Chapter 53: Secret Talk at Xingluo Palace, Departure for the Duke of White Tiger's Mansion

  "I know about this matter, Jiujiu, stay. You all go back and practice well. Don't think too much. You are all the best talents in the empire. I look forward to you winning glory for the country."

  At Xingluo Palace, Xu Jiawei turned his back and gently waved to Huang Xingyun and the other five, his voice deep and calm.

  However, Xu Jiujiu, who was one step away from Xu Jiawei, clearly saw that Xu Jiawei's handsome face showed a look of anger, which disappeared in an instant, and his lips pursed uncomfortably. Xu

  Jiujiu, who was familiar with Xu Jiawei's habits, immediately understood that the emperor was suppressing his anger.

  "Yes, we thank your majesty."

  Huang Xingyun and the other five bowed to Xu Jiawei and respectfully left the palace.

  In the huge palace, only Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu were left at this time. All the palace servants had been dispersed in advance, and the atmosphere fell into a strange calm.

  "Alas..."

  Xu Jiawei sighed deeply and spoke first:

  "Jiujiu... Tell me, what do you think about this matter? There are only you and me here, brother and sister, and we can talk freely about anything."

  Xu Jiujiu was silent for a long time, raised his eyes to look at Xu Jiawei, and asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Royal brother, how is the old man of the worship hall master?"

  "Very bad."

  Xu Jiawei had no intention of hiding anything from this royal sister, closed his eyes and shook his head, and answered truthfully:

  "Your Majesty the Medical Immortal told me privately that the hall master's life will be exhausted in three years at most. He is more than two hundred and eighty years old, and he is really dead."

  The life span of a Titled Douluo is far longer than that of an ordinary person. Living to be a hundred years old is not a problem. The life span of a Super Douluo or even an Extreme Douluo is even longer.

  But even an Extreme Douluo is close to three hundred years old, which is an old age, not to mention a Super Douluo of level ninety-eight, and most soul masters will invisibly reduce their life span due to the hidden injuries left by fighting when they were young.

  After getting the answer, Xu Jiawei remained silent for a long time. He stared at his sister and sighed:

  "Although the intelligence shows that Shrek's Dragon God Douluo is probably not going to live long, they still have the 98th level Taotie Douluo, who can protect Shrek for decades."

  "Taotie Douluo is old, and Shrek still has the 97th level Qingying Douluo Song Lao, and the younger Mingfeng Douluo Yan Shaozhe is already a Super Douluo, and it is time for him to grow up by then..."

  "After I succeeded to the throne, I also thought about weakening Shrek's influence in our country, but I looked around the court, and everyone knows Shrek, so I don't know where to start even if I want to..."

  "And Jiujiu, if we want to resist the invasion of the Sun Moon Empire, we can't do without Shrek. Although I don't want to admit it, in the eyes of the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek is the biggest obstacle to their unification of the continent..."

  Xu Jiawei whispered about Shrek's echelon powerhouses, and his voice revealed a deep powerlessness.

  As the emperor of a country, he has to pin his hopes of fighting against foreign invaders on an academy. This is undoubtedly a huge pressure for the ambitious Xu Jiawei.

  But the Xu family can sit firmly on the throne as a result of a unanimous compromise of all forces. The master of the worship hall will die. If the balance is broken rashly, the consequences may be beyond control, and the position and safety of him and the Xu family will not be guaranteed.

  For Shrek, the Xu family's artifact without a level 98 strongman may not be impossible to replace. Wouldn't it be better to replace it with a more obedient Dai family?

  "Jiujiu understands, so Jiujiu doesn't dare to ask the emperor to do anything for Jiujiu to Shrek, but Jiujiu has two requests and a suggestion. Please think deeply about it."

  Xu Jiujiu folded his hands and made a deep court etiquette.

  "Tell me, I will seriously consider it."

  "In the next two years, Jiujiu wants to put down everything in his hands, practice in seclusion, and strive to reach the Soul Emperor realm. Please mobilize enough resources for me, brother."

  Xu Jiawei smiled lightly when he heard it, and said calmly: "Why should such a thing be so serious? You are the princess of my Xingluo Empire."

  "I'll make the decision. All the treasures in the treasury are at your disposal. You can choose three top-level ten thousand year soul bones. You can go to the Worship Hall at any time to ask Broken Star Douluo, Tiansha... Forget about Tiansha Douluo, you can also ask other worshippers for advice on your cultivation confusion. It would be great if the hall master is willing to guide you."

  Xu Jiawei, who was speaking fluently, suddenly realized that Tiansha Guxing should not be contacted closely, so he quickly stopped talking and changed his words, adding:

  "Of course, my cultivation is not bad. If you ask me, I will know everything."

  "Royal brother, what if I still want a hundred thousand year soul bone?" Xu Jiujiu suddenly asked.

  Xu Jiawei's smile froze, and he frowned and said, "Hundred thousand year soul bones are of great importance, Jiujiu, you are making things difficult for me."

  Of course, the Xingluo Empire and the Xingguan Sect have accumulated some hundred thousand year soul bones in their history, but hundred thousand year soul bones have always been a scarce resource of the highest level, and Xu Jiawei cannot help but be cautious.

  Conventionally, only the emperors of all dynasties, the top cultivation geniuses of the Xingguan lineage, or the top powerhouses of the Worship Hall can integrate and inherit the hundred thousand year soul bones.

  "In the competition two years later, I will definitely lead the Xingluo team to the finals!"

