Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Saint Master, Twelve Talismans Chaotic the Continent

Chapter 20 The defection of the two generals

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After the coronation ceremony ended, ignoring the leopard-like glare in the eyes of the golden crocodile, Bibi Dong took Nan Feng directly back to the Papal Palace council hall.

From now on, she will be working here.

A week after the council of elders passed a resolution in which she would succeed to the papacy, renovations began on the Papal Palace. Each pope is allowed to alter the furnishings of their office area to some extent.

At Bibi Dong's request, all the ornate gold decorations in the Papal Hall were removed and replaced with purple-gold.

In addition, the decoration style of this hall is very different from before. It is no longer as flamboyant as when Qian Xunji was in power. The current decoration with dark purple as the main color is somewhat depressing, but Bibi Dong likes this style.

"Are you sure this unconventional approach will work?" Bibi Dong asked with some concern.

She strongly suspected that Nan Feng was doing this purely for fun!

Some say that the way she held the kitten coincided with the posture of the angel statue, and that the more casual she acted in such a solemn setting, the more uncertain those secretly watching her became.

To put it bluntly, it's all just posturing!

Whether we can control them or not is another matter; we need to overwhelm them with momentum first.

If she follows the Elders' wishes in everything, then she, as the Pope, will appear weak and easily bullied in everyone's eyes, which will make the process of regaining power more difficult.

Patience is necessary, but she no longer needs to be patient.

Since Qian Daoliu dared to put her in this position, it proves that he won't interfere too much. As long as the Spirit Hall is developing in a positive direction, Qian Daoliu won't interfere.

As for the Elders' Hall that she was worried about, since those people joined the Spirit Hall because they were afraid of Qian Daoliu's strength, as long as she was stronger than them, no one would dare to stand up and stop her.

Even if some stubborn fool dares to stand up, just kill him.

"With your current strength, the only ones who can suppress you are those level 96 and above. Those people don't care about anything, and they all listen to Qian Daoliu. As long as that old man doesn't give the order, the elders won't interfere with your actions," Nan Feng said.

"What if the Thousand Paths Sect gets involved?" Bibi Dong asked worriedly.

Her only worry was that Qian Daoliu would trip her up!

This was the reason why she had planned to hide for a while and develop slowly.

"If you're going to interfere, just confront him head-on," Nan Feng said.

"The Pope and the Grand Elder are at odds, causing instability within the Spirit Hall. It's not like you're the ones who suffer. Anyway, the Spirit Hall belongs to their family, so we can just have our fun."

"Moreover, this is the first time I've ever played a real-time strategy game in such an immersive way."

Bibi Dong's eyes twitched slightly.

I knew you were up to no good!

"What are you doing?" Bibi Dong glared at Nan Feng, who was being unruly in her arms.

"What bad intentions could a kitten possibly have?" Nan Feng looked up, his face completely innocent.

"If you mess around again, I'll throw you out." Bibi Dong grabbed Nan Feng by the back of the neck and lifted him up.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Nan Feng obediently landed on the table and began to review the strategic plans for the upcoming war between the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.

Every Soul Master faction has a vast industrial chain that involves all aspects of human society, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation—all of which are controlled by the Soul Master class.

The war between the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect wasn't simply a matter of charging in with spirit weapons. The Clear Sky Sect's affiliated sects in both empires, as well as their businesses, all had to be dealt with.

After declaring war, the Spirit Hall immediately launched attacks on these parts. Although it was nominally a war between the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, the conflict had actually affected nearly half of the continent, and no sect could remain uninvolved.

Sects and countries that had business dealings with the Haotian Sect were impacted to varying degrees, especially the families that were affiliated with the Haotian Sect, including the four single-attribute sects, totaling nearly twenty families of all sizes.

To put it more vividly, this conflict also triggered a small financial crisis, causing the Clear Sky Sect's businesses to collapse. This affected not only the Soul Master faction but also a large number of workers.

These unemployed workers will then become refugees within the two great empires, or even slaves.

It's just that they were unlucky enough to work in industries related to the Haotian Sect before.

As for where these unfortunate people will end up, the Spirit Hall won't care. After all, the Spirit Hall is a spirit master organization, and the lives and deaths of ordinary people are none of their concern. The Spirit Hall only cares about spirit masters and only represents the interests of the spirit master class.

"Um?"

Bibi Dong, who was processing memorials, suddenly looked up at the entrance of the Papal Palace.

"Come in."

Hearing the sound, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had been hesitating outside the door for a long time, walked in one after the other.

"Oh?" Bibi Dong was somewhat surprised.

"What brings you two elders here?"

Only Kiku and Kiku came to support her at today's coronation ceremony. To be honest, she was somewhat surprised, since the situation was unclear and the elders wouldn't take sides easily.

Kiku and Kito's actions today can actually be interpreted as them siding with her.

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

However, she didn't understand why these two were in such a hurry.

Before the coronation ceremony, apart from Qian Daoliu and Jin E, no one knew that she had been promoted to Title Douluo, including Ju Gui and the others.

Moreover, these two used to be with Qian Xunji. Now that Qian Xunji has just died, it's not appropriate for them to switch sides.

It should be noted that although Qian Daoliu had placed her in the position of Pope, anyone with eyes could see that the atmosphere between them was not right during the meeting of the Elders.

Taking sides at a time like this is too risky, isn't it?

"Greetings, Your Holiness the Pope!"

Led by Yue Guan, the ghost followed closely behind, kneeling on the ground.

Bibi Dong was taken aback. "What do you two elders mean by this?"

The Pope is the highest leader of the Spirit Hall, but the elders also hold a high position in the Spirit Hall. Even the Platinum Bishop, whose position is below that of an elder, does not need to kneel before the Pope, let alone the elders.

"Please, Your Holiness, take us in," Yue Guan said in a deep voice.

"Take them in?" Bibi Dong asked, looking puzzled.

What do you mean by that?

Yue Guan hesitated to say, "Your Holiness the Pope may not know, but there is no longer any place for the two of us in the Elders' Hall."

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong's mind raced.

Yue Guan, a ghost, was seriously injured in the Spirit Hall's operation just now. How could he say that he has nowhere to go?

Could it be because...?

Bibi Dong, who quickly realized the reason, found it somewhat amusing. "I thought the Grand Elder was so magnanimous, but it turns out he's not all that great."

Qian Xunji led Yue Guan and Gui Mei out to ambush Tang Hao and the 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast. As a result, they failed to capture the 100,000-year-old soul beast, and many Soul Saints who participated in the pursuit were killed or injured. Among the three veteran Title Douluos, one died and two were seriously injured.

Most importantly, Chihiro is dead!

Meanwhile, Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who were also besieging Tang Hao, are still alive and well.

If it weren't for the fact that these two were barely clinging to life when they returned, that old bastard Qian Daoliu would probably have killed them on the spot after seeing Qian Xunji's miserable state!

She still remembers the terrifying soul power and chilling killing intent that erupted from the Elder Hall that day.

The murderous intent of the former judge elder...

(End of this chapter)