Chapter 82

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Nearly half a month had passed since Nan Feng's speech at Tiandou Plaza; a lot had happened in those two weeks.

There were many good aspects, and many bad ones.

On the good side, Star Luo had withdrawn its troops, and the nobles who had originally opposed the previous policies had written letters expressing their support, willing to submit to the reforms of the Tiandou Royal Academy.

On the bad side, Nan Feng had thoroughly become a thorn in the side of the nobility.

"Facing an army pressing on the border and internal and external troubles, not only did he fail to stabilize the public sentiment in time, but he even incited them more forcefully..."

The Crown Prince's Mansion.

Because Nan Feng was still staying in Tiandou City, Qian Daoliu did not dare to leave easily and could only guard Qian Renxue.

He had also seen the words Nan Feng said that day, but he did not understand them at all.

"He damaged the interests of the nobles, and he didn't help anyone fight for more interests; he simply made the conflict between the nobles and the commoners—or rather, between Spirit Masters and ordinary people—even greater." Qian Daoliu closed his eyes.

Since that day, he had thought for a long time, and even now, nearly half a month later, he still could not figure out what Nan Feng was doing it for.

What was the point of doing something that harmed others without benefiting oneself? Rights? Obligations? Where could such things be found?

Only the powerful have rights; the weak only have obligations.

The strong have the right to decide the life and death of the weak, and the weak have the obligation to obey such arrangements; this is the basic rule of the Douluo Continent.

Do the commoner classes not want to resist the nobles, to resist the exploitation of them by the Spirit Master class? They want to! But they have no power!

That is why they pin their hopes on their descendants, hoping they can become Spirit Masters and escape this fate of being exploited.

Rights cannot be obtained with a few words; rights come from strength, not from some obligations.

What Nan Feng said sounded very reasonable at first, but for this world, it had no feasibility at all! "Are kings and nobles born with high status?" It really is! Spirit Masters are all born! The power of a Spirit Master is also based on talent! The fate of the vast majority of people in this world is already determined at birth; all that talk about defying the heavens and changing one's fate is just impractical empty talk.

"If he had no power, then everything he said would be a joke, but he has power, so everything he said contradicts his own situation." Qian Daoliu opened his eyes.

"He is simply contradicting himself!"

"……"

"You only just realized?" Qian Renxue looked at the "suddenly enlightened" Qian Daoliu with a strange expression.

The corner of Qian Daoliu's eye twitched, "What do you mean?"

"Don't tell me you thought he did things after careful consideration?" Qian Renxue said strangely.

"He has always been the type to act on a whim, hasn't he?"

"Those words that day... in all likelihood, it was just a momentary impulse; to put it bluntly, he got carried away in that lively scene."

"You should have been watching from the shadows at the time, right?"

"The words he said later were entirely because that idiot noble made him a bit angry; he wasn't trying to incite anyone at all, he just got hot-headed and cursed. He doesn't have the concept of careful consideration when he speaks."

"……" Qian Daoliu.

Then, these past two weeks...

No!

The nobles below needed a reason to rebel, and the Star Luo Empire also needed a timing to attack, and Nan Feng's reform regarding the Tiandou Empire's noble policies was a perfect excuse!

Unless Nan Feng slapped his own face and said those were just his momentary impulses, that his brain had a spasm, and that it had nothing to do with the Spirit Hall, the Tiandou Imperial Family, or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, otherwise, this chaotic battle was inevitable. Qian Renxue poured a cup of hot tea for Qian Daoliu and sat down, "After that day, I asked Salas if Nan Feng was really prepared to deal with this war with a single speech; guess what Salas said?"

"That kid is gambling?" Qian Daoliu said.

"No." Qian Renxue shook her head.

"The speech part was entirely a whim; at the very least, Salas didn't receive any news beforehand."

"What's the situation with those sound-transmitting conchs?" Qian Daoliu asked suspiciously.

The Spirit Hall had been collecting them for three years. Ever since that incident at the Elder Hall, Bibi Dong had given orders for people from the Spirit Hall to issue commissions in coastal areas to collect these sound-transmitting conchs.

This was clearly a long-planned scheme!

"Uh... those sound-transmitting conchs actually weren't used for this." Qian Renxue looked strange.

"That thing is actually used to improve the Spirit Hall's transmission efficiency, as well as to prevent sneak attacks and for timely calls for help."

The Spirit Hall's transmission efficiency is actually very low, and after orders are issued from above, the people below may not necessarily execute them according to what is written, and situations where "there are policies above, and countermeasures below" often occur.

In order to strengthen control over the middle and lower levels of the Spirit Hall, Nan Feng suggested that the Pope establish a sound-transmission network to send those important messages through this network, and it would be public and transparent!

No one could fake it; it not only improved work efficiency but also solved many corruption problems.

Although the investment for this project was large, things like sound-transmitting conchs are not one-time items; they are Spirit Beasts!

As long as they are fed and cared for well, theoretically, using them easily for hundreds or thousands of years is not a problem at all!

"Then how did he originally plan to solve this matter?" Qian Daoliu asked suspiciously.

The speech was entirely a whim, so Nan Feng must have had a plan to solve this matter! Although that kid acts on a whim, he wouldn't do things he wasn't sure about!

Back then at the Elder Hall, that kid dared to cause such a scene; this time, it was impossible for him not to have a plan for the aftermath.

"Violent suppression." Qian Renxue said.

"The Spirit Masters of the Spirit Hall wouldn't do such thankless work for him." Qian Daoliu said.

"It's not relying on the Spirit Masters of the Spirit Hall." Qian Renxue said.

"A few years ago, that guy used the money he snatched from the Tiandou Empire to set up a Soul Guidance Device R&D Department. I heard they created something called 'Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers'."

"'Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers'?" Qian Daoliu was stunned.

"What is that?"

"I heard it's a large explosive crossbow." Qian Renxue said.

"After Nan Feng's speech, those Spirit Douluo Bishops and Titled Douluo Elders he had arranged in various places beforehand took advantage of the opportunity when those large armies were gathered together to demonstrate that kind of large explosive crossbow."

"The news I received is that the thing fires a huge arrow that explodes after reaching a certain height, flying out countless sharp iron fragments that can easily break through an army's armor."

"Iron fragments?" Qian Daoliu was stunned.

"What's the use of that? How many people can iron fragments kill? Can it deter those armies of thousands or tens of thousands?"

Even if it can break through armor, it's not like the armies of the two great empires don't have Spirit Masters, or rather, the core of the army's formation is composed of Spirit Masters, and those Spirit Masters have special martial souls that seem born for military formations.

If there is such a special weapon, would people just let those attacks fall?

(End of chapter)