Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Xueyu would sit alone in the study for an entire day.

He has no advantage over Xueye now, unless Xueye suddenly dies, he has no choice but to rebel.

Xueye died suddenly. He suddenly thought of a way, although it was dishonorable, but now he didn't care anymore. As long as it could succeed, any method didn't matter.

Because the Haotian Sect was not located in Tiandou City, they parted ways with Di Hong after arriving in Tiandou City.

Before leaving, Tang Hao patted Di Hong on the shoulder, unable to suppress his smile.

"Oh dear, I haven't even had a match with you yet, what a pity."

"I'll definitely challenge you to a competition sometime in the future."

"We'll talk about it later," Di Hong said with a helpless smile.

Tang Hao said, "We're going back now. You must visit the Haotian Sect when you have time."

"I will definitely go if I have the chance in the future." Di Hong did not refuse.

As they left, Tang Yuehua looked at him with reluctance. After seeing them off, Di Hong followed Xue Ye into Tian Dou City. Ning Fengzhi had already returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After all, he was the sect leader, and the sect had too many affairs to handle.

The situation of internal and external troubles has not been completely resolved. Although he supports Xueye, he cannot mobilize the full strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Back in the Earl's mansion in the city, it had been two years since he was twelve years old. The mansion was still well-managed. Meng Yuan was a competent steward. As for the spies, he didn't care at all. Anyway, he wouldn't discuss anything here.

He was not afraid of anyone poisoning him.

As for assassination, to assassinate a level 69 Soul Emperor, one would have to be at least a Soul Saint, or even a Soul Douluo.

He didn't believe Xueyu had that ability.

The Soul Masters of the Empire are all directly under the Emperor's command. Even Xue Ye cannot order them around. Among Soul Masters who have reached the Soul Master level, how many are not proud and arrogant? Who would do such a despicable thing as assassination?

It would be incredibly embarrassing if word got out.

Moreover, killing him in Tiandou City would cause a huge commotion.

Now that his soul power level is 69, it's time for him to consider getting his seventh soul ring.

After consuming two celestial herbs and undergoing such a long period of physical tempering, his physical strength was far beyond that of other soul masters of the same level. Absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring was no problem for him at all.

Therefore, for his seventh spirit ring, he didn't consider a 90,000-year spirit ring, but instead directly absorbed a 100,000-year spirit ring.

However, 100,000-year-old soul beasts are too rare to find. Apart from the few in the Star Dou Great Forest, the only ones he knows of are in the sea. He doesn't consider sea soul beasts, and he doesn't consider those in the Star Dou Great Forest either, because those soul beasts are all in cahoots and he can't beat them at all.

Moreover, he can't go hunting a 100,000-year-old soul beast alone; he definitely needs to bring others with him.

The kingdom has two Soul Douluos. If all else fails, they can ask Xue Ye for help and have him persuade the emperor to send a few more Soul Douluos to assist. After all, they're still working for someone else, and the boss has to take some of their earnings, right?

He had always used Qian Renxue as a negative example, but now it seems that he is not much better than Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue's first two spirit rings were yellow, and so was his. Qian Renxue went undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, and so did he. The only difference was that he didn't have to worry about cultivation and could cultivate with peace of mind.

There are many famous soul beast forests on the mainland. There is a Flame Canyon in the northeast of the Heaven Dou Empire, which is also one of the gathering places of fire attribute soul beasts. It is just unclear whether there are any 100,000-year soul beasts there.

As he was preparing to cultivate, Meng Yuan came to deliver a message that Xue Ye had invited him to a banquet that evening. Tonight's banquet was not a public one, but purely Xue Ye's family banquet, which was entirely private. After Xue Ye finished reporting the situation of Wuhun City to the emperor, the emperor did not say anything, but he was very interested in Di Hong.

When he learned that Di Hong was planning to stay in Tian Dou City, he was overjoyed and his spirits lifted considerably.

Having such a genius in a vassal kingdom is a major threat to his kingdom.

Now that this major threat has come to Tiandou City on its own initiative and has no intention of leaving, this is a good thing for him. Naturally, his attitude towards Xueye has become much better.

Chapter 60: A Startling Snowy Night

Chapter 60 A Startling Snowy Night

at dusk.

Emperor Hong arrived at the Crown Prince's residence.

The people arranged by Xueye were already waiting here.

"Lord Di Hong, His Highness the Crown Prince is already waiting for you. Please follow me."

Following the people from the Crown Prince's residence, Di Hong arrived at a garden.

The garden is large, with hundreds of flowers blooming in competition, and the air is filled with a rich fragrance. In the center is a small lake, and a bridge connects the land to a pavilion in the middle of the lake. The pavilion is pure white like jade, and four swan sculptures stand around it.

The four swan sculptures are actually four small fountains, with water spraying from the swans' beaks in a continuous cycle.

Seeing Di Hong arrive on a snowy night, she got up to greet him.

"Come, sit down." Back in the pavilion, Xueye personally poured Di Hong a cup of tea, which made Di Hong look flattered.

After sitting down, Xueye didn't hide anything and told Dihong about his meeting with the emperor that day. Now the emperor was showing signs of favoring him, which gave him an even greater advantage in his struggle with Xueyu.

Xue Yu was already no match for him, and now he's about to lose the emperor's support. What can he use to fight against himself?

Di Hong put down his teacup.

"It seems I should congratulate Your Highness in advance."

Xueye waved his hand and said, "No rush, no rush. The closer we get to this, the less we should rush."

"A month later, Father Emperor is preparing to hold a hunting competition."

