In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 513 A Coup?

After a burst of energy...

Wang Zhao let out a long breath, gently patted the obedient and sensible A Yin, feeling as happy as an immortal.

Afterwards, he spent half a day with Ah Yin, gave her some things, and then prepared to leave.

Wang Zhao looked into the distance.

That's the direction of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.

……

the other side.

After carrying Tang San for thousands of miles, Tang Hao finally found a small town to stop in.

Tang San looked at his father, whose qi was abnormally disordered, and worriedly sent some Xuan Tian Gong true qi into his body. Then he helped him to sit down on a large rock by the roadside.

Tang Hao took a break, and his breathing became somewhat more stable, but his eyes were still incredibly bloodshot.

"A-Gin..."

He couldn't help but growl.

Hearing this, Tang San asked him at this moment:

"Dad, that aura just now felt strangely familiar, it really might be a god-level being... Do you think that person was really Mom? Also, she said the Spirit Hall's Holy Son became a god, what's the secret behind that?"

"I have no idea."

Tang Hao shook his head in pain, then said with a ferocious expression:

"Ah Yin... She is definitely Ah Yin, but she seems to have misunderstood something about us. I suspect she has been brainwashed by the Spirit Hall."

Tang San paused for a moment.

"Very likely. So what should we do?"

Tang Hao was somewhat distracted, seemingly lost in thought, his face growing increasingly red with anger. He finally said in a deep voice:

"I'll go buy you a spirit ring and inner core. Once you break through, we'll go to the City of Slaughter. I'll wait for you outside until you obtain the God of Slaughter Domain, and then I'll go in alone to find the King of Slaughter... who, as you said, is my grandfather. Let's see if we can try to awaken him. If you can get my grandfather's help and support, you'll definitely be able to become a god as soon as possible. Finally, our whole family will plot together to destroy the Spirit Hall!"

"Um!"

Tang San's tone was firm, without a doubt. Now, only becoming a god could restore his confidence to face everything...

……

Time flies, another six months have passed.

That exciting Soul Master Tournament seems like it was just yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, it's already been a year.

Outside Tiandou City, at the headquarters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Inside the main hall.

Ning Fengzhi looked at a piece of intelligence on the table with a solemn expression and sighed:

"Sigh, the Spirit Hall has been getting increasingly restless lately. What on earth are they plotting?"

"There are faint traces of their personnel operating in several principalities. Could it be that they are really preparing to establish an empire and unify the continent...?"

Beside him, Sword Douluo Chen Xin shook his head, about to say something, when his expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Uncle Jian, what's wrong?"

Ning Fengzhi noticed this and asked in confusion.

Currently, in this Heavenly Dou City, the only person who can make Chen Xin sensitive, in Ning Fengzhi's eyes, seems to be that "neighbor"...

as predicted.

Chen Xin frowned and said, "It's Wang Zhao. I suddenly sensed his undisguised aura erupting and flying towards the imperial palace in Tian Dou City. It seems like something terrible has happened."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi also focused his gaze.

What happened?

How come even the well-informed Grand Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School doesn't know?

Wang Zhao...

That was an extraordinary figure; even now, Uncle Jian admits he's inferior to him. His sudden big move during this sensitive period—is it perhaps symbolizing something?

Could there be some kind of conspiracy...?

After a brief moment of contemplation.

Suddenly, a spy from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School rushed in from outside the main hall.

"Report!"

"What is it? Tell me quickly."

Ning Fengzhi recognized the person as an informant developed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School within Tian Dou City. He immediately sensed something was amiss and spoke without hesitation.

The scout nodded, then reported succinctly: "The Platinum Bishop Salas of the Spirit Hall has suddenly led his men to surround the palace."

"What?!"

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin were both startled. Ning Fengzhi involuntarily stood up from his seat, his mind racing. After pacing back and forth a few times as he pondered, he said with a grave expression:

"Uncle Jian, let's go to the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace."

"Um!"

...When Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin stepped onto the Seven Kill Sword and entered the airspace of Tiandou City, they saw that the Tiandou Imperial Palace was indeed surrounded by the Spirit Hall personnel. As for the world-renowned Royal Knights of the Tiandou Empire, they had already been suppressed.

"What a scoundrel the Spirit Hall! Now they've finally shown their true colors, daring to openly lead a crowd to surround the palace. They're trying to force the emperor to abdicate! They truly have the ambition of wolves."

