Douluo Continent: The Time-Stopping Evil Dragon, They All Want to Tame Me

Chapter 26 Attacking Yuexuan Again, I, Ao Xing, never break my word!

The Imperial Palace of Heavenly Dou, the Imperial Garden.

Artificial hills and strange rocks are piled up in a well-organized manner, and exotic flowers and plants compete for beauty.

Despite the beautiful scenery and the snowy night, the Great Emperor had no heart to appreciate it.

Xueke looked at her father, whose face was full of sorrow, and felt extremely distressed.

Since learning that his brother Xue Qinghe was kidnapped by an evil dragon when he exchanged treasures for him, Emperor Xue Ye has fallen ill and has not been able to get out of bed for the past two days, thanks to the care of the imperial physicians and the help of Dugu Bo.

But his beard and hair had turned quite gray, he never smiled, and the wrinkles around his eyes and on his forehead had increased!

It should be noted that although Emperor Xueye, the emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire, did not have a high level of cultivation, he benefited from the nourishment of various rare and precious materials. As a man around sixty years old, he looked no different from a forty-year-old middle-aged man.

But in just a few days, he aged considerably.

"The Spirit Hall agreed to help find the evil dragon. Have they made any progress?" Emperor Xueye slowly sat down in the nearby pavilion and asked Xue Ke.

A few days ago, the Heaven Dou Empire, in conjunction with various forces across the continent, sought to expose the "ugly face" of the Spirit Hall.

But little did we know, it turned out to be a huge blunder!

Pope Bibi Dong demanded compensation. After much deliberation, Emperor Xue Ye simply ceded some "useless" territories and paid the Spirit Hall with rare treasures, requesting the Pope's help in finding clues about the evil dragon and Xue Qinghe.

Bibi Dong readily agreed.

"Father, there's still no news." Xue Ke's face showed worry. Her concern for her brother Xue Qinghe's safety was no less than that of Emperor Xue Ye.

Why.

Emperor Xueye sighed, his heart heavy with frustration, making it difficult for him to breathe.

at this time,

A palace maid walked over quickly.

"Your Majesty, Minister Ili of the Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs is outside the palace, saying he has important matters to report."

Häagen-Dazs Kingdom?

After a moment of stunned silence, Emperor Xueye suddenly relaxed his brows and a look of joy appeared on his face.

Although the Heavenly Dou Empire mobilized the entire nation's resources, it was unable to find the dragon's hiding place.

However, we also obtained quite a few clues.

More than one civilian who went out to relieve himself at night, or some Soul Masters traveling at night, reported that they saw a small dragon-like creature flying westward at night.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dou Empire also focused its search efforts on its western border.

The fact that a vassal kingdom located at the westernmost edge of the continent has sent a minister to Tiandou City clearly indicates that something big has happened!

Moreover, Emperor Xueye had a premonition that the matter his subject Yili was about to report was related to the evil dragon!

He quickly left the inner palace on a snowy night to go and receive the emperor.

"Your Majesty!"

"A shocking case occurred in Hanhai City, a key city on the western border of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom, just two days ago!"

"The tax money in the Han Hai City treasury was stolen by the evil dragon the night before last."

Hanhai City, the largest city in the western part of the Tiandou Empire and the commercial center of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom, is located on a huge island not far from the mainland, surrounded by the sea!

Nearly 70% of the "taxes" that the Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs pays to the Heavenly Dou Empire each year come from Hanhai City!

Now that the Hanhai City Treasury has been robbed, it means that the Tiandou Empire will lose a large sum of tax revenue from its vassal states this year!

However, upon learning this, Emperor Xueye showed no anger whatsoever; instead, he beamed with joy and said:

"Someone, quickly inform all the eunuchs to gather in the main hall for a meeting in half an hour!"

"Come with me to the side and tell me what happened, paying particular attention to everything concerning the dragon!"

Foreign Minister Ili was somewhat taken aback.

Despite the theft of the treasury and the inability of Hanhai City to pay taxes, Emperor Xueye showed no intention of reprimanding them.

But upon further reflection, he suddenly understood.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe has been kidnapped by an evil dragon, which concerns the future throne of the Heavenly Dou Empire!

If the Crown Prince were to meet with misfortune, the political situation of the Heavenly Dou Empire would certainly be thrown into turmoil!

Häagen-Dazs, as an observer, clearly sees this.

In recent years, as the Heaven Dou Empire has continued to weaken, the Spirit Hall and even the Star Luo Empire have extended olive branches to the Heaven Dou Empire's vassal states, such as the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom, on more than one occasion.

If the Crown Prince is confirmed dead, the idle Fourth Prince Xue Beng will become the Emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

Chaos is inevitable for the empire!

……

Inside the Imperial City Council Hall, all the nobles of Tiandou remained silent as they listened to the foreign ministers of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom recount the detailed account of the theft of the Hanhai City Treasury.

"The dragon is too fast and extremely cunning. When it left, it circled away. We don't have any Title Douluo-level experts, so we can't track it."

"Therefore, you don't know which direction the little dragon flew off to after it robbed the treasury," Ili carefully recounted the dragon's surprise attack on Hanhai City.

The nobles of the Heavenly Dou Sect remained silent, lost in thought.

Located on the western frontier, the Empire's influence there is not strong, not to mention that the western part of Hanhai City is the sea, the eastern part is land, and the northern part leads to the far north!

Ao Xing was not an adult evil dragon, and his size was not large.

Finding his trail is extremely difficult!

"Does this mean we have no choice but to increase reconnaissance efforts around the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom?"

"Even knowing the dragon is in the western part of the empire, finding him is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

The information provided by Ili did not help in finding the evil dragon, and the officials from the former crown prince's lineage were all frowning and sighing repeatedly.

But Xue Ke suddenly said:

"The dragon's departure, circling away, means it doesn't want us to know the direction it went. Doesn't that precisely mean that it's not far from Han Hai City?"

"Otherwise, it could have simply flown off in one direction like it did when it kidnapped my brother last time."

It is no secret that dragons are cunning.

Xue Ke suddenly changed her approach, triggering the conclusion from the perspective of the evil dragon and deducing its behavior in reverse, which earned unanimous praise from the nobles of Tiandou.

Emperor Xueye decisively ordered the dispatch of a hundred search teams to intensify the reconnaissance of the western border of the Kingdom of Haagen-Dazs.

……

Ao Xing, familiar with the area, easily infiltrated Tian Dou City.

Arriving above the Moon Pavilion, he reduced the area of ​​his Time Stop Domain to just cover the Moon Pavilion.

Then they slowly entered.

The wall that it crashed into a few days ago has now been repaired.

The previous cohort of Yuexuan students also graduated just two days ago.

At this moment, there was hardly anyone inside the Moon Pavilion.

After some searching, Ao Xing found Tang Yuehua sitting next to the harp.

Stop, release.

The next moment, melodious music filled the room.

Ao Xing closed his eyes and enjoyed the "refined music" that only the nobles of the Heavenly Dou Empire could hear.

Tang Yuehua seemed completely unaware that the evil dragon was right behind her. She continued to pluck the strings of her zither with her slender, lotus-root-like fingers.

"~~~~"

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"Now that you've discovered me, there's no need to pretend you don't know," Ao Xing said, opening his eyes as he heard the music suddenly become disordered.

"Tang Yuehua, I told you, I would come back."

(End of this chapter)