Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 369 427428—Qian Renxue: Ah! I'm an emperor now?! Rules change, Mingdu participates!

When the tightly closed underground prison doors opened again, Zhang Lexuan was surprised to find that the hundreds of fierce and eccentric evil spirit masters followed Qian Lingyun out expressionlessly, swaying as they walked out.

They looked just like soulless puppets…

"Danger cleared!" Zhang Lexuan shouted to her subordinates behind her.

With a clanging sound of metal clashing, dozens of Apocalypse Tanks that had surrounded the exit thoughtfully moved their cannons elsewhere.

"Master, they..." Zhang Lexuan jogged over from behind the tank, looking at these arrogant evil spirit masters who had been so domineering not long ago with great surprise, and was speechless for a moment.

"Send those guys you brought out to the vice-leader, and they'll form the Third Holy Spirit Soul Master Corps, codenamed Skull. As for the ones behind me... buy some coffins and find a warehouse to store them for now! They don't need food, they just need rest!"

As she spoke, Qian Lingyun shook her head, seemingly quite disappointed. These wild evil spirit masters were truly hopeless; even with her own methods, some couldn't withstand the experiment and exploded on the spot during the process.

"Put it in a coffin?" Zhang Lexuan's lips twitched slightly, but she still agreed in a serious manner.

Upon returning to the palace, Qian Lingyun gathered several trusted confidants and entrusted them with a secret mission.

"Do you understand?" Qian Lingyun asked, sitting in her chair with her eyes closed.

"Understood. Keep a close eye on both the direct and collateral branches of the royal family. If any of their concubines become pregnant, report to you immediately!"

In the shadows, several figures swayed gently in the wind like leaves, but in the blink of an eye, they vanished into the darkness where the light couldn't reach, as if they had never existed.

……

With the help of Qian Lingyun and the emergency rescue by the Sea God Pavilion, Huo Yuhao successfully regained his lost right hand after obtaining the right arm soul bone.

And he was finally able to go back to the Tang Clan for a visit.

This was my first time visiting the Tang Clan, and I was relying on a map to find my way around, which took some time.

It took Huo Yuhao a full half hour to find the location of the Tang Sect. From afar, he could see the outer walls of the Tang Sect.

The vermilion wall was over two zhang high and extended nearly a hundred meters towards the street.

The main gate of the Tang Clan stood three zhang tall, with a huge plaque hanging above it, bearing the two large, gilded characters "Tang Clan." When Huo Yuhao saw the signature below the plaque, his heart was instantly stirred.

Upon entering the Tang Clan, Huo Yuhao did not see a spacious courtyard. The front courtyard was small, with side rooms on both sides and little decoration. This was quite different from the grandeur seen from the outside.

More space was converted into rooms.

Upon seeing him enter, a young man dressed in Shrek Academy uniform immediately stepped forward and blocked his path: "Long time no see, welcome home!"

"It's Zhanji! You got into the Inner Court too!?" Huo Zhongxian was slightly taken aback, then recognized the newcomer. Huo Zhanji nodded excitedly and smiled:

"Of course! I joined the inner courtyard even earlier than Sister Xiaoxiao! Oh, right, Senior Brother is still waiting for you! Let's go in quickly!"

Huo Zhongxian didn't say anything more at that moment, and led by Huo Zhanji, he entered the second courtyard.

The second courtyard is much more spacious, covering nearly 300 square meters. There are still side rooms on both sides, and in front is a tall building with a plaque hanging on it that reads the three characters "Meeting Hall".

Before Huo Zhongxian even arrived, he heard laughter coming from inside the council hall. Unable to contain his excitement any longer, he darted out and rushed into the hall. Inside, there were two people, two young men standing.

The man on the left is over 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a dignified appearance. His imposing figure gives off a feeling of stability like a mountain.

The man on the right wore a long robe, had a handsome face with a faint smile, deep eyes, and long hair simply draped over his shoulders. He was less dashing than the man on the left, but had more of a refined, scholarly air.

"I'm back!" Huo Yuhao shouted, rushing forward.

The person on the left is Xu Sanshi, and the one on the right is none other than Bei Bei?

When the two saw Huo Yuhao rush in, they were overjoyed and hurriedly came to greet him, along with Huo Zhanji.

The four of them immediately hugged each other tightly. Their excitement was so intense that they could hardly contain themselves, and it took them a great deal of effort to calm themselves down…

After Shrek Academy organized the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Event, Huo Zhongxian finally learned at the event that Wang Dong was actually a woman.

However, Qian Lingyun didn't care at all. Firstly, this was part of the normal plot, and secondly, the little lion was currently a concubine in the Sun and Moon Palace.

Every day he just eats, drinks, plays, and sleeps, enjoying it immensely. His comfortable and carefree life even made Qian Renxue a little jealous...

