Douluo: Purple Brilliance Shines, Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers Are Forever

Chapter 130 Prejudice in People's Minds is a Mountain (4K)

At that moment, Xu Tianze and Di Qiu'er were standing side by side, discussing the renovation with great interest.

As Di Qiu'er was envisioning her future little home, Xu Tianze's communication soul tool rang again, and Ye Guyi's voice came through.

"Your Highness, the mission was successfully completed, and one person was taken alive."

“Well done. Bring him to me.”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xu Tianze turned around and affectionately patted Di Qiu'er's head.

"Qiu'er, this is the list I have prepared. Take some people back to Mingguan and purchase the necessary supplies."

"Alright, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

"Be careful on the road."

Di Qiu'er gave a soft "hmm". No sooner had she left than Ye Guyi arrived with the prisoner Dai Yueheng.

Seeing Dai Yueheng in such a disheveled state, Xu Tianze was quite surprised. He never expected to run into an old acquaintance in such a godforsaken place.

"Your Highness, I have brought the person."

"Well done, capturing the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke alive, you deserve a great credit for this."

"What! He's the Duke of White Tiger's..."

Ye Guyi looked at Dai Yueheng with slight surprise, and then, thinking of his White Tiger Martial Soul, she thought, "Damn it, I should have thought of that earlier. I've made a fool of myself in front of my master."

Xu Tianze didn't care about this at all and strolled towards Dai Yueheng.

"Dai Yueheng, it's been a long time. Do you still remember me?"

The latter, upon seeing him, was filled with rage.

"Xu Tian Ce! It's you again! I will kill you and grind you to dust!"

Xu Tianze scoffed lightly, "Dai Yueheng, I've already let you off the hook during the competition, out of respect for Emperor Xingluo and your father, Duke Baihu."

Even now, I can still choose to let you go, as long as you tell me clearly why you're here.

"Hahaha... Xu Tianze, do you think I would submit to you? The hatred of losing an arm and the grudge of my teammates' tragic deaths, I wish I could eat your flesh and sleep on your skin!"

Xu Tianze picked at his ear; he was tired of hearing those words.

"Everyone says that the men of the White Tiger Dai family are tough and unyielding, but I'd like to see just how tough your bones are."

what--

Dai Yueheng immediately let out a shrill scream, watching helplessly as his left arm was twisted into a bizarre and exaggerated angle.

"Tell me, what exactly does your Star Luo Empire intend to do?"

"If you've got the guts, then kill me!"

"Do you think I wouldn't know just because you didn't tell me?"

Xu Tianze extended his right hand and pressed it lightly on the top of his head. A gray soul ring quietly appeared, and the profound runes of necromancy poured into his brain from his palm.

Long before he returned to Mingdu from the Starry Sky Forest, he had already begun to learn necromancy from Elex and had become quite proficient.

Currently, Xu Tianze is using the "Soul Searching Technique" from necromancy, which can read the deepest memories of another person's soul, or memories from a certain period of time.

"Before me, all your secrets will be exposed!"

In a daze, Dai Yueheng seemed to have a phantom double image of himself, and his soul was struggling in pain.

Xu Tianze casually withdrew his hand, and Dai Yueheng immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, collapsing to the ground and losing consciousness.

"I see……"

By peering into Dai Yueheng's memories, Xu Tianze learned about Duke Dai Hao's scheme. More importantly, he learned about the military defense deployment of the entire Xingluo Western Army Group.

"Teacher, I remember you have a necromancy technique that can control other people's souls, right?"

"You want to control Dai Yueheng and bring him back to the Star Luo Empire to become your inside man?"

"Those who truly understand me are my teachers."

"The 'Soul-Controlling Flame' can control the souls of others, turning them into puppets. However, it's very difficult to learn, requiring a significant investment of your time and energy. Are you... sure you want to learn it?"

Xu Tianze answered without hesitation, "Please teach me, teacher."

"Hurry up and finish what you're doing, you're way too busy." After saying that, Electrolux logged off.

"Okay, teacher, I won't keep you waiting long."

Just as Xu Tianze was about to order Ye Guyi to take Dai Yueheng away and serve him well, he suddenly turned around and saw the tip of a silver sword pressed against his throat.

Xu Tianze, who had been all smiles, suddenly turned grim and looked coldly at Ye Guyi, who was holding a sword to him.

Do you know... what you're doing?

