Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Of course, it's useless to talk about these things now. He's only six years old. It's pointless to think that far ahead. What if he dies halfway through his life?

"Soul Ring".

He suddenly realized that his soul power was level 20, which meant that he needed to acquire two soul rings. When his martial soul awakened, his body was strengthened. Although he could not directly absorb a thousand-year soul ring, absorbing a four-hundred-year or eight-hundred-year soul ring was not a problem at all.

There's no need to worry about the soul bone issue either.

The first soul bone has already been dealt with.

The royal treasury contains a 60,000-year-old inherited soul bone, left behind by the first king, who was also the only titled Douluo in the family's history. Di Yuan never absorbed it because he knew that absorbing that soul bone would be a complete waste for him.

So he kept it.

But after Emperor Hong's martial soul awakened, he immediately made a decision to let his son absorb it.

A 60,000-year-old soul bone is a treasure that even titled Douluo would fight over. Most titled Douluo are lucky to have one soul bone, and the better ones might have two.

Even someone as powerful as Tang Hao doesn't have many soul bones.

After Di Hong's martial soul awakening ended, Di Yang, under his father's instruction, publicized the results, and the entire city of Silves was in an uproar.

The nobles who wanted to replace the royal family were dumbfounded. They originally thought that the royal family was getting worse with each generation, and that they would take over after Emperor Yuan died. But they never expected that a genius with innate full soul power would emerge, which made them embarrassed.

What's the point of making a plan?

No matter how powerful you are, it can't compare to someone who will become a Title Douluo in the future.

As for secretly eliminating him, that's even more impossible. Once Di Hong dies, they're certain that Di Yuan will massacre the entire city of Sylvess, and even the entire kingdom. At that time, every single one of the nobles who opposed him will die.

On the contrary, the nobles who were loyal to the royal family were very happy.

Over the next three days, the emperor held a grand banquet, as if afraid that others would not know that the royal family had produced a genius. Almost all the nobles of the kingdom, from baron to noble rank, attended.

Even the neighboring kingdoms of Barak and Häagen-Dazs sent people, and even the empire sent people.

The one who arrived was none other than the Crown Prince Xueye of the Empire.

Chapter 4 Internal Struggles within the Royal Family

After the banquet ended, Xueye did not rush to leave.

Instead, they stayed for another day.

His primary purpose in staying was to secure the imperial palace, and secondarily to secure the imperial capital.

Emperor Yuan was well aware of this. The situation within the empire was very complex, especially within the royal family. The current emperor had three princes: Crown Prince Xue Ye, Second Prince Xue Yu, and Third Prince Xue Xing.

Among them, Xue Yu has the highest cultivation talent, with his innate soul power reaching level seven. In comparison, Xue Ye and Xue Xing's cultivation talents are relatively average.

Xue Ye is now in his thirties, but his soul power level has not yet reached the Soul Master level; he is only a Soul Venerable. Ever since Xue Yu showed his cultivation talent, the old emperor seemed to have some regrets and wanted to make Xue Yu the crown prince.

However, given Xue Ye's established power, he could not easily depose Xue Ye. Deposing the crown prince now would easily cause turmoil in the empire and give the Xingluo Empire in the south an opportunity.

Therefore, he could only support Xue Yu.

The old emperor's actions made Xue Ye feel threatened, and he urgently needed to win over other forces to consolidate his position.

Currently, the only forces that the empire can win over are the vassal kingdoms and duchies. In fact, there is also the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. As one of the three upper sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has a very close relationship with the royal family.

However, they would not easily get involved in the internal struggles of the royal family.

Currently, two of the vassal kingdoms support the second prince, while the duchy to the east remains neutral, being too small to be trifled with.

The Kingdom of Barak chose to support Xueye. Even so, Xueye's power was only slightly stronger than Xueyu's, but more and more ministers were starting to side with Xueyu, which is why he came to the Kingdom of Silves.

Of the four kingdoms, only the Kingdom of Silves has not declared its support for any of them, but they have not remained neutral either.

night.

Di Hong sat alone in the garden.

He was speechless at that moment.

He had originally planned to set off today to obtain the spirit ring, but Xueye was still there, so he had to postpone it.

Having just returned from a carefree outing, Di Ming was passing by the garden when he saw Di Hong sitting there silently, which piqued his curiosity.

"Hey, fourth brother, what's wrong with you?"

Di Hong glanced at him, then tilted his head back towards the study.

Emperor Ming immediately understood.

"Crown Prince Xueye hasn't left yet. I thought he left today."

"No, he's not leaving until tomorrow," Di Hong sighed.

Sitting down opposite him, Di Ming said with a smile, "The Crown Prince Xue Ye's days are not going to be easy."

"Oh?" Di Hong was puzzled. He was unaware of the internal struggles within the empire and had no interest in understanding them. For him, the only way to succeed was to strengthen himself as quickly as possible. The princes' struggle for the throne was none of his concern.

