Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 536 Jing Hongchen Volunteers to Rebuild Shrek Academy

"Oh, the Master of the Red Dust Hall is actually willing to take command?" Xu Guozhong asked in surprise.

Before ascending the throne, he did not side with me, and after ascending the throne, he did not show any particular affection for me, the new emperor. It was as if he was ready to retire from the military at any time.

In fact, if it weren't for his high status in Mingde Hall, where he was recognized by everyone as the hall master, Xu Guozhong would have really wanted to remove this person and take complete control of Mingde Hall.

Today is strange; this salted fish suddenly wants to move.

"Your Majesty, Tianling City is not only a vital city of the Tianhun Empire, but also the heartland of the Douluo Continent. Possessing it will allow you to dominate the world. To its east lies the Douling Empire, to its southwest the Xingluo Empire, and behind it lies the boundless Lima Plain. It is a place where you can advance or retreat as needed. Even if things change in the front, you can return to the world through the Lima Plain. It also serves as a shield for Tiandou City. To destroy Tianhun, you must first take Tianling. Heaven has bestowed Tianling City upon Your Majesty, which is like giving a great banner to the wind and a precious sword to its sheath. Since Heaven has ordained Your Majesty to unify the world, why not take it?" Jing Hongchen said.

"My dear minister Hongchen, listening to you speak is like drinking fine wine, truly intoxicating," Xu Guozhong said happily, every word Jing Hongchen uttered resonated with him.

Everyone here knows the importance of Tianling City. If they obtain it, not only will it be convenient to attack from the front, but they will also not have to worry about being attacked from the rear. Unless someone can take down several cities that they have set up with soul tool arrays in a single day, they will always have a way out.

Even if a Limit Douluo were to be poisoned to death, they couldn't accomplish this. The only one who could possibly do it is already dead, so they have no worries about the future.

Xu Guozhong exchanged a quick glance with Ye Yulin, who then nodded slightly to him. Xu Guozhong understood that Ye Yulin meant for him to agree.

The Sun Moon Empire's military strength is still somewhat insufficient, especially the Soul Master Corps. The only remaining force protecting the nation is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps, which is their last trump card army and must not be allowed to venture deep into enemy territory rashly.

Fortunately, Mingde Hall still has quite a few Soul Masters under its command, enough to form a group and march into the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Even if Jing Hongchen hadn't volunteered, Xu Guozhong wouldn't have let him stay out of it. In his view, Jing Hongchen must have seen through the feasibility of the plan and therefore wanted to get the credit.

He had genuinely thought the old man was giving up, but it turned out he was just afraid of dying. He had stayed home during the last war, but this time he was scrambling for a plan with a high success rate. He was truly a treacherous opportunist.

Xu Guozhong hadn't intended to refuse. After all, while the deal was very cost-effective, he wasn't sure if there was any conspiracy involved. Therefore, he couldn't let his loyal subordinates become the vanguard, lest they become cannon fodder.

Jing Hongchen is fine. He can enter Maple Leaf City first to strengthen its defenses. If everything goes smoothly before the defenses are completed, it means that Xue Mo's sincerity is genuine, which would be ideal.

Even if something goes wrong, it will be Jing Hongchen who dies. He can use this as an excuse to push his own people into the position of the new head of Mingde Hall and take control of the entire Mingde Hall. After all, it is one of the three major powers on the continent, and Xu Guozhong will certainly covet it.

"Very well, my dear minister Hongchen is indeed loyal and courageous. No wonder the late emperor valued you so much. In that case, I will give you 30,000 troops as the vanguard, along with your Mingde Hall's Soul Master Corps, to first make contact with Prince Xuemo and enter Maple Leaf City. I will order Elder Ye and Elder Kong to lead the Royal Soul Master Corps and prepare 400,000 troops to stand by."

"Your subject obeys the decree!" Jing Hongchen replied.

He thought about it and decided to ignore everything and let things take their course. He would just complete the task assigned by the emperor and avoid driving Yuwen Tuo crazy.

In fact, the biggest disadvantage of the Sun Moon Empire right now is that they don't know that Yuwen Tuo has the power to overturn the table at any time, and they don't even know that he is still alive.

As long as they deviate from Yuwen Tuo's plan in any way, Jing Hongchen knows that the moment will be the time to draw the Fire God Sword.

Therefore, Xu Guozhong made a mistake in his judgment. The Jing Hongchen who stayed in Mingde Hall before was not actually giving up. He was always thinking about his future path. The one who took the initiative to fight now is the one who is really giving up.

Just do what Yuwen Tuo asked you to do, and as for the rest, do whatever you want.

