Douluo Continent: After Ten Thousand Years of Silence, I Was Exposed by the Sky.

Chapter 156 Ning Fengzhi: Demanding Justice from Heaven! 'New Emperor' Qian Renxue Launches a Great Purge!
Gu Rong paused for a moment, then waved his hand.

"Let him die if he wants; his health has always been poor anyway."

Xue Qinghe's succession is a natural progression, but what does that have to do with us? Why is it so urgent?

Ning Fengzhi raised his head, his eyes filled with a hint of confusion and pain, and continued:
The letter said...

Shrek Academy colluded with foreign enemies, plotting to rebel and assassinate the late emperor.

The Crown Prince's guards have captured all the Shrek academy students and imprisoned them in the Heavenly Prison to await their fate.

"And Rongrong... was among them."

"What did you say?!"

boom--!
A terrifying surge of soul power erupted from the ancient banyan tree, causing the entire hall to vibrate.

Before Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin could react...

Gu Rong flashed and snatched the letter from Ning Fengzhi's hand.

Gu Rong didn't even look closely; he merely glanced at the glaring word "rebellion," and his anger instantly overwhelmed his reason.

"Hiss-!"

The letter, representing the highest command of the Heavenly Dou Empire, instantly turned into countless fragments in Gu Rong's hands.

They fell like snowflakes.

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!!"

The ancient banyan tree, its branches bristling with rage, slammed its withered hand down heavily on the table made of ancient agarwood, shattering it into pieces.
"How could Rongrong possibly be involved in this so-called rebellion?!"

"She is the little princess of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the future successor to the sect leader!"

What doesn't she want?
Why would it be worth engaging in treason?

Gu Rong trembled with rage, pointing in the direction of Tian Dou City and cursing loudly:

"Furthermore, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has always been the biggest supporter of the Heaven Dou Empire!"
Feng Zhi, you are also Xue Qinghe's teacher, and you have always done your best to assist him!

If we wanted to rebel, the Heavenly Dou Empire would have changed hands long ago. Why would we have to wait until today?
Is it really necessary to resort to such clandestine assassinations?

"This is clearly a frame-up!"

It's a setup!

Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had been silent all along, opened his eyes. It was as if two sharp swords shot out from his eyes, their cold light chilling.

"Old Bone is right."

Chen Xin's voice was icy cold, like ten thousand years of frozen ice:
"Although Rongrong is a bit spoiled at times, she is never ambiguous when it comes to matters of principle."

Besides, I've met those Shrek kids before. While they're exceptionally talented, they're also somewhat arrogant.
But he is by no means a truly wicked or evil person.

At this point, Chen Xin turned to look at Ning Fengzhi, her brows furrowed:
"Fengzhi, this matter is rather strange."

Xue Qinghe usually treats you with great respect and regards Rongrong as his brother.

Now that he has just ascended to the throne, instead of consolidating the court, his first action is to target Shrek Academy and Rongrong.

They even labeled us as 'rebels'..."

"This is not something that the gentle and refined crown prince would do."

Ning Fengzhi looked at the scraps of paper scattered on the ground, and the shock in his eyes gradually faded.

Instead, there is a profound and unfathomable solemnity and wisdom.

Ning Fengzhi slowly stood up, walked to the entrance of the main hall, and gazed in the direction of Tiandou City.

The images that had been exposed in front of the sky flashed through my mind, as well as the cold and resolute words in the letter.

“Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, you’re right.”

Ning Fengzhi's voice regained its composure, but beneath that composure lay a lurking thunderbolt:
"Xue Qinghe... has changed."

"Or rather, we never truly saw this 'Crown Prince' clearly."

"The Heavenly Curtain once prophesied that the Spirit Hall would overthrow two great empires, and now, Emperor Xue Ye has died suddenly, and Xue Qinghe is ruthlessly purging Shrek Academy."
They're even willing to break ties with my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School...

Ning Fengzhi turned around abruptly, a resolute glint in his eyes:
"This shows that the world of Tiandou City has completely changed."

"Whether he's Xue Qinghe or someone else, since he dared to touch my daughter..."

Ning Fengzhi slammed his scepter heavily on the ground, seven layers of precious light faintly flowing around it, and an aura of domineering power belonging to the sect leader of the three upper sects arose spontaneously:

"Issue my sect leader's order!"

"Summon all Soul Saints and above from the sect. Set off immediately and follow me to Heaven Dou City!"

"I want to ask this new emperor face to face who gave him the audacity to touch my daughter, Ning Fengzhi!"

"If Rongrong were to lose even a single hair..."

Gu Rong took over the conversation with a sinister air, the enormous bone dragon phantom behind him looming in and out of sight, exuding a murderous aura:
"I'll tear down his palace and turn this entire Tiandou City upside down!!"

We must immediately send troops to punish Tian Dou and demand justice!

Inside the magnificent, golden hall of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, a suffocating stench of blood permeated the air.

Although the bloodstains on the ground had been hastily wiped away, the chilling atmosphere lingered.

After dealing with the "minor incident" at Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue did not rest at all.

She dismissed her attendants and stood alone before the throne, a symbol of supreme power.

With a strange mental fluctuation, the exquisite figure and sacred aura that originally belonged to Qian Renxue on her body quickly subsided.

As a faint golden light flowed, the head soul bone in the Angel Set, which possessed the divine skill of disguise, quietly activated.

Light and shadow reconstruction, skeletal fine-tuning.

In the blink of an eye, the new emperor, Xue Qinghe, who was admired by countless people and was as gentle and refined as jade, was gone.

They reappeared in the empty hall.

Although she had already laid her cards on the table in front of the Shrek Academy members, she still needed to wear the "Xue Qinghe" persona for a while longer before she could completely control the situation in the empire.

After all, this face is the most effective way to appease the ignorant masses and those uninformed lower-class nobles.

"Pass the order."

Xue Qinghe sat upright on the throne, his voice as cold as ice, as he issued a command to the empty shadows:

"Commander of the Imperial Guard, Goron, colluded with Shrek's rebel party and plotted a rebellion. He is to be immediately dismissed from his post, investigated, and imprisoned in a death row cell."

His three lieutenants were all executed.

"Chancellor Thomas has embezzled public funds; the evidence is irrefutable. He is hereby given a cup of poison."

His position was filled by a candidate recommended by Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall.

"As for those old fellows in the royal family who have always had some complaints about me..."

A ruthless glint flashed in Xue Qinghe's eyes as he lightly tapped his fingers on the armrest.

"Let them 'die of illness' tonight, and say that they were too heartbroken and followed the late emperor."

As a series of ruthless orders were issued, the Spirit Hall assassins hidden in the shadows and their already bribed insiders quickly sprang into action.

That night, a silent storm of bloodshed swept through the elite circles of Tiandou City.

Those who were loyal to Emperor Xueye and the legitimate lineage of the Tiandou royal family were either framed and imprisoned or died mysteriously at home within a few hours.

Instead, new faces, who had already pledged allegiance to the Spirit Hall, appeared.

Like greedy hyenas, they quickly seized control of key departments such as the military, finance, and administration.

Under Xue Qinghe's ruthless methods, this vast empire that had stood for a thousand years was destroyed.

Its internal organs are being emptied at an alarming rate and replaced with the blood and bones of the Spirit Hall.

(End of this chapter)