Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 203 was obviously intentional.
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A moment later, a tall figure dressed in a purple and gold robe descended from the sky and landed in the courtyard.

"What happened? Why did you make such a commotion?" Bibi Dong moved gracefully and sat down next to Xuan Ming.

"It's snowing in half the city."

Now that Xuanming has broken ties with the seven major families and is on the verge of a complete falling out, and his relationship with the royal family has also become strained, she no longer needs to sneak around Xuanming as before.

Even if they fly over openly like this, it would still be perfectly reasonable.

“Yu Luomian, come and capture me.” Xuanming sat up.

"I froze it."

Bibi Dong was slightly taken aback. "Is freezing just one person really necessary to make such a big fuss?"

"It's my first time freezing someone, I have no experience," Xuanming said.

Bibi Dong's eye twitched slightly. "I thought you were putting on a show of defiance."

"A demonstration? A demonstration against whom?" Xuanming asked in confusion.

“You don’t seem to have a clear understanding of your current situation,” Bibi Dong said.

"Are you referring to the seven great families, or the Heavenly Dou Royal Family?" Xuanming asked.

"Dugu Bo is still alive. They won't attack me directly; at most, they'll try to assassinate me."

"Why don't you mention the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" Bibi Dong asked.

“They won’t lay a hand on me,” Xuanming said.

"By Ning Rongrong?" Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow slightly.

Xuanming shook his head. "There's no need for that."

He has indeed become a target of public criticism, but with Ning Fengzhi's abilities, he can change his situation.

After all, he was in the right in this matter, and neither the seven major families nor the Heavenly Dou Royal Family wanted to completely escalate the situation.

If these two families were to break ties with him first, Ning Fengzhi could legitimately enter the fray and use this incident as leverage to threaten them. This would not only completely draw him to the side of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but also allow him to take the lead in future cooperation with the Heaven Dou Royal Family and the seven major families, thus maintaining the previous alliance of interests.

Ultimately, no one in this matter, except him, wanted to escalate the conflict.

Now that the Spirit Hall is powerful, he, who is stuck between the three major forces, can serve as a link to unite these three forces to fight against the Spirit Hall. This is also the reason why the Heaven Dou Royal Family pretends to be deaf and dumb even though they know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has ulterior motives.

Between two evils, choose the lesser. If they fall out with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Heaven Dou royal family will have to face the pressure from the Spirit Hall on their own.

Similarly, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School did not want to face the Spirit Hall alone, so Ning Fengzhi was very measured in his cooperation with the Heaven Dou Royal Family and did not go too far.

Even if they were to take action against him, these three parties would do so only after reaching a consensus.

He can die, but the hard-won alliance of interests among these three families cannot be broken.

"Since you see things clearly, why do you still insist on going your own way?"

The gate to the courtyard opened, and Xue Qinghe walked in.

"Why?" Xuanming slowly turned his head to look at Xue Qinghe, his face showing confusion.

How dare you ask me such a question?

Xue Qinghe's expression froze. "What do you mean?"

"Can't you see me clearly?" Xuanming asked.

"But how did you do it?"

"Why do you insist on going your own way? Why do you insist on going your own way?"

"I..." Xue Qinghe was speechless for a moment.

“We’re all pretty much the same, so I won’t criticize you and you shouldn’t criticize me either,” Xuanming said.

"It seems there's no room for discussion on this matter," Xue Qinghe said.

“No,” Xuanming said.

Xue Qinghe was silent for a moment, then asked, "So, what do you plan to do?"

"Don't worry, it won't ruin His Highness's grand plan," Xuanming said.

Xue Qinghe took a deep breath. "Do you really have to treat me like this?"

"You reap what you sow," Xuanming said calmly.

"You can't expect to grow beets from bitter melons, can you?"

“But I’ve already changed it,” Xue Qinghe said indignantly.

“Here we go again.” Xuanming sighed. “Your Highness, we are discussing official business now. Please do not let personal emotions get in the way, and especially do not speak in this temperamental manner.”

"These are your words, and these are your demands of me. Have you forgotten?"

