Du Busi Couldn't Help Humming to Himself

Xu Tiance glanced at Xu He's reaction, then at the man who was already dead. A suspicion immediately took shape in his mind.

In the original story, this Shadow guard must have been the one who rescued Xu He. Afterward, his father in name had probably discovered Xu He's whereabouts and sent men after him. In the end, the Shadow guard had given his life to get Xu He out of the Sun Moon Empire. Xu He had changed his name to He Caitou, met Fan Yu in the Heaven Dou Empire, and eventually been taken to Shrek Academy.

But now... You ran into Du Busi. Just your bad luck.

"By my reckoning, things at the palace should be wrapping up soon. Teacher, let's take Xu He and head there."

At that, Du Busi shot Xu Tiance a rather glum look.

A mere level 93 Titled Douluo was someone he could have swatted to death without drawing on his power at all. He had only done that to show Xu Tiance what he could do, yet the boy wasn't even a little curious!

Oh, forget it!

Du Busi couldn't help sighing inwardly.

He's the successor I chose, after all. What else can I do but spoil him and humor him?

Still, that boy's temperament is rather like mine when I was young.

Du Busi hummed twice to himself, grabbed Xu He roughly in one hand, and swept up another gale as he carried Xu Tiance straight toward Mingdu's imperial palace.

Inside the palace, Xu Chengjing was far from pleased.

He had broken into the palace and captured Xu Chengye along with his consorts, but... the one person who mattered most had escaped.

Crown Prince Xu He, who possessed Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, had been smuggled away by Xu Chengye without anyone noticing.

Not one person in the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps, the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion, or even the several Level 9 Soul Engineers from Mingde Hall had noticed!

"Xu Chengjing, you'll die a miserable death! We're brothers by blood! You'll pay for this!"

Seeing Xu Chengjing's dark expression, Xu Chengye cast off his initial panic and fear and began cursing him. "Father chose me because I was better suited to succeed him as emperor of the Sun Moon Empire! The throne doesn't belong to a treacherous rebel like you!"

Xu Chengjing gave a soft laugh.

"Imperial brother, you're as naive as ever. There is no room for compromise between our Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent, and there never has been any peaceful coexistence. Yet what did you do?"

"When Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke of the Star Luo Empire, launched a surprise attack on a border town of our Sun Moon Empire and left its people with their homes destroyed and families torn apart, you didn't even dare hold him accountable! Instead, you raised the matter high only to set it down gently! What do you take the people of our Sun Moon Empire for?"

"As if yielding to outsiders weren't enough, you even wanted to share our empire's core Soul Tool technology... The moment the Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent gained Soul Tool technology that could rival ours, they would turn their cannons on the Sun Moon Empire!"

"Your crimes would exhaust every bamboo slip in the world! Even without me, someone else would have overthrown you!"

Xu Chengjing's words turned Xu Chengye's face red, then white, but he still sneered. "In the end, this is nothing more than your own ambition."

As his words fell, Xu Tianyuan, commander of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps; Luan Feng, commander of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps; Liao Mengkai, commander of the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion; and several Level 9 Soul Engineers from Mingde Hall, including Jing Hongchen, all looked up, surprise showing on their faces.

Du Busi descended slowly from the sky with Xu Tiance. After sweeping his gaze around the palace, he tossed Xu He from his hand. Xu He landed right beside Xu Chengye.

The moment Xu Chengye recognized Xu He, his voice cut off. Disbelief spread across his face.

Xu Chengjing's eyes, however, lit up with delight.

"You must be Senior Du Busi, master of the Body Sect. Forgive me for not greeting you properly."

Du Busi, master of the Body Sect!

The commanders of the Soul Engineer corps and Jing Hongchen were shocked, though none showed it. The entire Body Sect had moved to Mingdu—a commotion so great that only a fool like Xu Chengye would have paid it no attention.

But ever since the Body Sect had moved into its estate, its disciples had kept to themselves. All they had to go on were scraps of information from the Offering Hall.

Today, they finally had their answer.

"No need for formalities. I'm now another of Tiance's teachers, so his affairs are my affairs. Besides, you're about to inherit the throne. Since the Body Sect has chosen to join the Sun Moon Empire, we'll address each other as ruler and subject from now on."

Du Busi took Tiance as his disciple too?

Then Tiance has both Elder Kong and Du Busi as his teachers?

That boy Tiance! Why didn't he mention something this important at the last family banquet?

A glimmer passed through Xu Chengjing's eyes, but his face betrayed nothing. Instead, he waved his hands. "Sect Master Du has led the entire Body Sect to settle in Mingdu. That is a blessing for the Sun Moon Empire. Our empire will naturally treat you as a scholar of the realm."

At those words, Xu Tianyuan and the others wore peculiar expressions, though disbelief showed most clearly.

The Body Sect... that renowned, powerful sect has truly joined our Sun Moon Empire!? And its master has taken Xu Chengjing's fourth son as a disciple?

Several gazes fell on Xu Tiance at once.

Xu Tianran, who stood beside Xu Chengjing, looked at Xu Tiance as well. But now that he had thought everything through, he felt no resentment at all. Instead, understanding dawned on him.

So Fourth Brother really is like Xu He. He has Twin Martial Souls, and his Second Martial Soul is a powerful Body Martial Soul.

They say there's no obvious sign when a Body Martial Soul awakens, so Fourth Brother's Second Martial Soul must not have appeared during his Martial Soul Awakening. And because of that powerful Body Martial Soul, Du Busi took him as a disciple and moved the entire Body Sect to the Sun Moon Empire.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late. It's time to deal with Xu Chengye and his family."

Something clicked in Xu Tianyuan's mind. He immediately stepped forward, his voice ringing out.

Luan Feng and Liao Mengkai caught on at once and addressed Xu Chengjing as "Your Majesty" too.

Xu Chengjing paused, then a faint smile touched his lips.

He glanced casually at Xu Chengye, his consorts, and his children. His voice was ice-cold. "Kill them."