I really am a Titled Douluo

Several days later!

Tiandou Empire, royal household!

Looking at Xue Ye, who sat on the throne, anxious and agitated, the soldiers below spoke with sincere fear, "Your Majesty the Emperor, just now, the Crown Prince and his entourage have safely returned!"

In the days of the Crown Prince's disappearance, these soldiers had suffered greatly!

Even a few had been executed for misspeaking...

From this, one could see how much the Crown Prince meant to His Majesty Xue Ye!

As soon as the words fell, Xue Ye's expression visibly improved, and he joyously said, "Good, it's good they're back. Qing He and the others have been gone for so long, I feared they had encountered some trouble!"

He was terrified that Xue Qinghe would meet the same fate as other princes—attacked and killed!

If that were to happen, the future of the Tiandou Empire would be doomed!

With that thought, he immediately commanded, "You, quickly summon Qing He to see me!"

The former nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Yes, Your Majesty Xue Ye!"

A quarter of an hour after his departure, Xue Qinghe also walked in to face him…

Bowing with a fist in hand, he said, "This son pays respects to Father Emperor!"

Upon seeing this, Xue Ye also forced himself to appear calm and asked, "Qing He, you still remember to return?"

Xue Qinghe was startled at first but quickly caught on…

"Father Emperor, this son's absence has caused you worry, I beg for forgiveness!"

This sincere attitude made it impossible for Xue Ye to keep pretending…

He immediately covered his mouth and coughed, "Cough cough… No need to speak of forgiveness, but where have you been all this time? Why did you not send someone to notify me?"

Xue Qinghe pressed his lips together and explained, "Father Emperor, indeed, I was negligent for not sending someone to deliver the message in time!"

"However, Father Emperor, there is a reason for this!"

Xue Ye raised an eyebrow, seemingly detecting something more in his words, "Oh? Let's hear it then, what exactly happened during this time?"

The latter usually wouldn't spend so much time at the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect!

Xue Qinghe slightly nodded, "Father Emperor, this is what happened. The day we arrived at the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, we happened to encounter Sect Master Ning and Bone Douluo preparing to leave the sect!"

Xue Ye frowned, "Leaving the sect?"

Xue Qinghe affirmed with a nod, "Correct, Sect Master Ning and the others planned to visit the Hao Tian Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, they said there was an important matter to discuss."

"After some discussion, they invited me to accompany them!"

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And so, Xue Qinghe detailed everything that had occurred…

After listening, Xue Ye couldn't help but exclaim, "I hadn't imagined that the upper three families could secretly plan such a thing without me knowing!"

"Had it not been for Qing He's visit this time, I might have remained in the dark!

The upper three families actually want to conspire together to assassinate Martial Soul Hall's Saint Heir, Xu Sheng!

This is utterly shocking!

Xue Qinghe responded, "Father Emperor, the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect did not participate in this matter!"

"However, Sect Master Ning asked me to accompany them, possibly to convey this news to you!"

After all, if the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect failed to proactively inform us, it could affect the trust between both parties once the royal household carried out its investigation!

Xue Ye did not deny it, "Hmm… That must be the case. However, what was the outcome of their discussions?"

If the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect intended to keep this matter a secret, they wouldn't have included Qing He either!

Xue Qinghe honestly replied, "Back to Father Emperor, the Hao Tian Sect Elders seem to have been persuaded, but due to the absence of the Sect Master, they have not yet made an immediate decision."

About the matter of the Hao Tian Clan asking him to act as a go-between, he did not fully disclose everything!

Xue Ye took a deep breath, "Mmm... After all, since the Hao Tian Clan has already attempted to assassinate Xu Sheng, it would not be so easy to stop."

"Right, Qing He, if I remember correctly, you have a good relationship with that Xu Sheng, don't you?"

He had even had Qing He try to win over the other party, although that had failed...

Xue Qinghe's gaze flickered, "Yes, Father, you should also know that Xu Sheng once stayed in the imperial palace for a while, and we are friends!"

Xue Ye continued to press, "Sect Master Ning should be aware of this matter, hasn't he said anything to you?"

He always felt that something was not quite right!

Xue Qinghe hesitated before responding, "Father, it was only after I arrived at the Hao Tian Clan that I found out. Perhaps Sect Master Ning considered this and that's why he did not tell me about these matters."

Xue Ye was silent for several seconds before saying to himself, "Indeed, this is a matter for the upper three families and the Martial Soul Hall, if you get involved, the royal household would inevitably be troubled!"

"So next, let's talk about the abyssal creature that attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect!"

This kind of creature was something he had never heard of before!

He couldn't even roughly imagine what a soul beast looked like!

Seeing that the former did not continue to press, Xue Qinghe felt much less pressured...

"Father, these abyssal creatures look very similar to soul beasts, but their strength is even more formidable!"

"Of course, the most important thing is that when they are killed, no Soul Rings or soul bones appear!"

"So, it can be determined that they are not the same type of creature!"

Xue Ye propped up his chin, pondering, "Not the same creature? That being said, do these abyssal creatures already possess a certain intelligence?"

"Otherwise, how could they only be discovered by Soul Masters now!"

You should know that the entire Continent, including the interior of the Aquipeia Forest, had already been explored by Soul Masters...

Yet there had been no news about these abyssal creatures!

The only explanation was that these abyssal creatures possessed intelligence!

Or, within the abyssal creatures, there was a ruler with intelligence!

Xue Qinghe hadn't expected the other party to deduce so much from just a few words he had said, so it was not good for him to hide it, and he immediately affirmed, "You are truly deserving of being Father, according to what Sect Master Ning said, among these abyssal creatures, indeed there are some that possess intelligence not weaker than that of humans!"

"And this attack is very likely the work of these intelligent abyssal creatures!"

Xue Ye nodded, "Hmm... I didn't expect it to really be the case, it seems that these intelligent abyssal creatures are comparable to hundred-thousand-year soul beasts!"

"However, their threat is far greater than that of soul beasts!"

After all, unless there is some special situation, soul beasts generally do not leave the soul beast forest, maintaining a certain harmony!

But these abyssal creatures actually chose to actively attack human forces, presumably with the idea of usurping territory!!

Naturally, they are even more troublesome!!

Xue Qinghe clearly did not want him to continue speculating, and quickly interrupted, "Father, Sect Master Ning also seems to remind us to be careful of abyssal creatures!"

"After all, their ability to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect means it's possible they could attack the imperial palace!!"

Xue Ye also agreed with this statement, "Mmm, Qing He, next time you should thank Sect Master Ning on my behalf!"

"The guards stationed in our palace do indeed need to be increased!!"

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