Facing Gu Rong's question,
Zhuge Lan spoke without hesitation—
"Grandpa Gu, there's no need to be surprised."
"The person responsible for background checks is a Spirit-type Spirit Hall Douluo. Anything below Spirit Hall level doesn't need to speak—they can obtain the information they want directly."
"Grandpa Mo was just concerned about my safety, so he checked a bit more thoroughly."
"I originally just thought of it as gossip."
"If it weren't for that damn prince, with his condescending attitude making me nauseous, I wouldn't bother spilling the beans."
[Emotion Points +99999]
Whoa!
A Spirit-type Spirit Hall Douluo?
Able to read minds of anyone below Spirit Hall? No wonder the investigation was so thorough—they basically have cheat codes!
"Lan, any other interesting info?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously. "Tell me! I've lived in Heavenly Dou City my whole life; there's not much I don't know, right?"
Ah, this…
He just said it casually, and you actually believe him?
Then…"System, sell me the info?"
[Consume 1 Emotion Point, gain a piece of secret info about Heavenly Dou City!]
Sensing the gossip in his mind, Zhuge Lan's expression became exceptionally lively.
Playing this game so intensely, huh?
No wonder it's the imperial city—lots of ethical problems here.
He glanced at the crowd gathering around and slowly began—
"Then let's start with the juiciest one."
"Fourth Prince Snowfall"
"Actually, he isn't the Snowy Night Emperor's biological son, but the illegitimate child of Prince Snow Star."
"Prince Snow Star sent his lover into the palace as a concubine, then secretly switched her into the palace."
[Emotion Points +23333][Emotion Points +11111]
Holy crap!
This bombshell is too shocking!
Gu Rong and Dugu Bo instinctively leaned in.
—The more, the better!
"I'll tell you more. Actually, the several princes who died young were not Snowy Night Emperor's sons either."
"They were men brought from outside by concubines for status, to ensure the child's legitimacy."
"So even though multiple princes died, the Snowy Night Emperor didn't react much."
"And the suspect, Xue Qinghe, still securely sits as Crown Prince."
[Emotion Points +11111][Emotion Points +11111]
Everyone couldn't help but mourn for the Snowy Night Emperor—having lived most of his life, he didn't have a single biological son alive.
The strongest cuckold of the Douluo, none other than him.
"Recently, the Sunflower Manual has become quite popular. The eunuchs in the Heavenly Dou Palace are training, and several have awakened their Martial Souls."
"They were just thinking about resigning and living the life of a Soul Master."
This caught Dai Mubai and the others off guard.
Why don't they have to be castrated to train? Already done?
Never mind then.
"Seeing the eunuchs training so fast, the Snowy Night Emperor even considered promoting the Sunflower Manual in the army."
"But the limitations of self-castration might cause a mutiny, so he's still thinking about how to implement it."
[Emotion Points +44444][Emotion Points +23333]
As beneficiaries of the Sunflower Manual, Dai Mubai and the others felt chills.
This guy is ruthless! If it could be implemented army-wide, even one-tenth becoming Soul Masters would more than double their combat strength!
By then,
If the Star Luo Empire doesn't want to be left behind, they'd have no choice but to follow suit.
Shivers—just thinking about it makes your scalp tingle!
"The Court Etiquette Academy of the Heavenly Dou Empire, Yuexuan, is actually an intelligence organization planted outside by the Haotian Sect."
"The head of Yuexuan, Tang Yuehua, is the daughter of the Haotian Sect leader, and the younger sister of Xiao Tian Douluo Tang Xiao and Haotian Douluo Tang Hao."
Zhuge Lan glanced at Tang San.
"So, she's your aunt."
Tang San: "!!!"
Can you just say that casually?
Gu Rong remained calm.
This isn't exactly a secret.
Even Snowy Night Emperor allowing Yuexuan to manage the Court Etiquette Academy was just a gesture to the Haotian Sect.
Gu Rong glanced at Tang San again.
The son of a Haotian Douluo? Shrek Academy really is interesting.
The rest of the gossip was pure entertainment.
Tang Yuehua's love-hate entanglement with the Snowy Night Emperor,
Soul Douluos hidden in Heavenly Dou City waiting to take revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Sect—even castrated themselves to train the Sunflower Manual.
Zhuge Lan kept spilling huge bombs, leaving everyone thrilled!
Even at the hotel where they had the place booked, they weren't satisfied yet.
Zhuge Lan had plenty more gossip, but though everyone's emotions were high, their emotion point output dropped sharply.
So he lost interest in continuing.
Changing the topic—
"By the way, why did we fight the Soul Beast Tide on the plains instead of defending the walls?"
"Wouldn't casualties be lower on the walls?"
At these words, most people in Heavenly Dou City showed unusual expressions.
"There are things you little guys don't understand."
Dugu Bo smiled—
"No matter how thick the walls, they can't resist millennia-old Soul Beasts' techniques—they'd be breached in no time, which is bad for combat."
"The heavy cavalry equipment is also a study in itself, with metals that break soul power. Once a large-scale charge is initiated, even Spirit Hall Douluos would feel challenged."
"That's why the first battlefield was chosen to be the plains."
Oh?Daring to mock me?'System, exchange one city-defense footage to make their jaws drop.'
[Consume 1 Emotion Point, exchange completed!]
Zhuge Lan raised his hand.
Through his Spiritual Domain Simulation, he projected the footage.
In the scene:
A series of futuristic cannons spewing dazzling beams, harvesting lives in waves.
Every hundred meters stood a cannon tower; the menacing barrels alone gave Gu Rong and Dugu Bo immense pressure just through the image!
Absolutely Spirit Hall-level destructive power!
And there were over a hundred of these turrets!
And that's not even the most outrageous part!
Attacks from the "Soul Beasts" hitting the walls were countered by glowing runes forming shields, nullifying all destruction.
Defensive soul guidance devices!
These tens of kilometers of continuous walls were, in fact, a single defensive soul-guided device?!
On Douluo Continent, only the Douhun Arena had small models at best.
What?!
Dazed,
A missile shot into the sky, landing among the distant "Soul Beast Tide," rising into a massive mushroom cloud.
The unleashed power made Gu Rong tremble!
This…I…He…
It wasn't that Zhuge Lan didn't understand—it's that Douluo Continent's city defenses were too primitive; they thought it was outdated.
[Emotion Points +99595][Emotion Points +99595]
Everyone present felt thoroughly embarrassed.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, left and right, pulled Zhuge Lan toward the room.
This finally eased the atmosphere a bit.
A few seconds later,
Gu Rong sighed, "This little guy's family… is way too exaggerated."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
So far,
Everything Zhuge Lan had shown was dimensionally overwhelming to them.
So…
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