“I know, I not only know what I’m doing, I also know… you’re an evil spirit master! I was so blind to believe someone like you.”

"Stupid woman..."

"I saw it with my own eyes, and you still dare to say you're not an evil spirit master?"

Xu Tianze scoffed lightly, "If you're convinced I'm an evil soul master, then go ahead and make your move."

"you……"

Xu Tianze's reaction was completely beyond Ye Guyi's expectations. She didn't want to believe that Xu Tianze was an evil soul master, but the abilities he had just displayed were clearly those of an evil soul master, and she had witnessed it all herself.

"If you're not an evil spirit master, why don't you explain?"

"explain?"

Xu Tianze gently deflected the sword tip, then raised his hand and delivered a powerful slap to Ye Guyi's face, leaving a clear red five-finger mark on her fair and smooth cheek.

The sudden slap completely stunned her.

It's not very harmful, it's very insulting.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Xu Tianze in disbelief, but the latter casually straightened his clothes and didn't even give her a second glance.

"That's my explanation."

"You...hit me?"

"Know your place! As a bodyguard, no matter the reason, you are absolutely not allowed to point a weapon at your master. You're lucky you weren't killed."

"I just want to know, are you a demonic spirit master or not?"

"First of all, you are just my subordinate, and I have no obligation to explain anything to you about my personal matters."

Secondly, preconceived notions are a formidable obstacle. If you already believe I am an evil spirit master, then no matter how I explain, you will only think I am making excuses and deceiving you. If you trusted me, you wouldn't have pointed a sword at me and questioned me before even investigating the matter thoroughly.

"Ye Guyi, you were indeed the sharp sword I originally intended to use against the evil soul masters, but if the same thing happens again, I guarantee you will die a horrible death!"

Xu Tianze glanced at her sideways and noticed that the headband in her hair was so glaring that he decisively reached out and took it off.

"Considering that you caught Dai Yueheng, your merits and demerits will cancel each other out, and today's matter will end here. From this day forward, you are no longer a member of the Royal Guard. You should go and learn the rules."

Xu Tianze turned and left, leaving Ye Guyi sitting alone on the ground.

Even now, she was still in a daze. Despite the slap on her face, a sharp, piercing pain welled up inside her.
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Thanks to the Shence Camp's all-out efforts in construction, the cave was completely transformed in just over a month, showing no trace of the once eerie and sinister place filled with corpses.

Today, this is the Shence Camp's secret base located in the Mingdou Mountains.

The natural underground cave has been transformed into a seven-layered ring structure, with metal corridors forming a vertical transportation network.

The central experimental area is equipped with twelve sets of soul-guided analyzers, with data streams scrolling in real time on the soul-guided screens.

Accompanied by Ye Liuyun, Ye Yulin looked around the central experimental area with great interest, seemingly very satisfied with the environment.

"Grandpa, do you think there's anything else that's not right? If so, I'll have them take care of it immediately."

“It was designed by His Highness himself and supervised by you personally, so it is naturally most to my liking.”

"That's good. In addition, Your Highness has also arranged some people to assist you, Grandfather. Most of them are level 5 or 6 Soul Masters, and there are also two level 7 Soul Masters."

His Highness said that if you find them useful, you can keep them as assistants; if you find them a hindrance, you can have them sent back to Mingdu and placed in other homes.”

Ye Yulin stroked his gray beard and nodded.

"Let's put them to the test. Not just anyone can be my assistant; they need to pass my test first."

"It's natural!"

clap clap-

Ye Liuyun clapped his hands, and the door opened. More than a dozen Soul Masters filed in, led by Hawke, the Bone-Eating Madman, a Level 7 Soul Master whom Xu Tianze had poached from the underground black market of the Star Luo Empire.

Not long after Xu Tianze left the Star Luo Empire, Hawke and the others also slipped away unnoticed and returned here under Ye Liuyun's arrangement.

Besides Hawke, two familiar faces also appeared in the group: Ma Rulong and Mika.

They presented a perfect graduation report to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and then graduated with honors.

Logically speaking, there should have been no problem for them to enter Mingde Hall. In fact, Mingde Hall did extend a sincere invitation to them and offered them extremely generous treatment.

But since their good brother Xu Tianze was in dire need of manpower, they naturally had no choice but to take on the responsibility!

Moreover, following the sixth prince of the Sun Moon Empire will broaden one's path; connections with direct royal lineage are not so easy to establish.

