Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1016 The Deal with Bibi Dong

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. If Tian Dou perishes, the Xingluo Empire will surely turn its attention to the various kingdoms and sects."

Bibi Dong spoke eloquently, "Your Red Society and my Spirit Hall will also be their targets. Only through cooperation can we maximize our interests."

Zhou Qing countered, "Why doesn't the Spirit Hall take this opportunity to establish a nation and declare itself an emperor?"

Faced with Zhou Qing's bluntness, Bibi Dong swallowed the words she was about to say and asked, "How do you know?"

"Everyone knows the true intentions of the Spirit Hall."

Zhou Qing said, "The problem is that most people are unsure whether His Holiness the Pope really has the courage to risk having economic ties with the two great empires severed by him in order to become emperor."

“How could we lack courage? It’s just not the right time yet.” Bibi Dong echoed Zhou Qing, expressing her opinion frankly.

"Then let me guess, when would be appropriate? For example, when Xue Qinghe, the crown prince disguised as a man, ascends to the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire. But I doubt it. Once the Star Luo Empire finds a 'legitimate reason' to launch a war, your Spirit Hall will have no choice but to take action. As a 'neutral' force, you can only establish your own country and declare yourself emperor before you have a reason to 'help' Heaven Dou resist Star Luo; otherwise, you'll have to remain neutral. However, on the other hand, not taking sides means going against everyone, just like our Red Society..."

However, Bibi Dong only cared about Xue Qinghe's identity being exposed, and her eyes suddenly narrowed.

Even disregarding Romantina's abilities, their perception of her aura alone was enough to confirm that Xue Qinghe was in disguise and to guess some things...

Suddenly, she realized that it wasn't strange that the children knew Xue Qinghe's true identity; on the contrary, it would be intriguing if they didn't know that Xue Qinghe was a woman.

Besides, they didn't tell anyone else!
"Since you know—"

In a flash, Bibi Dong's thoughts raced, and she calmed herself. "Then you should understand why I don't want the Star Luo Empire to unify the continent, right?"

"understand."

Zhou Qing didn't keep him in suspense, "What are the specific details of the cooperation?"

"Nana said that the region under the leadership of the Red Society is not only rich in agricultural products, but also has a relatively advanced research on soul tools, and is even researching soul tools that can be mass-produced?" Bibi Dong took a liking to the soul tools produced by the Red Society, "The price is negotiable."

It's impossible for Bibi Dong to expect the Red Society and the Spirit Hall to be completely aligned. The only way to cooperate with the Red Society is through trade.

Although the Spirit Hall had a large number of spirit masters, Bibi Dong, reminded by Hu Liena, also realized that the army composed of these spirit masters was of varying quality.

While numerical superiority might allow them to conquer some kingdoms and duchies through war, they could never contend with the elite troops and generals of the two great empires.

The Spirit Hall simply lacks outstanding military commanders!
The strong are respected.

In the world of Soul Masters, this is the truth.

But this truth has limitations!
When it comes to commanding troops, a powerful Soul Master is not necessarily an excellent general.

Without military training, even a titled Douluo would find it difficult to command an army of ten thousand men to exert their full combat power.

Even if you gave Ju Douluo a hundred men, he wouldn't be able to command them well. He could only give simple orders like charging and retreating. For more complex battle arrangements, he preferred to go to the enemy camp alone and "go on a rampage"—Bibi Dong knew this term because it came from the Red Society.

After realizing the shortcomings of the Spirit Hall's army, Bibi Dong didn't know how to correct them for a while, so she could only be simple and crude and focus on improving the weapons.

As long as the Spirit Hall army is equipped with soul-guided weapons capable of long-range attacks, its numerical advantage will be enough to crush the elite armies of the two great empires, and even the heavy cavalry of the Royal Knights!
Tang San took out the Zhuge Divine Crossbow (non-soul tool version) and said, "One cross costs 10,000 gold soul coins."

