Douluo Continent: I've joined forces with Tang San and taken Xiao Wu as my concubine!

Chapter 99, First Encounter with Xue Qinghe

Due to the unique climate of the far north, the local climate becomes extremely cold every winter, food becomes scarce, and the original activity area of ​​the spirit beasts will rapidly expand outward with the spread of wind and snow.

This leads to a significant overlap between the activity areas of spirit beasts and human activity areas. In this overlapping area, the already hungry spirit beasts will hunt and kill humans indiscriminately, eventually forming a beast tide that hunts and kills large numbers of humans.

The three northernmost cities were specifically established to block this beast tide.

A thousand years ago, three powerful titled Douluo from the far north gave up the opportunity to go to the empire to be enfeoffed and granted titles. They chose to stay in their homeland in the frigid far north and built three cities: Snow Wolf, Snow Fox, and Snow Rabbit for the people living in the far north.

The three cities are arranged in a triangular pattern, firmly keeping the beast tide at bay and forming a solid barrier that allows the people of the far north to live.

Meng Bei's parents were responsible for defending the city during a beast tide one winter and ultimately sacrificed themselves on the city wall.

Meng Bei was raised by his clan in a centralized manner. There were thousands of orphans like him, so their treatment was naturally not very good.

Later, after his martial soul awakened, he gradually gained the support of his family thanks to his talent for level nine innate soul power.

As for his feelings about his family...

There is no resentment.

There was a hint of gratitude, but not much.

He has some sense of belonging to the family, but to expect him to completely obey the patriarch's orders and risk his life for the family is really wishful thinking.

His parents were heroes who could sacrifice themselves for their family and for the far north.

He is not……

The most he can do is, once he is strong enough, to imprison the far north and completely solve the problem of the beast tide.

This is the greatest contribution he could make to his hometown.

There's no need for Ning Fengzhi to send anyone to pick up the family members; he'll arrange it himself.

Meng Bei then inquired about the exact time Ning Fengzhi's Meng family would arrive, noted it down, and then left.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Bei took Ning Rongrong to the palace.

They needed to go together to the palace to pay their respects to Emperor Xueye.

Upon arriving at the palace gate, after stating our purpose, an official went to inform us.

Meng Bei and Ning Rongrong waited outside.

A moment later, a hearty laugh rang out.

"Haha, Rongrong, you've finally arrived! Your father has been longing to see you!"

Meng Bei looked in the direction of the sound.

A young man in white walked over, wearing a white robe with gold patterns, with long hair flowing over his shoulders, a slender figure, a gentle face, and calm eyes, possessing his own unique charm.

Meng Bei thought to himself: This person must be Qian Renxue, who is disguised as a man.

Just then, Rongrong greeted him happily from the side, "Brother Qinghe!"

These words further confirmed Meng Bei's suspicions.

Xue Qinghe approached the two of them, first greeting Ning Rongrong, then looking at Meng Bei with a barely perceptible hint of surprise in his eyes.

"This person's soul power is actually no less than mine!"

Xue Qinghe was somewhat surprised. Needless to say, she possessed an extraordinary talent, being at the 20th level of the Innate Realm, a unique existence on the continent. Yet, despite this, he vaguely sensed that Meng Beiqi, who was much younger than her, had soul power that was not much weaker than his own.

This discovery was truly unbelievable to Xue Qinghe.

This also made them want to win them over.

"This young man must be Meng Bei, the perfect husband Rongrong has chosen, right?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Bei bowed slightly to Xue Qinghe and said:

"Meng Bei greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Seeing this, Xue Qinghe quickly reached out to support Meng Bei, feigning intimacy as he said:

"Brother Mengbei, there's no need to be so polite. In terms of social standing, I am still Sect Master Ning's disciple. Rongrong calls me brother, and if you don't mind, you can also call me brother."

Upon hearing this, Meng Bei, wanting to take advantage of the situation, said directly, "Then I'll greet you, Brother Xue. You can call me Xiao Bei."

"Brother Xue!"

"Xiao Bei!"

The two addressed each other as "Call me" and were both overjoyed.

Xue Qinghe wanted to befriend Meng Bei, so he deliberately talked to Meng Bei more often.

Meng Bei was happy to agree.

Their actions, however, neglected Rongrong, who was standing to the side.

Ning Rongrong pouted in dissatisfaction, secretly thinking: What's there for two grown men to talk about?

Led by Xue Qinghe, the two entered the palace and went into the inner palace.

Emperor Xueye met Meng Bei in the inner palace, which surprised Meng Bei somewhat.

On this snowy night, the Emperor was not wearing his imperial robes, but only a brocade robe, which made him less domineering than usual and more like an old man with a kind heart.

He was sitting in a pavilion, seemingly admiring the snow scene in front of him.

Xue Qinghe stepped forward first and reminded him:

"Father, Meng Bei and Rongrong are here!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xueye slightly turned his head, glanced at Meng Bei and Ning Rongrong, then waved his hand and said, "Qinghe, you may step down now!"

Xue Qinghe then stepped back and left.

Then Emperor Xueye ordered Meng Bei and the other man to step forward.

Meng Bei led Ning Rongrong to Emperor Xue Ye's side, bowed respectfully, and said:

"Meng Bei thanks Your Majesty for your great favor!"

Emperor Xueye remained calm and did not ask the two to get up.

Rongrong was a free spirit and always acted without restraint. Seeing that Emperor Xueye had not spoken for a long time, she straightened up on her own.

Seeing this, Meng Bei also straightened up.

The Snow Night Emperor didn't say anything, but instead said...

"Offering a seat"

Then a servant brought over two small stools.

Ning Rongrong looked at the small stool and complained without any restraint:

"Your Majesty, these two shabby stools are so low and small, how can anyone sit on them? There are clearly chairs prepared in this pavilion, why are we made to sit on these two shabby stools?"

As she spoke, Ning Rongrong pulled Meng Bei to sit down on a chair to the side.

Seeing this, Emperor Xueye did not stop him, but instead slowly spoke a few words.

It was this conversation that made Meng Bei frown slightly, while Ning Rongrong was furious.

Emperor Xueye looked at Meng Bei and asked:

"Meng Bei, are you familiar with the nobility system of my Heavenly Dou Empire?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Bei pondered for a moment, wondering what Emperor Xue Ye was trying to imply. Everyone knew about the nobility system, so why was Emperor Xue Ye asking him this?

Unable to understand, Meng Bei simply spoke up in agreement:

"In reply to Your Majesty, the ranks are roughly five: Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Above that is the rank of King, but only members of the royal family can hold that title."

Emperor Xueye nodded slightly and said:

"That's right, but there are exceptions. For example, when Feng Zhi was granted a title, although he was only a duke, I took into account the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's many years of service to the royal family and granted him the privileges of a king."

Meng Bei remained silent; he hadn't understood what Emperor Xueye meant.

Ning Fengzhi's title is not surprising. It is a common tactic used by the royal family to win over others. The other leaders of the three upper sects also have similar titles, but they are only nominal titles without actual fiefs. They just sound nice.

Then, something happened that angered Meng Bei.

But then Emperor Xueye continued:

"By special permission of the prince, he may not perform the grand ceremony when meeting the emperor, but sit side by side..."

(End of this chapter)