Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

"Little scorpion, little rabbit! Drink up! Don't stop drinking!"

With one hand, he stopped Xiaowu, who looked disgusted but remained unmoved by the plate armor, while with the other hand, he raised his glass to clink with Hyotei's and then drank it all in one gulp.

Amidst the clinking of glasses, both of Little Angel's bodies were already quite drunk, and Qian Shui, equally drunk and confused, was helpless.

He hasn't realized that his wife actually has the potential to be a social bull!

It seems that she brought out Qian Shui's old trick of reciting poems and bragging. The little angel, who has always loved high art, really lived up to Qian Shui's title of "Immortal Douluo" when she was drunk.

However, the magnificent and splendid Mingtang did not evoke any special fondness in Qianshui. Those standing atop the palace halls were all people of high status. Beyond the vermilion gates and palace walls lay a vast expanse of ice and snow, and the New Year was far from peaceful and serene.

Holding his cup, he walked through the bustling atmosphere of the main hall, where people came and went. The Tian Dou City outside the hall seemed to have become just like the one Qian Shui had seen ten years ago.

"Your Highness!" "Brother!"

"Xiao Ke." Seeing Xue Ke coming to greet him with two beauties, Xue Qinghe also had to respond.

"Matsugen? Asami? Is that you? How are the Finance Minister and the Justice Minister?"

As the Crown Prince of the Empire, Xue Qinghe's choice of political officials has always been a major focus of attention for the noble ministers. If the Crown Prince successfully ascends the throne in the future, the weight of such a position will be obvious to even a fool.

In the early years, before the Crown Princess Ning Huahua was born, Xue Qinghe had no women around him, so these noble ministers naturally had other ideas.

Just like these two beautifully dressed women in front of us, they are officials under the Crown Prince's Palace, serving as the director and deputy director of the Secretariat. Their identities are obvious.

The two men exchanged a glance, then bowed and smiled, saying, "My father is well!"

Unfortunately, Xue Qinghe was a beauty who was more beautiful than them most of the time, and they always did the work themselves.

Although the little angel also likes the way they wear business attire with harem stockings, and sometimes even deliberately imitates it to make someone feel pleasing to the eye.

But overall, it's still due to a shortage of manpower. They also believe in using people to the fullest extent possible, and they've inherited Qian Shui's style of doing one thing and using one thing for multiple purposes. These two people in front of us, let alone taking a position, would have to wonder if things were going to work out tonight if they even talked to Xue Qinghe about anything outside of work.

This can be considered Xue Qinghe's version of the three great illusions of life.

The appearance of the beauty did not arouse any other thoughts in Qian Shui. At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a great sage with endless wisdom, looking down upon the entire human world.

My wife is absolutely right. When faced with absolute power, everything else is meaningless.

At this moment, his opponent is no longer just the common people, but the gods above them!

Only in this way, with the intervention of an equal or even higher level of power, would he be able to get lost in the map shrouded in mist.

He was used to having the full map view, but suddenly entering fog mode left him momentarily at a loss, but it also made him take it seriously.

He Qianshui is now the lighthouse in the fog, the target of everyone's criticism. Everything revolves around his plan, and with his absolute strength, he can almost always get what he wants without exception.

Without an opponent, he also lost the pleasure of unraveling the mystery, and for the first time in a long time, he began to seriously analyze the situation.

On the Douluo Continent, the enemies are nothing more than the Star Luo Empire and the old noble forces led by the imperial power within the Heaven Dou Empire, as well as the sworn enemies, the Haotian Sect, and the wavering Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Their influence in Tiandou City stemmed from Yuexuan and the Tiandou Royal Academy Royal Fighting Team led by Yu Tianheng.

Previously, Xueye's unusually strong rewards in the elite competition had already alerted the couple. Although they took it to heart, it was difficult for them to let their guard down, and surveillance was inevitable.

The threat from the heavens comes from the gods, led by the God of Asura, whose representatives on earth are Seagod Island, the City of Slaughter, and the Spirit Hall.

The internal conflicts within the family have been resolved. Bibi Dong is at home taking care of the children and living a happy and fulfilling life. With the Seven Guardians, led by Qian Daoliu, protecting the family, there are no problems on the other side.

At the same time, since he is also considered the successor of the Sea God, there are mostly no problems on Sea God Island, as long as Poseidon, one of the strongest people in the world, does not personally take action.

Then the remaining one is the City of Slaughter, which has the combined legacy of the Asura God and the Rakshasa God.

That place is a gathering place for evil spirit masters, and all sorts of perverts are possible there. However, due to the restrictions imposed by the Asura God, it is also a living prison; you can get in, but you can hardly get out.

