Chapter 521: Xun Yu's Countermeasure

Within the Gu Lei Kingdom, after Xun Yu returned to the country, he took up his old profession in his spare time; for a man like him, focusing solely on cultivation every day while abandoning the state affairs he was most skilled at was, in fact, a form of torture.

Moreover, his cultivation method was different from others; the rest, such as Dian Wei and Shui Bing'er, had to spend a large amount of time strengthening their physiques and training in addition to their soul power cultivation.

But Xun Yu was different; he did not rely on himself to fight, so his physical training volume was far less than those Battle Spirit Masters, which also gave him more time to handle state affairs.

Because of Nan Feihuang's actions a few days ago, the Gu Lei Kingdom welcomed a large influx of excellent Spirit Masters.

If it were just young geniuses coming to Gu Lei Academy to study, then having Elder Zhang, a member of the Gu Lei Royal Academy committee, receive them for enrollment would suffice, but if experts who had reached the level of Soul Emperor or even Spirit Saint wanted to join the Gu Lei Imperial Court, they could not be treated so neglectfully.

As the King of Gu Lei, Nan Tianchen had to receive them personally.

In these past few days, three Spirit Saint experts had already joined the Gu Lei Kingdom.

One was Mo Qi from the south, whose martial soul was the high-grade Beast Spirit Flame Lion, a level 73 Qiangong Xi Spirit Saint; the other was Haote from near the Frost Dense Forest, whose martial soul was the high-grade Beast Spirit Snow Soul Demon Bear, a level 76 Qiangong Xi Spirit Saint.

Unexpectedly, these two people from two extreme lands had actually become teammates and traveled to the Gu Lei Kingdom together.

It was only because Nan Feihuang was away; otherwise, he would have actually recognized these two. Haote was the person who helped Oscar obtain his Sixth Soul Ring in the original story and gave him a soul bone.

He was kind-hearted and valued loyalty highly; he was a guy worth trusting.

As for Mo Qi, he was the deputy captain of Haote's team at the time, but his character was not worth complimenting; for the sake of a soul bone, he betrayed Haote and gathered others to kill him. If it weren't for Oscar absorbing his soul ring and waking up in time, then using a Mirror Sausage to copy Haote's power and fighting side-by-side with him, Haote would likely have died at his hands.

However, the two were still friends now because the Spirit Hall had destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar, worried about Ning Rongrong, had ended his training early and did not join Haote's team.

Haote therefore did not take them to hunt that Mirror Beast, and thus they did not turn against each other over a soul bone.

Haote, who did not know Mo Qi's character, was still very good to this brother at the moment. After learning of Nan Feihuang's legend, for the sake of a better future for both of them, he brought him to the Gu Lei Kingdom.

Besides these two, they also brought four Soul Emperors, whose martial souls were the Shadow Crow, Soul Snatching Sheng, Nether Wolf, and Cold Ice Gauntlets, all of which could be considered decent high-grade martial souls.

With such a force, Nan Tianchen would not be overly aloof and naturally had to treat them well.

And the last Spirit Saint was the former Food System Spirit Saint of Shrek Academy, the level 71 Sugar Bean martial soul user, Shao Xin.

Since Shrek Academy disbanded, many teachers and students had gone their separate ways.

The reason Shao Xin chose to come to the Gu Lei Kingdom was that it was a major grain-producing country, which could be considered a natural mimicry environment helpful to his cultivation; plus, with Elder Zhang, the second-ranked Food System Spirit Saint in the world, here, he, who was ranked fifth, could be considered to have come for his reputation. The value of a Food System Spirit Saint was no lower than that of an ordinary Battle Spirit Saint.

These past few days, Nan Tianchen had put all his thoughts into the arrangements for these people, and Xun Yu's return just happened to relieve his pressure.

He was now just like Nan Feihuang, relying more and more on Xun Yu for internal affairs.

Xun Yu was currently looking at the information from the Star Luo Empire. In fact, there was no need for Xue Ke to remind him; with the help of the uniqueness of his martial soul, his eyes and ears had long been spread across all the major empires, kingdoms, and even the Spirit Hall.

"Hmm, good intelligence," Xun Yu said with a smile. Almost the moment he saw the intelligence, he had thought everything through.

"What's good about it, little Xun? The Star Luo Empire getting stronger is bad news for us, isn't it?" Dugu Bo complained while drinking tea; he was here waiting for Nan Feihuang to return.

After all, his little brother had broken through to Title Douluo, so he naturally had to come to congratulate him, but he didn't expect that after the kid broke through, he would go to Wuhun City first and still hadn't returned.

Xun Yu nodded, "Admittedly, Star Luo getting stronger is naturally bad news, but if we know in advance, can't we prepare early? Tang San, he should be wanting us and the Spirit Hall to fight like the snipe and the clam, so that he can be the fisherman who gains the profit."

Dugu Bo was stunned, "Little Xun, what does this have to do with Tang San?"

He had also read this intelligence, and it didn't mention Tang San at all.

"The name of the Bloodthirsty Douluo was mentioned to me by the Lord; he comes from the Slaughter City Enforcement Team. The only person who can order him is the Slaughter King, and the true identity of the Slaughter King is also known to the Lord: the former Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Chen. He shouldn't have appeared, but since he has, it means he has regained his sanity," Xun Yu said.

"But even if he regained his sanity, he shouldn't be helping Dai Mubai; they don't even know each other. Why would a dignified Limit Douluo help Dai Mubai seize the throne? And the only link between Tang Chen and Dai Mubai is Tang San, so I am very certain that Tang San's handiwork is involved. He probably wants to use the power of the Star Luo Empire's million-strong army to contend with the Spirit Hall, and if Dai Mubai becomes emperor, he can also be removed from the Star Luo Empire's blacklist."

"In these past few years, he has hidden so deeply, developing his forces in secret. If I am not mistaken, the Clear Sky Sect should have been brought under his command by him borrowing Tang Chen's power. But to possess such a powerful force yet remain low-key—if this isn't waiting at ease for the exhausted enemy, what is it? He wants to wait until we and the Spirit Hall are both heavily damaged before wiping us all out at once."

Dugu Bo frowned, feeling that Xun Yu's analysis made some sense, "Little Xun, then what do you plan to do? We can't just let his plan succeed like this."

"Senior Dugu need not worry. Such a mere petty scheme is actually very simple to break. If he wants to be the fisherman who gains the profit, then I will let him know what it means for the mantis to stalk the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind," Xun Yu smiled. "Within the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena are also Slaughter Gods of Slaughter City. They can deduce the identity of the Bloodthirsty Douluo, but there is a very critical information gap between them and us, which is that they do not know that the Slaughter King is Tang Chen."

"Without this information, they cannot associate it with Tang San like I can, nor will they know that the Clear Sky Sect has secretly come out of seclusion. However, I can give them a slight hint."

"Hehe, Tang San and the Tang Sect—this sect has always been known for its poisons and Hidden Weapons. Speaking of Hidden Weapons, that means ores, and then blacksmiths, so this place is the bait," Xun Yu pointed to Gengxin City on the map. "I want to use this city as bait to make Tang San, the fisherman, become the snipe and the clam!"

(End of chapter)