Chapter 536: Reactions of the Various Nations

"The Spirit Hall, they have finally established a nation!" Nan Tianchen put down the intelligence in his hand; his expression did not show much surprise. He had long anticipated this; in fact, the Spirit Hall's act of establishing a nation was even slightly later than he had estimated.

He reckoned it was because of his son's maneuvers, which caused every plan of the Spirit Hall to be only half-completed; their strength had not reached the level originally envisioned at all.

"Tianchen, then tell me, what actions will the Spirit Hall take next?" Lan Xue asked.

Nan Tianchen looked at the map on the wall. "Next, they will definitely use either Heaven Dou or Star Luo as their target. I suspect it is Heaven Dou. They have had an ambiguous relationship with the Balak Kingdom recently; using the Balak Kingdom as a stepping stone, they will gradually push toward the interior."

"But Heaven Dou is now my daughter-in-law's empire; we cannot stand by and watch," Lan Xue said worriedly. To be honest, she did not want to face the Spirit Hall head-on so soon.

"We cannot stop it," Nan Tianchen shook his head. "The Balak Kingdom is clearly already meat on the Spirit Hall's plate. We must not participate in this matter. I will send a letter to Ke'er, telling her not to participate either, and to abandon the Balak Kingdom. What is important is what comes after; we cannot let the Spirit Hall continue to push into the interior of Heaven Dou."

"The King is right," at this moment, Xun Yu walked into the study and bowed, "Your humble servant Xun Yu, pays respects to the King and the Queen."

"Wenruo, what are your thoughts?" Nan Feihuang asked curiously. He was always full of interest in Xun Yu's clever ideas; his thoughts were always able to make him feel refreshed.

"Shift the point of conflict, divert their will, and find a better target to focus on," Xun Yu spoke eloquently.

However, Lan Xue impatiently patted the table. "Speak like a human!"

She might not understand this kind of political language, which her husband and son might be able to grasp; could he not use more common language? "Uh, it means... stir up trouble and sow discord!" Xun Yu was helpless; under the powerful authority of this Queen, he could only unwillingly use such relatively crude vocabulary.

Lan Xue nodded with satisfaction; that was more like it, how simple and clear.

"Sow discord?" Nan Tianchen asked in surprise. "Who are you going to sow discord against?"

"Someone who is attempting to make us and the Spirit Hall fight like the snipe and the clam, so he can be the fisherman who gains the profit. I want to swap positions with him, drag him out from the shadows, and have him be the snipe and the clam with the Spirit Hall, while we act as the fisherman," Xun Yu smiled. "King, the succession struggle in the Star Luo Empire was decided a month ago. It was Dai Mubai who won the position of Crown Prince. I presume you know this; please look at this information."

Xun Yu handed the information in his hand to the two of them. Lan Xue flipped through a few pages and indicated she could not understand it; she did not understand politics.

Nan Tianchen, however, became more alarmed the more he read. "What? Slaughter City, the Clear Sky Sect? The Star Luo Empire is actually secretly gathering such a powerful force."

"The King need not worry. I have written a response plan at the back. I came here this time to ask you to look it over and hope you will agree to my plan," Xun Yu said.

Nan Tianchen nodded and turned the page; on it was the response strategy written by Xun Yu.

"Good, very good! What a strategy of using information asymmetry to divert the disaster." Nan Tianchen looked on with pleasant surprise; once this strategy was implemented, it could buy them quite a bit of time.

"King, then the rest is up to you. My lord and I must accelerate our cultivation progress."

The Spirit Hall will have at least two gods in the future, and their progress is much faster than Feihuang's. Qian Renxue's path is practically handed to her, while Bibi Dong has been undergoing trials for many years.

Feihuang must speed up to catch up with them; otherwise, even if he becomes a Ninety-nine Level Limit Douluo, it will still be very difficult to defeat a god.

"Good, I have read the entire plan. The rest will be left to me," Nan Tianchen nodded. He deeply understood the importance of time to his son right now.

Such trivial matters were, of course, for him to handle.

Soon, his various orders were sent out. Unlike the actively preparing Gulei Kingdom, in these past few days, the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo were in a continuous state of rage.

The difference was that within the Heaven Dou Empire, Ge Long was angrily requesting Xue Ke to lead the army to war. The Balak Kingdom was a vassal kingdom of their Heaven Dou Empire, and it was the one with the strongest military power; they absolutely could not let the Spirit Hall occupy it just like that.

But Xue Ke refused, and her reason for refusing was very simple.

Firstly, according to what Nan Feihuang and Ge Long had agreed upon, the Heaven Dou Empire was still in the midst of revival, and the main army could not be moved lightly, except to guard the country.

The Spirit Empire was powerful; even if they took action, they would not be a match for them, only increasing casualties in vain.

Secondly, it was the letter Nan Tianchen wrote to her. The letter clarified that the Balak Kingdom had long been in secret collusion with the Spirit Empire, and the reason they did not directly join the Spirit Empire...

... was merely to give the Spirit Hall a legitimate reason to send troops.

Although the Balak Kingdom had secretly defected to the Spirit Empire, on the surface, it was still a vassal state of the Heaven Dou Empire. They used this identity to kill a few people from the Spirit Empire.

Then Bibi Dong sent people to bring those corpses back and used this as an excuse to launch a campaign against the Balak Kingdom, first openly taking over Balak, and then using the excuse that Balak was a vassal of Heaven Dou to continue firing upon the Heaven Dou Empire.

The two sides that started the war first were actually already in cahoots.

If the Heaven Dou Empire sent troops there at this time, it would be no different from sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth.

These words left Ge Long unwilling but speechless. Yet he was truly unwilling; the power of the Heaven Dou Empire was being acquired by the Spirit Hall just like that.

Actually, he did not need to be so angry, because there would be many, many more things to make him angry in the future. Just as Feihuang said back then, from now on, unless the Spirit Hall breaks in, his million-strong army will not be able to move at all.

As for the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai was filled with joy amidst his anger.

The Spirit Hall establishing a nation—of course he was angry. This continent had always been a north-south opposition between the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo.

Although there were some small kingdoms and duchies, they were only left there intentionally by the two great empires, placed in the middle as a buffer zone for war.

But the Spirit Hall establishing an empire clearly had its sights set on the world; its ambition was obvious to all.

What made him joyful was that, just as Tang San analyzed, the primary target of the Spirit Empire was not Star Luo, but Heaven Dou. They could completely sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, watching both sides suffer heavy losses.

The Spirit Empire certainly did not know how terrifying the accumulated power of Star Luo was now. The power of Slaughter City combined with the Clear Sky Sect amounted to a full eight Title Douluos, among whom there were even Limit Douluos.

As long as they developed slowly in secret, and Tang San could even become the Asura God, they would then be the oriole behind the mantis, sweeping across the continent as easily as taking something from a bag.

Then Tang San would avenge his blood feud and ascend to become a god, while he would become the emperor of a unified continent. The brothers would be remembered through the ages; this picture was too wonderful.

(End of chapter)