Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 193: Suggestions on dealing with Shrek captives, My Emperor is Wise Xu Tianran
"Undercover? My Mingde Hall is the Sun Moon Empire's premier scientific research institution. Internal audits are very strict. How could there be an undercover?"

When Xu Tianxi proposed "undercover", Jing Hongchen's first thought was to refute it. The researchers here eat, drink and sleep well. Although they need to work hard to achieve experimental results, their treatment is also the best in the Sun and Moon Empire.

How could someone who could make it here go undercover for the three great empires? Who in the three great empires would be willing to let such a talent fall into the trap?
"I also think it's unlikely, but Dean, it's always better to be safe than sorry. You haven't been the Dean and Hall Master for long. Who knows if someone planted a pawn during your predecessor's tenure? Or maybe this group of people are just greedy and will sell anything for money."

"They dare to resell the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and the Level 6 Fixed-Type Soul Guide Cannonball. Who knows if they'll also sell this kind of information?"

Xu Tianxi used rigorous words to persuade Jing Hongchen, and the word "steady" was clearly written between his brows.

Mingde Hall is located a hundred meters below the ground. It was already very strange that the Benti Sect in the original novel could dig through the ground, and it was even more outrageous that they could accurately find the Snow Emperor embryo. Afterwards, Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi both felt that there was an insider.

Based on Xu Tianxi's understanding of Mingdetang, anyone who has access to confidential information such as the location of the Snow Emperor's embryo must be at least a seventh-level soul engineer. He also doesn't understand why such a person would want to be an undercover agent, but it's always right to be cautious.

The soul is of great significance. Once it is announced, his future whereabouts will probably have to be completely concealed. The people from the three major empires and Shrek are likely to regard him as the number one bounty target or even a hunting target.

He couldn't defeat those old guys yet, and he didn't want to have nothing to do and fight with Titled Douluo and Super Douluo, as that would only be for his own excitement.

Jing Hongchen also thought about how dangerous Xu Tianxi's situation would become after the information was leaked. There has never been a saying that one should guard against thieves for a thousand days. Unless Xu Tianxi stayed in the academy or the worship hall and did not go out in the future, it would be hard to guarantee that no one would be tempted even if a few ninth-level soul mentors were assigned to him.

Although Xu Tianxi rarely goes out, he must still be aware of the necessary precautions.

"Okay, I will take this matter to heart. From now on, I will start investigating the people inside Mingde Hall. I will ask Ye Yulin to transfer people from the Gongfeng Hall to cooperate with your actions."

Jing Hongchen took note of this matter, relaxed a little, and asked Xu Tianxi casually:
"By the way, given Xiao and Meng's situation, what kind of soul do you think would be the most suitable for them to bond with? You're more knowledgeable about this than I am."

Xu Tianxi glanced at the Hongchen siblings and replied thoughtfully, "Senior Meng's Zhuqing Ice Toad has a soul beast of the same species in the Far North, so it would be most appropriate to directly bind the Zhuqing Ice Toad soul beast. Old Xiao's three-legged golden toad doesn't exist in the soul beast world, so we should choose a powerful gold-attributed soul beast as much as possible."

"Another point is that I've discovered that conjuring souls requires a strong mental force. The process of conjuring souls is also a challenge to the soul master's mental force. If the soul master's own mental force is insufficient, they will not be able to conjure a powerful soul beast."

"From now on, you must train their spiritual power. Think about whether you can find them some natural treasures that can help their spiritual power, as well as suitable head soul bones. The older the better, preferably over 100,000 years old."

People in this era did not attach much importance to spiritual power, and there was no systematic method of cultivating spiritual power. Xu Tianxi himself was able to absorb moonlight through the characteristics of his martial soul to cultivate his spiritual power, and he gained a lot.

In addition, the soul power vortex he just condensed is of spiritual nature, and the rotation process can subtly enhance spiritual power, but these two methods cannot be replicated.

If one wanted to improve his spiritual power, the simplest and most effective way was to absorb the head soul bone. Xu Tianxi was confident that if he could fuse a 100,000-year-old head soul bone, his spiritual power would immediately be comparable to that of a non-spiritual Titled Douluo, or even surpass it.

