MM Racing Chapter 562: The picture shows the dagger
Chapter 562: The picture shows the dagger
Recover lost territory? Long Xiaoyao thought that Di Tian just didn't show up, but he was not dead. Given the style of the Beast God, there was no possibility of returning the territory that had been swallowed.
If one wants to regain lost territory, he will definitely have to go against God and Heaven. Long Xiaoyao knows better than anyone how his martial soul has evolved from darkness to extreme darkness. The drop of blood of the Golden-eyed Black Dragon King that he fused with in his early years not only gave him the extreme darkness attribute, but also made him a true dragon descendant. This is the key to his being the first among his peers to break through the Ultimate Douluo realm.
He beat Di Tian, is it true? It's fine to help Moon En raise his great-grandson, but he never thought of rushing to renew his relationship with Moon En!
"What if, I mean what if, the Beast God goes to war... Let me tell you this, even if all of our Dragon Pavilion's Titled Douluo join forces, we have no chance of winning against him." Long Xiaoyao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I am also very sad that such a big thing happened to the Sky Soul Empire, but since the beast tide has stopped, I think it's better not to start a dispute again."
Princess Vina was about to cry, "Senior Dragon Emperor, the Lima Plains we lost... that was the source of two-thirds of the grain for the Tianhun Empire! If things continue like this, the empire will face a food crisis in a few months."
"Hmph!" Du Bu Si snorted coldly, his soul power surging, "Long Xiaoyao, when did you become so timid? Or has your Dragon Pavilion already been in conflict with Xingdou..."
“Brother Du, be careful with your words!” Long Xiaoyao’s face darkened. “Dragon Pavilion and Xingdou did cooperate in the field of souls. If you can’t tell the difference between conflicts of interest and personal grudges, then I can tell you that the former can be discussed, but the latter cannot! But you should at least know that this beast tide was instigated by Shrek Academy. Conflicts of interest and personal grudges have long been mixed together! You should be thankful that the Beast God Di Tian did not take action from beginning to end, otherwise the capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire would have ended up like Shrek City!”
Princess Vina raised her tearful eyes, her voice unconsciously carrying a hint of questioning: "Senior Dragon Emperor, there is still one thing I don't understand. Why did you ask our Tianhun Empire to withdraw the reinforcements that were supporting the western border of Xing Luo? Jiujiu said in the letter to me that it was because the strong men of Longge killed four Titled Douluo of the Xing Luo Empire, including a Super Douluo, and the sudden withdrawal of the Tianhun Empire led to the complete loss of the western frontier of Xing Luo. She is still blaming me for breaking my promise! I'm just short of..." I'm just short of accusing her of colluding with the Sun Moon Empire!
It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. When he did, Long Xiaoyao instantly gained confidence. His eyes suddenly turned cold. "Dai Hao was rude and insulted my colleague. He dared to slander me for treason in public with just a few rumors! My colleague just said something in anger. If he was really like that, she would order the Tianhun troops to withdraw. After all, the Tianhun reinforcements brought a lot of soul guides provided by Long Pavilion. As a result, the boy directly asked the four titles to come up and beat him up. He deserved his death."
Do you think you can start a team fight to kill the dragon if you gather five Title Douluo? Superficial! Even if you gather all the Title Douluo of the Xingluo Empire, the ending is still a dead end!
Vina finally understood that there was such a grudge behind the order to withdraw troops. Du Bu Si wanted to stand up for Vina, but he was speechless when he heard this. The conflict between the strong is sometimes just a matter of a word. Now think about it, if Dai Hao dared to treat him like this, with the style of the Body Sect, he would probably turn hostile on the spot, and he would not care about the righteousness of the country.
Thinking of this, Du Bu Si even felt a little sympathetic towards Long Xiaoyao. He certainly knew that Long Pavilion had contacts with the Sun Moon Empire's high-level officials. It was because Long Xiaoyao got the Silver Moon Order from Kong Deming that he was able to rescue the contestants from various colleges who were imprisoned by Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Church without bloodshed, including the Xing Luo Empire's team. The Xing Luo Empire was afraid that this favor had long been forgotten.
"As for the loss of Xingluo's western front, Dai Hao should be held responsible for what he did. Why, Princess, did you come to Long Pavilion today to question us?"
Long Xiaoyao's words were neither light nor heavy, but they made Vina's face turn pale instantly. She was shocked to realize how reckless her actions were in front of an Extreme Douluo. She and Xu Jiujiu were indeed close friends, but this friendship was built on the interests of the two countries from beginning to end. Vina bitterly realized that when it really came to national interests, this friendship would eventually give way to political reality.
Seeing this, Du Bu Si immediately tried to smooth things over: "Brother Long, you are too serious. Vina was just repeating what Xing Luo said, she didn't mean to..."
