Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 224 Xueyu: In order to avoid being implicated by those idiots from Shrek Academy, I have no choice but to try to find Marquis Yue.

"Dean, something terrible has happened! Zhang Lexuan and Xiao Xiao from our college have both surrendered!"

In the rest area of ​​Shrek Academy, a Guardian Douluo of the Heavenly Soul Empire rushed in, carrying a copy of the Mingdu Daily, to report the situation to Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, who were lying on the sickbed with pale faces.

Prince Xueyu followed behind with three Guardian Douluos, Vina, and Muxue, his face showing worry, though a few glints of joy occasionally flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Shrek suffer misfortune makes me feel inexplicably happy.

"What did you say? That's impossible! Le Xuan and Xiao Xiao would never submit to the Sun Moon Empire!"

Xian Lin'er denied it loudly, not even glancing at it, and snatched the newspaper from the Guardian Douluo, tearing it to shreds.

The Guardian Douluo was not strong enough and was almost pushed down by Xian Lin'er's force.

Prince Xueyu helped him up from behind and handed him a newspaper.

"If we don't have enough newspapers, we can ask Vina and Muxue for more."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Completely unaware that he had become Prince Xueyu's tool for infuriating others, the Guardian Douluo handed the newspaper to the relatively calm Yan Shaozhe and respectfully said:

"Dean Yan, please take a look."

Yan Shaozhe rubbed his throbbing forehead, took the newspaper, and a line of large characters caught his eye.

Good news! The royal genius, who had been living in exile, has returned to his ancestral home and, together with twin martial soul geniuses, has returned to the embrace of the Sun Moon Empire!

Below are some color photos that Xiao Hongchen managed to capture: Xiao Xiao chasing after Zhang Lexuan in tears, and the two girls hugging each other and crying.

What follows is a piece of writing that flows freely and unrestrainedly, roughly like clouds and water. Every word is like a knife piercing Yan Shaozhe's heart, drawing out a mouthful of blood.

He instinctively refused to believe it was true, but another voice in his mind said: The Sun Moon Empire might resort to slander, but not such childish tactics—

The backdrop in the photos of the two women contains other trainees, including He Caitou. Rescuing them will reveal the truth.

Prince Xueyu looked worried and said in a low voice, "Dean Yan, it seems that the Sun Moon Empire has become desperate. We have made our intentions too obvious these past few days, and they have begun to turn their swords against the hostages."

"I think we probably have to agree to some of the Sun Moon Empire's conditions to rescue those hostages, otherwise the remaining trainees may also suffer unspeakable fates."

This is the truth. Xueyu didn't expect the Sun Moon Empire to be so ruthless. They killed two people the day before yesterday, and today they spread the news of two students surrendering everywhere.

He had just woken up this morning when he heard the shouts of newspaper vendors outside. He had no idea how many copies of this so-called "Mingdu Daily" had been printed.

If they don't compromise, they might serve up a hodgepodge of students tomorrow, and then their entire delegation will become a laughing stock.

In fact, Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen finished writing the report after working on it all night. The reason it was put on hold for a day was to give the people from the Sun Moon Empire who were carrying out secret missions in the Heavenly Soul Empire enough time.

The secret mission is simple: help Xiao Xiao find her relatives who have been stranded in the Heavenly Soul Empire and bring them to the Sun Moon Empire to reunite with her, in order to prevent her family from being kidnapped by Shrek Academy and other terrorists to threaten her.

Despite the one-day delay, the report was still incredibly damaging. Zhang Lexuan and Xiao Xiao were among the most valued talents in Shrek Academy's inner and outer departments, making this a double blow to Yan Shaozhe.

"The prince is right!"

Yan Shaozhe nodded heavily, clenched his fist and pounded his chest, tears streaming down his face as he said with deep regret:

"It was my greed that led to the deaths of Elder Lin and Duoduo! Now Lexuan and Xiaoxiao's fates are unknown, and Elder Song and the others are waiting for us to return, yet we've made things this way..."