However, he still has very high requirements in this regard. Mental power is the basis of his strength. Other soul bones are fine, but the head soul bone must be at least at the level of a ferocious beast before he will absorb it.

"Okay, I'll definitely keep an eye on these. I just got a 100,000-year-old soul bone a few days ago, but it's not the head soul bone, so I still need to work harder."

Jing Hongchen agreed calmly. His blood was boiling and he was willing to work hard for a hundred years for his descendants.

With a roll of his eyes, Jing Hongchen turned and asked, "By the way, Tianxi, Shrek just sent us a message yesterday, offering to exchange their captured students and Dean Su for some conditions. What do you think?"

"It's been almost two weeks, and they're finally willing to put aside their timidity and pride and ask us for a replacement? That's rare."

Xu Tianxi muttered about Shrek, pondered for a moment, raised his eyes and said:
"I think it's okay to let ordinary geniuses go, but Xiao Xiao, who has twin martial spirits, must not be let go easily. Their senior sister Zhang Lexuan from the inner courtyard is now captured by Master Kong. We can't control Master Kong, so we can't let this person go."

"As for Qian Duoduo and Lin Huiqun, they are now imprisoned in the Worship Hall. I'm afraid it depends on the mood of Elder Kong and the others. My suggestion is that unless Shrek offers a price of two or more hundred-thousand-year soul bones, not even one of them should be released."

"Also, I discovered something special about that guy named He Caitou."

"What's so special about it, tell me."

Xu Tianxi raised his eyebrows and said, "Of the three geniuses who died at the Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy during the competition, strictly speaking, only one died at Ma Xiaotao's hands. He took the lives of the other two."

"This man's skin is so dark, I can tell at a glance that he's from the Sun-Moon Empire. I sent someone to draw his blood and compared it with some other blood samples. I found...his blood is of the same origin as the royal family."

Jing Hongchen's pupils trembled suddenly, and he said quietly, "You mean, he is also from the royal family?"

Xu Tianxi nodded and replied, "Unlike me, his blood is the same as that of the direct descendants of the royal family. If nothing unexpected happens, he may have twin martial souls. The other martial soul is the sun, which can only be inherited by direct descendants of the royal family."

"I've checked the genealogy and top-secret archives of the Sun-Moon Empire. No royal family members have wandered away in recent years. Only one person is missing, and the age of this person matches that of He Caitou."

Jing Hongchen's eyes sparkled, and he clenched his hands into fists: "Who?"

Xu Tianxi said word by word: "Former Crown Prince of the Imperial Family, Xu He."

pedal!
Jing Hongchen, who had always been quite good at cultivating his Qi, suddenly changed his expression and stumbled. "You said he was an orphan from the previous dynasty? Are you sure?"

"I'm more than 70% sure." Xu Tianxi didn't say anything definite.

"Then this person is a bit difficult to deal with. The royal family's troubles are the most troublesome."

Jing Hongchen scratched his hair and looked towards Shrek City. "Shrek accepted such a person as a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department. Could it be that they are planning to help him regain power and use this opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of our Sun Moon Empire?"

"I don't think they'd be able to think of something like this, but it's worth taking precautions," Xu Tianxi said thoughtfully. Jing Hongchen pondered, "Then we need to keep this person. We can't easily return him to Shrek, and we can't let the current royal family know his identity. We might need him in the future..."

Turning his head to look at the sky, Jing Hongchen patted Xu Tianxi's shoulder and said with a smile:

"Okay, I've almost finished what I needed to think about. You guys should rest first. I'll go prepare for tomorrow's court meeting."

"Well, Dean, you should rest well too."

Jing Hongchen flew out into the sky. Xu Tianxi looked around, but saw that everyone was still in meditation. He raised his eyes to look at the moonlight, sighed softly, took out a camp bed from the storage ring, and decided to rest for a night.

"I almost don't remember the last time I slept. It went by so fast..."

While sleeping, Xu Tianxi emptied his mind and looked inward, realizing that even though he was not practicing, the soul power in his body was running rapidly under the influence of the soul power vortex, twice as fast as his usual meditation practice.

