Chapter 161: Spirit Hall Takes the Blame Again
"Qinghe, you must remember, in this World, might makes right. Without strength, you can only be slaughtered at will!"
Emperor Xue Ye said earnestly.
"Yes, Qinghe understands."
Emperor Xue Ye's words were not wrong. After all, this World respects strength. Top powerhouses, though not capable of destroying the heavens and earth, are certainly not something ordinary people can contend with. Even with a large number, it's impossible to make up for the gap in quality.
"Alas, our Snow Family's inherited Spirit is merely the Swan Spirit. If only it were a powerful Spirit, why would it come to this!"
Once again, Emperor Xue Ye sighed over his family's inherited Swan Spirit.
If it could be replaced with a powerful Spirit, nurtured by the resources of the entire Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Royal Family would definitely not have fewer Titled Douluo than those Sects.
For example, in the neighboring Star Luo Empire, the direct lineage of the Dai Family's Titled Douluo would certainly not be few.
Those who awaken the Evil Eyes White Tiger Spirit and whose innate spirit power can reach rank 9, as long as they don't perish, will definitely become Titled Douluo in the future. Even with the help of treasures, innate spirit power of rank 8 also has a chance to become a Titled Douluo.
Unfortunately, the Swan Spirit is not that powerful; it can only be considered a high-grade Spirit. Compared to the top-grade Evil Eyes White Tiger Spirit, it's far inferior.
Therefore, unless the Heaven Dou Royal Family's Spirit undergoes a mutation or possesses extremely high innate spirit power, it's basically impossible for them to become Titled Douluo.
The only Titled Douluo in the Heaven Dou Royal Family now also awakened rank 9 innate spirit power back then, and his Spirit mutated into the top-grade Beast Spirit—Lightning Falcon, which is how he became a Titled Douluo.
"Imperial Father, do you know which force made the move this time?"
"I don't know, but it should be people from Spirit Hall. Otherwise, other forces on the Douluo Continent shouldn't have so many experts. This time, they outwardly only demanded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, so it's highly likely that Spirit Hall is testing our Heaven Dou Empire."
Emperor Xue Ye was also at a loss before. Although the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is a treasure of the Heaven Dou Empire, it's useless to Titled Douluo!
If there were really any secrets, how could he not know? But after calming down and thinking it over carefully, he felt that their purpose wasn't this. The true purpose was probably Spirit Hall wanting to probe the Heaven Dou Empire's strength.
For example, this time, the Lightning Douluo, who was originally hidden in the dark, was exposed, letting Spirit Hall know that the Heaven Dou Royal Family is not truly without Titled Douluo.
As for why they didn't choose to eliminate Lightning Douluo this time, it's probably because Spirit Hall also doesn't want to start a war with the Heaven Dou Alliance right now!
"…"
Qian Renxue was speechless. It seemed Spirit Hall was taking the blame for Sky City again this time.
Last time, when Sky City eliminated the Clear Sky Sect, all forces on the Douluo Continent thought it was Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire even formed the Heaven Dou Alliance.
Now that Sky City has acted again, the Heaven Dou Empire has once more put the blame on Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong must be furious again, right? After all, last time Sky City eliminated the Clear Sky Sect, the two great Empires, Heaven Dou and Star Luo, and major forces like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, became even more vigilant towards Spirit Hall.
Thinking of Bibi Dong taking the blame, Qian Renxue felt a surge of joy in her heart. Who told that wicked woman to be so annoying?
That night, many people knew about the events that transpired in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and the news quickly spread.
Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City, immediately reported to the Supreme Pontiff Palace in Spirit City after receiving the news. Spies from forces like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Star Luo Empire, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School also immediately set off to relay the message.
Within a few hours, in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's deliberation hall outside Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi summoned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and began to discuss the matter.
Since Panic didn't cause a big commotion before, and only made one move, the action was very short. Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School were unable to detect the commotion in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, please take a look. Earlier, three Titled Douluo-level powerhouses appeared in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, forcibly demanding the Heaven Dou Royal Family's treasure—the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud."
"Could this Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud have some hidden secret? Is it really worth three Titled Douluo shamelessly coming to snatch it?"
Gu Rong was puzzled. Could this thing be a supreme treasure? Does it have a great effect on Titled Douluo?
"I don't know, but the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud isn't important, and it's not the main point. The main point is that the Titled Douluo who made the move had a spirit ring configuration of seven black and two red."
Ning Fengzhi pointed out the most important piece of intelligence in this news.
"Fengzhi, this spirit ring configuration, I remember only that War Spirit Douluo has it, right? Could it be her?"
Hearing the seven black and two red spirit ring configuration, Chen Xin's first thought was Natya.
"No, the powerful expert who made the move had a different Spirit from War Spirit Douluo, and he was a male."
"That's strange then. Such a spirit ring configuration is impossible for ordinary people, right? Could it be Spirit Hall?"
When any disaster occurred on the Douluo Continent, the first suspected target was naturally Spirit Hall.
"I don't know, but I suppose so. After all, this involved three Titled Douluo acting together. Besides Spirit Hall, no other force should be able to produce so many experts."
Ning Fengzhi nodded. His primary suspect was Spirit Hall.
"Not necessarily, Fengzhi. Did you forget the force that annihilated the Clear Sky Sect last time? Perhaps they did it?"
Gu Rong recalled the Clear Sky Sect annihilation incident last time.