Within the kingdom, the crown prince belonged to his elder brother, Di Yang, and had nothing to do with him. Even though he possessed innate level 20 soul power, Di Yuan never considered deposing the crown prince.

In Emperor Yuan's view, the throne was far less important than power.

Di Hong himself had no intention of becoming king. He did not yearn for power, nor did he have the brains for it. Dealing with those nobles every day, outsmarting and outmaneuvering them, was incredibly annoying.

Moreover, in this world, cultivation is the most important thing.

"You may not know this, but the struggle for the throne within the royal family is already very fierce. Crown Prince Xue Ye and Second Prince Xue Yu have been fighting for the past few years. Third Prince Xue Xing has sided with Xue Ye, but it's all in vain. He has no power and no one supports him."

"Now, apart from our kingdom and the duchy to the east, the remaining three kingdoms have all chosen sides."

"The reason for coming on a snowy night is to use the banquet as an excuse to win over my father."

"Have you forgotten that at the banquet before, Xueye, on behalf of the emperor, bestowed a title upon you?"

After Di Ming explained it to him, Di Hong finally understood.

During the banquet, Xueye did indeed bestow a title upon him, though it was only that of a count. However, this count was not a count within the kingdom, but a count within the empire. In other words, this count enjoyed the privileges of the empire, and he also had fiefdoms within the empire.

It's quite obvious that Xueye wants to win them over.

If he accepts the offer of a chance to win him over, then after Xueye ascends the throne, he will likely be directly granted the title of Duke, and his fiefdom will be expanded at that time.

This is equivalent to Xueye painting a big pie for them, saying that as long as they support him, their imperial family will have a very high status in the empire after he ascends the throne, even on par with the Kingdom of Barak.

Despite both being kingdoms, the Kingdom of Silves is far less prestigious than the Kingdom of Barak.

Xueye was also investing in the future. Di Hong had a level 20 innate soul skill, which was advertised as being born with full soul power. In his view, he would definitely become a titled Douluo-level powerhouse in the future. If they didn't win over such a genius, who would they win over?

This is why the emperor agreed to bestow titles upon Di Hong; the crown prince had no right to do so.

Even the most foolish emperor wouldn't let such a genius go. He would bestow upon him an absolute title, binding him and the kingdom to the empire's chariot, thus preventing the Spirit Hall from trying to win him over.

Over the years, the Spirit Hall has been trying to win over many outstanding young men from noble families, and many nobles have secretly leaned towards the Spirit Hall, making it impossible to guard against.

That night, no one knows what Xueye and Diyuan talked about.

Anyway, he was very satisfied when he left the next day.

Before leaving, Di Yuan brought several of his sons to see him off.

Before boarding the carriage, Xueye looked at Dihong, nodded to him, and then got into the carriage.

Di Hong was somewhat confused.

However, now that Xueye has left, he can finally go and obtain a spirit ring.

It has to be said that even though Xueye looks much older now than he does decades later, he still looks very handsome. After all, he is royalty, and he could easily charm many women if he were out in public.

After Xue Ye left, Di Yuan took him to obtain a spirit ring the next day.

Their destination was the Soul Beast Forest within the kingdom.

Unlike the Soul Hunting Forest, the Soul Beast Forest does not belong to the Spirit Hall. Of course, the kingdom has never recognized the Soul Hunting Forest as the property of the Spirit Hall. However, due to the Spirit Hall's powerful influence, it can only oppose it silently.

The Soul Beast Forest is the property of the kingdom.

Its location is only a few hundred miles from Silves City. For a Soul Master, a few hundred miles is not far, and it only takes a day to arrive.

However, considering that Di Hong was only six years old, Di Yuan did not travel at the fastest speed, but instead chose to travel in the most comfortable carriage.

Sitting inside the carriage.

Di Hong held a map in his hand.

Judging from the map, the Soul Beast Forest is not very large, but it is not small either. It is a miniature version of the Sunset Forest. There are also ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in it, but not many. The kingdom has simply enclosed the Soul Beast Forest, built a high wall around it, and stationed troops and soul master groups there.

Two days later, on the morning.

They arrived at the town outside the Soul Beast Forest, but instead of stopping, they took advantage of the early hour and went directly into the Soul Beast Forest to hunt soul beasts.

Chapter 5 Obtaining Soul Rings

Upon entering the forest, a boundless sea of ​​trees stretched before his eyes, lush and verdant. A winding path led deep into the forest, and the air was incredibly fresh. Di Hong felt refreshed and invigorated.

Because it was early morning, many Soul Masters had already come to obtain Soul Rings.

Following the road deeper into the Soul Beast Forest, Emperor Yuan, as the king, was extremely familiar with this place. He had obtained many of his soul rings from here, and he knew very well where the suitable soul beasts were.