Douluo: On Becoming a God through Science

Snake Spear Douluo showed a somewhat aggrieved look to Thorny Porpoise Douluo: "Young Master was not like this before..."

Thorny Porpoise Douluo said calmly: "You have seen the pressure the young master has been under during this period. Don't you know it? It's not that the young master has become different from before, she... is just about to be crushed by the pressure."

When Thorny Porpoise Douluo finished speaking, he could not help but let out a sigh.

In fact, what he really wanted to tell Qian Renxue was that under the current circumstances, she should not travel without permission to find out about You Chen's whereabouts.

……

The next morning, when Dugu Yan went out to school, or to say goodbye to her companions, Dugu Bo went directly to the Prince's Mansion.

Chapter 138 Dugu Bo's farewell, the Chamber of Commerce's conception

"Isn't this Mr. Dugu? What happened today that made you come to see me?"

"Brother Xuexing, you said that as if I wouldn't come to you if I had nothing to do."

"Hahaha, Mr. Dugu, as a titled His Majesty, naturally puts cultivation first. Even if he doesn't come, it is reasonable."

Regardless of what Prince Xuexing felt in his heart, these words made Dugu Bo feel like spring breeze.

Prince Xuexing said, taking a look at Dugu Bo's face, and exclaimed: "I have heard from my subordinates that Mr. Dugu has regained his youth. Now I see that his skills have improved greatly!"

"Brother Xuexing, thank you for your compliment. Actually, I came here today for something important."

When Dugu Bo said this, Prince Xuexing looked calm, but his heart was in turmoil.

"Oh? Can you tell me the details? If there is any trouble, I will do my best to help Mr. Dugu solve it!"

Dugu Bo heard this and shook his head, saying, "In fact, my so-called regained youth is not due to my improvement in skills, but... the work of a powerful person who is even stronger than me."

Dugu Bo said, his eyes slightly fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "He used this favor to ask me to serve him."

Prince Xuexing frowned immediately and slammed the table heavily: "Isn't this just a way of repaying a favor? Mr. Dugu, don't be shy! There is no reason for you to agree to such a thing! If you want to refuse him, I will do my best to help you!"

"No, Brother Xue Xing, you misunderstood. I am not hostile to that strong man. Although he made such a request, he stopped insisting when I explained that I was working for you. Instead, he asked me to convey his conditions to you."

"To convey his terms to me?"

Prince Xuexing was a little confused. Even if the mysterious strong man had put forward conditions, he should have put them to Dugu Bo. How could he involve him?

Dugu Bo stared at Prince Xuexing deeply and whispered, "He has seen through Xue Beng's deliberate disguise as a playboy."

Prince Xuexing's pupils shrank and he looked very shocked.

There is nothing advanced about Douluo's political schemes.

This is because the existence of soul masters has caused social development to stagnate for a long time and the class structure to become extremely rigid.

It is said that there is no dynasty in the world that lasts more than three hundred years, but looking at the Douluo Continent, the Xingluo Empire has lasted for tens of thousands of years. If it were not for the problems in the royal family, the Tiandou Empire would most likely have lasted that long.

The princes and nobles ten thousand years ago are still princes and nobles ten thousand years later. Such an anomaly is enough to show how serious their class stratification is.

Don't even talk about solidification, it's completely diamond-hardened!

You see, as the ruling class, soul masters do not need to learn management and political tactics specifically. As long as they can inherit the martial soul, they can occupy a high position. Most of their study time is used to improve their martial soul.

And the common people have been working in the fields for 10,000 years. They have not received any compulsory education to enlighten their minds. They are still common people.

Ten thousand years have passed, and the power struggle still only takes place within a few families that are related by marriage. There is neither the soil nor the demand for the development of any new power tactics.

Therefore, Prince Xuexing's practice of "supporting puppets" is no big deal in the eyes of modern people, but for Douluo Continent, it is already a groundbreaking new way of playing. He never thought that it would be so easily discovered by others!

Prince Xuexing's hands trembled slightly.

He looked at Dugu Bo, with suspicion in his heart: "I only told a few people about Xue Beng being my pawn and pretending to be a playboy. They can't betray me. Except... Dugu Bo! He didn't serve me because I had the upper hand, but because of a favor! Is it really like what Dugu Bo said, that he was forced to take advantage of me after being forcibly treated? Is it possible that he took the initiative to seek treatment and then took the initiative to tell me about things related to me? He said this specifically to warn me not to take advantage of a favor? To warn me not to push too far, he has done enough for me! ? '

"Brother Xuexing?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Ah? Ah."

Prince Xuexing came back to his senses, put his hands behind his back, wiped the sweat off his palms silently, and said with a smile: "I'm just a little surprised. Who is that mysterious strong man? Since he is recognized by you, Mr. Dugu, he must be a titled His Majesty. A semicolon His Majesty actually pays attention to the affairs of a prince like me? It's really a bit shocking."

Dugu Bo replied: "Brother Xue Xing, you must have heard of this man's name. He is a Heaven-level Killer!"

Heaven-level killer!