Xue Qinghe's face turned red with shock at Xuan Ming's words, and her chest heaved violently. "But I have always been very tolerant of you. Even though you have gone against my wishes many times, I have never really held it against you."

"So I didn't really hold it against you," Xuanming said.

"Even though that old man tried to kill me, I can still sit here calmly and talk to you."

"You think this isn't enough? What else do you want me to do?"

Xue Qinghe took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and sat down. "Okay, tell me, how do you plan to handle this matter?"

"We will handle this officially."

“Someone delivered a letter to me.” Xuanming took out the letter.

Xue Qinghe and Bibi Dong reached out to take it at the same time.

Xuanming paused for a moment, then took out another letter that he had asked Arou to copy and handed it to the two of them.

"No need to grab it."

Bibi Dong and the other person looked a little awkward, but they didn't say anything. They opened the letter and started reading.

Within moments, their expressions turned cold.

The letter was simple, directly revealing that Xuanming had killed people and devoured their blood and soul power in the Great Soul Arena.

Although nothing else was said, the meaning was clear: a threat!

If Xuanming disobeys, the person who wrote this letter will make this matter public. Once he is defined as a fallen soul master, neither the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, nor the Spirit Hall will be able to protect him! They won't even say a word for him!

People will only strike first to prove their innocence!

“A few days ago, people from the seven major families came to me, but I ignored them. Then, that very night, this letter appeared on my bedside table,” Xuanming said.

Bibi Dong frowned slightly. "You don't seem surprised."

"Why is it surprising?" Xuanming leaned back in his chair.

Why do you think I chose to resolve this matter through a battle in the Great Soul Arena?

"You did this on purpose?" Xue Qinghe frowned.

“Of course it was intentional,” Xuanming said.

"I'm just low in quality, not stupid. How could I not know how much trouble my martial soul would bring?"

"Besides, I don't necessarily have to kill people to replenish what the Blood Spear needs; soul beasts can do it too."

"My own blood energy and soul power are enough to support the Blood Spear, but that would just slow down my cultivation speed."

Xue Qinghe's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. "Are you testing me? You deliberately did all this just to see my reaction?"

"Pretty much. I thought you were going to turn against me," Xuanming said.

After obtaining the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and returning to Heaven Dou City, there was a period when he couldn't stand Qian Renxue, so he took the opportunity to talk about the Blood Spear's defect: it needed to devour the blood and soul power of soul masters every now and then to stabilize it.

He originally thought that after Qian Renxue found out about this, she would turn against him, and then he could make a scene with a clear conscience, and then leave and live in seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

However, he underestimated his value in Qian Renxue's eyes. Not only did this woman not turn against him, but she also offered to let Xue Qinghe get him some death row inmates from the Heavenly Dou Empire's prison, as a way to make use of them.

There was no other way but to let more people know about this, which led to the events at the Great Soul Arena.

"You've been pretending for so many years just to test me?" Xue Qinghe said through gritted teeth.

The matter of the Blood Spear is extremely sensitive. This guy could have kept it hidden, but he deliberately exposed it to her!
This can only be a test!

"Not entirely. After all, would you feel at ease if we didn't have some fatal weakness in my hands?" Xuanming said.

His martial soul problem is known to many people and is not exactly a secret, but just like the slave trade, everyone knows it, but no one talks about it.

Initially, everyone was unwilling to offend Dugu Bo and chose to turn a blind eye.

Later, the Great Soul Arena discovered his immense value and chose to suppress him, intending to use him as leverage to blackmail him. The Heavenly Dou Royal Family did something similar.

The reason he was able to become the hub of interests among these major forces was largely due to this almost fatal weakness.

Whether it was the Heavenly Dou royal family or the seven major families, they all believed that as long as they held this handle, he would always be obedient and compliant, even if he really mingled with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

After all, once this matter is exposed, there will be no place for him in the Douluo Continent, no matter what his identity is, even if he has reached the level of a Title Douluo.

Everyone could use this as a pretext to attack him.

(End of this chapter)