The Tree Realm Descends on Douluo Continent

Chapter 145 Kill him and his heads will roll.

"Sister Xue, don't be unconvinced." Li Xun smiled faintly as he looked at Qian Renxue's sullen face. "I'll list them out for you one by one right now."

"Heh, I'll be waiting." Qian Renxue revealed a dangerous smile: "But if your reasons don't convince me, then you'll just have to wait."

"What kind of logic is this? Can't I even help you fill in the gaps? I'm not going to bother anymore, there's no benefit in it anyway." Li Xun looked at Qian Renxue speechlessly.

"Junior brother, didn't you want to be second only to the emperor? If my plan goes wrong, you won't have the chance."

Qian Renxue rested her chin on her hand, crossed one leg over the other, and looked at Li Xun with her head turned: "I'm not that heartless. If you obediently admit your mistake, maybe I'll forgive you."

"Hehe, what if I'm right?" Li Xun glanced at Qian Renxue indifferently.

"What? Aren't the two beautiful young ladies of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School enough for you to look at?"

Qian Renxue rolled her eyes at Li Xun, quickly straightened her legs, and sat properly on the sofa: "If things are really as you say, I can grant you one request."

"Can."

Li Xun ignored her, picked up a pen and quickly wrote a contract, then took out ink from his soul tool and handed it to Qian Renxue: "Sign it first."

Qian Renxue took the document and was speechless. But no matter what, this concerned the results of her many years of hard work, so she was afraid of the worst-case scenario.

Li Xun took the paper the moment Qian Renxue signed her name and pressed her fingerprint on it.

"First of all, what are you planning to do with Avalanche and Prince Snowstar?" Li Xun carefully put the note away and then said calmly.

"What happened to those two good-for-nothings?"

Qian Renxue was taken aback. She hadn't expected that the loophole Li Xun mentioned would be the two people she had always looked down upon the most: "Those two are incompetent and have no real power, so how can they be considered loopholes?"

"Is it possible that, although they're not very capable, they're not as incompetent as they seem?" Li Xun chuckled. "If they've fooled you, would they still be considered useless?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue frowned and began to carefully recall Xue Xing and Xue Beng's usual behavior.

As it turned out, she did notice something amiss.

Xue Xing and Xue Beng were too obsessed with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and even though Xue Beng acted like a spoiled brat, he never caused any trouble at the academy. He usually only bullied ordinary people.

Seeing her expression, Li Xun knew she understood: "If Rongrong and I hadn't been at the academy, you probably wouldn't have paid attention to this place, would you?"

"You don't even think about taking control of the most important academy in the empire, but instead let others recruit the new generation of nobles and commoner elites. I don't know if you're confident or arrogant."

"I admit I underestimated them, but what can these two do even if they can win over some nobles in the face of absolute power? It's just a last-ditch effort."

"You don't actually think they're capable of bypassing me and inheriting the throne, do you?"

Although Li Xun's words made some sense, Qian Renxue was still confident that she could control the situation and didn't care much about this loophole.

"It's good that you have that confidence. Let's skip that point for now and talk to you about the second point."

Li Xun smiled and shook his head, looking at Qian Renxue with a meaningful gaze: "You've been an undercover agent in Tiandou for so many years, have you ever planted anyone in the army?"

"Does the Royal Guard have any trusted confidants?"

Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment: "No, but after Emperor Xueye dies and I inherit the throne, even if I don't have any trusted men in the army, they will still listen to me, after all, they are the emperor's personal guards. Is there a problem?"

Li Xun wasn't angry at Qian Renxue's answer; instead, he smiled. Wasn't this exactly the kind of incompetent person he wanted? If the other party was too clever, it would only make things more difficult for him.

"Let me ask you the third question first: Do you have control over Tiandou's finances?"

"No, the finances have always been in the hands of Emperor Xueye and the Minister of Finance, and the two of them deal directly with each other." Qian Renxue shook her head.

"Okay, I'm done talking."

Li Xun smiled faintly, looking Qian Renxue up and down: "You've been an undercover agent in the Heavenly Dou Empire for so many years, are you trying to outlive Emperor Xueye with your young life?"

"What do you mean?" Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes: "Now is just not the time to make a move. If I wanted to, Emperor Xueye would have already passed away."

"Besides, it's not like I did nothing. Didn't I already kill the First Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince?"

"That's fantastic!" Li Xun clapped his hands with a smile. "Then why didn't you kill the Fourth Prince as well?"

"Now I'll connect all the loopholes for you. Think about it, what if one day your identity is exposed, and the Heavenly Dou Army and the Royal Guard both support Avalanche as king? What will you do then?"

"They're just some low-level Soul Masters and ordinary people. As long as I send people to kill these leaders, the ordinary people below won't risk their lives for these nobles," Qian Renxue said confidently after a moment of contemplation.

"What if there are external influences? For example, if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and the Clear Sky Sect suddenly intervene to protect Emperor Xue Ye, would your decapitation operation still succeed?"

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

Li Xun shook his finger: "You should know that the Haotian Sect has quite a few top-tier combatants, and Old Dragon is no slouch either."

"The Haotian Sect has already closed its mountain, so your assumption is invalid." Qian Renxue shook her head.

"You need to understand that the Clear Sky Sect has only closed its mountains, it hasn't died out completely. Given the enmity between your Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, do you think they would just stand by and watch you swallow up the Heaven Dou Empire?"

Li Xun sneered, "Since you're already planning to seize the country, don't harbor any illusions. You should prepare for the worst."

Qian Renxue frowned slightly, her mind beginning to weigh the pros and cons.

After a long pause, she took a deep breath and looked up at Li Xun: "You're right, so what should we do next?"

Seeing Qian Renxue back down, Li Xun grinned: "Kill him, kill him until his head rolls."

"First, make Emperor Xueye seriously ill and paralyzed, turning him into a vegetable. Second, Xue Beng and Prince Xuexing must die. That way, you will be the sole person in charge of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Li Xun took out paper and pen and began to list the dead: "Imperial Marshal Goron, Royal Guard Roxon, Finance Minister Julian and other such trash nobles, none of them are any good, there's no need to keep any of them alive."

"Once the previous steps are completed, let all cabinet ministers retire, except for a few who follow you."

Hearing Li Xun's words, Qian Renxue's heart trembled. Although she had some skills, she had never imagined that annexing Tiandou would require killing so many people: "Junior brother, aren't the number of people we need to kill a bit too many? Won't it affect the operation of the empire?"

"Believe me, when these people die, even better people will take their place. Sometimes it's not your head that determines your position, but your position that determines your head."

Li Xun pushed the list in front of Qian Renxue: "Except for the first few who need to act quickly, the rest can be done slowly. Consider it a chance to train some subordinates as well."

"Especially in the military, if there's really no manpower available, you can even find a groom to push it up."

(End of this chapter)