Prince Xuexing's hands are shaking again!

It is impossible that Prince Xuexing has not heard of this assassin who has terrified countless nobles and made them worry about their lives being targeted at any time.

It is rumored that this heavenly killer actually only has the strength of a Contra level, but he has mastered some special methods, which allows him to run rampant among the Contra level.

But today, from what Dugu Bo said, he directly denied the rumor.

"That Heaven-level assassin is actually a Titled Douluo!? A Titled Douluo assassin whose whereabouts are not even controlled by the Spirit Hall. This, this!"

Prince Xuexing's facial expression suddenly stiffened, especially when he thought of his heroic words just now that he would do his best to help Dugu Bo deal with the other party, cold sweat broke out on his face.

He hurriedly asked, "So...what conditions did that Heaven-level assassin put forward?"

Prince Xuexing himself did not realize that his tone had become much more cautious, as if he was reporting to that heavenly-level killer.

Dugu Bo then told You Chen what he had said, that Xue Beng had most likely pretended to be a pig and actually turned into a pig, as well as his proposal for teaching and reforming him.

"He wants to repay you, Brother Xue Xing, for your kindness to me in this way, hoping to get your permission to dispatch me. Of course, the Heaven-level assassin also agrees. After all, this matter involves your big plan, Brother Xue Xing, so it is understandable that you don't want him to intervene directly. If so, he promises to provide some help in the future when you compete with Xue Qinghe."

After hearing this, Prince Xuexing calmed down.

He initially thought that this "condition" was meant to threaten him, but now it seems that it is quite the opposite, it is a sign of alliance.

He finally freed himself from the fear that "there was a Titled Douluo killer lingering around who could kill him at any time", recalled the past experience of the Heavenly Grade Killer, and realized the meaning behind these sincere words.

However, after his fear faded, Prince Xuexing began to feel dissatisfied with the Heavenly Grade Killer and Dugu Bo.

This seemingly friendly request for an alliance also contains a threat.

"If that top killer could see through Avalanche's disguise, how could he not see that as a chess player, I don't need him to become a talent? It's better to say that I just hope he is a pig-like waste!"

He looked at Dugu Bo with a slightly strange look in his eyes: "That top killer, he is asking me to make a choice! Either I give up the chess piece of Xue Bian and turn it into his chess piece, or he makes a concession, but I need to give up Dugu Bo... and this, Dugu Bo really doesn't know?"

It seems that both conditions are helpful to him, but in fact, only the latter is a pure promise of help, while the former is an interference in his layout!

Directly intervening in the transformation of his most important puppet on the throne, this request was so excessive, even after all this, they still asked him to give up Dugu Bo? It was simply forcing him to turn against them!

In comparison, the second one is just a light promise.

So it goes without saying that there is something fishy hidden beneath the surface of these words.

The only one who can have a status close to that of the puppet of the throne is naturally Dugu Bo, the guest official with the title of Douluo!

So obviously, the so-called "permission" of the former is most likely just a polite remark.

On the surface, he had "partial permission to dispatch Dugu Bo", but the key "part" was determined by Xue Xing! In theory, he could have used various methods to get away with it.

Unless the Heaven-level assassin really didn't intend to continue using Avalanche as a chess piece, he wouldn't have turned against him. After all, how much effect Avalanche could have on this chess piece depended largely on his network of relationships on Xue Xing.

On the other hand, if there was no avalanche, a battlefield for the two sides to continue the game of interests, and the Heaven-level killer had no scruples, would Xue Xing dare to block the other party's deployment of Dugu Bo? Isn't he afraid of not being able to sleep at night?

What would happen if Prince Xuexing didn't hear this part of the code? Would the alliance simply be voided, or would the other party come and assassinate him directly?

Prince Xuexing put himself in the other person's shoes and thought that if it were him, he would most likely continue with the next step of bargaining negotiations.

However, he was unsure about this heavenly killer.

Before Dugu Bo introduced that he knew the Heaven-level killer, Prince Xuexing thought that the Heaven-level killer was a complete madman with no scruples!

Now it seems that he is not as completely insane as he seems to be, but rather a rational person who can communicate.

But what exactly is it like?

He had not met the person in person and could not make a judgment.

The most important thing is... he values ​​his life very much.

In a trance, Prince Xuexing seemed to hear a strange voice whispering in his ear.

"Choose now. Either give up the most important chess piece that you have in your hands to reach for the imperial power, or let go of the power that you cannot control and hand it back to someone who can better control it."

The two options are obvious trade-offs of similar value.

Imperial power and strength.

He chose...

Prince Xuexing forced a smile at Dugu Bo: "It's not that I don't trust the education level of His Excellency the Heaven-level Killer, but Mr. Dugu should also know that His Excellency the Heaven-level Killer is now wanted by the Spirit Hall and should not show up in public, right? I think that a promise from His Excellency the Heaven-level Killer is enough to make me excited. Mr. Dugu... let's drink to our happy relationship for so many years."

He chose imperial power.

