Douluo: I have too many clones

Chapter 640: Fighting Spirits in the Court
Heading from Lingbo City to Tiandou City, the distance between the two places is not far. After just over an hour's journey, the broad and majestic city walls in the distance have come into everyone's sight.

The city walls that had long lost their meaning in Douluo Continent still exist in the Douluo Empire. From a distance, the thick city walls seem to give people a sense of returning to ancient times.

This kind of architectural style can only be seen in Tiandou City in Douluo Continent. However, Tiandou City in Douluo Continent was attacked by the Holy Spirit Church, and many of the ancient buildings were destroyed.

Judging from the appearance, the Tiandou City in front of us is magnificent, no smaller than the Tiandou City in Douluo Continent. As the capital of the Douling Empire, it still looks quite imposing.

When a vehicle reaches the city gate, it is customary to stop and be inspected.

The Tang Sect's vehicles showed their unique advantages at this time. Various passes were placed in front of the vehicles, which were like symbols of privilege. The soldiers guarding the city took a quick look and quickly let them pass.

The soldiers of Tiandou City are equipped with distinct modern features. They are dressed in well-designed modern combat uniforms and hold advanced weapons such as soul-guided ray guns in their hands. From equipment to clothing, they have everything they need.

From these aspects, they are not much different from ordinary soldiers on the Douluo Continent, which fully demonstrates that the Douluo Empire keeps pace with the times in military equipment.

Just as the Tang Clan's vehicle slowly drove into Tiandou City, a guide vehicle sent by the Tiandou City officials had already come to greet them.

More than a dozen guide vehicles quickly surrounded the two soul guide buses. It seemed that the authorities had specially arranged to close the road for the arrival of the Tang Sect. Under the guidance of the guide vehicles, the convoy traveled unimpeded all the way and headed towards the core area of ​​the city.

Twenty minutes later, the convoy arrived in front of a magnificent palace complex. Without a doubt, this was the imperial palace of the Douling Empire.

The 30-meter-wide red carpet, like a gorgeous red river, stretches straight from the main entrance of the palace to the front of the vehicle.

On both sides of the red carpet, guards of honor stood in neat rows. Completely different from the modern attire of the soldiers guarding the city, these guards of honor were dressed in simple and heavy armor. The bright armor reflected dazzling light under the sunlight, and the simple weapons in their hands added a touch of solemnity and majesty.

If it weren't for the slightly abrupt soul-guided car parked nearby, which ruined the atmosphere a bit, the scene in front of them would really make people feel as if they had traveled back to the imperial palace in the past and felt the ancient and solemn royal etiquette.

The palace was heavily guarded, and when the vehicle drove to the gate of the palace, it was stopped steadily. From here, everyone had to walk in. An old man led dozens of officials and had already been waiting at the gate.

"The strongest man in the Douling Continent, the grand elder of the Douling Royal Worship Group, and a level 98 Titled Douluo: Lord Long." The moment he saw this old man, Tang Wulin's mind quickly emerged with the other party's detailed information.

Before coming to the Douling Palace this time, Tang Wulin had made sufficient preparations, and she was familiar with most of the situations in the Douling Empire.

The emperor of the empire would naturally not come out to greet him personally. After all, Tang Wulin was only the leader of the Tang Sect, and there was still a certain gap between his status and that of the head of a great country. It was already a very noble courtesy for the highest priest of the empire to come and greet him personally.

"Your Majesty, Lord Long." Tang Wulin nodded slightly and paid respect to Lord Long.

A genial smile appeared on Lord Long's face, and he said in a very cordial tone, "Master Tang, please."

The two walked side by side, and the others followed behind consciously. Even the powerful Yali and Li Yunzhe deliberately lagged behind by half a step to show their respect for Tang Wulin and Long Gong.

As Lord Long led Tang Wulin forward, he asked casually, "Master Tang, what is your impression of our Douling Empire?"

Tang Wulin thought for a moment and answered seriously, "Very good! The Douling Empire pays more attention to spirit masters and the cultivation of personal strength. This encourages more spirit masters to practice hard. Moreover, here we can see many traditional cultures that have disappeared in the Federation. I personally like traditional things very much."

