Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 161 This world would be better without imperial power

This practice generally leads to a misperception of the outside world for the emperor.

Moreover, emperors were generally focused on power struggles, thinking about how to make their throne more secure, thereby inciting their subordinates to fight each other.

Even the current emperor, who has written "restoring glory" into his name, truly doesn't care at all about the development of his empire.

The Heavenly Soul Empire appears stronger than the Fighting Spirit Empire, but that's only because of the existence of the Body Sect.

In reality, the entire Heavenly Soul Empire has fewer than six thousand Soul Masters who can be considered combat-ready, roughly the same number as the Fighting Spirit Empire.

If it weren't for the fact that the Star Luo Empire's royal family was also mentally deficient, their Body Sect Master would have run away long ago.

However, Vina has awakened her Brain Martial Soul, and she even has twin Martial Souls. This should be able to salvage the few remaining members of the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family's intelligence to some extent.

"Your Majesty!" Poisonous Immortal patiently explained, "If this cultivation technique can be widely adopted, the combat power of our Heavenly Soul Empire will skyrocket! You also know the current situation of our Heavenly Soul Empire; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say we're besieged on all sides!"

Xue Zhenhui was taken aback: "You want to promote this cultivation method? How can that be? Our royal family hasn't even used it yet."

Poison Immortal barely suppressed the urge to slap the emperor to death: "Do as you please, that's all I have to say!"

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Grandpa! Father!" Vina cried out anxiously, for she could clearly see the implications of what was happening.

However, she was ultimately just a princess, and in such matters, she was powerless to change anything.

This cultivation technique was ultimately not widely adopted, and was only used among the royal children of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

The Body Sect was helpless in this regard. They were merely a sect that protected the country, and for the time being, they needed to maintain good relations with the Heavenly Soul Royal Family. Therefore, they could only temporarily agree to the emperor's request.

For the first time, Poison Undying realized that the world might be a better place if there were no royal families.

In that case, he could completely bypass the hatred between the Sun Moon Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire and try to communicate with this newly emerged Sun Temple.

A few days later, envoys from the Star Luo Empire arrived at the Heavenly Soul Empire, wanting to discuss cooperation with the Heavenly Soul Empire to jointly resist the development of the Sun Moon Empire.

The negotiations between the two sides did not go smoothly, because Xue Zhenhui felt that after his royal family obtained that brand-new cultivation technique, it would not be a problem for them to cultivate into a Title Douluo.

What's so great about your Star Luo Empire? If you, Xu Jiawei, hadn't found a godfather, would I be afraid of you?

However, in the end, he still agreed to the Star Luo Empire's request for cooperation.

Although he wasn't particularly bright, he knew who their biggest enemy was and who was behind the Star Luo Empire.

The Body Sect will not engage in a direct war with Star Luo, which is supported by Shrek Academy, for the sake of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

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Shrek Academy.

"The Temple of the Sun? What a lousy place."

The intelligence officer relayed the information to the higher-ups of the Sea God Pavilion, but it didn't seem to receive much attention. They also didn't convene a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion to address the intelligence.

"Let them be the spendthrifts if they want," Xuanzi said nonchalantly. "They've only given out some cultivation techniques; how can that compare to Shrek Academy?"

"But Shrek Academy doesn't provide cultivation techniques for its students either," said Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, helplessly.

"We call this individualized instruction! Everyone who gets into Shrek Academy comes from a prominent family. Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to let them practice the techniques passed down in their respective families?" Xuanzi took a bite of the chicken leg. "Just like how I love this Orleans-style chicken leg!" The Orleans-style chicken leg comes from a chicken leg shop in Shrek City, a business that has been around for hundreds of years and has a unique flavor!

"That makes sense." Yan Shaozhe scratched his head. "The cultivation technique I practice is a light-attribute technique personally passed down by Elder Mu. The things that students inherit from their families are definitely more suitable than this kind of shoddy technique."

"Do you have a copy of that technique? Can I take a look?" Xuanzi asked.

Yan Shaozhe hesitated for a moment: "No, our intelligence agents in the Sun Moon Empire don't seem to care about this cultivation technique either, so they didn't bring it back from thousands of miles away."

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Qian Renxue looked at the intelligence report in her hand.

