Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

"It's not as good as you say. I've only been learning for a few years, and there's still a lot of room for improvement."

Emperor Hong smiled as if the bright moon had entered his embrace.

"Don't underestimate yourself; you're destined for greatness."

"You might try to integrate your domain power into the music, so that the domain and the music become one."

Tang Yuehua seemed to be deep in thought, then her eyes lit up and she smiled radiantly.

"correct."

She had never thought of this before. Although she was not a Soul Master, she had a domain. By integrating her domain into the music, her domain power could spread even further.

"you are great."

She looked at Di Hong with admiration.

"It's not that I'm particularly good; you're just very smart. If you're willing to think about it this way, you'll definitely come up with it too."

"Your domain has a great restraint on killing intent, evil aura, and power. If you can become a Soul Master, you will definitely be one of the top Soul Masters on the continent."

Tang Yuehua was quite composed.

"It's a pity I can't become a Soul Master, but it doesn't matter. Everyone's path is different. Just like Soul Masters have control, power attack, defense, support, and agility attack types."

"Okay, let's go back and rest."

I left the hall and returned to my bedroom.

As soon as he entered, Di Hong saw a note on the bedroom table.

I picked up the note; it only had one line of text on it.

[At the hunting festival, Yukimi rebels.]

Di Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, then released flames that burned the paper strip to ashes.

Xue Yu rebelled, that's interesting. Choosing to rebel on the day of the hunting tournament, she really knows how to pick a day.

The hunting tournament is just a few days away, and he hasn't seen Xue Yu make any moves. The other party hasn't appeared for several days. To be precise, he has rarely appeared since the failed assassination attempt on Xue Ye, and he hasn't shown his face at all these past few days.

Knowing that Xueyu was planning a rebellion, he couldn't inform Xueye, since he couldn't expose the intelligence organization's activities, otherwise it would arouse Xueye's suspicion.

Although I can't tell Yukiyo, it doesn't mean I can't guide her to think in that direction.

He really wanted to see how Xue Yu could rebel with the small number of troops he had. He could also learn from the experience and see just how strong the military power of Tian Dou City was, so as to prepare for the future.

Chapter 65. Bodyguard

Chapter 65 Personal Bodyguard

Xueye received the news very quickly, almost at the same time as Dihong. The Häagen-Dazs Kingdom did not tell the old emperor the news directly, but told Xueye instead, which was also a way of indirectly offering a pledge of allegiance.

This also shows that the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom has completely broken with Yuki-no-Ichi and sided with Yuki-no-Ye.

Upon learning of Xue Yu's impending rebellion, Xue Ye immediately gathered his confidants and sent people to inform Di Hong and Ning Fengzhi.

Inside the Prince's Mansion.

A group of Xueye's confidants gathered here. Ning Fengzhi sat to Xueye's left, while Di Hong sat to his right.

He was originally thinking about how to guide Xueye, but he didn't expect that he would get the news so quickly, and that the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom had actually betrayed him.

"Everyone, I have just received news that my second brother, Xueyu, will launch a rebellion on the day of the hunting tournament."

"What do you think we should do?"

Ning Fengzhi and Di Hong already knew about it, so they didn't react much, but Xue Ye's confidants were quite shocked.

"The Second Prince is going to rebel?"

"Then we must inform His Majesty immediately."

"We need to prepare early."

The crowd was abuzz with discussion. They had never expected that the emperor's son would actually dare to rebel. What gave him the right to rebel? Just the small number of soldiers he controlled.

The entire Royal Knights and most of the Royal Guard are under the Emperor's control.

"The Second Prince only has 30,000 soldiers under his command at most. What makes him think he can rebel?" a trusted confidant said.

Xueye chuckled lightly, clearly disdainful of his younger brother's rebellion: "He contacted the Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs, hoping they could secretly send troops to aid him, but the Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs refused and informed me of the news."

"What do you all think we should do?"

At this point, Xueye looked at Dihong.

"You go first."

Di Hong looked at Ning Fengzhi and smiled, "I don't know much about these things, and it would be easy for people to laugh at me if I said it. Brother Ning, you go first."

Ning Fengzhi always wore a smile, and even though he was extremely busy every day, his demeanor remained unchanged.

"The Second Prince has rebelled, and my suggestion is not to inform His Majesty."

"Why?" one person asked.

Ning Fengzhi explained, "Although we already know that the Second Prince will rebel on the day of the hunting festival, we do not have conclusive evidence, and His Majesty will not believe it."

"Although His Majesty does not believe us, we still need to make preparations in advance."

