens act according to their own will. They made the rules to their game, and when they're bored, they'll randomly change the rules as they please. Whoever they say dies has to die. They are both the players and the referee."
== Unity ==
"Scram!"
The Dragonblood warriors, the Xuantian Dao Sect's elite disciples, the inner sect disciples, the outer sect disciples, all of them roared.
Their voices seemed unstoppable. The air became saturated with the will of every member of the Xuantian Dao Sect.
"This kind of cohesiveness is something only Long Chen is capable of," said Li Tianxuan emotionally.
"Of course. Even an old man like me feels my blood heating up. I almost want to shout with them," laughed Liu Cang.
When Long Chen had roared, they had also been affected. They had felt something stir in them that they hadn't in a long time.
The Tower Department Head bitterly smiled. Even someone like him had an urge to go out and dominate the battlefield, so it could be imagined what the young disciples were feeling.
Now they fully understood why the Dragonblood Legion's warriors would be so united and follow Long Chen so unswervingly. That was because he possessed a charisma that could make others willing to fight to the death for him.
The Xuantian Dao Sect's disciples had never been this united before. It was the result of Long Chen creating miracle after miracle, which had caused the Xuantian Dao Sect's reputation to rise to the point that their light blinded the rest of the Eastern Xuan Region.
Any sect's disciple would feel a sense of belonging and pride in their heart. But before, the Xuantian Dao Sect hadn't done anything in particular to enforce this, so their hearts were scattered. It was Long Chen's arrival that had caused everyone's hearts to unite. Li Tianxuan had noticed that after the battle on Devil Spirit Mountain, after Long Chen had managed to defeat the Corrupt path's Gui Yan, the Xuantian Dao Sect's unity had been elevated to an unprecedented level.
There had been several times when outsiders tried to infiltrate the Xuantian Dao Sect and bribe its disciples to incite disharmony. But no matter what they offered, they were unable to shake those disciples' hearts. They weren't even able to buy a single worker.
Li Tianxuan knew that the reason they followed the Xuantian Dao Sect so loyally was because of Long Chen. Long Chen had become the idol of everyone here. He was essentially a god-like existence to them.
They all believed that as long as Long Chen was here, the Xuantian Dao Sect would continue to rise. They felt that just being in the same sect as him was a supreme glory.
That was why when that worker had been bullied, he hadn't said a word until they started insulting Long Chen. Then he would fight to the death to protect Long Chen's glory.
=== Camaraderie ===
“No wonder they’re called the Dragonblood Legion. Over ten thousand people who are able to work together perfectly, it’s truly a rare sight. On the other hand, although their opponents’ collective power is ten times greater, they are nothing more than a wild mob. As a result… well, the results are easy to see,” sighed someone in the neutral camp.
The neutral camp’s people could already see that although the Dragonblood Legion’s fighting style looked chaotic and disordered, as if they were all fighting for themselves, they all had a tacit understanding with each other. As soon as someone needed help, someone would appear beside them. This was especially true when someone was in danger or had landed a heavy injury on an opponent. There was always someone who would come to assist or land the finishing blow. Many people were killed by this silent cooperation without even realizing it.
The Dragonblood Legion’s cooperation was at such a high level that others couldn’t even understand it. Their cooperation raised their killing power to a peak, and they were not only in possession of great offense but also great defense. Up until now, not a single one of them had died.
“There’s no need to worry about it. The Dragonblood Legion’s hearts are united. Their lives are mine, my life is theirs. What we have, we risked our lives for, and we will continue to work hard so that we can protect our family, so that we can live with dignity. This is our conviction. When others threaten our family or try to trample on our dignity, we won’t hesitate to put everything on the line. Even if we die, we won’t die humiliated.”
=== Forged together ===
“My apologies, but the Dragonblood Legion isn’t recruiting. We are one solid entity forged through battle. Whether it’s the first generation Dragonblood warriors or the second generation Dragonmark warriors, our emotions were born and baptized through blood and fire. There’s no way for others to gain such a relationship with us. Joining the Dragonblood Legion is not a matter of how high your cultivation base or how great your talent is. All the twelve thousand members of the Dragonblood Legion have one heart. Even if we wanted to accept you, without having gone through blood and fire, life and death, there’s no way we can be united. So thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I’m sorry to say that I cannot accept,” said Long Chen.
Although there were several Empyreans amongst the neutral camp, Long Chen couldn’t accept them.
It was as he said. The Dragonblood Legion was like a weapon forged together, and their forger was countless trials and tribulations. They had been smelted together by the merciless world with its cruel flames. After that forging, it was difficult for new people to join them.
Although they had felt that the chances were low, hearing this decisive answer still disappointed countless people.
“However, don’t be too disappointed. The Dragonblood Legion isn’t accepting new members, but the Xuantian Dao Sect’s large gates are open to any upright and open-hearted people. Although it’s not joining the Dragonblood Legion, joining the Xuantian Dao Sect will still allow us to fight shoulder to shoulder against our enemies,” said Long Chen.
Their eyes lit up. That was true. By joining the Xuantian Dao Sect, wouldn’t they have more chances to interact with Long Chen? Perhaps in the future, there would be a chance that they could join the Dragonblood Legion.
