Fifth Soul Skill—Righteousness Soars to the Heavens! (Thanks to Golden Sacred Dragon for the recommendation vote~)

Guan Yu was somewhat surprised as he looked at the tall, lean man dressed in white.

He had not expected the other man to be so clever that he could actually guess his intentions.

Speaking with smart people really was easy.

Guan Yu said to Han Feng,

"You have nowhere else to go, so why not stay and work for this general? You will naturally be rewarded well!"

Without hesitation, Han Feng dropped to his knees.

"It is this lowly one's honor to serve you, my lord!"

At that moment, a black spirit ring suddenly emerged beneath Guan Yu's feet.

The spirit ring radiated powerful fluctuations. It was his fifth soul skill—Righteousness Soars to the Heavens!

A spiritual control-type soul skill!

It could impose psychological suggestions upon targets below the rank of Titled Douluo.

It would make the target increasingly loyal and devoted to their master!

Guan Yu suddenly jabbed his left index and middle fingers at Han Feng's forehead.

A jade-green character for "righteousness" immediately appeared between Han Feng's brows before vanishing again.

Han Feng was startled. He had no idea what the other party had done.

Yet deep in his subconscious, he felt an inexplicable sense of closeness toward this lord.

He was even willing to go through fire and water, to give up his life for him!

But Han Feng himself did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.

After all, as a two-ring Grand Spirit Master, being able to serve a Titled Douluo was absolutely a stroke of fortune!

Zhuge Ming sensed Guan Yu's actions and felt faintly surprised.

So this was what it meant to kill the chicken to scare the monkey...

Yet after killing the chicken and frightening the monkey, he had used his fifth soul skill again.

This fifth soul skill could not directly control a target for his own use.

Instead, it planted a suggestion in the target's heart, causing them to become increasingly loyal to whomever they were already devoted to, never harboring a second thought.

However, if the target was loyal to someone else, that loyalty would likewise be strengthened.

It was a rather complex soul skill... much like the life experiences of this Marquis of Hanshou.

And the person Han Feng had previously served was Niu Chu.

Now that Niu Chu was dead, the only person Han Feng had left to serve was Guan Yu.

Under the influence of this soul skill, the hidden danger posed by his former identity as a bandit could be completely eliminated!

Although he was only a Grand Spirit Master, Zhuge Ming understood very well.

He would occupy more and more territory in the future, and he would need more trustworthy people to govern it.

Whether it was Captain Gasen or this man named Han Feng, either could be stationed in one or even several villages.

The more dependable talents like these, the better.

As for the bloodthirsty Niu Chu, he was clearly far less reliable than Han Feng.

Even if Niu Chu had a chance of becoming a four-ring Spirit Ancestor, keeping someone like him around would have been the true hidden danger...

With Han Feng taken into Guan Yu's command, the minor farce of the bandit invasion was completely settled.

Quite a few villagers had been awakened by the sounds of shouting and killing outside the village, and all of them pressed themselves against their windows to look out.

But under the cover of night, they could not make out what had happened.

It was only after Gasen led some men through the village and shouted,

"Everything is fine now! Everyone, go back to sleep without worry!"

that the villagers finally returned to their beds in peace.

Zhuge Ming also returned home to rest with Guan Yu's teleportation.

As for Han Feng, Guan Yu had him accompany Captain Gasen and follow Gasen's orders.

Before going to sleep, Zhuge Ming resurrected the soul power soldiers who had been cut down by Niu Chu.

He could now resurrect sixty soul power soldiers each day.

Thus, all the soul power soldiers who had died earlier were revived at once!

The next morning.

Zhuge Ming stretched lazily in bed before sitting up.

He glanced around the empty room. Recalling what he had learned about West Sea City the previous night, his expression gradually turned solemn.

According to Niu Chu, when they crossed the border defenses, they had encountered only a force of a little over a hundred ordinary soldiers.

After wiping out that force, they had entered the Osdel Mountains without meeting any further resistance.

West Sea City's defensive line had been easily breached by a dozen or so spirit masters.

Although the bandits formed from Niu Chu's group of spirit masters were indeed difficult for ordinary soldiers to resist,

West Sea City had gathered more than half of the kingdom's military strength.

There were even quite a few high-level spirit masters stationed there.

If this had happened, it could only mean one thing...

West Sea City could no longer hold its defenses!

Once the Star Luo Empire decided to invade, it could absolutely march easily into the heartland of the Pelagi Kingdom!

When he had sought out Gasen yesterday to learn about the other villages, he had also learned from him that

the third prince of the Star Luo Empire had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire roughly half a year ago.

Zhuge Ming knew very well that this third prince was the future leader of the Shrek Seven Monsters—the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, Dai Mubai!

He had not expected that less than a year had passed since Dai Mubai fled into the Heaven Dou Empire.

At this time, Dai Mubai should only be around thirteen years old.

Tang San was probably already ten!

He should still be attending fifth grade at Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy with Xiao Wu!

In about another year, he would head to Soto City and enter Shrek Academy.

For the time being, Zhuge Ming had no intention of making a move against this child of the plane.

After all, Tang San's father, Tang Hao, was very likely protecting him in secret.

Tang Hao should currently be around rank 95.

He also possessed six fully formed spirit bones, including a one-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone!

When he was at rank 84, he had smashed the leg of a Titled Douluo.

Not long after becoming a Titled Douluo, he had killed one of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo, severely wounded Qian Xunji and another Titled Douluo, and indirectly caused Qian Xunji's death.

Now that he was rank 95 and had accumulated power for so many years,

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, with their rank 96 strength, should be able to defeat him.

But Guan Yu and Zhao Yun only had one hour of combat time.

Killing the Clear Sky Douluo within an hour would still be extremely difficult.

Moreover, this plane likely would not allow him to kill the child of the plane so easily.

Attacking Tang San might very well cause all kinds of changes to the timelines.

Therefore, until he was completely certain, he did not intend to touch Tang San.

Of course, while it was inconvenient to make a direct move against Tang San himself, there was no problem with taking his resources first.

Especially the various immortal herbs around the Icefire Yin Yang Well!

Once he had settled his mother and sister somewhere sufficiently safe, he would immediately set out for Sunset Forest and harvest every useful immortal herb there!

Before that, however, he had to occupy a city first.

For now, he planned to set his sights on Langya City, the city closest to Nanyang Village!

Langya City was an important supply transit station. A city guarded by heavy troops was certainly very safe.

Once he took Langya City, he could use it as a core from which to attack West Sea City to the south!

Since the Pelagi Kingdom could not defend its own southern border, he would defend it himself!

Only then could he ensure that the territory he had already occupied would not be lost to an invasion by the Star Luo Empire!

Of course, the Star Luo Empire did not currently dare to launch a large-scale invasion.

Although Star Luo was militarily stronger, the Heaven Dou Empire possessed a deeper foundation of spirit masters.

After all, the upper three sects were all within the Heaven Dou Empire's borders.

If the two great empires went to war in full force, it was still uncertain who would emerge victorious.

Furthermore, the leaders of both countries would not overlook the most terrifying spirit master force caught between them—Spirit Hall!

If the two great empires fought until both sides were crippled, Spirit Hall would be the one reaping the benefits.