His meaning was simple: the emperor wouldn't believe him, so there was no need to tell him. Besides, the emperor's health was deteriorating rapidly, and he really didn't have much time left to live. Telling him would be useless and might even have the opposite effect.

If Xue Yu were to rebel directly in Tian Dou City, that would be a huge problem. But a rebellion in the Royal Hunting Grounds would be different. There are only soldiers there, no civilians or soul beasts, so there's nothing to worry about.

Then I can focus on dealing with Yuki.

Moreover, by instigating Xue Yu's rebellion, they can directly eliminate all of Xue Yu's forces. His forces will be much smaller, but that doesn't mean they're gone.

Everyone present was hoping that Xue Yu would rebel soon so they could kill him.

As for the life or death of the emperor's son, what does it matter to them? As long as Xueye sits on the throne, that's all that matters.

Xuexing, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked, "How should we prepare?"

If they were to make preparations, they couldn't let Xue Yu find out, otherwise he would definitely rebel in advance. If he occupied the palace and took the emperor hostage, they would be in a passive position.

At that time, the rebels became the protectors, and the protectors became the rebels.

Xueye sat there deep in thought. Now, the power in his hands was too great, and his every move was easily discovered.

"How about we petition His Majesty to issue an edict to transfer a portion of the Imperial Guards under the pretext of military training?" Emperor Hong suggested a less-than-ideal solution.

They cannot act rashly, but that doesn't mean the emperor can't. As long as the emperor orders the transfer of the Imperial Guards, things will be much easier, since the Imperial Guards take turns leaving for a period of time every year under the pretext of training.

Therefore, transferring tens of thousands of Imperial Guards is not a problem at all.

"Okay." Xueye nodded.

"Another thing I'm worried about is that Xue Yu might collude with local and border troops and send them to Tian Dou City."

"I don't think so," Ning Fengzhi shook his head.

"It's impossible to mobilize the hundreds of thousands of troops on the border. They have to guard against the Star Luo Empire. If they are mobilized, the Star Luo Empire will definitely seize the opportunity to attack us."

"As for the local armies, the Second Prince does not have the authority to mobilize them. The local troops are basically commanded by the city lords, who only obey His Majesty. Apart from His Majesty and the Imperial Marshal, no one can mobilize the troops under their command."

"Unless he can offer a huge reward."

"Therefore, the Second Prince only has a mere 30,000 Imperial Guards under his command."

To be honest, Ning Fengzhi didn't take these 30,000 Imperial Guards seriously at all. How could a mere 30,000 people want to rebel? Without the help of powerful Soul Masters, what could Xue Yu use to rebel? Besides, the Emperor controlled all the powerful Soul Masters in the Empire except for those on the border.

Putting aside everything else, the commander of the Imperial Guard Legion is a Soul Master at the Soul Saint level, while the commander of the Royal Knights is a Soul Douluo.

The Royal Knights have at least five hundred Soul Masters, and each Soul Master commands one hundred Royal Knights.

Besides these, there's also the Imperial Soul Master Corps.

Therefore, Xue Yu's rebellion was a joke in his eyes.

Di Hong also thought it was a joke. The power of the Tian Dou royal family was not as devastated as it would have been in the future due to Qian Renxue. Their strength was still very formidable. Apart from not having a titled Douluo, they had everything.

This is why he had to carefully plan his rebellion. Compared to the empire's power, the kingdom was far too weak. Even the Kingdom of Barak could not directly confront the empire.

Afterwards, the group discussed how to deal with the hunting tournament and Xue Yu's rebellion.

After they finished discussing the matter, they each left.

Afterwards, Di Hong and Xue Ye went to the palace. Now, Di Hong has almost become Xue Ye's personal bodyguard.

Xue Ye was also afraid of death, but he didn't have any powerful Soul Masters around him. Di Hong, on the other hand, had extremely high talent and was already a level 70 Soul Saint at a young age. Although he hadn't obtained his seventh Soul Ring and possessed his seventh Soul Skill, no one dared to question his strength.

When he was a Soul Emperor, he could defeat a Soul Saint from Star Luo thirteen levels higher. Now he's level seventy, and below the Soul Douluo level, basically no one can beat him. If he obtains his seventh soul ring, even ordinary Soul Douluos probably won't be his match.

Therefore, no one is more suitable to protect Xueye than Dihong.

This is good, as it allows him to gain Xueye's trust more easily and carry out their plan.

After entering the palace, Emperor Hong kept observing the situation inside.

As he walked, he suddenly saw a man ahead of him.

'Yukiko is here too.'