=== Loyalty ===
“Due to my special cultivation technique, I am very perceptive toward other people’s hearts. I can sense whether a person has good or bad intentions toward me. Because of that, I can fully trust the brothers of my Dragonblood Legion, and they can trust me. We don’t have the slightest suspicions toward each other. The people with ulterior motives, have you ever seen any other group of over ten thousand people that would entrust their lives to each other without the slightest hesitation? I believe that you haven’t. You haven’t seen such a thing, nor have you ever heard of such a thing. If a single person amongst those ten thousand people was disloyal, it would completely fracture the entire group. However, there is no such person in my Dragonblood Legion. I will brag a bit and say that in this entire world, only I have the ability to form such a group. For those who joined the Xuantian Dao Sect for your own purposes, I can ignore what you’ve done. In fact, I won’t even expose you today. I will give you an opportunity. I know you were probably incited to do so by a loved one, or perhaps you want to sell information for money, or perhaps you want to instigate trouble to prevent the Xuantian Dao Sect’s growth. The reason isn’t important. The important thing is that I’m giving you a chance. I don’t care what sect sent you here as a spy, or whatever goal you have. As long as you can sincerely devote yourself to my Xuantian Dao Sect today, then you will be one of my Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples. No matter who is forcing you, my Xuantian Dao Sect and I, Long Chen, will stand up for you.”
The Xuantian Dao Sect has helped us out immensely and is our home. However, we are like baby birds that will need to leave the nest one day to survive on our own. If we grow dependent on this nest, we’ll likely implicate the Xuantian Dao Sect one day. But before we leave, we have to leave behind a legend, a kind of will, a kind of feeling, a kind of energy, something that makes people say that in this world, there is a supreme kind of conviction, and its name is the Dragonblood Legion.” Long Chen’s eye sparkled with a determined light.
No matter how much time passed, no matter what era passed, the Dragonblood Legion’s trust in each other would never grow out-dated. It would forever be passed down amongst people. There would be a new faith, called the legend of the Dragonblood.
=== Trust and teamwork ===
To work together required trust. That was too rare. No one liked entrusting their lives into other people’s hands.
“Remember, in this world, there is nothing that can survive on its own.”
At this moment, Long Chen walked over to those amazed disciples. “A single drop of water would quickly vanish on its own. It must merge with the sea, using the power of the sea to resist the whittling of the heavens. As for the sea, it can’t exist on its own or it would dry up sooner or later. It has to rely on the sustenance of the rivers flowing from the land, relying on the cycle of the elements to replenish itself. Stars can’t exist on their own. They need to merge with the cosmos and live with the cycle of the cosmos. As for the cosmos, it definitely can’t exist on its own either. As for what it relies on, that’s not something people like us can figure out. The drop of water must trust the sea to live forever, the sea must trust the stars to survive eras, and the stars must cycle along the will of the cosmos to not extinguish. People have never been alone, or there wouldn’t be fathers, mothers, husbands and wives. Trust is the foundation of a person getting stronger. If you don’t trust others, you won’t gain other people’s trust. Sincerity must be won with sincerity. Right now, you lack trust, so you can’t get stronger. Why not try entrusting your lives to your companions once? When you feel other people entrust their lives to you, you’ll understand the true meaning of life. All experts must possess their own convictions.”
In this kind of chaotic battle, working as a team was extremely important. If they were instead like scattered grains of sand, rather than fighting ten against one, they would be fighting one against ten. It wouldn’t be long before they were individually taken out.
== Martial Heaven Alliance ==
However, he then said, “I heard you have established your own Dragonblood Legion. Then tell me, if there comes a day that the Martial Heaven Alliance’s millions and millions of experts were in danger at the same time as your Dragonblood Legion was in danger, when their lives were in the balance and you could only choose one, what would you do?”
“I would choose the Dragonblood Legion.”
Long Chen replied without any hesitation.
“Then you don’t care that it was the Martial Heaven Alliance that raised you. Without the Martial Heaven Alliance, would you still be where you are today? From the start, we knew that you had a wolf’s heart and never viewed the Martial Heaven Alliance as your home!” sneered one of the elders.
This elder was the leader of the nine elders and the one with the greatest authority. He was also very against giving Long Chen his reward. Hence, disturbing the four Grand Elders was his idea.
Of course, he had been supported by the others, or he would not have the authority to disturb the Grand Elders. Now that Long Chen had immediately chosen to abandon the Martial Heaven Alliance, he immediately jumped into the conversation.
It was precisely because he had the greatest authority of the nine elders that he was the one speaking the most. After being slapped by Long Chen, he used this chance to take revenge.
“What a joke. When did you ever raise me? Shameless bastard, tell me how you raised me?” sneered Long Chen.
“You!” That elder immediately recalled that Long Chen was not a direct disciple of the Martial Heaven Alliance. The Martial Heaven Alliance had truly not raised him. However, he still argued, “Weren’t you raised by the Xuantian Dao Sect? If it weren’t for the Martial Heaven Alliance’s protection, your Xuantian Dao Sect would have long since been destroyed by the Corrupt path or devoured by other sects. Without the Xuantian Dao Sect, would you have reached your current level? So this is how you repay gratitude!”
Long Chen disdainfully said, “Do you have the slightest sense of shame? I am a disciple of the Xuantian Dao Sect, but everything I have was obtained through my own merit. The Xuantian Dao Sect raised me for the Xuantian Dao Sect’s profit. There is no master-subordinate relationship between us. Instead, it’s a mutually beneficial cooperation. The Xuantian Dao Sect treated me like family, so I can bleed my last drop of blood for the Xuantian Dao Sect, but that doesn’t represent that the Xuantian Dao Sect can control my actions. As for the Martial Heaven Alliance, it is nothing more than a cooperation between the Righteous path’s sects. Don’t act like the Xuantian Dao Sect’s rise has anything to do with your Martial Heaven Alliance. The rewards we won were obtained through risking our lives. Let me put it to you this way: I have no sense of belonging when it comes to the Martial Heaven Alliance.”
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