Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

Because Xue Qinghe had already demonstrated that even without ascending the throne, he was still the de facto supreme ruler.

The center of power never shifts based on a title or a position, but rather on absolute strength and who has many people standing around them.

Since they've already run into each other, Ning Rongrong doesn't need to think about demanding people from the Spirit Hall or any other schemes.

It's very simple. All she needs to do is bring the child back to Tiandou City, leverage her power, and let him take the throne.

It doesn't matter if some people object; as long as everyone can end things gracefully, that's fine. If they don't want to be graceful, someone else will naturally help them be graceful.

But children don't care about that. All they know is that being an emperor is hard work. For example, his parents and grandmother are busy reviewing official documents every day, and he gets tired just copying homework. If he were an emperor, he would be doing homework every day and wouldn't have a chance to go out and play.

Qian Qingyu didn't think much of it; having fun was more important. She waved her hands and shook her head, refusing Ning Rongrong, "I don't want to! I don't want to be the emperor!"

"Hey! Whose prince is this? And he's going to inherit the throne?"

And just as they were talking, someone who didn't know any better arrived.

Qian Shui said that he has been in this world for so long, but he has never encountered a single instance of being humiliated by a street conflict. Sometimes he feels that his time-traveling life is not perfect.

That's great, I've finally met him.

The speaker was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. His skin was an unhealthy brown, and his height was about the same as Ning Rongrong's. He had a satisfied, lewd smile on his face, and he was wearing a pair of ripped shorts and flip-flops. He was shaking his head and swaying.

As he walked, the man exclaimed, "Wow, what a stroke of luck! Two such beautiful women with delicate skin have come to visit!"

The man standing next to this person in the middle was also middle-aged. He was one of the better-looking among the three, and also the tallest. His messy hair hung down to his shoulders, and he had a bulbous nose, small eyes, and puffy eyes that looked like goldfish. He looked like someone who had been indulging in too much drinking and womanizing.

"That's the kid!" The last one to appear was Tianya, the pale-faced man with the green kitchen knife, who had been knocked off the stage by Qian Qingyu with a single punch in the Great Soul Arena.

Leaving aside Qian Qingyu's puzzled expression, he had never had any experience with this kind of thing before. Ning Rongrong narrowed her eyes as she looked at this troublemaker, not moving an inch, her face as indifferent as Zhu Zhuqing's.

"Hehehe! Two little beauties, come with your uncles, your uncles will show you the goldfish!" The first person to speak, flicking his long, disheveled hair, released his soul ring, revealing himself to be a Soul King.

"Hong'er, do you have a grudge against them?" Ning Rongrong had no intention of paying attention to these people, and instead asked the person involved directly.

"No? That uncle named Tianya, I just fought him once in the Great Soul Arena?" Children are innocent, but sometimes innocence is the most hurtful. "I guess we don't even know each other, right?"

"Boy! What did you say?!" Seeing Tianya summon his green kitchen knife and point it at Qian Qingyu.

He wasn't impulsive. He felt that he was just acting on impulse during the battle, which is why he was instantly killed by Qian Qingyu. This time, he brought people here to get revenge. After all, how could he face others after being beaten by an eight-year-old?

"Aunt Rongrong, is this a fight?" Sensing the tense atmosphere, Qian Qingyu tugged at Ning Rongrong's sleeve and asked tentatively.

These words, once spoken, terrified Qian Shui. He still wanted to fight? Only Ning Rongrong would be crazy not to recognize your martial spirit.

Fortunately, as an elder, Ning Rongrong couldn't possibly let an eight-year-old child fight. She subconsciously overlooked the fact that he could defeat a Soul King, and simply said kindly, "You should call me 'big sister'~"

Qian Qingyu had been asked about this kind of generational discrepancy many times before, so she readily accepted it, "Oh... Sister Rongrong..."

"Hey, hey, hey, are they looking down on us?!" At this moment, the man in the middle also summoned his spirit ring. "Bu Le, go! Give them a good show!"

The person in the center had a goose as their martial soul. The sudden possession of the martial soul transformed the person's arms into wings, making them a Soul King as well.

With a furrowed brow, Ning Rongrong released her soul power to protect the children from the soul power attack. Then she turned to Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Zhuqing, would you mind doing this for me?"

"Ah."

