Twin Martial Souls

This morning, during his Martial Soul awakening, besides awakening the White Tiger Spirit, he discovered that there was another strange aura inside his body.

It was as if he only needed to mobilize the Qi in his Dantian to make it appear.

But he restrained that thought.

That aura was very likely his second Martial Soul.

If he displayed his second Martial Soul in full view of everyone, then his enemy would no longer be the Empress, but the entire continent. The Heaven Dou Empire would not tolerate him, the Seven Great Sects would not tolerate him, and even within the Star Luo Empire, who knew how many people would secretly hope for his death?

The White Tiger Family alone could not protect him.

Joining Spirit Hall was a good choice, but he was currently in the Star Luo Empire, and in the Imperial Palace at that. As soon as he showed even the slightest intention of joining Spirit Hall, the first to want his life would be the White Tiger Family.

In the original work, Tang San awakened Twin Martial Souls, but he had a Titled Douluo father secretly protecting him.

What about him? Before awakening his Martial Soul, even survival had been a problem. Even if he was now extraordinarily talented, no noble would invest in a prince who was destined to fail.

Now, the Empress Zhu Family's influence spread to every corner of the Star Luo Empire. The Star Luo Emperor was cold and ruthless; in his eyes, power and influence were more important than anything else.

No one could protect him. The only one he could rely on was himself.

Every step he took in the future had to be cautious. One wrong step, and he would be doomed beyond redemption.

Huff—

Dai Yao let out a long breath, calmed himself, mobilized the Qi in his Dantian, and summoned that strange aura.

The moment the Dantian's Qi touched that strange aura, he was instantly shocked. Wind sprang up inside the room from nowhere, and the airflow whipped at his clothes, sending his hair flying as well.

The powerful airflow blew so hard he could not open his eyes. All of it gathered in his palm, and a cyan lotus appeared.

"As expected," Dai Yao said thoughtfully.

The cyan lotus had twelve leaves. At its center was an unopened flower bud, with layer upon layer of pink petals, so numerous they could not be counted, as if something was being nurtured within.

"Since you brought me to Douluo Continent and became my Martial Soul, I should give you a name. It doesn't sound very good to keep calling you cyan lotus."

"I'll call you Chaos Cyan Lotus." After saying that, he withdrew his Martial Soul.

However, what he did not know was that the instant the cyan lotus appeared, the originally restless soul beasts in the iron cages of the Beast Taming Hall instantly quieted down. Within the Imperial Palace, everything that walked on the ground or flew in the sky all turned to look in the direction of the Cold Palace. Even the Blue Silver Grass that could be seen everywhere on the ground rippled toward the Cold Palace, as if submitting to a great emperor.

Unfortunately, the strange phenomenon only appeared for a brief moment, and no one noticed it.

... The next day.

A group of people had gathered in front of the Cold Palace gate, carrying silk and rewards. At their head was a eunuch with a pale, powdered face and delicate, feminine movements. This eunuch was the current Emperor's personal eunuch, and his every move represented the Emperor's will. He himself was also a Soul Douluo, and among eunuchs, he was second to none.

No one knew his name. They only called him Eunuch Gui.

The middle-aged man beside him was none other than Dai Yao's Third Uncle, Dai Hengyu.

Eunuch Gui knocked on the door, but there was no movement for a long time. After quite a while, Eunuch Gui began to grow impatient from waiting.

Dai Hengyu immediately said, "Eunuch, perhaps the child is naughty and overslept. Let's wait a little longer."

They knocked again, but there was still no movement.

Even a clay figurine had a temper. Eunuch Gui shouted, "Men, open the door."

As soon as he spoke, a eunuch lightly leaped over the nearly three-meter-high wall and entered the courtyard, then opened the gate from the inside.

Afterward, the group rushed straight into the house in a great flurry. They pushed open the door, swept their eyes around the room, and found Dai Yao lying on the bed in pain, his breath as faint as a thread.

When Dai Hengyu saw this, he flew into a rage. "How bold! Someone actually dared to make a move inside the Imperial Palace!"

Yesterday, when Dai Yao had been sent to awaken his Martial Soul, he had still been perfectly fine, but this morning he had fallen so ill. And since Dai Yao had not left the Imperial Palace, there was only one person with a motive to act.

But he truly had not expected that madwoman to completely disregard the rules and make a move right inside the Imperial Palace! He helped Dai Yao sit up, and seeing how thin and bony Dai Yao looked, his heart suddenly ached. He asked bitterly, "Little Yao, how are you?"

"I'm all right, cough, cough— It's just... I haven't eaten anything in a long time..." Dai Yao said with a pained expression.

"There's so much food on the table. How can you say you haven't eaten?" Eunuch Gui pointed at the table of dishes the eunuchs had set out yesterday to atone for their offense and asked.

Dai Yao had not eaten purely because he wanted to play it safe. Who knew whether there was poison in the food? He had just awakened his Martial Soul. If he lost his life because of a little craving for food, that would be far too great a loss.

He looked at Eunuch Gui and thought, I finally waited until you came.

His revenge was about to begin. He would start with those eunuchs who had bullied him all these years.

"Eunuch, there's something you don't know. All these years... cough, cough... I could never get enough to eat. The food sent by the Imperial Kitchen was all taken away by those eunuchs outside."

"Yesterday, after they learned that I had become the Fourth Prince, they apologized and tried to make amends. This table of food was what they sent. But for a long time, all I ate were things like coarse steamed buns, with barely any oil or meat. Look at this table full of fish and meat. I was worried it would upset my stomach, so I didn't eat."

Looking at Dai Yao, who was clearly malnourished, Eunuch Gui knew that his words were true.

But as a Soul Douluo, he could clearly sense that although Dai Yao seemed weak and powerless, he was actually still hiding some strength. Pretending to be like this was obviously an attempt to kill with a borrowed knife. He wanted to use Eunuch Gui's hand to get rid of those eunuchs who had bullied him.

Good lad. So young, yet already with this kind of scheming mind. Added to his outstanding talent, given time, he'll surely become someone great. Unfortunately, he's too young, and destined not to win against those Highnesses, Eunuch Gui thought to himself.

As Dai Hengyu's gaze turned toward him, Eunuch Gui immediately felt the pressure.

Bullying a member of the imperial family was a capital crime no matter what. But those eunuchs were, after all, the Empress's people, so handling them was somewhat troublesome. Dai Hengyu was only a prince without real power, and Eunuch Gui was not afraid of him, but what he represented behind him was the entire Council of Elders.

Once this matter was brought to the Council of Elders, it would no longer be simple. If things blew up, even he, a close attendant eunuch, would find it difficult to handle. What would be lost was the dignity of the entire imperial family! Now, he only needed to go along with the Fourth Prince's wishes, deal properly with those eunuchs, and satisfy the Fourth Prince, and then a major issue could be reduced to a minor one, and a minor issue to nothing at all.

Eunuch Gui once again marveled at Dai Yao's scheming mind and ordered, "Men, bring Xiao Li Zi and the others here!"

Yesterday, after Dai Yao had been granted the title of Fourth Prince, he had immediately realized that this was his chance for revenge. By borrowing Eunuch Gui's hand, and then borrowing the influence of the Council of Elders, he would achieve his revenge. Those eunuchs were undoubtedly dead.