Douluo 2 : Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

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"Undercover? Our Mingde Hall is the top scientific research institution in the Sun Moon Empire. The internal review is very strict. How could there be an undercover?"

When Xu Tianxi proposed "undercover", Jing Hongchen's first thought was to refute it. The researchers here eat, drink and sleep well. Although they need to work hard to achieve experimental results, their treatment is the best in the Sun and Moon Empire.

How could someone who could make it here go undercover for the three empires? Who in the three empires would be willing to let such a talent fall into the trap?

"I also think it's unlikely, but Dean, it's better to be safe than sorry; you haven't been the Dean and the Hall Master for long, who knows if someone has planted pawns during your predecessor's tenure? Or maybe this group of people are just greedy and will sell anything for money."

"They dare to resell the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and the Level 6 Soul Guide Cannonball. Who knows if they will also sell this kind of information?"

Xu Tianxi used rigorous words to persuade Jing Hongchen, and the word "steady" was clearly written between his brows.

Mingde Hall is located a hundred meters below the ground. It was already very strange that the Body Sect in the original novel could dig deep into the ground, and it was even more outrageous that they could accurately find the Snow Emperor embryo. Afterwards, Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi both felt that there was an internal traitor.

Based on Xu Tianxi's understanding of Mingde Hall, anyone who could access such confidential information as the location of the Snow Emperor's embryo must be at least a seventh-level soul engineer. He also didn't understand why such a person would want to be an undercover, but it was always right to be cautious.

The soul is of great significance. Once it is announced, his whereabouts in the future will probably have to be completely concealed. The people from the three empires and Shrek are likely to regard him as the first bounty target or even a hunting target.

He is still unable to defeat those old guys now, and he doesn't want to have nothing to do and engage in hand-to-hand combat with Titled Douluo and Super Douluo, as that would only be seeking excitement for himself.

Jing Hongchen also thought about how dangerous Xu Tianxi's situation would become after the information was leaked. There has been no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days. Unless Xu Tianxi stayed in the academy or the worship hall and did not go out in the future, it would be hard to guarantee that no one would be tempted even if he was assigned a few level nine soul mentors.

Although Xu Tianxi seldom goes out, he still needs to be aware of the necessary precautions.

"Okay, I will pay attention to this matter. From now on, I will start to investigate the people inside Mingde Hall. I will ask Ye Yulin to transfer people from the Worship Hall to cooperate with your actions."

Jing Hongchen took note of this, relaxed a little, and asked Xu Tianxi casually, "By the way, given Xiao and Meng's situation, what kind of soul do you think would be the most appropriate for them to form? You're better at this than I am."

Xu Tianxi glanced at the Hongchen siblings, and answered thoughtfully, "Senior Meng's Zhuqing Ice Toad has a soul beast of the same clan in the Far North, so it is most appropriate to directly contract the Zhuqing Ice Toad soul beast; Old Xiao's three-legged golden toad does not exist in the soul beast world, so choose a powerful gold soul beast as much as possible."

"Another point is that I found that it takes a lot of mental strength to bind souls. The process of binding souls is also a challenge to the spirit power of the soul master. If the spirit master's own mental strength is insufficient, they will not be able to bind a powerful soul beast."

"From now on, you must train their spiritual power. Think about whether you can find them some natural treasures that can help their spiritual power, as well as suitable head soul bones. The older the better, preferably more than 100,000 years old."

People in this era do not attach much importance to spiritual power, and there is no systematic method of cultivating spiritual power. Xu Tianxi himself can absorb moonlight through the characteristics of his martial soul to cultivate his spiritual power, and he has gained a lot.

In addition, the soul power vortex he just condensed is of spiritual nature, and the process of rotation can subtly enhance spiritual power, but these two methods are not replicable.

If one wanted to improve his spiritual power, the simplest and most effective way was to absorb the head soul bone. Xu Tianxi was confident that if he could fuse a hundred thousand year old head soul bone, his spiritual power would immediately be comparable to that of a non-spiritual Titled Douluo, or even surpass it.