As she spoke, Zhu Zhuqing stood up, and seven spirit rings, yellow, purple, and black, appeared neatly around her one after another, causing the auras of the three spirit kings opposite her to freeze.

With one hand supporting her chin and a smile on her face as she looked at Qian Qingyu, Ning Rongrong began to arrange the food, "Hong'er, you must be starving. Come and eat."

Chapter 308 Changes within Heaven Dou City

"Kids, you should go home now. This child wants to go to Tiandou City with us and can't play with you anymore." After they had finished their late-night snack, Ning Rongrong called the other two children to go home.

Her attention is now entirely on her eldest nephew; she doesn't care about anyone else.

"Okay! Let's go home!" Qian Shui readily agreed and pulled Qian Qian away.

But could they really get away so easily?

Qian Qingyu lived up to expectations, "Ning Qian's family..."

"Ning Qian???" Before Qian Qingyu could finish speaking, Ning Rongrong seized the key word. With a single finger, she unleashed a magical technique. "Wait!"

Qian Shui hadn't run far when he was caught and brought back to the spot. "Little friends, your surname is Ning?"

Ning Rongrong smiled beautifully. She already thought Qian Shui looked familiar, and when she heard the surname Ning, she realized that the child looked just like her family.

The man was completely stunned. He had finally found a legitimate reason to run away and thought he was safe, but now he was utterly ruined.

"Kids, you haven't introduced yourselves yet!"

Qian Shui, who wished he could spank his son's bottom into eight pieces, forced a smile. His brain was racing, trying to figure out how to legitimize his identity.

During this period, the entire Douluo Continent was scanned three times to find out the location of everyone in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and only then did he come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Auntie...Auntie...Hello..."

"aunt?"

First, Qian Shui found a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School who was neither in Seven Treasure City nor by Ning Fengzhi's side. This person had to be far away, and he just happened to know him.

"My name is Ning Qian, and his name is Ning Qianqian. He is my younger sister. Our father is Ning Yunfei, who is your brother, Aunt..." Qian Guo, in a dramatic mood, decisively put on a dejected look.

As for Ning Yunfei, that guy was one of Qian Shui's opponents in the Elite Tournament back then. He's currently somewhere far away in the heart of the former Star Luo Empire, and Ning Rongrong doesn't have the time or energy to confirm it.

The situation at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is complicated. Apart from Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong doesn't even recognize everyone. Her brothers are all busy taking care of their own businesses, and their children are a complete mess.

"Yunfei's child?" Ning Rongrong blinked, trying to recall some things from her sect, but she quickly gave up trying to think about it.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda summoned by the child in front of her was genuine. With the whole country being interconnected, she had too many things to manage and didn't have time to concern herself with the sect's situation.

"What are you doing in Soto City? And without any adults around? Don't you know how dangerous this is?" With her senses activated, Ning Rongrong didn't even notice any experts from her own sect nearby, and immediately began to lecture them.

'How dare this girl lecture others? Didn't she sneak out back then too?' This commotion ignited Qian Shui's keyboard warrior spirit. 'Auntie, you didn't want to stay at home back then either. We were so bored, so we had to learn from your excellent example!'

Ning Rongrong, whose eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, really couldn't refute it; Soto City really was the destination she had sneaked out to.

Qian Qingyu's gaze towards Ning Rongrong changed completely, as if she had found a kindred spirit. "Really?! Auntie, I knew it! Everyone thinks so!"

"Okay, okay! I know!" This made Ning Rongrong's face turn bright red. To be honest, deep down she really agreed with these kids' ideas; they really were the same kind of people.

However, she also understood the thoughts of her elders back then. After all, the outside world was too dangerous, and the incident of three Soul Kings causing trouble happened right before her eyes.

"Stop talking about me, you're the ones who slipped out! In that case, come with me!"

"Auntie! I really don't want to be emperor! Find someone else!" Qian Qingyu was unwilling to return to Tiandou City. If she went back, she would definitely not be able to escape. The Crown Prince's mansion was not fun at all.

However, Ning Rongrong completely ignored this, saying, "Hong'er~ you have to call me 'older sister'~"

Faced with Ning Rongrong's kind and friendly smile, Qian Qingyu had no choice but to comply, "Sister Rongrong..."

