Reactions Around the Empire
"Sometimes I am wondering who you are serving Snake Lance." Bibi Dong asked as she was reading through the report.
The report is full of praises and praises on Xue Long. It is almost as if he was writing a diary on how great Fourth Prince is.
Thankfully she knows that she can trust him, even if his allegiance shifts to her… disliked daughter, it's still going to be with Spirit Hall.
Even if he becomes a minion of the Fourth Prince it's still going to be with Spirit Hall because of the supposed merger of Spirit Hall and Heavenly Dou Empire in future.
At this moment it's nothing more than a waiting game…
…
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Something she dislikes alot!!!
"...That brat…" She softly said to herself as she reread certain lines several times over.
What caught her attention… well alot of things caught her attention.
She can skip the part what kind of spirit rings he is absorbing. The Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall can explain that with the absurd Martial Spirit the Prince has. But what got her attention is the Meditation techniques. Three extremely different techniques.
This is the reason why her…dislikeable daughter is Rank 43 and The Fourth Prince is Rank 45.
What got her attention is his genius in self-created spirit arts which he is calling 'Martial Arts Techniques'.
Unlike other people, she knows the importance of Knowledge, that's the reason why she was interested in THAT man in the first place.
Knowledge leads to power. This is why she believes the reason why Xue Long is this powerful, is because of his knowledge.
Where he got it, she doesn't care. What she wants though is to get her hands on it.
Though simply copying stances doesn't work. According to Snake Lance Douluo, one needs a certain mental state and 'angle' from which one needs to approach it.
Now, the question is how can she get these meditation techniques for herself and the Spirit Hall.
Because she knows that if this going to continue there is a chance that Spirit Hall's young generation is going to lose in the upcoming tournament in not so distant future.
Though the problem is how to get him to share the techniques. She has been put in a strange situation where she doesn't need to do anything to win!
And for that she simply hates it! Why!? She was put like this! How is she going to go went her anger!? Her Spirit Hall is going to be victorious and she doesn't need to do anything!
Honestly, she hates Qian Daoliu even more now! Bibi Dong feels like a watchdog! Even though she is Rank 98 Hyper Douluo, with twin Martial spirits!
Yet, she was reduced to a figurehead who doesn't need to do anything to spread her authority as Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall.
"...Or…do I…"
For a second there was a smirk on her lips.
"Ghost"
The moment she spoke a shadow swirled not far from her.
"Yes. Your Eminence?"
"Contact our people in Star Luo Empire. I want them to persuade those royals to assassinate the Crown Prince of Heavenly Dou Empire.
Once that happens Prince Xue Long will be declared the Crown Prince. Tell those idiots that if he becomes Crown Prince his cultivation speed would decrease because he has less time to train and needs to focus on his new duties.
"Won't that impact Saintess cultivation speed as well?" The Ghost Douluo asked with a confused tone.
*Snort*
"Not at all. Xue Long will continue to practise as he sees fit. I have full confidence that no one will stop him to do whatever he wants." She said that with a certain tone, Ghost Douluo didn't say anything that Bibi Dong completely ignored everything about Qian Renxue.
Though Ghost was more confused why the Supreme Pontiff has such…confidence in someone which she never met in her life.
"I see… we going to make sure he becomes the next Emperor. Truly devious plan." As the ghost said that he disappeared from the hall. Leaving Bibi Dong alone.
Once she was alone in the hall a sigh escaped from her lips.
She realised how similar this was to her situation long ago. Well… her disliked daughter's situation is ten times better since she is allowed to marry him and even be with him.
For a second she thought about this, how Qian Daoliu making sure his granddaughter doesn't end up how it happened to her?
"Truly annoying…"
A frown appeared on her lips.
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"I never expected Spirit Hall can switch their approach like this." A middle-aged man said with an unreadable expression on his face.
"It is strange how they changed their approach like this." An old man dressed in a white robe agreed. There was a certain extremely powerful and sharp aura around him. This was Chen Xin, a Super Douluo, a Rank 96 Powerhouse and one strongest Tool Spirit wielders in the continent.
Next to him was Ning Fengzhi, the number one Auxillary system Spirit Master and Clan Leader of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
The clan itself is one of the three great clans which are situated in Heavenly Duo Clan.
Ning Fengzhi himself is a teacher of the current Crown Prince of the Empire.
In a sense, he was in an extremely strange situation and he wanted to bang his head into the wall when he didn't offer himself to teach the fourth Prince.
He has missed such a great opportunity.
"It is. They always used their overbearing power to get their way and it was only a matter of time until they will reveal what they had been up to… but…"
"Spirit Hall will be allies with Heavenly Duo Empire through marriage." Chen Xin said with an unreadable tone. He has a bone to pick with Qian Daoliu however this is looking not possible to him…
"Such sharp change from hard to soft approach is something which caught me completely off-guard." Ning Fengzhi said that with a baffled look.
