Martial Soul City is located between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, not far from the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Heaven Dou Empire's imperial power is dispersed, and the various kingdoms and principalities have already become states within a state. If this trend continues, even without interference from the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire will sooner or later experience internal chaos.
Martial Soul City is situated between the two empires. Once it shows any intention of dominating the continent, it will inevitably face a pincer attack from both empires.
Therefore, the Heaven Dou Empire, whose imperial power is growing weaker and weaker, has become the breakthrough point for the Spirit Hall.
As long as the imperial power is seized, with the Spirit Hall's dominance, several major kingdoms can be suppressed and power centralized.
Once the Heaven Dou Empire is fully controlled, troops can then be sent south to conquer the Star Luo Empire.
These were all Jiang Chen's speculations. Bibi Dong had never analyzed these matters with him.
Although the Star Luo Empire had also begun to decline, it was still much stronger than the Heaven Dou Empire, which had long been in decline.
Pick the softest persimmon to pinch; this much Jiang Chen still understood.
For this trip to the Heaven Dou Empire, Jiang Chen's self-assigned task was to help Qian Renxue control the Heaven Dou Empire as quickly as possible.
All roads lead to Heaven Dou. Since he was traveling alone, Jiang Chen did not take the wide official roads but advanced in a straight line.
In the sky, a small black bird flew ahead to scout the path. Its broad field of vision could point the way for Jiang Chen and help him avoid dangers in advance.
This was the little black sparrow that had followed him for many years. It had not gone with him to the Slaughter City previously but had stayed behind in Martial Soul City.
The bird did not have independent consciousness, nor did Jiang Chen want it to. It was merely a puppet.
Jiang Chen rode a fast horse all the way north. After spending roughly five days, he finally arrived outside Heaven Dou City.
In terms of area alone, Heaven Dou City was several times larger than Martial Soul City, and its level of prosperity was far beyond what Martial Soul City could compare to.
It was still early, just past noon.
After entering the city, Jiang Chen found a place to sell his horse, then found a restaurant and had a hearty meal.
He was wondering whether he should follow what Bibi Dong had said and first go find the Platinum Bishop Salas, then look for Qian Renxue.
Salas was inside the Spirit Hall's sacred temple in Heaven Dou City, in charge of all affairs of the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City.
After thinking about it, Jiang Chen rejected this plan.
Although the Spirit Hall had not yet launched a war, the Heaven Dou Empire had already sensed the Spirit Hall's ill intentions.
Perhaps there were quite a few spies secretly watching the movements of the Spirit Hall's sacred temple.
It was even possible that there were dark sentries planted by the Heaven Dou Empire inside the temple.
If that were the case, then he could not head directly to the temple.
If the Heaven Dou Empire learned of his connection with the Spirit Hall, he would be unable to stay by Qian Renxue's side.
After careful consideration, he felt it was safer to see Qian Renxue first.
After paying for the meal, Jiang Chen left the restaurant and followed the route in his memory to the remote small courtyard that Qian Renxue had once brought him to.
The courtyard was very ordinary, located in what was almost the most secluded corner of Heaven Dou City, making it difficult to attract official attention.
Knock knock knock… Jiang Chen knocked on the door.
There was no response.
He knocked a few more times, increasing the force, but still no one opened the door.
"Is there no one here?" Jiang Chen thought to himself.
He clearly remembered that there had been a young girl in this courtyard back then, and Qian Renxue had even introduced her to him.
Never mind… Jiang Chen glanced around and, seeing no one paying attention, directly flipped over the wall and entered.
Since Qian Renxue had not exposed her identity, it meant this courtyard was still safe.
His body landed lightly, and Jiang Chen passed through the front hall and headed straight for the rear courtyard.
He remembered that the passage leading to Qian Renxue's fragrant boudoir was inside one of the rooms.
Powerful spiritual power radiated outward, covering a hundred-meter radius around him. Apart from plants, if any other living beings appeared, Jiang Chen would immediately sense them.
