Snow Empress, You Wouldn't Want the Ice Empress and Yourself to Die Just Like That Under a Heavenly Tribulation, Would You?
"Young clan leader, this time we seized a Head Soul Bone at least twenty thousand years old. In addition, three Level 8 Soul Tools, Level 7 Soul Tools..."
"Enough. Handle those things as you see fit. You don't need to ask my opinion."
After the battle, the clan elders reported the spoils to Su Yun, but he was in no mood to listen.
Level 8 Soul Tools and Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were good things, but right now, Su Yun wanted nothing to do with them.
What he feared most had happened.
While using his soul Martial Soul to recall the original story, Su Yun had discovered a problem.
Starting out in the Sun Moon Empire, there was one obstacle he simply could not get around: the Holy Spirit Cult!
It was a gathering place for Evil Soul Masters, and a force with two Limit Douluos holding the fort.
They entrenched themselves within the Sun Moon Empire, sucking its blood bit by bit, constantly taking root and sprouting until they grew into a colossal monster.
And in that process, Soul Masters' lives were inevitably required. So where did those lives come from?
Commoner Soul Masters?
There were certainly some, but the Evil Soul Masters killed noble Soul Masters whenever they saw fit, too.
In the original story, Nana's father was a baron of the Moon Empire, but that did not stop him from being persecuted by Evil Soul Masters.
The Su Clan held an earldom, which seemed a little better, but Su Yun knew it was hardly any better at all.
Now, Su Yun had raised the clan's combat strength with resources obtained by traveling between two worlds.
If Su Yun had not traded for those resources, once the Su Clan's grand elder died and the clan no longer had a Soul Douluo holding the fort, they would probably soon become sacrificial victims if they happened to encounter an Evil Soul Master in need of resources.
Back then, to demonstrate Xu Tianran's ruthless ambition, even someone at the Soul Emperor level had been killed on a whim, without the slightest hesitation.
If the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family ever needed Evil Soul Masters to do something, and the Evil Soul Masters named their price, a force with the Su Clan's combat strength could simply be handed straight over to the Holy Spirit Cult as blood food.
Of course, that blood food would not necessarily be the Su Clan. Other clans without powerful experts holding the fort were also options. But without a doubt, anyone lacking strength, or even improving their strength a little too slowly, could end up on the Holy Spirit Cult's dining table.
In the original story, Huo Yuhao had disguised himself as an Evil Soul Master to hunt down the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer legions, and that prince had not even suspected that the Holy Spirit Cult had been wrongfully accused. That alone showed what the Holy Spirit Cult had been doing all along.
"So, Third Prince, is it? Forcing me to face the Holy Spirit Cult this far ahead of time... just you wait. Sooner or later, I'll exterminate all nine generations of your clan!"
After dismissing everyone around him, Su Yun spoke through gritted teeth.
He only wanted to develop in peace, taking things slowly, step by step, using the advantages of both worlds to gradually grow. But now, it seemed he no longer had much opportunity to develop slowly.
Su Yun knew nothing about the Soul Douluo with the blood Martial Soul, but having reviewed the original story, he remembered the Soul Douluo with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner Martial Soul.
When Huo Yuhao needed his Eighth Soul Ring, the Holy Spirit Cult had an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo with a Ten Thousand Soul Fan Martial Soul. Considering the current timeline, the Soul Douluo who had come to the Su Clan was clearly that very person.
Su Yun did not know the Holy Spirit Cult's current state, but with two Soul Douluo-level experts dead, they would probably come to investigate sooner or later.
If an ordinary Titled Douluo came to investigate, that would still be manageable. But if the Holy Spirit Cult's leader, Zhongli Wu, came in person, things would become troublesome.
It was not merely a question of how difficult he would be to fight. The bigger question was whether they could fight him at all.
Ye Xishui was his biological mother, and Long Xiaoyao would not simply ignore him either.
