The Struggle of Xue Beng's Faction

Everyone was incredulous. The already somewhat weak Xue Ye had suddenly collapsed, and they were completely unprepared.

Upon receiving the message, Ning Fengzhi's expression froze instantly, his brows furrowing. He immediately summoned Bone Douluo, who appeared within the palace in a flash.

He entered Xue Ye's palace and looked at Xue Qinghe, who was personally serving him by the window, with a strange look in his eyes.

Ning Fengzhi didn't want to doubt his student, who was almost a perfect prince, but Xue Ye was a Soul Master at the Soul Douluo level, and he couldn't just fall ill like that.

However, he had no other choice now. Should he support Xue Beng, that guy who spent his days hanging out in brothels, instead of supporting his own student's rise to power?

Ning Fengzhi only suspected that Xue Qinghe might have been the crown prince for too long and was getting impatient, which was why he chose to take action.

He never imagined that the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, one of the Two Great Empires, would be replaced by someone else, and that no one would have noticed it for more than a decade.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has fallen ill. The most urgent task is to appease the people of the empire."

"Teacher, you've arrived. My father has fallen ill, and I have no heart to attend to state affairs."

"I imagine His Majesty wouldn't want to see you like this either; the Heaven Dou Empire is what he values most."

"The teacher is right."

After hesitating for a moment, Xue Qinghe followed Ning Fengzhi's words and left Xue Ye's palace to convene a meeting of his ministers.

Both of them are smart people and know what is in their best interest right now. As for Xue Ye, if he is saved, he will be an emperor; if he is not saved, he will just be an ordinary Soul Master.

The Pufferfish had confidently declared to Qian Renxue that the Pufferfish Poison he administered was absolutely incurable, not even by the three renowned pharmacologists of the continent: Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Ye Renxin.

Indeed, Ning Fengzhi immediately suspected that Emperor Xueye's collapse was due to poisoning. He rushed over with Yang Wudi and ordered his men to hurry to Xingguan Sect to invite Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.

Ye Renxin mainly relies on the Nine Heart Begonia, and is good at healing injuries. Dugu Bo's poison comes more from his Martial Soul, and he is good at poisoning but not good at antidoting.

Yang Wudi could tell that Xue Ye was indeed poisoned, but he didn't know what kind of poison it was. Research would take time, and Xue Ye couldn't wait that long.

After the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan fled to Heaven Dou City together, the two clans moved their ancestral lands together and later even relied on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School.

The Spirit Hall did not kidnap Yang Wudi's younger brother, Yang Wushuang, so they did not know about the forbidden drug "Seven Colors" of the Breaking Clan. What Xue Ye was poisoned with was a mixture of toxins carefully prepared by Xue Ye Pufferfish Douluo, and even he himself did not have an antidote.

However, Yang Wudi had a way to stimulate the life force of Xue Ye and make him briefly regain consciousness, but he would die soon after regaining consciousness.

The proposal was rejected righteously by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. He did not want his father to die and believed that a solution would be found.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's letter seeking help was delivered to Dugu Bo, Xu Mingxi naturally learned of this news as well.

As he read the letter about Xue Ye's critical illness, his expression changed constantly, and in the end, he could only sigh.

Because of his arrival, the plot has undergone earth-shattering changes. Tang San was born six years earlier and is only twelve years old now, yet Qian Renxue has already made a move against Xue Ye.

"Mingxi, you've seen this letter too. What should we do?"

"Senior Dugu, please calm down."

The incident happened suddenly, and Xu Mingxi hadn't made any preparations beforehand, but he couldn't let Qian Renxue seize the country so easily.

When Xue Beng dies, even if she isn't the real Xue Qinghe, she will have to become the real one, otherwise the Heaven Dou Empire will be thrown into chaos and may even face complete annihilation.

Compared to Qian Renxue, Xue Beng's ascension to the throne was actually more in line with the interests of the Star Crown Sect. His father was poisoned, his brother was assassinated and replaced, and Xue Beng did not send troops to attack the Spirit Hall. What reason did he have to secure the throne?

Moreover, with the news of the Spirit Hall's plot to seize power spreading, the Star Luo Empire and the major duchies will certainly not remain indifferent; they understand the principle of mutual dependence.

Xu Mingxi turned to look at the Eighth Elder. The incident at the Clear Sky Sect's platform in Bo Saixi had given rise to a sinister idea in his mind.

"Eighth Elder, we have recruited quite a few blacksmiths to refine the metals used to manufacture Soul Tool."

"Yes, they are all at the foot of the Star Crown Sect's mountain now. We are treating them very well, and no one has complained about leaving yet."

"Alright, then I wonder if any of these people are Soul Master with a Hammer Martial Soul, preferably similar to the Clear Sky Hammer, and with the highest Soul Power cultivation the better."

The Eighth Elder pondered for a moment and nodded. Although the others did not know what Xu Mingxi wanted to do, they could glean some clues from the conditions he set for finding someone.

Mingxi probably intends to use the Clear Sky Sect's identity to do something bad. Let him be. The more chaotic the continent becomes, the better it is for their Star Crown Sect.

To understand the specific situation, Xu Mingxi went to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo, mainly because the improvement he could gain from his current cultivation was already negligible.

He had thought about it carefully before, and if he wanted to quickly improve his fourth level of Soul Power, he would probably have to rely on the Torso Soul Bone and the Crystal Ball given by the Sun Moon Dual Gods.

At this time, Heaven Dou City was in complete chaos. Xue Qinghe summoned his ministers to discuss important matters, but Prince Xue Xing barged in with the fourth prince, Xue Beng.

Under the watchful eyes of the ministers and generals, Xue Xing produced some evidence he had previously investigated regarding Xue Qinghe's suppression of forces belonging to the Heaven Dou Empire.

At first, no one cared; it was just a normal power struggle. But Xue Xing wasn't useless. He knew that once Xue Qinghe took power, he and Xue Beng would definitely be purged, and at least their current positions would be impossible to maintain.

Xue Xing could not tolerate this happening. He would rather die than lose his current power and become an ordinary person whom no one would respect.

"Ministers and generals, don't you suspect why the Second Prince and the Third Prince are dead? I'll tell you, it was Xue Qinghe who poisoned them. He is the real mastermind behind it all."

Xue Xing had no evidence, and he didn't know whether Xue Qinghe had killed the two princes or not. This was just a desperate gamble when he had no other choice.

But this one sentence caused the ministers and generals to fall into deep thought. According to the vested interests, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was indeed the most likely person to take action. If the two princes with higher talent were still alive, he would definitely not have had the chance to take the throne.

However, so many years have passed, both princes are dead, and many of them have joined Xue Qinghe's forces, leaving them with no other choice.