vncnus Chapter 233 Infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace
Chapter 233 Infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace
Chapter 233 Infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace
"But."
After hearing Ye Qifeng's words, knowing that he wanted to help her fulfill her wish, Liu Erlong felt both touched and warm. She was somewhat tempted by Ye Qifeng's suggestion, but still hesitated.
After all, it was her younger brother's money, and Liu Erlong felt bad about it.
Looking at the changing expressions on Liu Erlong's pretty face, and her continued hesitation, Ye Qifeng suddenly said again:
"How about this, after your academy is established, Sister Erlong, you can give me the position of vice dean, Dangdang?"
"Just let me have a name on the list, so I can experience what it's like to be a teacher and administrator at the college."
"Vice Dean?"
Liu Erlong was taken aback upon hearing this, but then his eyes lit up, his hesitation vanished, and he thought of a better idea. He immediately said:
"Xiao Feng, why don't you become the dean? I'll be your assistant. I think that might be better, since you'll be contributing more money."
Uh, I don't have time to be a dean.
I don't really want to be the vice dean; at most, I'd just hold a temporary position.
The reason I brought this up is simply to put your mind at ease so you can accept this money without feeling burdened.
Ye Qifeng thought to himself, then said to Liu Erlong:
"You should take on the role of dean, Sister Erlong. You're more suitable than me."
"Besides, I can't stay in Heaven Dou City forever. I might leave after a while."
"All right."
Upon hearing this, Liu Erlong remained silent for a moment, then thought about it and could only agree.
Because she knew that Ye Qifeng was a member of the Spirit Hall of Spirit City and could not stay in Heaven Dou City for long. One day, he would still need to return to Spirit City.
"How are you feeling, Sister Erlong? Are you still confused?"
A moment later, Ye Qifeng suddenly asked with a smile.
Liu Erlong nodded repeatedly, her voice clear and melodious, and replied:
"I'm not confused anymore. After Xiaofeng mentioned it, I suddenly feel full of energy."
"I'll go out and look for a suitable place to set up the academy in a bit. I'll also visit some old friends I know to see if they'd be willing to teach at the academy we're creating."
"I was planning to show you around Tiandou City these next couple of days, but I'm afraid that won't be possible now. I can only apologize to you, Xiaofeng."
With a new goal in mind, Liu Erlong was filled with motivation.
With Ye Qifeng's financial support, her wish to create an advanced Soul Master Academy will soon be realized, and she can't wait to do so.
"It's alright, Sister Erlong. Just focus on your work and don't worry about me. Besides, I have my own things to take care of. I'll keep an eye out for the location of the academy for you."
Ye Qifeng waved his hand dismissively and said it didn't matter.
Liu Erlong is the kind of decisive and efficient career woman who will act without delay once she has a goal.
"Xiao Feng, thank you."
At this moment, Liu Erlong suddenly hugged Ye Qifeng tightly, gently resting her head on his shoulder, and whispered a soft thank you in her ear.
The sudden soft fragrance entering his arms surprised Ye Qifeng.
Before he could say anything, Liu Erlong, blushing, loosened her grip, pointed to the small mountain of gold soul coins in the room, and quickly said:
"By the way, Xiao Feng, keep these gold soul coins for now. I'll ask you for them again when I need funds."
"Okay," Ye Qifeng said, somewhat bewildered.
"Then I'll get back to work."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Erlong turned around quickly, left the room, and ran out as if he were escaping.
Is it in such a hurry?
I was thinking of making breakfast together.
Since that's the case, I might as well go out and have a meal later.
Watching Liu Erlong's figure disappear as if fleeing, Ye Qifeng smiled faintly, then shook his head, looked back at the small hill of gold soul coins in the room, activated his soul power, and casually waved his hand, putting them all back into his purple jade crystal ring.
then.
Ye Qifeng returned to the living room and saw something on the table.
This wasn't available before.
Clearly, this was something Liu Erlong left for him.
With a flick of his mental energy, Ye Qifeng sent the object flying into the air, swiftly landing in his hand. He then took a closer look.
It's a set of keys.
Ye Qifeng realized that this was the key that Liu Erlong had specially left for him before she left.
A casual count revealed that the number of keys seemed to perfectly match the number of all the door locks, including the iron gate to the courtyard, the front door to the living room, and the keys to all the room locks, even the key to the room where Liu Erlong lived.
With a flick of his wrist, he put the key away.
Upon arriving in the courtyard, Ye Qifeng glanced at the green plants and flowers, which had now regained their vibrant life.
Then he went out the gate, locked the iron gate, and headed towards the direction of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace in the central city.
…………
More than an hour later.
Ye Qifeng stood under a tall wall.
Behind this wall lies the core of political power in the Heavenly Dou Empire: the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.
The Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace is located in the heart of Heavenly Dou City.
The entire palace faces south, and all the buildings are constructed in this orientation. The palace is surrounded by a wall that is thirty meters high.
