Chapter 533: Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong: Mother-Daughter Quarrel
The New Seven Great Sects Selection Assembly can be considered a complete success.
The results were very much to Nan Feihuang's liking; of the Upper Three Sects, the forces under his command occupied two.
It is expected that before long, a wave of wild Spirit Masters joining the Gu Lei Kingdom will arrive; the Spirit Hall only obtained one seat among the Upper Three Sects, and it is impossible for them to use this as a foothold to gain over seventy percent of the continent's Spirit Master power in one go, as in the original story.
According to estimates, it will drop by at least twenty percent, and that twenty percent will all flow into the Gu Lei Kingdom.
After the Spirit Master power increases, the next steps are the army and territory; Xun Yu has long had methods for these, still using the strategy of borrowing force to strike force, letting the Spirit Hall make wedding clothes for them, and conversely using the Spirit Hall's power to acquire them, trying their best not to expend a single soldier or officer of their own.
Once these two are also completed, then the Gu Lei Kingdom can also be elevated.
They have shouldered the name of a kingdom for too long; they are already impatient to become an empire.
The assembly ended, and Feihuang did not continue to linger here; after bidding farewell to Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, he went on his way to show off his power before Bibi Dong, and after making her tremble all over with anger, he left with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and the Brute Force Sect.
Qian Renxue stood on the city tower, watching the back of her lover as he left, and murmured, "Feihuang, your excellence truly makes Xue Jie proud of you. It is a pity that fate plays tricks; we are destined to be enemies for a period of time in the future. When that time comes, let us have a fair and square showdown."
"Since you are so reluctant to part with him, why not just follow him?" Bibi Dong came behind Qian Renxue and mocked, "To actually fall in love with an enemy, you are truly worthy of being my Saintess of the Consecration Hall."
"The person in this world least qualified to say this to me is you, Your Holiness the Pope." Qian Renxue did not turn her head, "I admit that I love him, but I will never betray the Spirit Hall because of this. I, Qian Renxue, am forever the Spirit Hall's Qian Renxue; I will not be like you."
Qian Renxue knew herself; if she and Nan Feihuang met on the battlefield, holding back for each other might be unavoidable, but neither of them would ever betray their own home.
"Moreover, that he became an enemy was also forced by you. If you hadn't sent people to kill him and thoroughly enraged him, he could have become the strongest support for my Spirit Hall. If we had his assistance, the entire Douluo Continent would be in the palm of my Spirit Hall's hand."
"Hmph, it's too late to say anything now. He has already become our greatest and strongest opponent, and even the positions of the Upper Three Sects have been snatched away by him by two." Bibi Dong could not refute this; to those who did not know the truth, if not for that assassination, Nan Feihuang would definitely have joined the Spirit Hall for Qian Renxue's sake, bringing all the power of the Gu Lei Kingdom with him.
At that time, with him leading the Spirit Hall army on an expedition, I fear it would not take a few months for this entire continent to be pacified by him.
"If this continues, a lot of the continent's Spirit Master power will be intercepted by him." This was exactly what Bibi Dong was truly worried about; the Gu Lei Kingdom had already gained a great reputation in these past few years, attracting many people, and now two of the Upper Three Sects were in their country.
One must know that the status of the Upper Three Sects in the Spirit Master world is extremely high, especially the sanctity and solemnity in the hearts of Spirit Masters, which even exceeds the Two Great Empires and is second only to the Spirit Hall. In those years, the Upper Three Sects relied on this reputation to attract countless vassal families to join.
"What, do you still want to send people to intercept and kill them? Don't forget, with Feihuang there, no matter how many people you send, they are just going to their deaths, unless you take action yourself—no, it seems it's useless even if you take action yourself. Can you beat my Feihuang? Not long ago, I heard that you and Feihuang had a brief clash at the entrance of the Pope Palace, and it seems you were at a disadvantage. Feihuang even told you that if you dared to hurt me, he would tear off your spider legs!" Qian Renxue laughed.
The thing that had made her happiest recently, and the element that truly resolved her inner demons, was that Nan Feihuang had actually dared to break into the Spirit Hall alone for her sake, and even killed his way into the Pope Palace to threaten the Pope of the Spirit Hall.
From this, one could see her importance in his heart.
"That is because I cannot exert my full strength for the time being." Bibi Dong clenched her fists. No matter how strong Nan Feihuang is, what of it? Even if he reaches Limit Douluo, he is no match for a god. Once she completes her God Trial, the first person she will operate on is Nan Feihuang.
"Say what you will. By the way, how are things going with the various kingdoms? How many are willing to lean toward us?" Qian Renxue asked; this was what she truly cared about.
Compared to sect forces, national forces have larger populations. Unless absolutely necessary, she truly did not wish to rely on war to incorporate those kingdoms and principalities; the death toll would be uncontrollable.
She knew that unifying the continent without people dying was impossible, but the unification of the continent was for the better development of the continent. If the unification of the continent caused a sharp decline in population and the withering of the continent, then that would be completely putting the cart before the horse.
Her previous purpose in impersonating Xue Qinghe was precisely to obtain the Heaven Dou Empire without a drop of blood.
Qian Renxue had one idea in common with Nan Feihuang: controlling the number of deaths to a minimum range was precisely the duty of those like them who vied for supremacy.
But Bibi Dong had already somewhat put the cart before the horse; in her later stages, she was only unifying for the sake of unification.
She did not care at all how many people died in the process.
"Three of the Star Luo Empire's vassal kingdoms have joined, and only one is still watching. But as for the Heaven Dou Empire's vassal kingdoms, only the Silves Kingdom has joined. As for the Ba La Ke Kingdom and the Hagen Dazs Kingdom, although they haven't joined directly, we already have our people in their royal families. It wouldn't be difficult to take these two kingdoms easily by attacking from within and without, but the Tianshuang Principality has a lot of resistance," Bibi Dong said.
Qian Renxue said unwillingly, "That's only two-thirds of what was originally envisioned. Bibi Dong, it's all your fault. If you hadn't launched an assassination attempt on Feihuang, the Crown Prince of the Gu Lei Kingdom, without any justifiable reason, and had it exposed to the public after they obtained evidence, we wouldn't have encountered such great resistance from other kingdoms."
"If we only have this little power, even if we establish a nation, we won't have the military strength to wage war against the Two Great Empires simultaneously. In that case, future wars will not be able to end in a short time, but will be protracted, until corpses are piled as high as mountains!"
"Heh, that is something for your Angel Clan to worry about, what does it have to do with me?" Bibi Dong laughed, "As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, I only need to fulfill the responsibility of unifying the continent; I don't care about the rest."
"Bibi Dong, you!!!" Qian Renxue was thoroughly enraged, not even calling her Your Holiness the Pope, but addressing her directly by name.
Bibi Dong's ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness had exceeded her expectations; this person did not care at all how many people died, only about unifying the continent. Even if the continent were destroyed because of it, she would not care.
"You will have retribution."
Qian Renxue left; she was desperate about this so-called mother, and did not even want to stand and breathe with her.
Bibi Dong gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, "Heh, retribution? Let it come. I don't care how great the retribution is. I was already destroyed by your Qian Family long ago, and now Xiao Gang is gone too. What else in this world is worth me caring about? This filthy world, it would be best if it were destroyed."
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