Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 423: Test? Showdown

Haotian Sect, inside Haotian Castle.

"Brother, do you think something happened up there? Why has there been no movement for so many years? What exactly is his plan? He hasn't shown any concern for Dong'er in all these years? Has he really just ignored everything?"

A loud and deep voice sounded from inside the castle.

Two tall figures stood at the window inside the castle, looking up at the sky.

The person who was speaking was a middle-aged man with an extremely strong build. He had short, fine hair like steel needles, a dignified appearance, and a resolute face as if it was cut by a knife or an axe. His eyes were brown with a faint golden glow. His grey robe could not completely hide his strong tattooed muscles.

The other was also a middle-aged man with long green hair that fell on his broad and majestic shoulders. His eyes were also green. When he opened and closed them, his seemingly plain eyes had an indescribable special quality. It seemed as if he could not suppress the strong aura in his body.

His sturdy body was wrapped in a white suit, and he was listening to the chatter of the sturdy man next to him.

The middle-aged man in white was the Grand Master of Haotian Sect, Niu Tian, ​​and the nagging burly man in gray was the Second Master, Tai Tan.

Niu Tian sighed and said, "You and I cannot guess what he is thinking. He must have his own reasons for doing this. Xiaodong has already graduated from Shrek Academy and joined a sect called Zizaimen. The things he left behind have never been put to use."

Niu Tian took out a brocade bag from his storage ring and said helplessly, "The test in this brocade bag was left by him, but Xiaodong has never brought anyone back. Who is this test for?"

Tai Tan asked in confusion: "Brother, you said he stayed to test us, but you didn't say who he was testing. Are we just going to wait here?"

Niu Tian sighed and said, "Forget it, this is not something we should care about. As long as Xiaodong is fine, it's fine. The rest is up to fate."

"God's will?" Titan looked at the sky outside through the window, confusion in his eyes.

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Time passed slowly, and it had been half a month since Ji Lin and others returned to Xingluo City. During this half month, news came from all sides, including the wrangling between the Sun-Moon Empire, the Xingluo Empire, and the Tianhun Empire. Some sects that originally belonged to the Three Douluo Kingdoms and went to the Sun-Moon Empire to participate in the competition were unable to return to their sects, but were deeply trapped in the Sun-Moon Empire.

The three empires argued over this a lot. The Sun-Moon Empire condemned the two empires for causing a huge explosion in Mingdu, which resulted in millions of innocent civilian casualties and countless people left homeless. However, the Xingluo and Tianhun Empires of course refused to admit it. After all, they did not do it.

The three former Douluo empires condemned the Sun-Moon Empire for privately detaining the sect teams that went to participate in the competition. Their intentions were despicable, and both sides were at a loss in diplomacy.

After all, only a few sects were able to escape from Mingdu unscathed. Most of the small and medium-sized sects were detained by the Sun-Moon Empire. The Sun-Moon Empire also clearly and arrogantly stated that all the people from the participating academies and sects were in their hands and were still alive.

This caused the original Douluo Three Kingdoms a great headache. Many of the elite disciples of the sects and academies were in the hands of the Sun-Moon Empire, which made them cautious. They knew that the Sun-Moon Empire would start a war, but they did not dare to take the initiative to attack. One reason was that they did not have enough strength, and the other was that the sects and academies whose disciples were detained opposed it.

Who among those who can represent the major colleges and sects to participate in the Continental Youth High-level Spirit Master Elite Competition is not the best of the younger generation? Almost all of them are the future pillars of these colleges and sects. In addition, with the teachers leading the team, or the sects led by the sect master himself, this means that the major sects and colleges will not dare to use force against the Sun Moon Empire easily, at least before their own people are rescued.

If these academies and sects took the risk to go for the rescue, they would also fall into the trap of the Sun-Moon Empire and would be defeated one by one by the Sun-Moon Empire. If the original Douluo Three Kingdoms wanted to take action against the Sun-Moon Empire, they would have to consider the opinions of these sects and academies with high-end combat power.

The Sun-Moon Empire can take this opportunity to recuperate and recover the vitality lost in the Mingdu explosion. This can be said to be a three-birds-with-one-stone strategy. First, it can make the three countries cautious, second, it can strike at the high-end combat power of the three countries, and third, it can take the opportunity to recover its vitality.

During the past half month, Jing Hongchen secretly sent some high-level soul mentors to Xingluo City. These high-level soul mentors are Jing Hongchen's confidants, and their family members are all under Jing Hongchen's control. Coupled with the constraints of the Book of Contract, it can be said that there is no risk of error.

With the addition of these senior soul mentors, Ji Lin's progress is encouraging and I think he will achieve results soon.

However, Jing Hongchen did not dare to make any big moves. In recent times, the Sun Moon Empire has been the center of the storm, and it was already the limit for him to secretly send a group of soul mentors.