Although the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace has a tall gate in each of the four directions (east, south, west, and north) for entry and exit, only the south gate is actually open to the public.
The other palace gates are all locked and closed during normal times, prohibiting passage.
Therefore, the only way to enter the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, besides climbing over the wall, is to enter from the south gate.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace is heavily guarded. The area outside the palace walls is guarded by the elite Heaven Dou Royal Knights. Therefore, you can often see squads of Heaven Dou Royal Knights patrolling back and forth with halberds near the palace.
The palace gates and the interior of the palace were guarded and protected by the equally elite Imperial Guards of the Heavenly Dou Empire.
The Heaven Dou Royal Knights and the Heaven Dou Empire Imperial Guard are two armies directly subordinate to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and only obey the orders of Emperor Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire. They are led by Marshal Ge Long, Emperor Xue Ye's trusted confidant and a staunch loyalist of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Golong is the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Heaven Dou Empire. He has profound military talent and is known as the number one person in the Heaven Dou military. He is also a Soul Douluo and is the strongest person in the Heaven Dou Empire except for the guest elder Dugu Bo.
The strongest person in the entire Heaven Dou Empire was merely a Soul Douluo, not even a Title Douluo. Even the only Title Douluo, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, was just a guest elder in name only.
That's incredibly weak.
Given that the Heaven Dou royal family is so weak, and their inherited martial soul is just a swan with little combat power, how did they ascend to the throne in the dog-eat-dog world of Douluo where strength reigns supreme? It's completely illogical.
The Heaven Dou royal family and the Dai family of the Star Luo Empire are not even in the same league; there is no comparison whatsoever.
The White Tiger, the inherited martial soul of the Dai family, is a top-tier beast martial soul, and its attack power is not weak.
In addition, it can be combined with the Netherworld Cat, a martial soul inherited from the Zhu family, to form a martial soul fusion skill.
It is perfectly reasonable for someone to ascend to the throne.
After all, their strength is undeniable.
What's going on with this fight between the royal family and the heavens?
No matter how you look at it, there is no reason why he should have ascended to the throne. No matter how brilliant your political skills are, if you are weak, you are still weak.
In the Douluo Continent, all power comes from one's own strength, and one's own strength comes from one's martial soul.
The Swan Martial Soul of the Heaven Dou Royal Family is nothing more than an ordinary Martial Soul.
Aside from being able to fly, it can be said to be useless, having neither offensive nor supportive capabilities.
How could someone with such a mediocre martial spirit ascend to the throne of a nation?
That's a joke.
The keyboard warriors all say that Douluo Continent is the floor tile and sewer of the fantasy world, but even so, it still belongs to the fantasy world in the end. The law of the jungle and the supremacy of strength are its essence.
The Heavenly Dou Royal Family, this so-called Okula family, is utterly worthless and has absolutely no right to sit on the emperor's throne.
Why don't you let my little Xue'er sit here?
Looking at the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace before him, Ye Qifeng couldn't help but mentally complain.
"Xiao Xue'er is inside. I wonder if we'll be able to see her today? We need to find the location of the Crown Prince's palace first."
Thinking of Qian Renxue's arrogant and domineering face, Ye Qifeng couldn't help but smile.
When we first met at the Blue Lake in the orphanage, she was only nine years old and her body was just beginning to develop, yet she was already incredibly beautiful.
Seven years have passed, and she's now an adult. I wonder how beautiful she must be. I'm kind of looking forward to it.
A moment later, Ye Qifeng shook his head slightly, composed himself, glanced at the heavily guarded south gate of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace not far away, smiled faintly, and then looked away.
My gaze returned to the towering palace walls before me.
In fact, Ye Qifeng could have directly entered the Tiandou Imperial Palace from the south gate of the adjacent palace.
After all, he has a third soul skill, Dark Vision Realm.
Within the shadow realm, he could conceal his form and aura, making him completely undetectable to the Heavenly Dou Imperial Guards who guarded the south gate of the palace.
However, Ye Qifeng did not intend to enter from the south gate of the palace. Instead, he chose a location where the palace buildings were relatively dense, and prepared to climb over the wall and sneak into the Tiandou Imperial Palace.
With a thought, he instantly unleashed his third soul skill, Dark Shadow Realm, and shadows enveloped everything.
Ye Qifeng's figure vanished into thin air, as if he had never existed.
Just as Ye Qifeng's figure disappeared, a shadow not far away twitched slightly, and a dark figure flashed by, flying into the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.
This figure was naturally the ghost guarding Ye Qifeng.
After Ye Qifeng's figure and aura were erased and hidden by the Shadow Realm, even ghosts and demons could not sense where he was.
However, the two had already made an agreement.
Wherever Ye Qifeng goes, he leaves a subtle mark that lasts for a few breaths. Ghosts only need to follow the mark to sneak around.
With his ghostly stealth and tracking abilities, Ye Qifeng was confident that he wouldn't lose track of him.
