Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 53 Martial Soul Sensing

The Nine Star Palace Tian Dou City branch has now been built to a considerable size. In the reception hall, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe sat down in order, and servants had already served them fragrant tea.

Ning Fengzhi sipped his tea while discreetly observing everything in the room.

From the small details, one can see that the person in charge of the Nine Stars Palace is a person who is both magnanimous and shrewd, confident yet cautious. The arrangement of the entire hall is neither extravagant nor wasteful, but meticulous in every corner, leaving no room for criticism.

A short while later, footsteps sounded, and Xiao Yu appeared, accompanied by Aiolia and Milo.

Ning Fengzhi and the other two stood up upon hearing this. With two titled Douluo present, Xiao Yu already had the capital to stand on equal footing with them.

"Sect Leader Ning, Your Highness the Crown Prince, and Your Majesty the Sword Douluo!"

Xiao Yu greeted the three of them with a warm smile and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.

The three were easily recognizable. The middle-aged man in fine clothes, gentle and refined, was Ning Fengzhi. The old man in white, tall, strong and upright like bamboo, was undoubtedly Sword Douluo Chen Xin. The younger one, but with the same temperament as Ning Fengzhi, was definitely Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe. Xiao Yu was even more curious about what kind of beauty was hidden under that disguise!

"Young Master Xiao!"

The three of them returned the greeting together.

After the greetings were completed, everyone sat down according to their rank and status.

Xue Qinghe cut to the chase: "Young Master Xiao, this misunderstanding was all caused by Yu Yuanzhen's coercion. Meng Shenji and the other committee members panicked and acted on their own, following Yu Yuanzhen here. I hope that you, Young Master, will be magnanimous and not hold it against them!"

Xiao Yu didn't bother to expose him. Everyone was smart enough; taking things too seriously would only defeat the purpose. So he readily agreed, saying, "I guessed so too. With the wisdom of Emperor Xueye and the virtue of His Highness the Crown Prince, how could they possibly commit murder and robbery?"

"That's it, that's it!"

Xue Qinghe was also very understanding: "Although it was a misunderstanding, the members of the Education Committee are still subjects of my Tiandou Empire, and my royal family cannot escape the responsibility for lax management."

As he spoke, Xue Qinghe took out three black and gold cards and removed the five storage soul tool rings that he had been wearing on his hand, handing them to Xiao Yu: "Young Master Xiao, here are 15 million gold soul coins and rare metals worth 10 million. Consider this an apology from my Heaven Dou Empire to Young Master Xiao for your fright."

With a smile on his face, Xiao Yu was about to take the card and ring from Xue Qinghe's hand. As their hands met, both of them were startled.

The instant their fingers touched, both Xiao Yu and Xue Qinghe felt a tremor from the depths of their martial souls, a sign that the martial soul fusion skill was about to appear.

A divine-level martial soul! There is actually a divine-level martial soul on this continent that is comparable to the quality of a six-winged angel!

Even after years of lying low, Xue Qinghe lost his composure at this moment. His pupils dilated, and he opened his mouth to say something, but it was as if his throat was blocked, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"Qinghe, Young Master Xiao, what's wrong with you two?"

Ning Fengzhi noticed the awkwardness between the two and couldn't help but call out to them.

Oh no, I forgot Ning Fengzhi is still here!

Xue Qinghe sensed something was wrong and a look of panic appeared on her face. Her delicate body tensed up as if she were stiff, afraid that Xiao Yu would reveal the matter of Martial Soul Sensing.

Xiao Yu reached the Soul Master realm at the age of thirteen. Even though Ning Fengzhi had never truly experienced Xiao Yu's martial soul, he could guess the quality level of his martial soul.

The Heaven Dou Royal Family's useless Swan Martial Soul is not worthy of generating a Martial Soul connection with such a high-quality Martial Soul. What a joke!

I'm afraid that once Xiao Yu mentions the matter of Martial Soul Sensing, Ning Fengzhi will immediately become suspicious of his identity.

Looking at the somewhat flustered Xue Qinghe or Qian Renxue in front of him, Xiao Yu's lips twitched.

Although the matter of the Martial Soul Sensing was also unexpected for him, his ability to withstand it was still better than Qian Renxue's. After all, his Martial Soul also originated from a god, and it was a god that was even more powerful than the native gods of Douluo Continent. What Xiao Yu did not expect was that even if it was weakened a hundred times, it was just a wisp of projection that could still be equated with the unique six-winged angel of Douluo Continent.

"It's nothing, Sect Leader Ning. It's just that I feel His Highness the Crown Prince seems familiar. Does Your Highness feel the same way? Have we met before?"

Exposing Qian Renxue would not benefit Xiao Yu in the slightest, and would even disrupt the original plot and cause him to lose his foresight advantage. He immediately chose to keep the matter a secret for her, and while speaking, he smiled and winked at Xue Qinghe.

"Excellent, excellent!"

Although he didn't know why Xiao Yu was helping him conceal it, Xue Qinghe couldn't think about it too much now. He immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "I also feel that I've met Young Master Xiao before. We must have met once before, a long time ago!"

"I see, then you two are truly destined for each other!"

Ning Fengzhi nodded suspiciously. He felt that the two of them were not telling him the truth, but he could not force them to ask, so he pretended not to care and let the matter pass.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become somewhat awkward, Xiao Yu quickly changed the subject, saying, "These members of the Education Committee have been guests at my Nine Star Palace for a while now. Your Highness can take them away soon!"

Xue Qinghe also recovered from the shock of sensing his martial soul and quickly thanked him, saying, "These past few days, the committee members have troubled Young Master Xiao. We have been very rude to you."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while about all sorts of things, and the atmosphere became harmonious again. Seeing that the Tian Dou royal family had almost achieved their purpose for the trip, Ning Fengzhi, who also had his own ulterior motives, stopped thinking about the strange behavior between the two earlier and said, "Young Master Xiao, besides accompanying His Highness the Crown Prince and protecting His Highness's safety along the way from villains, I also have a matter to trouble you with."

"Sect Leader Ning, please speak!"

Xiao Yu knew that Ning Fengzhi probably wanted to bring up the matter of soul tools, but that didn't stop him from whetting Ning Fengzhi's appetite and raising the price.

Ning Fengzhi cursed inwardly, "You little brat, you can't possibly guess anything," but on the surface he still pretended to be very amiable: "I've heard that the Nine Star Palace possesses both offensive and defensive soul tools, and they're even selling them to the public?"

Xiao Yu nodded calmly and said, "Indeed, Sect Leader Ning is also interested?"

Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and said, "I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with Young Master Xiao."

Xiao Yu remained unmoved, so Ning Fengzhi continued, "While the soul tools in Young Master Xiao's possession are undoubtedly unparalleled on the continent, the Nine Star Palace has been in seclusion for many years, and I fear it will be difficult to establish a market in the short term. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, on the other hand, has businesses throughout the continent. It's not an exaggeration to say that in either of the two great empires, in every major city, there is a shop of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. If Young Master Xiao is willing to cooperate with me, handing over the soul tool manufacturing technology to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for joint research and development, I guarantee that within a year, orders for soul tools will increase tenfold. The Nine Star Palace can then receive 40% of the profits from soul tool sales annually. What does Young Master Xiao think?"

(End of this chapter)