  Xu Jiujiu said firmly, and then said:

  "I know that my brother is in a difficult situation. Jiujiu swears that he will definitely impact the Titled Douluo level within 20 years! If he can't do it, he will break his limbs and return his bones!"

  Xu Jiawei raised his eyebrows: "Do you want to inherit the position of the Hall Master in the future?"

  "Jiujiu is willing to give it a try! I will never regret it!" Xu Jiawei stared at his sister for a while and sighed softly:

  "Since you have this intention, I will help you. If you can get the runner-up in the competition two years later, I will help you convince those people. This honor is barely enough."

  "What about the other request? What is your suggestion?"

  "The other request is for Jiujiu's classmates. They have suffered a great humiliation this time. They may not be as talented as the top geniuses, but they are already loyal to my royal family."

  "Therefore, Jiujiu wants to ask for a ten thousand year soul bone for Huang Xingyun and Dugu Shangshan, who are the top in cultivation, as an incentive."

  Xu Jiujiu said calmly.

  Xu Jiawei nodded without hesitation: "This is easy to do. Just give them a choice. The same goes for other resources. If one of them can break through to the Soul Emperor in two years, it will be great."

Xu Jiawei didn't care about the ten thousand year soul bone at all. It was just left there, just as a favor to the two future priests.

  Xu Jiujiu thanked him and said, "My suggestion is to relax the exchanges with the Sun Moon Empire at the college level and speed up our catch-up in the field of soul guide technology."

  "Jiujiu, what do you mean? Did I hear you right?"

  Xu Jiawei, whose face had not changed when talking about the hundred thousand year soul bone, changed drastically at this moment. His bright eyes stared at Xu Jiujiu, revealing the natural pressure of a superior.

  "I don't mean anything else. I just want to enhance my strength. As you know, my royal brother, our empire's soul guide technology is conservatively estimated to lag behind the Sun-Moon Empire by hundreds of years. It's impossible to catch up with them. The best way is to send people to them for further study."

  "If we want to compete with Shrek, perhaps this is the only way, because we have more resources to equip the soul guide corps."

  Xu Jiujiu faced Xu Jiawei's scrutiny and responded calmly. Then his eyes fixed and he said in a deep voice:

  "My royal brother, we are not as good as Shrek in terms of soul masters, and we are not as good as Sun-Moon in terms of soul instructors. We have fallen behind for too long. Fortunately, we are stronger than the Sun-Moon Empire in terms of soul masters. Jiujiu thinks this is feasible."

  "We have received information that the Sun-Moon Empire has researched a focusing soul guide device. If we can learn this kind of soul guide device, we may be able to overcome the problem that our Star Crown lineage can only practice at night! Greatly improve our practice efficiency!"

  "I have witnessed the power of the fixed-type soul guide shells with my own eyes. Aunt Zhu's cultivation is not much weaker than those two soul saints, but with their joint efforts, she was taken down in less than a minute."

  "Besides, as far as we know, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy has long invited Shrek to exchange and learn, but Shrek's martial soul department has always refused."

  Hearing this, Xu Jiawei pressed his eyebrows, paced in the hall with his hands behind his back for a while, and finally spread his hands to Xu Jiujiu and smiled bitterly:

  "Even if you are right, Sun and Moon may not be interested in us, right?"

  "So, I will prove our strength to the Sun Moon Empire in the competition two years later, so that they will have to pay attention to us."

  Xu Jiujiu clenched his fist and nodded, his eyes moving as he spoke, like a deep spring.

  "That person told me that respect from others is earned through fighting; even if the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy is unwilling to communicate, it can settle for the next best thing, such as the Mingdu Soul Guidance Academy, which is always equal."

  "...I have to admit that what you said is attractive enough. In this case, then prepare well."

  ...

  Half a month later, at night, somewhere in the outer area of ​​Mingdou Forest.

  Xu Tianxi, who was sitting cross-legged by the campfire, opened his eyes, stood up, a touch of joy flashed across his eyes, his soul power was restrained, and his murderous aura was not obvious.

  "Young Master, have you broken through?" Yue Lao, who was in charge of the night watch, was surprised to find Xu Tianxi's changes and asked tentatively.

  "It was just luck." Xu Tianxi shook his forehead, and a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

  The battle with the hateful messenger was his first life-and-death battle since he came to this world. The latter's strength was somewhat beyond his expectations.

  Even though that guy's hatred spirit was disgusting, his defense was extremely powerful. His fat body could even greatly slow down his mental attack. It took both bombing and beating to kill him, and both sides were almost injured.

  The "evil" of the evil soul master can be seen from this. We must be very careful in future battles...

  After organizing his thoughts, Xu Tianxi smiled and asked Yue Lao: "Yue Lao, how is the prisoner that Senior Zhisen captured before? How is the situation in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?"

  "The prisoner has surrendered long ago. At the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, the third young master of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion named Dai Yuhao, who you are concerned about, is in a very bad situation now. His mother is about to die."

  Yue Lao answered Xu Tianxi's questions one by one. In view of the fact that Xu Xiaoyun had done this twice, he was not surprised at Xu Tianxi's concern for Dai Yuhao. He just reminded him in a low voice:

  "Young master, Dai Yuhao's innate soul power is very low. I am afraid he can't follow the path of His Majesty the Ice Phoenix and the young lady in the past."

  "It doesn't matter. I don't want to bring him into the Xuanming Sect. We can't afford this person."

  Xu Tianxi smiled indifferently and said, "Let's get up tomorrow morning and disguise ourselves and go to the Xingluo Imperial Capital. I will also teach the prisoner how to speak."