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A luxurious carriage stopped in front of Shrek Academy, and Prince Xue Beng, dressed in a light green, simple dress, stepped out of the carriage.
When he walked up to the Shrek team, Ma Hongjun's face changed, and he said unhappily, "It's you? That what... Xue, Xue what was it again?"
Xue Beng smiled, not taking it to heart: "It's Xue Beng. I presume you are the fourth monster of the Shrek Seven Devils? The past was my fault, and I'm here to apologize to you all."
Looking at Xue Beng, whose temperament had changed drastically, Dai Mubai's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Let the past be the past. Who doesn't have a reckless youth?"
Tang San also nodded and said, "Don't let the inherent impressions of the past mislead your eyes. The current Xue Beng is not the Xue Beng of the past."
"Huh? You all say that, then I'll forgive him." Ma Hongjun scratched his head.
Xue Beng glanced at Dai Mubai and Tang San, both revealing knowing smiles.
After chatting with the Shrek Seven Devils for a while, Flender left and waited at the side gate of the academy.
A man in a black robe and a tall man with a strange dark golden skin arrived together.
"You're here. Aren't you going to see her?" Flender leaned against the door frame.
Yu Xiaogang paused and said in a slightly painful voice:
"No, what I'm doing now is very dangerous. If I fail, it will involve Erlong. I'm sorry to her."
Bear Monarch watched silently from the side, pretending to be uninterested, but in reality, he pricked up his ears and listened with interest.
Flender looked at Bear Monarch a few times, forced a smile, and said, "I've already prepared the room. Representatives from the Clear Sky Sect, Star Luo Empire, and Heaven Dou Empire have also arrived. Only you are missing."
"Then let's start quickly. Don't waste time," Bear Monarch's steady and powerful voice sounded.
Flender nodded and quickly turned to leave. Facing Bear Monarch, he felt a pressure like a mountain.
After a while, the representatives from several parties met in the conference room of Shrek Academy.
"Little San?" Dai Mubai looked at Tang San, his face showing surprise.
"Hey, Boss Dai, are you allowed to represent the Star Luo Empire, but I'm not allowed to represent the Clear Sky Sect?" Tang San said with his arms crossed, smiling.
"Haha, sure, sure," Dai Mubai said with a smile.
When the people from the soul beast side who came to the meeting walked in, Dai Mubai and Tang San were stunned.
"The Beast God has entrusted me with full authority over this matter." Bear Monarch sat casually on the chair that was already extra large for ordinary people, but still seemed a little crowded for him, and said.
But Dai Mubai and Tang San's attention was not on him, but on the black-robed man beside him.
"Master?"
"Teacher?"
"What? You know each other?" Bear Monarch asked in confusion.
"Yes, my student," Yu Xiaogang nodded.
Seeing this scene, Xue Beng's mouth twitched. He chose Shrek Academy as the meeting place mainly because it was one of the few places that "Xue Qinghe" could not easily monitor.
His connection with the Clear Sky Sect was Tang San, so it was natural for Tang San to attend as a representative of the Clear Sky Sect. And Dai Mubai, as the crown prince of the Star Luo Empire, had previously studied at Shrek Academy, so it was within his expectations that he would come as a representative of the Star Luo Empire.
Their appearance in Shrek Academy did not seem abrupt, which was one of the reasons why Xue Beng chose this as the meeting place.
But how did Yu Xiaogang sneak into the soul beast side?
So, I'm cooperating with the Clear Sky Sect, the Star Luo Empire, and the Star Dou Great Forest, and all the people who came are from your Shrek?
"This is Dai Mubai, the crown prince of the Star Luo Empire, this is Tang San, my proud disciple, and this is Prince Xue Beng," Yu Xiaogang introduced the others to Bear Monarch.
Then, he cleared his throat, "Now that everyone is here, let's begin the cooperation talks."
Xue Beng looked at Tang San and spoke first: "I need the Clear Sky Sect to provide some military support to help me clear Xue Qinghe's forces in Heaven Dou City. The condition is that after I ascend the throne, I will abolish the Spirit Hall and let the Clear Sky Sect replace their position in Heaven Dou."
Tang San looked at Bear Monarch: "Okay, but we need the Beast God to continue to contain Qian Daoliu for a period of time. Neither our Clear Sky Sect nor the Heaven Dou Royal Family can deal with a Limit Douluo."
Bear Monarch replied smoothly: "Okay, the Beast God already has such a plan. Our condition is that the Heaven Dou Empire issues an arrest warrant for Amon, provides his whereabouts in the human realm, and assists us in hunting him down."
"No problem," Xue Beng said without hesitation, "Your troops in the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom must withdraw."
"As long as you help us deal with Amon, then there is naturally no need for them to stay," Bear Monarch shrugged.
"I need the Star Luo Empire to contain Xue Qinghe for a period of time so that he has no time to take care of other things. After I ascend the throne, I will stop the invasion and sign a peace agreement. I can cede a duchy to you," Xue Beng said to Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai shook his head: "No, that's too little. It has to be two. This is the bottom line my father gave me."
Xue Beng pondered for a moment and agreed.
Dai Mubai continued: "The Star Luo Empire will also abolish the Spirit Hall. I think we can work together on dealing with them and Amon."
Tang San nodded: "This is exactly what I hope for."
Bear Monarch smiled, "We have no problem."