Bibi Dong took the Zhuge Crossbow, examined it, and asked in confusion, "This doesn't seem to be a soul tool, does it?" "A weapon with a purely mechanical structure can still exert powerful destructive force." Tang San threw out the steel plate and aimed the Zhuge Crossbow's firing port at the spinning steel plate as it flew out.

Whoosh!
In an instant, sixteen fine iron arrows pierced through the steel plate!

Immediately, Tang San reached out and grabbed the steel plate and sixteen arrows from a distance, presenting them to Bibi Dong for inspection. He then said leisurely, "As you can see, they can break through the defenses of a Soul Master. Against a Soul King, three rounds of arrows can deplete most of their soul power, and there is also a chance of killing them."

After confirming that the steel plate was not inferior iron, Bibi Dong's eyes trembled, unable to imagine how powerful this kind of crossbow, which was a soul-guided device, could be.

Besides this, Bibi Dong also had concerns: "Ordinary people can use it too, right? As long as they can seize the opportunity, they can kill a Soul Master in a one-on-one situation. If more than ten ordinary people were to wield this weapon, they could completely surround a Soul Master!"
Ten thousand gold soul coins can take the life of a Soul Master... and the money that a Soul Master with cultivation talent needs to spend to cultivate to the Soul Master level is far more than ten thousand gold soul coins.

If this kind of weapon becomes widespread, I'm afraid few people will bother to train in it in the future.

“Your Holiness is worrying unnecessarily,” Zhou Qing said. “If cultivation is only for the purpose of pursuing lethality, then it is like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon.”

"That's true."

Since condensing her heart core based on her heart, Bibi Dong has noticed that her body is undergoing a further transformation, advancing to a higher level of life. She can even sense the vibrations of the world in the darkness by understanding and applying the concept of aura.

What is the fundamental purpose of cultivation?
Perhaps it was to experience the laws of the world?

Or perhaps it's to become a god?

In the past, Bibi Dong would definitely have thought it was for the purpose of becoming a god, but now she was a little uncertain. However, she was certain that cultivation was definitely not for the purpose of pursuing destructive power.

"I want ten thousand."

"Not that many, only three thousand. Crossbow bolts are separate, one gold soul coin per bolt." Zhou Qing and Tang San exchanged a glance, confirming the quantity that the Spirit Hall could purchase. "After all, the Crimson Society doesn't have that many people."

"Three thousand? That'll do."

Quantity is not the key point. Once the samples are in hand, Bibi Dong plans to gather the artisans in the city to analyze and replicate them in order to mass-produce them herself. At most, the quality will be lower than that of the purchased ones.

However, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow (non-soul guide version) is even more difficult to imitate than the soul guide version. Because its interior is full of tightly packed parts and has a safety design, if it is not disassembled in the correct order, many special mechanism parts will be damaged, causing the entire Zhuge Divine Crossbow to be scrapped.

The reason why the Soul Tool version is easy to imitate is that the key to the Soul Tool lies in the Soul Tool Core Magic Array. Even if a safety device is designed so that the base plate with the magic array is broken, the pattern engraved on it can be reassembled by the dismantler.

After finalizing the deal, Bibi Dong asked again, "Evil Eye Saint King and Netherworld White Tiger, who do you think will become the next emperor of the Star Luo Empire?"

"The probability of it being the Evil Eye Saint King is higher."

"Oh? The Red Society supports Dai Mubai?"

"He's graduating this year and will be going to Lanba Academy with Yu Xiaogang... Perhaps Lanba Academy will be relocated to the territory of the Star Luo Empire later."

Blue Bull Academy?

Liu Erlong!
Bibi Dong clenched her fist, then relaxed it, thinking to herself, "Xiao Gang, you actually went back to find Liu Erlong? At least you've shown some responsibility. I hope it's not because you took in an Evil-Eyed Saint King... Fine, let this ill-fated relationship between us end here. I hope we won't become enemies with the Spirit Hall in the future..."

(End of this chapter)