Chapter 212: Du Qianjue's Arrangement

Chapter 212: Du Qianjue's Arrangement

The Sun Moon Empire was turbulent, and the Douluo Federation was no calmer. There were preparations for war and internal strife everywhere. Quite the scene. Only the Body Sect remained serene, dismissing any requests from the Emperor of the Heaven Soul Empire with various excuses, refusing to take a stance. Naturally, this was instructed by Du Qianjue.

After a tour in the Sun Moon Empire, which included conveniently plundering two military armories of their soul devices, Du Busi realized the formidable essence of the Sun Moon Empire. Not to mention anything else, just the fifty level-nine fixed-installation soul cannon shells could obliterate the entire Body Sect. Although Du Busi was patriotic, he had no intention of becoming the sinner who ends the Body Sect's legacy.

In the original stories, glory blinded many to think that soul devices were inferior to soul masters. Whenever Du Busi argued this, Du Qianjue would quietly lay out all the level-nine fixed-installation soul cannon shells in front of him, their daunting presence always leaving Du Busi speechless.

"Uncle, if you want the Body Sect to be completely erased by the Sun Moon Empire, go ahead and stop them from unifying the continent. Shrek Academy could deter them because it was deeply rooted in people's hearts. They didn't dare to use level-nine fixed-installation soul cannon shells to level Shrek City overtly, but our Body Sect doesn't have the same reputation. If you think we can serve as a nail against the Sun Moon Empire like Shrek Academy did, they won't hesitate to strike us down."

Thus spoke Du Qianjue.

Subsequently, Du Busi sulkily returned to his courtyard to waste away his days, merely instructing Xiao Xiao in cultivation and occasionally asking her to brew tea for him.

It was easier to persuade Jin Peng than Du Busi . He supported Du Qianjue's decisions unconditionally. Before Du Qianjue rose to prominence, the Body Sect wasn't as flourishing as it was now. This success was, of course, thanks to the high-grade soul devices Du Qianjue brought back from the Sun Moon Empire.

Aside from gripping the fixed-installation cannon shells tightly in their hands—never letting a single one slip away—both Du Qianjue and Du Busi controlled all level-eight and level-nine fixed-installation soul cannon shells.

Other high-grade soul devices were secretly sold to the Heaven Soul and Star Luo Empires by Jin Peng. The prices were exorbitant, fulfilling Du Qianjue's intention to profit immensely from the war.

As for the Dou Spirit Empire?

A joke.

Why sell soul devices to them? To fuel their internal strife?

Between the Heaven Soul and Star Luo Empires, Star Luo paid prices ten percent higher. Even so, Xu Jiawei had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy them. The Heaven Soul Emperor was somewhat relieved.

Though the Body Sect did not plan to intervene directly, they acquired a vast array of soul devices through unknown channels. These powerful war soul devices were nearly as helpful as if the Body Sect had taken direct action, easing some of the emperor's grievances.

At the Body Sect, now dripping with wealth from accumulating vast fortunes, previously unaffordable spiritual herbs were now almost routinely available to disciples with promising talents. Moreover, Jin Peng led a team to establish a new residence in a nearby mountain range, allowing disciples with families on the continent to bring their relatives to avoid the war.

As for those who wished to serve their countries and planned to join the military, Du Qianjue did not stop them. He equipped each departing disciple with suitable soul devices for their protection before letting them leave the Body Sect. Those willing to serve could do so; the disciples might leave, but the Body Sect must remain uninvolved. If they survived the war and returned, they would still be part of the Body Sect. During the war, aside from providing departing disciples with soul devices for survival, the Body Sect offered no further assistance. Fate would determine their survival.

Du Qianjue was adamant about preventing a scenario like that of the Jie Sect, where a discontented disciple might return and draw others away, potentially dragging the entire sect into turmoil.

Du Qianjue had no intention of significantly boosting the Body Sect's reputation through the war. Such acclaim was not particularly beneficial to the Body Sect, which only admitted disciples with body-type soul spirits. As long as the reputation of the Body Sect was established, that was sufficient. In the future, every soul master awakening a body-type soul spirit on the Douluo Continent would take pride in their origin.

This was Du Qianjue's goal.

After he had conveyed the strategy to all elders and disciples of the Body Sect through Jin Peng, nearly thirty percent of the disciples left, intending to return to their countries to resist the invasion by the Sun Moon Empire. Those with families wanted their relatives to seek refuge in Body City, which Jin Peng allowed.

The Body City was the name of the city Jin Peng had established near the Body Sect in the mountains. Disciples without concerns back home left for the war with smiles, ready to embrace their fate.

Yes, to embrace death.

In Du Qianjue's view, they had little chance of returning alive. Under the firepower of the Sun Moon Empire's soul device army, their survival was highly improbable. Yet, they still went. Even after Du Qianjue had explained that the war held almost no hope of victory and that joining the military was akin to walking into death, they still left without hesitation.

"Thank you for your concern, Young Sect Master, but that is my homeland, and I wish to contribute my strength," one of the disciples said with a smile.

"Even though you were once oppressed under the aristocratic system, you still want to die for that country?" Du Qianjue asked, frowning.

The disciple was silent for a long time before leaving the Body Sect with other resolutely faced disciples after saying, "It's not for the nobility; it's for the names Heaven Soul and Star Luo."

Upon hearing this, Du Busi also fell silent, staring in the direction of Heaven Dou City for a long time.

Indeed, there are always some naively endearing people willing to ignite their lives for a mere thought, right?

But Du Qianjue, not originally from the Douluo Continent, didn't care what became of it; he only cared about the Body Sect itself.

The decaying, stinking aristocracy was bound to be crushed into dust by the wheels of time.

Even if ten thousand years passed and the Star Luo and Heaven Soul kingdoms maintained their royal systems, with only the Sun Moon Empire evolving into a federal organization, this was the progression of an era.

Being a modern person, how could Du Qianjue possibly help the Douluo Continent's nobility change an already determined future?

(End of Chapter)

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