From Prince to a Duke of Star Luo
Zhu Zhuyun collapsed into her bed, she could barely move her limbs. It appears the prince saw through her airheadedness. Her mind was quite away when she finally realised that everything which happened in Star Luo was thanks to her.
Though Xue Long wanted her mental state to be solid when it comes to fights it's not that easy for her. In the end, he let her off after explaining herself. She was pretty sure he would have punished her more.
Though now that she realised, the older Zhu won't have an Evil Eyed White Tiger! Ever! She should have been extremely serious in that fight! Her little sister abused that and got herself a powerful Martial Spirit! With those two together she has no doubt she will reach Titled Douluo much sooner!
'Now I need to figure out how to get back into the game. I can't allow Zhu Zhuqing to get the better of me! again!'
Thinking about this, her only option is to give her best, and see how it goes.
Then of course her mind wandered to the Prince. She knows that Zhu Zhuqing isn't as good at those girly things, she could get the upper hand in that, and the prince maybe even get her another Martial Spirit!
'Yes…since I am attached to him for the rest of my life, I might as well get the most of it.' As she thought about it a small blush crept on her cheeks. She is already thinking of doing a few lewd things…
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After removing the baggage which was the two Martial Spirits, Xue Long rushed to the Sunset Forest, to his second palace. The place was built in the middle of the forest.
So, one could say that it's his place of relaxation. The Prince is growing his Immortal Herbs here and other things. Most of the time he just wants to see how these plants get affected by the Ice and Fire well AND the Heaven and Earth energies.
So far, the results were incredible. Most of his regular maids rapidly become Spirit Masters! Which is a very good thing.
However, the balance needs to be kept between Spirit Beasts and the Spirit Masters. For that, he is trying to figure out how to allow his girls to start developing Elemental Spirit Rings instead of the regular ones one could get from killing Spirit Beasts.
For now, he has something else to do, and that is to place his newly found Blue Silver Grass. It had already almost consumed the whole pot with its growth. Since grass cultivation is returning at a rapid pace.
When the stationed maids saw their Prince they quickly approached him and lined up.
"I am going to the valley next to the water. I am going to place this grass there. Make sure no one is approaching it." As he said that they all saw the grass in the pot and a red ring…
This was a hundred thousand years old ring… is the Crown Prince creating a Great Beast from this grass!?
Well, it's shocking… however they can expect such things from him.
""""As you wish!""""
The maids nodded at the same time as they followed him.
When Xue Long arrived at the valley which was to his Palace's right. On the left was the crater where the garden was.
He quickly placed the pot on the ground not far from a source of freshwater. He used his powers over the Earth to masterfully remove the grass and place it on the ground.
Then the Crown Prince activated his Heaven and Earth meditation and made the energies descend into this valley.
The grass started rapidly to consume all these energies and the growth accelerated rapidly. However… there is a limit to how much the plant can take at once…
When he saw that it was rapidly recovering its cultivation the Crown Prince walked in the opposite direction towards the garden area. He needs to start to work on the awards he will give to his maids who performed the best in the Star Luo territory consolidation.
~~~~~~???~~~~~~
The grass consciousness was perplexed by the situation she was in. From the looks of it, the one who got her out of that dreary cave was an extremely powerful Spirit Master.
This being was so powerful that he was able to defeat Tang Hao with little or no effort and even remove Martial Spirit and cripple him with casual ease.
What was concerning is what he is planning to do with her afterwards when she recovers her cultivation and returns to being a human.
'Though why Tang Hao left me in such a dreary place with little to no sunshine I wasn't recovering at all there!' In truth, she was extremely angry at him for doing all that!
Not only but because of his stupid actions, she was found by this powerful being!
For now, all she can do is rapidly regain her cultivation and then talk with this person and see what he wants from her.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
Sure enough, the victory over Star Luo reached the citizens of Heavenly Dou Empire. People started to celebrate such a historical moment!
From the poorest to the richest everyone was in a jovial mood. Especially when the Emperor declared a celebration was in order. All the things will be paid for by the ruler! This means that all the Inns instantly get packed by the people who want free drinks and food.
While in Balak Kingdom, one of the Kingdoms under Heavenly Dou Empire, in a certain small run-down academy, a group of Imperial officers have arrived.
They proceeded to the management building of his Academy.
*Knock**Knock**Knock**
"Yes, yes, coming…" a voice said from behind the doors.
A few moments later the doors opened and they saw people dressed in white and gold uniforms.
"How can I help?" A man with glasses and black hair asked. This was the Dean of Shrek Academy, Flander.