If you can stay and learn from the ninth-level Soul Master Starry Sky Douluo, what you learn will naturally be no worse than what you would learn at Mingde Hall.

Therefore, no matter how eloquently the people from Mingdetang spoke, Ma Rulong and Mi Jia remained as hard-hearted as iron and ultimately declined their offer, traveling a great distance to come here.

Half of them were arms manufacturers that Ye Liuyun poached from the Star Luo Empire, and the other half were outstanding graduates he recruited from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. At this moment, they were all lined up neatly in a row, receiving Ye Yulin's inspection.

"They all seem pretty good, but whether they can stay or not depends on their true abilities."

"Grandpa, seeing is believing. Let them make the soul tool on the spot and show you their abilities."

Ye Yulin nodded and readily agreed.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Liuyun walked up to the crowd and announced loudly.

"Within three hours, each of you needs to create a finished soul tool on the spot. There are no restrictions on the type of soul tool, and you can use any materials you like, but the level must not be lower than level five."

If you fail to complete the production of a level 5 or higher soul tool within the specified time limit, the door is there; goodbye, no need to see you off.

The most difficult exams are those without set questions! While giving candidates a lot of freedom to express themselves, is that really a good thing?

The fewer the requirements, the better it is to test whether a person has true knowledge and understanding, and the more likely a dark horse will emerge.

Compared to the other two, the soul tool works that were originally quite decent may only be relegated to being runners-up here.

While everyone was still racking their brains, debating what kind of soul tool to create, Ye Liuyun snapped his fingers and suddenly announced, "Three-hour countdown, begin now!"

You son of a bitch, you old man, you have no sportsmanship at all!

The dozen or so people scattered instantly, scrambling to grab a soul tool making table and prepare to make their own soul tools.

The three-hour process of creating the soul tool began in a flurry of activity.

Ye Yulin chuckled, "You little rascal, you've learned bad habits from His Highness. I thought you'd be stiff and wooden forever, and that His Highness would only be so mischievous occasionally."

"Really? I think it's fine. Grandpa, His Highness said there's no need to be polite to them. A piece of jade needs to be carved to become a useful object. They will thank you in the future."

“If they can meet my requirements and stay, I will naturally hold them to high standards, just as I have taught you since you were a child.”

Ye Liuyun's smile froze on his face as painful memories of the past flooded back.

Still laughing?

No hehe.

"...That's it, there's absolutely no problem." Ye Liuyun echoed with a wry smile.

"Are Your Highness and Miss Qiu'er still in seclusion?"

"Yes, after the competition, His Highness kept saying he wanted to go into seclusion, but one thing after another came up and he never had the time. It wasn't until the Shence Camp finally gained a foothold in the Mingdou Mountains and the base was under construction that he was finally able to leave."

Ye Liuyun was originally supposed to take on a major role at the southern stronghold, but after Ye Guyi's incident, Xu Tianze had to temporarily sideline her, thus shelving the idea of ​​giving her important responsibilities.

Having no other choice, he had to urgently recall Ye Liuyun to keep an eye on things for him, the absentee manager.

"Your Highness's strength has improved too rapidly, and I have noticed this as well. You do indeed need to go into seclusion to consolidate your strength."

Alright, Your Highness knows what's going on, we don't need to worry about it. We just need to take good care of the Shence Battalion for Your Highness.

After that, I will focus my time and energy on the research institute. You'll have to work harder at the Shence Camp. Things will be fine once His Highness and Miss Qiu'er emerge from seclusion."

Ye Liuyun said with a bitter face, "Grandpa, His Highness's instructions are that during his seclusion, all matters of the Shence Camp should be decided by the two of us as appropriate, not by me alone."

"Hey! You little brat, are you trying to rebel against the Heavenly Gang? This is called division of labor. Don't you understand how to share the burden for His Highness and your elders?"

"Yes, I understand."

"Go on, go on. They're being assessed right now, don't affect their performance. Go do what you need to do."

Having passed through the heavy guards of the Shence Camp, Ye Liuyun emerged from the secret base, turned around, and, imitating Xu Tianze, popped a "candy" into his mouth.

He put his hands in his pockets, sighed deeply, and chewed on the candy with relish while looking at the secret base hidden inside the mountain.

The cave's exterior remains unchanged, with a few withered vines hanging at the entrance, truly resembling a long-abandoned cave.

It's been seventy-four days since His Highness left. I miss him...

(End of this chapter)