Douluo: Reborn as a Dragon, I am the Lord of Soul Beasts

Chapter 23: Various forces, unpredictable situation

"Dragon Emperor Douluo." Zhang Lao spit out a mouthful of blood and flowed onto his beautiful clothes. He used his own life to prove Long Xiaoyao's identity as the Ultimate Douluo.

No one dared to question Long Xiaoyao's identity anymore. Long Xiaoyao came to the emperor's bed with a swift step. He only took a quick glance and revealed the cause of the Sun and Moon Emperor's illness.

"My innate soul power is weak, and I didn't think about building a good foundation. I relied on the power of drugs to cultivate to this point. Now the drugs are backfiring. If I can't break through that level, I'm afraid I won't survive tonight."

"Please, Master Long, save my father's life. Tianyin will reward you handsomely in the future." Xu Tianxin immediately knelt down and pleaded with Long Xiaoyao.

Long Xiaoyao just snorted, and didn't even look at Xu Tianxin. But his hands did not stop moving, and Long Xiaoyao injected a powerful soul power into the old emperor's Baihui acupoint. As Long Xiaoyao continued to transfer his soul power, the old emperor's whole body was now wrapped in Long Xiaoyao's soul power. From the exposed skin of the old emperor, it was as if dragons were swimming under the old emperor's skin.

Long Xiaoyao took a deep breath, and he felt that the old emperor's soul power was blocked. But this difficulty was not difficult for him. He carefully adjusted the flow of soul power, like a craftsman carving jade, and meticulously guided the soul power of the old emperor. Slowly, everyone in the bedroom could feel that the old emperor's breath became gradually stable, and the soul power began to flow more smoothly in his body.

Long Xiaoyao kept adjusting the direction and intensity of the power to ensure that every soul power could be fully released and operated. Under his guidance, the old emperor's body seemed to come alive, and a wave of overbearing soul power rolled under the old emperor's skin, burning like a leaping flame. Long Xiaoyao secretly felt lucky that he had arrived not too late, otherwise even if a miracle appeared, he might not be able to save him.

"Hmph, open it for me!" Long Xiaoyao felt that the time was almost right, and shouted softly. The soul power injected into the old emperor's body began to explode at various acupuncture points, clearing all the meridians that had been blocked by the drug toxins. After a while, the old emperor's eyes, which had originally been unconscious, closed heavily. Long Xiaoyao then stood up.

"Mr. Long, my father..." Xu Tianxin immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Your father is out of danger." Long Xiaoyao said calmly, but with a hint of disdain. "Although your father successfully entered the realm of Titled Douluo with the help of this old man, that was because I forcibly opened his blocked meridians and acupoints. He does not have the soul power in his body to support the strength of a Titled Douluo. If you still want the old emperor to live a few more years, it is best not to take him to obtain the ninth soul ring."

After saying this, Long Xiaoyao disappeared. No one knew how he left. Just like no one knew how he came, he came and went in a hurry.

Old Zhang also endured the pain in his chest and checked the old emperor's injuries again.

"How is it? Mr. Zhang, did my father really break through to the Titled Douluo?" Xu Tianran asked nervously.

"Yes!" The elder nodded and said, "Your Majesty is fine now, and the toxins accumulated in the body have been completely cleared."

"Then why hasn't my father woken up yet?" Xu Tianran asked relentlessly.

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince, please be patient. What Long Xiaoyao said just now is right. Although His Majesty the Emperor has successfully broken through the bottleneck of the Titled Douluo, it was indeed forced through by someone. Now, all the meridians and acupoints in His Majesty's body have been broken through by Long Xiaoyao's soul power. This has caused His Majesty to consume more soul power than before. Therefore, in the future, it is very likely that His Majesty's wakefulness time will be greatly shortened. A long period of rest is needed to make up for the body's consumption of soul power." Old Zhang explained patiently.

"As long as father is in good health, it's fine." After hearing this, Xu Tianran felt relieved.

As long as the emperor was alive, the situation in the court could still be controlled. As for whether the emperor was awake or not, Xu Tianran didn't care as much as he thought. At least, from now on, the emperor's long coma was more suitable for Xu Tianran to implement his plan in advance.

