Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 381 Reward and Punishment
"I know that there are still remnants of the Spirit Hall in Tiandou City. Then please go back and tell Second Elder Jin E that the Third Elder of the Spirit Hall infiltrated the ceremony with the intention of plotting something but was captured by me."

"Considering that this person was captured before causing any damage, if the Spirit Hall is willing to hand over the remaining four pieces of Angelic Armor, I will spare his life."

"Starting tomorrow, the time limit is one month. If they fail to comply, the three elders of the Spirit Hall will be sentenced to death by a thousand cuts and executed here!"

After saying that, Lin Rong destroyed all the meridians of the three elders.

Although there are no cultivation techniques in Douluo Continent, and people rely on meditation to improve their soul power level, the essence of soul power circulation is still flowing in the meridians. If all the meridians in the body are destroyed, the Three Elders will be like a cripple, possessing a body of soul power but unable to use it.

Lin Rong waved his hand lightly, tossing the three offerings to Jin Wen, the Grand Master of the Royal Knights, and said:
"Take him away and keep a close watch on him, make sure he doesn't die!"

"As ordered."

Jin Wen knelt on one knee to pay his respects, and then personally led his men to escort the three elders of the Spirit Hall away.

After dealing with the matter, Lin Rong withdrew his soul ring and soul power pressure, leaving the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon coiled around him.

He took a few steps forward, walked to the end of the platform, and looked down at the crowd below.

No one dared to meet his gaze.

Before this, the officials and nobles thought that the reason why the new emperor was the new emperor was because he had a good steward, a steward of god-like caliber.

So now, it is fear of the new emperor himself.

The new emperor's age is no secret; a fourteen-year-old Soul Douluo with a Soul Ring configuration of five black and three red rings, he may very well become a dual god in the future.

Amidst the turmoil of their thoughts, Lin Rong's authoritative voice echoed in their ears:

"The Spirit Hall is licentious, cruel, and inhumane. It has secretly persecuted Xue Qinghe, the former eldest prince of the royal family, and seized his place, attempting to overthrow the Heaven Dou Empire, destroy our homeland, and stir up conflict on the continent!"

"Effective immediately, eradicate all Spirit Hall branches within the Heaven Dou Empire, arrest all Spirit Hall personnel within the Empire, and spare the death penalty for non-core members who swear an oath to withdraw from the Spirit Hall along with their entire clan. All other accomplices will have their entire clans exterminated as a warning to others!"

"After the Spirit Hall branches within the Empire are eradicated, the Imperial government will take over the Spirit Hall's responsibility for awakening the Spirit Hall for the poor. The Spirit Master subsidies will continue to be issued as usual, but some minor changes will be made. At the places where the Spirit Master subsidies are received, a diagram showing the source of the subsidies will be posted so that they understand that the gold spirit coins for the subsidies have always been provided by the Empire, and the Spirit Hall is just distributing them on their behalf."

"The flag of the empire shall be erected. Every household of the Heavenly Dou Empire shall display a national flag. Anyone who disobeys shall be beheaded!"

"I hereby bestow upon the God of Light the title of Emperor Ming, whose status and position are equal to mine!"

"I hereby confer upon Du Qianyuan, Marquis of the Du family, the title of Prince Qian, which shall be hereditary and perpetual. I hereby grant him the power of regent to oversee the country on my behalf!"

"The title of Marquis Zhiming of the Zhi clan is hereby conferred as Duke, a hereditary title that will never be changed. He will be ranked above the Bai and Shi clans, and will be the head of the three hereditary dukes!"

"Yang Wudi, the head of the Po Yi clan, is hereby granted the title of Marquis, a hereditary title that will never be changed, making him one of the six hereditary marquises."

"Poison Douluo Dugu Bo is hereby appointed as the Chief Imperial Envoy, a position to be passed down for nine generations. If any descendant's cultivation level is insufficient to become a Title Douluo, he will be promoted to a hereditary Marquis."