Three months later, Qian Lingyun received two letters from her trusted confidant.

The first letter stated that Xuan Ziwen resigned from his position at Mingdetang after handing over the technology for sealing baby bottles.

With just one glance, Qian Lingyun snorted coldly, and the guards kneeling below the stage lowered their heads even further!

"When did this happen?" Qian Lingyun crumpled the letter into a ball and burned it to ashes.

"Reporting to the Master! It was two hours ago!" the guard hurriedly replied.

"Have someone use my token to ask Jing Hongchen to get this technology. With this technology and its large-scale deployment, the size of our armored forces can be increased by fifty percent."

"Yes!" A guard was about to stand up when he was stopped again. Qian Lingyun tapped the table with a half-smile and said:

"Xuan Ziwen is a genius! But how can we let someone like that go to the original Douluo Continent's Three Kingdoms alive! The titled Douluo on duty today is the Fourth Elder, right? Go, have him take Xuan Ziwen..."

Just as she was about to summon the Fourth Elder to silence him, Qian Lingyun felt it was inappropriate and changed her mind:

"Alright! Don't worry about this anymore, I'll ask Mother to take action!" After saying that, Qian Lingyun turned around and took out her communicator from her waist, asking Yuma, a level 97 Super Douluo, to intercept and kill a... Soul Douluo.

It's sizzling!

Casually tearing open the second letter, Qian Lingyun abruptly sat up straight in her chair and asked, "Is it true that Prince Baihe's fourth concubine was found to be one month pregnant yesterday?"

"Absolutely true! I have verified it multiple times!" The guard handed over a report respectfully.

After confirming that the report was correct, Qian Lingyun waved her hand and transferred the Fourth Elder over, solely to protect the safety of the prince's concubine.

Or rather, it's about protecting the safety of this concubine and the child in her womb!

The next day at court, Qian Renxue was looking at several memorials that had appeared on the table at some point, all of which told her not to favor the Empress alone, but to distribute her favors equally and to establish an heir as soon as possible!

"How dare you! What I do in the harem, which concubine I favor—is none of your business!!" Qian Renxue slammed several memorials on the table to the ground, about to erupt in anger, when a palace maid rushed into the hall, shouting, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, the Empress is pregnant!"

At this moment, everyone from Qian Renxue to the civil and military officials stood frozen in place.

Hey! What's going on?! Isn't this news a bit too sudden?!

Qian Renxue knew Qian Lingyun too well; in just two breaths, she snapped out of her daze.

Without waiting for the ministers to speak, she stumbled down from the dragon throne, helped the maid to her feet, and excitedly asked, "Really?"

"Absolutely true. Half of the imperial physicians are there, and they've already made several diagnoses. There's no way it could be wrong!"

The courtesan dared not be negligent and quickly replied.

"Hahahaha!" Qian Renxue swayed as she straightened up, cheering, "I'm going to be the Emperor! Anything else can be discussed tomorrow! Court adjourned!"

Without waiting for the court officials to speak, Qian Renxue rushed out of the main hall and headed alone to the inner palace.

Upon entering the central palace, Qian Renxue was surprised to see a large group of elderly imperial physicians standing in the courtyard, whispering among themselves.

However, she was too lazy to pay attention to these outsiders now, and instead walked past a large group of servants to sit on the edge of Qian Lingyun's bed.

"Your Majesty, why have you come! Isn't it still the morning court session? You can't let my sake cause such an important event to be delayed!"

In front of outsiders, Qian Lingyun didn't mind giving Qian Renxue some face as the head of the family. She 'struggled' to sit up, seemingly to bow.

"Sigh! Lie down! There's no need for such formalities between us!" Qian Renxue sat down at the head of Qian Lingyun's bed and transmitted her voice:

"What are you doing now! What's wrong with the child?"

"What kind of demon could I be? This child is obviously fake. I just felt sorry for you seeing you banging on the table and cursing every day," Qian Lingyun said with a sweet smile, leaning into Qian Renxue's arms and coldly snorting.

"Don't worry about the imperial physician. I specifically asked a pregnant woman to wear my mask to examine me; there's no way she'll give herself away!"

"You! Don't you think about what will happen after the baby is born?" Qian Renxue gave Qian Lingyun a reproachful look and sighed, "Although you've definitely prepared everything, but... oh well, whatever you want! As long as you're happy!"

"Don't worry! I have a backup plan! Once everything settles down, we'll definitely have our own child!" Qian Lingyun hummed in Qian Renxue's arms, then frowned and asked, "What do you smell like?"

"Smell? What smell?!" Qian Renxue was startled at first, and hurriedly buried her face in her sleeve and took a sniff. A strange sweet fragrance instantly filled her nostrils.

