"You..." Ice Empress truly found it hard to believe in this city, but the point was that Zhong Kui dared to let Ice Empress go and meet the beast god Di Tian.
So, from a common-sense perspective, this indicated that what Zhong Kui said might be true.
Zhong Kui's quiet confidence meant that this matter might actually be real.
"Ice Empress, I can tell you unequivocally that what I am saying is true. Although I cannot prove the matter concerning that evil god—which is to say, the person known as Tang San—"
"the point is that this person intends to turn Douluo Continent into his personal back garden, and that is a rock-solid fact. If I had not come to recruit you, you would have been plotted against by others as well."
"This is not nonsense."
After hearing Zhong Kui say this, Ice Empress also began to reflect, realizing she did have some understanding of the tales surrounding Tang San.
Tang San was evaluated by the people of Douluo Continent as a person of crystal-clear purity and selfless devotion. Ice Empress herself did not understand Tang San, and the stories she heard about him were mythologized and beautified versions concocted by the nobles of Douluo Continent.
Or rather, these were deliberately beautified by the nobles of Douluo Continent because, in their view, only in this way could they manifest that they were righteous while Spirit Hall was evil.
Only thus could they prove that Spirit Hall consisted of villains attempting to usurp the throne, and highlight their own righteousness. Only if a person of such pristine purity opposed Spirit Hall could it prove that Spirit Hall was in the wrong.
Yet the truth was that Spirit Hall was in the right, while the nobles of Douluo Continent and the two empires were in the wrong. You, Tang San, were by no means a person of crystal-clear purity; Tang San was someone with a monster dwelling deep within his heart.
Tang San's inner self was an ugly monster, and his handsome appearance was merely due to having the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor.
The nobles of Douluo Continent flattering Tang San was just like the cooperation with Ning Fengzhi. This master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would go to the auction house of the Heaven Dou Empire every time to buy slaves, and then set them free, but it was actually all a staged play.
After setting the slaves free, the hunters from those slave auction houses would capture these slaves once again, hand them back to the nobles, and return the money to Ning Fengzhi. This was all a well-rehearsed act.
Did people really take this old fox for some kind of good person? It was all a staged performance. On the surface, he acted like a good person, but his inner self was truly ugly.
Or rather, the nobles of Douluo Continent were all extremely ugly.
Ning Fengzhi thought that investing in Tang San would yield returns, but in reality, he could also be considered to have met his karmic retribution. The daughter he raised was a lovesick fool who only cared about romancing Oscar, and she didn't even choose to resurrect her two grandfathers. Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo had given it their all to help Tang San retrieve his corpse, only to die miserably in the end. And the result? Tang San was not resurrected at all! How utterly ironic was that.
It was quite speechless that Oscar and Ning Rongrong's combined divine skill could resurrect the dead, yet they chose not to resurrect Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Moreover, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no descendants from Ning Rongrong at all, and absolutely no one inherited the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.
It could be said that Ning Fengzhi was truly a clown. This could also be considered his retribution for committing too many bad deeds and eventually reaping the consequences.
Although the current Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect, the problem was that they still lacked the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul—or rather, they had it, but their strength had fallen to a second-tier faction, perhaps even nearing the very bottom of the second tier.
This could also be considered the karmic retribution for investing in a person like Tang San.
This further confirmed that Tang San was no good thing; he was merely a petty villain.
"..." Ice Empress did not say anything at this moment, pondering instead.
"What do you mean when you say I will be plotted against by others? How does this Tang San plan to scheme against me?"
"To put it simply, a Child of Destiny has now been born on Douluo Continent. He has already grown up, and he has even cooperated with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."
"The problem, however, is that they do not know that person is the Child of Destiny."
"They have already concocted a god-making plan, intending for you to become that Child of Destiny's martial soul and soul ring."
"However, Tang San plans to scheme against this Child of Destiny, making him a son-in-law to the Tang Clan, which is also a form of enslavement."
"His Innate Soul Power is only rank one, yet he is able to possess the sacrifice of a million-year soul beast. This is the proof."
"..." Upon hearing all this, Ice Empress did not know what to say either.
"In short, let's hurry up and go see Snow Empress. For you, and for us, this is a good thing. We have no intention of harming you; we only want to cooperate with you."
"Come on."
Soon, the two of them traveled at maximum speed to the deeper reaches of the core area of the Far North. This was where Snow Empress resided.
"Bing'er?"
"Xue'er, a human has come to seek cooperation with us. You should talk with this person."
"A human?" Upon hearing that a human had come to cooperate with them, Snow Empress was also dumbfounded. What human dared to be so audaciously bold as to seek cooperation with them?
"Human, what is your purpose?" Snow Empress directly blurted out what she wanted to ask: "What is your purpose?"
"I am here for cooperation." Zhong Kui then produced a Transformation Herb.
"Respected overlord of the Far North, once you absorb this Transformation Herb, you will be able to transform into a human form. Moreover, your essence remains that of a soul beast, allowing you to bypass the seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation. What I desire is cooperation between you and us."
"...Bing'er? Is what this human saying true?"
"What he says is true. I have also absorbed one."
"What is the purpose?"
"Xue'er, this human told me all about it on the way here. Let me tell you how it is, he said..."
Ice Empress then directly recounted everything she had heard, leaving Snow Empress somewhat suspicious upon hearing it all.
"I can explicitly guarantee to you, Snow Empress, that our cooperation is for the good of everyone. I want to overthrow the erroneous rule of the God Realm, and I also want to overthrow the bastard plan of Tang San. Cooperation between us is the best choice. As long as we cooperate, we can thwart Tang San's plan and prevent Douluo Continent from becoming one person's private back garden."
"..." Although Snow Empress was already starting to grow interested, the issue was that, when all was said and done, there was no evidence for this matter. Soul beasts suffering suppression by humans could be proven, and they could directly inquire with the beast god Di Tian, but the problem was...
"First absorb this Transformation Herb. This is my sincerity. You can think it over slowly, and I can wait for you for a time."
"...Very well." Snow Empress then began to absorb the Transformation Herb, and afterward, the Ice and Snow Emperors began to contemplate.
"Do you think this human's words can be believed? While I feel that a part of what this human said might be true, the problem is that most of it is too whimsical. I find it hard to believe what he said."
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