Star Luo City Palace.
Zhu Zhuqing propped up her chin in thought.
She had originally thought that when Tang San returned, he would come rushing in to hold her accountable, but he didn't mention it at all, which left Zhu Zhuqing quite curious.
Instigating Xiao Wu to offer sacrifice was something the Sea God had ordered, and it had little to do with her, but that was Tang San.
"Really strange." Zhu Zhuqing murmured, "In the past, I could still read something from Tang San's expressions, but this time when he came, I couldn't see anything at all."
She casually flipped through the information that had been sent not long ago regarding Bibi Dong's stay in the Star Luo Empire. The more she read, the tighter Zhu Zhuqing's brows furrowed.
Roughly a few years ago, Bibi Dong had unexpectedly arrived in the Star Luo Empire.
Both the Heaven Dou and Star Luo had Martial Soul Hall branches and sub-halls, so for the Pope to come out for an inspection wasn't anything abnormal.
Moreover, Bibi Dong hadn't deliberately concealed her whereabouts.
As the ruler of the Star Luo Empire, even after several years had passed, Zhu Zhuqing could still find relevant intelligence.
"Last appeared in Gengxin City. Is there anything special there?"
She had originally thought Bibi Dong was just casually inspecting the Martial Soul branches and sub-halls, but now it seemed it might not be the case.
Gengxin City was a relatively prosperous city. After Lou Gao joined the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it had made the blacksmith capital even more prosperous.
"Around there, besides mountains and soul beast forests, there doesn't seem to be anything else!"
As the blacksmith capital, of course there were plenty of iron mines, and these things usually formed alongside mountains, naturally giving birth to the original blacksmith capital Gengxin City.
What Zhu Zhuqing cared about wasn't this, but the connection point between Tang San and Bibi Dong.
"What exactly does Tang San want by investigating Bibi Dong's whereabouts from back then?"
Zhu Zhuqing pondered for a long time but couldn't get any useful information, so she sighed and called over the person who knew the Star Luo Empire's intelligence the best.
A moment later.
A man in armor, striding like a dragon and tiger, wearing a tiger mask, pushed open the door and entered.
"Empress, you summoned me?"
"Mm..." Zhu Zhuqing nodded. "Compared to me, you know the Star Luo Empire better. Help me investigate Gengxin City, especially anything involving secret legends or the like."
"No need for concrete verification; record any information on that front and report back to me."
"Yes." The tiger-masked man's voice was heavy as he nodded. "I obey your command, Master."
When receiving a formal order, the tiger-masked man would address Zhu Zhuqing as Master, while normally he called her Empress—this was to avoid certain unnecessary situations.
"Take off the mask! Hehe..."
"Yes."
The man wearing the tiger mask didn't hesitate at all, reaching up to remove the mask from his face.
After the mask was removed, the man's appearance was revealed. His features were actually seventy to eighty percent similar to Dai Mubai's, just older in age, looking to be in his early thirties.
"When you go to Gengxin City, disguise yourself a bit. I don't want news to come back about the former Star Luo Empire emperor appearing in Gengxin City."
"Yes."
The middle-aged man didn't say more and just nodded.
Zhu Zhuqing waved her hand: "Go on. With your level 94 Title Douluo strength, investigating Gengxin City's intelligence is more than enough."
After the door closed and the middle-aged man left, Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly at the door's position for a good while.
"What a pity. No matter how obedient, he's just an intelligent puppet."
"Star Luo royal family, I'll make you all neat and tidy."
"Sister, the entire Star Luo Empire is my nursery. Even if you ran, where could you run to?"
Several years ago, Zhu Zhuqing had borrowed Tang Chen's power to kill the Star Luo Emperor and Empress who had returned gravely injured.
Then, using the final method left by the Rakshasa God before leaving the God Realm, she successfully turned the dying Star Luo Emperor and Empress into puppets under her control, and also controlled Davis.
It was just that a little mouse named Zhu Zhuyun had escaped.
But it was irrelevant.
Just a homeless dog; the Zhu family had submitted and even issued a wanted order.
She didn't believe this homeless dog, just like Xue Beng, could stir up much trouble.
What she needed to do now was to quickly complete the divine examination and become a god.
"Tang San, no matter what ideas you have now, but as fellow first-tier god inheritors, it won't be that easy for you to kill me."
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Star Dou Great Forest.
"What do you mean by this?"
Looking at the Sea God Heart in her hand, a trace of doubt appeared on Ning Rongrong's face.
"It's something the Lord promised you back then." Bi Ji explained, "It contains the Lord's blood sealed inside. The aura it emits is blocked by the Sea God Heart, so the God Realm won't detect it."
"This is also why the Demon Empress could use it to interrupt the Titan Giant Ape's sacrifice."
As the soul beast co-lord Silver Dragon King, even when injured, the power of her blood could prevent some things involving soul beast rules.
Just a portion of the blood's power could contend against the rules of sacrifice.
"So, you want to give it to me?"
The Silver Dragon King's blood!
Moreover, it was from the form that had appeared at the Soul Master Tournament as the avatar Gu Yuena.
Although the body was constructed by the Sea God Heart, it actually showed that the Silver Dragon King's blood sealed inside was absolutely not some ordinary blood scraped off or dripped out—it might even be essence blood.
This was a supplement, a great supplement.
If not for the various concerns involving the God Realm.
Just this blood of the soul beast co-lord tainted by the Sea God Heart might be enough to make Bone Douluo become a god.
"I'll take this thing." Ning Rongrong stored the Sea God Heart into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Although the Silver Dragon King had said she had already removed the traces perceivable by the Sea God, storing it in a soul tool still felt less secure than putting it in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
As soon as Ning Rongrong accepted the item, Bi Ji immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the task her Lord had given was to pull the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to their side as much as possible.
Even if not a complete alliance, there must be some connection.
Ning Rongrong was a cautious person.
Moreover, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already taken down the God of Killing, this subordinate of the Asura God, making it an irreconcilable enmity with the Asura God.
Adding the other four God Kings on top, well, debts don't weigh down the body—perhaps she could agree?
Back then, when Bi Ji heard the Silver Dragon King's reasoning like this, a question mark slowly formed on her forehead.
The pressure of one God King versus four God Kings—even if she, Bi Ji, didn't understand the nuances, she could count.
Besides them these soul beasts and the Martial Soul Hall that had no choice, who would be foolish enough to casually offend a God King.
Bi Ji retracted her thoughts and turned her gaze to Ning Rongrong opposite her.
"The Lord agrees to let you enter Dragon Valley—not just Gu Rong, even all the Title Douluos of your Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can."
"But the Lord needs a promise." Bi Ji's eyes were full of gravity. "I hope the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can join us and assist us along with the Martial Soul Hall in resisting the God Realm."