At this time, Xu Tianxin also came over and patted Xu Tianran on the shoulder and said, "Okay, fourth brother. Father is blessed with a long life, so you don't have to worry. You have been guarding here for almost a whole night, so go back and rest first! I will guard here, and as soon as father wakes up, I will send someone to notify you immediately."

Listening to Xu Tianxin's concern, Xu Tianran had to suppress his nausea and greeted Xu Tianxin with a smile: "I'm fine, second brother. If father doesn't wake up, I won't be able to sleep and rest well. Just let me stay here to watch over father! This way I can feel more at ease."

Although Xu Tianran's smile was brilliant, it seemed a little forced to Xu Tianxin. He couldn't help but laugh at Xu Tianran's performance, but he didn't show it on the surface. He just nodded and said, "Okay, then you stay here and take good care of your father. I'll go and arrange the affairs of the palace."

After saying that, Xu Tianxin turned and left, leaving Xu Tianran alone to guard the old emperor. Xu Tianran felt disgusted and irritated in his heart, but he still kept a smile on the surface. He knew that everything in front of him was just a small part of the game of power, and he had to deal with it cleverly so as not to reveal his true thoughts.

In this palace full of conspiracy and calculation, everyone is playing his own role, and he can only continue to play his role well and wait for the opportunity to come.

"Orange." Xu Tianran called softly.

"Your Highness." Juzi hurriedly took small steps forward, waiting for Xu Tianran's arrangements.

"Go, contact the teacher immediately, I want to see him." Xu Tianran said urgently. His second brother was related to Long Xiaoyao, the Ultimate Douluo, which made Xu Tianran's original plan against Xu Tianxin begin to become insignificant.

With a Limit Douluo like Long Xiaoyao, no matter how many tricks Xu Tianran used, it would be in vain. After seeing the tricks of the Limit Douluo, Xu Tianran deeply understood this point. Now he didn't care about Ying Qian's purpose of coming to the Sun Moon Empire. Since his good second brother could collude with Long Xiaoyao, a person from the Sky Soul Empire, why couldn't he use the help of his teacher?

"I understand, Your Highness."

This time, Juzi did not continue to persuade Xu Tianran because Long Xiaoyao appeared. Even Juzi felt that the battle for the throne seemed to be changing in an uncontrollable direction.

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The next day, early in the morning, Xu Tianran quietly left the palace under the escort of Juzi. This time, Xu Tianran did not bring any guards, only Juzi.

Xu Tianran, who had been on guard all night, could almost be said to have not slept all night, not because he was worried about his father's health. Instead, Xu Tianran became more and more afraid the more he thought about it. Long Xiaoyao's appearance brought Xu Tianran endless fear.

Last night, his intelligence personnel had already sent him the history of Dragon Emperor Douluo's fame. This Extreme Douluo, who had been famous for a hundred years, made Xu Tianran feel powerless.

That's why Xu Tianran couldn't wait any longer and brought Orange to the hotel where Ying Qian was staying early in the morning.

After entering the hotel, Xu Tianran went straight to Ying Qian's room. "Knock, knock, knock!"

At Xu Tianran's signal, Juzi walked forward and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Ying Qian's voice came from the other side of the door.

Juzi gently pushed open the door. After Xu Tianran went in, Juzi gently closed the door. Then she followed Xu Tianran and immediately saw Ying Qian who was sitting on the sofa tasting wine.

"Teacher." Xu Tianran saluted directly to Ying Qian.

"Sit down!" Ying Qian said calmly. He had already learned about the incident in the palace last night from Ju Zi. The old emperor was seriously ill, and Long Xiaoyao helped the old emperor to prolong his life.

"Haha." It was just as I thought. The Holy Spirit Cult guys were finally hooking up with Xu Tianxin. The evil spirits of the Holy Spirit Cult really wouldn't give up!

"Teacher..." Xu Tianran was about to speak when he was interrupted by Ying Qian, "It's about the Dragon Emperor Douluo, Long Xiaoyao! Ju Zi has already told me about it."

"Yes!" Xu Tianran did not hesitate, but asked directly, "Teacher, are you sure you can deal with this Long Xiaoyao?"

