Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 249 The Star Luo Royal Family Wants to Send Gifts

"It won't come to that," Xue Di said with a smile. "We were already on our way north, and Bing'er should have been able to sense my presence soon. With your abilities, we should have taken you to the Ice Clan for a temporary stay."

Shen Yuanyi pouted: "So I'm just an unwanted outsider."

"How could that be?" the other three said at the same time.

They looked out into the distance together. From this vantage point, they could see the soul-guided images that Coco had sent to play.

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Xu Jiawei stared at the image bead on the table with a gloomy expression.

In the past few days, he discovered that a group was selling videos all over Xingluo City. At first, he didn't notice anything wrong with it and even thought that it was helping his Shrek father promote his work.

However, Xu Jiujiu felt it wasn't that simple, because according to the information relayed by his servants, the number of Image Beads sold today was far too many. Even mobilizing all the Soul Masters in Star Luo City wouldn't have been enough to accomplish this.

The situation was quite clear: people from the Sun Moon Empire had taken advantage of the large crowds at the tournament to infiltrate Star Luo City.

The key issue is that they cannot directly expel these merchants from the Sun Moon Empire, because their actions have generated a huge backlash among the people.

The Star Luo Empire can suppress its people, but it has to consider the situation. Now the whole continent is watching, so it has to put on a show no matter what.

"Can you find out anything about the background of this Chanel Chamber of Commerce?" Xu Jiawei asked.

"It's very mysterious. However, they already have special connections within Star Luo City," Xu Jiujiu analyzed. "Once they've secured the right to use those three plazas even once, their prestige has already risen, and it would be unwise to ban them again."

Xu Jiawei nodded slowly: "Let's not talk about that. Can we make copies of the image beads? We can't let them make money on our turf anymore."

A Soul Master stepped forward. He was the highest-ranking eighth-level Soul Master in the Star Luo Empire. He said, "Your Majesty, the production of the Image Beads is not actually difficult. What is difficult is their editing techniques, the accompanying voice narration, and... the ability to produce a large quantity in a short period of time."

Xu Jiawei slammed his fist on the table: "I really don't know what the point of keeping a bunch of you Soul Masters around all this time!"

The level eight Soul Master lowered his head in embarrassment, thinking to himself, "How dare you say that? I wonder who it is that treats Shrek Academy like a father and stubbornly believes that as long as you have a Soul Master, you can be invincible."

"Brother, please calm down. Elder Sun, please also ask the Soul Guidance Hall to put in more effort and see if we can salvage some of the losses." Xu Jiujiu timely smoothed things over.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Highness. I take my leave." Old Master Sun withdrew.

"Ah, the Sun Moon Empire's arrival is ill-intentioned." A trace of weariness appeared on Xu Jiawei's face. "Today, I forcibly gave Shrek Academy a way out, but in the end, that genius with twin martial souls was still injured."

Xu Jiujiu frowned: "Regarding this, Your Majesty, Elder Xuan of Shrek Academy is a level 98 Super Douluo. He said that the genius's martial soul explosion was triggered by an external force, but he didn't say who triggered it."

Xu Jiawei's eyes turned cold: "Just pour this dirty water on the Sun Moon Empire."

Xu Jiujiu gave a bitter laugh: "Brother! There are no Super Douluo in the court of the Sun Moon Empire!"

Xu Jiawei was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Xu Jiujiu's eyes darkened, and he whispered in Xu Jiawei's ear, "Evil Soul Master, Body Sect."

Xu Jiawei nodded slowly: "This competition is called the Academy Competition, but these two forces will definitely be mixed in with the audience. Throwing dirty water on them is indeed an option."

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he said, "Speaking of which, isn't the Starlight Auction about to begin?"

Xu Jiujiu nodded: "Two events in total, all prepared." Xu Jiawei said thoughtfully: "Don't hold two events, just do it all at once. Schedule it for two days from now, and send the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone from the palace, the ninety-ninth ranked carving knife, and the level eight soul tool Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade to Shrek Academy."

Xu Jiujiu was taken aback.

"Zhang, the titled Douluo of the healing system in the Hall of Offerings, has returned. She told me that the genius with twin martial souls has the Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul as his second martial soul. With that 70,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, his injuries should be able to recover faster."

Xu Jiujiu's brows furrowed imperceptibly. This imperial brother really couldn't wait to give away all the family's wealth.

Even a single piece of Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, even if it's only a ten-thousand-year-old one, is priceless and unavailable. Although, according to the elders, this Soul Bone is only suitable for Ice-attribute Soul Masters.

But what if an ice-attribute Soul Master joins the palace in the future?

Don't you care about the future development of the Star Luo Empire?

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu sighed for a long time before finally agreeing. She was just a princess, and although she held a high position, she could not interfere with Xu Jiawei's decision.

When Xingluo and Riyue had a small-scale conflict last time, she made a special trip to the battlefield on the border. To her surprise, the Riyue Empire was not greatly weakened by the change of royal family.

On the contrary, during the battle, the soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire seemed to have taken some kind of drug, each one of them fighting fearlessly. They used the terrain, their soul guidance advantages, and so on, to inflict a crushing defeat on the Star Luo Empire. Even the small-scale troops that had infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire were all wiped out.

According to intelligence, the Sun Moon Empire has dispatched disciples from its state religion and the Sun Temple to participate in the war. To her surprise, the Title Douluo sent by the Sun Temple was none other than the Raven Douluo, who had once been hunted down by the Star Luo Sect.

The Sun Moon Empire is growing stronger every day, and besides the mysterious Evil Soul Master cult, another major power has emerged within its borders: the Sun Temple. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire lacks any truly formidable sect or power.

Is the Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent really going to develop to the point where they can only survive by depending on Shrek Academy? He pondered this pessimistically for a long time.

"Let's see how many monsters and demons this auction will bring out," Xu Jiujiu muttered to himself. "I wonder if that mysterious Sun Temple will also send people to infiltrate Star Luo City."

Two days later.

The original plan to hold a low-level auction first, and then invite various major forces to a high-level auction separately, fell through. At Xu Jiawei's request, the two auctions were merged directly, and invitations were sent to some participating universities.

Shrek Academy also received an invitation, and the auctioneer "accidentally" let slip some information that they absolutely had to attend.

Qian Renxue toyed with the invitation in her hand: "What kind of auction is this? What's being sold?"

The maid who delivered the invitation explained, "Your Excellency, this is the most prestigious auction in the entire Star Luo Empire. We've invited marquises, wealthy merchants, and top-tier Soul Masters and Soul Instructors. There will definitely be many excellent items, but the prices will also be relatively high."

After the maid left, Qian Renxue pondered for a moment: "Old Ma, are you familiar with this auction?"

Old Ma nodded: "Twenty years ago, when I led the team to the Star Luo Empire as an assistant coach to participate in the competition, I also participated in this auction. At that time, a soul bone of the ten thousand-year level appeared."

Qian Renxue's eyes flickered imperceptibly: "Then why don't we go take a look?"

Old Ma nodded slightly: "That's good. The kids have been playing in competitions these past few days, so it's good for them to relax a bit."

(End of this chapter)