Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

Liu Erlong, who was strolling hand in hand with Tian Hao on the street, suddenly stopped and looked at a man whose face was mostly covered by a hood not far ahead.

Although the other person had covered their face, he still felt a sense of familiarity, especially after seeing a mole on their chin, which instantly reminded him of someone.

The man glanced at Liu Erlong, then walked towards the restaurant next door.

"what happened?"

Tian Hao asked with concern, though he already knew what was going on. He had discovered his low-profile brother-in-law even earlier than Liu Erlong, and had even found him at the competition venue.

After all, the total number of people who went to watch the game today was only a little over ten thousand, and it was even rarer to see someone dressed like the brother-in-law. He was easy to find.

He had previously guessed that his brother-in-law would soon be unable to resist coming over to make contact, so his appearance now was not surprising.

"My...my older brother is here."

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Erlong finally confessed and used her soul power to transmit her voice to her little wolfhound.

Previously, due to conflicts with her father, she had never acknowledged her half-brother. However, she has now let go of her obsession, her relationship with her father has improved considerably, and she has accepted her half-brother.

After all, when he was imprisoned in the forbidden area, his older brother and sister-in-law often came to visit and persuade him.

"It's my brother-in-law! Let's go see him quickly. I was just thinking of visiting him sometime. Should I bring a gift?"

Tian Hao seemed very excited and attached great importance to his brother-in-law. Whether or not the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could be split up depended on his brother-in-law.

Chapter 472 Deceiving My Brother-in-Law

"Hello, brother-in-law. My name is Xiang Wuhen, and I am Long'er's husband. I didn't know what you liked, so I bought a little bit of everything."

Tian Hao carried several large bags into the restaurant's private room. He put the bags down in the corner and then shook his brother-in-law's hand with great enthusiasm and friendliness, as if he were seeing his half-brother.

"..."

This sight stunned Yu Tianlei, and it took him a while to come to his senses.

"We're all family, there's no need to be so polite. Come, sit down."

After gesturing for Tian Hao to sit down, Yu Tianlei then looked at his half-sister.

“This young man is good, very honest. If your second aunt knew, she would be very happy for you.”

To say that he and Liu Erlong had a brother-sister relationship is pure nonsense. After all, they didn't grow up together, so there's no question of kinship. He just didn't want his silly sister to do anything that would damage the family's reputation.

Now, I've found a partner who is not only excellent but also free of any hidden problems.

He used to be really afraid that this silly girl would go to that beast and become a laughing stock for the whole world. If that happened, he and his father would lose face, and the conflict between the main lineage and their Thunder lineage would inevitably deepen.

If the background of Erlong's mother were revealed, the main branch would definitely blame them, and the saying "like mother, like daughter" would be enough to make them cough up blood and die.

"Big brother!"

When Liu Erlong mentioned his mother, his eyes reddened, and he felt even more guilty and remorseful.

She has come to her senses recently. She realized that she was indeed too stubborn and selfish before, only thinking about herself and not considering others.

My mother has indeed passed away, but if I were to get together with Xiaogang, it would inevitably bring shame upon my mother as well.

Her father was the second-in-command of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so naturally no one dared to talk about it. But her mother was just an ordinary woman, and she came from a brothel. If people found out, they would say all sorts of nasty things about her.

To let one's deceased mother bear such a bad reputation would leave one with no face to face her after death.

"Let bygones be bygones, and just live your life well from now on."

After offering a word of comfort, Yu Tianlei turned his gaze to Tian Hao, becoming more and more satisfied with his brother-in-law.

Is your father at your college now?

Although I had some suspicions before, I still had to ask.

“Brother-in-law, that’s too formal. That’s our academy. I even asked you to come and help manage it. Right now, it’s just me, the teacher, and Long’er. We can’t support an academy at all.”

Moreover, it's not easy for a single academy to survive in the current world of Soul Masters. Look at the Illusionary Sound Academy, which has the Sword Sect behind it, and the Dragon Elephant Academy, which has the Vajra Sect. Our Purple Thunder Academy also needs to be supported by a top-tier sect. Otherwise, after I get such a large territory after the competition, I won't have reliable manpower to manage it.