"I hereby bestow upon the Four Elements Academy the name of the Royal Academy. The former Royal Academy's territory shall be merged into the current Royal Academy. Feng Xiaotian shall be appointed as the Academy's Dean, and Shui Bing'er as the Academy's Vice Dean, with the authority to act expediently and fully delegate the task to me in rectifying the Royal Academy's extravagant lifestyle and lack of ambition!" "I hereby declare that from this day forward, no sect shall exist within the entire Empire. Apart from official Soul Master forces, only academies and families may exist. Sects are heretical; any sect discovered will have all its members and their entire families executed!"

"Bestow the name of the Royal Treasure Hall upon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and retain the sect's name. The sect will be renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"The Sea God Empire, the pirates, crossed the sea three years ago and seized two territories from the Empire: the Western Province and the Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs, one of its vassal kingdoms. They also colluded with soul beasts to unleash a flood that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of the Empire's soldiers, a great disgrace to the Empire!"

"Send an order to Jialing Pass to reclaim the position of Grand Marshal of the Army and troops from Ge Long, and bestow upon him the title of Commander of the Rear Army."

"I hereby appoint former army commander Ma Hongjun as Grand Marshal of the Army, to command the three armies, and to assemble the empire's million-strong army for a western expedition. I will personally lead the expedition to reclaim the empire's lost territories from the pirates!"

"The rear army commander, Ge Long, was stationed at Jialing Pass, guarding the border fortress."

"The territories of the former royal Xue clan, which were once granted to the Tiandou Kingdom, are hereby reclaimed. Those rulers of the kingdoms and duchies who disobey this decree are hereby granted the Baptism of Light!"

"Tang San, the leader of the Tang Sect, deserves a reward for killing the young master of the Spirit Hall. However, he is of an unruly nature and stole the Heart of the Sea God, the treasure of the former royal Xue Clan. He has fled and is now wanted nationwide. He is listed at the top of the wanted list. Anyone who reports his exact whereabouts will be rewarded with a ten-thousand-year soul bone of their choice if the information is true. Anyone who captures Tang San will be rewarded with a one hundred-thousand-year soul bone if he is captured alive, and five ten-thousand-year soul bones of their choice if he is captured dead."

"Luo Minghua, the vice captain of the Kongming Squad, stole a 100,000-year-old soul bone from the Royal Wanbao Hall two years ago. He is now wanted nationwide and ranked second on the wanted list. Anyone who reports his exact whereabouts will be rewarded with a 10,000-year-old soul bone if the information is true. Anyone who captures Luo Minghua will be rewarded with a 50,000-year-old soul bone if he is captured alive, and three 10,000-year-old soul bones if he is captured dead."

"..."

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As the imperial edicts were proclaimed, the initial shock turned into numbness among the crowd.

The momentous event of bestowing the title of Prince Nie Zheng, a hereditary title with no replacement for Du Qianyuan, was less shocking than the earlier bestowal of the title of Emperor Mingzhuyu.

They were at the forefront of the nobles.

Duke Shi Xuan secretly rejoiced, thankful that he had made the right decision. If he had acted rashly and had the idea of ​​vying for the throne, given the new emperor's temperament, the heads of his entire Shi clan would probably have already rolled on the ground.

Among the onlookers on the periphery were spies from various factions.

Upon hearing the words "Heart of the Sea God," the eyes of several spies from the Sea God Empire suddenly lit up.

"Tang San stole the Xue Clan's most treasured artifact, the Heart of the Sea God..."

Several keywords kept flashing through their minds, and they seemed to reveal some secret from a thousand years ago.

"The Heart of the Sea God is with Tang San. We must inform the High Priest immediately."

"With the Heart of the Sea God, His Majesty's Sea God legacy can be perfect."

They were unaware that finding the Heart of the Sea God was not a perfect inheritance of the Sea God. To prevent the Sea God's people from becoming disunited, only Poseidon and Chen Haitian knew about the loss of the most crucial artifact of the inheritance.

(End of this chapter)