"Unifying the entire Douluo Continent is only a beginning. Have you thought about how to govern it afterward?" Tang Mo asked in return.
"Make sure everyone has enough to eat? Let every Soul Master obtain Soul Rings?" After thinking for a moment, Qian Renxue offered her ideas.
Because the vast majority of people had Martial Souls, a large proportion would not starve to death; they simply could not eat well or eat their fill.
Once they had Martial Souls, they were divided into Soul Masters and ordinary people based on whether they possessed Innate Soul Power.
Ordinary people only thought about surviving, while Soul Masters thought about growing stronger.
Ordinary people could not eat their fill because the nobles monopolized most resources, while Soul Masters could not grow stronger without resources such as Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and money.
Thus, Qian Renxue's idea was simple: let ordinary people eat their fill and give Soul Masters Soul Rings. That way, conflict could be eliminated.
"Then what would you have to do to achieve that?" Tang Mo pressed.
"I don't know." Confusion once again flickered in Qian Renxue's eyes.
"In fact, neither do I." As Tang Mo spoke, he extended his hand toward Qian Renxue. "Since neither of us knows, let's find the answer to that question together."
"All right!" At his words, Qian Renxue fixed her eyes on Tang Mo, then reached out and clasped his hand. "Then let's find the answer to that question together. You're right. Unifying the Douluo Continent is nothing. What matters more is how to govern it.
"In the past, I had no goal and could only muddle through life. Now, I have a goal truly worth striving for all my life. I want every ordinary person without Soul Power to have enough food and warm clothing, and every Soul Master to have enough cultivation resources."
"That's called Great Unity Under Heaven," Tang Mo prompted softly.
"Great Unity Under Heaven!" Qian Renxue tightened her grip on Tang Mo's hand slightly, sparks shimmering in her eyes.
Feeling Qian Renxue's grip suddenly strengthen, Tang Mo felt as though he had spun her a tale so convincing she could no longer walk straight. The trouble was, he could hardly explain to her that his words just now had only been meant to fool her.
Old Jack of Holy Soul Village had helped him, so he truly did harbor the idea of improving living conditions for ordinary people without Soul Power.
As for a way for Soul Masters to obtain Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts, he did possess one, but that was also a case of a willow cutting planted without intent growing into shade.
In a sense, the methods to accomplish both things were already in his head. He merely lacked a prerequisite: absolute strength.
Without being able to suppress the nobles, who would willingly spit out the benefits already in their mouths?
Without being able to suppress both Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, who would willingly turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk, obtaining Soul Rings through Chuma Xian?
Boom, boom, boom, boom...
Just then, the sound of towering waves crashing against the shore suddenly came from outside the carriage. Tang Mo slapped the groggy Ning Rongrong awake, while Qian Renxue stepped forward, drew aside the carriage curtain, and looked toward the coastline.
At that moment, the waves grew stronger, crashing against the coastal reefs one after another, while Evil Spirit Orcas and Demon Soul Great White Sharks faced off in the Shallow Sea Region.
Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, and the Evil Orca King were the first to launch into battle. The two enormous creatures collided furiously in the sea, whipping up gusts and waves.
The three Titled Douluo, who had been about to act, froze in place at this. They had thought the two overlords were joining forces to attack Vast Sea City, but now that did not appear to be the case.
The situation now looked more like the Demon Soul Great White Sharks were intercepting the Evil Spirit Orca Clan.
Boom, boom, boom...
As the Evil Orca King and Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, collided repeatedly, rings of waves spread outward in overlapping layers in every direction, gradually becoming small waves that battered the reefs along the shore.
Although the two kings could not discern traces of the Ocean Pact's existence as clearly as Tang Mo could, the Ocean Pact was indeed supplying them with power.
In theory, two enormous creatures repeatedly colliding in the ocean could indeed generate small waves.
Yet these waves were piling up far too quickly, as though something were pushing the waves and fanning the surge.
"We can't wait any longer. You two, summon your Martial Souls." Watching the waves grow larger and larger, Gu Rong feared that the battle between the two kings would trigger a tsunami capable of threatening Vast Sea City, and immediately activated his Martial Soul.
The phantom of an enormous skeletal dragon, resembling a Western dragon but without a shred of flesh or blood, flashed behind him and vanished. Soon, a layer of bone armor covered his body, a pair of Bone Wings sprouted from his back, and a white skeletal dragon tail extended from his tailbone to the ground.
Nine Soul Rings-two yellow, two purple, and five black-flickered incessantly beneath his feet.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei activated their Martial Souls right after him. A purple Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum appeared in Yue Guan's hand, its petals resembling woven velvet, its slightly raised center gleaming gold.
A pitch-black figure gradually emerged and enveloped Gui Mei. His aura suddenly faded somewhat, and his presence diminished greatly.
Nine Soul Rings with the same configuration as Gu Rong's appeared beneath each of their feet. The three sets overlapped, twenty-seven Soul Rings glittering in the sunlight.
The Evil Orca King and Xiao Bai, who had been engaged in their king-against-king bout, stopped moving at the same time. Their gazes locked onto the three Titled Douluo on the shore.
Then the Evil Orca King looked past the three Titled Douluo and fixed precisely on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's carriage onshore. He could sense the aura of an Azure Sea Killer Whale inside it.
The carriage looked large, but it could not hold an entire adult killer whale, much less an Azure Sea Killer Whale nearly four times the size of an ordinary killer whale.
Thus, there was only one possible reason for the Azure Sea Killer Whale's presence in the carriage: someone had obtained its Soul Ring.
Upon realizing this, the Evil Orca King's anxious heart died completely. His already scarlet eyes gradually deepened to a heavy crimson.
"Roar! Human! You'll pay for this blood debt in blood!" the Evil Orca King bellowed. He immediately stopped tangling with Xiao Bai, and the Evil Spirit Orca Clan rapidly began circling around him.
"Evil Orca King! Have you gone mad? Stop!" Seeing this, Xiao Bai immediately shouted, hoping to stop everything before he raised a tsunami and came ashore.
The Evil Orca King alone might not be able to raise a tsunami large enough to inundate Vast Sea City and allow him to move around near it.
But if he gathered the strength of the entire Evil Spirit Orca Clan, there was nearly an eighty-percent chance of raising a tsunami of sufficient scale.
Watching the situation at sea from afar, Tang Mo narrowed his eyes slightly. The Ocean Pact power originating from the Azure Sea Killer Whale was constantly alerting him that the Evil Spirit Orca Clan was attempting to raise a tsunami.
With a thought, he sent the Fish Intestine Sword flying from his hand. Soul Power carried his words onto the Fish Intestine Sword, which flew all the way to Yue Guan's ear.
Yue Guan sensed something approaching rapidly, but because the Fish Intestine Sword carried Tang Mo's aura, he merely reached out and gripped its hilt rather than striking to intercept it.
The instant he grasped the Fish Intestine Sword, Tang Mo's voice came from it. "The Evil Spirit Orcas are trying to raise a tsunami. They must be stopped. The Demon Soul Great White Sharks are the Sea God's emissaries. You can join forces with them."
Upon hearing the words "Sea God," Yue Guan's expression grew somewhat more solemn. Then the question that had been lingering in his mind resolved itself.
Spirit Hall spread faith in the Angel God. Drawing a comparison with Spirit Hall's public actions, Yue Guan understood that the Demon Soul Great White Sharks were maintaining peace in the ocean and spreading faith in the Sea God.
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