However, the absence of the King of Slaughter does not guarantee absolute security, and it is an area that requires close attention.

"Xiao Ke, has anything interesting happened at Yuexuan lately?" Seeing Xue Ke arrive, someone casually asked Xue Ke, who was studying at Yuexuan.

"Hmm... There really is! Teacher Yuehua has taken on two more students, a boy and a girl, who are a couple. They are both quite ordinary in appearance, but they are extremely talented. Teacher Yuehua treats them very well, but I have never seen him do this before."

My daughter Xueke is growing up and becoming more and more mischievous. She is no longer under the supervision of Xue Qinghe.

Xue Luochuan and Xue Haicang have always only listened to Xue Qinghe. As for Xue Ye, they have already reached the point of obeying orders but not proclamations.

After all these years, even the most mediocre people above the Gold Rank should have realized this by now.

However, this didn't stop Xue Ke from liking her handsome and refined elder brother very much; after all, he was too outstanding. It was just a little strange, though, that since marrying the Crown Princess, Xue Ke had almost never visited the Crown Prince's residence again.

Perhaps it wasn't that he didn't want to bother his usually very busy older brother.

"Also surnamed Tang?"

"Hmm! Brother! You're always so well-informed! His name is Tang Yin, and he's always accompanied by a strange woman named Xiao Deng. Hmm! Brother, you must already know this!"

Xue Qinghe shook his head, glancing intently at Yuexuan's direction. "Tang Yin? Xiaodeng? Interesting. I'd like to meet them."

"Brother, are you going to Yuexuan?"

"What? Not welcome?"

In this short period of time, Xue Ke had exchanged glances with Xue Qinghe's two chief secretaries several times, but no matter what, she could only see disbelief in their eyes.

"No way! Welcome, welcome!"

It's not that Xue Qinghe is unwelcome; in fact, it could be said that Xue Qinghe and Yuexuan are very destined for each other. In fact, in the eyes of some people, Yuexuan is the starting point for this crown prince's current power and status.

Because in the eyes of the world, Xue Qinghe and Qian Shui met at Yuexuan, and even Qian Shui's title of "singer" originated from that time.

Everything has a cause and effect. Just like Tang Yin is Tang San, then who is the woman beside him?

At Qian Shui's prompting, Qian Renxue had already had the Spirit Hall's network monitor almost everything about Yuexuan ten years ago, including personnel movement and financial flows.

This was intended to monitor the Haotian Sect, but in reality, they couldn't possibly keep records of everyone, since Yuexuan was an academy of etiquette, and most of the students were children of nobles.

There are children like this every year, and it's impossible to report such things to higher authorities. If that were the case, the people under our command would be useless.

While trying to understand the problems faced by grassroots workers, Qian Shui couldn't suppress his curiosity either. But what was most interesting was that even he could only find Tang Yuehua's figure.

How could such a situation not amuse him?

What's even more interesting are the people who don't properly celebrate the holiday late at night, such as the seriously injured Flander and Liu Erlong.

Their origins are no simple matter. Not long after Sword Douluo Chen Xin entered the palace, these two appeared on the outskirts of the city, in the direction of Qian Shui's own home.

These things, taken individually, might not seem like much, and they appear to have no connection whatsoever, but they are all somehow related to Tang San.

"Xiao Ke, would you like to come to my residence for a gathering later? Song Xuan, Qian Mei is sure to be coming, right? Will she come back to the residence with me? Is Rong Rong here too?"

The officials of the Crown Prince's residence were naturally among those invited by Xue Qinghe. However, his two chief secretaries were not ordinary people; they had accompanied their fathers to the palace to attend the banquet and did not directly participate in the Crown Prince's residence's dinner.

"Speaking of which, why didn't Rongrong come?" In the blink of an eye, Xue Ke looked at Ning Huahua, who was sitting in the second seat below the gold tier, swaying her head from drinking. She looked somewhat reluctant.

"She..."

Turning the perspective, Ning Rongrong, standing in front of Qian Shui's true form, was also asked this question by Xiao Wu. "I'm not going! Daddy will definitely make me recognize people again!"

It would have been better if this girl hadn't glared at Xiao Wu, who was leaning against the plate armor with a look of utter disdain, yet couldn't hide her smugness.

Ning Rongrong was the one who arrived first! Whether it was seeing Brother Shui or pulling him in, she was the one who came first! Why is this happening!

That silly rabbit actually asked why she didn't go to the palace? This rabbit probably wishes she could go to the palace so she could always rely on her Water Brother, right?

However, in the flash of their eyes, they didn't notice that Qian Shui, who was bragging, paused and her lips moved slightly.

