Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 284 Fire Dance Asks for Help

"This isn't a good idea!"

Qian Renxue's little scheme could not possibly escape Xiao Yu's notice, and Xiao Yu, whose private life was not exactly clean, immediately looked embarrassed.

If Ye Lingling and Huo Wu knew about this, not only would the hot-tempered Huo Wu be unhappy, but even the usually gentle Ye Lingling would definitely be upset.

Qian Renxue, of course, knew Xiao Yu's predicament. She cursed him as a scumbag in her heart and made a concession: "After our wedding, you can hold another wedding under your true identity and marry Lingling and that hot-tempered girl at the same time. I will not participate then. In this way, the outside world will only regard them as the mistresses of your Nine Star Palace."

Xiao Yu was taken aback: "Then you..."

Qian Renxue rolled her beautiful eyes at Xiao Yu with annoyance: "As the Holy Maiden of the Hall of Offerings, and the future Emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire, would I care about your position as the mistress of a mere Nine-Star Hall?"

Well.

Xiao Yu felt ashamed for a moment, only then realizing that in terms of status alone, Qian Renxue was actually a little higher than him.

Seeing Xiao Yu still somewhat hesitant, Qian Renxue stepped forward and hugged his neck, saying, "I'm not doing this entirely for myself. Ning Fengzhi has always wanted to push the Heavenly Dou Empire towards the Haotian Sect's Star Luo Empire. Knowing his personality, he'll definitely cause trouble regarding our marriage alliance. We can find an excuse to avoid him normally, but during the wedding period, as the Crown Princess, you'll inevitably have to meet with important imperial officials. A substitute would be easily detected by him!"

"Let me think about it some more!"

Xiao Yu was somewhat tempted. What Qian Renxue said did make some sense. Once the Tian Dou royal family found out that the noblewoman of the Nine Star Palace who married the dignified Crown Prince was actually an imposter, the relationship between the two sides would break down in an instant.

However, Xiao Yu also had to consider Ye Lingling and Huo Wu's feelings, so he had to get their consent first.

"OK."

Qian Renxue understood that if she pushed Xiao Yu too hard, it would backfire.

Of the two women, Ye Lingling is always sensible and understanding. As long as the serious implications are explained, even if she is unwilling, she will likely side with me. As for the crazy girl Huo Wu, who always disagrees with me, let Xiao Yu deal with that himself.

Qian Renxue came this time as Xue Qinghe, so she cannot stay.

After a brief exchange, Qian Renxue used Xue Qinghe's skin to bid farewell and leave.

Upon returning to Tiandou City, Qian Renxue immediately informed Emperor Xueye of everything that had happened.

Upon learning that Xiao Yu had changed the marriage arrangement to his own sister marrying Xue Qinghe, Emperor Xue Ye wholeheartedly agreed.

After all, the marriage proposal put forward by Xiao Yu was more advantageous to the Heaven Dou royal family than that of Emperor Xue Ye.

If Xiao Yu were to marry Xue Ke, although the child born to Xue Ke would have royal blood, he would ultimately only be able to bear the surname Xiao, and at a deeper level, he would still be an outsider.

Xue Qinghe's child is the rightful second-generation heir of the Heaven Dou royal family. Emperor Xue Ye is even looking forward to the Heaven Dou Empire producing a titled Douluo emperor decades later.

In addition, this move can also dispel the current rumors about Xue Qinghe in Tiandou City.

Xue Qinghe is well past the age for marriage but remains unmarried, and now the rumors surrounding him are intensifying:

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is impotent!

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is averse to women because he is attracted to men!

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is a castrated man and is completely incapable of having children!

Various rumors kept emerging, which greatly troubled Emperor Xueye.

Xue Qinghe is Emperor Xueye's most favored successor. In recent years, Emperor Xueye's health has been deteriorating, and he has handed over many affairs to Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe has handled them very well. Unless a major change occurs, Emperor Xueye will never change his successor.

As for supporting Xue Beng into the court, that was merely to leave Xue Beng with some power to protect himself.

Emperor Xueye wasn't stupid. His other two sons died under mysterious circumstances, so wasn't it obvious who the murderer was?

However, Emperor Xueye did not develop any resentment towards Xue Qinghe because of this. Family ties are always the most fragile thing in an imperial family. He himself had to eliminate several of his most competitive brothers to get to this position.

His decision to protect Xue Beng wasn't due to overflowing paternal love; it was simply to leave a backup plan for the succession to the throne, just in case, much like how his father had protected the most dissolute prince, Xue Xing, who posed little threat to his succession.

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After finalizing the marriage plan, Emperor Xueye immediately issued an edict to confer upon Xiao Yu the title of a king of a different surname within the empire, with the royal title of Youming. Within the empire, he would be three ranks higher than any other official.

Meanwhile, the Nine Star Palace moved its headquarters from Sylvia to Heaven Dou City, upgrading its original Sunset Forest branch to the main hall and recruiting staff for expansion. With the full support of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Nine Star Palace's reputation rose to a new level after winning the Soul Master Competition that year, showing signs of becoming the number one sect in the Soul Master world.

The sect was developing rapidly, but what gave Xiao Yu a headache was how to bring up the marriage conditions proposed by Qian Renxue to Ye Lingling and Huo Wu.

Like Qian Renxue, Xiao Yu was more troubled by Huo Wu. He had tried to subtly approach Ye Lingling, but he didn't know how to broach the subject with Huo Wu.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, something terrible has happened! You really have to help me this time!"

Just as Xiao Yu was racking his brains over this, the person he was troubled by burst in, looking anxious and speaking in a slightly breathless voice, clearly having run all the way there.

Seeing Huo Wu's condition, Xiao Yu quickly stepped forward to support her, gently patting her back to help her regulate her breathing, and said softly, "What happened? Don't panic, tell me slowly!"

Although Huo Wu is a bit impulsive, as the daughter of the Blazing Fire Academy, she has received aristocratic etiquette training since childhood. This is the first time Xiao Yu has seen her so out of control.

Huo Wu exhaled several breaths of stale air before her breathing finally calmed down, and then began to recount the events that had transpired.

It turns out that the place where the Fire Dance family relied for survival was Blazing Fire Academy, as well as Tianshui Academy and Shenfeng Academy, which are closely related to Blazing Fire Academy.

Similar to the original story, after launching the Soul Hunting Operation, the Spirit Hall also targeted these three top-tier advanced Soul Master academies within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Although the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation actually suffered a major setback, to outsiders, the two achievements—severely damaging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and annihilating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan (Bibi Dong knew that even if she announced that Xiao Yu was behind it, no one would believe her, so she simply didn't clarify and tacitly acknowledged that it was the Spirit Hall's doing)—still held considerable sway over the Soul Master world.

After the three academies explicitly rejected the Spirit Hall, a large number of students and teachers immediately announced their departure from the academies.

(End of this chapter)