Even if it was a soul master who had restrained their aura, that life fluctuation could not escape Jiang Chen's perception.
Suddenly, Jiang Chen's footsteps paused. Inside the room where the secret passage was located, he sensed a faint life fluctuation.
The other party seemed to have restrained their aura; if relying solely on spiritual power, Jiang Chen might not have noticed this person.
But that life aura had nowhere to hide in front of him.
Jiang Chen stepped forward, gently knocked on the door, and asked, "Is anyone there?"
To his surprise, the person inside neither answered nor opened the door.
Jiang Chen did not announce himself and directly pushed the door open and entered.
As soon as he stepped into the room, a blinding light reflected toward him. Jiang Chen glanced over and saw that it was sunlight coming through the window being reflected by the hilt of a dagger.
His eyes fell into a brief state of blindness.
The aura of the person in the room remained restrained. With extreme speed, they shot toward Jiang Chen.
Even when close to Jiang Chen, this person still did not emit the slightest fluctuation, completely silent.
The dagger mercilessly thrust out, heading straight for Jiang Chen's chest.
This was a natural assassin. Even at this moment, their entire body's aura remained restrained, not leaking out in the slightest.
The corners of their lips slightly curled up, as if they could already see Jiang Chen falling to the ground and convulsing.
Jiang Chen also revealed a smile as two major domains descended.
The mysterious person's face showed horror. Terrifying killing intent, like countless ice needles, fiercely stabbed into their body.
The whole person felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and even the soul power circulating within their body began to become sluggish.
They clearly felt their strength being terrifyingly suppressed.
The blood within their body began to boil, and endless, evil, resentful thoughts surged toward their spiritual sea.
This person's expression sank, and the dagger in their hand sped up even more, stabbing toward Jiang Chen's body.
Clang~
The dagger pierced through the clothes but felt as if it had stabbed into solid metal.
"Armor." This thought flashed through the mysterious person's mind.
Clang clang clang...
Countless dense sounds rang out as the dagger stabbed Jiang Chen's body in multiple places in succession, though it seemed to deliberately avoid vital points.
This person's strength had already been weakened by twenty percent under the two major domains. Coupled with Jiang Chen fully enhancing his defense, without using soul skills, it was simply impossible to break through Jiang Chen's defense.
Jiang Chen reached out and accurately grabbed the opponent's wrist.
To his surprise, the skin of this hand was incredibly smooth and delicate, giving him the sensation of stroking the softest silk.
Everything happened too quickly. If he had not sensed that the other party lacked killing intent, Jiang Chen would have long since struck with thunderous force.
His vision gradually recovered, and what appeared before Jiang Chen was a somewhat familiar female face.
She had black hair, and beneath thick eyebrows were a pair of clear, cold eyes filled with a murderous aura. Her nose was much more prominent than that of an ordinary woman, her facial lines were distinct, and her features appeared particularly three-dimensional, giving her a heroic spirit that ordinary women lacked.
He had forgotten the name of this young girl. Last time when Qian Renxue was present, he had not looked closely at the girl's appearance.
Now, at such close range, even the fine hairs on the other party's face could be seen clearly.
Looking at the young girl's appearance, Jiang Chen felt a slight surprise.
At this moment, the young girl abandoned her right hand, which she could not free, and with an angry expression, she raised her knee and mercilessly slammed it toward little Jiang Chen.
There was a paralyzing poison on the dagger. She had only intended to subdue Jiang Chen and interrogate him properly.
But she had not expected Jiang Chen's strength to be so powerful, and that he was staring at her face, almost unable to look away.
"This is a lecher." The young girl instinctively felt threatened, and her knee pressed upward with even more force.
Thud~
The young girl's expression changed. She felt as if her knee had struck an iron rod; her kneecap was almost about to crack, and the pain was unbearable.
What the hell, is this even a human!
The young girl looked in disbelief at the spot where she had injured her knee.
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