Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 482 The Hidden Sect
The former head of the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group was named Luanfeng, a level 94 Titled Douluo, whose title was Fire Phoenix. Unfortunately, her martial soul was not a Fire Phoenix, but a Fire Phoenix Sword.

Fire Phoenix Douluo Luanfeng, this name was once a powerful existence in the Sun Moon Empire, and was as famous as Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin.

When Ju Zi took over the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, this Fire Phoenix Douluo was very unimpressed. How could she possibly accept such a little girl? But she was the queen, and Xu Tianran personally begged her to stay in the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group. All her treatment remained the same, and even increased. In addition to the title, she would continue to command the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, and told her that Ju Zi was just a figurehead. This stabilized the Fire Phoenix Douluo's heart.

However, as time went on, Juzi led the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group to achieve many outstanding achievements in this war, and commanded the entire army. She used the two empires of Xingluo and Tianhun like a god, and Fire Phoenix Douluo was gradually convinced. From the perfunctory attitude in the beginning to now wholeheartedly assisting Juzi in controlling the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, in addition to admiration for this young queen, she also liked her a little more.

Juzi also calls her grandma in daily life. For Fire Phoenix Douluo, who has never married in her life, one can imagine how she feels about having such a granddaughter. She teaches her everything she has learned and her knowledge of soul guides. Therefore, the relationship between her and Juzi is very complicated. She is a subordinate, a relative, and also a teacher.

Therefore, it can be said that Orange has the final say in the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Group.

Although the current situation of the Sun-Moon Empire is not as good as it was at the beginning, that is also because Death Douluo failed to defend the Mingdou Mountains, and has nothing to do with Orange's strategy and tactics.

So no one blamed Orange for this defeat. Relying on Orange's battle plan, the Sun-Moon Empire occupied two-thirds of the Sky Soul Empire's territory at almost the lowest cost. It can be said that Orange deserves a large part of the credit for such a brilliant record and the contribution of expanding the territory.

In particular, she feinted an attack on the Xingluo Empire at the beginning of the war, but actually focused her attack on the Tianhun Empire, and carried out a series of news and intelligence blockades against the Xingluo Empire, which achieved extremely great results.

After this battle, Orange is now hailed as a military genius that appears once in a hundred years in the Sun-Moon Empire. Even the halo of the queen is far less dazzling than that of her marshal.

The power in Orange's hands is growing. Except for the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Corps, the other four Beast King-level Soul Instructor Corps are now directly controlled by her. Among them, the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Corps has taken her surname. After all, the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Corps, which is composed of all female soul instructors, is more likely to accept Orange as the female marshal. With the full cooperation of Fire Phoenix Douluo Luanfeng, the female soul instructors of the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Corps soon all surrendered to Orange.

Of the entire Eastern Expedition Army of the Sun-Moon Empire, Juzi was the commander-in-chief. It can be said that Xu Tianran's trust in Juzi reached its peak, and he handed over almost all the troops to Juzi.

Orange did not disappoint Xu Tianran. After occupying a large amount of land in the Tianhun Empire, the method of soul guide technology infiltration once again received Xu Tianran's strong support. Xu Tianran himself even had some admiration for Orange. He asked himself, he could not think of such a method. It was not that he was not smart, but that his personality and cognition were different. Orange came from the lower class and understood better than him how to win over and divide the lower class people and the nobles because he was born noble.

This time, Orange led this army of 20,000 people quietly to the northeast of the Tianhun Empire. The purpose was actually to explore a mineral deposit in the north.

What are wars fought for? Resources and money.

Although the Sun-Moon Empire had been preparing for many years and was well prepared, the huge explosion in Mingdu damaged the foundation of the Sun-Moon Empire. In addition, after the war began, various resources continued to be consumed, especially rare metals, which are now a bit stretched. Therefore, the Sun-Moon Empire has recently been strengthening its exploration of minerals, especially in the territory of the Sky Soul Empire. Once discovered, they will be mined as quickly as possible.

Orange received a report from someone in the Tianhun Empire. According to reliable information, there is a large mineral vein on the edge of the Arctic ice field behind the Tianhun Empire, which produces more than a dozen rare metals.

Moreover, she had sent people to explore it before, and it was true. This mineral vein was close to the northern border of the Douling Empire, located in the central area between the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire.

Before the Sun-Moon Empire launched the war, the Sky Soul Empire and the Douluo Empire had just discovered the existence of this mineral vein, but before they had the chance to mine it, the war had already begun.

Therefore, if one wants to mine this mineral vein, there is a high possibility of a battle with the Douling Empire.