Tradition?!
Hearing Tang Wulin's answer, the corners of Long Gong's mouth twitched slightly. If possible, deep down in his heart, he didn't want the Douling Empire to be limited to tradition.

The Douling Empire itself is at a disadvantage compared to other forces in the development of soul guide technology. It started late and faced many difficulties.

Therefore, in recent years, the entire empire has been working hard to develop soul guide technology, hoping to narrow the gap with other forces and gain more confidence in future competition.

However, the reality is full of helplessness.

Although the Tang Sect did provide certain assistance to the Douling Empire, it also implicitly restricted the development of the Douling Empire's soul guide technology in some aspects.

This has resulted in a large amount of rich mineral resources buried deep underground in the Douling Continent today, which have not yet been fully developed.

If we use resources as an analogy, after long-term mining, 90% of the mineral resources in Douluo Continent have been developed. The remaining 10% are basically located in places with extremely harsh environments and great difficulty in mining.

Or perhaps the federal government is consciously carrying out restrained development out of consideration for resource sustainability.

The development of mineral resources in Xingluo Continent has reached more than 30%. The reason for this situation is closely related to the tough character of the Xingluo Dai family.

Although the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Sect tried to restrict it, the emperors of the Xing Luo Empire have always been ambitious and have strong political means.

Even in the face of many restrictions, successive Xingluo emperors still went against the grain and did their utmost to promote the development of soul guide technology, and achieved certain results in resource development.

Among the three continents, the situation of Douling Continent is the most difficult. They discovered the new continent earlier than Xingluo Empire, but in terms of resource development, they have not even developed 20% of the entire continent.

This was mainly because successive emperors were not tough enough in their style of doing things, and the nobles under them all had their own ulterior motives and different ideas.

Therefore, when facing the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda, the Douling Empire lacked confidence from the beginning and was constrained in many aspects of resource development and technological development.

Of course, although he was dissatisfied with the Tang Sect's restrictions, Lord Long did not show it on the surface. He still warmly welcomed Tang Wulin with a smile on his face.

The interior of the palace is magnificent, with carved dragons and painted buildings, fully displaying the luxury and majesty of the royal family.

Although the Douling Empire has entered the modern era of soul guide technology, the soldiers guarding the palace are still dressed in simple armor and adhere to ancient traditions. This is undoubtedly a respect and inheritance of past times and culture.

Being here, it was as if I had really returned to the Douling Empire ten thousand years ago. The palace at this time was almost the same in appearance and atmosphere as that era. As everyone entered the hall, the 40-meter-high dome came into view. The wide hall space gave people an invisible sense of oppression.

On both sides of the hall, the civil and military officials of the Douling Empire stood in neat rows. They were dressed in official uniforms and looked solemn, demonstrating the ruling order of the empire. Judging from the situation on the scene, today seemed to be the day of the Douling Empire's grand court meeting.

The arrival of Tang Wulin and his group was timed just right.

Tang Wulin looked up and saw that at the end of the red carpet on the ground were a dozen steps. Above the steps was an independent area that looked like a small city, with dozens of guards and attendants standing on both sides.

In the center, there was a person sitting upright. He was wearing a gold-studded robe with a black basalt pattern embroidered on it.

The martial soul inheritance of the Douling royal family is extremely complicated. Since the original martial soul power of the royal family is not strong, it is inevitable that it will be replaced by those bloodlines with powerful martial souls during the long inheritance process.

However, the Douling royal family not only did not reject this, but also highly praised and promoted it. In their view, as long as it could enhance the strength of the royal family and improve the prestige of the empire, any changes that were beneficial to this were worth trying and accepting.

And this black Xuanwu pattern is the inherited martial spirit of the Xuanwu Sect, a long-standing major sect in the Douling Empire.

Tracing back to its origins, the predecessor of Xuanwu Sect was the Xuanming Sect where Xu Sanshi, one of the Shrek Seven Devils, lived ten thousand years ago.

Tang Wulin carefully looked at the Douling Emperor at the top, Xue Zhonggao. He was a handsome young man who seemed to be in his thirties. However, as a spirit master, he still looked quite young due to his long-term training.