In the process of cultivating the soul power vortex, he absorbed a large amount of external energy of heaven and earth, the moon's lunar brilliance and the life breath of gold of living things. His soul power made another breakthrough in the process of high-speed compression and rotation, and it was now at level fifty-three.

In addition, his mental power realm has also taken a big step forward. Such mental power allows him to suppress his dual extreme attributes to a certain extent and speed up his cultivation.

"Based on my current progress, I should be able to reach level 60 within two years. The speed of cultivation from Soul Emperor to Soul Sage will not be affected by the Soul Power Vortex. Within five years, I will definitely achieve the Soul Sage realm. It's not easy..."

……

Xu Tianxi slept for a whole night and a whole day. When he woke up again, he found that the sky outside was still night.

Looking around the experimental hall, everyone was still meditating and practicing.

Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin sat on either side of Xu Tianxi. When they sensed that Xu Tianxi had woken up, they began to ask about his well-being.

Xu Tianxi responded for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Dean, how was the court situation today? How's that bastard Xu Guozhong doing?"

Jing Hongchen uttered a "Pah," his expression expressionless as he said, "The result was not bad. He cut off his left leg himself, limped up to the palace on crutches, burst into tears in court, confessed his sins to me, and was willing to pay 200 million gold soul coins to cover Mingde Hall's losses and research and development costs."

"Xu Tianyuan and other royal princes pleaded for him one after another. In the end, even Crown Prince Xu Tianran spoke up. It had come to this point, so I couldn't pursue the matter further and had to let him go."

Ye Yulin said, "It's clear that this group of people rescued Xu Guozhong under the Emperor's orders, so we can't press them any further. Judging from Xu Guozhong's attitude, if we don't let him go, he might crash into the hall and die. If that happens, we won't be able to escape either."

"I see. It is indeed the most appropriate choice to quit while the going is good." Xu Tianxi agreed. Now the academic school and the royal family still have to eat from the same pot. There is no need to completely fall out over Xu Guozhong.

"I won't talk about anything else. This is the Conferred God Platform you requested. Remember, safety is your top priority no matter what you do."

Jing Hongchen spread out his palm, releasing a ball of rich soul light, which turned out to be the Conferred God Platform that sealed the Snow Empress' embryo.

Xu Tianxi's eyes lit up slightly and he nodded seriously.

……

In the Prince's Mansion, two members of the Xu family sitting in wheelchairs looked at each other, one with a face full of resentment, the other calm.

Xu Tianran chuckled and said, "Uncle, today's performance was quite good. Your life and the rest of your life of wealth and glory are saved. What are your plans for the future?"

Xu Guozhong clutched the wheelchair in hatred, gritting his teeth and saying, "Of course it's revenge. Jing Hongchen has forced me to this point, how can I let it go!"

"But he is in a high position and very powerful. How can you be his opponent?" Xu Tianran said lightly.

"I, I have my own way." A cold light flashed in Xu Guozhong's eyes.

"What's your plan? Collude with the enemy? Or stab me in the back?"

Xu Tianran spoke out what Xu Guozhong was thinking, and then said, "Uncle, instead of doing this, why don't you consider my suggestion? Maybe I can do great harm to Jing Hongchen."

"What does my emperor mean?" Xu Guozhong asked, looking up suddenly.

"It's nothing. It's just that for a while now, the people serving me in Mingde Hall have been looking for something, namely the Nine-Level Conferred God Platform that you, Uncle, made, which sealed the embryo of a hundred thousand-year-old soul beast. They are planning to sell this information to a very interested client..."

Xu Tianran tapped the armrest with his knuckles, a mysterious and cold smile on his face, and said:
"Uncle, since you can resell things from Mingde Hall, you should have spies, right? Why don't you help me find them? Once you find them, sell this information."

"My Emperor means..."

"Aren't you trying to collude with foreign enemies? There aren't many forces in this world that dare to break into Mingde Hall, but fortunately there are some. I believe some people will be interested."

"As long as they attack Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen, who can't hold back the losses, will definitely be held accountable by the emperor. That will be our chance to force him to side with us. Then, uncle, will you still worry about not having the chance to cause trouble for him?
When he is no longer useful, that is when he will be abandoned! We have a long way to go.”

"My emperor is wise!"

(End of this chapter)