Douluo Continent: Narration Modified, Everyone Goes Crazy!

Chapter 61 Xue Qinghe ascends to the throne and cooperates with Shen He!

"Your Highness! With Emperor Xueye critically ill, you are the only one who can hold up the entire Heaven Dou Empire right now!"

"Yes, Your Highness, Emperor Xueye is critically ill. The Heavenly Dou Empire can only function properly now thanks to you. Please do not refuse, Your Highness, and prepare for your ascension to the throne as soon as possible!"

"The Poison Douluo has used all his skills, but he can only extend Emperor Xue Ye's life by a few more days. A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I beg Your Highness not to refuse!"

"Oh dear, what am I to do with all of you!"

Xue Qinghe looked at the ministers' requests in the council hall of the Tian Dou royal family, a troubled expression on his face. Clearly, he was not ready so early.

"The Fourth Prince and Prince Xuexing have been eyeing this position for a long time. You are the rightful Crown Prince. If you don't seize this opportunity to consolidate your power and stabilize public sentiment, we fear those two will..."

"That's right, Your Highness, you are the Crown Prince! Are you really going to just hand over this position to someone else?"

"For the sake of the entire continent, it would be best if you took power as soon as possible! The alliance between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire still depends on you to facilitate it!"

Hearing his own faction's ministers trying to persuade him, Xue Qinghe could only pretend to have no choice but to accept the reins of power.

"Well, since all the ministers have said so, then I can only temporarily take over this responsibility for my father. If things change, I will return this position to my father."

"You've really made my life miserable."

Although Xue Qinghe said this on the surface, all the ministers actually felt that Emperor Xue Ye had really lost his mind this time and was beyond saving. Even if he were saved, the fact that he was tricked by that Master Yu into gathering all the soul masters on the continent for some kind of yoga conference would greatly reduce the credibility of the Heaven Dou royal family. It would be better to just take the opportunity to abdicate in favor of the crown prince and divert attention.

Unfortunately, what these ministers didn't know was that this Xue Qinghe was not the real Xue Qinghe, but rather Qian Renxue from the Spirit Hall in disguise.

The real Xue Qinghe died long ago, and for many years Qian Renxue has been playing the role of Xue Qinghe.

Originally, according to her plan, it would have taken several years to poison Emperor Xueye. Several years of planning would have been enough to completely bring the Heaven Dou Empire under the control of the Spirit Hall. However, now that Emperor Xueye has suddenly run into trouble, she has actually completed the most difficult step of her plan ahead of schedule.

This left her somewhat bewildered; happiness had come too suddenly.

The thought that she could save herself a few years of pretending made Qian Renxue feel much better.

After all, what spies fear most is spending three years after three years without seeing the end and without finding the dawn of success.

And now, thanks to Master Yu, haven't I succeeded?

"In your opinion, ministers, how should an alliance between the Heavenly Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire be forged?"

"Your Highness, the alliance between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire is essentially a preventative measure taken in response to the growing power of the Spirit Hall. If it weren't to prevent the Spirit Hall from harboring any improper intentions, there would be no need to risk cooperating with the Star Luo Empire. Especially now, because of the matter of Emperor Xue Ye."

"Alas, Emperor Xueye was fooled for a moment, truly losing face in front of the entire continent!"

"In future cooperation, the Star Luo Empire will likely use this incident as leverage to force His Highness the Crown Prince to back down. This so-called alliance will probably be led by the Star Luo Empire!"

"At this time, His Highness the Crown Prince can only focus his energy on consolidating power. As for the secret alliance with the Star Luo Empire, that will have to wait."

"Yes, yes, that's true. The Spirit Hall hasn't even developed to that point yet, so there's no need to plan ahead so early. It's better to wait until His Highness the Crown Prince has arranged everything for the Empire."

"Taking advantage of the fact that all the Soul Masters from the continent are in Heaven Dou City, Your Highness, why don't you use this incident as a pretext to personally visit and offer condolences to the various Soul Master factions on behalf of the royal family? This would increase Your Highness's bargaining power?"

"Not bad, not bad! You finally came up with a thoughtless idea!"

"You old scoundrel! You think I'm like you? Hiding things from everyone."

"Alright, alright, Qinghe understands. Ministers, there's no need to say anything more."

After listening to the opinions of the ministers, Qian Renxue temporarily understood what she needed to do.

They should take this opportunity to consolidate power in their own hands, making it easier for the Spirit Hall to carry out its next plan.

As for any alliance with the Star Luo Empire, it's impossible with her here. However, taking advantage of the time right after the Yoga Conference incident, she can use Xue Qinghe's personal identity to make connections with some Soul Master forces in Tian Dou City.

She doesn't expect any cooperation, but as long as those soul master forces indicate that they will not participate in the covert competition between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall, that's fine. If there are any soul master forces that don't know what's good for them, she can secretly collect their names and hand them over to the Spirit Hall for disposal.

"That's all for today! Qinghe will go and apologize to those Soul Master factions on behalf of the royal family."

With that, Qian Renxue dismissed the ministers and prepared to visit each of the Soul Master forces that had come to the Heaven Dou Empire, based on the information gathered by her subordinates.

Several hours later, at Blue Tyrant Academy.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, sat with Shen He in the reception room, drinking tea.

"Are you Shen He, the newly appointed dean of Shrek Academy, who is currently staying at Blue Tyrant Academy?"

"That's right, it is I. May I ask what business Your Highness has with me?"

"I never expected that Shrek Academy would be so full of hidden talents, just as the rumors say. I really admire Dean Shen for taking on the position of dean at such a young age."

"Not at all, Your Highness, you are too kind."

Knowing that it was Qian Renxue in disguise as Shen He, he cooperated fully with the performance.

"First of all, I sincerely apologize for inviting you all from afar because my father was deceived by a villain. If your academy has any problems in the future, as long as it is not too outrageous, you can send someone to the royal family to find me."

"And then?"

"Secondly, there are some personal requests of mine."

"Oh? Why don't you elaborate?"

"Dean Shen, Qinghe is quite interested in Shrek Academy! In the past twenty years, Shrek Academy has only admitted forty-two students, of whom only fourteen actually graduated. And those who graduated are all powerful and famous in the soul master world."

"With His Highness's power, finding these things would be a piece of cake. So what is His Highness's thinking?"

"Naturally, they've recognized Shrek Academy's potential and want to collaborate with them to train students together."

"Oh? In my opinion, Shrek Academy students do have potential, but it doesn't seem that bad, does it?"

"Prince Dai Mubai of the Star Luo Empire and my teacher Ning Fengzhi's beloved daughter Ning Rongrong are both in your academy. Aren't they powerful enough? Not to mention Dean Shen He, who has the strength of a Soul Master at such a young age, and his third Soul Ring is already ten thousand years old. Isn't that enough for me to take seriously?"

(End of this chapter)