Because of that damned Third Prince, the Su Clan had been forced into a confrontation with the Holy Spirit Cult so early. Su Yun was so furious that he started cursing the Sun Moon Empire's emperor's ancestors.
"No, I can't just sit here waiting to die. I need to think of something. Otherwise, if the Holy Spirit Cult really attacks, no one but me will be able to escape."
Su Yun paced back and forth through the Su Clan's main hall, considering the clan's future.
"Pass down my orders. Announce that the grand elder has broken through to Titled Douluo. Also, sell all our properties in Shanhai City. We're going to the imperial capital."
"Sell all our properties in Shanhai City? Young master, we won this time!"
Upon learning that Su Yun planned to leave, the fourth elder, who managed their finances, immediately felt unwell. If they continued selling off the clan's properties now, they would not fetch much.
"Sell them all. We can't stay in Shanhai City anymore. Otherwise, if two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos come next time, we probably won't even be able to escape."
"But the imperial capital is different. If a Titled Douluo clan in the imperial capital is attacked by Evil Soul Masters, the others won't merely feel like the fox mourning the rabbit's death. They'll feel it as though it happened to them."
"Where you sit determines how you think. If a Titled Douluo clan can be casually and easily exterminated by Evil Soul Masters even in the imperial capital, then the Su Clan is wiped out today, but whose clan gets wiped out tomorrow?"
"Only when our clan has a Titled Douluo and is in the imperial capital will our clansmen be safe."
Su Yun's goal was simple: move the Su Clan into the imperial capital. With a Titled Douluo clan there, if the Holy Spirit Cult dared to come, it would stir up the Sun Moon Empire's high-ranking Soul Engineers' fear of Evil Soul Masters.
As long as the Evil Soul Masters did not want to go to war with the entire Sun Moon Empire, they could not openly act against the Su Clan.
As for whether they would cause trouble in secret, he would have to think of other ways to handle that.
"Do as the young clan leader says. We'll go to the imperial capital first. But young clan leader, what about my Soul Ring? Displaying a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring wouldn't be a good idea, would it?" the grand elder said.
Su Yun nodded. "Indeed. Here's what we'll do. Second elder, third elder, fourth elder, take the clansmen to pack their things first. Also, send someone to the Illustrious Virtue Hall to ask whether the Soul Tool that changes Soul Ring colors is ready."
"As for you, grand elder, come with me to the Far North. I need to give the clan some insurance. Also, if the Illustrious Virtue Hall won't have a Soul Tool capable of concealing Soul Ring colors anytime soon, perhaps there'll be another method in the Far North."
Hearing this, the grand elder's eyes lit up.
When Su Yun had displayed a thousand-year first ring, he had merely been taking a gamble. But after obtaining his own hundred-thousand-year ninth ring, that gamble had turned into certainty that Su Yun would have a good idea.
Now it seemed Su Yun had far more than a few good ideas.
"Yes, young clan leader!"
Soon, under Su Yun's orders, the clan swiftly sprang into action.
The clan's properties in Shanhai City were sold at bone-breaking discounts, while Su Yun himself went to the Far North with the grand elder.
In a small town near the Far North, Su Yun and the grand elder checked into the best hotel.
"This place is far worse than what our clan had in Shanhai City."
After days of travel, the grand elder rested for a while, then complained as he looked at the room's furnishings.
"The Far North is a bitterly cold, harsh land, after all, and this is only a small town. Let's make do for now."
"You're right, young clan leader. But what exactly have we come to the Far North for?"
"We're here to ask the Snow Empress for help and have her shelter the Su Clan for a while."
"What!" So startled by Su Yun's words that he spat out a mouthful of tea, the grand elder exclaimed, "The Snow Empress is a Soul Beast! Is it even possible to have a Soul Beast shelter the Su Clan?"
"Of course it is. We only need to get one sentence to the Snow Empress."
"What sentence?"
"Snow Empress, you wouldn't want the Ice Empress and yourself to die just like that under a heavenly tribulation, would you?"
The grand elder: "..."
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