"Hmph, in my opinion, the Clear Sky Sect's annihilation last time was definitely done by Spirit Hall!"
Chen Xin had a strong opinion against Spirit Hall. In the past, his father, in order to break through the bottleneck of rank 98, went to Spirit Hall to challenge Qian Daoliu, who was already a rank 99 super Douluo at the time. As a result, he returned severely injured and died from his injuries.
So, Chen Xin had no good feelings towards Spirit Hall and was convinced that Spirit Hall was responsible for this matter.
As for the suspected presence of Natya's aura at the time, it might have been his own illusion.
After all, Titled Douluo-level experts are not so easily found. The intelligence system of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is not to be underestimated. It's impossible that they never revealed themselves to the outside World since their Spirit awakening, right?
"Alas, it's a turbulent time. I wonder if Spirit Hall can settle down for a few days. Fortunately, there weren't many casualties this time, so a large-scale war shouldn't break out."
Previously, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Heaven Dou Empire had formed the Heaven Dou Alliance.
As a member of the Heaven Dou Alliance, Ning Fengzhi didn't want to confront Spirit Hall right now. After all, once a fight breaks out, regardless of victory or defeat, casualties are inevitable.
The Heaven Dou Empire might not feel bad about losing soldiers, as they can always recruit more, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are different. Family and Sect members are all related by blood; they are all relatives, unlike the situation with the Heaven Dou Empire.
"I think this is Spirit Hall's test of the Heaven Dou Alliance."
Chen Xin thought for a moment and came to a conclusion.
"Hmm, Uncle Sword, what you said makes sense. I heard that a Titled Douluo belonging to the Heaven Dou Royal Family was exposed in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace this time."
Ning Fengzhi nodded. Clearly, he agreed with this statement. He had not known before that there was a Titled Douluo within the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
Unbeknownst to them, Spirit Hall was taking the blame for Wang Teng for the second time.
After Panic and the other two obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and left Heaven Dou City, they used a teleportation token in an uninhabited area to open a spatial passage and directly returned to Sky City.
Afterward, the three went to the City Lord's mansion and found Wang Teng.
"Oh? Panic, you're back?"
"Yes, City Lord, this is the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud."
With that, Panic handed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Wang Teng.
Looking at the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in his hand, or rather, the Sea God's Heart, Wang Teng found that this thing had a very high aesthetic appeal. Just by its appearance, it was worthy of being the core of a divine artifact.
The Sea God's Heart was a sea-blue, completely transparent rhomboid crystal, with what looked like ripples of water oscillating within it.
Having read the original novel, Wang Teng naturally knew that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was not only the core of the Sea God Trident but also came with four excellent Spirit Abilities: Vast Sea Body Protection Barrier, Cosmic Spirit Calming Barrier, Furious Sea Roar, and Cosmic Demon Breaking.
However, Wang Teng currently didn't lack Spirit Abilities. His own Spirit Abilities were all hundred-thousand-year ones, and their power was not bad. Once he advanced to Titled Douluo and cultivated his second Spirit, the Radiant Sun Gauntlet, there would be even less to say.
Furthermore, Wang Teng had no intention of inheriting a God Position, so this item was basically useless to him.
It would be better to use it as a gift for Qian Daoliu tomorrow. Qian Daoliu probably wouldn't want to see a Sea God inheritor appear on the Douluo Continent!
This was not just a matter of faith between the Angel God and Sea God; most importantly, if a Sea God inheritor appeared, Poseidon's life would enter a countdown.
"Hmm, excellent! You may go and rest!"
After observing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for a while, Wang Teng stored it in his inventory and sent Panic and the other two to rest.
"Yes!"
Immediately, Panic and the other two bowed and left.
On the other side, after leaving the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Qian Renxue immediately sent a communication to Wang Teng upon returning to the Crown Prince's mansion.
"Wang Teng, you want the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just that with Sky City's move this time, it seems Spirit Hall is taking the blame again. Now Emperor Xue Ye believes Spirit Hall did it."
"Haha, Spirit Hall is powerful anyway. A few more fleas won't bother them. Taking the blame is nothing."
Wang Teng hadn't expected Spirit Hall to take the blame for him again.
He hoped the Heaven Dou Alliance wouldn't fight Spirit Hall. Otherwise, his sin would be immense.
"Hmm~, you have a point."
Qian Renxue thought for a moment. Indeed, Spirit Hall wasn't afraid of having too many debts. Even if Spirit Hall really did it, so what? Would the Heaven Dou Alliance really attack Spirit Hall just for a Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud?
Others might not know, but Qian Renxue knew how terrifying Spirit Hall's strength was.
Putting everything else aside, just the number of Titled Douluo-level experts was several times more than that of the Heaven Dou Alliance's Titled Douluo.
Moreover, her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, was a rank 99 super Douluo. If a fight truly broke out, all the Titled Douluo of the Heaven Dou Alliance combined wouldn't be his match.
"Hehe, aren't we visiting your grandfather tomorrow? I didn't have a present good enough to bring, and then I remembered the Heaven Dou Royal Family had the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, so I had someone retrieve it."
"…"
So, it's my fault then? Qian Renxue thought to herself.
According to Wang Teng's explanation, it was indeed not wrong to pin the blame on Spirit Hall.
After all, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud would truly end up in Spirit Hall's hands in the future.
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