Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 900 The Unyielding Sun and Moon Empire
Jiang Ming did not believe that Lao Nie would lead the city defense army of Qingshui City into the far north to slaughter soul beasts. He had already told Lao Nie that apart from the normal acquisition of soul rings, they should not hunt soul beasts in the far north.

But that Snow Spirit Ape didn't seem to be lying. It's impossible that it would dare to risk defying the Snow Emperor by gathering a beast tide to attack Clear Water City without a reason.

But if neither side is lying, then where does the problem lie?

Jiang Ming frowned, and a few seconds later, his gaze suddenly turned to the west!

The soul beasts in the far north are bound by the Snow Emperor's orders, and those in Qingshui City are bound by Old Nie's orders, so the possibility of accidents is very small.

But this isn't just the far north and Qingshui City; there are other cities along the long border of the far north!
If we exclude Shimizu Castle, then the person who might have caused this incident is probably...
"Old Nie, the beast tide is fine, I'll handle it, don't worry."

After saying that, Jiang Ming flashed back to the front of the beast tide.

He looked at the Snow Spirit Ape and said in a deep voice, "I have already asked the city lord of Clearwater City. Clearwater City did not lead a large number of soul masters into the far north to slaughter soul beasts. There must be some conspiracy involved. I think you have been tricked!"

As he spoke, his gaze sharpened slightly, and he said, "To figure out what's going on here, I need to look at your memories!"

Jiang Ming had some guesses in his mind, but to be sure, he needed to confirm them through some clues.

Since the Snow Spirit Ape saw that the human soul masters who slaughtered soul beasts were wearing the clothing of Clear Water City, it could find some clues by looking at its memories.

"Humans! My people have been slaughtered and plundered by you, why should I trust you!"

The Snow Spirit Ape's eyes were bloodshot, clearly indicating its unwillingness to cooperate.

After all, in his heart, those who slaughtered and killed his people were the city defense troops of Qingshui City, and this was something he had seen with his own eyes!

The people of Qingshui City, no, indeed all of humanity, would never believe it.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

To be honest, given his fiery temper, if it weren't for the Snow Empress being there to give these soul beasts some face, would he even bother wasting his breath here? He could have easily knocked them all down and then scanned their memories again!

"Shut up!"

A cold glint flashed in Xue Di's eyes, and then her mental power directly enveloped the Snow Spirit Ape.

"Let me see what's going on!"

Xue Di's style of doing things is not the coy kind.

In such a vast place as the far north, her path to becoming the ruler of the far north was fraught with bloodshed!

Those powerful soul beasts that were her enemies were either defeated and subdued by her, or they had already merged into the ice and snow of the far north!

Soon, the Snow Emperor found the relevant memories in the mind of the Snow Spirit Ape.

Because of the fusion of their souls, Jiang Ming also saw these memories at the same time.

In this memory, a large number of Soul Masters dressed in the uniforms of the Qingshui City garrison surrounded the Snow Spirit Ape clan and used their Soul Guidance Devices to carry out a frenzied slaughter of the Snow Spirit Ape clan!
Blood was everywhere, and screams filled the air, but the Soul Masters dressed in the uniforms of the Qingshui City garrison did not utter a single word from beginning to end.

Even more surprisingly, the soul tools these soul masters were holding were exactly the same as those held by the soldiers on the walls of Qingshui City!
Even though the clothes and equipment were exactly the same, Jiang Ming still found something wrong.

That's how you use a soul tool!

Or rather, it's a habit of using soul tools!

These Soul Masters wore the same clothes as the Qingshui City Defense Force and carried almost the same Soul Guidance Devices, but their habits of using the Soul Guidance Devices were different!

It should be noted that even though Qingshui City has entered a stage of rapid development, there is still a gap between it and the Sun Moon Empire in terms of soul tools.

This gap is not only in the level of soul tools, but also in the application of soul tools!
Different Soul Masters may exhibit subtle differences when using the same Soul Tool.

Even students taught by the same teacher will have differences in this aspect, let alone the differences in the use of soul tools between two countries, or even between two countries with completely different levels of expertise in soul tools!

Ordinary people might not notice it, but Jiang Ming, as the leader who guided the progress of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy and thus promoted the overall improvement of Soul Guidance Equipment in the three empires, and as a ninth-level Soul Guidance Master who had studied in the Sun Moon Empire for many years, could easily perceive this difference.

