Seeing the Crown Prince Again

As the battle outside the city began, it naturally drew the attention of many monsters within the city. Fortunately, Wangliang possessed exceptional combat discipline and immediately blocked the City Gate the monsters were trying to emerge from, keeping most of them trapped inside and preventing too many monsters from pouring out at once and making the teleportation station impossible to defend.

Once everything was on track, Xiao Yun did not have much time left to remain. Before he could properly bid farewell to the Mythic War Spirits, his figure blurred and vanished from the Vast Wilderness World.

After awakening, Xiao Yun immediately sensed the changes in his body. He could clearly feel seemingly limitless strength within himself. When he lightly pressed a hand against the edge of the solid Wooden Bed, he actually left a handprint in it. Only then did he realize that this body's strength had far surpassed what it had been before. He could only sit cross-legged on the bed, close his eyes, and circulate the Immortal Qi through his body, eliminating the sense of discord between his Primordial Spirit and body.

It took more than half an hour before Xiao Yun mastered the suddenly increased strength in his body. After getting off the bed, he tried to condense the Immortal Qi outside his body into a longsword. However, he found that something effortless in the Vast Wilderness World was exceedingly difficult in the Douluo World. It was as though an invisible seal existed; once the Immortal Qi left his body, it was repelled by an unseen force, making it many times harder to use.

However, things were completely different within Xiao Yun's body. As a result, Xiao Yu now possessed an immortal's physical constitution but could not fully unleash it. Even so, some basic functions of the Human Immortal Body could still be used, such as riding clouds and mist, and flying by controlling the wind.

At the same time, he vaguely sensed that Soul Power would find it difficult to harm his body now, unless the attack contained Divine Power. In that case, he could simply make a bigger scene. Having made up his mind, he immediately left his hotel room, went to the restaurant where he had come from to enjoy a hearty breakfast, and then departed the hotel.

Before long, he appeared once again in Xue Qinghe's Study Room.

Seated in Xue Qinghe's Study Room, Xiao Yun enjoyed the tea and pastries served by the maid as he waited for Xue Qinghe to arrive.

On the other side, after receiving the news, Xue Qinghe did not come over immediately. Instead, she calmly dealt with the government affairs in her hands. At the same time, she wondered why Xiao Yun had come to see her today. Had they not agreed that he would invite her to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to watch a show three days later?

Since he had come, though, she would leave him waiting for a while. After all, as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, it would not look good if word spread that she had eagerly received a commoner.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour without seeing even a trace of Xue Qinghe, Xiao Yun knew the other party was doing it deliberately. Otherwise, she would certainly have sent a maid to notify him. He simply rose from his chair, went to the bookshelf in the Study Room, and took out a copy of the History of the Heaven Dou Empire. He then returned to his seat and began reading it with great interest.

Books about imperial history like this were completely inaccessible to ordinary citizens of the Heaven Dou Empire. In truth, they contained much secret information about the imperial family.

For example, he read that several secret units had appeared when the Heaven Dou Empire was founded, including the Swan Air Corps and the abilities they excelled at—an area-wide domain capable of forbidding flight. Several history books recorded similar events: in one night, the Swan Legion displayed its might and nearly unscathed, wiped out the enemy kingdom's flying forces.

From this, Xiao Yun could see that the Swan Legion had an extremely powerful restraining effect on airborne troops. Upon careful consideration, the most likely abilities were two: a large-scale Gravity Domain, or a large-scale Airspace Lockdown Domain.

Xiao Yun believed more strongly that it was a large-scale Airspace Lockdown Domain. If it were a Gravity Domain, it should have had a considerable impact on the surrounding environment, yet there was not the slightest record of that. Only an Airspace Lockdown Domain seemed realistic. A flying army suddenly affected by such a domain would plummet straight down, causing massive casualties. Furthermore, the Swan Legion would surely remain unaffected and could easily wipe out the already heavily damaged flying troops from above.

From the information above, Xiao Yun also noticed something else: the Heaven Dou Royal Family always seemed able to choose the right party to rely on during particularly dangerous times. If it happened once, it might be coincidence, but if it happened more than ten times, it was absolutely no coincidence. The Heaven Dou Royal Family's Swan Martial Soul must possess a soul skill capable of foreseeing the future, allowing them to roughly determine the movements of future enemies or forces that might rise to power.

Just as Xiao Yun became absorbed in the History of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe finally finished handling her affairs and arrived at the entrance of the Study Room under the guidance of a maid.

The moment she stepped into the Study Room, she saw a handsome youth holding a copy of the History of the Heaven Dou Empire and reading it with great interest. The morning sunlight laid a faint layer of Golden Light over him, making him appear even more sacred. She could not help but stand there in a daze for a moment.

Whether as Qian Renxue, the Young Master of Spirit Hall, the continent's greatest power, or as Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, she had seen all kinds of peerlessly beautiful young men and girls of exceptional temperament. Examples included the Saintess of Spirit Hall, Hu Liena; Hu Liena's brother, Xie Yue, the foremost among Spirit Hall's younger generation; and Yu Tianheng, the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yet none of them could compare to the feeling the youth before her gave her. It was as though the one before her was not a youth at all, but a god.

However, she quickly shook her head and cast this unrealistic thought from her mind. Reports on Xiao Yun's life from childhood to adulthood had long since been delivered to her.

Although Xue Qinghe's movement was slight, it still alerted Xiao Yun, who was reading. Upon noticing Xue Qinghe, he immediately closed the book in his hands, placed it on the desk, and respectfully bowed. "This commoner, Xiao Yun, greets His Highness the Crown Prince."

Xue Qinghe walked over to Xiao Yun's side and said calmly, "No need for formalities. Rise."

After sitting in her own seat, she finally said, "According to the guards' report, you requested an audience with me over an urgent matter. Speak. What is it?"

Xiao Yun glanced at the maids and guards around them.

Xue Qinghe immediately understood. She waved a hand, signaling everyone to leave.

After confirming that everyone had departed, Xue Qinghe stared at Xiao Yun, wondering what matter had made him act so mysteriously.

Only then did Xiao Yun speak. "After returning the day before yesterday, I received another piece of news. A very important piece of news, one that concerns many people."

Seeing Xiao Yun speak with such gravity, Xue Qinghe also became curious what earth-shattering matter he was about to reveal.