Chapter 278: Rebellion Pacified

The four Ghost Leopard Douluo acted swiftly, quickly receiving the army as it entered the palace and taking control of everything.

At the same time, the four of them searched the entire palace thoroughly, lest any slip through the net.

Now they are eager to prove themselves, wanting to obtain the antidote for the Marvelous Fragrant Transmutation Saliva as soon as possible, so the more diligent they are, the more diligent they become.

The army's entry into the palace caused a great commotion, and with dawn already breaking, the populace of Tian Dou City were drawn to the palace's disturbance.

However, most people, upon seeing the many soldiers inside the city, shut their doors and stayed inside, fearing to provoke trouble.

But the imperial ministers, accompanied by their own guards, gathered toward the palace; although they did not know what had happened, any observant person could see that something had occurred within the palace.

Thus they all thought of rushing to the palace quickly to make a showing of themselves.

Among them were two old acquaintances of Gu Xuan: the Ghost Leopard Marquis and the Wind Bell Marquis.

These two marquises are the families of Oscar and Yu Feng; their families are high officials in the court, and they wield considerable power.

Upon discovering that something had happened in the palace, they could not help but want to earn merit by rescuing the emperor.

However, when they arrived inside the palace, everyone was startled, for the palace interior was filled with a bloody aura; as soon as they entered, they were subdued by the Ghost Leopard Douluo and his men.

The reason given was that Prince Gu Xuan had rescued the emperor, having just taken control of the palace, and to prevent these arriving ministers from colluding with the rebel faction as traitors, they were temporarily detained pending trial.

This also included Oscar and Yu Feng, who have both begun to inherit their family's patriarchal positions; thus they came along with their marquis relatives to appear before the emperor and seek greater benefits.

After all, they are now only one step away from the Soul Emperor level; whether in strength or talent, they are top-tier in the the Heaven Dou Empire, and even across the entire continent.

For they are only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old; at this age they already approach the Soul Emperor level, a talent even Qin Ming of the Tian Dou Royal Academy did not possess back then!

Moreover, Qin Ming had already been acclaimed as a future Titled Douluo genius; now their talent and strength are even greater, so naturally they wish to contend for more benefits.

Yet they never imagined that they would not even get a chance to show their faces before being subdued, and the leader turned out to be a Titled Douluo!

When did their sect become this powerful?

On the other side, Gu Xuan examined the content of the imperial edict in his hand, then glanced at Li Nuo as he presented the jade seal, and chuckled lightly: "Do you think I care about this? Victory makes the king, defeat makes the bandit; some things need only a single word from me."

"But you did find me a good excuse, and you handled things well—where are the bodies of the Snow Star Prince and the Snow Avalanche?"

Actually, the content of the edict is simple: Li Nuo forged the edict, claiming that the Snow Star Prince together with Snow Avalanche planned to rebel, using poison to kill the Snow Night Emperor, while he, Snow Qinghe, was too trusting of Snow Avalanche and them, so by the time he discovered the plot it was too late, and only with the help of the Spirit Hall elders was the rebellion quelled, etc.

But this also conveniently gave Gu Xuan a pretext; he merely needs to alter the content a bit.

Changing the original to: the Crown Prince Snow Qinghe was replaced by the Spirit Hall's people; last night he led the Spirit Hall elders and a gang of rebels in treason, discovered by the Snow Star Prince and Snow Avalanche, the Fourth Prince, who sent a message to Gu Xuan midway, but their abilities were limited; while leading the Forest Guard to resist, they were slain by the enemy and died for their country.

Finally, when Gu Xuan arrived with the forces of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, the Snow Star Prince and Snow Avalanche were already dead, the Snow Night Emperor had been poisoned by the false prince, and a forged edict was prepared to usurp the state.

Fortunately, Gu Xuan single-handedly suppressed the rebellion, successfully defended the palace, and prevented the Spirit Hall's schemers from succeeding.

