Douluo: Make a gun first

Chapter 63: Prince Xuexing, Royal Infighting

The Sunset Forest is one of the three largest soul hunting forests in the Tiandou Empire, and the second largest soul hunting forest after the Star Dou Forest. Although there are no hundred thousand year soul beasts comparable to Titled Douluo, ten thousand year soul beasts in the core area are not rare.

Moreover, the Sunset Forest is adjacent to the imperial city of the Tiandou Empire, with a straight-line distance of less than 100 kilometers. It is the place where most soul masters hunt soul beasts within 500 kilometers centered on Tiandou City.

After leaving the residence, Dugu Bo led the way in front, while Shen Feng and Dugu Yan followed silently behind.

Not long after they left, Dugu Yan frowned slightly and looked thoughtfully towards the shops on the street.

"Grandpa, someone is watching us."

Dugu Bo said without even turning his head: "Don't worry about it. We are always outsiders to Tiandou City. It's not surprising that someone is paying attention to our whereabouts."

"Look, the real owner is here."

Shen Feng looked carefully and saw a luxurious car, escorted by a team of fully armed soldiers, driving from the far end of the street and slowly stopping in front of the three of them.

"Mr. Dugu, I haven't seen you for a few months. Are you okay?"

A resonant voice came from the carriage, and an old man in gorgeous clothes walked out of the carriage with the help of his servants.

The old man was over sixty years old, wearing a yellow robe embroidered with flowers and brocade. He looked extremely luxurious but not at all messy.

His gray hair was combed neatly behind his head. He was of medium build, slightly plump, and had a handsome appearance.

It's just that the eyes look a little smaller, which ruins the overall feeling of the facial features.

Seeing the visitor, Dugu Bo put on a relatively friendly expression and bowed to him: "Your Highness, what is the matter with this visit?"

Hearing Dugu Bo's address, Shen Feng immediately guessed that this person was most likely Prince Xue Xing who had rescued Dugu Bo.

Xue Xing grinned, and her already small eyes narrowed into an invisible slit.

"Yesterday, Mr. Dugu was exhausted from the journey and it was already sunset when he returned. I didn't dare to disturb him too much, so I went out early this morning. I didn't expect that Mr. Dugu was leaving again."

"But it's also good luck that I happened to meet you here. It's great to be able to bother you for a few words."

Dugu Bo looked up at the sun that had already risen high in the sky, and immediately understood why Prince Xuexing happened to appear in front of him at this time and in this place.

As the only Titled Douluo priest in the Tiandou Empire, Dugu Bo has such powerful strength that it is difficult for others to ignore him even if he does nothing.

As the saying goes, the tree wants to be still, but the wind does not stop.

Yesterday, Dugu Bo brought Shen Feng into Tiandou City. The first person they met was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. The two talked for a while and were quite angry when they left.

After this happened, Xue Xing naturally wanted to test Dugu Bo's attitude, firstly to see if Xue Qinghe had tried to win over Dugu Bo, and secondly to consolidate the personal friendship between him and Dugu Bo.

After all, Dugu Bo hasn't returned for ten months, and it would be inappropriate for him not to come out to see him.

The reason why I didn't go last night was to not add to the trouble for the angry Dugu Bo. Today, I found out Dugu Bo's whereabouts and waited for him early on the road he had to pass. This showed my sincerity.

After thinking about this, Dugu Bo couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. Don't you know what kind of person I am, Dugu Bo, clearly?"

"You are you, the crown prince is the crown prince, and the empire is the empire. They cannot be mixed up."

"I will always remember your kindness to me and will never forget it."

Hearing this, Xue Xing was immediately delighted, squinting her eyes and laughing, "Although my nephew is the crown prince, he is in his twenties and naturally has youthful vigor. If his behavior yesterday offended you, I am here to apologize to you on his behalf."

As he spoke, Prince Xuexing bowed to Dugu Bo in front of everyone.

Since Dugu Bo said that he would never forget the kindness he had shown him in the past, Xue Xing would naturally try to win him over whenever possible.