Ning Fengzhi clenched his fist, his face somewhat gloomy, and said:

"His Majesty is definitely in danger, Uncle Jian. Let's hurry into the palace to rescue him, don't waste time on these people outside. If I'm not mistaken, Wang Zhao should have gone in to rescue him before us!"

Chen Xin nodded slightly, and soon after, the Seven Kill Sword flew over the palace and landed outside the Golden Palace.

Outside the palace, an unnamed leader of the Spirit Hall personnel, who had just seen the Seven Kill Sword of Dust Flying overhead, raised an eyebrow. He made no call or move, but simply smiled inexplicably.

When Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin strode into the palace hall, they were greeted by this scene. The new emperor, Xue Qinghe, stood in the center of the hall, with Wang Zhao, the master of the Dragon King Hall, and several elders of the Dragon King Hall guarding him. As for those confronting him, they were Salas, Ju, Gui, Yu Long, Ci Xue, and several other titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall.

That's right, it's the new emperor Xue Qinghe.

About two or three months ago, Emperor Xue Ye "peacefully" passed away. Whether he was truly at peace or not, no one knows for sure. In any case, Xue Qinghe, who was already the first in line to the throne, naturally became the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire. It's worth mentioning that shortly after Xue Qinghe ascended the throne, the former fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Beng, went insane for unknown reasons…

At this moment, in this situation, Ning Fengzhi stepped into the main hall and his gaze sharpened.

As expected, the Spirit Hall is forcing the emperor to abdicate!

Thinking it over, he didn't hesitate to have Chen Xin take him to Xue Beng and Wang Zhao's side immediately.

"Your Majesty! I am too late to save you..."

"Teacher, you've come at the perfect time."

Xue Qinghe spoke with a smile on his face, and Wang Zhao walked up to Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.

"Those bastards from the Spirit Hall are treacherous and ambitious, plotting a surprise attack on His Majesty. Sect Leader Ning, you've come at the right time! Let's deal with them together!"

Wang Zhao patted Ning Fengzhi on the shoulder and said.

Ning Fengzhi nodded subconsciously, then suddenly paused. For some reason, he sensed something was off; the atmosphere seemed a little strange.

Chen Xin was even more perceptive than Ning Fengzhi. In the next instant, he flashed between Ning Fengzhi and Wang Zhao, frowning as he grabbed Wang Zhao's hand.

"Lord Wang, you..."

"Um?"

Wang Zhao raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"Have you noticed anything amiss?"

"!"

Chen Xin's expression immediately changed drastically. She released Wang Zhao's hand and instead grabbed Ning Fengzhi. After a pause, she tried to pull Xue Qinghe, but Xue Qinghe subtly dodged away.

"Uncle Jian!"

Ning Fengzhi suddenly retreated, subtly signaling Chen Xin to ignore Xue Qinghe. Chen Xin followed Ning Fengzhi back, the Seven Kill Sword in his hand about to pierce the air, when it was firmly locked by an invisible force.

In an instant, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin's expressions became even more surprised and uncertain.

Chen Xin stared intently at Wang Zhao, shocked by his power that had transcended the mortal realm.

Ning Fengzhi surveyed the entire scene, his gaze sweeping over Xue Qinghe, Wang Zhao and other elders of the Dragon King Palace, and then unknowingly surrounding Salas and the other members of the Spirit Hall who had surrounded him and Chen Xin.

"you……"

Ning Fengzhi spoke with a grim expression.

Wang Zhao finished the sentence for him directly: "That's right, we're in cahoots."

Ning Fengzhi's incredulous gaze swept back and forth between the Dragon King Hall and the Spirit Hall group once again. Just then, he caught sight of an unexpected figure walking into the main hall.

Yu Yuanzhen, the sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan!

Yu Yuanzhen looked at Ning Fengzhi with a somewhat complicated expression, then walked straight past a group of people from the Spirit Hall and slowly walked to Wang Zhao's side, whereupon he bowed slightly to him.

"Lord of the Palace."

His tone didn't sound like an equal exchange; it was clearly more like a subordinate meeting with a superior.

Wang Zhao quickly helped him up.

"Hey, Lao Yu, I should call you brother according to seniority, you can't do this."

Yu Yuanzhen then slightly rose to his feet.

"You! You all..."

Ning Fengzhi was shocked again, astonished by the seemingly secret relationship between Wang Zhao and Yu Yuanzhen.

Meeting his gaze, Yu Yuan trembled her lips, then sighed.

half year ago.