"Last night I dreamt of Duoduo and Teacher Lin. They seemed to be trying to say something to me, but I couldn't hear them. I'm sorry to them, sorry to my teacher, sorry to Shrek Academy..."

Upon seeing this, Prince Xueyu and the Guardian Douluo rushed over to comfort Yan Shaozhe for a while, managing to calm him down.

The two Guardian Douluos following behind Prince Xueyu held down Xian Lin'er, who was about to go berserk, and barely managed to calm her down.

Vina and Muxue followed behind, exchanging glances and inwardly praising Prince Xueyu's foresight.

Luckily, he brought people with him, otherwise the situation would have been difficult to handle.

Just as the two women were feeling relieved, the newspaper in Yan Shaozhe's hand was snatched away and burned to ashes.

"Damn it! This must be a slander by the Sun Moon Empire. Senior Sister will never submit to the tyranny of the Sun Moon Empire. I'm going to fight them!"

Vina and Muxue turned their gazes and saw Wu Ming, known as the Golden Crow Saintess in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard, furious. Seven soul rings floated up, and the Golden Crow Flame burned fiercely, causing the air to heat up drastically.

Han Ruoruo, who was also a caregiver in the room, hurriedly summoned the Golden Rope to stop Wu Ming. She also had seven soul rings, but her cultivation level was far above Wu Ming's.

"Ming'er, calm down. Le Xuan would never betray Shrek Academy, and you'll only be throwing your life away if you go now!"

"Ruoruo, let me go, I'm going to fight those guys..."

Before Wu Ming could finish speaking, the last Guardian Douluo following behind Prince Xueyu attacked, knocking her down with a palm strike.

Wu Ming immediately collapsed to the ground, but was caught by Han Ruoruo, and the situation calmed down temporarily.

Vina and Muxue both looked at Prince Xueyu, who was comforting Yan Shaozhe, and caught a glimpse of his slightly upturned lips from the side.

The two women silently gave Prince Xueyu a thumbs-up in their hearts, acknowledging his reputation as a renowned general of the Heavenly Soul Empire, for anticipating the unexpected situation long ago. A moment later, Yan Shaozhe, having cried enough, wiped away his tears, caught his breath, and his eyes grew increasingly dim.

Under the suppression of the three Title Douluos, Xian Lin'er gradually regained her senses. She stopped shouting and making a scene, but sat there blankly, muttering words filled with regret:

"Duoduo, I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry. I shouldn't have argued with that bastard Yan Shaozhe back then, I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

Vina and Muxue exchanged glances, communicating their thoughts.

Vina: Sister Muxue, it seems this farce will end soon.

Mu Xue: Vina, the Sun Moon Empire is terrifying. That Marquis Yue was so easy to talk to, how could he just kill people like that and force two top geniuses to land?

Vina: I saw on the back of the newspaper that the Sun Moon Empire treated prisoners of war very well. If they weren't bragging, the treatment was practically like a vacation. This is what the Marquis of the Moon proposed: to build a humane prison and treat prisoners of war well.

Mu Xue: Oh right, I forgot about that. There are still good people in the Sun Moon Empire. I hope that future prisoners will fall into his hands instead of some despicable guys.

During their conversation, Prince Xueyu and Yan Shaozhe also discussed the matter of reopening negotiations with the Sun Moon Empire.

Xian Lin'er was unable to play due to an emotional breakdown. Yan Shaozhe summoned the other three countries' representatives and sent a message to the Sun and Moon faction, requesting that negotiations resume.

Then, they received a response from the Sun Moon Empire that "the masters need to rest for two days after working seven days to relax," and asked them to come back tomorrow.

Yan Shaozhe was so angry that he overturned several chairs on the spot, and Eunuch Wang, who was in charge of security, immediately gave him a compensation bill.

Fearing that Yan Shaozhe would lose his temper and kill everyone, Prince Xueyu threw down a bag of gold soul coins and persuaded Yan Shaozhe to leave.

