Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 101 Plotting Against a 100,000-Year-Old Soul Beast

Xiao Fei wandered around the school for a while, watching the group of lovely and carefree students (especially the girls from Tianshui). Everyone was studying hard, cultivating, and striving, without any external troubles, hatred, or bloody battles.

It seems that only the Elemental Academy is a safe haven in the entire Douluo Continent right now, while other places seem to be filled with the smoke of war, and everyone is preparing for war.

Xiao Fei had a sudden realization: perhaps this was what he had always been pursuing—a sense of peace.

To maintain this peace, one must possess absolute power, a power that no one dares to challenge.

Xiao Fei returned to his dormitory and began to seriously review the plot points of the original work.

According to the original story, the Shrek Seven Devils trained on Seagod Island for a full four years. This means that, according to the original story, they would return to the mainland after nine months. The time difference would be no more than two months. (They arrived at Seagod Island three months later than Xiao Fei's group, who completed their trials in three and a half years.)

Nine months later, Bibi Dong will conduct a hunting expedition, ultimately sacrificing Da Ming and Er Ming to Tang San. These two spirit rings are a perfect match for Tang San.

The Azure Bull Python became the Blue Silver Emperor's ninth spirit ring, and the Titan Giant Ape became Tang San's first spirit ring for the Clear Sky Hammer. These two spirit rings and spirit bones formed the foundation for Tang San's battle against the Thousand-Pound Demon-Slaying Brothers.

Now, Tang San's assessment has been delayed by Xiao Fei and his group for nine months, which means that Tang San may not be able to return for about a year and a half. Judging from Tang San's past luck, Bibi Dong's hunting operation and Tang San's return are basically in sync.

In other words, if Xiao Fei wanted to plot against the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python, it would take him anywhere from nine months to a year and a half. And if he succeeded, his relationship with Tang San would likely become one of enmity.

Xiao Fei wasn't afraid of becoming enemies with Tang San, but it seemed that Xiao Fei and his group were no match for the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python. Even if they won, they could only absorb one spirit ring, and the time interval simply wouldn't allow it.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, the three brothers—Da Ming, Er Ming, and the Thousand-Pound Ant King—are the ones Xiao Fei least wants to miss. These five spirit rings can increase his spirit power by at least 5 levels, allowing Xiao Fei to reach level 98 or even 99.

While Xiaofei was making plans in his dormitory, countless people came to visit him, but he politely declined them all.

A month has passed, and Xiao Fei has now reached the peak of level 93, ready to break through at any time.

One day, a student suddenly came to inform Xiaofei and asked him to go to the dean's office. Xiaofei thought about it for a moment and then went. Normally, unless it was something important, the deans wouldn't bother Xiaofei.

When Xiao Fei arrived at the dean's office, he saw that almost all of the academy's senior officials were there, and even Yang Wudi had come out of seclusion.

There were five people sitting opposite, the leader of whom was Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, and another was an old man with a full head of green hair, who should be the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo from the original work.

Among the other three was a woman whom I had seen before at Yuexuan; she was Xue Ke, the only princess of the Tiandou Empire.

The last two are a very tall man, somewhat resembling a giant gorilla, presumably Titan, the legendary patriarch of the Power Clan. Next to him is a thin, white-haired old man who appears quite plain; he is likely Baihe, the patriarch of the Min Clan.

Xiao Fei went to his seat and sat down with the other deans.

Xiao Fei muttered to himself, "What does the Heavenly Dou Empire mean by this? Did they send Titan and White Crane here specifically to win over Yang Wudi and Niu Gao?"

After Xiao Fei entered the room, the five people from the Heavenly Dou Empire seemed to keep their eyes on him, as if Xiao Fei was the purpose of their trip.

Yu Xiaogang seemed to be in much better spirits than before, after all, he had been the national advisor for several years.

After exchanging greetings, Dean Huo Tianchen smiled and asked, "I wonder what brings the Poison Douluo, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Princess to my Elemental Academy?"

Yu Xiaogang stated frankly, "Deans, our visit is at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty hopes that the Heaven Dou Empire and the Elemental Academy will form an alliance to jointly fight against the Martial Soul Empire."

Dean Huo Tianchen shook his head slightly: "Your Excellency, I am truly sorry. Our Elemental Academy established a rule from the very beginning that we will never participate in any power struggles. I can only apologize to His Majesty the Emperor."

Yu Xiaogang said solemnly, "Dean Huo, I know you don't want to get involved in sect struggles, but now, the Spirit Hall has become the Spirit Empire. As citizens of the Heaven Dou Empire, we should all serve our country. This is not a sect struggle."

"Grand Preceptor Yu, for our Elemental Academy, it's all the same whether it's the Spirit Hall or the Spirit Empire. The war between the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Spirit Empire is, for us, a struggle for power."

"We only run the college. After graduation, whatever choices our students make, we won't interfere."

Yu Xiaogang angrily said, "The students of the Elemental Academy are all personnel of my Heaven Dou Empire. They study within my Heaven Dou Empire. How can they choose to study here and then leave? They should all serve the Empire."

"Grand Preceptor Yu, are you mistaken about something? Our students at the Elemental Academy come from all walks of life, including commoners and nobles. Some of them even come from the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire. We treat them all equally."

"In the eyes of all our teachers, they are just a group of students, a group of children. We have no reason to force them to go to the battlefield, and this is also the founding principle of our Elemental Academy."

At this moment, the Titan patriarch, sitting fourth, sneered: "As the saying goes, all land under heaven belongs to the emperor. Since you are within the territory of the Heavenly Dou Empire, you should respond to the nation's call and serve the country. Otherwise, what kind of citizens of the Heavenly Dou Empire are you?"

Upon hearing Titan's words, the deans couldn't help but chuckle. "Clan Chief Titan, since you say it's within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire, may I ask if the Clear Sky Sect falls within the Heaven Dou Empire's territory? Does it serve the country? As far as I know, the Clear Sky Sect's strength far surpasses that of our Elemental Academy, and it's also the sect of your Tang Sect Master, Tang San. Please, Clan Chief Titan, go and invite the Clear Sky Sect to serve the country."

Titan was speechless. He dared not go to the Haotian Sect and say anything about serving the country. He would probably be beaten to death as soon as he uttered those words.

In truth, all high-level Soul Masters are well aware that major sects and Soul Master families scoff at the concept of an empire. Empires generally only court forces that possess Title Douluo, rarely suppressing their adversaries, especially empires like the Heaven Dou Empire, which lack Title Douluo.

As you can see, when the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were powerful, how dare the Heaven Dou Empire order these two sects to serve the country? On the contrary, they tried to win them over and avoided offending them whenever possible.

Douluo Continent is, after all, a world of cultivation, where strength represents everything, and titled Douluo basically represent the pinnacle of cultivation.

(End of this chapter)