Heaven Dou Empire.
Heaven Dou City, Imperial Palace.
Emperor Xue Ye, dressed in bright yellow imperial robes, looked at the news handed to him by his subordinates.
After the shock, Xue Ye, much like Ning Fengzhi, felt some worry in his heart, but in the end, he also chose to be a bystander.
The Heaven Dou Empire had always been wary of Spirit Hall and the major Sect forces.
The wariness towards Spirit Hall was because Spirit Hall controlled almost 70% of the Soul Master power across the entire continent.
The Heaven Dou Empire faced the threat of Spirit Hall at every moment.
However, the existence of Spirit Hall was also beneficial to the Heaven Dou Empire.
As the only two Empires on the continent, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire had almost evenly divided all the land on the continent.
They naturally had designs on each other’s territory, so friction occurred at the borders of the two Empires every year, and the wars that broke out annually, big and small, added up to over a hundred.
And Spirit Hall, entrenched between the Two Great Empires, served as a deterrent for both.
Therefore, neither Empire dared to expand the war.
It could be said that the existence of Spirit Hall, invisibly and indirectly, helped the Heaven Dou Empire.
If not for the deterrence of Spirit Hall, the relatively weaker Heaven Dou Empire would likely have been swallowed by the Star Luo Empire long ago.
Therefore, wariness aside, Xue Ye did not wish for Spirit Hall to perish.
His wariness towards the major Sects was even greater, because these Sect forces did not submit to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Because the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the Xue family, was weak, and their inherited Martial Soul was the Swan Martial Soul which had no attack power, it led to a large number of Sect forces entrenched within the Heaven Dou Empire.
These Sect forces occupied a large amount of territory in the Heaven Dou Empire; not only did they occupy resources, but they also neither paid tribute nor taxes.
However, Xue Ye did not dare to fall out with these Sect forces.
Not only could he not fall out with them, but he also had to try his best to curry favor and win them over, taking the initiative to bestow titles upon them.
As for Soul Master forces, he tried his best not to provoke them if he could help it.
He didn’t want his head to be inexplicably taken off one day.
Among the various major Sect forces, apart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect which was on good terms with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the other Sect forces did not care about the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s attitude at all.
Although the Clear Sky Sect was also within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire.
It vaguely supported the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s mortal enemy, the Star Luo Imperial Family.
Xue Ye’s attitude towards this move by the Clear Sky Sect was full of malice; he wished for the Clear Sky Sect to suffer heavy losses and thus perish.
According to Xue Ye’s thoughts, he secretly leaned towards Spirit Hall; the best result would be for Spirit Hall’s strength to be weakened and for the Clear Sky Sect to perish.
But Xue Ye would not show it; his choice was to be a bystander.
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Star Luo Empire.
Star Luo City, Imperial Palace.
Emperor Dai Tianfeng, dressed in black imperial robes and wearing a star crown, also received the news.
He first showed the same shock as Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Xue Ye.
Then he had a smile on his face.
Of course, it was not the schadenfreude smile like Yu Yuanzhen.
He was genuinely happy.
Regarding the war between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, he was very supportive; anyway, the battlefield was not within the Star Luo Empire.
Fight however you want; it wouldn’t affect the Star Luo Empire.
Dai Tianfeng felt wonderful inside.
His attitude was the exact opposite of Xue Ye’s.
Because the Clear Sky Sect secretly supported the Star Luo Imperial Family, his stance was naturally to support the Clear Sky Sect.
For the Star Luo Empire, Spirit Hall, straddling the two Empires, was a thorn in the side.
It was precisely because of the existence of Spirit Hall that the Star Luo Empire had been unable to annex the Heaven Dou Empire and unify the continent for so long.
Coupled with the fact that the Star Luo Empire enforced a tough policy against Spirit Hall, the relationship between the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall was not very friendly.
However, Dai Tianfeng was still extremely wary of Spirit Hall, because he did not know how deep the waters of Spirit Hall were.
This war between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall was just the right opportunity, an opportunity to probe the depth of Spirit Hall.
Thinking of this, Dai Tianfeng vaguely began to look forward to it, feeling a bit excitedly impatient.
He even wished to pour more oil on the fire to make it burn even brighter.
However, Dai Tianfeng still did not do so.
He wanted to, but he didn’t dare.
If one step was taken wrong, it would be easy to bring fire upon himself.
In the end, Dai Tianfeng decided to sit firmly on the fishing platform and watch the tigers fight from the mountain.
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Some were worried, and some were happy!
Some were even happy to the point of madness.
For example.
A certain name-stealing Waste Master.
Southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, Fasno Province.
Notting City.
Notting Academy.
Living in seclusion here was a disheveled, crew-cut, bearded man with sunken cheeks, wearing coarse cloth clothes, with a stinky face as if everyone owed him millions of gold coins, the self-proclaimed Martial Soul theory Master — Yu Xiaogang.
Today, it was just like usual.
Timing his arrival with the mealtime, Yu Xiaogang arrived at the second floor of the Notting Academy cafeteria, starting his day-after-day, year-after-year routine of mooching off meals.
Soon, under the disdainful and disgusted gaze of the food server and the pointing fingers of the surrounding teachers and students, Yu Xiaogang received his portion of food.
That was the food specifically prepared for the teachers of Notting Academy.
Yu Xiaogang had been invited by his friend, the Academy Dean, to be a specially appointed teacher of the academy, but he had not taught a single class to the students of Notting Academy, yet he still bore the title of teacher and came to the academy cafeteria every day to eat and drink for free.
Therefore, Yu Xiaogang was despised and hated by all the teachers and students of Notting Academy, and the food server did not like him either.
Yu Xiaogang hung his head, not daring to look at the food server; after receiving his food, he carried his tray and turned away quickly, finding a small, inconspicuous corner to sit down.
After sitting down, seeing that no one was paying attention to him anymore, Yu Xiaogang let out a sigh of relief, while his face turned gloomy, and a voice roared in his heart:
“Damn it.
A mere food server dares to look down on me.
And you low-level waste students…
one day, I will prove my theory and show you all!
At that time, I will let you know what it means to be out of reach!
Hmph–!”
After finishing his internal monologue, Yu Xiaogang picked up the chicken leg on the plate and took a fierce bite, venting the frustration in his heart.
Just at this moment, two tables away, the discussion among several well-dressed noble students reached Yu Xiaogang’s ears.
“Hey, have you heard?
It is said that the Pope of Spirit Hall is dead.”
“No way?
How did he die?”
“It is said that he was killed by someone.”
“Who is it, so bold that they dare to kill even the Pope of Spirit Hall.”
“Rumor has it that it is the descendant of the number one Sect in the world, the Clear Sky Sect, called Tang Hao.”
“Where did you get your news?”
“My second uncle is a deacon of the Spirit Hall in Notting City; he said so.
Spirit Hall’s wanted order and war notice have both been issued.”
“I know it too, it’s absolutely true; my uncle is a steward in the Notting City Lord’s Mansion, and he said the same thing.”
The voices of the students discussing were not loud; they even deliberately lowered their voices while discussing.
Although Yu Xiaogang was a bit of a waste, only a level 29 Great Soul Master, he still heard it clearly.
Yu Xiaogang, who was wolfing down bread and chicken legs, almost choked upon hearing their discussion.
But in the next second, he suddenly froze, and he didn’t even react when the bread and chicken leg in his hand dropped to the ground.