Chapter 24 Give Qian Renxue a little political shock
"Why is that, Xiaokai?" Hearing Ye Kai say this, Qian Renxue raised her hand and asked questions like a student in class.
And Ye Kai was naturally the teacher, although he was a little younger.
"Because we don't have enough manpower." Ye Kai explained patiently.
"As a soul master, if you don't focus all your energy on cultivation, it will be difficult for you to achieve a very high level of achievement in the end."
"Those who can become soul masters, unless they are born with insufficient talent, will all want to pursue higher peaks, and it is difficult for them to be interested in other things that require their time."
"Plus, the combat power of high-level soul masters is very strong. If there are no opponents of the same level, it will be no problem for Soul Douluo and Title Douluo to slaughter a city alone."
"So officials and soul masters are almost inherently conflicting professions."
"And our Spirit Hall has always been committed to discovering civilian talents. These geniuses who have risen from humble beginnings will focus more of their energy on cultivation and glorifying their ancestors."
"If Sister Xue'er doesn't start training now, once the continent is truly unified in the future, things will pile up across the continent and no one will deal with them."
After listening to Ye Kai's explanation, Qian Renxue continued to ask: "Then why can't we just use the existing manpower?"
"Let's not talk about the issue of loyalty for now. The managers of the two empires and the remaining duchies and kingdoms are basically nobles or members of a certain family. Of course, we don't have to pay attention to those small families. They don't have the courage to go against us."
"But the same cannot be said for the big and middle families. Apart from other things, it seems that the three upper sects are at peace with us now, but behind the scenes, aren't there still so-called three upper sects who are of the same blood and will fight against our Spirit Hall together?"
"Moreover, most of our Spirit Hall members are of commoner origin, and naturally have conflicts of interest with these families. If we continue to use them, after unification, they will do whatever they want under the name of our Spirit Hall."
"The reputation of the Spirit Hall among the common people is relatively good now, because they are used as a comparison, so even if there are some termites, it is not a big problem."
"But things are completely different after unification. Once the reputation is destroyed, these families can secretly accumulate strength and cooperate with the bad reputation of the Spirit Hall to completely destroy the unity of the Spirit Hall again."
"Besides, how many cities are there in this vast Douluo Continent? How many people are needed in each city to maintain normal operation? How to govern a city? These are things that the Spirit Hall does not know at present."
"So if you plan to continue to be an undercover agent, Sister Xue'er, you can use your identity as the eldest prince and, under the pretext of preventing the Spirit Hall from winning over civilian geniuses, gather some civilians or abandoned family members and have them work for you. They can also serve as the backbone of your empire in the future."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue suddenly interrupted and said, "If he is not the eldest prince, he will soon become the crown prince."
"Sister Xue'er, are you planning to kill both the Second and Third Princes?"
Qian Renxue nodded.
Ye Kai shook his head, and then continued under Qian Renxue's puzzled gaze: "It is totally unnecessary. Now that you are the eldest prince, you naturally have an advantage over the two of them unless you make a big mistake. If you act rashly and get rid of the two of them, you will indeed become the biggest winner in the open."
"But those royal families have played this kind of open and secret struggles before. They will investigate you in secret. Although you have the soul bone suit, you are not afraid of your identity being discovered, but they certainly don't want such a ruthless person to take the throne. After all, this is the Tiandou Empire, not the Xingluo Empire."
"Especially if Xue Xing has doubts, there is a high probability that the Green Scale Douluo Dugu Bo will also stand against you. Although it is not a problem considering Dugu Bo's strength, it will still add to your troubles."
"What's more, not only can you borrow the power of Xue Qinghe's mother clan, don't forget that the Spirit Hall is standing behind you."
After Ye Kai's words, Qian Renxue was completely at a loss, and a big question mark seemed to appear in her head.
Seeing that Qian Renxue seemed to have circles under her eyes, Ye Kai sighed helplessly. If it weren't for the Angel Soul Bone Set, the Tiandou Royal Family would have discovered the problem with her level of political scheming long ago.
"For example, there is only one Titled Douluo in the Tiandou Empire, Dugu Bo, who was invited by Prince Xuexing to be a royal priest."
"You can use the name of Xue Qinghe to invite His Majesty the Snake Spear to serve as a royal offering like Dugu Bo."
"You can even directly set conditions for Xue Ye, saying that when you were out one time, you met a lone ranger Titled Douluo who had not joined a faction."
"After some negotiations, the other party agreed to become a royal priest and join the Heaven Dou Empire under certain conditions. I believe Xue Ye will definitely not give up this opportunity. Wouldn't this be a fair way to send the resources of the Heaven Dou Empire back to the Spirit Hall?"
"And as a hero who brought another top-notch fighter to the Tiandou Empire, this huge contribution should be enough for you to become the crown prince."