I can't talk to the teacher about this, but I've heard some things about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan from him. My idea is, could my brother-in-law bring some of our own people over so we can develop our business here in Star Luo?"

When Tian Hao got down to business, he emphasized the words "our own people," which he believed his brother-in-law would understand.

As a smart man, Yu Tianlei could naturally understand his brother-in-law's meaning and comprehend it.

It is indeed not easy to support a Soul Master University. It also requires the support of a powerful sect. Otherwise, it is easy to be controlled by others.

Not to mention, the Star Luo Empire has also promised that anyone who wins the Soul Master Competition for the empire will be rewarded with a dukedom and a fiefdom of a hundred miles. It won't work if there isn't a trustworthy person to manage it.

However, we need to find some true friends and family to go there; we can't invite any of the main people, and we can't even let them know.

Otherwise, Zi Lei University would definitely be targeted and swallowed up by those people, and then their lightning lineage would have nothing to do with it.

"I share this thought. The sect is in a terrible state right now, with many problems and being targeted by the Soul Beast Clan and the Spirit Hall. It could be attacked and destroyed at any time."

It's dangerous to always be squatting together, so separating a little is a good thing. However, our lineage has a somewhat awkward status in the family, especially since my father left the sect to manage Thunder Academy. As a junior, I can't say anything to the elders.

I'll tell my father when I see him.

Nodding, Yu Tianlei agreed with the suggestion.

There's no way for the Blue Lightning lineage to survive within the clan. Grandfather and eldest uncle both favor the main lineage, and if things continue like this, they'll definitely be completely suppressed. It's better to separate them.

It won't be easy to separate them, though; at least Grandpa and Uncle definitely won't agree.

Firstly, the family's hiding place was hard-won and had excellent conditions in all aspects. If the Blue Lightning lineage were to leave from there, their location would no longer be a secret.

Secondly, splitting up the family would weaken the overall strength, which the main branch would certainly not allow.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has been weakened multiple times, and many of its elders have died. Those people will definitely not accept a split.

Most importantly, their Blue Lightning lineage is far weaker than the main lineage, and they lack confidence in their speech.

"The root of all problems lies in one's own weakness; once one is strong enough, all problems will cease to be problems."

As Tian Hao spoke, he raised his palm, and a ball of purple lightning condensed in his palm, which was his lightning tribulation soul power.

"This purple lightning soul power is much stronger than pure lightning soul power, and it has a strong corrosive effect on lightning soul power. If you actively control your soul power to meet the transformation, it will quickly transform into this purple lightning soul power."

Whether used to activate self-created soul skills or soul ring skills, it will greatly enhance them, and may even cause the martial soul to mutate.

The only drawback is that this purple lightning soul power is too destructive; it can be said that it injures the enemy a thousand times while damaging oneself eight hundred times.

My weapon spirit is a bit better off, but for you guys with beast spirits like teacher and brother-in-law, it's much worse when you get infected by this kind of spirit power.

I am currently working with my teacher to develop a method to temper the body with lightning and enhance resistance. We have some progress, but we still need to conduct a lot of experiments. If my brother-in-law can bring our group out, we can definitely perfect this method quickly if we work together.

In addition, the teacher's ninth spirit ring has a special origin, which can seal in purple lightning that exceeds his own limit and then unleash it when using an external spirit skill, thus indirectly reducing the damage of purple lightning to his body.

Most importantly, the special power of those spirit rings is also highly contagious. During this period, the teacher's first eight spirit rings were all contaminated to varying degrees and acquired similar characteristics.

My idea is to use the power of that spirit ring to infiltrate other people's spirit rings, thereby gaining the ability to store purple lightning power beyond the limit, so that all our clansmen can cultivate this purple lightning power.

In addition, I can seal my Purple Thunder Sword Intent within another person's body, allowing them to comprehend their own sword intent through it, thus enabling them to unleash the Purple Thunder Nine Strikes that my teacher and I jointly developed.

With the Purple Lightning Soul Power and the Nine Strikes of Purple Lightning, our lineage should be able to gain enough influence within the clan. Then we can figure out a way to break away from the clan.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket; it's safer to diversify them.

