Chapter 396: The Two-Month Agreement, The Heaven Dou Upheaval

Not long after, Qian Renxue left the Offering Hall.

Unlike when she went in, her face now clearly carried a hint of a smile.

Her heartfelt confession before all her grandfathers had ultimately moved them; they were willing to give Feihuang another chance for her sake.

There was no helping it; to the Offering Hall, Qian Renxue was like Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—the darling of everyone's heart.

Even the relatively cruel and bloodthirsty Lion Douluo among the Seven Great Consecrators could not bear to look at her sorrowful expression.

As long as she could resolve the rift between herself and Nan Feihuang within two months and persuade Nan Feihuang to propose to the Spirit Hall with the betrothal gifts proposed that day—the Immortal Herb and the entire Gulei Kingdom—they would accept him.

In truth, Qian Daoliu also knew that the time they had given was a bit short, but there was no helping it; he truly dared not give Nan Feihuang another year or two now.

This guy's soul power growth speed was so fast it didn't seem human; if measured in years, who knew if he would have already attained the rank of Title Douluo by the next time they met.

By then, even if Nan Feihuang rejected Qian Renxue, it would be too late for them to deal with him.

The transition from Spirit Douluo to Title Douluo was a qualitative change; as a Spirit Douluo, Nan Feihuang could already hang and beat an ordinary Level 95 Title Douluo, so once he broke through to Title Douluo, he would likely be at least comparable to a Level 98 Super Douluo, or even directly rival a Great Elder.

Two months—this time limit was already the absolute limit.

Nan Feihuang would either submit or die.

Additionally, Qian Daoliu had one more condition: he did not care what method Qian Renxue used to win back Nan Feihuang, but her actions must not affect the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan.

This was of the utmost importance; the Spirit Hall had been laying the groundwork for many years and absolutely could not fail.

Fortunately, because of the previous incident with Bone Douluo, the Soul Hunting Operation had been completed ahead of schedule, and therefore, the other plans could also be launched accordingly in advance.

Qian Renxue decided to be a little more aggressive; within one month, she would completely finish the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan, and then she would go find Nan Feihuang to explain all the misunderstandings clearly.

She believed that with the love Nan Feihuang had for her, as long as she saw him in person, any misunderstanding, no matter how great, could be explained.

"Little Xue'er!" Just as she was about to leave Wuhun City, someone chased after her, carrying a thick, youthful voice and a cute, boyish face—it was none other than Guangling Douluo.

"Grandfather Guangling!" Qian Renxue asked in surprise, "Why have you come out?"

"She Long was captured by that brat Feihuang, and you only have the injured Ci Xue protecting you by your side; this old man is not at ease. This time, I will personally accompany you back to the Heaven Dou Empire. Let's finish the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan first; that way, you will have time to go find that brat Feihuang," Guangling Douluo said.

"Thank you, Grandfather Guangling!" Qian Renxue revealed a beautiful, heartfelt smile. Although the other grandfathers had agreed quite reluctantly, at least among her family, there was still one who truly supported her.

Moreover, with Guangling Douluo's help, she had more confidence in the subsequent plans. This grandfather was indeed a bit childish and unreliable, but his strength was not fake; his soul power was as high as the peak of Level 96, and he could step into Level 97 at any time, far surpassing Qianjun and Jiangmo, who were also at Level 96.

Furthermore, his martial soul was the light and ice dual-attribute Guangling Divine Bow. Although the two attributes had not reached perfection, they were only a step away. The combined power of the two attributes meant his explosive power was not much inferior to the Level 97 Lion Douluo. The two set off, unaware that in the Heaven Dou Empire, because of the few short days Qian Renxue had been away, a drastic change was about to occur.

At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a strange thing had happened recently: all the students in the academy, as well as the staff who cleaned and cooked, suddenly started vomiting and having diarrhea one after another. In severe cases, internal organ corrosion occurred, and they died without effective treatment.

This was no small matter. For those commoners who worked there, the nobles did not take it to heart, but those students were mostly the direct descendants of the various noble families of the Heaven Dou Empire; once something happened, it would cause turmoil throughout the entire country.

The imperial physicians in the palace and the strongest healing Spirit Master of the Nine Heart Begonia, Ye Nichang—that is, Ye Lingling's mother—immediately rushed to the academy.

But no matter how they investigated, they could not find out what had happened to the students.

Fortunately, with the healing of the Nine Heart Begonia, the situation was temporarily stabilized.

At first, some people thought it was an infectious disease.

However, there was one point Ye Nichang noticed: this time, those who were affected seemed to be only students; the teachers were basically fine, at most feeling slightly uncomfortable.

Even the Three Education Committee Members felt nothing at all.

Therefore, Ye Nichang suspected that this was not a disease, but a poison—a colorless and odorless poison with extremely strong diffusion capabilities, though its toxicity was not too violent and its effect on experts above the Soul King and Soul Emperor level was very limited.

Someone poisoning the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had two possibilities: first, they were an enemy of the Heaven Dou Empire and came here to destroy the next generation of the Heaven Dou Empire.

This possibility was seen as very high by ordinary people, but Ye Nichang had actually ruled it out, because she was different from those nobles who held positions but did nothing; she knew how to think from a strategic standpoint.

If she were an enemy of the Heaven Dou Empire, she would not touch the Heaven Dou Royal Academy no matter what; killing the playboys here might actually be a blessing rather than a curse for the common people of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The destruction these playboys caused to the Heaven Dou Empire was far more intense than that of any hostile force. At the thought that the Heaven Dou Imperial Court would be full of such idiots in the future, those who hated Heaven Dou would wake up laughing in their dreams.

If Feihuang were here, he would have to marvel at this woman's intelligence.

Actually, it was easy to understand. For example, in the Southern Song and Jin dynasties of ancient times, for the Jin, how good it was that Zhao Gou was the emperor in the Song court! They wanted whatever he gave them. If they killed him and replaced him with someone at the level of Liu Che or Li Er, what then? For a piece of trash like Zhao Gou, with his father and brother captured, he had no intention of resisting and only wanted to seek peace in a corner.

But if it were replaced by Li Er, first of all, his brother being captured would be great news, and to his surprise, his father the emperor was also gone—that would be even better news. The biggest stain on his life, the Xuanwu Gate incident, would be directly wiped clean. He would have territory like the wealthy Jiangnan region, and under his command, he would have elite troops like the Yue Family Army—a perfect starting hand.

By then, the twelve golden plaques Yue Fei received would definitely not be orders to withdraw his troops, but Li Er complaining that he was fighting too slowly, urging him to accelerate his advance, or perhaps even leading the army himself to fight side by side with him.

Therefore, the reason of simply killing nobles was ruled out by Ye Nichang.

Then there was another possibility: the culprit was only trying to kill one person in the academy, and because of some special reason, they could not kill that person, so they adopted a method of indiscriminate killing.

(End of chapter)