On a dark and windy night, Wang Zhao suddenly appeared in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's headquarters, in his bedroom as the clan leader.

At that moment, he instinctively tried to attack Wang Zhao, but Wang Zhao retaliated and suppressed him.

Then, Wang Zhao told him his purpose—to incorporate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into the Dragon King Palace.

His first reaction was naturally to remain defiant to the death, but to his surprise, Wang Zhao threw him a stack of detailed and accurate investigative data. After carefully reading through it, he realized that Wang Zhao was not a descendant of some ancient clan of the Dragon King Palace at all, but simply an unknown direct descendant of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan who had been separated from his clan for many years!

Although he could be described as a "bastard"... he certainly wouldn't dare.

It turns out that when Yu Yuanzhen was very young, there was a person of his grandfather's generation in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, whom he called "Uncle".

His great-uncle, while traveling across the continent, had a relationship with an ordinary woman in Shihun Village. And that was it. His great-uncle, extremely irresponsible, left the woman some money and then casually disappeared.

The uncle was unaware that the woman later became pregnant with his child, a baby boy, who would become the future Wang Zhao's... biological father.

The woman originally wanted the child to take the surname of his father, whom he had never met, but after thinking about it and to avoid trouble, she simply removed the dot from the character "玉" (jade) and changed it to "王" (king). The great-uncle's child grew up in Shihun Village. Later, because he failed to awaken the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, his mother never told him about his origins. He simply grew up ordinary in Shihun Village, married, and had children.

Later, due to an accident, Wang Zhao, the son of Yu Yuanzhen's uncle and also Yu Yuanzhen's distant cousin, Yu Xiaogang, became an orphan.

Wang Zhao unexpectedly inherited his grandfather's "Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex" martial soul across generations, or rather, he awakened a mutated Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul.

Later, he was fortunate enough to catch the attention of a saintess in Wuhun City, and gradually rose to become the so-called Lord of the Dragon King Palace...

That's it!

The moment Wang Zhao revealed his identity to Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Yuanzhen was immediately shocked, followed by a surge of joy. He couldn't wait to pull Wang Zhao back to his ancestral home and strengthen the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

However, this beautiful dream shattered in Yu Yuanzhen's mind in just a moment.

Could Wang Zhao possibly take the Dragon King Palace, which he had only established with the secret support of the Spirit Hall, and devote it all to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?

The answer is undoubtedly no.

After Yu Yuanzhen rationally thought everything through, he gave a bitter smile. He was now less opposed to Wang Zhao's "rebellious" attempt to incorporate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into the Dragon King Palace.

After all, they're true family...

Ultimately, what finally convinced Yu Yuanzhen to secretly lead the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into joining the Dragon King Palace was the ten golden halos that slowly appeared behind Wang Zhao's head that night.

God-level!

…………

"Heh heh, so it turns out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Dragon King Palace are actually brother sects. Heh heh heh, what an absurd drama..."

Having only learned about the relationship between Wang Zhao and Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"So, what's the story behind the cooperation between the Dragon King Palace and the Spirit Hall? Palace Master Wang Zhao, could you tell me more?"

Ning Fengzhi looked intently at Wang Zhao.

Now, he strongly suspects that Wang Zhao was actually secretly cultivated by the Spirit Hall!

Beside Wang Zhao, Yu Yuanzhen was about to speak up to confirm Ning Fengzhi's guess, but Wang Zhao smiled and pressed down on Yu Yuanzhen's shoulder.

He said, "I wonder if Sect Leader Ning still remembers that I have a companion?"

Hearing Wang Zhao suddenly say this out of the blue, Ning Fengzhi was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the other person of the "Divine Dragon Couple" who had not made a public appearance for many years.

Ning Fengzhi remembered that her name seemed to be...

"Ye Xue?"

Could she be...?

Wang Zhao curled the corners of his lips and said leisurely, "A few years ago, Senior Qian Daoliu, the Angelic High Priest of the Spirit Hall, quietly visited my Dragon King Palace. Do you know why he came?"

Why?

Ning Fengzhi asked blankly.

"Because the Qian family lineage is in turmoil, and Senior Qian Daoliu is too old to... cough, so the angel god that the Qian family has worshipped for generations approached my Ye Xue, wanting her to become His successor."

"A successor to the divine throne?!"

Ning Fengzhi's eyes widened in surprise.

Wang Zhao smiled and nodded.

"Yes. However, it's no longer just about being a successor..."

It was as if they had been waiting for a long time, specifically to prove his words.