However, he still has very high requirements in this regard. Mental power is the basis of his strength. Other soul bones are fine, but the head soul bone must at least be of the ferocious beast level before he will absorb it.

"Okay, I will definitely pay attention to these. I just got a 100,000-year soul bone a few days ago, but it's not the head soul bone, so I still need to work harder."

Jing Hongchen agreed calmly. His blood was boiling and he was willing to work hard for a hundred years for his descendants.

With a turn of his eyes, Jing Hongchen asked, "By the way, Tianxi, Shrek sent us a message yesterday, offering to exchange their captured students and dean for us. What do you think?"

"It's been almost half a month. Are they finally willing to put aside their timid mentality and face and ask us to replace them? It's rare."

Xu Tianxi muttered about Shrek, pondered for a moment, raised his eyes and said: "I think it's okay to let ordinary geniuses go, but Xiao Xiao with twin martial spirits must not be let go easily. Their senior sister Zhang Lexuan in the inner courtyard is now captured by Master Kong. We can't make decisions for Master Kong, so we can't let this person go."

"As for Qian Duoduo and Lin Huiqun, they are now imprisoned in the Worship Hall. I'm afraid it depends on the mood of Elder Kong and the others. My suggestion is that unless Shrek offers a price of more than two hundred thousand year soul bones, we must not release even one of them."

"Besides, I found something special about that guy named He Caitou."

"What's so special about it? Tell me."

Xu Tianxi raised his eyebrows and said, "Of the three geniuses who died in the competition at Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy, strictly speaking, only one died at the hands of Ma Xiaotao. The lives of the other two were taken away by him."

"This person's face plate is too dark. I can tell at a glance that he is from our Sun Moon Empire. I sent someone to draw his blood and compared it with some blood samples. I found that... his blood is from the same source as the royal family."

Jing Hongchen's pupils trembled suddenly, and he said quietly: "You mean, he is also from the royal family?"

Xu Tianxi nodded and replied, "Unlike me, his blood is the same as that of the royal family's direct descendants. If nothing unexpected happens, he may have twin martial souls, and the other martial soul is the sun, which can only be inherited by the royal family's direct descendants."

"I have checked the genealogy and top-secret archives of the Sun Moon Empire. No royal family members have been lost in the past few years. Only one person is missing, and the age of this person can match that of He Caitou."

Jing Hongchen's eyes sparkled, and he clenched his hands into fists: "Who?"

Xu Tianxi said word by word: "Former crown prince of the royal family, Xu He."

Bang!

Jing Hongchen, who had always been good at cultivating his Qi, changed his expression drastically and staggered. "You said he was an orphan from the previous dynasty? Are you sure?"

"I'm more than 70% sure." Xu Tianxi didn't say anything definite.

"Then this person is a bit difficult to deal with. The royal family's troubles are the most troublesome."

Jing Hongchen scratched his hair and looked in the direction of Shrek City: "Shrek accepted such a person as a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department. Could it be that they are planning to help him regain his position and use this opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of our Sun Moon Empire?"

"I don't think they can think of such a thing, but it doesn't hurt to take precautions."

Xu Tianxi said thoughtfully. Jing Hongchen heard this and began to think: "Then we have to keep this person in our hands first. We can't give him back to Shrek easily, and we can't let the current royal family know his identity. We may need him in the future..."

Turning his head to look at the sky, Jing Hongchen patted Xu Tianxi on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Okay, I have almost finished talking about what I need to think about. You guys can take a rest first. I will go and prepare for tomorrow's court meeting."

"Well, Dean, you should also have a good rest."

Jing Hongchen flew out into the sky. Xu Tianxi looked back, but saw that everyone was still in meditation. He raised his eyes to the moonlight, sighed softly, took out a camp bed from the storage ring, and decided to rest for a night.

"I almost don't remember the last time I slept, it went by so fast..."

During his sleep, Xu Tianxi emptied his mind and looked inward at his body. He realized that even though he was not practicing, the soul power in his body was running rapidly under the influence of the soul power vortex, twice as fast as his usual meditation practice.

In the process of cultivating the soul power vortex, he absorbed a large amount of external energy from the heaven and earth, the moon's lustre and the life breath of gold from living things. His soul power made another breakthrough in the process of high-speed compression and rotation, and it was now at level fifty-three.