Besides, it doesn't matter if the ghost gets lost.
With Ye Qifeng's abilities, he can thrive in the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace without worrying about encountering danger.
Even if he were to encounter Ge Long, the strongest warrior of the Heaven Dou Empire, Ye Qifeng would be confident that he could escape unscathed.
Besides, Goron is just a Contra user; whether he can even find his trail is questionable.
He could hide and move stealthily in the shadows, so well that even ghosts couldn't detect his movements. Ye Qifeng didn't believe that Ge Long had this ability.
In terms of perception, no one in the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace can compare to Ghost.
Of course, Xiaoxue'er is an exception.
After all, Xiao Xue'er's martial soul is the six-winged angel, a god-level martial soul with innate soul power of level 20. Her perception ability is naturally strong, and compared to herself, it is probably not much weaker.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about safety when infiltrating the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.
…………
After Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei scaled the wall and entered the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace...
soon.
A carriage came to a smooth stop in front of the south gate of the palace.
The carriage was inlaid with gold and silver, exceptionally gorgeous and luxurious, and was pulled by three tall and strong horses.
Amidst a barrage of arrogant and domineering insults and angry roars, the carriage was quickly allowed to pass.
In the middle of the carriage.
A boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a gorgeous dress woven with gold and silver threads and inlaid with gemstones, with a somewhat handsome appearance, reclined on a couch covered with soft mink fur.
The moment the carriage crossed the south gate of the palace, the boy's angry expression vanished instantly, completely losing the arrogance he had shown when facing the Imperial Guards.
This young man was none other than the fourth son of Emperor Xue Ye of the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, namely the Fourth Prince, Xue Beng.
The arrogance just now was obviously something Avalanche deliberately displayed.
Having witnessed the untimely deaths of the eldest and second princes, and fearing the catastrophic consequences of following in their footsteps, he took on the role of a spoiled and dissolute prince.
The purpose was to show certain people, thereby lowering their guard and reducing their desire to kill.
Of course, Xue Beng played the role of this spoiled prince with great ease.
Playing the role of a spoiled prince was actually a method personally taught to him by his uncle, Prince Xuexing. In order to survive, Xuebeng carried it out without any compromise, learning his uncle's spoiled behavior in every way.
He did whatever his uncle, Prince Xuexing, did.
Xue Beng, who originally received a strict court education, gradually began to discover that being a playboy also had its advantages, because it could bring people unprecedented happiness.
Since playing the role of a spoiled prince, Xue Beng seems to have opened the door to a new world, and he quickly became addicted to it, enjoying it immensely.
In fact, his occasional dissolute behavior was far more outrageous than that of his uncle, Prince Xuexing.
Before long, Xue Beng, who was playing the role of a spoiled prince, actually became a spoiled prince. As a result, some of the people who had been watching him closely gradually relaxed their vigilance.
Inside the carriage.
Although the anger on Xue Beng's face had dissipated, he still looked depressed.
Just now at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan rejected his advances once again, and even threw the roses he gave her into the trash can right in front of him.
"You filthy bitch, you don't know what's good for you! If your grandfather weren't a Title Douluo, do you think I, this prince, would be so subservient to you? If my uncle hadn't warned me against using force, I would have shown you what true power and might are, and what an unyielding spear truly is."
Xue Beng snorted coldly, his face darkening, and slapped hard on the soft mink fur, making a muffled "plop" sound.
"And that bastard Yu Tianheng, how dare he use this to mock me. How despicable!"
It's one thing that Dugu Yan treated me that way, after all, Xue Beng knew that her reputation wasn't great, so it was normal for Dugu Yan to reject her.
But that bastard Yu Tianheng, relying on his status as the young sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, doesn't take me seriously at all, and opposes me at every turn, even competing with me for and pursuing Dugu Yan.
He saw that Dugu Yan was indifferent to him and even came over to mock him for overestimating his abilities.
This made the avalanche very unhappy.
Half an hour later.
The avalanche-riding chariot stopped in front of a palace.
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince!"
As soon as the carriage stopped, a palace steward rushed out and stood beside it to greet it with a fawning smile.
"Oh? Butler, have you brought back the person I asked for?"
Avalanche lifted the curtain, stepped out of the carriage, and looked down at the palace steward with a dissolute air.
"Your Highness, the person you requested was brought back an hour ago. I have instructed the maids to bathe, dress, and prepare her before sending her to Your Highness's bedchamber, where she awaits Your Highness's favor."
"That's what the palace steward said obsequiously."
"Very good. You did a good job."
Upon hearing this, Xue Beng's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on his face, and his previous gloom vanished in an instant.
Then, Xue Beng leaped down from the carriage and, led by the palace steward, head held high, with a frivolous and lewd expression on his face, strode back to his prince's palace with an air of arrogance that showed no regard for family.
"Huh? What a coincidence!"
At that moment, a soft laugh suddenly came from a shadowy corner of the palace wall.
(End of this chapter)