646, What happened to the original Xue Qinghe [First Update]_1

What a headache, what other cards do I have that can still surprise people?

Emperor Xueye scratched his head.

Considering that "The Emperor's New Clothes" happened right on the spot, the matter indeed had enough weight to surprise the audience present.

However, Xueye knew that his personal matters, or affairs of the Tiandou Empire, could probably only cause a sensation on the Tiandou side; most people here were from Soul City and were not that interested in the matters of the Tiandou Empire or the Tian Dou Royal Family.

So, this third reveal had to be something related to Soul City.

Xueye thought for a moment, then turned silently to look in Qian Renxue's direction, when he suddenly remembered something, an event from as far back as twenty or thirty years ago.

"I'm laying my cards on the table. The original Prince Xue Qinghe was killed by me."

Emperor Xueye took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily.

By disclosing this, the repression buried in his heart seemed to be released in an instant. Anyway, everyone now knew that the real Xue Qinghe was long gone, so there was no further harm in making this secret known.

"What... What?!"

The first to be astounded by this was Qian Renxue.

The others all remained silent, but their eyes were filled with shock.

It was indeed unexpected, yet completely incomprehensible.

Bi Bidong frowned, "The news we received was that Prince Xue Qinghe had disappeared and could not be found. Are you now saying... you killed him? Doesn't that mean you've known all along that the current Xue Qinghe is a fake?"

Xueye nodded, "Yes, I knew he was a fake, but I didn't know it was arranged by Martial Soul Hall."

He looked up into the distance, his thoughts as if pulled back to over twenty years ago in an instant.

"Over twenty years ago, the mother of Xue Qinghe, my empress, conspired with Qian Renxue's grandfather to stage a coup, planning to kill me and then support the young Xue Qinghe in ascending the throne. I had just become emperor not long before and had a fierce possessiveness over the throne. Upon hearing this, I was enraged and in a fit of anger, I killed all three of them—grandparent and grandchild—and then staged it to look like an accidental incident while they were traveling outside the palace."

"Later, I fell into a state of collapse because the child was innocent. I had committed a monumental mistake—one that I could never atone for. Perhaps in seeking forgiveness, I spread the word that Qing He had only gone missing. Officially, it was a search for the missing Xue Qinghe, but in reality, it was a nationwide search for a child who looked like Qing He to act as his replacement. This was how I sought to pardon myself."

As he spoke, Xueye looked towards Qian Renxue again, a complex emotion flashing through his eyes.

Suddenly, he smiled wryly, "It seems that someone from Martial Soul Hall infiltrated the Tian Dou Royal Family and managed to make Qian Renxue, who was posing as Xue Qinghe, unwittingly become the replacement I was looking for."

"I never imagined that it would be someone from Martial Soul Hall, and a girl, no less."

After listening to Xueye's confession, everyone was too shocked to speak, including Lin Yi.

The original story didn't even go into detail about this incident; there were such deep-seated origins behind it.

At this point, Qian Renxue suddenly murmured as if to herself, "No wonder..."

"No wonder when I first entered the palace, in order to survive safely, I maintained a very low-key style, seldom speaking and not drawing attention to myself. At the time, as a prince, I was nowhere near as outstanding as Avalanche, but you still took good care of me, thinking of me whenever there was something good and even considering making me the Crown Prince."

Emperor Xueye's expression was one of complexity, "I did indeed want to atone for my sins. But later on, you also gradually displayed your talents. For a time, this made me think that you were indeed my biological son, that it was Qing He's spirit residing in your body... That child was really clever when he was small."

As the story unfolded, things gradually became clear.

Only now did Qian Renxue realize that Emperor Xueye had such deep feelings for Prince Xue Qinghe. No wonder she had always felt:

In front of the Avalanche, Emperor Xueye was always a very serious emperor, but in front of her, Prince Xue Qinghe, he was just a kind father.

She somewhat understood where the sorrowful emotions came from after Emperor Xueye learned of Prince Xue Qinghe's real identity.

Right at that moment, the third increase in the contingency value appeared in Emperor Xueye's mind.

[9576]

The contingency value reached a staggering 9576, which, divided by one hundred, meant he obtained a 95.76% damage bonus.

Emperor Xueye was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected the contingency value this time to be so high.

Frankly speaking, such a revelation would be explosive even in the Douluo circles, Lin Yi thought to himself.

Emperor Xueye planned to save the damage bonus he had acquired for the third time until tomorrow before using it. This could be said to be his biggest reveal yet, and it seemed he couldn't draw a contingency value that reached a full ten thousand.

Emperor Xueye's attack officially ended, and the Heaven Dou Faction was left with only Gu Rong and Ning Lolita.

Gu Rong glanced at his Sect Master and silently chose to step up.

His attack now was highly reliant on his Air Martial Soul, after all, the upper limit of the Air Martial Soul was much higher than that of the Iron Fire Dragon Martial Spirit.

Moreover, yesterday, he had customized the panel of his Air Martial Soul, which had become much stronger. The maximum damage of his Ninth Spirit Skill: Air Column had already been reached, but after customization, the upper limit had increased even more.

So, Gu Rong was still able to choose to use the Air Column in this attack.

He approached the stage, first bowing to Lin Yi, then directly launched his attack.

With his Martial Soul unleashed, there were no visible changes to Gu Rong's body, but the coverage area of his Martial Soul reached a staggering diameter of fifteen hundred meters.

Therefore, everyone in the vicinity was surrounded by Gu Rong's Martial Soul. This statement might be somewhat exaggerated, but it matched the reality.

Gu Rong released his soul rings, a total of ten gold-level soul rings circling around his body.

Of course, this gold was merely a change in coloring. Gu Rong's seventh and ninth soul rings rose from his body one after the other. In the real body state of his martial soul, his body instantly turned into a mass of air.

Due to the transparency of his Martial Soul being customized to the most transparent state, Gu Rong was now utterly invisible to the naked eye. Even Lin Yi could only barely see some fluctuating shadows.

The air above was moving rapidly, and Lin Yi knew that another Air Column was about to form over his head.

When the air began to compress, the weight felt as if a great mountain was pressing down upon him.

Yesterday, the maximum height of this Air Column was 3500 meters, but after customization, it had become 4000 meters. Moreover, the volume of air that could be compressed had also increased significantly.

Soon, the flow of air above paused. Had it not been for Lin Yi subjectively buffering the force transmitted below, his body would have surely created a huge pit in the stage. But now, not even a single crack appeared on the platform, which was sufficient proof of Lin Yi's formidable control.