In fact, Yuwen Tuo had another purpose in wanting the Sun Moon Empire to take over Tianling City.

As mentioned before, Tianling City is the heartland of Tianhun. If the Sun and Moon Empire takes over here, it can reach Xingluo to the south and attack Douling to the east.

Of course, you can also go to the middle of the two routes, southeast, towards Shrek City.

It's important to know that Emperor Xuexin has already agreed to rebuild Shrek Academy. Right now, in Shrek City, the once-ruins Shrek Academy is undergoing a vigorous reconstruction.

The academy, comparable to a small city, was to be rebuilt entirely with funds from the Heavenly Soul Treasury. One can imagine how enormous this sum of money was. This is also the reason why even a calm person like Emperor Xuexin had to shout the slogan "RNM, pay up!" There was no way around it; Yuwen Tuo had destroyed this place too thoroughly back then.

Across from Poseidon Lake, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier, along with a group of core disciples from the inner courtyard, watched Shrek Academy gradually revive, their hearts filled with relief.

"Although Shrek Academy experienced the chaos caused by Yuwen Tuo, it has fortunately risen from the ashes. Teacher, Elder Xuan, Xiao Tao, just watch closely, I will definitely bring Shrek Academy back to its former glory." Yan Shaozhe said triumphantly.

Yuwentuo's death rekindled his confidence.

The Heavenly Soul Empire's court has already compromised with him, and it is believed that Shrek Academy will soon be able to regain its former glory.

"Dean, rest assured, Shrek Academy will become even more united than before after this disaster," Xu Sanshi said with a smile, opening his folding fan.

In fact, Yan Shaozhe was already the master of the Sea God Pavilion, so it would be more appropriate to call him the master. However, they were already used to calling him the dean, so Yan Shaozhe didn't mind the small issue of address.

Jiang Nannan nodded, "Yes, it won't be long before the students from the Foreign Languages ​​Department return one by one."

There aren't many people left here now. They are mainly a few titled Douluo elders who are still alive, as well as a small number of core disciples of the inner court, such as Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou.

After the outer court disciples were dismissed by Yuwentuo, and the academy was destroyed by Yuwentuo, how could they possibly return immediately?

Yan Shaozhe was so eager to rebuild the academy so that everyone could return to school as soon as possible.

Now that Yuwen Tuo is dead, he refuses to believe that anyone can destroy Shrek Academy.

"Yuwen Tuo, is he really dead?" Huo Yuhao murmured. As the chosen one of destiny, even without the power of fate from the original story, his perception of another chosen one of destiny was unmatched by others. He always felt that Yuwen Tuo wouldn't die so easily.

"Yuhao, are you worried that Yuwentuo is still alive?" Tang Wutong asked.

Huo Yuhao said, "That's right, this person is unfathomable, I'm a little worried."

"It's alright, I have a way to confirm. Your soul power is now close to level 80. I'll use the power of Haodong to help you break through first, and then I'll go back to Haotian Sect." Tang Wutong's method of determining whether Yuwen Tuo was dead was very simple.

At this point, she had regained her memories and knew that Yuwentuo was undergoing the Divine Examination. So all she had to do was have her two uncles communicate with her father and ask him to check on Yuwentuo's progress in the Divine Examination. If Yuwentuo was already dead, then the Divine Examination would naturally be considered a failure. But if it was still ongoing, it would mean that Yuwentuo was not dead.

Unfortunately, during the last competition, Yuwen Tuo summoned some strange thing that shattered her father's divine consciousness into dust. Otherwise, she could have directly communicated with the God Realm through that divine consciousness, instead of having to return to the Haotian Sect first.

"Junior Brother, Wu Tong, you're overthinking it. Don't worry, Yuwen Tuo has no way out." Bei Bei was at ease. After all, he grew up with Mu En and knew how powerful his ancestor was. Long Xiaoyao, who had been able to stand up to his ancestor for so many years, must also have strength no less than his.

The energy generated by such a powerful self-destruction would instantly exceed three or four times the limit of a Limit Douluo's strength. He didn't think Yuwen Tuo would have any chance of survival under such a powerful bombardment.

The most important tasks right now are, firstly, rebuilding Shrek Academy, and secondly, finding his Xiaoya. When Yan Shaozhe went to find Long Xiaoyao before, the two sides cooperated to deal with Yuwen Tuo.

At that time, Long Xiaoyao promised to return Xiaoya to him once the matter was over.

But now that Yuwen Tuo and Long Xiaoyao have perished together, the cooperation has naturally ended, and he has to find a new way to save his lover.

(End of this chapter)