Only Women Can Resist This King's Charm

"Dear child, what is it? Are you feeling unwell?"

Emperor Xue Ye keenly noticed that Xue Qinghe's expression did not look good, and he could not help frowning as he asked.

The people they were about to meet were Super Douluo of exalted status, and permanent representatives of Sky Demon Island at that. In the future, they would be the empire's Nation-Protecting Douluo. Even as the eldest prince, he could not lose etiquette before them.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little nervous at the thought of meeting the two crowned ones!"

Xue Qinghe forced a smile, putting on the appearance of someone overly tense.

Emperor Xue Ye smiled and comforted him. "There is no need to be afraid. The two crowned ones come from Sky Demon Island. They are allies of the empire and will reside permanently in the empire from now on. You need not fear them."

Now that the Nation-Protecting Douluo were already in place, Emperor Xue Ye finally revealed at least some information to Xue Qinghe.

No matter what, the empire's future would eventually be placed in the hands of the brothers. There was no need to keep them completely in the dark about the empire's most important allies.

"Yes. This child understands!"

Xue Qinghe nodded. It was as though Emperor Xue Ye's reassurance had taken effect, and his complexion improved somewhat.

Sky Demon Island—is that the force behind those two?

Xue Qinghe's eyes flickered as he began considering this mysterious force known as Sky Demon Island.

Before long, the two sides met. Xue Qinghe revealed nothing unusual, and Fox King revealed nothing unusual either, as if she had not noticed anything wrong with him at all.

This made Xue Qinghe, who had been secretly observing Fox King, quietly let out a breath of relief. It seemed there was still no problem with his disguise. Even this fox-spirit-like woman could not see through it.

Sensing Xue Qinghe's covert attention, the corner of Fox King's mouth lifted. Little thing. If you were truly a man, how could you be unaffected by this king's charm? How would you dare keep paying attention to this king again and again?

Only someone like you, a fellow pretending to be a man while actually being a woman, could slightly resist this king's charm.

Fox King sneered coldly in her heart.

"Your Excellency!"

Faced with Fox King's charm, the weak Emperor Xue Ye was utterly helpless. His eyes went straight, his throat bobbed, and he nearly dropped to his knees.

If Fox King had not done her best to restrain the charm she emitted, and if Zhu One had not supported Emperor Xue Ye in time, Emperor Xue Ye probably would have prostrated himself before her pomegranate skirt at the very first moment.

Even so, Emperor Xue Ye still made a fool of himself. Afterward, he no longer dared meet Fox King in person. If there was anything to discuss, he only discussed it with Zhu One. If he absolutely had to meet Fox King, he would have his empress go instead.

Three days later, Emperor Xue Ye solemnly conferred upon Fox King and Zhu One the titles of Heaven Dou Empire's Nation-Protecting Douluo. Their status stood above princes and imperial sons, and they would only heed the orders of the emperor from the empire's Xue family line.

Of course, those orders had to be reasonable. They could choose whether to carry them out. If they were ordered to go to their deaths, or to do some other unreasonable thing, they would naturally ignore it.

The Heaven Dou Empire suddenly had two more Nation-Protecting Douluo. For a time, this shook the world, and everyone began investigating where these two Title Douluo who had appeared out of nowhere had come from.

Unfortunately, not many people knew of Sky Demon Island's existence, and no clues could be found for the moment. That only made the two Nation-Protecting Douluo seem even more mysterious and unfathomable.

Star Dou Great Forest, Sky Demon Palace.

After receiving the secret intelligence Fox King had sent in private, Zhu Huang glanced at it and then paid it no further attention.

The original work had written very clearly about Xue Qinghe being replaced by Qian Renxue. Although he did not know exactly when she had replaced Xue Qinghe, if he had wanted to stop it, he would still have had a chance.

But he had been busy cultivating earlier and had neglected matters on the Heaven Dou Empire's side. Now the deed was already done.

Since things had already reached this point, he did not plan to do anything.

To put it plainly, his relationship with the Heaven Dou Empire had also been established with schemes in mind. What Spirit Hall was doing, in a certain sense, also aligned with his plan.

As for the obligations of an ally, Zhu Huang had indeed agreed to maintain the Heaven Dou imperial family's rule over the empire. Therefore, he would not allow the Heaven Dou Empire to be stolen by Qian Renxue. That was already more than fair to Emperor Xue Ye.

He was not the Heaven Dou Empire's nanny. It was impossible for him to help them with everything. Being infiltrated by Spirit Hall was their own affair, unless Emperor Xue Ye discovered the problem himself and asked him to help.

The two sides were allies. It was enough to fulfill the obligations of an ally. The struggles within the empire had nothing to do with him.

"Mm, judging by the time, Tang San should be acquiring his first Soul Ring about now."

Since he had nothing to do anyway, he might as well go take a look.

"Although I temporarily can't get rid of you, the future Asura God, I can't just let you grow smoothly either. I'll treat it as giving you a little test, and find myself some amusement along the way."

After long stillness, Zhu Huang felt the urge to move. These past few years, he had been cultivating diligently. With the help of the Sea God's power within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, he had already touched the threshold of divine power. It would not be long before he broke through to demigod.

Cultivation required a balance of work and rest, so finding amusement for himself was very important.

"Brother, where are you going?"

Seeing Zhu Huang preparing to leave, Ice Empress, who had been paddling in the lake not far away, hurriedly flew over. She shook herself dry, then hugged Zhu Huang's arm.

"I'm going out for a stroll. I'll be back soon."

"I want to go too!" Ice Empress grabbed him and refused to let go.

"Fine, then. Let's go together."

Zhu Huang truly had not expected before that this big-loli Ice Empress would be so clingy, but it was rather nice. It meant she was very attached to him.

He rubbed Ice Empress's little head, and the two of them flew hand in hand toward the outside of Star Dou Great Forest.

As for Snow Empress, she was currently in seclusion comprehending divine power. She had already broken through to demigod one step ahead of him.

A few hours later, Zhu Huang brought Ice Empress down into Soul Hunting Forest, more than four hundred li from Nuoding City.

His spiritual power spread out, and he soon found one adult and one child. They were none other than Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

Not far from them, a burly figure shrouded in black clothes and a black hat followed them the whole way, secretly protecting them.

"Tang Hao's strength was close to a rank ninety-three Title Douluo. His talent really was decent."

Zhu Huang sized up Tang Hao in his black robe. Without Ah Yin's sacrifice, Tang Hao's strength in this life was far worse than in the original. In the original, the moment he broke through, he became a rank ninety-two Title Douluo, and by the time Tang San graduated from Nuoding City, he had already become a rank ninety-five Super Douluo.

But in this life, although he no longer had a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, he also did not have that terrifying body of injuries, on the verge of collapse from Ring Explosion.

In the original, the moment Tang Hao broke through, he faced Qian Xunji at his peak, whose Soul Power was as high as rank ninety-five, along with two other Title Douluo elders. Fighting one against three, he was no match for them, and had no choice but to blow up all his Soul Rings before he could turn defeat into victory.

But the aftereffects of Ring Explosion had also cost him half his life, leaving him utterly unable to recover.

This life, however, was different. Ah Yin's self-destruction had gravely injured Qian Xunji and the two Title Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost. Tang Hao had basically picked up the leftovers. Although he had solemnly blown up several Soul Rings as well, they were all the earlier rings with lower age.

There was backlash, but it was not that severe, not to the point where recovery was impossible. So after these five or six years, his injuries had long since healed.

"However, without Ah Yin's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, it won't be so smooth for Tang Hao to step into Super Douluo anymore. Whether he can break through to rank ninety-five six years from now is worrying!"