If it succeeds, it will be a great thing.

If it fails, it can also show one's attitude. If you think deeply about it, it can create an illusion for other people who are interested.

Look, even the crown prince of the empire was humiliated in front of His Majesty Dugu, but I had a very pleasant conversation with His Majesty Dugu Bo.

What does this mean? It means that those who are in the right path will have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong path will have few supporters. You fence-sitters who are looking at others for favors, why don’t you quickly get close to me? Xue Xing acted like this, and Dugu Bo, who was over 70 years old and had become very experienced, naturally saw it.

But Xue Xing had done him a favor, and although he didn't like this kind of thing, he had to respond to it.

Sighing, Dugu Bo stepped forward and helped him up: "Your Highness, there is no need to do this."

"You know my character. I will not get involved in the internal struggles of your royal family. Whether it is you, the crown prince, or Emperor Xue Ye, I will not take sides with any of you."

"Between you and me, we are just private friends."

Xue Xing has his plans, and Dugu Bo is also expressing his attitude.

I just want to live a peaceful life and don't care about the infighting within your royal family. But we also have a personal relationship. You have done me a favor, and I will not just watch you being imprisoned.

Xue Xing obviously understood what Dugu Bo meant, and waved her hands happily: "Haha, sir, what are you talking about? We have known each other for many years, how could I not know your character?"

"I am here today for personal reasons, not official business."

"Come here, bring up the gift I prepared for you, sir."

As he spoke, Xue Xing waved to the guards behind him with a smile on his face.

A guard walked up to Dugu Bo holding a sandalwood box in his hands and presented it to him with both hands raised high.

Click~, the box opened, and a very exquisitely shaped but palm-sized pistol appeared in front of everyone.

"Uh" Dugu Bo and Shen Feng were stunned. No one expected it to be this thing.

Dugu Yan's eyes lit up, he reached out to take the pistol out of the box, and played with it carefully in his hand.

"Grandpa, this looks like a soul guide. It looks pretty good."

Xue Xing smiled, "Haha, as long as Yanyan likes it, I prepared it especially for you."

"Half a month ago, the Barak Kingdom offered several of these novel soul guides as tribute. It is said that they were developed by a gathering place for independent cultivators on the border of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"The attack method of this soul guide is similar to that of a crossbow, using projectiles to injure people. Not only is its shape smaller than a crossbow, its appearance is also extremely exquisite, and its power cannot be underestimated. Once activated, it is enough to cause considerable damage to a four-ring soul sect."

"It's a good weapon for emergency self-defense."

After listening to Xue Xing's introduction, Dugu Yan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Your Highness, this thing is good, I like it very much."

Dugu Bo smiled, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and bowed to Xue Xing: "Thank you very much for the gift, Your Highness."

Xue Xing laughed and returned the gift with a cupped hand: "It's just a little thing. I hope Yanyan likes it. It's worth the time I spent carefully selecting it."

"Since the gifts have been delivered, I will not bother you any more and will take my leave now."

Dugu Bo bowed and said, "Take care, I won't see you off!"

Watching Xue Xing leave in the car, Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan helplessly: "Xiao Feng has a lot of this little thing, and do you need me, your grandfather, to praise that old guy Xue Xing?"

"If you take it, I will be taken advantage of by that old guy again. I feel so bad just thinking about it."

Shen Feng shook his head and smiled bitterly, then took out his service pistol from his wrist guard and handed it to Dugu Yan.

"Sister Yanyan, this is better than the one you have. Even a five-ring soul king can cause considerable damage to it, and it consumes less soul power when used."

"The one in your hand is not only weak in power, but also consumes a lot of soul power when activated. It is at most a beautiful toy."

Dugu Yan looked at the large pistol handed to her by Shen Feng, then looked down at the exquisite and small pistol in her hand, and was stunned on the spot, "Ah, this."

Dugu Bo smiled slightly and said, "Take it. The things Xiao Feng sent out won't be bad."

(End of this chapter)