"So, it seems that our cultivation techniques haven't ended up at Shrek Academy?"

"As you instructed, only the people from the Heavenly Soul Empire were released from the border of the Sun Moon Empire. Most of the other information that leaked out had changed hands several times." Wu Yun Shangfeng smiled.

"In reality, due to the neglect of soul tools, communication and message transmission soul tools in the eastern part of the continent can only be used for short-distance transmission. By the time the message arrives, it is probably a downgraded version."

Qian Renxue nodded slightly. Currently, only the Sun Moon Empire possesses long-distance communication soul tools. This is because such soul tools require satellite soul tools in the sky to assist in transmission; otherwise, they cannot reach great distances.

And on the eastern side of the mainland, you still want to have a satellite soul guide? It would probably take ten horses to run themselves ragged to transmit an urgent military intelligence.

"Speechless." She shook her head.

"What, do you actually intend to give such a good thing to them?" Wu Yun asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Don't be so short-sighted. Our Spirit Hall disciples have never said they only want those from the Sun Moon Empire," Qian Renxue said calmly. "If they knew we were helping Spirit Masters awaken their Spirits, even helping them grow for free, what do you think they would do?"

"It's like... if evil spirit masters knew about the existence of the Holy Spirit Cult, they would probably flock to surrender!" Wu Yun immediately understood.

"I released some people from the Heavenly Soul Empire because of this consideration," Qian Renxue said in a low voice. "As you know, the Heavenly Soul Empire rebelled thousands of years ago under the name of the Spirit Hall. This is a way of giving them some compensation."

Wu Yun nodded; he would support the young master's decision.

"However, once it gets out, someone will find out sooner or later. I hope it gets back to those bastards at Shrek Academy," Qian Renxue said coldly. "I can't wait for them to come and wipe me out."

"...?" Wuyun Shangfeng expressed his doubt. Why would anyone send a new force into the enemy's mouth?

"You...!" Qian Renxue said helplessly, "If they dare to come, wouldn't that be like handing over their heads to the Sun Moon Empire's level nine soul-guided cannons?"

"But Shrek Academy doesn't care about these things." Wu Yun shrugged. "Given their personality, the borders of the Sun Moon Empire probably won't be able to stop them."

"Can't you use your brain? That was in the past! Only the emperors of that era would choose to submit to the east! If the current emperors weren't still struggling to secure their thrones and hadn't been delayed for too long in developing soul-guided technology for warfare, they would probably be eager to blow up Shrek Academy right now!" Qian Renxue slammed her hand on the table.

"Lord Wuyun, I hereby order you! Go read books right now, cultivate your mind and increase your wisdom!" Qian Renxue pointed impatiently at the newly established scripture pavilion. "Also, have your subordinates buy me every book they can find!"

Wuyun, the elder, was startled: "Ah, young master, please calm down. I'm just a rough man. I used to focus on cultivation and dodging pursuers, so I didn't have time to... cultivate my character."

"That's cultivation! Not conditioning!" Qian Renxue slammed her hand on the table again. "From now on, you're shifting your focus in cultivation to mental strength!"

"I've decided, if you ever achieve something truly great, I'll get you a skull of a spirit-attribute soul beast. Forget about the original one!"

"Excellent! Thank you, young master!" Elder Wuyun was overjoyed. "I'll go and do my best right away!"

In Chapter 533 of Douluo Continent II, a long-distance soul tool is mentioned:

With the advancement of soul guidance technology, long-distance communication soul guidance devices have begun to appear within the Sun Moon Empire. However, these communication soul guidance devices also require satellite soul guidance devices in the sky to help transmit data; otherwise, they cannot reach long distances. Huo Yuhao and Cai Tou first targeted these satellite soul guidance devices.

Chapter 555:

However, Huo Yuhao was still secretly impressed by the Sun Moon Empire's capabilities in high-altitude detection soul tools. He discovered at least 5,000 meters above the ground that high-altitude detection soul tools still existed; although the number was small, each one was quite large and its construction was extremely sophisticated. If it weren't for this mission, he would have loved to take one back to study it.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the three kingdoms in the east of the mainland did not have satellite phones. Even if they had communication soul guides, they could only provide directional communication over short distances.

(End of this chapter)