The Tree Realm Descends on Douluo Continent

Chapter 144 Stealing the Country and Usurping the Throne

"Sister Xue? What are you doing here?" As soon as Li Xun entered, he saw the furniture debris all over the floor, followed by Qian Renxue, dressed in white with her golden hair disheveled.

He looked around cautiously and asked, "Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"I am truly ashamed, brother!"

Qian Renxue waved her hand and transformed into Xue Qinghe's appearance. With a guilty look on her face, she picked up three black gold cards containing gold soul coins from the ground: "This is the ransom for Yu Xiaogang and the other two, a total of thirty million gold soul coins."

Li Xun looked at Qian Renxue with an incredulous expression.

"Junior brother, don't panic. Come to think of it, you're the first outsider to know my true identity."

Xue Qinghe waved his hand and transformed back into Qian Renxue. He took two steps forward, pulled Li Xun to sit down, and then placed the black gold memory card on the table in front of Li Xun.

"Hehe, I was indeed a bit surprised." Li Xun nodded after regaining his senses: "I never expected that His Highness the Crown Prince, who always called me brother, was actually the young master of the Spirit Hall in disguise."

"Brother Li Xun, please don't be offended. The reason I didn't tell you is because my identity is too important. If it were accidentally exposed, the results of my years of infiltration might be wasted."

Qian Renxue bowed apologetically, but also felt a mix of anger and resentment. If it weren't for Bibi Dong, why would she have taken such a risk to reveal her identity?

Bibi Dong, do you think I can't do anything without the Spirit Hall and my grandfather's help? Well, I'll show you.

"There's nothing to apologize for. Everyone has a few secrets, right? Besides, aren't we practically family now?"

"I'm just curious why you're revealing your identity to me now?" Li Xun waved his hand with a smile, showing no sign of anger. "Is it because of the Spirit Hall taking Yu Xiaogang away?"

"Yes and no." Qian Renxue shook her head and sighed softly, "He is just a mere level 21 Great Soul Master. If I wanted to kill him, he wouldn't even be able to wait for the Spirit Hall to send someone."

"What truly made me decide was the internal problems of the Spirit Hall."

Qian Renxue straightened her expression and looked at Li Xun with clear eyes: "Brother Li Xun, if I were just a figurehead, the young master of the Spirit Hall, would you still help me?"

"Are you powerless or just being sidelined?" Li Xun's interest piqued slightly. "I'll definitely help, but what do you want me to do?"

"Junior brother, what I like most about you since you were a child is not your talent, but your intelligence."

Qian Renxue's lips curled slightly as she lightly tapped the black gold card on the table with her finger: "What can you glean from these thirty million gold soul coins?"

Li Xun glanced casually at the black gold card on the table but didn't take it: "Heh, the Spirit Hall is so generous that it even overstepped your decision as the young master to save Yu Xiaogang's life."

"It seems that the information I collected about Yu Xiaogang's past relationship with the Pope is not unfounded."

"Only two people have such power: the Pope and the Grand High Priest."

Li Xun leaned back slowly, finding a comfortable position: "You once told me that Senior Qian Daoliu is your grandfather, so the one who must protect Yu Xiaogang is the Pope."

Li Xun looked at Qian Renxue, whose face was growing increasingly grim, with a hint of amusement.

He smiled and said, "I have seen two senior figures with titles around you. Considering that Yu Xiaogang was easily taken away and you are currently alone, I can conclude that these two are now also alienated from you."

"Junior brother, you've never shown this side of yourself to me before. Aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?" Qian Renxue rubbed her face, her gaze towards Li Xun gradually turning unfriendly.

"Sister Xue, didn't you want to test me? I was just telling the truth." Li Xun spread her hands, completely unafraid.

"Then continue." Qian Renxue grinned, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.

Li Xun looked at Qian Renxue as if she were an idiot: "Isn't it just that you're currently under the Pope's control and have no one to rely on? With the help of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, this matter won't be difficult to resolve."

"But given your current state, even if we don't help you, you won't face any trouble in the Heavenly Battle. Are you in such a hurry because you want to usurp the throne?"

"Isn't what I'm doing now usurping the throne?" Qian Renxue retorted.

"What you're doing now is called stealing a country."

Qian Renxue nodded, and like Li Xun, leaned back on the sofa: "If I wanted to usurp the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, would you help me?"

"We can help, but this is a very difficult matter!" Li Xun sighed. "The Pope has a large number of followers and a Grand Elder watching over him, so he won't allow such a large power struggle to occur within the Spirit Hall."

"And you also need to have a legitimate reason."

"You don't need to worry about my grandfather; I can guarantee he won't interfere with us."

Qian Renxue tossed her hair, a resolute glint in her eyes as she thought of Bibi Dong: "And you don't need to worry about the title, because the Spirit Hall should have been inherited by me in the first place."

Li Xun nodded in a perfunctory manner, refraining from provoking Qian Renxue with further questions about her background: "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can help you, but what will we get in return?"

"Second only to the emperor, above all others."

Qian Renxue seemed to have regained some confidence: "You can see my current status. Once the Heaven Dou Empire falls into my hands, the Spirit Hall's strength will be unprecedented."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Furthermore, I can assure you that I will definitely hand over Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to you."

The thought of these two people filled Qian Renxue with annoyance.

Because these two not only brought him Bibi Dong's authority, but also tore open the truth he had been deliberately avoiding all along: why he had come to the Heaven Dou Empire as an undercover agent from a young age.

"Alright, Sister Xue, just go for it with confidence. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will go through fire and water for you." Li Xun thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded at Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue was satisfied with Li Xun's attitude, but then she hesitated for a moment, thinking of something, and said, "However, I also need your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to remain loyal to me."

Upon hearing this, Li Xun grinned and raised his right hand: "Loyalty!!"

Qian Renxue's lips curled up at the sight of Li Xun's funny antics.

Li Xun smiled at Qian Renxue: "How are you? Feeling much better?"

"It's alright." Qian Renxue smiled and tossed her long hair, her eyes shining brighter. She found that she did feel much better.

"Then we should get down to business." Li Xun's expression became much more formal at this point.

"What important business is it?" Qian Renxue asked curiously. They had just reached an agreement and hadn't even figured out how to seize power, so what important business could they possibly have?

"Putting aside the issue of seizing power from the Pope, I think your plan to infiltrate and usurp the country has many flaws. I hope you can finish it quickly and not affect my future as the second-in-command."

Li Xun very professionally took out paper and pen from his soul tool.

Qian Renxue was taken aback, then looked at Li Xun with some resentment: "I'm so close to success, and you're saying my plan has flaws?"

If Li Xun pointed out her shortcomings elsewhere, that would be one thing, since she's practically all alone now.

But Li Xun's outright denial of her achievements as an undercover agent over the past decade was unacceptable to her.

Doesn't this mean telling her outright that she has accomplished nothing from childhood to adulthood?

(End of this chapter)