This was like a punch to the gut from behind. Something impossible, but it happened!
"It's all thanks to Fourth Prince. His Godly talent did all that." The Sword Douluo said that with a slightly awed tone. He still tries to process the fact that a boy not even 8 years old has reached Rank 45.
If Xue Long continues with such speed then he will reach Titled Douluo around his 20! And that is just absurd!
"Indeed. I didn't expect a child with such bloodlust and pure rage could achieve such a thing. I even though he will be disowned from the Palace." The Clan Master Ning said with a truthful tone. He only meet the boy a few times and it was before he awakened his Martial Spirit.
Now it made sense why the boy was like that. With such overbearing Martial Spirit, it was not a surprise he had dragon-like traits.
What is more surprising is that he took control of it and became the greatest cultivation talent he had ever seen!
"Indeed. Instead, he became a dragon among men. So what is it you going to do? Our clan is with Crown Prince, and Fourth Prince is with Spirit Hall. It could lead to a civil war, a civil war which we have an extremely small chance of winning."
The Sword Douluo just told him a worst-case scenario in which his clan could end up. Thankfully Ning Fengzhi is not an amateur who would put all the eggs in one basket.
"It is still far too early to discuss this. Fourth Prince has no interest in the throne and he is the one who will be wearing pants in the relationship with that Spirit Hall Saintess."
Chen Xin slowly nodded. He thought about this Saintess. He never expected that Qian Daoliu to have a granddaughter. Though it's not a surprise this girl has such talent.
"I suppose we can wait a few years and see how they develop. Though I do wish to speak with him. I have read in the reports that he is a genius with sword."
"You mean genius in general?" Ning Fengzhi said with a snort.
He had heard and read about him in detail. Absurd talent to teach, in deep insights into martial spirits, spirit rings, mastery over spears, polearms, swords, hand-to-hand combat. Even something similar to development in pseudo-Martial Spirits through pure combat…
The boy could make any sect or clan into an absolute powerhouse and Spirit Hall sensed his potential and decided to bind him to their Hall.
Though not even they could take him away. Instead, they decided on marriage.
Something a regular clan would do. He didn't expect that from Spirit Hall!
"Indeed. He could use sword-based abilities without any spirit ring. And he even used it to kill 30 thousand-year-old Draconic Golden Python. Which means his fourth ring is a 30 thousand years old." The old man Douluo said that with quite intrigued tone. He wants to talk to this kid. Maybe the prince can help him break through to Rank 97!?
"We could arrange a meeting of some sort. I am sure he would be intrigued to talk to a Sword Douluo."
Ning Fengzhi said with a smile. Maybe he can arrange something. The Prince is a total genius and it's a guarantee that Emperor Xing Ye would want to put his talent in teaching in the Academy in a few years.
~~~~~~Heavenly Dou Empire~~~~~~
While clans around the Empire are discussing the recent breakthroughs of the Fourth Prince and his closest followers.
His fame only continued to grow. As he is an Imperial Prince, he is an example to other people. Especially for common people and Nobles.
Common people even without Spirit Energy started to practise martial arts as they heard how the prince slaughtered spirit beasts with his bare hands without any Spirit Rings and their abilities.
While nobles started a new trend which is to raise Spirit beasts of their own. Not like farm animals but as pets. They all have seen the Golden Lion. A regal beast standing next to the prince.
That image has stuck in their heads and eventually, they realised one simple thing. If they raise spirit beats as protectors these protectors could live for a very long time! Protecting their clans and families for generations!
While it takes time it's a worthwhile endeavour! Other nobles didn't realise this and still decided to have some beautiful spirit beasts around them!
So it was quite a comical view when nobles with their servants were chasing extremely young spirit beasts in outskirts of the forests.
This has quite confused the Great Beasts of the Forest. Did humans finally become mad? What's with the whole idea of capturing and treating them like pets now all of sudden!?
"This is strange… is Golden Dragon King in truth helping us and not rebelling against Spirit Beasts?" A tall and robust man said with a frown on his face. This was Di Tian's strongest Spirit beast in the whole of Douluo Planet!
He was second in command at the moment with the first one being Silver Dragon King who is under disguise as a human.
"Doubtful, Golden Dragon King is nothing more than a Martial Spirit. He doesn't have a mind of his own." Woman with long purple hair said with a frown.
"Even so, this is quite a curious change in events. We should find out what is in truth going on." A woman with green hair said from the side as she was thinking about the whole affair of humans getting giddy over small spirit beasts…
"While this is interesting we still need to wait for her Excellency's word." Di Tian said with finality. They won't going to do anything until Silver Dragon King will give the command.
While Xue Long's actions send ripples through the whole continent the person in question has no clue how everything is changing. Instead, he was spending time pampering his Golden Lion.
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