However, a problem remains: the Snow Star Prince has no heir, Snow Avalanche has none, the crown prince is false, the imperial direct line is extinct; although there are clan members, they are basically useless talents.

Moreover, the clan of this generation of the Snow Night Emperor is not close to him, meaning the empire will have no heir……

Fortunately, the benevolent Gu Xuan has already devised a reason: as a prince consort, having a child with Snow Ke will suffice, and the empire will be temporarily regented by Prince Gu Xuan, after which the affairs can be handed over to Ning Fengzhi.

As long as Gu Xuan nominally unifies the the Heaven Dou Empire, he can then seize the entire empire, place his trusted aides in power, and directly dispatch Titled Douluo to capture the Star Luo Empire's imperial family and high officials, with the army cooperating to take the cities.

Finally, by combining the strength of the two great empires and the soul beast tribe, all hidden sects and remnants on the continent will be rooted out, achieving continental unification.

Then Gu Xuan can finally ascend to the supreme throne.

As for the Spirit Hall, with its Hall of Worship, and now Gu Rong has already led people to the Spirit Hall to capture Bi Bi Dong, the Spirit Hall is no longer a threat.

Because the Spirit Hall's forces have already been absorbed into the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, Bi Bi Dong now remains only a lone widow.

Moreover, Gu Rong did not act alone this time; after going to the Spirit Hall he went straight to the Hall of Worship to summon the Golden Crocodile Douluo and others together with Yu Element Shock, and still could not take down the Spirit Hall?

And Gu Xuan can rest assured letting Gu Rong lead the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Yu Element Shock and their group to the Spirit Hall to deal with Bi Bi Dong, because according to the current timeline, Bi Bi Dong has not yet become a god, so there is nothing to fear.

Gu Rong himself is a ninety-seventh level peak, and with the Golden Crocodile Douluo and other Hall of Worship members plus Yu Element Shock, subduing Bi Bi Dong is no problem.

Therefore Gu Xuan needs not worry at all.

At this moment, Gu Xuan took the jade seal, and just as Li Nuo finally showed a hint of a smile on his face, Gu Xuan threw the seal to the ground and smashed it.

"When did the fate of a nation come to be decided by a broken stone? Victory makes the king, defeat makes the bandit; rules are set by the victors." Gu Xuan looked at Li Nuo and sneered: "You are still a bit green."

Thereafter, two dragon swords behind Gu Xuan suddenly flew out, shrank, and pierced Li Nuo's pipa bones directly.

The instant Li Nuo's pipa bones were pierced, he let out a wail like a pig being slaughtered.

"Ah! Don't! It hurts so much!"

"You are still useful alive, so I'll spare your life for now." Gu Xuan turned and walked out with Du Gu Yan: "But… you're too noisy."

As he spoke, another dragon sword appeared from behind, flew out and severed Li Nuo's tongue; Li Nuo's voice cut off abruptly, leaving only painful groans, blood flowing incessantly from his mouth.

The two dragon swords pierced Li Nuo's pipa bones; one dragon sword went through the clothing at the back of his neck, then lifted his whole body up and followed behind Gu Xuan.

Walking outside, Gu Xuan said to the awaiting Spirit Kite Douluo: "For the emperor, collect the corpse, and gather everyone inside the palace to the main hall; I will make the Spirit Hall's conspiracy public."

"Yes." Gu Xuan finished speaking, and the Spirit Kite Douluo immediately replied respectfully.

Just as she was about to leave to carry out Gu Xuan's task, Gu Xuan asked again: "After so long, has anyone entered the palace in Tian Dou City?"

The Spirit Kite Douluo replied: "Young master, those ministers have all entered the palace; they are now under the control of the Ghost Leopard Elder, and most ordinary people in the city keep their doors shut, daring not to move."

Gu Xuan heard this and waved his hand: "You may go."

Thereafter Gu Xuan took Du Gu Yan and headed toward the palace's main hall, where officials usually gather for court; now Gu Xuan intends to requisition it.

PS: typo, correct it first, then revise later.

(End of chapter)