Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

If we can win over the sisters and gain the approval of their grandfather, Jia Xingtian, we will essentially have taken over the Jiama Empire.

Sometimes, it's not necessary to fight and kill. You can conquer an empire without bloodshed, even by relying on relationships between men and women.

However, Dong Qing had no interest in conquering the Jiama Empire; he was only interested in the two princesses, Yao Ye and Yao Yue.

Perhaps that's why.

Even though Jia Xingtian, the guardian of the imperial family, was very dissatisfied with Dong Qing's philandering, he was still successfully won over by Dong Qing's bottle of Grade 5 Rejuvenating Purple Pill.

This bottle of Rejuvenating Purple Pills is certainly important, but Dongqing's indifference to imperial power and his lack of concern for authority are even more important, and are the real reason he accepted Dongqing.

In fact it is.

Jia Xingtian accepted Dong Qing, a scumbag who was ostensibly a fifth-grade alchemist, and watched him seduce his two granddaughters.

On the one hand, he is still alive, and the Jia Ma Empire belongs to Jia; on the other hand, there is no better choice than Dong Qing.

After all, people like Dong Qing who dislike power are extremely rare in this world. Most men are born with a desire to control power.

Moreover, even if such a person really exists, either Yao Ye and Yao Yue are too high up to reach, or they are not good enough for Yao Ye and Yao Yue, and in the end, they can only benefit a man like Dong Qing.

...........

"Hey, you people... never mind, move aside." Dong Qing waved his hand.

"Yes, Elder Dongqing..."

The middle-aged officer waved his hand and shouted, "Let them through immediately!"

Hearing the middle-aged officer's loud shout, the originally extremely solid iron armor wall suddenly began to make a series of neat sounds as armor clashed together, and a narrow path, just wide enough for a person to pass through, slowly appeared.

"This is troublesome." Dong Qing smiled kindly.

“No trouble at all!” the middle-aged officer replied.

"Tch, if I had known that Uncle Dongqing could just show his face and go straight in, I wouldn't have bothered Instructor Ruolin yesterday."

Xiao Yu smacked her lips, helplessly put away the green card, ignored Xiao Xun'er's murderous glare, squeezed next to her and hugged Dong Qing's other arm.

"Someone wanted to put on a big show and show off their cuteness in front of Brother Qing, but they failed. They must be very disappointed!" Xiao Xun'er said sarcastically.

“And someone who wants to pretend doesn’t even have the chance,” Xiao Yu said bluntly.

the other side.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning huddled together, the two cousins ​​whispering to each other.

"Has your sister always had this temper?"

Xiao Yan nudged Xiao Ning's shoulder with his elbow, and Xiao Ning returned the nudity with his elbow.

"Of course, he's only a little docile in front of Elder Dongqing. Otherwise, he's a firecracker that explodes at the slightest touch. Didn't you see I just got slapped?"

Xiao Ning rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan, not understanding why her cousin was asking such a meaningless question. Did he want to get slapped like she did?

"Hahaha... I saw it. It's a good thing Uncle Dongqing caught her and prevented your sister from going out and causing trouble for others." Xiao Yan laughed heartily. He really didn't mean it, but he couldn't help but laugh whenever he saw Xiao Ning in trouble.

"Laugh at you! The three most beautiful flowers in the Xiao family, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei, have already been picked by Elder Dongqing. How dare you laugh? Don't tell me that your dream goddess isn't Xiao Xun'er." Xiao Ning curled his lip.

"Your goddess is Xiao Xun'er, but I'm not familiar with her. Besides, isn't there also Xiao Mei?" Xiao Yan first denied that Xiao Xun'er was his dream goddess, and then brought up Xiao Mei.

"Leaving aside the fact that Xiao Mei is... it seems to be more than three generations removed... to put it bluntly, the reason I usually scold you is because you used to bully me when you were in power, but you were very good to her. As a result, just because you lost your talent, she turned her back on you in the blink of an eye. Such a snobbish woman, I, Xiao Ning, can't afford to offend her." Xiao Ning said calmly.

"I didn't realize you had this side to you. You saw it quite clearly." Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow.

However, a few seconds later.

Xiao Yan seemed to realize something was amiss and asked, "Xiao Ning, was I really that bad before? To the point that you all mocked and ridiculed me for three consecutive years?"

in fact.

Xiao Yan never understood this question. Generally speaking, even if someone likes to be sarcastic, it is impossible for them to keep being sarcastic for three years.

Isn't it annoying? Aren't you tired? Aren't you fed up?... Ah

"Otherwise, we're all family. If we see you down on your luck and want to kick you while you're down, isn't that just a grudge?"

Speaking of it.

Xiao Ning glanced at Xiao Mei, the strongest among the young men and women of the Xiao family, and continued, "If we really looked down on you, the third young master of the Xiao family, we should have done the same as Xiao Mei—not saying a single word to you for three years. And don't forget, your father is not only alive, but you also have two older brothers who are doing very well outside. Unless there's a real grudge, who would bother to curse you every day? You can only blame yourself; you really were a scoundrel three years ago..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Xiao Ning was interrupted by Xiao Yan, who forcefully stopped him from saying anything more.

"That's enough. If you say another word, I'll lose my temper. Be careful, or I might do what I did three years ago and teach you a lesson."

Xiao Yan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. No wonder he was so embarrassed; that old bastard Yao Chen was laughing so hard inside his ring, making Xiao Yan feel incredibly ashamed.

