Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 532 Three Persuasive Techniques for Mirror Red Dust
"What?" Jing Hongchen exclaimed in surprise. "Xuanyuan Mian, forget it. We're all acquaintances, so I won't waste time with your formalities. Yuwen Tuo, do you know what you're saying? Putting aside the current state of my Sun Moon Empire and the chaotic court of your Heavenly Soul Empire, both of us are in a mess. Why should we start a war for no reason? You want me to join the war to help Sun Moon fight against your Heavenly Soul? Are you out of your mind, or have you finally decided to come back and become the emperor of Sun Moon Empire? But it's too late, isn't it? You no longer have royal blood in you. Kong Deming won't agree to that."

Yuwen Tuo shook his head. "Senior, you're overthinking it. I will never become the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, nor will I betray my family from the Body Sect. I asked you to join the battlefield so that you could help me with some things there."

"Are you asking me to betray the Sun Moon Empire?" Jing Hongchen slammed his hand on the table in anger. "Yuwen Tuo, you are underestimating me. You once asked me to rank the things that are most important to me, and I have indeed thought it through. If you can defeat my Sun Moon Empire openly and fairly in the future and unify the world, then I may surrender in order to maintain Mingde Hall. But that does not mean that I am willing to betray my country before that."

Jing Hongchen also has her bottom line; the so-called protection of Mingdetang must never become an excuse for treason.

"Senior, please don't get so agitated." Yuwen Tuo pointed his finger towards the broken table, instantly restoring it to its original state.

He can also briefly reverse time now.

This move also greatly alarmed the three members of the Hongchen family, making Yuwen Tuo seem even more unfathomable in their minds.

"Senior, I don't want you to betray your country. I just want to discuss this with you. The purpose of inviting you to join this war is to ask you to use your position to restrain the Sun Moon Empire's army from burning, killing, and looting innocent civilians during the war, and especially from carrying out massacres. I believe that your position is sufficient to accomplish this. In return, I am willing to reciprocate. If our country invades your Sun Moon Empire, I will also restrain the Heavenly Soul Army from harming the people of Sun Moon. How about that? This shouldn't be a bad thing for the Sun Moon Empire. After all, war should be a contest between powerful people like us Soul Masters, Soul Masters, and the army. It's already unavoidable that some innocent civilians will be involved and displaced. If we also engage in indiscriminate killing, how are we any different from evil Soul Masters?" Yuwen Tuo said.

In the original story, it was Ju Zi who led the Sun Moon Empire to invade Tianhun. At least she knew what was important and used appeasement to conquer each city. But now she's gone, and who knows what kind of madman the Sun Moon Empire will send next.

If he were a madman who didn't value human life, then even if he could achieve Xuexin Emperor's goal, the price he paid would be too high. It would be more worthwhile for him to bear the infamy and wield the Xuanyuan Sword to fight his way back and forth.

“This is it!” Jing Hongchen regained her composure, sat down and said, “Yuwen Tuo, indeed, what you want me to do is not difficult, nor is it tantamount to betraying the country, but there is one thing, how could my Sun Moon Empire possibly infiltrate your Heavenly Soul? As long as you, Yuwen Tuo, hold the pass alone, I am afraid that ten thousand cannot break through. No matter how many of our soldiers go, they will die. How could we possibly break in? In other words, if we break in, it means that you must have a conspiracy. At this time, what I, as a member of the Sun Moon Empire, should do is to stop this war.”

As expected of the head of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen grasped the most crucial point in this plan. As long as Yuwentuo was still alive, theoretically, the Sun Moon Empire could not break through the Heavenly Soul Empire's defenses. This was also the reason why Yuwentuo used Long Xiaoyao's self-destruction to fake his death and escape the world.

Now, in the entire Sun Moon Empire, apart from Jing Hongchen's family, no one knows that he is still alive.

"Hehe, I really can't fool you, senior. Senior, let me show you something." Yuwentuo unsheathed his long sword, and the entire room was instantly covered by a dense, fiery red light. "Your Highness, what are you doing?" Meng Hongchen thought Yuwentuo was going to attack Jing Hongchen, so she immediately spread her arms to block her grandfather. No matter how much she loved Yuwentuo, she couldn't stand by and watch him hurt her own grandfather.

“Xiao Meng, don’t worry, I’m just showing you my treasure, senior. This is called the Fire God Sword, a divine artifact of the Fire God, a god in the divine realm,” Yuwen Tuo explained.

Jing Hongchen exclaimed in surprise, "The God of Fire? Could it be the legendary divine inheritance? Legend has it that a god appeared in your Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago. Could it be that you have already embarked on this path?"

Yuwen Tuo nodded. "Yes, I have passed seven of the nine trials of the gods. After two more trials, I will become the new God of Fire. Even now, I can already wield the God of Fire Sword well. With my strength and the divine weapon, to be honest, even three Limit Douluos would not be my match. If I didn't want to cause too much bloodshed, I could kill everyone on the continent who defied us. If you do not grant my request, then I will have no choice but to resort to this last resort."

"You're threatening me!" Jing Hongchen knew that what Yuwentuo said was true, but he was the leader of one of the three major powers on the continent, and he couldn't just give in to intimidation.

"This is not a threat, but simply a statement of fact," Yuwen Tuo said in a deep voice. "In order to reduce casualties on both sides, this is truly unavoidable. Senior, please accept this as a request from your junior."

Jing Hongchen was somewhat embarrassed by Yuwen Tuo's humility. He hadn't expected that Yuwen Tuo would give him a way out at a time like this, using a phrase like "please" that put him at a disadvantage.

"I can agree to your request. In fact, after saying so much, I have roughly guessed your idea. I'm afraid the war you mentioned is not a real war, but rather a few small-scale battles. You want to use these battles to solve all the problems, and then you, Yuwen Tuo, will quickly take action and sweep away all obstacles, is that right? Indeed, having the power in your hands is a way to reduce casualties, and I agree to that."

"Really?" Yuwen Tuo asked happily.

"So what if it's not true? Do you really think I'll push you too far and let you slaughter my Sun Moon Empire?" Jing Hongchen said irritably. "Besides, you used all three persuasive techniques on me. First, you reasoned with me about the lives of the people, then you threatened me with the power of the gods, and finally, you appealed to my emotions as a junior. I couldn't help but be moved."

Yuwen Tuo smiled and said, "Hehe, senior, actually I have another step in mind, to tempt you with benefits. I wonder if you are interested in becoming a level ten soul master?"

(End of this chapter)