Wang Zhao had barely finished speaking.

The next moment, a current angel god, clad in golden divine armor and with twelve pure white wings spread across his back, appeared abruptly in the hall.

Her arrival caused several powerful figures from the Spirit Hall in the hall to immediately bow their heads:

"Your Holiness the Angel!"

Ning Fengzhi's lips trembled.

I no longer care why "Ye Xue" has twelve wings.

Perhaps this is the difference between gods and mortal soul masters...

Ning Fengzhi turned to look at Chen Xin, who was equally shocked, and quickly received a nod of confirmation from him.

The one before me is the very real angel!

Ning Fengzhi trembled again. Out of reverence for the "god", he disregarded his identity and position and hurriedly bowed to Qian Renxue.

"Heavens, Your Holiness the Angels..."

"Are you going to interfere in the conflicts between mortals?"

Qian Renxue's eyes were full of mockery. She ignored him and silently walked behind Wang Zhao.

Behind me...

Ning Fengzhi looked at Wang Zhao in shock once again.

"Palace Master Wang, could it be that you also...?"

Wang Zhao simply blinked.

"..."

There's no need to say anything more. Whether it's true or false that Wang Zhao said this "Ye Xue" was approached by the Angel God to pass on a divine position to her, and regardless of the identity of the Angel God in front of them, the relationship between the Dragon King Palace and the Spirit Hall is undoubtedly inseparable.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Dragon King Palace, the Spirit Hall, and even the Heaven Dou Royal Family... Today, these four major forces have come together, and their purpose is very clear: to set a trap for his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!

In a sense, it really is giving Ning a lot of face!

Finally, Ning Fengzhi stared blankly at Xue Qinghe, the "student" who felt both familiar and unfamiliar to him at this moment.

"Your Majesty, could you tell me when you pledged allegiance to the Dragon King's Palace or the Spirit Hall?"

Xue Qinghe said somewhat apologetically:

"I have been Lord Wang Zhao's person for a long time."

Seeing his expression, Ning Fengzhi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

fine……

At least the Xue Qinghe in front of me isn't a fake.

Ning Fengzhi looked at Wang Zhao.

……

"Sword Douluo has already become a peerless Douluo, huh... Sect Master Ning, do you want the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to have a 'Guardian Deity'?"

"Sect Leader Ning, do you want the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"

"Sect Leader Ning, what do you think of this Qiluo tulip? Would Miss Rongrong like it?"

……

From this point on, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School—or perhaps it could already be called the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School—officially came under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall.

afterwards.

Wang Zhao and Ning Fengzhi were talking.

"Your Highness, please keep this Qiluo tulip for Rongrong. I am getting old."

Ning Fengzhi looked at the immortal herb that Wang Zhao handed over. Although he was tempted, he still shook his head.

Wang Zhao simply smiled faintly.

"I still have at least ten more Qiluo tulips. Since Sect Leader Ning doesn't want them..."

Swish!

Ning Fengzhi immediately followed his heart and smilingly accepted the immortal herb from Wang Zhao's hand.

He paused, then suddenly asked in a low voice:

"The Spirit Hall, is it still planning to establish its own empire?"

Wang Zhao: "Actually, I'd like to simply support Xue Qinghe and the Heavenly Dou Empire to become the future rulers of the continent, but Sect Master Ning, do you really think the Heavenly Dou royal family is worthy of that?"

Ning Fengzhi remained silent.

Think about it, is it reasonable for the supreme power on the mainland in the future to be held by a family that uses "swan" as its inherited martial spirit?

Who in the world can accept this?

"well……"

With a sigh, Ning Fengzhi didn't say anything more about it, since he and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School were already part of the Spirit Hall anyway.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his expression became somewhat tense and worried.

"Sect Master, I would like to ask you for a favor regarding the Spirit Hall."

"Sect Leader Ning, please don't stand on ceremony, please speak."

"I would like to ask you to mobilize your manpower to help me find Rongrong."

"Rongrong? What happened to her?"

For the first time, Wang Zhao's face showed an unusual expression.

"This is a long story..."

"Then let's make it short."

"...A year ago, after the Soul Master Competition ended, Rongrong went to travel on the mainland."

Ning Fengzhi was filled with sorrow and bitterness.

"I've been secretly following her, monitoring her movements, and protecting her safety. But a few months ago, she suddenly disappeared. I couldn't find her anywhere; it's like she vanished into thin air..."

(End of this chapter)