"We are with the Imperial Administration, on behalf of The Emperor and the Crown Prince. Dai Mubai, one of your students is to be named Duke of Star Luo. Since the Heavenly Dou Empire has conquered the Star Luo Empire, we are consolidating our powers there."
"..."
It took several moments for Flander to process what he heard! The conquest was already over!? The biggest war in several hundred years has already been done!?
Dai Mubai was thinking of returning to Star Luo to help his family but Flander stopped him. Now the war was over and Heavenly Dou conquered all of it! This was major news!
"I see… Do you need to see him?"
"Yes. We need to hand over the Duke's seal." One the Officers said with a professional tone.
Flanders nodded with a sign. Before motioning to follow him.
What happened next was absent-minded Dai Mubai slowly nodding dumbly as he listened to what the officers were saying.
Eventually when it was over the blonde-haired ex-prince slowly collapsed into a seat. Trying to process how his family's empire has collapsed in a short amount of time!
It never crossed his mind that something like this can happen! Though he never cared about the big picture it was still his ancestral home! Now it is gone. Well, not truly gone. He now rules where the capital used to be. A much smaller land with a smaller amount of subjects…
His Duke status was on the same level as the Zhu family… though he was the last remaining Dai…
At that moment he felt quite a bit of anger at the Prince who took his Fiance, his family's Empire, status… and made him just some… Duke!?
But that anger didn't last for long. He doesn't have the power to oppose him!
The Prince is so powerful that it feels like his whole hand can cover the entirety of the world!
"Don't worry Brother Bai, we will get our revenge on him, one day for sure!" The blue-haired teen said with a borderline mad look. Though his hair has been dyed blue, he could not escape the green and yellow glistering that his hair produces.
Dai Mubai grimaced when he heard that. Revenge? He respects Tang San's speed of progress. But it's nothing compared to that monster who lives in the Capital!
The man is so powerful that he doesn't even know where to put his strength anymore! He lives surrounded by maids and runs an academy… but even with all this… he still found time to conquer the entirety of the Continent!?
What can they possibly do to get their revenge?
Maybe write a complaint that they find his rule too oppressive?
Internally the blonde teen laughed at his stupid joke.
Well, Tang San can continue to dream. He won't stop him. No, he learned his lesson. He might as well return to Star Luo and see what it looks like.
"Brother Bai?"
"We will see the Third Brother, for now, we need to train." The tiger guy gave him a vague answer.
While the other two students of the Shrek Academy, the fat chicken and the sausage guy, looked with wide eyes at Dai Mubai, he was Royalty!? Well… ex-royalty… regardless! He is a big shot! This was nuts! Why did no one tell them!?
However, Tang San, the son of the 'Regular Blacksmith', didn't care about royalties, nobles or anything like that. He only cared that his true enemy has once again done something evil! He conquered his Big Brother's Bai nation! And for that, he will get revenge for him!
~~~~~~~Back in Imperial Academy~~~~~~
"The Conquest was done in record time. We still have time to start the new academy year event." Xue Long said to the gathered teachers.
"...It is still possible, the preparation is mostly done before the mobilisation order was given. We have all the resources needed." The Principal said to the Crown Prince from his side of the table.
"Good to hear. I was expecting higher opposition from the Star Luo but it was mostly controlled through sheer force by the Dai family. The regular people didn't bother to care about the change of hands."
As Prince said that he thought about how they all were going to change when they realised the difference between the rules.
'Though I still need to consolidate the power base to a single location.'
As he thought about it, he thought about those specific clans which served under the Clear Sky Clan. They are still free, and they will not say no to the Crown Prince.
Once the Academy event is over he will start to move out and get all those clans with specific strengths under his control.
Then… he will move to remove the last remaining bastions which don't belong to him. Once the whole continent is under his control he then could relax and continue with his cultivation to reach Godhood.
"Yes. I suppose they had no idea how powerful our Prince is."
Xue Long snorted with amusement when he heard that.
"I suppose so, proceed with the event preparation. We might be a few weeks late but people won't care. They love their fights and those bets." As the blonde Crown Prince said that he motioned for all of them to work on the event.
The teachers and directors left soon enough. Leaving Xue Long alone with his enormous lion who was sitting on the ground just behind his seat.
"Long! You meanie! I thought you would take me with you!" The lion said with a pouting voice as she was annoyed that she didn't have any sort of action!
"What do you mean? I asked you, and you said that you were too 'tired' to go anywhere!" The Prince said with an eye roll.
"You asked when I just finished my food! It's still your fault!" She said with a huff.
Xue Long shook his head. And looked at Tang Wutong who was laughing at him while rolling in the air.
'These two spoiled brats. Hmm… what should I do with them?'
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