In the intelligence that Li Yunzhe provided to Tang Wulin, there seemed to be many doubts about the process of the new emperor's ascension to the throne. Although it was announced that the previous Douling Emperor died of illness, the matter itself was full of doubts and was hard to believe.

After all, the previous emperor was in his prime and was also a powerful soul master. How could he suddenly die of illness without any warning?

Moreover, after the emperor's death, the other princes also encountered misfortunes one after another. It is hard to believe that there is no trick involved.

However, unfortunately, both the royal family and other large families in the Douling Empire kept their mouths shut on the matter.

This meant that the information that the Tang Sect could obtain in a short period of time was extremely limited. They could only infer from some clues that the new emperor had illegitimately come to the throne, and that a strong energy fluctuation had erupted in the palace at that time.

"The Tang Sect's control over the Douling Continent is still a little lacking. Since the new emperor took office, he has begun to eliminate dissidents on a large scale. Otherwise, we should be able to obtain more intelligence now."

"If the previous Douling Emperor was still alive, with our Tang Sect's infiltration of the imperial palace, when we go to negotiate today, I can even tell you the color of the Emperor's underwear."

Recalling the time when Li Yunzhe mentioned this matter, there was a hint of sadness on his face, and Tang Wulin couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

In the magnificent hall of the Douling Empire's palace, below the main seat where Xue Zhonggao was sitting, there was another chair placed quite conspicuously beside it.

On the entire independent platform, only these two chairs highlight their special status.

At this moment, a middle-aged man was sitting steadily on the chair. His head was bald, and under the bright lights in the hall, his head was shining coldly, like a smooth pebble.

His eyes were sinister and sharp, revealing a chilling coldness that made people shudder. Just a casual glance could make people intuitively feel that this person was definitely not a good person.

At this moment, the mysterious middle-aged man narrowed his eyes slightly, and his hawk-like gaze slowly followed the long red carpet and fell on Tang Wulin who had just stepped into the hall below.

There was both scrutiny and inquiry in his eyes, as if he was trying to see through all of Tang Wulin's secrets and strengths.

Tang Wulin was keenly aware of this gaze, and she politely nodded slightly to the middle-aged man. However, beneath this seemingly calm appearance, a trace of irrepressible doubt arose in her heart.

In the intelligence materials that Li Yunzhe had carefully prepared for her, there was not a single piece of information about the middle-aged man in front of him. Judging from the position he was sitting in, he was obviously deeply trusted by the emperor.

But they hadn't received any news about such an obvious figure beforehand, which was obviously a problem. Tang Wulin became alert and had a deeper understanding of the complexity of this trip to the palace.

"Ultimate Douluo!" Just as Tang Wulin was pondering to himself, Yali behind him quietly sent a message to her. Her voice was gentle but carried an unquestionable solemnity.

"Ultimate Douluo?" Tang Wulin repeated these four words in his mind, and his heart suddenly shuddered.

The Ultimate Douluo is a being that stands at the pinnacle of strength in the world of soul masters. The appearance of every Ultimate Douluo is enough to cause a stir in the entire continent.

The appearance of such a powerful figure here will undoubtedly bring unpredictable changes to the current situation. Tang Wulin quickly looked in the direction pointed by Holy Spirit Douluo Yali.

Behind Xue Zhonggao, a tall nun stood quietly. The nun's uniform she wore was of a very unique design, which gave people a strong visual impact at first glance.

The design of the upper body follows the conservative concept of traditional nun's uniform. The fabric is soft yet dignified, tightly wrapping her body. The delicate lace at the neckline adds a touch of elegance and dignity.

However, the design of the lower body is eye-catching, like a cheongsam, elegantly split on both sides. This unique design just reveals her long and straight legs, with smooth and graceful lines, giving people a unique aesthetic feeling that is both classical and fashionable.

She wore a thin veil on her head, half covering her face, making her look even more mysterious. Her eyes were a very rare amber color, emitting a charming and deep light.

In sharp contrast, her hair is a golden color as dazzling as the sun, sparkling with a lively luster against the backdrop of the veil.

However, there was a faint circle of dark circles under her eyes, which made her originally cold face look even more haggard and tired. Combined with her indifferent expression, she gave people a deep sense of world-weariness.

(End of this chapter)