"Sister Feng is at my house, can you make a trip there? You'll probably run into some interesting people on the way. They might need treatment, and you can ask them what happened."

Inside the main hall of the Crown Prince's residence, Yin Jin, who had been indulging in 'five top six six six', immediately snapped back to reality. The boss had spoken: work overtime late into the night during the holiday!

Under the watchful eyes of Ye Lingling, who was gathered with her friends not far away, Yin Jin strode out of the hall.

"Speaking of which, why didn't your Minister Yin go to the palace?" Dugu Yan asked softly, her best friend frowning as she looked at Yin Jin who had left.

As the Minister of Education, Yin Jin was the highest-ranking official among this group, yet he didn't even attend the banquet at the palace, a banquet only high-ranking officials were qualified to attend.

"It's nothing, I just didn't receive an invitation."

Ye Lingling knew Yin Jin's identity and what he had been facing recently.

Yin Jin was assassinated before heading to Wuhun City, but the assassination was too strange. Two Title Douluos and a group of high-level Soul Saint Soul Douluos teamed up to kill him, a support-type Battle Soul Saint.

This is utterly absurd. This lineup alone is enough to kill Ning Fengzhi if they fight to the death. How could it be targeting Yin Jin? If that were the case, why didn't they do it sooner?

Why send any titled Douluo? Yin Jin would have been killed long ago when he betrayed the Spirit Hall. Why wait until then to make such a big show of it?

Similarly, if the purpose of Qian Shui's disciples was to kill the second Yuan Shen Martial Soul possessor, there would be no need for such a large-scale encirclement and suppression, let alone targeting Yin Jin with all their members.

The only reasonable explanation is that Yin Jin has a problem. At the very least, he maintains contact with the Spirit Hall, and it's not Qian Shui, whose conflict with the Spirit Hall has reached a boiling point.

When it comes to the issue of political stance, it becomes a major taboo at the empire level. After returning to Tiandou City, he inevitably faced pressure and scrutiny from all sides.

Qian Shui wouldn't deliberately help with this. If Xue Qinghe intervenes, he might be able to turn things around, but this would also force all the newcomers who have officially broken away from the Spirit Hall to take sides, thus sounding the horn of internal strife within the Heaven Dou Empire.

A war is being prepared, which must not be allowed to happen, so Yin Jin has to bear the burden alone.

However, after so many years in the world, the young master of the Yin family is no pushover. Without a titled Douluo, the imperial power of the Heaven Dou Empire can hardly pose any real threat to a Soul Saint like him.

In other words, it's all sorts of underhanded tactics like sabotaging him at work, monitoring his home, harassing Ye Lingling, and not even notifying him of important gatherings.

They didn't hide the silver and gold from Ye Lingling, and even the soul bone that Qian Shui gave her was something the two of them agreed on for Ye Lingling to absorb.

From the very beginning, Ye Lingling knew that Yin Jin highly respected him as the team leader. Although it had nothing to do with her, Ye Lingling, the fact that they weren't allowed to get married still bothered her.

However, the little incident didn't affect anything. The little angel, who was drunk, accepted everyone who came, and even Ning Rongrong jumped into her arms without any problem. She bragged loudly about all sorts of things.

"Your Majesty! I have a question! Is that Qian Renxue really your fiancée?" With her rosy cheeks and bold question, Zhu Zhuqing, who was usually almost invisible, was clearly drunk.

However, it wasn't just Zhu Zhuqing who was affected. Apart from Bingdi, who had a high cultivation level, only Ning Rongrong, who was exceptionally talented, didn't feel anything even after drinking a lot in the entire entertainment room.

Xiao Wu, leaning against the plate armor, immediately got excited, "Hilarious! Fiancée? That means his wife!"

And guess what? This question was directed at Qian Renxue herself! "That's right! I love Xiaoxue so much! I love Xiaoxue~ Bye-bye Xiaoxue~ Hehe~"

"Come on! Cheers! Let's keep the music playing and dancing! I love you all so much! You are all my wings!"

"puff!"

Just then, Hyotei, who was about to toast, spat out his drink and turned to look at the door that had just been pushed open.

Those were the expressionless Snow Empress, the terrified Purple Princess, the smiling Green Princess, and the curious Gu Yue Na.

Seemingly incredulous, and thinking that she had opened the door incorrectly, Murasaki closed the door she had pushed open.

"Snow Empress, is this the man you've set your sights on?"

Zi Ji, her face filled with terror, had just seen Zhu Zhuqing kneeling at her feet, her face full of adoration, holding Xiao Wu with one hand and Ning Rongrong with the other. Even Ji Jiaojiao and Oscar were gathered behind the sofa.

However, Xue Di nodded without hesitation, as if she were completely certain.