"Brother Du, there is no need to explain." Long Xiaoyao waved his hand, "I naturally understand the princess's difficulties. But there are some things that Long Ge will not do and cannot do." Who would give up his good life and rush to seek death?
Long Xiaoyao was unwilling to help the Tianhun Empire recover the territory that was invaded by the beast tide, and Du Busi was helpless. After all, Long Pavilion and the Tianhun Royal Family were only in a cooperative relationship, while their Benti Sect was the veritable national defense sect of the Tianhun Empire. This heavy responsibility almost made him breathless at the moment.
Du Bu Si was silent for a moment, and finally sighed, and bowed to Long Xiaoyao and said: "Brother Long, in your opinion, what should we do?"
"It is indeed unrealistic to recover lost territory, so why not consider expansion?"
"Expansion?" Du Bu Si and Vina were both stunned.
Long Xiaoyao smiled meaningfully: "Have you two forgotten that ten thousand years ago, the Heavenly Soul and the Douling were one and the same, called the Heavenly Dou Empire. Today, the Heavenly Soul Empire is being attacked by the beast tide, the Xingluo Empire is fighting hard with the Sun and Moon Empire, but the Douling Empire is safe and sound..."
Du Bu Si suddenly opened his eyes wide, while Princess Vina seemed to be thinking about something, with a gleam in her eyes.
"Of course, this matter needs to be done slowly." Long Xiaoyao said meaningfully, "Although it is not convenient for Longge to directly intervene in the matter of recovering lost territory, if there are other needs, we will serve the country!"
Princess Vina was in a dilemma. The three kingdoms that originally belonged to Douluo Continent were already in a hostile state with the Sun and Moon Empire. If the Tianhun Empire took the opportunity to attack the Douluo Empire, the Douluo Empire, which was in the midst of civil strife, would definitely recall the army to stabilize the domestic situation. After all, nothing was more important than quelling a civil strife.
But such a move would cause the Xingluo Empire to lose an important ally, allowing the Sun-Moon Empire to concentrate all its efforts on attacking Xingluo. More seriously, this would inevitably make the people of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms believe that the Tianhun Empire had betrayed the covenant, and even suspect that it had reached some kind of secret agreement with the Sun-Moon Empire.
Vina's fingers unconsciously twisted the corners of her clothes. She knew clearly that such political risks could bring irreparable reputational damage to the Tianhun Empire. As a member of the royal family, she had to weigh the chain reactions that every decision might trigger.
"Senior Dragon Emperor," Vina's voice trembled, "If we attack the Dou Ling now, how will the world view Tianhun? When the Sun and Moon Empire launched a massive attack, the three Douluo Kingdoms should have been united. If we do the opposite..."
"Old Dragon, this is too unfair, isn't it?" Du Bu Si also frowned upon hearing this. Although the Body Sect was the sect that protected the Heavenly Soul Empire, it was also aware of the price behind this. Once Heavenly Soul attacked Dou Ling, it would not only be branded as treacherous, but it would also put the Xing Luo Empire in a desperate situation. By then, the entire continent would be completely changed.
If you can't be poisoned, either come and cook two dishes for me or shut up! Looking at the hesitation of Vina and the others, Long Xiaoyao sneered in his heart, but he still maintained an expression of "I am doing this for your own good" on his face, and advised earnestly: "Princess, you just mentioned that the granary of the Tianhun Empire was occupied by Xingdou. Although we in the North can temporarily provide food aid, this is not a long-term solution. Although the Douling Empire has the smallest land area among the four countries, it is rich in resources. It has both vast plains and the East China Sea. It is rich in various rare spiritual medicines, and the terrain is easy to attack but difficult to defend..."
He didn't understand why Vina was hesitating. This was not invasion, this was called unification! Tianhun and Douling were one country ten thousand years ago!
Du Bu Si fell into deep thought. As the leader of the Body Sect, he still had concerns about attacking the Douling Empire. If he was facing the enemies of the Sun and Moon Empire or the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, he would not hesitate at all, but Douling was his ally after all, which made him feel conflicted.
Princess Vina also seemed to be struggling. She understood that Long Xiaoyao's suggestion could indeed solve Tianhun's dilemma, but such a decision would completely change the situation between the three countries.
Long Xiaoyao looked at Du Bu Si's conflicted expression and understood his true thoughts. After all, he still wanted to regain his homeland that was taken away by the beast tide.
Why don't these people understand? Why do they care so much about those false names? The weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of the weapon! Moreover, Long Xiaoyao, the apparent ruler of the Dragon Pavilion, has already made it clear that if the Heavenly Soul Empire intends to expand towards the Douling Empire, the Dragon Pavilion will provide money, manpower and manpower. With the Dragon Pavilion's endorsement, what else is there to worry about?
A bunch of idiots who can go into a museum! You keep talking about the granary. If you want strong men in your Tianhun Empire, you have the Extreme Douluo, and if you want high-level soul guides, you have the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells. The Douling Empire next door is your granary. Do you really need to write down such a simple and easy-to-understand truth in black and white?