"Afraid of you? In the Xiao family, Elder Dongqing gives every person who reaches the ninth level of Dou Qi a Qi Gathering Powder. You don't think you're the only Dou Zhe, do you?"

Xiao Ning was completely unconvinced by Xiao Yan, nor was he afraid of Xiao Yan's threats.

The Qi Gathering Powder is a fourth-grade elixir, but its value is comparable to a fifth-grade elixir because it allows people with nine levels of Dou Qi to successfully condense a Dou Qi vortex with 100% success.

Don't underestimate this step. In the path of cultivation, the most difficult stages are always at the very beginning and the very end. The middle stages are actually not that difficult.

"Tch, you guys need the aid of a fourth-grade Qi Gathering Pill to condense a Battle Qi Vortex, while I can condense a Battle Qi Vortex with ease."

Xiao Yan crossed his arms, his tone arrogant and smug.

"Yes, yes, you had the same tone three years ago. Are you going to call us useless next?" Xiao Ning said in an annoyed tone.

“That’s not what I meant,” Xiao Yan retorted.

“But that’s exactly what you meant,” Xiao Ning retorted.

"Um........."

Xiao Yan lowered his head in deep thought, recalling the past.

"Don't think about it anymore. We're not children anymore. Let bygones be bygones. Everyone was young and ignorant at some point."

Xiao Ning patted Xiao Yan's arm, then grabbed him and ran forward. It turned out that in the short time the two cousins ​​were talking, they had already fallen far behind the group of young men and women of the Xiao family.

"Don't hold me back, I can walk by myself."

"Stop talking nonsense. Elder Dongqing and the others have almost disappeared from sight."

About ten seconds later.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning ran into the human wall passage. As soon as they entered, the two brothers felt a chill on their skin. The expressionless soldiers around them, with their faint smell of blood, made Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning, who had never seen such a scene before, feel an oppressive feeling that made it hard to breathe.

It was their own fault for chatting idly in the back, causing them to stray too far from the group. Otherwise, if they had stayed with Dongqing, they wouldn't have felt this terrifying sense of oppression at all.

"Is this what soldiers who survive the battlefield are like?"

Xiao Yan slowly exhaled, forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart. He squeezed his slightly weak feet hard, using the pain to cover up his fear.

This is not a matter of ability.

No matter how strong Xiao Yan is, relying on the invincible body brought by the power of the Milky Way, his physical strength is comparable to that of a Dou Huang, but it is useless. In the end, he has never truly seen blood or killed anyone.

These soldiers were all elites who had truly killed people; heads rolled and corpses piled up like mountains of blood. What hadn't they seen?

He even found Xiao Ning and Xiao Yan's reactions amusing, and deliberately released his own killing intent to scare them.

"Cousin, my legs are a little weak, help me up."

"Who's your cousin? Call me Xiao Yan!"

"If you have the guts, go back and ask your father if you're my cousin. Don't think you're so great just because you're the third young master of the Xiao family. I, Xiao Ning, am above you in seniority."

"Are you serious? Why are your legs so weak!"

"Yes, your legs aren't weak, but your face is pale."

"Xiao Ning, if you say that again, I'll abandon you, believe me or not?"

Xiao Yan was stubborn, and Xiao Ning's legs went weak, but in the end, Xiao Yan did not abandon the weak-legged Xiao Ning and chose to leave alone.

As Xiao Ning himself said, no matter what, his seniority was higher than Xiao Yan's; he was Xiao Ning's cousin.

Xiao Yan is not a person who forgets his ancestors; on the contrary, he values ​​his family and relatives very much.

The current timeline is different from that timeline. Nalan Yanran's annulment of the engagement went smoothly and was done privately, without causing any damage to Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan's reputation.

Furthermore, with Dong Qing successfully helping Yun Yun change her class, and given Dong Qing's connection, coupled with the absence of the three-year agreement, it's impossible for Xiao Yan to become enemies with the Yunlan Sect again.

If Xiao Yan does not make an enemy of the Yunlan Sect, the Xiao family will be safe, and Xiao Yan's father, brother, and other relatives will not die in vain, nor will he become a lonely person.

......

A few minutes passed.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning finally emerged from the human wall formed by these elite soldiers. The short distance of less than a few dozen meters felt like thousands of meters to the two brothers, leaving their legs weak.

When the two brothers finally took their last step, Xiao Yan inadvertently opened his hands and found that his palms were covered in cold sweat. He immediately realized that he might need to find an opportunity to see blood.

"What are Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning dawdling about in the back for?!"

"Who knows? They've always been at odds. Could they have already started fighting?"

"Stop arguing, they've come out."

"Is Xiao Ning's leg weak and powerless? Why does he need Xiao Yan's support to walk?"

"We just came here with Elder Dongqing, and we didn't feel anything scary!"

"Could it be that Elder Dongqing shielded us from the killing intent released by those soldiers?"

These young men and women of the Xiao family weren't completely stupid. They quickly realized that Dong Qing had blocked the killing intent released by the soldiers for them; otherwise, they wouldn't have fared much better than Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning were naturally unaware of the gossip their family members were having about them.

The two brothers, both in dire straits, helped each other into the Xiao family's group.

Look up.

An open-air greenhouse came into view.

it's here.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning could see the sea of ​​people outside. In the crowded passages outside, young men and women who had passed the basic test would occasionally walk towards them with excited expressions.

But many more were disheartened, leaving dejectedly. They couldn't even pass the basic tests, and they couldn't even see the Canaan Academy admissions officers. They could only leave this place with a look back at every step they took.

There's nothing we can do about it.