"This is a Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire!"

After carefully observing how the Soul Masters used Soul Tools in the Snow Spirit Ape's memories, Jiang Ming immediately recognized that this was the habit of Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Empire when using Soul Tools.

Upon realizing this, a flicker of fire ignited deep within Jiang Ming's eyes.

"It seems the Sun Moon Empire hasn't given up yet."

He originally planned to deal with the Sun Moon Empire after this trip.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire suffered heavy losses before, so even if it wanted to take action, it shouldn't be so quick.

But it seems that Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire is still not giving up!
On the surface, everything seems calm, but these things are being done behind the scenes!

In the following time, Xue Di explained the situation to the soul beasts.

Although the soul beasts whose tribesmen were slaughtered did not trust Jiang Ming, a human, they still trusted the Ice and Snow Emperor, the ruler of the far north.

Of course, you have to believe it whether you want to or not; there's nothing you can do about it if you don't believe it.

After the situation was explained, the spirit beasts returned home after being comforted by the Snow Empress.

Jiang Ming returned to Qingshui City and told Lao Nie about the beast tide.

"Someone is impersonating our Qingshui City defense force and slaughtering soul beasts from the far north?!"

Nie Heng was startled and immediately realized something.

"It's from the Sun Moon Empire."

Impersonating the city defense forces of Qingshui City to slaughter soul beasts, thus inciting a beast tide of soul beasts to attack Qingshui City, is clearly something only a force with a grudge against Qingshui City would do.

The most likely candidate to do this right now is the Sun Moon Empire!

"They actually resorted to such despicable means!"

Nie Heng's face was full of anger, and he even slammed his fist hard against the city wall in his rage.

"Their ambitions probably go beyond that."

Jiang Ming looked towards the Western Sun Moon Empire and said in a deep voice, "This beast tide of thousands of soul beasts is not enough to pose a threat to Clear Water City. If I'm not mistaken, this is just the beginning. The slaughter range of that group will expand next, and they will continue to blame Clear Water City. At that time, the scale of the beast tide will grow larger and larger, and may even lead to irreconcilable conflicts!"

With the current defensive capabilities of Qingshui City, a beast tide composed of thousands of soul beasts from the far north cannot pose a significant threat to Qingshui City.

Putting everything else aside, if Jiang Ming hadn't stopped them, a single volley of fixed-position soul-guided shells would have wiped out all soul beasts below the thousand-year level!

If a few more rounds come, even a thousand-year-old soul beast won't be able to withstand this saturation bombardment.

As for the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, with Lao Nie's current cultivation level of eight-ring Soul Douluo, killing that Wind and Snow Spirit Ape would be more than enough!
Therefore, a beast tide of this scale is far from enough to target Clearwater City.

There will definitely be more to come!
If this massacre intensifies and causes widespread panic among the soul beast populations in the far north, even 100,000-year-old soul beasts might perish. On the surface, the Sun Moon Empire has done nothing, yet it has placed immense pressure on Clearwater City, and might even mobilize the Heavenly Soul Empire's forces to defend Clearwater City against the soul beasts of the far north.

This is a very clever scheme.

If Jiang Ming and his group hadn't returned just in time, and if they had waited a while longer, the scale of this beast tide would have been more than just a few thousand soul beasts; it would have been tens of thousands of soul beasts, and there might even have been soul beasts with a cultivation of 100,000 years!

"Xiao Ming, what should we do? What if those people continue to slaughter soul beasts under the name of our Clear Water City?"

After his anger subsided, Nie Heng's face was filled with sorrow.

This kind of thing is very difficult to handle. The far north is so vast that finding the other party is extremely difficult, and it's even hard to say whether the other party is still in the far north at all.

The other side is in the shadows, while they are in the open; they are at a huge disadvantage!

"Old Nie, you don't need to worry too much about this, I'll handle it."

It would be difficult for Lao Nie to handle this kind of thing. It's unrealistic to expect the people of Qingshui City to be mobilized to capture that group of people.

If no action is taken, the misunderstanding will only deepen.

Even though Xue Di explained, the presence of the Clearwater City symbol on these people made it difficult for the soul beasts to dispel their hostility towards Clearwater City.

Furthermore, if the conflict escalates, the soul beasts might very well disregard everything and directly attack Clearwater City.

He couldn't stay in Qingshui City all the time.
"You're going to solve it? How are you going to solve it?"

