"As Upper Three Sects within my Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect receives preferential treatment from my Heaven Dou Imperial Family. All of the sect's purchases are supplied by the Heaven Dou Empire Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. Everyone in your sect grew up eating the food of my Heaven Dou Empire. Aren't you all members of my Heaven Dou Empire?"
"Yet you betrayed the Heaven Dou Empire, aiding the Spirit Hall, causing the collapse of my Heaven Dou Empire's million-strong army, severely weakening the Heaven Dou Empire, and leading to my father's death from anger. Haven't you betrayed my Heaven Dou Empire?! And you still don't know your crime?!"
Xue Haicang clenched his fist, unleashing his Soul Emperor -level Soul Power, and shattered the armrest with a single punch.
As a cultivation prodigy, a once-in-a-century talent of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and already over thirty years old, possessing the vast resources of the Heaven Dou Empire, reaching the Soul Emperor at this age is perfectly normal.
Xue Haicang's Martial Soul is the Swan Martial Soul inherited by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Although the Swan Martial Soul has little offensive power and only has ornamental value, as a Soul Emperor, the soul pressure emitted by the Soul Emperor still greatly increased the pressure on Ning Rongrong and Ning Ke.
"Ning Rongrong!"
"Your Highness, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect acknowledges our guilt and begs Your Highness... to punish us!"
Ning Ke roared and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing ninety degrees. He dared not let Ning Rongrong continue. Did Ning Rongrong not realize the situation at this moment? Without the two Titled Douluo Sword and Bone Gu and others, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School was simply a fish on a chopping board in front of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Moreover, treason and murder of the emperor are crimes for which even nine generations of one's family would be punished lightly. In more serious cases, men could be forced into servitude for generations, and women into prostitution for generations. And this is only the more serious case; he dared not even imagine what the truly severe punishment would be.
In this situation, instead of quickly pleading with Xue Haicang for leniency towards the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Xue Haicang, you're provoking Xue Haicang —are you hoping for a lighter sentence for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?
Xue Haicang's anger subsided somewhat, and his eyes softened. In terms of crimes, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should indeed first target Ning Fengzhi and carry out a nine-generation elimination game. As for the Ning family members who were not killed, the men would be enslaved for generations, and the women would be exiled to the Heaven Dou Auction House.
However, the Heaven Dou Empire suffering heavy losses. Destruction the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Heaven Dou Empire through bloody means would only worsen the situation. If we could take this opportunity to annex the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it would be better to...
The immense wealth accumulated by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over generations could significantly mitigate the damage inflicted on the Heaven Dou Empire. Furthermore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda not only possesses unparalleled auxiliary abilities on the continent but also boasts exceptional treasure-hunting capabilities, effectively providing a continuous and substantial infusion of funds into the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury.
In ten or twenty years, the wounds of the Heaven Dou Empire will be healed, and as time goes by, the Heaven Dou Empire will greatly improve in both strength and foundation.
Xue Haicang said, "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treason and collusion with the enemy is an unforgivable crime, but the main culprits, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, have already been dealt with by the late emperor. I am about to ascend the throne, and as a new empress, it is not advisable to be too bloodthirsty."
"As I take Ning Rongrong as my concubine, the matter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treason and collusion with the enemy will be put aside for now."
Ning Ke Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul was the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which could be considered the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. If Ning Rongrong were to be taken as a concubine by Xue Haicang, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda became the Martial Soul of the Xue Family, then the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would belong to the Xue family.
However, compared to the equally dire fates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect being wiped out and then, decades later, being renamed Xue and annexed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Heaven Dou Imperial Family, it seems that only the second option can be chosen.
"All right."
For the sake of the lives of generations of the Ning family, Ning Ke to agree.
Ning Rongrong's delicate body trembled violently, her small mouth slightly open, her face deathly pale, and her eyes reddened again. She would not marry him, she absolutely would not marry him. How could she marry Xue Haicang? She didn't like Xue Haicang at all. Her heart already belonged to the one she loved for life.
Just as Ning Rongrong was about to scream in protest, a sissy voice rang out in the Seven Treasure Hall.
"Oh, this little brat from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, he's got some pretty good ideas."
Xue Haicang, Ning Ke, and Ning Rongrong all looked up at the same time. Ning Rongrong's eyes, which were almost filled with despair, suddenly lit up with surprise. On the beam of the main hall stood a man wearing golden armor, claw guards, and heavy makeup. Beside him was another man wearing black armor and a mask, whose face could not be seen.
"Chrysanthemum Elder, Ghost Elder!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo instantly appeared beside Ning Rongrong in the Seven Treasure Hall, their hands behind their backs, gazing at Xue Haicang.
Xue Haicang suddenly stood up. He was naturally familiar with the two generals of the Spirit Hall, the two guardian Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. He had seen them in the Elite Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition.
Although Xue Haicang's position was higher than that of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, judging from their demeanor, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo looked down on him as if they were superiors.
"Your Excellency Chrysanthemum Douluo, Your Excellency Ghost Douluo, this is a feud between my Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has committed treason and collusion with the enemy, a heinous crime. I beg you two Your Excellencies not to interfere."
Xue Haicang replied respectfully, displaying impeccable manners. After all, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire had just been thoroughly defeated by the Spirit Hall, and the envoy had brought gifts to the Spirit Hall to beg for mercy. At this stage, how could he dare to offend the two Titled Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, even if it was the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire?
Chrysanthemum Douluo snorted coldly, his energetic voice booming in Xue Haicang's Xue Haicang, making him dizzy.
"Xue Haicang, how dare you! You've colluded with the enemy and betrayed your country! Are you implying that the Spirit Hall is an enemy, a criminal?!"
Xue Haicang quickly said, "Haizang didn't mean that!"
"If that's not what you mean, then where is your claim that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is a traitor and collusion with the enemy?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo coldly said, "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is an ally of my Spirit Hall. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's assistance to my Spirit Hall led to the deaths of Sect Master Ning and the Sword and Bone Twin Douluo, which has already made our Spirit Hall feel extremely guilty. And now you actually use this as an excuse to question the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Your Heaven Dou Empire truly does not take our Spirit Hall seriously."
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Spirit Hall. Hai Zang had no such intention."
Xue Haicang dared not offend the Spirit Hall at all, and in the end, he could only lead his team away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a dejected manner.
"Chrysanthemum Elder, Ghost Elder, thank you for coming to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, otherwise I really would have been forced into marriage by Xue Haicang." Ning Rongrong sniffed and wiped away her tears.
Chrysanthemum Douluo laughed and said, "Ning family girl, the Spirit Hall remembers the kindness of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is indeed in serious decline now, and the sect is facing a shortage of capable successors."
"You are the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Glazed Pagoda can only be entrusted to you. My Spirit Hall knows of a place where one can quickly improve their strength, but as the saying goes, the greater the opportunity, the greater the risk. Are you willing to go there to train?"
Ning Rongrong asked, "Chrysanthemum Elder, what place are you talking about?"
Sea God Island.
Ning Rongrong then asked, "Did Xiao Feng, Yue, and Yan also go to that place for training?"
"Young Master, Yue'er and the others are currently training on Sea God Island. I wonder what level their strength has reached?"
"I'll go, I'll go right away."
Ning Rongrong immediately said that she couldn't wait to arrive at Sea God Island and begin her training.