Seeing that Xu Tianran was no longer pretending, Ying Qian was too lazy to talk too much and said directly, "Long Xiaoyao, I have never fought him. But if I tell you that behind Xu Tianxin there is not only Long Xiaoyao but also an Extreme Douluo and several Titled Douluo-level evil soul masters, what will you do?"

"What?" Upon hearing Ying Qian's words, the calm and confident look on Xu Tianran's face suddenly disappeared.

He knew that Ying Qian had no reason to lie to him. His teacher said there was another Extreme Douluo, so there must be one. Not only that, there were also several Titled Douluo-level evil spirit masters. Xu Tianran's brain suddenly felt heavy.

After a while, Xu Tianran replied woodenly: "I don't know."

Ying Qian had actually expected Xu Tianran's answer. Although Xu Tianran was very skilled in the art of power manipulation at his age, he still had too little experience. He was no longer the Xu Tianran who killed all those who opposed him to ascend to the throne of the crown prince. Now he was just the ambitious fourth prince of the Sun Moon Empire.

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much. Sometimes you can't always focus on the things in the court. Occasionally, you should also pay attention to the villains hiding in the darkness. Recently, I noticed that the underground forces in Mingdu, an evil soul master organization called Xishui League is expanding rapidly. You can completely join forces with the imperial nobles to wipe them out." Ying Qian said lightly while shaking the wine glass.

Xu Tianran was a smart man, and he understood what Ying Qian said so clearly. The evil spirit master could expand so blatantly in Mingdu, and he must have received support from some force. And combined with what Ying Qian just said that Xu Tianxin was backed by an evil spirit master, Xu Tianran understood it all at once.

"Teacher, I understand. But can those nobles who only eat and wait for death stand on our side?" Xu Tianran asked.

Ying Qian took a sip of wine and said, "The greatest goal of the nobles is to live well and enjoy the huge wealth left by their ancestors. To achieve this goal of living a life of luxury, two conditions are required. One is money, and the other is life."

"Now the Xishui League has begun to devour the Ordinary League represented by the nobles, which has already damaged the nobles' interests of money first. The reason why they haven't taken action yet is simply because they are afraid of the terror of the evil soul master."

"Your Highness, you can find a few people to imitate the evil spirit master's methods and kill a few nobles. Then go and cooperate with them. I believe that with the volatility of these two things, Your Highness should not have to pay much and can win over the nobles."

"I understand, teacher. I'll let Orange do it right away." After hearing Ying Qian's plan, Xu Tianran suddenly felt as if the fog had cleared and he was seeing the light.

"Wait, I haven't finished yet." Ying Qian stopped Juzi who was about to leave.

"Mr. Ying, do you have any other instructions?" Orange stopped obediently.

"Although we can win over the nobles, they are of no great use other than having money. The most important thing is the support of the army and the people." Ying Qian continued
"The biggest reason why Xu Tianxin was able to compete with you for the throne was the support of the army. But as far as I know, the military generals who support Xu Tianxin only account for one-third of the empire."

"The remaining one-third of military power is in the hands of the emperor. We don't need to think about it. What we want to win over is the last one-third of generals."

"Teacher, I have done everything you said before, but these generals are all old foxes and will not take sides easily." Xu Tianran said helplessly.

Hearing this, Ying Qian laughed and said, "You paint a rosy picture for others, how can they follow you? The situation is different now. The old emperor has been unconscious for more time than awake, and the fight for the throne has become more and more clear. If they don't stand on the side, then force them to stand on the side. You can use the money you get from the nobles to give to those generals."

"Not all the military members are so rich, otherwise the Aodu Chamber of Commerce would not be one of the underground forces in Mingdu. As long as you can use money to create a gap in the military, and then put your mark on them, even if they don't want to take sides, Xu Tianxin will mistakenly think they are on your side."

"In this way, in order to avoid the reckoning after Xu Tianxin ascends the throne, they will have no choice but to help you ascend the throne with all their strength."

"Teacher! I understand. If I can ascend to the throne, then you, teacher, will be my, Xu Tianran's, benefactor. I will definitely make you the elder of the Gongfeng Hall and respect you throughout the world." Xu Tianran stood up and knelt down.

"Okay, you still need to arrange everything by yourself. Don't worry about Long Xiaoyao. If he makes any moves, I will take care of it." Ying Qian waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)