Yu Xiaogang suddenly said, "Maybe we should look to the future. After clearing the Spirit Hall and Amon, how should humans and soul beasts get along?"
This question was a bit sensitive. Soul masters needed soul rings, and the cost of producing soul rings was the lives of soul beasts. This was a bottom line that neither side would compromise on.
Bear Monarch said, "How about we sign an agreement with our Star Dou core circle? Our ferocious beasts will not retaliate against humans for hunting soul rings."
"In return, you cannot hunt soul beasts over 100,000 years old with complete intelligence. If these soul beasts enter your human society, they need to be treated as ordinary soul masters."
This was exactly what Tang San wanted. Allowing Xiao Wu to have complete human status and be recognized by the imperial law was very tempting to him:
"I agree on behalf of the Clear Sky Sect."
Dai Mubai glanced at him: "Anyway, there are not many people who can hunt 100,000-year soul rings, so I agree too."
Xue Beng had no objection. He felt that he probably wouldn't reach such a high level and wouldn't need such advanced things as 100,000-year soul rings.
A few days later, a large number of Clear Sky Sect personnel secretly arrived in Heaven Dou City.
On a dark and windy night, Tang San looked at the people in black night clothes in front of him and said in a low voice, "According to the planned schedule, move!"
Led by the third-generation disciples, the Clear Sky Sect personnel dispersed and swung their butcher knives at the ministers on the list who belonged to Xue Qinghe.
...
"It's not good, something terrible has happened." In Dennis's mansion, a soul master rushed to report in a panic.
"What happened?" Dennis frowned, a bad feeling emerging in his heart.
"A group of people of unknown origin suddenly launched an attack on our people, and several ministers have been killed."
"What?" Dennis stood up, his face full of anger, "Who dares to attack important court officials? Could it be that the Star Luo Empire, because of its defeat on the battlefield, launched an assassination against our rear?"
"No, the victims are all our people. When I came here, I passed by the mansions of several officials, but they were not attacked."
The soul master who reported the situation said, "Master Dennis, please transfer quickly? As His Highness's representative in Heaven Dou City, your situation is very dangerous now."
"I understand," Dennis nodded, "You can go down first."
"Master Dennis?"
The reporter wanted to persuade him, but Dennis waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to persuade him anymore.
"You go down first."
"Yes," the reporter respectfully saluted and left.
Dennis adjusted the monocle on his left eye and whispered to himself, "Who exactly is it? Could it be Prince Xue Beng? But does he have such power under his command?"
"Tsk... you all underestimate that Xue Beng. How can someone who can be supported by Emperor Xue Ye to compete with Xue Qinghe be simple?"
Amon, sitting on the sofa opposite, pinched the crystal-textured lens on his right eye and said with a chuckle.
"Are you saying that is Xue Beng's power?" But Dennis asked in confusion.
"Maybe, maybe not... but that's not important... What is beyond doubt is that you have lost control of Heaven Dou City."
Dennis was silent for a moment and asked, "Can you help? His Highness has taken care of you quite a bit, right..."
"I'm sorry, I won't help, because it's not enough... What he paid me was the reward for becoming an imperial duke, not the reward for becoming an imperial duke standing on his side... I only need to be loyal to the empire," Amon said with a playful smile on his face.
Dennis's expression sank. He immediately ignored Amon, walked to the study alone, and turned the inkstone on the desk.
There was only a series of clicking sounds, and the bookshelf on one side suddenly moved away automatically, revealing a dark passage.
He walked in, lit a torch, and turned the switch on the inside of the passage. The bookshelf clicked back into place.
This was an underground passage leading to outside the city, which was used for such critical moments.
Amon sat on the sofa, tasting red wine with ice cubes alone.
Screams came from the courtyard. The Clear Sky Sect people had arrived.
They came to the hall of the mansion, saw Amon, who was as if nothing had happened, and were about to attack, but the leader quickly stopped the member's action and asked with a solemn expression, "Duke Amon?"
"Yes, it's me, what's the matter?" Amon looked at Tang San, who was simply masked, with a kind smile on his face.
"Or should I say? Should I call you Jacob?" Tang San took off his mask and said in a deep voice.
"Where did you hear this name from?" Amon's eyes became sharp.
"In the City of Slaughter, a man named Gerhman told me," Tang San told about Gerhman, and then said:
"He told me that telling you this news would get me a 50,000-year soul bone."
"Hmm... I do owe him a soul bone." Saying that, Amon casually threw a right leg bone over and said softly:
"It's better not to mention the name Jacob again. As for Gerhman, he's probably not dead yet. I don't think he'll die so easily. But now, the offense and defense have changed, and it's time for me to hunt him down..."
Tang San took the soul bone, a little surprised that the other party would give him the precious soul bone so easily, and at the same time chewed on Amon's last words in his heart.
Gerhman is not dead?
He didn't dwell on this for too long, and asked Amon somewhat nervously, "What are you doing here?"
Tang San even suspected that his plan to deal with Amon had been exposed, and the other party had come specifically to wait for him.
"It seems you've joined forces with Xue Beng. Don't worry, I don't intend to interfere with your affairs. I'm just here as a guest. I have no objection whether Xue Beng ascends the throne or Xue Qinghe ascends the throne," Amon said with a smile.
Seeing this, Tang San breathed a slight sigh of relief, and at the same time sneered in his heart:
Arrogance will be your biggest flaw, wait, the teacher's revenge will be avenged soon.
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