Chapter 375: Feihuang's Countermeasure

"Heh, so you are finally preparing to make a move, Bibi Dong!"

Inside the palace of the Gu Lei Kingdom, Nan Feihuang looked at the letter in his hand and smiled.

It was in Qian Renxue's handwriting, telling him that her seclusion had ended; she had not seen him for over three years and missed him dearly, hoping to meet him on Guteleisi Mountain. If possible, she also wished to pay a visit to Lan Xue.

After all, they had known each other for so long, yet she had never formally paid a visit to Nan Feihuang's family.

One must know that two years ago, Nan Feihuang had already come to the Spirit Hall to visit her grandfather Guangling, and had even been taught the Self-created Soul Skill Mind Eye by him. In terms of both sentiment and reason, she should reciprocate the courtesy by visiting Lan Xue and Nan Tianchen.

But hearing that Nan Tianchen had been in seclusion for the past two years, she had no choice but to visit Lan Xue first.

Whether it was the handwriting or the tone, the letter was truly no different from the usual Qian Renxue.

Moreover, her reason for wanting to visit Lan Xue could be considered legitimate, reasonable, and well-founded.

Guteleisi Mountain was a mountain range within the Gu Lei Kingdom, and it was the very place where Tang Hao and Lan Xue had their first duel years ago.

Given Qian Renxue's status, it was indeed inconvenient for her to come directly to the palace for a visit. She had always been the hidden Saintess of the Offering Hall, and few people knew of her existence. She had told Feihuang long ago not to disclose her affairs to others casually, so naturally, she could not openly go to the palace to see Feihuang.

She had considered all circumstances very thoroughly; Nan Feihuang seemed to have no reason to refuse.

But the problem was, was it really Qian Renxue who invited him? Nan Feihuang was no fool. Now that the Soul Hunting Operation had just ended, the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan was about to accelerate. At a time like this, how could Qian Renxue suddenly come to meet him?

It must be Bibi Dong who imitated Qian Renxue's handwriting, wanting to lure him and his mother out of Gu Lei Royal City to ambush and kill them on Guteleisi Mountain.

Because not long ago, the Grandmaster died at the hands of Ci Xue.

Bibi Dong would certainly blame this on Qian Renxue, but no matter what, she would not go so far as to kill Qian Renxue.

As for killing Ci Xue to take revenge: firstly, it was not yet the time to discard the Nine Great Elders after the work was done, as the continent had not been unified; secondly, in Qian Renxue's heart, Ci Xue was merely a subordinate. Perhaps because of years of care, if he really died, she would be slightly sad for a period, but that kind of heart-wrenching pain was impossible.

Therefore, for Bibi Dong, the best and only method of revenge was one: to kill him.

To let Qian Renxue also taste the pain of losing a loved one.

However, speaking of which, Bibi Dong killing him for revenge was actually not wrong, because he was indeed the culprit; the Grandmaster's death was truly his design.

All of this was within the schemes of Xun Yu, intended to give the Gu Lei Kingdom a legitimate reason to be at odds with the Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue would not blame Nan Feihuang for this.

After all, Ci Xue's assassination of the Grandmaster was for the smooth completion of the Soul Hunting Operation, and on the surface, it had nothing to do with Nan Feihuang.

Ci Xue killed the Grandmaster, yet Bibi Dong wanted to kill Nan Feihuang for revenge—what kind of logic was that?

In the eyes of those who did not know the truth, Nan Feihuang was simply suffering an unprovoked disaster, while in the eyes of Qian Renxue, who was slightly more informed, this disaster of Feihuang's was brought about because of her.

If she had not fallen in love with him, Bibi Dong would not have held such intense killing intent toward him.

Even if Nan Feihuang became an enemy of the Spirit Hall because of this, she would not be angry. After all, the Pope of the Spirit Hall wanted to kill him for no reason; if he did not resist, was he supposed to just wait for death? Qian Renxue would even feel guilty because of this, feeling that she and the Spirit Hall had wronged Nan Feihuang.

Feihuang had no choice; he could only continue to deceive Qian Renxue like this. Her future path to godhood was too fast and too easy. Just as Tang San said, her path to godhood was "doctrinairism," and that God Position was no different from being gifted to her.

As for Feihuang's Wushuang Nine Trials, it would likely become increasingly difficult later on. By the time Qian Renxue attained godhood, even if the Gu Lei Kingdom had more Title Douluo, they would not be her match. However, as long as she still had love and guilt for Nan Feihuang in her heart, she would always leave three parts of leeway when striking.

The original work was like that even toward Tang San; toward Nan Feihuang, who was now reciprocating her feelings, she would naturally be even more merciful.

"My Lord, the timing is just right; you can agree. However, this means you will soon face a bitter battle. Are you prepared?" Below the throne, Xun Yu said with a solemn expression.

This plan was schemed by him, and he considered the success rate to be extremely high.

But there was also danger, which was that he had placed his Lord, Nan Feihuang, as the most critical part of the plan, putting him in a perilous situation.

Actually, before the plan began, Xun Yu still had some hesitation. In the end, it was Nan Feihuang who made the final decision, and only then did the people below dare to execute it.

This was all out of confidence in himself. Two years ago, he fought alone and killed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, head-on.

This meant that ordinary Title Douluo were already far from being Nan Feihuang's match.

As long as the Offering Hall did not make a move, Feihuang was not worried about his safety at all.

However, he would not pin his hopes on the word "as long as." If the Offering Hall did make a move, then the risk would be uncontrollable.

To eliminate this risk, Feihuang still needed to do one thing before Bibi Dong began her move.

"Wenruo, I intend to write a letter to the Spirit Hall saying that I agree, but because too many things have happened on the continent these past few days, I cannot handle my official duties for the time being. Therefore, I will set the time for one month from now to meet Xue Jie on Guteleisi Mountain," Nan Feihuang ordered.

"One month later?" Xun Yu was stunned.

This timing was not good. If they were to meet, now was actually the best time.

Because at this very moment, due to the Soul Hunting Operation having just ended, the Nine Great Elders of the Spirit Hall, except for Ju and Gui who did not participate, were all injured.

The Spirit Hall did not have much power left to deal with Nan Feihuang, but if it were a month later, it was feared that several of them would have recovered from their injuries.

Xun Yu knew that his Lord could not possibly fail to understand this point, but since he still made this choice, there could only be one possibility.

"My Lord, are you about to break through your bottleneck?" Xun Yu asked directly.

There was only this one possibility; Nan Feihuang must be preparing to break through to the eightieth level and advance to Spirit Douluo, which was why he needed this month to hunt for a Spirit Ring.

Feihuang nodded with a smile, "That's right. My level has now reached the limit of the seventy-ninth level. Although the eightieth level is not easy to break through and would originally have taken some time, I still have an unused Immortal Herb in my possession, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. This Immortal Herb can not only enhance my fire-attribute energy but also help me break through the bottleneck with ease. I saved the Immortal Herb until now precisely for this moment."

As the level increased, the gap between each level became larger and larger.

At level seventy-four, Nan Feihuang could rely on his raw strength to defeat the Bone Douluo, Gu Rong. If he broke through to the eightieth level and became a Spirit Douluo...

Then ordinary Title Douluo would pose no threat to him, and he could even contend with several of the offerings from the Offering Hall, excluding Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile.

This was the source of Nan Feihuang's confidence.

(End of chapter)