He felt that Dugu Bo's heart was no longer with him. In that case, instead of forcing someone who was determined to leave to stay, it would be better to break up peacefully, maintain mutual respect, and maintain this relationship so that there would be a possibility of reconnecting and cooperating in the future.

Dugu Bo also smiled.

Just as he didn't want to let down Prince Xuexing, he also didn't want to let down You Chen.

And now, he finally doesn't have to be torn between the two sides.

What Dugu Bo did not consider was that in his eyes, the promise of a Titled Douluo weighed more than a thousand pounds, and with the powerful strength and intelligence displayed by You Chen, it was enough to make him feel ashamed. The promise of such a strong man was absolutely priceless.

But in the eyes of people from the imperial family like Prince Xuexing, there is only profit. A promise is just an empty promise. How can it be compared with a real Title Douluo?

He gave such a reply completely unwillingly under the threat of being a killer.

……

"Sure enough, just as you said, Brother Xuexing thanked me very happily and told me to follow you."

Back at the mansion, Dugu Bo said to Youxing with a happy expression on his face.

"That's really a happy occasion for everyone."

You Xing patted Dugu Bo on the shoulder and said, "From now on, just work hard with me, brother Dugu."

You Xing had anticipated this development.

He was not a worm in Prince Xuexing's stomach, but he knew that the emperors and nobles of Douluo Continent always had the common problem of focusing on interests but ignoring emotions.

Prince Xuexing would never give absolute trust to Dugu Bo.

As long as he thinks about this issue in the way of weighing the pros and cons, he cannot avoid a key issue - his own life and property.

In particular, he had never had direct face-to-face communication with the Sky-level killer, which invisibly magnified the mystery of the Sky-level killer and the corresponding fear.

In a sense, this is also the reputation effect brought by Youxing's previous serial assassinations, which could be called a terrorist attack.

When their interests are the same and the other party shows a friendly attitude, Prince Xuexing feels that there is no need to take the initiative to touch the other party's nerves.

This kind of fear is something that Dugu Bo, who has only experienced Youxing's direct combat power and has never worried about being assassinated by a Soul Douluo because he was proud of his status as a Titled Douluo, cannot understand.

"Brother Chen, I have already agreed with Yanyan. So what's next..."

Dugu Bo finally expressed his doubts: "What exactly do you want me to do for you?"

You Xing glanced at Dugu Bo, then took out a map from the storage soul guide.

He stretched out his hand and slashed down from Tiandou City, passing through the Catastrophe Mountains of the Natural Disaster Mountain Range and directly into the territory of the Xingluo Empire.

He said: "I want to open up a trade route that goes straight to Tiandou and Xingluo, and you are... um, the backer of this chamber of commerce."

Dugu Bo's mouth twitched, my brother, you didn't mean to say thugs just now, did you?

However, a Chamber of Commerce actually needs a Titled Douluo to act as a guarantor?

Seeing Dugu Bo's doubts, You Xing continued: "The scale of the Chamber of Commerce I want to develop is bound to collide with the Qibao Chamber of Commerce. In this case, if there is not even a Titled Douluo standing on the platform, I am afraid it will soon be swallowed up by the Qibao Chamber of Commerce."

"Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce, Seven Treasures Glazed Sect!?"

Dugu Bo opened his mouth in astonishment and asked, "Brother Chen, this... at your level, it is obviously not worth it to run into the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect compared to some wealth."

You Xing glanced at Dugu Bo speechlessly: "Where do you think all my research results come from? Aren't they all made with money? Because I spent too much money on spreading Bibi Dongfeng's affair before. Now, let alone research, my organization is starting to run out of money. I have to make money. Besides that--"

You Xing grinned, "It's just to make some money from Soul Fighting Beasts and turn it from dark to light. Skynet has become a thing of the past. I have so many people, I can't just let it rot, right? Without so many spies in the past, I'm a little in the dark about the situation in the world now. Otherwise, why do you think I need to ask you about the rumors about Bibi Dong?"

"Is that right?"

Dugu Bo always felt that You Xing was hiding some details from him, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with his words.

You Xing said, "Didn't I tell you that Prince Xuexing and I are going to form an alliance? This is one of the steps. Doesn't Xue Qinghe have the support of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect and the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce? Then he has us now. We are completely mutually beneficial. I use his connections and reputation to make money and reopen the intelligence network, and he gets my support and the goods I provide first. Believe me, this is definitely a sure win for him. Moreover, you can continue to keep in touch with your brother Xuexing, isn't that great?"

Dugu Bo couldn't find any fault with Youxing's words.

"but……"

Dugu Bo suddenly said with some resentment: "The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is one of the top three sects. It has a large number of people and a strong backbone. Not to mention its top combat power, two Super Douluo and the continent's top auxiliary soul saint. You want me to deal with them? Is that true?"

You Xing waved his hand and said, "It's just a platform, how can it be as scary as you say? We are all here to do business, not fallen spirit masters. What's the point of fighting and killing? Won't it scare away all the customers? Even if there is a conflict, they will just beat you up at most, it won't be a problem."