"What's more, this way His Majesty can stand behind you openly. Anyone who wants to attack you will need to consider the deterrent power of His Majesty the Serpent Spear behind you."
"Even if..." Ye Kai used his eyes to signal Qian Renxue to pour him some water. How could he not be so considerate? After talking for so long, why didn't he give her some water? Qian Renxue readily took the teapot on the table and poured a glass of water to Ye Kai. Ye Kai took it and drank it before continuing.
"Even if the two of them are unwilling to give up the position of Crown Prince under such circumstances, the Serpent Spear Crown behind you is a threshold they cannot cross."
"In their eyes, His Majesty the Snake Spear is just a Titled Douluo that you have won over with the help of the royal resources of the Heaven Dou Empire. He will definitely not be completely loyal to you. Since you can win him over with resources, they can also win him over with more resources, and then let His Majesty the Snake Spear stab you in the back."
"Then they will have to secretly take out resources from their mother clan to try to win over His Majesty the Snake Spear. You alone have consumed the resources of the Tiandou Empire and the two clans, a total of three families."
"This..." The question mark on Qian Renxue's head turned into an exclamation mark. She had never thought that an undercover agent could do this openly!
"Now, Sister Xue'er, it's time for you to make your choice. Do you want to continue to be an undercover agent or prepare to become a god? Of course, if you choose to continue to be an undercover agent, you can't neglect your cultivation. After all, this can be used as a backup plan in case your plan to steal the country fails. But it will be a little harder. Not only will you have to handle government affairs, but you will also have to intensify your cultivation."
Qian Renxue thought for a moment and made up her mind, "Since I can choose both, I will continue to stay here. Then there will be fewer wars and fewer deaths."
Seeing that Qian Renxue had made a decision, Ye Kai continued, "If that's the case, then it's up to you. However, the two Lords, Snake Spear and Thorny Pig, are not strong enough to suppress Dugu Bo in terms of level or combat power. You should find someone else to perform your guarding duties."
"Well, don't worry about this matter for now. I will discuss it with the teacher and the chief priest when I return. I will transfer one of the two Lords, Snake Spear and Thorny Pig, back and send another elder with higher combat power to support you."
Since you are planning to continue stealing the country, you must achieve better results than in the original book.
In the original novel, stealing a country was just a game. After lurking for twenty years, Qian Renxue was unable to produce any forces completely loyal to her other than the Spirit Hall on the eve of usurping the throne. It was truly a lonely lurking.
In the ancient times of the past, when you have seen someone trying to interrogate his subordinates for a rebellion, there were few forces that only recognized people and not the emperor.
But when it came to Qian Renxue, as soon as Xue Ye said that he wanted to pass the throne to Xue Beng, everyone turned against him.
Ye Kai also taught Qian Renxue some very common political tricks so that she could gain more support from officials, and then prepared to go back.
Unexpectedly, Qian Renxue interrupted the transmission. "Xiao Kai, Brother Kai, we haven't seen each other for so long, don't you miss me at all? Can't you stay with me tonight?"
Seeing a hint of pleading flashing through Qian Renxue's watery eyes, she looked pitiful, and thinking that she was only a twelve-year-old girl after all, but she was about to do such a dangerous thing. Although her life would not be in danger even if she was discovered, this environment was still a bit too heavy for a twelve-year-old girl, so Ye Kai finally agreed to Qian Renxue's request.
"That's great~" Qian Renxue hugged Ye Kai, the pleading in her eyes turned into cunning, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Hehe, you can't escape from my grasp."
"In that case, I'll come back in the evening."
However, Ye Kai's next words made someone's smile freeze on his face.
"Hey hey hey? Aren't you here?" Qian Renxue looked incredulous.
"It's too easy to be discovered in your palace during the day, and you have things to do, right? You don't want to lock me in a secret room, do you? "
Ye Kai continued as if it was a matter of course, "Besides, I also have things to do."
"Is there anything else to do?" Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes and stared at Ye Kai. "So you didn't come to see me on purpose?"
"Of course I came here specifically to look for Sister Xue'er, but I had planned to do it later. Now that I happened to be in Tiandou City, I decided to take a look to see if there was any."
It’s better not to offend Qian Renxue at this time, Ye Kai replied quickly.
"Hmph! Then you must come back at night." Qian Renxue snorted, then said to Ye Kai.
"No problem~" Ye Kai agreed and teleported back to the Tiandou Martial Soul Temple.
"If you were not so young, I would have tied you up and thrown you into the secret room, so that that woman wouldn't want to compete with me for you." Seeing Ye Kai leave, Qian Renxue muttered to herself in the secret room.
But judging from the content, we can only say that the secret room is an old tradition of con artists.
After returning to the Spirit Hall, Ye Kai first took Ah Yin out of the soul guide device, comforted Ah Yin who was suddenly thrown into the soul guide device, and then went to find Sarath, who is now a platinum bishop.
(End of this chapter)