Nie Heng looked at Jiang Ming and asked in a deep voice.

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry about Old Nie, it'll be resolved soon. You just stay here in Qingshui City."

His solution will be very direct.

Over the next few days, Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan and the other women spent a week in Qingshui City.

During this week, I did nothing but accompany Lao Nie and Aunt Lan, strolling around Qingshui City, where everything was quiet and peaceful.

At the Advanced Soul Master Academy, Aunt Lan said that some students wanted Jiang Ming to give them some guidance.

Clearly, even though some people are terrified of this method of instruction, there are always others who overcome this fear and linger over the feeling of cultivating at ten times the normal speed.

With such benefits, neither 100-meter nor 1000-meter ropeless bungee jumping is a problem!

In any case, they all understood that Jiang Ming would not let anything happen to them.

Unfortunately, Jiang Ming did not agree to continue providing guidance at the academy.

The very nature of an opportunity is uncertainty.

After all, we should be grateful for what we encounter and let go of what we miss.

Besides, he didn't have much time to play with these little ones; he had his own things to do next.

Outside the north gate of Qingshui City, Jiang Ming, Zhang Lexuan, and the other women bid farewell to Aunt Nie Lan.

A week is actually a very short time, but there are other things to do next, so I have to set off as soon as possible.

With Lao Nie and Aunt Lan watching them go, Jiang Ming led Zhang Lexuan and the other women into the far north.

then
They changed direction and flew towards the Sun and Moon Empire.

Since Jiang Ming said he would deal with the matter of the Sun Moon Empire's soul masters impersonating the Qingshui City defense troops to slaughter soul beasts, it is natural to deal with it as soon as possible.

The longer it drags on, the more difficult it becomes.

The most likely origin of that group of people is a city in the Sun and Moon Empire, which also borders the far north.

Without using a carriage, the group traveled at full speed and arrived at the Ice and Snow City of the Sun and Moon Empire in less than half a day.

Jiang Ming's methods were very direct. After arriving at the location, he used his spiritual power to directly envelop the entire city, sensing the aura of the Soul Masters in the city and comparing it with the aura he had sensed in the memories of the Snow Spirit Ape a few days ago.

This method can be described as extremely crude, but relatively speaking, it is indeed the most effective and time-saving method.

With his superpowers, Jiang Ming no longer wanted to use his brain to figure out where those people were.

"found it!"

Under the cover of his mental power, the auras of all the Soul Masters in the Ice and Snow City were completely exposed to Jiang Ming's perception.

After a simple comparison, Jiang Ming found some people whose aura fluctuations matched his.

After finding him, Jiang Ming simply grabbed him from a distance.

There was no interrogation process; it was outright mind control!
To be honest, Jiang Ming hasn't used this head soul bone skill for a long time, and he's a bit rusty with it now.

"Where are the others who participated in the slaughter of the soul beasts? Who was the mastermind?"

Jiang Ming asked directly.

Under mind control, these soul masters had no chance to resist.

Soon, Jiang Ming learned about the other people from these Soul Masters, and even found out where the captured Soul Beast cubs were being held.

But these individuals did not know who orchestrated the massacre.

It seems that the mastermind is very mysterious and always appears in a mask.

Jiang Ming didn't say much about it, and simply waved his hand, causing these people to vanish.

A few minutes later, Jiang Ming arrived at a prison underground in Ice and Snow City.

The place was full of soul beast cubs, but these cubs all looked badly injured, their spirits and energy severely damaged, and they were listless.

The Sun Moon Empire's massacre of the Soul Beast race not only lured the Soul Beasts of the far north to attack Clear Water City, but also allowed them to obtain a large number of Soul Beast cubs.

Soul beast cubs are very common in the market!
This is a huge fortune!

If these soul beast cubs in the dungeon were sold on the market, they would be worth no less than 100,000 gold soul coins!

It may not seem like much, but it's still a considerable fortune.

After all, this is extra income, and in their plan, this is just the first batch! There will be more and more to come!
Jiang Ming glanced at the cubs of the soul beasts, released his life force, and quickly restored their condition. He then directly stored the cubs into his small world.

Following that, based on the information he had obtained, Jiang Ming once again entered the far north.

Meanwhile, in the inner circle of the far north, the Soul Masters who slaughtered Soul Beasts had quietly set their sights on one of the powerful clans of the far north—the Ice Bear Clan!
(End of this chapter)