Chapter 334: Qian Renxue's "Summon"
"Won… we won…"
The next morning, Kong left the Heart Pureland alone. He leaned against the wall with one hand, but the corner of his mouth curved upward slightly.
Who said soul skills were useless?
Look at that—after evolving, the soul skill had indeed proven useful.
After resting for a while, Kong walked out of the hotel.
"To make something good for my wives."
Raiden Shogun and Ei had been utterly exhausted in last night's intense battle.
Once outside the hotel, Kong began strolling around Spirit City.
As expected of the headquarters of Spirit Hall, Spirit City sold a wide array of ingredients—many related to soul beasts.
Of course, most were from lower-level soul beasts.
Mainly ten-year-old beasts, with the occasional hundred-year-old one.
Now that soul masters no longer needed to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings, the price of soul beast meat had actually increased.
Some Soul Hunting Forests had shifted from raising soul beasts for ring harvesting by low-level soul masters to full-blown livestock operations.
They mainly raised soul beasts that were mild-tempered and could be safely used.
After buying some soul beast meat and other ingredients, Kong was just about to return to the Heart Pureland when he suddenly sensed something.
"Kong, I know you can hear me. I need you…"
Qian Renxue's voice echoed in his mind.
Kong froze slightly, quickly stashed the groceries into the Heart Pureland, and turned into a streak of purple lightning, speeding toward Heaven Dou City.
In just a few breaths, Kong traveled directly from Spirit Hall to the royal palace of Heaven Dou City.
The speed was terrifying beyond words.
With Kong's current power, if he didn't want to be noticed, there was no one on the entire Douluo Continent who could detect him.
He arrived at Qian Renxue's study without alerting a single soul.
"Kong, can you hear me?"
Qian Renxue murmured while sitting in the study.
A trace of worry was visible on her face.
"Xue'er!"
In an instant, Kong appeared before her and spoke softly.
"Kong!"
Qian Renxue immediately stood up and threw herself into his arms like a gust of wind.
Kong gently rubbed her hair, speaking with concern: "Xue'er, you've gotten thinner."
Qian Renxue already had a perfect figure, but now she had lost quite a bit of weight.
Hearing this, Qian Renxue rolled her eyes. With how busy she'd been lately, losing weight was perfectly normal.
Her pride certainly hadn't shrunk—if anything, being slimmer just made her look even more proud and elegant.
"Hmph…"
Qian Renxue snorted and murmured, "Isn't being thinner even better?"
"This waist…"
"These legs…"
"This…"
"???"
Kong's eye twitched. He stopped wasting words and simply pulled her into a tight embrace…
Time passed.
By evening, Qian Renxue was curled up in Kong's arms, absentmindedly tracing circles with her finger as she whispered, "Kong, the war is about to begin."
Originally, she had summoned Kong precisely for this matter—who would've thought it would end up going further?
Something golden and…
"When do you plan to go to war with the Star Luo Empire?"
"We'll be declaring war within the next few months."
Qian Renxue answered without hesitation.
Suddenly, as if recalling something, she added, "I'm planning to form a noble legion."
"This time, the nobles will be the absolute main force!"
As she spoke, a trace of killing intent flashed in Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes.
Nobles and the empire were intertwined.
While nobles enjoyed the protection, glory, wealth, and power of the empire, they were also obligated to fight for it.
And it was a mandatory obligation!
Having these nobles form soul master legions was a tactic meant to exhaust the nobility…
Yes, her goal was purely to deplete the nobles within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire.
To completely eliminate them—that was Qian Renxue's true objective.
"Ruthless."
Qian Renxue was indeed ruthless.
Tens of thousands of nobles, large and small—most of them were soul masters!
To become a noble, one either had to be a soul master themselves or descend from one.
Most nobles were complacent and parasitic within the empire, acting like vampires. As long as they held a title and land... cough cough...
This time, she was determined to purge these vampires!
"That's a good thing."
Kong gently rubbed Qian Renxue's hair and spoke softly.
Her ruthlessness was real—but so was her gentleness.
"Use noble titles and gold soul coins as bait. Round them all up in one go!"
The Star Luo Empire didn't have nearly as many noble titles as the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Heaven Dou Empire had established itself first and grown into a giant before the Star Luo Empire began developing.
Its history was far older than the Star Luo Empire's.
Most noble titles were hereditary—that was one of the reasons for its stagnation.
Raising nobles required gold soul coins. And where would all those coins come from?
One of the reasons the Heaven Dou royal family had become so weak was precisely this burden.
"Mhm."
Qian Renxue nodded and continued, "I know. I'll offer terms they can't refuse—and must not refuse."
"Heh, I just wonder how many will be left in the end."
She smiled faintly, completely calm as she spoke.
It wasn't until she became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire that she realized the root of many problems.
Without gray income channels, just supporting the nobility would bankrupt the empire in under three years!
Qian Renxue and Kong talked for a long time. Mostly, it was her speaking and Kong listening, occasionally nodding.
For her to reach this point was already impressive.
As for Kong, he didn't understand much of this. He only grasped the bigger picture. The actual execution needed someone like Qian Renxue.
"With Heaven Dou deploying troops like this, the Star Luo Empire definitely won't just sit back and wait. They'll also form noble legions."
That was bound to happen—after all, most nobles were soul masters. Even if they weren't individually powerful, they were still far stronger than regular troops.
As for Spirit Hall, it wouldn't be forming the Spirit Empire anytime soon.
The reason was simple—Qian Renxue hadn't failed. The Saintess had successfully replaced the Crown Prince.
So there was no need to found a new empire. Watching the tigers fight from the mountain was the smarter move.
The true goal was simply to wear down both countries' noble classes and eventually unify them.
Whether the Spirit Empire was founded or not didn't really matter.
In the original story, Bibi Dong had created the Spirit Empire as a justification for declaring war on the two great empires.
But now, with Heaven Dou attacking Star Luo, Spirit Hall only needed to play dead—stay silent and appear neutral.
Behind the scenes, of course, Spirit Hall would definitely support the Heaven Dou Empire.
Because in terms of national strength, Heaven Dou still couldn't match Star Luo.
Even after Qian Renxue unified the Heaven Dou Empire—that still held true.
"Xue'er, you've worked hard."
"You're not like me. If I had to take care of this, I'd just use thunder and start naming targets—not even sure how long that would take."
"If I hadn't held on all these years, I'd never want to inherit this mess…"
(End of Chapter)
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