Di Hong pondered. The old emperor's health was deteriorating day by day, and he didn't have much time left to live. Now he actually wanted to hold a hunting tournament. What was he thinking? Did he think he was about to die and wanted to have a crazy last hurrah before he died?

"Is His Majesty's sudden decision to hold a hunting festival due to the rivalry between His Highness and the Second Prince?"

This was the only one he could think of: the Second Prince Xue Yu's failure was inevitable. Even if he rebelled, the success rate would not be high. After all, the Emperor still had the Imperial Guard, the Royal Knights, and the Soul Master Corps. With the limited power the Second Prince had, rebelling would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

However, Xue Yu's talent for cultivation is indeed quite good. It would be a real pity to cripple him. After all, there are no strong members in the royal family. It's not easy to find someone with good talent. If you cripple him, people will laugh at you to death.

Therefore, taking advantage of this hunting festival, the emperor hoped to ease the tension between the two brothers and have them shake hands and make peace.

“That’s right.” Xueye nodded.

"When my father spoke with me today, he expressed his hope that I would put down the struggle with my second brother. Of course, he didn't mean that I should give up the position of crown prince. Obviously, he wanted to take action to dismantle my second brother's power and completely cut off his wings."

Di Hong nodded slightly. The emperor was on Xue Ye's side, so it was hard for them not to win. Xue Ye now had two kings, four twos, and a straight, so he was in a strong position. As for Xue Yu, he only had three, four, and five left, no six.

The two chatted for a while longer until a servant came to remind them that they had arrived at the restaurant, at which point they left the pavilion.

Upon arriving at the Crown Prince's residence's dining room, a beautiful and dignified woman dressed in a blue palace gown was already waiting. This woman was Xueye's Crown Princess, born in the Kingdom of Barak.

After Xueye came in, she went forward and carefully tidied him up.

"Greetings, Crown Princess." Di Hong bowed to the woman, who responded with a smile.

This was the first time Di Hong had met Xue Ye's Crown Princess. She hadn't attended the banquet two years ago. Her marriage to Xue Ye was purely political, but their relationship was still quite good. However, they still didn't have a child together.

Di Hong was somewhat puzzled. Did people in the Douluo Continent really adhere to the practice of late marriage and late childbirth?

He discovered that Soul Masters generally have children very late in life, though this doesn't apply to everyone.

Tang Hao was forty-four years old when he had Tang San, and Qian Xunji was also quite old when he had Qian Renxue. This was only because he used dishonorable means to force Bibi Dong; otherwise, who knows when he would have had a child.

The sect leader of Haotian Sect, Tang Wei, is not young anymore, while his eldest son, Tang Xiao, is only in his thirties.

Even Xueye still doesn't have a child.

However, he knew that Xueye would have four sons and a daughter in the future. As for how many daughters he would have, he didn't know, since only one, Xueke, had come out.

Xueye was also quite pitiful. Three of her four sons were killed by Qian Renxue, and the remaining one had to pretend to be someone else to barely survive. It was really tough for her. Xueye herself was also poisoned. If Tang San hadn't stopped her, Qian Renxue would have really died.

During the meal, they didn't talk much; Xueye only asked about Di Hong's cultivation of soul power.

Emperor Hong is currently at level 69, and level 70 won't be far off; it'll be just a matter of time.

"How many years of spirit beast do you want for your seventh spirit ring? Perhaps I can provide that for you."

As the crown prince, providing Di Hong with a suitable soul beast was a simple matter. He couldn't find one that was too old. He had no problem finding one under 50,000 years old, and it would take some effort to find one under 70,000 years old. But if it was over 70,000 years old, then it would be really difficult.

"Your Highness, my seventh spirit ring was originally intended to hunt a 90,000-year spirit beast, since my sixth spirit ring was the 60,000-year Fire Feather Bird King. But given my current situation, I am now preparing to hunt a 100,000-year spirit beast." Di Hong did not hide anything, since the matter of spirit rings could not be concealed even if he wanted to.

Just like his innate soul power, when he was targeted in Spirit City, he could roughly guess that the Spirit Hall must have realized that his innate soul power was not level ten, but he was still able to deceive most people.

"Cough cough cough~" Xueye almost choked on the wine, and the Crown Princess quickly patted his back to relieve him.

Her eyes were full of surprise as she looked at Di Hong.

"A 100,000-year-old soul beast."

Xueye shook his head in astonishment.

"You really dare to dream. It's not easy to find a 90,000-year-old soul beast, and you actually want to hunt a 100,000-year-old soul beast."

"You have your seventh spirit ring, can your body withstand it?"

Although he wasn't particularly talented, he was well aware of the dangers of absorbing a 100,000-year-old soul beast, especially since Di Hong wanted a 100,000-year-old soul beast at the seventh soul ring level. Wouldn't that enormous energy overwhelm him?

A 90,000-year-old soul beast is already the ninth soul ring of a Title Douluo, and not all Title Douluos have a 90,000-year-old soul beast as their ninth soul ring.

Among all the titled Douluo on the entire continent, those who can use a 90,000-year-old soul beast as their ninth soul ring can probably be counted on one hand.

After all, it's really hard to find a 90,000-year-old soul beast.

Emperor Hong's sixth spirit ring has a lifespan of 60,000 years, which is already the eighth spirit ring for many Title Douluos. If it were a weaker Title Douluo, it would probably be the ninth spirit ring.

"Over the years, I have been cultivating to enhance my physical strength. With my current physical strength, absorbing a 100,000-year-old soul beast should not be a problem."

Xue Ye thought for a moment: "These 100,000-year-old soul beasts are really hard to find. There are a few in the Star Dou Great Forest, but they are too strong. Even ordinary Title Douluos are no match for them."