Moreover, if everyone's martial soul could mutate into a Purple Lightning Demon Dragon with the help of Purple Lightning Soul Power like our teacher, we could completely separate from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus and develop openly without being dragged down anymore..."

Tian Hao sincerely persuaded him, and Yu Tianlei's eyes lit up. His previously suppressed ambition... no, his lofty aspirations were rekindled.

Yes, we can start from scratch; there's no need to keep going down that sinking ship that sect is.

Isn't your main branch trying to steal our resource quota?

Fine, you can have them all. I don't care about those things anymore, and I'm not playing with you anymore.

Now, my brother-in-law and father have laid out the plan. As long as we win the championship of this Soul Master Competition, we can obtain the Hundred Mile Territory and the title of Duke, which were also promised by the Star Luo Royal Family.

With a duchy territory spanning hundreds of miles, plus the support of the Star Luo Empire, who would want to stay in that wretched place and suffer humiliation?

Most importantly, the path of using the Purple Lightning mutated martial soul is indeed feasible. After all, his own father's martial soul has mutated. When the martial souls of their entire lightning lineage mutate into Purple Lightning Demon Dragons, no one will believe they are from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family. They can walk openly and legitimately in the world of soul masters.

This is a perfectly smooth road ahead!

"The teacher has a good relationship with my uncle's side, so I can't say for sure. When my brother-in-law goes over, we need to have a good talk with him. We need to think about the future."

The pace of life in the world of Soul Masters is accelerating rapidly. Those who don't seize the opportunity to develop and strengthen themselves are destined to be eliminated in the future.

After pouring his brother-in-law a glass of wine, Tian Hao relentlessly and earnestly persuaded him, giving his brother-in-law a legitimate reason to cause trouble.

Many things have two sides. Ambition and ambition are only one word apart. As long as you give them a reasonable excuse, many bottom lines that were previously insurmountable can be easily crossed.

Just like Emperor Xuesheng back then, he clearly coveted power and didn't want to abdicate, but after a series of deceptions, he managed to hypnotize himself into believing that he was fighting for the future of the Heavenly Dou Empire and wanted to cultivate a perfect monarch.

Therefore, you need to convince yourself of many things, and the same applies to your brother-in-law.

Give them the power, and provide them with enough excuses, and everything will fall into place.

“Brother-in-law is absolutely right. It is indeed time for the family to make changes.”

He picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. The more Yu Tianlei looked at his brother-in-law, the more pleasing he became.

These are real family.

The two continued drinking and chatting until nightfall before parting ways. Yu Tianlei didn't linger; he went straight out of the city to catch up with his wife, and together they headed to Zi Lei Academy, while he pondered how to persuade his father.

After all, the father and the eldest uncle grew up together. The father even shielded the eldest uncle from that strange lightning bolt back then, which is why he was infected. The two brothers have a very deep relationship, so it will take some effort to persuade the father.

"You don't like what I told my brother-in-law?"

Back at the hotel, seeing that the beautiful senior sister remained silent, Tian Hao picked her up and sat her on the sofa.

Does it really have to be that way?

Liu Erlong did not really like that approach. Although she did not feel a sense of belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, it was still Xiao Gang's family. Now her husband wanted to split the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan apart.

"You could tell from my brother-in-law's resentment today that the situation in the family is obviously worse than we thought."

If we were to invite everyone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan out, it would definitely bring all those conflicts along with it. You don't want the two sides to keep arguing and even come to blows, do you?

The future of the Soul Master world will be very dangerous; we can only have one unified voice within ourselves.

Internal discord is a major taboo, and it can be very dangerous if it is exploited by opponents.

Moreover, the teacher is only the head of the Blue Lightning lineage, and his voice in the sect is limited. If things go wrong, everything we have worked hard for will be taken away by the main lineage, and we and our future children may also be targeted.

The dark side of those powerful families and sects is far beyond your imagination. I don't want to get involved in any of that messy stuff..."

Tian Hao held his beautiful senior sister in his arms, earnestly trying to deceive her, and shamelessly mentioned their future child.