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

Chapter 25 Inconvenient

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After everything was prepared, the grand autumn hunting party left Tiandou City and, escorted by the Imperial Guards, headed towards Sunset Forest.

The Heaven Dou Empire has ten provinces, five of which are directly controlled by the Heaven Dou Royal Family. The four enfeoffed kingdoms—the Barak Kingdom, the Hagendas Kingdom, the Silves Kingdom, and the Moric Kingdom—each control one province. Finally, there is a duchy, second only to the kingdoms, which occupies the smallest province in the eastern part of the empire.

The Sunset Forest, where autumn hunts take place, is located northeast of Tiandou City, which can also be considered the northern part of the central area of ​​Tiandou City, about 100 miles east of Tiandou City.

The terrain here is rugged, with hills and valleys, numerous rivers, and dense forests. It is famous for its beautiful sunsets, and the surrounding area is also a huge scenic area.

Because of its northern location, the temperature here is lower than that of the Starry Sky Forest, and the plants are mainly northern temperate plants.

Sunset Forest is home to many soul beasts, including thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts. Although its overall area is not as large as Star Dou Forest, it still has many high-level soul beasts.

The autumn hunting party set off in the morning and arrived at the hunting grounds in the evening.

This autumn hunt was not considered formal, as there was a war going on this year and the border troops of the two countries had not yet withdrawn. The emperor did not participate in the hunt; it was merely an exchange activity between the princes and the princes, basically just a formality.

Moreover, the main character of this autumn hunt is not the royal family, but Dugu Yan.

"I'm sick!"

As evening fell, Dugu Yan, annoyed at having to deal with a bunch of princes, returned to her tent.

"They're all like leeches, shamelessly trying to strike up a conversation with me. Don't they find it boring?"

"Especially that Barth, he really has no shame at all!"

"..."

Xuanming and Ye Lingling sat by the fire, quietly listening to Dugu Yan's complaints.

Ye Lingling had just broken through to level ten yesterday, which meant she could obtain her first soul ring. At Xue Qinghe's suggestion, she came along as well.

"No, you guys should say something!"

After talking for so long, Dugu Yan felt her mouth go dry, but the two people next to her were like mute people, not saying a single word from beginning to end.

"What did you say?" Ye Lingling asked, puzzled.

"Don't you guys find them annoying?" Dugu Yan said.

"No," Ye Lingling said.

"They didn't bother us, they only bothered you."

Dugu Yan's expression froze. "Lingling, you've gone astray."

"Sister Yan Yan, if you really don't want to deal with them, just release some poison mist to teach them a lesson," Ye Lingling said.

"Didn't you do the same thing when you were at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

"How can that be the same?" Dugu Yan said helplessly.

Those who bother her at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy are all noble soul masters, and even if they get beaten up by her, they don't dare to say anything.

But what occasion is this?
Is she capable of violence?

“Then you can go to the First Prince,” Ye Lingling said.

"He definitely has a way."

“The Crown Prince can’t leave right now.” Dugu Yan sat down.

Although this autumn hunt is not a formal event, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. The emperor has entrusted the entire autumn hunt to the eldest prince, Xue Qinghe, who is currently too busy to attend to anything else.

“Miss Dugu doesn’t seem very happy.” A man who looked somewhat like Xue Qinghe and was about the same age as Dugu Yan walked over.

"The Third Prince?" Dugu Yan was taken aback.

"How did you come?"

“The autumn hunt is quite complicated, so Father Emperor asked my brother and me to learn from it, and that's why I came along too.” The Third Prince also sat down.

“However, I’m not interested in these procedures, so I’ll leave them to my elder brother.” The Third Prince looked at Xuanming, whose physical features were quite distinctive. “This must be the genius with twin martial souls, right?”

"His name is Xuanming," Dugu Yan introduced.

"This is Xue Haicang, the third prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and also a genius with extremely high cultivation talent."

"Although he is the same age as me, he is at the ninth level of the Innate Realm, and his current cultivation level is three levels higher than mine."

"I dare not claim to be a genius," Xue Haizang said.

"He only has some talent; there is still a considerable gap between him and someone with innate full soul power and twin martial souls."

Xuanming raised his head and looked at the seemingly humble but actually arrogant third prince.

In the original novel, the Second Prince was the most outstanding member of the Tian Dou royal family, a man of extraordinary talent. However, just as he was about to be made crown prince, he suddenly died of poisoning at the young age of twelve.

That is, at the beginning of this year.

The third prince was extremely talented in Soul Master cultivation, but he also died in the year following the death of the second prince, at the young age of eleven.

However, judging from the current situation, this third prince will most likely die during this autumn hunt as well.

"Third Prince, Xuanming is rather introverted, please don't mind him."

Seeing that Xuanming glanced at Xue Haicang and then fell silent, Dugu Yan quickly spoke up to explain.

“I don’t mind. My brother told me some things,” the Third Prince said.

"However, I would like to see the legendary talent domain."

Dugu Yan was stunned, "He..."

"Don't misunderstand, my brother has already sealed it off. I only learned about it from General Golong," the Third Prince said.

Xuanming is Dugu Bo's man, and now Poison Douluo is a guest elder of the Heaven Dou royal family. After that incident, his elder brother took the initiative to suppress what happened back then.

Although having twin martial souls cannot be concealed, there are still many excuses that can be used to deceive people about their innate domain.

He only learned of this news because he had some connection with Goron.

"I'm just curious, I wonder if it's convenient for you, young brother Xuanming..."

"It's inconvenient," Xuanming said without looking up.

The Third Prince paused for a moment, "If it's inconvenient... then forget it."

"I'm tired, I'm going to rest now." Xuanming turned and walked into the tent.

"Um..." Dugu Yan was a little embarrassed.

"Third Prince, please don't misunderstand. Xuanming is just a bit aloof. He didn't mean any offense."

"Yes, I know..." The Third Prince's expression was very unnatural.

He had heard that this kid was having a very pleasant conversation with his elder brother!

Is it inconvenient to meet him?

……

At midnight.

A dark figure silently entered Xue Qinghe's tent, unnoticed by any of the patrolling guards.

"Young Master, we have found the target in Sunset Forest and are making preparations now," said Serpent Spear Douluo.

"However, with so many powerful Soul Masters accompanying us on this trip, isn't this plan a bit too far-fetched?"

Although this autumn hunt wasn't formal, with so many princes and nobles participating, and several Soul Emperors, Soul Kings, and nearly thirty Soul Sect Masters serving as guards, using Soul Beasts to kill Barth under these circumstances seemed rather unreliable.

If those Soul Emperors discover something amiss, then this matter will become very troublesome.

(End of this chapter)