The Seeds of Rebellion
After resolving the matter concerning the Soul Beast embryo, Xu Jiujiu directly gave the Soul Beast embryo to Xu Xingyu and also gave her the key to open the God Sealing Platform.
In addition, Xu Jiujiu also gave Xu Xingyu information about the Level 9 Soul Engineer who sealed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
After a brief review, Xu Xingyu promised to try her best to have the agreed-upon items delivered to her door by the Spirit Contract Pagoda within the next few days.
After saying goodbye, Xu Jiujiu left the private room with Jiang Nannan. Knowing that they would be busy with this matter, she did not try to stop him.
Before leaving, he simply asked Xu Xingyu to contact him more often, instead of waiting a year for her to reach out first.
Xu Xingyu could only give a vague answer, because he really didn't know how to handle his relationship with Xu Jiujiu.
As an engaged couple, their relationship should be that of lovers, but at most they admire each other's abilities and haven't reached the stage of being in a romantic relationship.
If they were just ordinary friends, then their relationship was a bit too close.
To be honest, the reason why Xu Xingyu hasn't accepted the other party yet is partly because she's unsure how to handle her relationship with Xu Jiujiu, and partly because of political issues.
If Xu Xingyu were to actually marry this princess as one of his wives, then the Spirit Contract Pagoda would be directly designated as a sect of the Star Luo Empire, completely losing its neutral stance.
This means that the branches previously established in other empires will also have to be dismantled, and the idea of Spirit Contract Pagoda spreading the Soul Spirit across the continent will be delayed.
The only solution is to help the Star Luo Empire dominate the entire Douluo Continent.
This method is actually quite good. After all, with a unified empire, large-scale wars will decrease in the future, and there will be no more trivial matters caused by conflicts of interest between countries.
Xu Xingyu is currently unsure whether she should support the Star Luo Empire. As one of the three original Douluo Empires, its ideology is relatively backward due to the suppression by a certain God King.
If Xu Xingyu really had to choose, he would prefer the policies and society of the Sun Moon Empire.
Admittedly, the reason why the Sun Moon Empire's society is the closest to that of Blue Star is mainly due to Xu Tianran's constant suppression of the nobles in order to ascend the throne, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
If it weren't for the fact that his Dragon God Bloodline and the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family were mortal enemies, and that his grandfather was the most loyal general of the Star Luo Empire, he really wanted to directly unify the Sun Moon Continent with the Douluo Continent.
However, just based on the fact that the Sun Moon Empire possesses the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Bloodline, even if Xu Xingyu intended to cooperate with them, his Dragon God Bloodline would immediately go berserk and annihilate all the owners of the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul.
It can only be said that he, as the son, completely failed to understand the feud between his father and uncle.
After leaving the health center, Xu Xingyu immediately sent a message to Gu Yuena, informing her of everything. Gu Yuena then agreed to the Star Luo Empire's conditions and planned to personally deliver the items.
Looking at the message sent by Gu Yuena, Xu Xingyu knew that she simply wanted to think of her. Otherwise, she could have easily let others do this, such as Di Tian, Bi Ji, and others.
As it got darker, Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan had to reschedule their date.
Upon returning to the hotel, Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan encountered the reserve team members who had just returned from the auction. They went up to greet them and inquired about the Soul Tool they had purchased.
The result was roughly as Xu Xingyu had predicted. Apart from the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife that was already in his hands, the rest were the same as in the original story: Soul Tool Paralyzing Ray, Milk Bottle, and so on.
The only difference is that the Level 4 Milk Bottle wasn't given to Huo Yuhao, but instead to Wang Dong'er.
The reason for doing this is that Huo Yuhao here, without the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Dong, has no one to help him share the impact of the Soul Power contained in the Milk Bottle. If he forcibly absorbs the Soul Power in the Milk Bottle, he is likely to absorb too much and explode, dying.
The reason given to Wang Dong'er was that her cultivation level was only one level away from reaching the Soul Elder level, so using a Level 4 Milk Bottle was not a problem at all.
Furthermore, her Spiritual Power is second only to Huo Yuhao's, so she can use her Spiritual Power to properly adjust how much Soul Power she needs to absorb at a time.
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone returned to their rooms to get some rest with their umbrellas, as they would need to plan tactics for the upcoming match the next day.
Before going to rest, Xu Xingyu called He Caitou over, wanting to have a private talk with him.
He Caitou didn't refuse; after all, it was normal for his superior to want to talk to him.
He Caitou didn't expect was that this conversation would completely change his life.
After finding a private meeting room, Xu Xingyu used her Soul Power to isolate the surrounding sounds so that no one could eavesdrop on their conversation.
Seeing Xu Xingyu's cautious demeanor He Caitou and asked, "Does the young tower master have something special to say?"
Upon hearing Xu Xingyu did not immediately respond to He Caitou's question. Instead, she handed a report to He Caitou.
At Xu Xingyu's prompting He Caitou opened the report and looked through its contents.
To He Caitou's great surprise, the document contained detailed information about a person he recognized. This person was Xu Tianheng, who had once been his father's most capable subordinate and the legion commander of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps Soul Engineer Corps in the Sun Moon Empire.
If he hadn't been the vanguard who held off his uncle's army during that civil war, he He Caitou might not be alive today.
Seeing He Caitou's bewildered expression Xu Xingyu asked, "Looks like you know this person?"
"Yes, he was my father's subordinate. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be who I am today." He Caitou continued, trembling, "Is Uncle Tianheng still alive?"
Xu Xingyu nodded and said, "He is indeed still alive, and he is also the leader of the resistance army of your Sun Moon Empire."
"He recently came to the Star Luo Empire intending to sell something, but because that item violated some of our Spirit Contract Pagoda's principles, the Star Luo Empire arrested him and handed him over to our Spirit Contract Pagoda for disposal."
"Then what do you want me to do?" He Caitou didn't believe that Xu Xingyu would come here just to inform him that an acquaintance from the past was still alive.
Xu Xingyu slowly spoke, "I want you to seize the throne of the Sun Moon Empire."
Xu Xingyu spoke with He Caitou, who then joined forces with the remnants of her father's old army.