"Eh~" Ning Rongrong responded cheerfully, then turned to look at Qian Shui, "And you guys too!"

"Sister Rongrong!" Some people are shameless; as long as their true identities are not exposed, they are willing to call Ning Rongrong their biological mother.

Finally, everyone looked at Qianqian, who remained silent.

Qianqian: I won't do it! Wouldn't that make me a generation younger?!

Qianshui: You call your aunt even shorter!

Qianqian: That makes sense!

"Sister Rongrong!"

Finally, Ning Rongrong nodded in satisfaction.

Qianqian was completely unaware that she didn't actually need to call either her aunt or her sister.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing returned, and Ning Rongrong asked, "Zhuqing, how did you go?"

"I've left it to the city lord; let him handle it."

"Okay, Sasha's side will probably be finished in a few days. Next, the army will be stationed in various places, and it's time to introduce some new rules to regulate the behavior of Soul Masters."

Under the stall owner's trembling gaze, Ning Rongrong paid the bill and left with the three little ones.

There was no way to go back to the Rose Hotel. Qian Qingyu didn't understand, but Ning Rongrong did. She was just someone who stayed wherever she went and wasn't particular about details, but it was a different story when she was with a child.

We found a bigger hotel and booked a large suite with several bedrooms, which was fine for one night.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, early the next morning, Ning Rongrong set off with her three children and a sheep, a group of four. Qianqian sat in front of Ning Rongrong, holding the lamb, while Qian Qingyu and Qian Shui sat behind her. The little soul-guided donkey set off.

Zhu Zhuqing was nowhere to be seen. According to Qian Shui's perception, the girl set off for Tian Dou City overnight. After all, Ning Rongrong couldn't drive while she ran alongside.

Qian Qingyu remained quiet throughout the journey, afraid that her elders would be unwilling to speak. Qian Shui, on the other hand, dared not utter a word, for fear that too much talk would lead to mistakes. If Ning Rongrong were to remember to ask Ning Fengzhi if his family truly had these two children, he would be inadvertently giving himself away.

……

The situation in Tiandou City was far from peaceful, especially with the avalanche. Their ability to receive information was much slower than Ning Rongrong's continent-wide instant messaging system. Two days had passed since their plan was scheduled to begin, and he was naturally extremely anxious as he awaited the results.

"Your Highness, Princess Xueke has gone to the Crown Prince's residence again."

"I know! You're about to get engaged, and you're still causing me so much trouble!" The four princes of the Heavenly Dou Empire all doted on this younger sister.

But for Avalanche, he doesn't have much room to dote on his sister now. Being in the royal family, he has no choice but to do what he wants. He needs to win over more forces, so a marriage alliance is an excellent option.

He was even a little annoyed. If it were Xue Qinghe, or Qianshui Qianrenxue, they wouldn't have needed to use their blood relatives as a bargaining chip, right?

Is he really inferior to them?

Just then, a nonchalant voice rang out from outside the avalanche-stricken mansion gate, "What is Your Highness thinking about?"

Upon hearing the sound, Xue Beng's worried expression immediately turned into one of joy. "Oh, Brother Tang, you've come! Come on, have a seat!"

The newcomer was Tang San. His appearance hadn't changed much, except that his skin was very pale. He didn't say much, nor did he sit down. He simply said, "Dugu Yan betrayed us and was taken back to Heaven Dou City by Lan Fuzi!"

"Dugu Yan has betrayed us?"

"Yes, Xiaodeng originally captured Oscar outside Xilu City, but she let him go."

Tang San's news made Xue Beng nervous. "Is everything alright?"

"Xiao Deng is already a level 99 Limit Douluo. With the combat strength of Xilu City alone, they will not fail."

Tang San's certainty put Xue Beng's mind at ease, and indeed it was true: "The Star Luo Empire is doomed. There's nothing I can do; my two older brothers are just too outstanding!"

"The strong prey on the weak; that's how it should be." Tang San still showed no emotional fluctuation.

"really!"

This is also what Xue Beng is most worried about. With the Haotian Sect and the Power Clan joining forces, he successfully took control of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy when Xue Qinghe mobilized all his forces, and Tang San is increasingly escaping his control.

Coupled with his lukewarm and aloof attitude, Avalanche is passively placing more and more bargaining chips on him, such as a royal marriage.