Fake Death Escape, and a Casual Raid on the Treasury

In Heaven Dou City, undercurrents are surging.

Deep within the palace.

The Xue Ye, his face ashen.

The lights in the Imperial Study flickered restlessly, casting his old face on and off, making him look like a boss about to explode.

"Ninety-one bolts of Purple Heavenly Lightning struck within Heaven Dou City, and you still can't find out who did it?"

His voice wasn't loud, but the foreheads of the kneeling ministers below were already touching the floor.

"Your Majesty, the Thunder Tribulation came suddenly and went just as suddenly."

"We sent men to search the area within a ten-mile radius, but apart from some unusual phenomena near the Crown Prince Mansion, we have no clue whatsoever."

"As for the Crown Prince Mansion... we dare not trespass."

Xue Ye narrowed his eyes.

The Crown Prince Mansion.

It's the Crown Prince Mansion again.

He had a feeling that something was off about the Crown Prince lately, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Keep investigating. If you can't find anything, you can forget about getting your salaries this month."

at the same time.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Council Hall.

Ning Fengzhi sat in the sect leader's seat.

"Fengzhi, what do you think?"

The voice of Bone Douluo Gu Rong, came from the side.

"Purple Heavenly Lightning, eighty-one strikes in total, uninterrupted."

Ning Fengzhi slowly said, "This is neither a natural celestial phenomenon nor the aftermath of a battle between Titled Douluo."

"Could someone be undergoing tribulation?" Bone Douluo asked with a strange expression.

Sword Douluo glanced at him. "Reading too many storybooks?"

"Cough cough."

Bone Douluo coughed awkwardly twice.

Should we investigate?

"Investigate, but keep a low profile," Ning Fengzhi said.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Yuanzhen stood in front of the ancestral hall, gazing at the sky above Heaven Dou City.

He turned around and instructed his disciples, "Send men to Heaven Dou City and interrogate all the witnesses from that day."

"Remember, just ask questions, don't arrest anyone, and don't cause trouble."

Three forces, three undercurrents.

The waters of Heaven Dou City were blasted into countless hidden currents by the eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning.

Meanwhile, the instigator himself, Lin Qingmo, is leisurely cultivating in seclusion at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Until a month later.

Lin Qingmo sat cross-legged in the center of the Cultivation Room, his eyes slightly closed.

The phantom of the Blue Silver Tree of Life and Destruction appeared and disappeared behind him.

Purple Thunder intertwined and flowed with emerald green life radiance.

It's like installing a cyberpunk-style ambient light in the Cultivation Room.

"My Level 60 Soul Power is almost stable."

He opened his eyes and moved his wrists.

Bang!

The door to the Cultivation Room was slammed open with a single palm strike.

Liu Erlong stood at the door, her fiery red hair disheveled with excitement, her chest heaving violently, clearly having run all the way there.

Lin Qingmo on the futon and slowly opened his eyes.

"Door--"

"Now is not the time to discuss the door!"

Liu Erlong rushed to Lin Qingmo, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and her mature and beautiful face was filled with the words "Something terrible has happened."

Lin Qingmo then noticed that her expression didn't seem like she was there to cause trouble.

Well, every time she comes this month, it's like she's there to cause trouble.

But in the end, they all left trembling and unsteady.

He thought this guy was going to have another day of indulging in sensual pleasures, but it seems that wasn't the case.

"What happened? Why are you all so flustered?" Lin Qingmo asked.

Liu Erlong said in a deep voice, "A major incident has occurred at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace! Crown Prince Xue Qinghe —is dead!"

Lin Qingmo's expression froze for half a second.

Qian Renxue?

Dead?

His first reaction was almost a spitting out. "Impossible."

"You still don't believe me?"

Liu Erlong thought he was shocked.

The entire Heaven Dou City is in an uproar!

"Last night, two unknown Titled Douluo attacked the Imperial Palace Treasury. Crown Prince Xue Qinghe fought back despite his injuries, but ultimately succumbed to their attacks and died."

"Xue Ye has declared martial law throughout the city and vowed to catch the murderer!"

Titled Douluo?

Imperial Palace Treasury?

The Crown Prince died?

These three keywords swirled in Lin Qingmo's mind, then quickly combined to form a complete picture.

"I see."

Lin Qingmo's eyes flickered.

The two Titled Douluo are most likely the Snake Lance Douluo and the Porcupinefish Douluo.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe died in an attack; isn't that just faking his death to escape?

This is clearly a case of a cicada shedding its skin.

Suddenly, he sensed an extremely familiar presence rapidly approaching.

"Er Long, you can go out for a moment," Lin Qingmo said.

"Huh? But I haven't said it yet--"

"I'll listen to your explanation in more detail later."

Lin Qingmo winked at her. "Now, let me receive a 'deceased' first."

Liu Erlong was stunned for a moment, then realized the meaning behind his words, and her pupils dilated slightly.

She didn't ask any further questions, nodded, and turned to leave the Cultivation Room.

Liu Erlong had just left.

A figure flashed in from the other side of the Cultivation Room.

Long, golden hair.

Golden eyes.

Although the aura of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was deliberately concealed, its innate noble temperament was still impossible to ignore.

It was none other than Qian Renxue, who had shed her disguise as Xue Qinghe.

Lin Qingmo looked her up and down.

It has to be said that she felt much more relaxed after she got rid of that disguise.

Although his expression remained somewhat aloof, the sense of repression in his eyes had disappeared.

"What are you up to?"

Lin Qingmo retorted, "I asked you to help steal a national treasure, and you ended up losing your own life too?"

"You guessed it."

Qian Renxue was not surprised.

"Nonsense. Two Titled Douluo attacked the Imperial Treasury, yet they only killed one of the Crown Prince; the rest were completely unharmed."

"This plot is so unrealistic, even screenwriters wouldn't dare write something like this."

Qian Renxue's lips curled up slightly.

This guy's mind really works fast.

"So, why?" Lin Qingmo asked.

Qian Renxue remained silent for a moment.

Then she said, "Because of what you said that day."

What I said that day?

"You said I wasted my talent."

"You clearly have the strength to crush them, but you insist on playing politics."

Qian Renxue's tone was calm.

"After I got back, I thought about it a lot, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized you were right."

She paused, then continued, "What kind of Heaven Dou to Nation-Stealing Plan is, in the grand scheme of the entire continent, nothing more than a petty, small-minded game."

"Even if they succeed and the Spirit Hall controls the Heaven Dou Empire, so what?"

"Will the Star Luo Empire surrender so easily?"

Will the Upper Three Sects stand idly by?

"Will those families on the mainland stand idly by?"

"In the end, it's just another form of internal strife."

Qian Renxue raised her head, and the gloom in her golden eyes, which she had used when she was playing Xue Qinghe, was replaced by an unprecedented clarity.

"Strength is everything."

"If I had the strength of Titled Douluo, if I could pass the Angel God Trial and inherit the Angel God Position, what would the mere Heaven Dou Empire be?"

"By then, who on the mainland can stop me?"

"So I'm not playing anymore."

"I want to go back to the Spirit Hall, to see my grandfather, and to begin my true cultivation."

Lin Qingmo listened quietly, then smiled.

"Congratulations."

What are you congratulating me on?

Congratulations on your graduation!

Qian Renxue paused for half a second, then rolled her eyes.

However, the corners of her mouth were turned up.