The Sun-Moon Empire is extremely authoritative in the detection of rare metals. Before coming here, Orange had asked experts in this field to conduct a serious exploration. After returning, the experts told her that the reserves within this vein are extremely large. If all of it can be mined, it will be enough to support another war like the previous one.

After obtaining such accurate information, Juzi reported it to Xu Tianran.

There is no doubt that rare metals have become the most important resources since soul mentors stepped onto the stage of war history. Xu Tianran is not at ease with such resources in anyone's hands. After discussing with Juzi, Xu Tianran decided to let Juzi lead the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group to come in person and be responsible for mining this vein.

In addition to the 20,000-man army, a large mining team will soon arrive here. However, because the mining is carried out in the far north, the weather will greatly affect the mining progress, and it will take some time to prepare. Therefore, Juzi will take the lead and occupy this part of the land first, and then slowly make plans. Juzi looked at the battle report he had just received in his hand. The front-line army encountered an attack from a hidden sect on the way forward, and suffered heavy losses.

Juzi rubbed her brows in pain. She got a headache when she saw the words "hidden sect". So far, they did occupy more than two-thirds of the land of the Tianhun Empire, but the losses of the Sun and Moon Empire were also not small. Among them, the biggest losses were not in the war, but in the fight against those hidden sects.

The Tianhun Empire has a long history, which can be traced back to ten thousand years ago. At that time, the Tianhun Empire was still called the Tiandou Empire, which was the sum of the Tianhun and Douling countries. There were a large number of soul masters in the Tianhun Empire, and there were also quite a few hidden sects.

Although these hidden sects are usually unwilling to have any intersection with the Tianhun Empire, the Sun-Moon Empire is, after all, a foreign enemy to them. When a foreign enemy invades, they share a common hatred for the enemy. The hidden sects' actions are always very secretive. They focus on maintaining their own safety and always launch some indirect attacks on the Sun-Moon Empire, which makes the Sun-Moon Empire very annoyed. Although these people cannot play a decisive role, they can always reduce the number of people on the Sun-Moon Empire.

Although it was a headache, Orange did not take any further actions. He just asked the army to be alert at all times. With the high-altitude detection soul guide device, it would not be so easy for the Hidden World Sect to launch a sneak attack. The two sides had some exchanges, and the Hidden World Sect also had some elite disciples left behind by the Sun and Moon Empire.

The top priority of the Sun-Moon Empire is to defeat the three empires and unify the continent. As for the hidden sects, they will have a chance to deal with them only after unifying the continent. When they complete their great cause, it will be time for these hidden sects to pay the price.

Not to mention Orange who was having a headache, Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu came to a heavily defended courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were secretly glanced at by others. When they saw that it was Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu, they withdrew their gazes.

The two men ignored the guards in secret and stopped in front of a metal gate with a sign on it that read "Laboratory" in large letters.

Ji Lin took out a nameplate from his arms and waved it in front of the door. A green light flashed, and the metal door automatically opened to both sides.

Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu walked directly into the laboratory. The laboratory was very large and was filled with various soul guides and some metal materials. Even the huge laboratory table was more than 30 square meters. The reflective silver-white metal table top was clean and tidy, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

At this time, there was only a man in his thirties with a cold face and wearing a white coat in the laboratory. He was concentrating on carving something on a piece of metal. Even when Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu entered the laboratory, he did not even look back. He might not even know that someone came in, as he was fully immersed in his work.

Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu tacitly did not disturb each other, but stood there waiting.

The other party did not let Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu wait for long. He finished carving quickly, put down the metal block in his hand, took off the white gloves on his hands, turned around and looked at Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu.

"Master, Princess, what do you want from me?"

The man in the white coat still had a cold expression and a stern tone. He did not show any concern for Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu's identities.

Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu both smiled nonchalantly. They both knew each other's character. The other party had always been like this. It was not that they disrespected them, and they did not care about each other's attitude.

"Master Xuan, we just want to ask about the progress of the research in the underground laboratory."

Ji Lin said with a smile.

That’s right, this cold-faced man who looks to be in his thirties is the former eighth-level soul engineer who was tricked by Ji Lin from the Sun Moon Empire to work for him. He is now a ninth-level soul engineer, Xuan Ziwen, and is also the current head of the Soul Guidance Hall of Zizai Sect.

He was also responsible for setting up the underground research laboratory and leading the trusted soul mentor sent by Jing Hongchen to study the drawings provided by Ji Lin and carry out reproduction.

Whether it was Ji Lin, Xu Jiujiu or Xu Jiawei, they all looked forward to Xuan Ziwen's early success in research and placed high hopes on him.

(End of this chapter)