In addition, his mental power realm has also taken a big step forward. Such mental power allows him to suppress his dual extreme attributes to a certain extent and speed up his cultivation.

"According to the current progress, I should be able to reach level 60 within two years. The speed of cultivation from Soul Emperor to Soul Saint will not be affected by the soul power vortex. Within five years, I will definitely be able to achieve the Soul Saint realm. It's not easy..."

…

Xu Tianxi slept for a whole night and a whole day. When he woke up again, he found that the sky outside was still night.

Looking around the experimental hall, everyone was still meditating and practicing.

Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin were sitting on either side of Xu Tianxi. When they sensed that Xu Tianxi had woken up, they began to ask about his well-being.

Xu Tianxi responded for a while, then asked with a smile: "Dean, how is the court situation today? How is that bastard Xu Guozhong?"

Jing Hongchen uttered a "Pah" sound, his face neither happy nor sad,

"The result is not bad, he cut off his left leg himself, limped to the palace on crutches, burst into tears in court, confessed his sins to me, and was willing to pay 200 million gold soul coins as Mingde Hall's losses and research and development expenses."

"Xu Tianyuan and other royal princes all pleaded for him. In the end, even Crown Prince Xu Tianran spoke up. It was difficult for me to pursue the matter further, so I had to let him go."

Ye Yulin said, "It can be seen that this group of people rescued Xu Guozhong with the emperor's instructions, so we can't press them any further. Looking at Xu Guozhong's attitude, if we don't let him go, he might crash into the hall and die. If that happens, we won't be able to have an easy time either."

"I see. It is indeed the most appropriate choice to quit while the going is good." Xu Tianxi agreed. Now the academic school and the royal family still have to eat from the same pot. There is no need to completely fall out just for Xu Guozhong.

"I won't talk about anything else. This is the Conferred God Platform you asked for. Remember, no matter what you do, safety is your top priority."

Jing Hongchen spread out his palm, releasing a ball of rich soul light, which turned out to be the Conferred God Platform that sealed the Snow Emperor's embryo.

Xu Tianxi's eyes lit up slightly and he nodded seriously.

…

In the Prince's Mansion, two members of the Xu family sitting in wheelchairs looked at each other, one with a face full of resentment, the other calm.

Xu Tianran chuckled and said, "Uncle, today's play was well performed. Your life and the wealth and honor for the rest of your life are saved. What are your plans for the future?"

Xu Guozhong grabbed the wheelchair angrily and said with gritted teeth: "Of course it's revenge. Jing Hongchen forced me to such a point, how can I let it go!"

"But he is in a high position and has great power. How can you be his opponent?" Xu Tianran said lightly.

"I, I have my own way." A cold light flashed in Xu Guozhong's eyes.

"What's your solution? Collude with foreign enemies? Or stab them in the back?"

Xu Tianran said what Xu Guozhong was thinking, and then said: "Uncle, instead of doing this, you might as well consider my suggestion. Maybe I can hurt Jing Hongchen badly."

"What does my emperor mean?" Xu Guozhong asked, looking up suddenly.

"Nothing, it's just that during this period of time, the people who serve me in Mingde Hall have been looking for something, that is, the nine-level Conferred God Platform that you made, which sealed the soul beast embryo for 100,000 years. They are preparing to sell this information to a very interested client..."

Xu Tianran drummed his knuckles on the armrest, a mysterious and cold smile on his face, and said, "Uncle, since you can resell Mingde Hall's things, you should have spies, right? Why don't you help me find them? After you find them, sell this information."

"My Emperor means..."

"Aren't you trying to collude with foreign enemies? There aren't many forces in this world that dare to break into Mingde Hall, but fortunately there are still some, and I believe some people will be interested."

"As long as they attack Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen, who cannot hold back the losses, will definitely be held accountable by the emperor. That will be our chance. We can force him to stand on our side. Then, uncle, will you worry about not having the chance to cause trouble for him? When he is no longer useful, he will be abandoned! We have a long way to go."

"My emperor is wise!"