I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

"After all, whether it's the things in the four corners of your Mingdu or that Silver Moon Douluo, His Majesty Kong Deming, they all possess the ability to contend with Limit Douluos, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran was stunned. He truly hadn't expected that Xu Xingyu would reveal the two greatest secrets of their Sun Moon Empire so easily!

The four corners of Mingdu represent the pinnacle of their Sun Moon Empire's technology: the high-energy compression array soul guide device.

It is a technology that uses advanced energy compression to compress soul power and store it in a small device, and then uses a soul tool to convert this energy into usable energy.

During this process, the compression array will compress the soul power multiple times. The originally dispersed soul power will be forcibly compressed into a small space. Once this soul power is released, its power will be unmatched even by the combined full-force attack of a hundred Title Douluos.

Without a doubt, even a Limit Douluo would not dare to directly confront a high-energy compressed array soul tool, because even if they survived, they would inevitably be severely injured.

In order to improve the Sun Moon Empire, a portion of the funds originally allocated for the production of fixed-equipment soul-guided cannon shells had to be diverted to this project.

The person in charge of this project is none other than Kong Deming, the Silver Moon Douluo.

Kong Deming possesses one-quarter royal blood and is loyal only to the royal family. He is the head of all the ninth-level soul masters in the Sun Moon Empire and is the number one soul master in the Sun Moon Empire. He is hailed as the one who is closest to being a tenth-level soul master.

What the outside world doesn't know is that in recent years Kong Deming has actually broken through to the level of a tenth-level Soul Master, and even created the only tenth-level Soul Tool in the world, the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.

So how did Xu Xingyu learn about the high-energy compression array soul tool and Kong Deming's successful breakthrough to level ten soul master? Could it be that there's a traitor within their Sun Moon Empire?

With these thoughts in mind, Xu Tianran could only say with a straight face, "Alright, I understand the concerns of the Qiling Tower regarding my past. But I believe I will give you a reason to come to our country before this competition ends."

"I'll take my leave now. I hope the Spirit Tower will achieve good results in this competition. Orange, let's go."

After he finished speaking, the girl who was with him pushed his wheelchair out of the office.

Before leaving, Xu Tianran said to Gu Yuena, "Your Majesty Gu Yuena, I think you are different from your disciple. You are intelligent enough to think this through. At the same time, I still hope that you can take some time to talk to me alone."

Gu Yuena did not respond to Xu Tianran's words. Instead, she picked up Xu Xingyu and closed the office door tightly.

Seeing this, Xu Tai felt a surge of anger, but could only slink away, his previous smile vanishing from his face.

Xu Tianran's face was gloomy throughout the journey, his mind filled with countless thoughts. Behind him, Ju Zi carefully pushed his wheelchair, observing the Crown Prince's reaction.

After walking for a while, and making sure they were far enough away from the Spirit Tower, Xu Tianran suddenly spoke up: "Ju Zi, is there anything you want to ask?"

Upon hearing this, Ju Zi was immediately stunned, but still replied, "Your Highness does have some doubts, but I am willing to believe that Your Highness has your own plans."

Xu Tianran snorted coldly and turned his head slightly to look at Ju Zi: "Ju Zi, one thing I've always liked about you is that you're smart, practical, and loyal to me."

"But you have one shortcoming: you're too humble. You are my Crown Princess, and you have every right to ask me questions. I will not reprimand you for your questions."

"So if you have any questions, you can ask them now."

"Your Majesty, I shall respectfully comply," Orange said outwardly, but inwardly she thought that if she really treated Xu Tianran this way, her own death would not be far off.

After all, there was once a minister who had been kind to him, but was killed on his orders simply because he spoke too intimately with him. The minister died a violent death in his home.

Therefore, if she wants to fulfill her dream of destroying the Star Luo Empire and wiping out the White Tiger lineage, she must always remember her place.

However, for now, she should go along with His Highness the Crown Prince's words, otherwise it might offend him.

Ju Zi spoke up, "Your Highness has some questions about why you directly clarified the relationship between the Spirit Pagoda and the Star Luo Empire in front of the Ancient Pagoda Master and Young Pagoda Master Xu."

"Won't your actions make Qilingta even more biased towards the Star Luo Empire?"

Xu Tianran revealed a cold smile: "What you said is true, this does indeed make the Qiling Tower more biased towards the Xingluo Empire."

"That's why I specifically mentioned Xu Xingyu's Star Luo noble status. Originally, I wanted to use his status to inform that Ancient Tower Master that your Spirit Pagoda has begun to unconsciously take sides. You can no longer be considered a neutral force."

"But who knew that Xu Xingyu would turn the tables on me. This kid is no ordinary person. No wonder he was accepted as a disciple by the Ancient Tower Master at such a young age. It seems I have some doubts about him."

To be honest, although Xu Xingyu said such lofty things at the time, Xu Tianran believed that words were inherently unreliable.

Even if he speaks sincerely on the surface, he will definitely make his own efforts behind the scenes to ensure that Qilingta ultimately stands with the Star Luo Empire.

What truly annoyed him about Xu Xingyu was the extent to which Xu Xingyu knew the secrets of their Sun Moon Empire.

"Could there be spies belonging to the Qiling Tower within our Sun Moon Empire's royal family? Or are their intelligence-gathering abilities just that strong?" Xu Tianran frowned, a shadow of gloom in his eyes. "Otherwise, how would Xu Xingyu know the secrets of our Sun Moon Empire?"

Orange shook her head: "While it's not impossible, the chances are slim. The person in charge of this project was personally chosen by His Majesty Silver Moon, and only members of the royal family knew about his breakthrough to level ten Soul Master. If there were any spies or traitors, they could only have come from one of the other princes."

"Looks like I was too lenient with my brothers back then," Xu Tianran said grimly. "I'll have to clean things up properly after this competition."

My dear, there's more to this chapter! ^.^

Xu Tianran remained silent for a moment, his brows furrowed. Seeing this, Ju Zi asked again, "Your Highness, why are you so fixated on the Spirit Pagoda?"

Xu Tianran did not answer his fiancée's question, but simply let Ju Zi continue pushing the wheelchair.

He actually understood the answer in his heart; trying to get Qiling Tower to stand on the side of the Sun Moon Empire was only one of the reasons.

The real reason was his inexplicable obsession with Gu Yuena.

As the crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran had seen countless beautiful women, but none of them had ever given him the same feeling as Gu Yuena.

From the moment he first saw her, he felt his blood boiling, as if it were telling him that this woman must belong to him.

This is why he risked the Sun Moon Empire being disliked by the Spirit Tower by secretly trading Spirit Tower's medicinal herbs with Blue Demon.

Upon meeting Gu Yuena, he couldn't wait to restore his male sexual function; he wanted to achieve it right now.

Now, with the help of these medicinal herbs, he may be able to regain his manhood in about a month.

However, what puzzled him was that he also had a strange feeling towards Xu Xingyu.

This feeling wasn't about stance, nor was it simply about jealousy (well, there was still some jealousy), but rather a feeling that only one of him and Xu Xingyu could survive.

"Ju Zi, let's go," Xu Tianran said in a deep voice. "This time we must be more careful and not let them lead us by the nose again."

Orange nodded and continued pushing his wheelchair forward.

However, what Xu Tianran didn't know was that, looking at him like this, the Crown Princess, whom he had placed his trust in, thought to herself, "It seems that the plan needs to be brought forward a bit. I will live up to his trust in me in this competition."