Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 83 The Rules of the Star Luo Royal Family

Looking at Xiao Yu, who seemed completely unconcerned, Xue Qinghe felt somewhat helpless. In the face of these sects, city rebellions were truly no big deal.

Throughout the history books of Douluo Continent, regardless of who was in power, no emperor ever targeted a sect. Even if the Heaven Dou Empire were to fall one day, the successor would not purge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which had close ties with the Heaven Dou Empire. At most, they would maintain a distance and strip the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School of its privileges within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Of course, the Spirit Hall started as a Spirit Master organization, so its methods are different from others.

Xue Qinghe gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master Xiao, the reason I've come here is to ask for your assistance!"

"Um?"

Xiao Yu was genuinely surprised. Could it be that the Heavenly Dou Empire had fallen to such a state? "Your Highness, are you joking with me? This is merely a small-scale rebellion; the imperial army will easily subdue it!"

"If it were just Ferreira's rebellion, it would indeed be a minor ailment for the empire, but Ferreira has the support of the Star Luo Empire behind him."

Xue Qinghe sighed and said, "In response to Ferreira, the Star Luo Empire has deployed a large number of troops on the border, firmly restraining the main frontier forces led by Grand Marshal Golong."

"With two nations locked in conflict, the meager power of my Nine Star Palace is probably insufficient to accomplish anything."

Xiao Yu looked at Qian Renxue with some suspicion. Although this girl could be a bit eccentric at times, she was pretty normal most of the time. She shouldn't be so delusional as to ask the more than a thousand soul masters from the Nine Star Palace to quell the rebellion for her.

Fortunately, Qian Renxue did not disappoint him: "Although the border legions are firmly tied down by the Star Luo Empire's army, my Heavenly Dou Empire has a million soldiers, and my father has already transferred 50,000 troops from the Central Imperial Guard to follow me in suppressing the rebellion!"

After a pause, Xue Qinghe said with a hint of helplessness, "I only received the secret report after entering the Kingdom of Sylvia. In order to support Ferreira's rebellion, the Star Luo Empire has dispatched his uncle Dai Heng, a level 78 Soul Saint, and his wife Zhu Yun, a level 66 Soul Power. The two of them can use a Soul Fusion Technique to temporarily contend with a Soul Douluo. The experts of the Heaven Dou Empire are either tied down or have important matters to attend to, so I would like to ask the Nine Star Palace to lend a hand and send one or two experts to accompany me to quell the rebellion!"

"Uncle, how can the emperor of Xingluo have an uncle?"

Compared to Qian Renxue's plea for help, Xiao Yu was more curious about the fact that the Star Luo Emperor could have an uncle: "If I remember correctly, the succession to the throne in the Star Luo Empire isn't extremely bloody. When a prince turns twenty-five, all the princes engage in a life-or-death struggle, and only the strongest survives to inherit the throne. The emperor can have a biological uncle? Is he an illegitimate child?"

"Where did you hear such an outrageous claim?"

Xue Qinghe rubbed his forehead, saying helplessly, "According to your logic, our Heavenly Dou Empire only needs to gather a group of powerful warriors, wait for the succession struggle among the princes of the new Star Luo Empire to end, and then focus all our efforts on killing the final winner. The Star Luo Empire will then fall apart due to a lack of successors, and our Heavenly Dou Empire can conquer the Star Luo Empire without bloodshed. Isn't that pure nonsense?"

"Could I have misheard?"

Xiao Yu said with some suspicion, "But the Star Luo Empire's royal lineage is incredibly bloody; this is a well-known fact in the Soul Master world!"

"The succession to the throne in the Star Luo Empire is indeed cruel and bloody, and the fact that brothers kill each other is certainly true, but it seems you only heard half of what I was saying."

Xue Qinghe explained to Xiao Yu, "Not every prince participates in the succession to the throne in the Star Luo Empire. Generally speaking, the age of the eldest prince is used as a reference, and only princes who are within ten years of his age have a chance to compete."

Is that really the case?

Xiao Yu's expression still held a hint of doubt.

"certainly!"

Xue Qinghe said confidently, "Think about it carefully. A prince with innate full soul power who has just awakened his martial soul is going to compete with his older brother, who has innate soul power at level seven or eight but is already twenty-five years old and whose soul power level has even broken through to Soul King. Does he have any chance of winning?"

"That seems to be true!"

Xiao Yu nodded. Xue Qinghe's words made a lot of sense. Wasn't this just a complete waste of a promising talent with innate full soul power?

Xue Qinghe continued, "These princes who are already out of the running in terms of age but have good aptitude will be trained by the royal family to serve as special guest advisors, just like Dai Heng who has been sent to Sylvia. Although he is Emperor Xingluo's uncle, he is a few years younger than Emperor Xingluo."

Therefore, Dai Mubai's biggest misfortune was being born a few years too early. If he had been born four or five years later, with his innate level nine talent, he might have been able to be made into a titled Douluo by the Star Luo royal family by pouring resources into him.

"In addition to meeting the age requirement, there's another condition: one's innate soul power must exceed level six to be eligible to compete. Those whose soul power doesn't meet the requirement can only receive a low-ranking title and remain in the capital as powerless nobles—in your words, just loafing around and waiting to die. This is to prevent the winner of this year's throne from dying unexpectedly, so that the bloodline won't be cut off!"

Xiao Yu instantly understood the concept of a backup plan!

Having understood the Star Luo royal family's succession rules, Xiao Yu remembered Qian Renxue's purpose for coming. Looking at the guards around him, whose highest cultivation level was only Soul Master, he confidently used his soul power to transmit his voice: "Don't even mention a Soul Saint and a Soul Emperor who only reach Soul Douluo level through using a Martial Soul Fusion Technique. Even if they were real Soul Douluos, you, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, could easily suppress the entire scene by simply pulling out a Platinum Bishop from the Spirit Hall. Why come here seeking reinforcements? Besides, isn't your master Ning Fengzhi? Does the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School not even have a Soul Douluo?"

"Do you think I don't want to?"

Qian Renxue's resentful voice rang in Xiao Yu's ears. She also used her soul power to transmit her voice: "How am I supposed to explain to the Heaven Dou royal family that I'm asking the Spirit Hall for reinforcements? That old scoundrel Prince Xuexing has always suspected my identity. Isn't this just admitting it? As for Ning Fengzhi, he's the kind of person who won't act until he sees the benefits. He used the excuse that the sect doesn't interfere in national wars to push all the blame onto me."

Xiao Yu was helpless. The original work did not mention this rebellion at all. Now, combined with Qian Renxue's words, there were only two possible outcomes. One day, the Dou Empire failed to quell the rebellion in time, causing the situation to escalate. In the end, a large part of the land of the Sylvia Kingdom was occupied by the Star Luo Empire.

Secondly, Qian Renxue risked using the power of the Spirit Hall, but because she hid it well, she was not discovered by Prince Xuexing and others.

Xiao Yu secretly guessed that the second possibility was more likely, since a crown prince who had failed to quell the rebellion and lost cities and territories should not have such high prestige.

(End of this chapter)