Despite their imposing presence, if a fight were to break out, it would be tantamount to suicide.

"Don't worry, everyone, we'll be here waiting for you."

With a smile, Eunuch Wang flicked his whisk and bowed, his posture looking incredibly elegant.

……

Back in his room, Prince Xueyu dismissed the servants, sighed, and said to Vina and Muxue:
"Now that things have come to this, I don't think we can save many of Shrek's geniuses. This time, we've really lost face big time."

Vina chuckled and said, "Anyway, we're just here to show our support. Shrek Academy is the one who's embarrassed and pays the bills, it has nothing to do with us."

Prince Xueyu shook his head, looking helpless: "We have no choice but to come because Shrek Academy is located within our country's borders, and more than half of the captured geniuses are our citizens."

"I think Shrek Academy is utterly hopeless. If it weren't for me cleaning up their mess, they would have died many times over. Do they really think the Sun Moon Empire is afraid to kill people?"

A hint of worry appeared in Mu Xue's usually cold eyes as she asked, "Your Highness, if this continues, won't the Sun Moon Empire attack us?"

Prince Xueyu was stunned for a moment, about to say "impossible", but then he thought that if Shrek continued to cause trouble, it was not impossible that when Sun and Moon had no one left to kill, they would turn their swords against them.

"Tsk... This is really hard to say. It seems we need to make other plans. Let me think about who we can talk to..."

Prince Xueyu racked his brains trying to figure out who among the people from the Sun Moon Empire was the easiest to talk to, so he could make a private contact and quickly resolve this mess of negotiations.

After considering everything, none of the nine level-nine soul masters who participated in the negotiations were easy to talk to; only those whose tone was relatively milder were not so aggressive.

Ye Yulin slammed her slipper on the table, Jing Hongchen tore the negotiation agreement into pieces and threw them around, the three leaders of the Guardian Hands were all cold-faced gods, and the remaining four level-nine soul masters were spitting everywhere...

Of course, things weren't much better here. Yan Shaozhe shouted, "If you have the guts, try killing people in front of the righteous and heroic figures of the Three Kingdoms!" Xian Lin'er roared, "Let's fight! Who's afraid of who?" A bunch of Guardian Douluos chimed in, with many slamming their legs on the table—it was utterly uncivilized...

However, Prince Xueyu could barely understand it; after seven days and seven nights of arguing, even the clay figure had managed to vent his anger.

The nine level-nine Soul Masters could not communicate, and the terrifying figure standing behind the Sun Moon Empire was even more untouchable. The core figures of the Sun Moon Empire whom they could interact with and had never argued with... seemed to be only one person left.

Although young, he was, after all, a marquis, and could converse with important figures in the Sun Moon Empire; he was also a universally acknowledged good person.

"This is truly bizarre. Am I to personally seek out a young boy to discuss such an important matter?"

Prince Xueyu muttered "What a pity," sighed, and looked at Vina and Muxue, carefully saying:
"Vina, Muxue, when you spoke with Lord Nayue last time, did you exchange contact information?"

Vina looked blank for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Mu Xue continued, "He said he usually studies soul tools and cultivates at places like the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Mingde Hall. If you need to find him, you can send a letter to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."

Prince Xueyu, feeling that his identity was sensitive, decided to have the two women cover it up: "You two send him letters in your own names and try to get him to come out. I will meet with him and see if I can get him to help me out."

"If he is unwilling to come out, you can go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to find him, but don't be too obvious."

Vina's eyes darted around, and she gently comforted him, "Uncle, don't worry. At worst, we can visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy under the pretext of asking about soul tools. It just so happens that Sister Muxue is interested in this, so it won't attract attention."

Mu Xue chimed in, "Yes, Your Highness, please don't worry too much."

Prince Xueyu bowed his head and sighed, "Now that things have come to this, in order not to be implicated by those fools from Shrek Academy, I have no choice but to try to find Marquis Yue."

"Sigh... I must develop Di'ao Academy when I get back."

(End of this chapter)