"Brother Du," Long Xiaoyao suddenly spoke, his tone seemed a little embarrassed, "Since you care more about the territories occupied by Xingdou, how about this? We in Long Pavilion do have some ways to contact Xingdou. I can arrange for someone to act as a go-between so that you can negotiate directly with Di Tian, and you can go and ask him what conditions he wants in order to return those lands."
Long Xiaoyao's proposal made Du Bu Si's eyes dim quickly. What bargaining chips did he have to negotiate? What qualifications did he have to negotiate? In the final analysis, he was just unwilling to give up. He would rather go head-on to fight against the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells of the Sun and Moon Empire than to fight with Di Tian. Could he pull the Beast God to self-destruct? If he failed to seriously injure Di Tian, then the capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire would suffer.
Long Xiaoyao had long expected that Du Bushi would think this way, but this was exactly the effect he wanted. Only by proposing a plan that seemed feasible but actually had little hope would make the other party more receptive to his next proposal.
"Brother Du, why are you so pessimistic?" Long Xiaoyao said casually, "But since you think there is little hope for negotiation, why don't we think of other ways, such as the expansion I mentioned before."
Then he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "By the way, how is Shrek Academy doing now? After all, this beast tide was caused by Xuanzi."
Du Bu Si snorted coldly and clenched his fist unconsciously: "Many of their top leaders died in the battle, but so what? They were unable to stop the soul beasts from wreaking havoc!"
"This is an opportunity." A gleam of light flashed in Long Xiaoyao's eyes. "Those senior officials and inner court students who died in the battle must have family backgrounds, right? Especially those noble children from the Tianhun and Douling Empires. Their families should be held responsible for this disaster."
Princess Vina's eyes widened slightly, as if she understood Long Xiaoyao's intention.
"Princess, you may as well ask these nobles from the Tianhun Empire to contribute money to make up for the food shortage in the name of the royal family. As for the Douling Empire," Long Xiaoyao paused meaningfully, "Tianhun is using this as an excuse to ask them for compensation, which is also a legitimate reason."
Du Bu Si suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Good for you, Old Dragon. I didn't expect that you usually pretend to be righteous, but you actually have so many twists and turns in your mind! But this idea is really great!"
Princess Vina thought for a moment. This was indeed the safest method. After a moment, she raised her head and looked directly at Long Xiaoyao, asking him for confirmation: "Senior Dragon Emperor, is Long Pavilion willing to fully support the unification of the empire?"
Long Xiaoyao's expression became serious. "Don't worry, Princess. The people in Long Pavilion will serve the country. If necessary, I can personally help."
Vina finally revealed a smile after hearing this, and Du Bu Si and others also breathed a sigh of relief. It is safer to bully Dou Ling than to face Di Tian's Dragon God Claw head-on. What's more, now even a "gentleman" like Long Xiaoyao has become an accomplice. What else do they have to worry about?
“Hahaha!” Du Bu Si suddenly laughed out loud and patted Long Xiaoyao’s shoulder vigorously, “Old Long, Old Long, now we are in the same boat.”
But soon Du Bu Si frowned again and said worriedly: "Old Dragon, I still think I should find a chance to talk to Di Tian. Although those soul beasts have not advanced since they occupied the Sunset Forest, who knows if they will come back one day." As someone who has personally experienced several beast tides, Du Bu Si knows too well the destructive power of those soul beasts. Even if he has a new plan now, he will not be able to sleep well if this hidden danger is not resolved.
Long Xiaoyao thought to himself, then you can find a chance to talk to Di Tian's Dragon God Claw! At this moment, a clear voice sounded: "What do you mean by comeback? What did that guy do again?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a short-haired girl leaning against the door. Her hair color gradually changed from soft pale blue to deep dark purple, with the purple at the end of her hair being the strongest, and glowing with a mysterious luster under the light.
Du Bu Si's pupils shrank slightly. Not long ago, Wang Dong not only killed two evil soul masters in a row, but also severely injured the Holy Spirit Church Saint. This strength and courage are rare among his peers. But at this moment, she stood in front of Du Bu Si, but he could not sense any soul power fluctuations at all, as if she was just an ordinary person. He subconsciously looked at Long Xiaoyao and found that this Extreme Douluo also had a flash of surprise in his eyes.
Long Xiaoyao's tone suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Wang Dong with a warning look, "Nothing. This is not something you can get involved in. I heard that you were injured in the Far North, so you should rest well." At this critical moment, he must not let any mistakes in his plan.
The temperature in the banquet hall seemed to drop a few degrees in an instant. Princess Vina looked at Wang Dong uneasily. She had never seen Long Xiaoyao speak to a young man in this tone. Du Bu Si also looked at Wang Dong thoughtfully. Long Xiaoyao was so alert. His intuition told him that this girl was definitely not simple.