A moment later, Qian Renxue's face stiffened, and she bit down on Qian Lingyun's shoulder blade, gritting her teeth as she said, "Spring Breeze and Dew Fragrance①!? You really know how to do that!"

……

Perhaps because there were no two idiots like Titan and Niu Tian, ​​nor the treasure land of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, Huo Zhongxian was very fortunate to avoid the great opportunity to participate in the Mingdu competition as a cripple.

During this free and plentiful time, he began to do business in the original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms in his capacity as an elder of the Tang Sect and the next successor of the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy.

Unfortunately, thanks to the Holy Soul Hall's large-scale smuggling of equipment from the Sun Moon Empire and its sale to the original Douluo Three Kingdoms at a very reasonable price, the equipment shortage on the Star Luo and Dou Ling sides is not very large.

This led to Huo Zhongxian encountering repeated setbacks in business during this period.

Although the three kingdoms bought some out of respect for Shrek Academy, it was clear that Huo Zhongxian's efforts and gains were disproportionate.

"What kind of force is this Holy Soul Hall? How does it have the capability to transport weapons from the Sun Moon Empire on a large scale? I think we need to investigate! Lest they do something bad under the Sun Moon Empire's influence!"

Upon returning to Shrek Academy, Huo Zhongxian solemnly recounted the incident to Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe realized the seriousness of the matter and traveled overnight to several cities not far from Shrek City, intending to investigate the Holy Soul Hall's strength and weaknesses in this regard.

But after he walked through the streets and alleys to find out where he came from, he found that the brick and stone buildings called the Holy Soul Hall were already deserted and empty.

It was as clean as a beggar's pocket.

On the very day Qian Lingyun became pregnant, the Holy Soul Palace had already sold off the last batch of goods. They took everything they could, leaving only the empty buildings standing alone outside the city, waiting for their future return.

As for the shops that the Ordinary Alliance purchased in the city... the Holy Soul Hall only left one or two apprentices to help the shopkeepers look after the shops.

The holy servants, capable of combat, boarded an airship at night carrying children who had awakened their martial soul power and had the potential to become soul masters in the future, returning to the Sun Moon Empire…

The new All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament is touted as a return to the past.

Because, long ago, this grand competition with a history of ten thousand years was originally open to sects to participate.

It wasn't until nearly a thousand years ago that the scale was gradually reduced, allowing only academies to participate.

This time, at the suggestion of the organizer, the Sun Moon Empire, and with the agreement of other countries, it was finally decided to reinstate the previous system of sects participating in the competition.

The participation of sects has been expanded. The competition format has also been changed. As a result, the scale of the entire competition has increased significantly.

It's important to understand that on the continent, the number of sects still exceeds the number of academies. For academies, achieving good results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is a golden opportunity to make a name for themselves, greatly benefiting student recruitment and the academy's development.

And isn't the same true for sects?

The development of any sect cannot be separated from talent. And the more highly skilled and talented individuals are, the more likely they are to dedicate themselves to powerful sects. The format of the new competition has been confirmed to be changed.

Nearly 60 percent of the sects on the mainland chose to register.

If the organizing committee hadn't ultimately decided to limit participants to twenty years old and also require that at least five members of each sect's registered participants have a cultivation level above the fourth ring, the number of participating teams in this year's competition would probably be ten times that of the previous year.

Even with these restrictions, the final number of participating teams was capped at 167, significantly more than the previous edition.

Mingdu. The imperial palace of the Sun and Moon Empire, its back garden.

Several figures slowly followed behind Qian Lingyun, moving along the wide bluestone path in the back garden.

Plants of all shapes and sizes are neatly scattered throughout the garden. Every design element is unique and ingenious: the small waterfall in the artificial hill, the royal patterns amidst the profusion of flowers, and the tall trees.

It made the entire royal garden of the Sun and Moon Empire feel like entering a beautiful forest.

"Vice Leader! How's the team's preparation going?" Qian Lingyun turned around and asked the man in black behind her.

"Almost there! We've prepared two teams!" Feng Ling lifted a corner of her cloak, revealing her smiling, grey-blue eyes, and said slowly:

"Our Holy Spirit Cult will appear under the name of the Holy Spirit Tang Sect. The team has been chosen: you are the captain, and the vice-captains are Yan Feng and Tang Ya. The main players, previously confirmed, are Ji Li, Tang Dai, Lu Genggeng, and Gu Yu. Wang Xiaolei will be on the bench!"

"What about the Holy Soul Hall team?" Qian Lingyun asked again.

Heavenly Punishment Douluo stepped forward and handed the list to Qian Lingyun, introducing, "This team is led by Consort Qian Lingyu, with Nana, Yueyue, and Tuoba Xi as the main members. The rest are substitutes with cultivation levels of five rings or higher!"

Spring breeze and dew fragrance, Ye Xishui used it back then, the specific effects, cough cough cough.

(End of this chapter)