The last piece of the puzzle was about to be completed, and Ji Lin was ready to confront Xu Jiawei. In the Xingluo Palace, Xu Jiawei, Ji Lin, and Xu Jiujiu were sitting on the sofa. Xu Jiawei had already sent all the guards and palace maids away because Ji Lin said there was something very important to discuss that only the three of them could know.

Although Xu Jiawei is the king of a country, he does not have the loneliness and fright of the emperor in Ji Lin's previous life. He still has people he can completely trust, such as Xu Jiujiu, and Ji Lin is also someone he trusts. First, he has watched Ji Lin grow up since he was a child, and second, he himself is also a Titled Douluo with great skills and courage.

Xu Jiujiu sat next to Ji Lin with a conflicted look on her face. She had already guessed what Ji Lin was going to say. What she was worried about now was that her royal brother would disagree. If the two had different ideas, she would be very embarrassed to be stuck in the middle.

Xu Jiawei had a smile on his face, perhaps he had guessed something, but he was waiting for Ji Lin to come to him.

After all, Ji Lin's performance was quite obvious. He also had some understanding of Chi Yuan's strength. From Ji Lin's establishment of Zizai Gate, to promoting the establishment of Liyue Chamber of Commerce, as well as the recent secret arrival of the senior soul instructor from the Sun and Moon Empire, all showed that Ji Lin had his own ideas.

And he had been waiting for Ji Lin to confront him.

Ji Lin held the princess's hand for a long time, comforted her, and told her not to worry. Then he looked at Xu Jiawei and said in a deep voice, "Brother, I think you can see that I have my own ideas. I want to unify Douluo Continent."

Xu Jiawei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You kid, you want to be the emperor?"

"Anyway, our Xu family doesn't have any male heirs. When you and Jiujiu are married, I can give you the Xingluo throne. With your talent, you will even be the strongest emperor in the history of the Xingluo Empire."

Ji Lin looked calm and said again: "Brother, I want to unify Douluo Continent."

Ji Lin is very clear about the situation of the Xu family. This generation of the Xu family is very small, and there is not even a male heir to inherit the Star Crown Martial Spirit. The direct bloodline is only Xu Jiawei, Xu Jiujiu, Xu Yun, and several predecessors of the older generation. Once Xu Jiawei abdicates, they can't even find an heir. They can't let a woman ascend the throne and become an empress! Although there was a Martial Spirit Empire that pioneered it ten thousand years ago, their Xingluo Empire has no precedent of an empress ascending the throne. If Xu Jiujiu or Xu Yun ascended the throne, the opposition within the empire would be extremely strong, and the Xu family's control over the Xingluo Empire is not that strong, and it can't be called a one-man show at all.

With the current strength of the Xingguan Sect, after Xu Jiawei, they will most likely not be able to keep the throne, just like the lineage of the White Tiger Duke.

So Xu Jiawei thought about passing the throne to Ji Lin, and then to the child of Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu. Of course, that would require the two of them to give birth to a boy.

This is better than returning the throne to the lineage of Duke Baihu. At least the throne still has the blood of their Xu family.

And strictly speaking, Ji Lin also has the blood of the Xu family, but he is very far away from Xu Jiawei and his direct lineage.

But he didn't expect Ji Lin's ambition to be so big that he was not satisfied with just the Xing Luo Empire.

Xu Jiawei smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, I once thought about unifying the Douluo Continent, but unfortunately I was defeated by reality. Now I only want to preserve the Xingluo Empire and the Xingguan Sect. I don't want to become the king of a fallen country and bring shame to my ancestors."

"To be honest, apart from me, most of the emperors of the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire also have the idea of ​​unifying the Douluo Continent. An emperor without ambition is not a qualified emperor. But the fact is that no matter which empire we have, we don't have the strength to unify the Douluo Continent."

"Jiu Mei, let me ask you, is our Xingguan Sect strong?"

Xu Jiujiu said without hesitation: "Of course we are very powerful. We were able to lead the imperial army and civilians to drive out the invading Sun Moon Empire, and eventually forced the lineage of Duke Baihu to give way to us. It was because of the power of our family. Now there are very few large families with such a long history like our Xu family on the mainland. Even when the Spirit Hall was wreaking havoc, they couldn't do anything to us."

Xu Jiawei nodded and said, "You are right. Our Xu family is very strong, but even though we are so strong, we still cannot defeat other empires and unify Douluo Continent. In the end, our generation is sparsely populated, and there are not even more than five people who have the Star Crown Martial Spirit. What really prevents us from unifying Douluo Continent is not other empires, but those hidden sects and families."

Ji Lin knew what Xu Jiawei meant. He was advising him not to be too ambitious. There were too many difficulties in unifying the Douluo Continent. In addition to other empires, there were also hidden sects and families, and even the gods in the sky might intervene.

Xu Jiawei's worries are not unreasonable. You know, even if the Spirit Hall intended to unify the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago, it failed in the end and was defeated by the Sea God Tang San, and its ambitions were shattered.

You have to know that the Spirit Hall had two gods at that time, and they were not ordinary gods, but they were defeated in the end.

(End of this chapter)